Jeffersonville senior Darryl Baker told Hoosier Hills Hoops early Friday that he will play college basketball at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Baker, a 6-foot-3 guard, must sit out the first year at Lamar to improve his academic standing, he said. “After the loss (to Indianapolis Cathedral), I talked with the (Lamar) coaches and that […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Christian Academy and Jeffersonville, Southern Indiana’s two participants in the 16th-annual Derek Smith Shootout, fell to 0-3 at the end of round robin play at Southern High School. Scores from Saturday’s second and third rounds of pool play: Louisville Southern 73, Christian Academy (Ind.) 57 Jeffersontown 83, North Oldham 81 Lexington Catholic […]

LOUISVILLE — The Derek Smith Shootout, a summer high school team tournament currently in its 16th-consecutive year, got underway Friday at Louisville Southern High School. Here are results from Friday’s pool play: North Hardin 69, Christian Academy (Ind.) 50 Trinity II 65, Southern 61 Jeffersontown 69, Lexington Catholic 68 Central 69, North Oldham 56 Trinity […]

Jeffersonville senior Lakin Roland, a 6-foot-2 forward who was a key cog in the Red Devils’ march to the Class 4-A state title last season, announced Thursday afternoon she will continue her basketball career at Dartmouth College. Dartmouth, a NCAA Division I program and member of the Ivy League, is located in Hanover, N.H. Roland […]

Jeffersonville Class of 2006 graduate Jeremy Kendle, who played a major role last season in Bellarmine’s run to the NCAA Division II championship, will graduate from the school Wednesday. But because of multiple injuries that sidelined Kendle initially out of high school during a stint at Olney Central, a junior college in Illinois, his athletic […]