HUNTINGBURG — About a month ago Silver Creek assistant coach Perry Hunter was walking down a hall at the school when he came upon an odd sight.

Monday was the first official day of baseball practice across the state.

Jeffersonville's first sectional championship season in six years came to an end Saturday afternoon against a Bloomington South squad which showed why it's a team that has won 15 in a row and 24 out of 25.

The word that jumped to the front of my mind during Saturday night's game for point guard Ty Kessinger's performance was relentless.

HUNTINGBURG — Brandon Hoffman’s dream became a reality Saturday night.

HUNTINGBURG — Some torrid 3-point shooting sparked a devastating run, propelling Silver Creek into tonight’s Class 3A Southridge Regional final. 

Steve Green played in a Final Four. He played in the NBA. However for him, nothing compares to what he and his Silver Creek teammates did 50 years ago — win a regional title.

The 1989 Mr. Basketball from Floyd Central, Pat Graham, will be on the bench and his son Cade will be on the court Saturday for Evansville Memorial in the Class 3A Southridge Regional against No. 6 Silver Creek.

One of the 13 Indiana Girls All-Stars that were announced Thursday is the daughter of two former Clark County standouts.

One of the 13 Indiana Girls All-Stars that were announced Thursday is the daughter of two former Clark County athletes.

SELLERSBURG — Last year Silver Creek rolled into the Class 3A Southridge Regional final with a 55-40 win — its seventh straight — over Southridge in the afternoon semifinal.

Center Grove (19-8), led by prized Indiana-signee Trayce Jackson-Davis, and Jasper (16-9) face off in the first semifinal at 10 a.m. at Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium before the Red Devils take on South. The semifinal winners will meet in the final at 8 p.m. Saturday night. 

Matt Lynch, in his third year as head coach at Tell City, has the Marksmen looking to make some noise against a tough field that includes top-ranked Southwestern — Tell City’s semifinal opponent — No. 8 Linton and No. 9 Paoli.

JEFFERSONVILLE — In last Saturday’s Class 4A Seymour Sectional championship game against New Albany, Jeffersonville was clinging to a 33-29 lead in the final minutes of the third quarter. If the Bulldogs come up with a couple stops, it’s anybody’s game going into the fourth quarter.

SELLERSBURG — In Silver Creek’s season-opening win over Henryville, Trey Kaufman had 17 points, 15 rebounds, four assists, three blocked shots and one Purdue assistant coach there to watch him.

It will be up to a new man on the sideline to end that drought after Jason Connell announced his resignation to his team following a Senior Night loss to Christian Academy.

CALEB ROTENBERGER

Who would’ve thought that Jeffersonville and Silver Creek would both be sectional champions following their Dec. 14 matchup in Sellersburg?

SEYMOUR — Jeffersonville placed three players in double figures and won its first sectional title since 2013 with a convincing 60-42 victory over archrival New Albany in the Class 4A Seymour Sectional final Saturday night at Scott Gymnasium.

CHARLESTOWN – For the fifth time in six years, Silver Creek has been crowned sectional champion.

BORDEN — Christian Academy junior guard T.J. Proctor's shot at the buzzer that would have won the Warriors their second consecutive Class A Borden Sectional championship was long, and Lanesville captured the crown in a 64-62 thriller Saturday night. 

SEYMOUR — One blowout and one nail biter has set up a titanic Class 4A Seymour Sectional championship matchup tonight.

Winning sectionals definitely has been — the Bulldogs have won five straight — but as coach Jim Shannon said following his team’s 39-36 upset of fourth-ranked Floyd Central in the Class 4A Seymour Sectional semifinals, “Now, I have to remind them they haven’t won anything yet.”

CHARLESTOWN — Coaches often preach the importance of the final minutes of the first half and the first minutes of the second. 

MARENGO — Senior forward Hayden Burke closed out his basketball career at Providence on a strong note — and his team followed suit — but it wasn’t enough against Paoli’s high-powered offense in the semifinal round of the Class 2A Crawford County Sectional on Friday night.

BORDEN — Christian Academy's quest to win back-to-back Class A sectional championships took another leap forward Friday night as the 13th-ranked Warriors pounded tournament host Borden 70-39 in the first semifinal. 

Follow our team of reporters and media partners as they cover the 2019 IHSAA Postseason Tournament in Indiana. Friday’s semifinal coverage includes sports editor Craig Pearson and correspondent Chris Stoner at the Class 4A Seymour Sectional; reporter Josh Cook at the Class 3A Charlestown Sec…

Part of the appeal for Isaac Hibbard of playing his college basketball at Hanover College was the culture of success.

Here’s a quick look at the four sectionals involving teams from Clark and Floyd counties.

JORDAN BALZ

Christian Academy announced the hiring of a pair of new coaches Wednesday.

MARENGO — In the gym that is home to the Wolfpack, the Providence Pioneers showed they have some canine-like cohesiveness, ending a 10-game losing streak with a 62-60 comeback victory against town-rival Clarksville in the first round of the Class 2A Crawford County Sectional on Wednesday night. 

Five local players have earned all-state recognition from the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.

Jeffersonville junior Nan Garcia, who averaged 19.9 points this past season for the Red Devils, was named as one of six core members to the IndyStar Girls Junior All-Star team.

With a 4-0 spurt to close the first quarter, Charlestown closed to within 13-9 of Brownstown Central on buckets by Caleb Brown off a bounce pass from Ashton Davis and a layup by Bo Braunecker.

SEYMOUR — As expected, Jeffersonville and Floyd Central rolled into the Class 4A Seymour Sectional semifinals.

Defending champion Christian Academy of Indiana will tangle with upstart Borden in the first Class A sectional semifinal Friday night at Borden after the Braves defeated New Washington in a 35-34 thriller Tuesday.

SECTIONAL 61 FIELD AT A GLANCE

NEW ALBANY — Christian Academy has big goals this postseason.

Southern Indiana Preps Podcast: Sectional Preview edition. 

We are blessed with some impressive high school basketball coaches of both genders here in Southern Indiana. For this boys’ basketball season in particular, it’s been an excellent year.

The 109th annual IHSAA State Tournament begins today across the state. 

The work of a basketball coach has parallels with being a scientist, especially when you have a lot of unknown variables to mix together. That was the case for Brian McEwen at Clarksville going into the 2018-19 season.

BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (16-5)

It wouldn't be shocking to see Silver Creek's 2019 season culminate in Bankers Life Fieldhouse this season, but no matter how it ends, this year's senior class has left a remarkable legacy on the Dragons' program. 

BEDFORD NL (12-9)