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Silver Creek punches ticket to state championship game

Saturday, March 16th, 2019

By KENZIE WINSTEAD Content Editor SEYMOUR, Ind. — The Silver Creek community enjoyed an impromptu celebration Saturday afternoon — in the middle of the basketball floor at Seymour High School. “I’m speechless when I see the whole town of Sellersburg here,” said Silver Creek coach Brandon Hoffman. “That’s what it’s about. I’m just part of […]

Silver Creek trio voted All-Mid-Southern Conference

Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

Three Silver Creek players were named first-team All-Mid-Southern Conference for the 2018-19 season, per a recent vote by the league’s coaches. Senior Zane Gross, who is averaging 15.7 points per game, and sophomores Kooper Jacobi (13.9) and Trey Kaufman (15.6) were included on the 10-man team. No other MSC school. placed three on the first-team. ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM Seth […]

Dragons now have winning culture

Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

BY KENZIE WINSTEAD Content Editor At Silver Creek, basketball is family. When Silver Creek Brandon Hoffman took over the program in 2010, the Dragons hadn’t won a sectional title in 11 seasons. It took Hoffman and the Dragons three years to win a single game in the sectional tournament. Then the tide turned. In 2014 […]

Floyd Central, Jeffersonville and New Albany each place 2 on All-HHC

Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

Floyd Central, Jeffersonville and New Albany each had two players named first-team All-Hoosier Hills Conference by the league’s head coaches. ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM Cobie Barnes, Floyd Central Tre Coleman, Jeffersonville Derrick Stevenson, New Albany Brayton Bailey, Bedford North Lawrence Jake Heidbreder, Floyd Central Jacob Jones, Jeffersonville Matthew Frost, Columbus East Julien Hunter, New Albany Cooper Yancey, […]

New Albany product Sean East finding success on prep school circuit

Sunday, March 10th, 2019

After an ultra-successful high school career at New Albany, Sean East decided to go the prep school route for a fifth-year of preparatory basketball and the opportunity to hone his skillset while bolstering his college recruitment. East, a 6-foot-2 guard, is now in the final weeks of a one-season stint at Combine Academy of Charlotte, […]

Jeffersonville stumbles against Bloomington South

Saturday, March 9th, 2019

By KENZIE WINSTEAD Content Editor SEYMOUR, Ind. — Jeffersonville watched Bloomington South use a 12-2 run in the second quarter to take charge on its way to a 68-52 win in Saturday’s Seymour Regional semifinal. “We got beat by a team that was better than us tonight,” said Jeff coach Joe Luce. “We didn’t play […]