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MENGELT: Pick this week's girls' sectionals
It’s been a great girls’ basketball season in Southern Indiana.
Floyd Central, Jeffersonville, Austin and South Central all had spectacular seasons, won conference championships and put up 73 victories between them.
As memorable as it has been for the foursome, greatness is reserved for the postseason.
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AP HOOPS BALLOT
See how staff writers Kevin Harris and Greg Mengelt voted in this week's Associated Press boys' basketball polls
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Red Devils sweep weekend in Evansville
Jeffersonville got 20 points apiece from Anthony Adams and Evan Maschmeyer in a 72-54 road win over Evansville Harrison on Saturday.
The victory capped a double-victory weekend in Evansville for Jeff, which improved to 13-4 with the triumph. The Devils beat 72-60 over Evansville Reitz on Friday.
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Highlander boys' blast South Central
FLOYDS KNOBS — Floyd Central’s offense caught up with its stifling defense Saturday night, as the hosts drilled South Central 90-48 for its 11th win of the season.
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Red Devils wrestlers send 10 to semistate
JEFFERSONVILLE — The Jeffersonville wrestling team emerged from the individual wrestling regional Saturday at Johnson Arena with a school-record six wins and 10 athletes heading to next weekend’s semistate in Evansville.
In the high-impact, high-commitment sport of wrestling, that success is something his kids should be proud of, Jeffersonville coach Danny Struck said.
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Highlander girls win third straight sectional
NEW ALBANY — In the fastest Floyd Central girls’ swimming sectional in history on Saturday, the host Highlanders won their third straight crown by 37 points over runner-up New Albany.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Favored Bulldogs roll past underdog Providence, 62-35
For 2 1/2 quarters, the Providence Pioneers played David to powerful New Albany’s Goliath, battling the Class 4A No. 4 Bulldogs toe-to-toe on Friday night at the Larkin Center.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Jeff posts big road win
The night didn’t start well for Jeffersonville’s boys’ basketball team.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Mustangs lose close one at home to Lanesville
Not only is practice used to hone a team’s skills, but it is utilized to prepare for the upcoming opponent as well.
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ON CAMPUS: Former Floyd star Steven Hnat’s likeness on I-64 billboard
Steven Hnat has become one of the big men on campus at the University of Louisville.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Red Devils roll on senior night
The host Jeffersonville Lady Red Devils did what was expected last night, rolling past visiting Providence and winning their 20th of 21 games on senior night, 66-33.
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ROUNDUP: Bulldogs top New Washington in double overtime
Kayton Cole, Tanner Marcum and Samantha Pitts each scored four points in the second overtime period as New Albany topped New Washington, 76-71 on Thursday.
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COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Feb. 5, 2010
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
• Mitchell Meyer (Hanover men’s basketball, New Albany graduate, Jr.) — weekly stats: 17.5 points per game, 14-20 FG, 0-1 3-pt., 7-9 FT, 19 rebounds, six assists; top performance: game-high 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting, game-high 13 rebounds and two assists in the Panthers’ 74-59 victory on Wednesday at Mount St. Joseph; notes: Meyer is 11 points away from the 1,000-point plateau in his collegiate career. When he reaches that mark, he will be the 33rd player to accomplish that milestone at Hanover, which started playing basketball in 1905; team records: 11-9 overall, 8-4 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
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Kimmel ready to go after another ARCA title
After not winning the ARCA Series title the past two seasons, people might be wondering if nine-time ARCA champion Frank Kimmel still has the fire in the belly to win another championship.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: IU Southeast still on a roll
IU Southeast men’s basketball coach Wiley Brown always feels like his team is going to wind up putting up points in bunches.
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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Jeff falls to state-power Mater Dei, 40-14
Twelve-time Indiana state wrestling champion Evansville Mater Dei ended Jeffersonville’s team season with a 40-14 defeat of the Red Devils.
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BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING: Devils, Stars share HHC title
Jeffersonville’s boys’ swim team won its first Hoosier Hills Conference title since 2005 on Tuesday, sharing the crown with Bedford North Lawrence, which earned its fifth straight HHC championship.
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GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING: Sectional begins tonights with Floyd, NA eyeing title
The Floyd Central girls’ swimming sectional begins tonight at the New Albany High School Natatorium, and it concludes on Saturday with what should be a tight championship race.
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Zoeller's Wolf Challenge moving to Indy
After 13 years of memories at Covered Bridge Golf Club, Fuzzy Zoeller announced on Thursday he will move the annual Magnolia Health Systems Wolf Challenge to Indianapolis.
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GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Pirates fall in double OT to Lady Cats in final game at Dunn Arena
CHARLESTOWN — It was billed as the last girls’ basketball game at the Bill Dunn Sports Arena. And the Charlestown Lady Pirates made it one to remember — almost.
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GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Highlanders taste first defeat at East, 78-62
COLUMBUS — After 19 wins, Floyd Central’s girls’ basketball team suffered its first loss this season, 78-62 at Columbus East on Tuesday.
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ALL OVER INDIANA: Super Bowl breakdown
There is a completely different feel to Super Bowl XLIV than the last time the Indianapolis Colts won the Super Bowl three years ago.
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BOYS' BASKETBALL: Warriors edge Rock Creek in overtime
SELLERSBURG — The Rock Creek Christian Academy boys’ basketball squad squandered an eight-point lead with less than three minutes left in regulation and fell to upset-minded Christian Academy of Indiana Tuesday night in overtime, 53-50.
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Mikel’s all-around game leads Braves past host Generals
A solid floor game by sophomore Erin Mikel enabled the Borden girls’ basketball team to defeat host Clarksville on Tuesday night, 54-41.
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WRESTLING: Jeff to face perennial power Mater Dei at team
Evansville Mater Dei might not be as dominant of a high school wrestling powerhouse as it once was when it won 11 state championships from 1995-2007 and 12 overall.
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HUTSELL: The Dish will never go away
“The Dish” comes back after taking a one-week hiatus. I hope you managed without my weekly collage of bad basketball picks, awful one-liners and regurgitated tales of how Doc Nash was once a better basketball player than me.
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Rebels shoot down Borden, win SAC title
Host South Central drained six 3-pointers in the opening quarter, opening an early advantage as the Rebels beat Borden on Monday, 67-51.
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Jeff honors former player Tom Horn
Tom Horn likes the things that he sees from the Jeffersonville boys’ basketball team this season.
