By GREG MENGELT With Kooper Jacobi and Trey Kaufman now on Division I rosters, it was assumed Branden Northern would take over the major scoring role for the 2-time defending Class 3A state champion Silver Creek Dragons. Northern didn’t disappoint in his debut. The Silver Creek senior had 31 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists […]

By GREG MENGELT The Hoosier Hills Hoops Boys’ Power Poll is a weekly feature each Sunday, ranking the top girls’ teams in Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott and Washington counties. 1. Silver Creek (1-0). The defending state champions will stay No. 1 until they lose … or one of the teams below would have to do […]

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 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 To put this into perspective, Rock Creek’s last 11 seasons have produced 0, 1, 0, 0, 5, 7, 5, 7, 4, 1 and 2 wins. A win over Borden might not seem like much, but for the Lions, it appears the 56-46 victory last Thursday was a statement that the program is […]

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 […]