Dragons head to Indy as underdogs against No. 1 South Bend Washington
Friday, February 25th, 2022By GREG MENGELT Silver Creek finds itself in an unusual position as it enters Saturday’s Class 3A state championship game. Winners of the 59 of its last 66 games, Creek isn’t often an underdog. It certainly looks like that’s the case Saturday when the fourth-ranked Dragons (26-2) take on top-ranked South Bend Washington (26-3) at […]
Silver Creek has established itself as an elite “program”
Friday, February 25th, 2022By GREG MENGELT The 2020-21 Silver Creek girls’ basketball team was elite. The Dragons blew through the regular season, dominated the postseason and claimed the program’s first state championship. That team lost six of its top players. Yet, this week the 26-2 and fourth-ranked Dragons are preparing to return to Indianapolis to defend its state […]
GIRLS’ PLAYER OF THE WEEK | Rooney, Sierota help Dragons return to state
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022By GREG MENGELT The policy at Hoosier Hills Hoops typically is to choose one player for Player of the Week. We tend to stay away from co-winners of the award. However, this week was impossible to pick just one. With star teammate Kynidi Mason-Striverson struggling early in Saturday’s Class 3A Jeffersonville Semistate, Silver Creek seniors […]
Dragons headed back to state
Saturday, February 19th, 2022By GREG MENGELT Last year at this time, Silver Creek was experiencing something new. The fourth-ranked Dragons won their first regional and semistate championship in program history en route to the state championship. This year, Silver Creek (26-2) is returning to the state finals after it defeated Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (18-11) 64-54 at Saturday’s Class […]
GIRLS’ TEAM OF THE WEEK | Dragons win second straight regional title
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022By GREG MENGELT In the morning session of Saturday’s regional at Charlestown, Silver Creek senior Kynidi Mason-Striverson carried the Dragons to a 48-44 victory over Rushville. Saturday evening was a little different. After Mason-Striverson scored half of the Dragons’ points in the semifinal, a balanced Silver Creek team captured consecutive regional titles for the first […]
MONDAY’S GIRLS’ PREVIEWS: Silver Creek, Corydon meet in big MSC matchup
Monday, November 22nd, 2021By GREG MENGELT It’s been an interesting start to the season for both Silver Creek and Corydon. Successful too. The Dragons have begun defense of their Mid-Southern Conference and Class 3A state championships nicely. The Dragons are 5-0 with three wins against Class 4A teams — Jeffersonville, New Albany and Seymour. The Panthers came in […]
