By GREG MENGELT We may be beating a dead horse at this point, but this hasn’t been the year Jeffersonville basketball expected. The defending sectional champion Red Devils were viewed as outside state championship contenders when the season began, but due to circumstances — many of them out of their control — they started the […]

By GREG MENGELT There’s rarely a stretch of schedule that’s ever easy for New Albany, but the close of the 2021-22 regular season will be unique for Jim Shannon and the Bulldogs. New Albany (9-7) has six games in the next 15 days — all against teams that present different challenges. It’s starts this weekend […]

By GREG MENGELT Some games are important because they have big stakes. Sometimes they’re big because they’re rivalries … or conference games … or sectional rivals. Some games are significant because they’re considered toss-ups. A game that could go either way. There are two teams that appear to be even and the winner will be […]

By GREG MENGELT With boys basketball getting underway, the girls no longer have the basketball season to themselves. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some great games and great storylines. For example, Scottsburg (3-2) and Austin (1-4) renew their Scott County rivalry — one of the best rivalries in Indiana going back to the beginning when […]

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 […]