The Indiana Elite Bailey 14-and-under team, based in Southern Indiana, got the chatter started Monday with a win over an Orange County, Calif.-based team in match-up play. But the team of youngsters has really outdone itself now after winning the National White bracket Wednesday afternoon in Louisville. “We’ve got a group of kids that started […]

Some players hope to utilize the July evaluation period for NCAA Division I coaches as an opportunity to increase their stock and perhaps gain a scholarship offer or two. But the recruitment of Jasper senior-to-be Shelby Merder, a 6-foot-3 center, is a little different than most. Merder already holds 12 full-ride scholarship offers from Division […]

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 […]

Two Southern Indiana girls basketball standouts — Floyd Central’s Niki Bruno and Jasper’s Maddison Ubelhor — received honors at the recent High Potential Mini-Camp at Georgetown (Ky.) College. Bruno, a 6-foot center who will be a senior, was one of 30 players named to the camp all-stars roster. Ubelhor, a 5-9 guard, was named the […]

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — The summer’s first session of Rick Bolus’ 33rd-annual High Potential/Blue-Chip Basketball Camp tipped Monday on the campus of Georgetown College. Nineteen players, listed below with their 2012-13 grade, from Southern Indiana are camp participants: Brodie Crowe, 12, Shakamak Ben Hays, 12, Bloomfield Alton Lyons, 11, Perry Central Devon Merder, 11, Heritage Hills […]

The IHSAA Executive Committee voted 18-0 to return the girls’ basketball state finals to Terre Haute’s Hulman Center for a second year. The one-year contract calls for the four state title games to be played Saturday, March 2, 2013, in the 10,200-seat venue. The Hulman Center has hosted many IHSAA and NCAA tournament events over […]