By GREG MENGELT The Hoosier Hills Hoops Girls’ Power Poll is a weekly feature each Sunday, ranking the top girls’ teams in Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington counties. 1. Silver Creek (7-0, Last Week: No. 1). The Dragons are the easy No. 1 so far. Next week: vs. Bowling Green (Friday at Owensboro, Ky.), […]

By GREG MENGELT COLORADO SPRINGS — Former Floyd Central star Jake Heidbreder scored 8 points to help Air Force to its sixth consecutive victory, 59-48 over Idaho on Saturday afternoon. Heidbreder went 3 for 4 from the field and connected on two of his three 3-point attempts in the win. The freshman wing also had […]

By GREG MENGELT COLORADO SPRINGS — Jake Heidbreder drew a foul from Denver’s K.J. Hunt with 30 seconds left. The former Floyd Central star stepped to the line and knocked down both ends to give Air Force a 66-65 lead. Denver’s Taelyr Gatlin missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer and the Heidbreder and the […]

By GREG MENGELT After a couple easy early wins and a surprisingly comfortable win over Charlestown in previous weeks, Silver Creek’s schedule suddenly got very difficult last week. All the Dragons (6-0) have done since Nov. 17 is beat Charlestown (4-2) and previously-unbeaten Corydon Central (7-1) in Mid-Southern Conference games and take down the area’s […]

By GREG MENGELT Seven months after winning a sectional championship, the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association ranked Jeffersonville No. 10 to start the 2021-22 basketball season. The Red Devils, who went 15-7 last season, are the top-ranked team in the region. Rivals New Albany and Floyd Central both received votes from the coaches. The Bulldogs went […]

By GREG MENGELT DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For the third straight game, Jake Heidbreder had a career high scoring night for Air Force. The Falcons won their fourth straight game, 73-65 over Bethune-Cookman, to win Bracket 1 of the Sunshine Slam thanks in large part to Heidbreder’s 13 points and three rebounds. Air Force (4-1) […]