By GREG MENGELT Linzie Wernert continued her strong junior season with a pair of big performances as top-ranked Lanesville improved to 8-1 on the season. In a 57-20 win over Orleans on Monday, Wernert had 18 points, 9 rebounds, 8 deflections, 4 steals and 3 assists. On Saturday, the 5-foot-9 Wernert scored 18 points in […]

By GREG MENGELT New Washington sophomore Kaidin James had a big night Saturday in the Mustangs’ 75-31 victory against Milan. James put up 28 points on 10 of 18 shooting in the victory. She was also 8 for 10 at the foul line and pulled down 5 boards for New Wash, which improved to 3-3 […]

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 When you’re a team that’s dominated your competition for a half-decade, the schedule-maker tends to test you. That’s the case with Salem. The Lions, who have won regional titles two of the last three years, will put themselves to the test Saturday when they travel to Brownsburg (3-5) to face a Bulldog […]

By GREG MENGELT If you’re the kind of basketball fan that looks for a good game to attend every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, there’s good news for you. For the first Saturday of the season, the lineup is interesting and has several options. It starts with New Albany at Bloomington South, the Hoosier Hills Hoops […]

By GREG MENGELT There’s no New Albany, no Jeffersonville, no Floyd Central and no Silver Creek on Opening Night of the 2021-22 boys’ basketball season. So it’s not the greatest slate of games on the first night of local basketball, but that’s not to say there aren’t some games of interest. (There were 7 games […]