By GREG MENGELT Mid-Southern Conference rival Silver Creek and Scottsburg open the Jefferson County Invitational today at Madison and could meet in the second round. The defending Class 3A state champion Dragons face Southwestern (5-1), which is ranked 15th in Class 2A and won its first five games of the season before a 64-56 loss […]

By GREG MENGELT When you’re the champions, sometimes you have to travel a distance to find suitable competition. That’s what’s happening with Silver Creek on Friday when they travel 154 miles to visit Bowling Green, Kentucky, for the Hoosier Hills Hoops Game of the Night. It’s the season opener for the Purples, who are ranked […]

By KENZIE WINSTEAD Content Editor The Paoli Regional is loaded, headed by No. 1-ranked Southwestern (25-1). The Rebels will face No. 11 Tell City (20-5). No. 8 Linton-Stockson (24-3) will take on No. 9 Paoli (23-3). Tell City is coached by New Albany product Matt Lynch, who is 49-25 in his third year with the […]

The list of area boys basketball players in the Class of 2012 who will play small-college basketball continues to grow. Four players — Jasper’s Caleb Begle, Washington’s Dylan Ervin, Vincennes Lincoln’s Jantzen Goodwin and Tell City’s Chris Kohnert — recently announced their college decisions. Begle, a 6-foot-3 wing forward, will continue his career at Lincoln […]