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 […]

By GREG MENGELT With boys basketball getting underway, the girls no longer have the basketball season to themselves. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some great games and great storylines. For example, Scottsburg (3-2) and Austin (1-4) renew their Scott County rivalry — one of the best rivalries in Indiana going back to the beginning when […]

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 (5-0, Last Week: No. 1). Beating Charlestown, Jeffersonville and New Albany in successive games is a great week for any program. 2. Salem […]

Preview capsules for girls’ basketball contests scheduled for Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. JEFFERSONVILLE (5-0) AT SILVER CREEK (3-0) • Time: 7:30 p.m. • Location: Silver Creek High School, Sellersburg. • Coaches: Jeffersonville — Missy Voyles (11-12 in second season at Jeff, 281-126 in 18th season overall). Silver Creek — Scott Schoen (158-108 in 12th season […]