The Rock Creek football team's postseason is over before it ever had a chance to begin. 

CLARKSVILLE — The Providence Pioneers enter Saturday’s Class A Evansville North Semistate as, both literally and figuratively, a band of brothers.

Arielle Phillips has made a big splash on the cross country scene this season.

The postseason kicks off Friday night with a mega matchup in Sellersburg.

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It’s been a bit of a lonely season for Dylan Kinser. But it’s been a successful one too.

JOSEY CHEATHAM

HENRYVILLE — Henryville coach Christy Nunn has seen most of her six seniors grow up — including one from birth — before her very eyes.

Only one of five schools will receive a treat the day before Halloween.

Reese Bottorff

SELLERSBURG — The standard bearer of dominance in Southern Indiana may be just down the interstate in Clarksville, where Providence has won 35 sectionals and a trio of state titles. However in Sellersburg, a quartet of seniors have helped Rock Creek Community Academy become a Class A power.

Silver Creek completed an unbeaten regular season with its 49-19 win at Corydon Central this past Friday night.

MARENGO — The Floyd Central girls won their fifth straight regional title, while the Highlander boys took home their third trophy in a row at this past Saturday’s Crawford County Regional.

SELLERSBURG — During a year when they, like everyone else, have faced a season with the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Silver Creek Dragons find themselves in a familiar position — heading back to the regional.

JASPER — Silver Creek captured its first-ever regional title Saturday night. 

MITCHELL — Henryville made it two in a row Saturday night. 

NORTH VERNON — Ali Hornung tallied 21 kills to lead Class 4A No. 8 Providence to a 25-15, 25-18, 25-15 sweep of Floyd Central in the Class 4A Jennings County Sectional final Saturday night. 

SELLERSBURG — During a year when they, like everyone else, have faced a season with the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Silver Creek Dragons find themselves in a familiar position — sectional champions.

SELLERSBURG — Rock Creek made four in a row look as easy as 1-2-3 with a sweep of Lanesville in the final of the Class A Rock Creek Sectional on Saturday night.

CLARKSVILLE — Providence avenged last year's season-ending loss while capturing its fourth regional title in five years Saturday night. 

BEDFORD — Jeffersonville came up with a late defensive stop to top Bedford North Lawrence 20-19 in a Hoosier Hills Conference clash Friday night.

CORYDON — It wasn’t a perfect game. However, it was a good way to finish off a perfect season.

FLOYDS KNOBS — Lewie Stevens’ name will always be synonymous with Floyd Central soccer.

FLOYDS KNOBS — Floyd Central showed why it will be the prohibitive favorite in Class 5A Sectional 16 on Friday night, rolling to a 49-7 Hoosier Hills Conference victory over visiting Seymour.

CLARKSVILLE — A stalwart defensive effort for much of the game couldn’t overcome a lackluster offensive showing, as visiting Linton-Stockton topped Providence 27-7 in the regular-season finale for both Friday night at Murphy Stadium.

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SELLERSBURG — Playing without senior standout Ligia Williams, Rock Creek rallied past Borden 25-15, 25-9, 25-16 in the first round of the Class A Rock Creek Sectional on Thursday night. 

SELLERSBURG — Christian Academy rallied from a two-set deficit to beat North Harrison 26-28, 24-26, 26-24, 25-18, 15-9 in a thrilling match in the first round of the Class 3A Silver Creek Sectional on Thursday night. 

Although all of the local boys’ tennis teams have been eliminated from the postseason, a trio of area players are still alive in the individual singles and doubles state tournament.

Now that Silver Creek has clinched the Mid-Southern Conference title, there’s one thing left for the Dragons to do — finish the regular season undefeated.

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CLARKSVILLE — Evan Scott, Luke Hesse and their classmates remember what it felt like to watch Jac-Cen-Del celebrate a regional championship on Sartini Field last year.

MARENGO — As Jaydon Cirincione neared the finish line of last year’s Valkyrie Invitational at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park in Louisville, she began to feel weak. Then everything went dark.

SELLERSBURG — It’s been quite a turnaround for Silver Creek.

MARENGO — Gavin Just just couldn’t catch Corydon Central’s Camden Marshall at last Saturday’s Crawford County Sectional. No one else, however, could catch Just.

Down! Set! Hut! Welcome back to the Southern Indiana Tuesday Morning Quarterback, where we look back at the news, notes and quotes from the local high school weekend that was, as well as look ahead at what’s to come.

Locally, the volleyball regular season was filled with milestones, team and individual accomplishments, and even a birth.

FLOYDS KNOBS — In his final season of coaching, Floyd Central's Lewie Stevens said this is his most improbable sectional title.

SEYMOUR — Jeffersonville couldn't hang onto a 1-0 halftime lead as Columbus East rallied for a 2-1 win in Saturday night's Class 3A Seymour Sectional final. 

AUSTIN — The reigning champion Charlestown girls finished second in Saturday's Austin Sectional at Hardy Lake. 

CLARKSVILLE — Providence’s bid to win a fourth straight Class A sectional title ended Saturday. 

SEYMOUR — Luke Hesse's hat-trick-plus-one propelled Providence to its ninth straight sectional title Saturday night.