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BOYS’ POWER POLL | Silver Creek, the defending champ, No. 1 for now

Sunday, November 28th, 2021

By GREG MENGELT The Hoosier Hills Hoops Boys’ Power Poll is a weekly feature each Sunday, ranking the top girls’ teams in Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington counties. 1. Silver Creek (1-0). The defending state champions will stay No. 1 until they lose … or one of the teams below would have to do […]

Campbellsville hands IU Southeast 80-74 defeat

Sunday, November 28th, 2021

By GREG MENGELT CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Host Campbellsville knocked off Indiana University Southeast 80-74 in the final round of the Thanksgiving Classic on Saturday afternoon to give the Grenadiers their ninth loss in 11 games to open the season. IU Southeast led 38-27 with 3:36 to go in the first half after an Anthony Wales […]

SATURDAY’S BOYS’ GAMES | Strong lineup for first Saturday of the season

Saturday, November 27th, 2021

By GREG MENGELT If you’re the kind of basketball fan that looks for a good game to attend every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, there’s good news for you. For the first Saturday of the season, the lineup is interesting and has several options. It starts with New Albany at Bloomington South, the Hoosier Hills Hoops […]

WEDNESDAY’S BOYS’ GAMES | Defending champion Silver Creek hosts Columbus East in season opener

Wednesday, November 24th, 2021

By GREG MENGELT Silver Creek is riding a rare 3-year reign as state champions. One of the state’s all-time great runs … with the 2020 postseason caveat, of course. Creek will look a little different this season. Trey Kaufman-Renn is now redshirting at Purdue and Kooper Jacobi is averaging 3.8 points and 4.3 rebounds as […]

Hanover has little trouble in win over Spalding

Thursday, November 18th, 2021

By GREG MENGELT HANOVER — Hanover shot over 50 percent from the field and drilled visiting Spalding 82-56 on Wednesday at John Collier Arena. The Panthers connected on 55.7 percent of their shots and 12 of their 23 3-point attempts (52.2 percent) to improve to 2-0. The Golden Eagles are now 1-3. Junior forward Ty […]

GIRLS’ PREVIEWS: Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021

Tuesday, November 16th, 2021

By GREG MENGELT Preview capsules for girls’ basketball games on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. BORDEN (2-1, 0-0 SAC) AT CROTHERSVILLE (0-1, 0-0) • Time: 6 p.m. • Location: Crothersville High School. • Coaches: Borden — Matt Vick (36-57 in fifth season at Borden and overall). Crothersville — Kevin Hensley (113-160 in 13th season at Crothersville and […]