By GREG MENGELT Silver Creek is the clear favorite to win their regional Saturday at Charlestown. The Dragons are the defending state champions, are 23-2 (easily the best record in the regional) and will be the only ranked team Saturday in Charlestown. Still, veteran Silver Creek coach Scott Schoen knows getting past sectional champions Rushville […]

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 Lanesville junior Linzie Wernert continued her Player of the Year-type season by becoming the Player of the Week for the third time this season. Wernert is the first player ever to be Hoosier Hills Hoops Girls’ Player of the Week three times, this time for Sectional Week. Wernert completely another stellar week […]

By GREG MENGELT Every year, Scottsburg plays one of the area’s toughest schedules. The Warriors have never had a problem with scheduling Southern Indiana’s “big boys” like New Albany and Jeffersonville. Almost a quarter of this year’s opponents are 4A teams. So far it’s been a mixed bag for Scottsburg. During their 6-1 start, the […]

By GREG MENGELT As you’d expect, Lanesville has spent most of its season beating up on other small schools. However, Class A No. 2 Eagles, who’ve won 18 games in a row entering the postseason, scored a big 43-37 win over Salem last week then won 39-28 at Scottsburg for the Hoosier Hills Hoops Win […]

By GREG MENGELT Lanesville has a chance to get to 22 wins and 18 straight victories with a win in Friday’s Hoosier Hills Hoops Game of the Night. But it won’t be easy. The Class A No. 2 Eagles (21-1) close their regular season at one of the area’s toughest gyms when they go to […]