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TUESDAY’S BOYS’ GAMES | Floyd vs. Brownstown the feature on busy Tuesday night

Tuesday, February 15th, 2022

By GREG MENGELT With just over a week to go in the regular season, it’s a packed schedule Tuesday night with several intriguing matchups. The Hoosier Hills Hoops Boys’ Game of the Night, for example, features two teams with state championship expectations. Host Floyd Central (16-2) is ranked sixth in the state, while the Braves […]

BOYS’ TEAM OF THE WEEK | Panthers win at Eastern for seventh straight victory

Tuesday, February 15th, 2022

By GREG MENGELT For the second time in three weeks, Corydon Central is the Hoosier Hills Hoops Team of the Week. The Panthers won their sixth and seventh straight games and moved up to third place in the Mid-Southern Conference standings with a pair of conference road wins. Corydon, which is 11-1 in its last […]

FRIDAY’S BOYS’ GAMES | Bulldogs go to Providence for start of tough stretch

Friday, February 11th, 2022

By GREG MENGELT There’s rarely a stretch of schedule that’s ever easy for New Albany, but the close of the 2021-22 regular season will be unique for Jim Shannon and the Bulldogs. New Albany (9-7) has six games in the next 15 days — all against teams that present different challenges. It’s starts this weekend […]

GIRLS’ PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK | Weber scored 29, 23 in first two rounds of sectional

Thursday, February 10th, 2022

By GREG MENGELT Corydon Central junior Ava Weber continued her impressive season with a pair of Performance of the Week-worth performances during Sectional Week. Weber started the sectional with 29 points, six rebounds and two steals. She was 11 for 21 from the field in the 52-39 first-round victory over Charlestown (17-6) at the Class […]

SATURDAY’S GIRLS’ SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS | Salem the next obstacle in Panthers’ way

Saturday, February 5th, 2022

By GREG MENGELT Class 3A No. 12 Corydon Central couldn’t have had a more difficult path to the program’s first sectional title since 2013. The Panthers, who are 20-2 and have won eight games in a row, passed the first test Tuesday when they knocked off Charlestown (17-6). Now they turn their attention to a […]

FRIDAY’S GIRLS’ GAMES | Lanesville goes to Scottsburg for postseason warmup

Friday, January 28th, 2022

By GREG MENGELT Lanesville has a chance to get to 22 wins and 18 straight victories with a win in Friday’s Hoosier Hills Hoops Game of the Night. But it won’t be easy. The Class A No. 2 Eagles (21-1) close their regular season at one of the area’s toughest gyms when they go to […]