By GREG MENGELT New Albany and its Hall of Fame head coach, Jim Shannon, understand the task that’s ahead of them Friday night. Few understand better just how good Floyd Central is. The 13th-ranked Highlanders (18-4) beat the Bulldogs (11-11) by 31 points on Dec. 10. Floyd coach Todd Sturgeon said Tuesday that the regular-season […]

By GREG MENGELT We may be beating a dead horse at this point, but this hasn’t been the year Jeffersonville basketball expected. The defending sectional champion Red Devils were viewed as outside state championship contenders when the season began, but due to circumstances — many of them out of their control — they started the […]

By GREG MENGELT As expected, 10-time defending sectional champion Bedford North Lawrence and upstart Jennings County will meet in Tuesday’s sectional championship game at Jeffersonville’s Johnson Arena. BNL (22-2) blitzed Floyd Central in a 61-16 victory. The Highlanders, whose season ends with a 9-13 mark, had played well coming into Monday’s sectional semifinal, but the […]

By GREG MENGELT New Albany and Jeffersonville both suffered season-ending losses Tuesday in the opening round of the Class 4A Jeffersonville Sectional, leaving Floyd Central as the only local team left in the field. The Highlanders (9-13) will face third-ranked Bedford North Lawrence (21-2) in Friday’s second semifinal after BNL came from behind to beat […]

By GREG MENGELT About a decade ago, Todd Sturgeon came along and turned Floyd Central into one of Southern Indiana’s elite program. Now it looks like Kirk Manns is trying to do the same thing in Seymour. The Highlanders and Owls meet in Friday’s Hoosier Hills Game of the Week with a conference championship on […]

By GREG MENGELT Silver Creek has had some serious challenges in its first ever season as reigning state champions. Charlestown (9-2) rolled into Sellersburg and left with one of its two losses this season. Corydon Central (11-1) came to town and left with its only loss of the season to date. Then there was the […]