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Entries from April 2009

TSI eighth-graders win Hoops’ Backboard Breaker

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Team Southern Indiana 2013 trailed by as many as 10-points early in the second half but rallied to edge the Louisville Panthers 60-51 this afternoon to win the eighth-grade division of the Backboard Breaker tournament at Hoops in Louisville, Ky. Silver Creek’s Aidan McEwen scored 16 points to lead TSI in the title game. Kyle Callahan […]

TSI sixth-graders finish second in Bloomington

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Team Southern Indiana 2015 fell to the Hoosier Hornets 56-41, and finished as the sixth-grade runner-up in this weekend’s Indiana Open held at the Bloomington Sportsplex. TSI 2015, which finished 2-0 in pool play, defeated Bloomington Blaze 47-17 to advance to the championship.

Borden’s Chris Beam talks college

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Chris Beam had a memorable basketball experience at Borden, but the 6-foot-1 senior guard isn’t ready to end his playing career. “It would mean a lot to play at the college level,” Beam said. “It’s too early to quit playing — I’m too young. I’m going to try and play wherever I can.” Beam is […]

Offers aplenty for Bloomington South’s Erik Fromm

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Bloomington South’s Erik Fromm has no shortage of Division I college interest, to say the least. We wrote about Fromm in late February — before Bloomington South’s state championship run — and since then, his list of college suitors has greatly expanded. The 6-foot-8 center has seven scholarship offers on the table — Evansville, IPFW, […]

TSI 2012 wins Grassroots Shootout championship

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Providence’s A.J. Schmidt poured in 29 points and Scottsburg’s Max Clemons added 12 as Team Southern Indiana 2012 edged Shining Star Sports 63-61 in overtime to win the 15 and under title today at Eddie Ford‘s Grassroots Shootout in Louisville, Ky. “Our guys came together when it mattered most,” coach Burton Chambers said. “We have […]

BNL’s Ason Hacker to Olney Central

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Ason Hacker, a 6-foot-2 guard from Bedford North Lawrence, committed earlier this week to Olney Central, a NJCAA Division I school in Illinois. “We think Ason has the potential to be a very good player for us,” OCC head coach Mike Burris said. “He has a college-ready body right now and he possesses great athletic […]