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SATURDAY’S BOYS’ GAMES | Pioneers to face Jeffersonville, former coach

Saturday, January 15th, 2022

By GREG MENGELT Through 11 games, third-year Providence coach Ryan Miller likes what his team has accomplished. The Pioneers are 8-3, having won four of their last five and their only losses have come against strong competition. After early wins over Tell City, Austin, Borden and Lanesville, the Pioneers earned a big 64-59 win over Evansville […]

SATURDAY’S GIRLS’ GAMES | Red Devils go to Salem for first game in 32 days

Saturday, January 15th, 2022

By GREG MENGELT Like the Jeffersonville boys’ team, the Red Devils girls missed a huge chunk of the season due to the program’s response to a Covid outbreak. Their last game was a 42-28 loss to Charlestown on Dec. 14. On Saturday, Jeff (7-6) return to action at Salem (9-6) in the Hoosier Hills Hoops […]

FRIDAY’S BOYS’ GAMES | Red Devils return to play Floyd after 22-day layoff

Friday, January 14th, 2022

By GREG MENGELT It’s been 22 days since the Jeffersonville Red Devils last took the floor for a varsity basketball game. It had already been a crazy season, filled with suspensions and injuries and illness. The Devils got star senior Will Lovings-Watts back from suspension and beat Louisville Waggener on Dec. 22. Then came Covid […]

Coleman scores 3 and Wolf Pack crushed by Boise State, 85-70

Thursday, January 13th, 2022

By GREG MENGELT RENO, Nev. — Tre Coleman scored three points off the Nevada bench and his Wolf Pack were beaten 85-70 by visiting Boise State on Wednesday at the Lawlor Evenets Center. The Broncos (11-4, 2-0 MWC), who’ve won eight games in a row, led by as much as 70-49 with 8:21 left in […]

Coleman scores 3 in Nevada loss at Kansas

Thursday, December 30th, 2021

By GREG MENGELT SAN JOSE, Calif. — Kansas scored the game’s first 8 points and the sixth-ranked Jayhawks crushed Tre Coleman and the Nevada Wolf Pack 88-61 at Allen Fieldhouse on Wednesday night. The Wolf Pack (6-5) were originally scheduled to play San Jose State on Wednesday, but that game was postponed and a contest […]

WEDNESDAY’S BOYS’ GAMES | Dragons, Warriors face tough field at Jefferson County Invitational

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

By GREG MENGELT Mid-Southern Conference rival Silver Creek and Scottsburg open the Jefferson County Invitational today at Madison and could meet in the second round. The defending Class 3A state champion Dragons face Southwestern (5-1), which is ranked 15th in Class 2A and won its first five games of the season before a 64-56 loss […]