By GREG MENGELT Silver Creek has handled all Mid-Southern Conference comers, including 41-31 win over Salem on Saturday in the Hoosier Hills Hoops Win of the Week. The victory makes the 17-1 Dragons 6-0 in MSC play, a half-game ahead of Corydon Central with a victory in hand over the Panthers. The win was the […]

By GREG MENGELT Defending Class 3A state champion Silver Creek moved up two spots in the latest Indiana Basketball Coaches Association poll, which was released Sunday. The 16-1 Dragons have won four games in a row since suffering their only loss of the season, 49-42 at Bedford North Lawrence on Dec. 16. Creek beat rival […]

By GREG MENGELT TOLEDO, Ohio — Freshman Kooper Jacobi scored 7 points in 10 minutes to help Toledo pick up a 94-63 Mid-American Conference victory over visiting Northern Illinois on Saturday at Savage Arena. Jacobi — a former Silver Creek star — was 2 for 2 from the field and 3 for 3 from the […]

By GREG MENGELT Salem vs. Silver Creek has been a big deal in local girls’ basketball for the last half-decade. This year is no different. The Lions and Dragons meet Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Hoosier Hills Hoops Game of the Night. Both teams have been contenders with Salem winning sectional championships in 2015, […]

By GREG MENGELT Friday’s Hoosier Hills Hoops Game of the Night is a tale of two programs. Silver Creek is defending a state championship for the third straight year, while Eastern is off to its best start in a long, long time. The Dragons are 6-5 overall and 1-1 in Mid-Southern Conference play. The Musketeers […]

By GREG MENGELT Silver Creek continued its dominance in its first season ever as defending state champions. The Dragons went to an invitational at Vincennes and clobbered Franklin Central 61-44 before knocking off the host Alices 65-45 to win the title. Senior Kynidi Mason-Striverson scored 49 points in the tournament and closed with a 29-point, […]