GIRLS’ TEAM OF THE WEEK | Dragons show class in historic loss
Tuesday, March 1st, 2022By GREG MENGELT No team wants to lose by 58 points. That goes double for a team that had won 26 games coming into Saturday’s Class 3A state championship game at Gainbridge Fieldhosue in Indianapolis. Reigning state champion Silver Creek expected to go up and have a chance to win another state championship against the […]
Dragons head to Indy as underdogs against No. 1 South Bend Washington
Friday, February 25th, 2022By GREG MENGELT Silver Creek finds itself in an unusual position as it enters Saturday’s Class 3A state championship game. Winners of the 59 of its last 66 games, Creek isn’t often an underdog. It certainly looks like that’s the case Saturday when the fourth-ranked Dragons (26-2) take on top-ranked South Bend Washington (26-3) at […]
Silver Creek has established itself as an elite “program”
Friday, February 25th, 2022By GREG MENGELT The 2020-21 Silver Creek girls’ basketball team was elite. The Dragons blew through the regular season, dominated the postseason and claimed the program’s first state championship. That team lost six of its top players. Yet, this week the 26-2 and fourth-ranked Dragons are preparing to return to Indianapolis to defend its state […]
GIRLS’ PLAYER OF THE WEEK | Rooney, Sierota help Dragons return to state
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022By GREG MENGELT The policy at Hoosier Hills Hoops typically is to choose one player for Player of the Week. We tend to stay away from co-winners of the award. However, this week was impossible to pick just one. With star teammate Kynidi Mason-Striverson struggling early in Saturday’s Class 3A Jeffersonville Semistate, Silver Creek seniors […]
Dragons headed back to state
Saturday, February 19th, 2022By GREG MENGELT Last year at this time, Silver Creek was experiencing something new. The fourth-ranked Dragons won their first regional and semistate championship in program history en route to the state championship. This year, Silver Creek (26-2) is returning to the state finals after it defeated Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (18-11) 64-54 at Saturday’s Class […]
GIRLS’ PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK | Rooney makes history, helps Dragons win MSC
Tuesday, January 25th, 2022By GREG MENGELT Emme Rooney had a career night as Silver Creek defeated Eastern 66-48 to clinch the Mid-Southern Conference championship outright for the second year in a row Saturday. Rooney went 9 for 16 from the field and finished with a game-high 26 points. She knocked down eight of her 13 3-point attempts, setting […]
