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 Silver Creek is riding a rare 3-year reign as state champions. One of the state’s all-time great runs … with the 2020 postseason caveat, of course. Creek will look a little different this season. Trey Kaufman-Renn is now redshirting at Purdue and Kooper Jacobi is averaging 3.8 points and 4.3 rebounds as […]

By GREG MENGELT With boys basketball getting underway, the girls no longer have the basketball season to themselves. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some great games and great storylines. For example, Scottsburg (3-2) and Austin (1-4) renew their Scott County rivalry — one of the best rivalries in Indiana going back to the beginning when […]

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 […]

By GREG MENGELT On Friday, Jeffersonville suffered its first loss of the season, but the Red Devils also showed they can compete with one of Southern Indiana’s top teams. Jeffersonville (5-1) lost 41-37 to defending Class 3A state champion Silver Creek (4-0) on Friday. The Devils led in the third quarter and never fell more […]

By GREG MENGELT Preview capsules for girls’ basketball games on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. BORDEN (2-1, 0-0 SAC) AT CROTHERSVILLE (0-1, 0-0) • Time: 6 p.m. • Location: Crothersville High School. • Coaches: Borden — Matt Vick (36-57 in fifth season at Borden and overall). Crothersville — Kevin Hensley (113-160 in 13th season at Crothersville and […]