FRIDAY’S BOYS’ GAMES | The first Super Big Friday is upon us
Friday, December 10th, 2021By GREG MENGELT There have been some good games so far. Some fantastic finishes. (Shout out, Big Boy Dobbs!). Some stellar matchups. But there haven’t been any heavily-anticipated local slates anything like the one for Friday. First, New Albany (2-2) takes on Floyd Central (2-0) for Floyd County Supremacy (for now). The Highlanders appear to […]
THURSDAY’S GIRLS’ GAMES | New Albany, Scottsburg looks like a tossup
Thursday, December 9th, 2021By GREG MENGELT Some games are important because they have big stakes. Sometimes they’re big because they’re rivalries … or conference games … or sectional rivals. Some games are significant because they’re considered toss-ups. A game that could go either way. There are two teams that appear to be even and the winner will be […]
Langford scores 5 in Celtics’ loss in L.A.
Thursday, December 9th, 2021By GREG MENGELT LOS ANGELES — A night after scoring 5 points at Staples Center on Tuesday night against the Lakers, Romeo Langford scored 4 in a 114-111 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers at the same venue Wednesday. Langford went 2 for 3 from the field and had 3 rebounds, an assist and a […]
BOYS’ PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Biven scores 39 points over the weekend for New Albany
Wednesday, December 8th, 2021By GREG MENGELT It could be argued that Tucker Biven was the best player on the floor against one of the state’s top teams Saturday. Biven finished with 30 points in a 63-56 overtime defeat by now-No. 1 Zionsville (4-0). In the defeat, Biven went 10 for 23 from the floor, 4 of 15 from […]
GIRLS’ PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK: Roland scores 26 in Bulldogs’ loss at BNL
Wednesday, December 8th, 2021By GREG MENGELT New Albany senior Maleea Roland, who was this year’s original Hoosier Hills Hoops Player of the Week, has now earned the Hoosier Hills Hoops single-game Performance of the Week after scoring 26 points of the Bulldogs’ 45 points in their 13-point loss at Bedford North Lawrence. New Albany is now 4-6 on […]
East, Barnes lead Volunteers to victory
Monday, December 6th, 2021By GREG MENGELT ST. LOUIS — Former New Albany star Sean East scored a game-high 28 points and Floyd Central grad Cobie Barnes scored 10 as John A. Logan defeated Moberly 76-72 on Sunday at St. Louis Community College. East, who helped lead New Albany to the 2016 state championship, was 12 for 14 from […]