Looks like the Bloomington Blaze AAU Team has violated IHSAA Rule 15-1.2, which prohibits participation in organized non-school sports competition during the authorized season for schools to play, according to a latest HT report. Illegal AAU practice has forced eight Monroe County boys basketball players to the sidelines. Those include, Five North junior varsity players and three South freshmen. This all results in a three-game suspension, which is pretty standard. The IHSAA believes only North and South players were involved. Read More

Indiana High School Boys Basketball AP Poll for February 9th, 2009. The polls are slowly coming to a close, with only a bit left in the regular Indiana High School Boys Basketball season. Once again, it looks like the first place spots aren't much a surprise at this point! Class 4A Rank Team W-L Pts Prv 1. Bloomington South (10) 15-0 218 1 2. New Albany 14-0 188 2 3. Lawrence North (1) 16-2 182 3 4. Indianapolis North Central 17-1 158 4 5. Terre Haute South 16-2 119 6 6. Northridge 15-0 104 9 7. Indianapolis Cathedral 16-1 103 7 8. Fort Wayne Snider 15-1 85 10 9. Marion 13-2 65 5 10. Warsaw 13-1 52 Class 3A Rank Team W-L Pts Prv 1. Princeton (11) 17-0 200 1 2. Washington 13-2 176 3 3. Southridge 12-2 158 4 4. Batesville 13-2 147 5 5. Rochester 13-2 113 9 6. Evansville Memorial 12-3 110 2 7. Fort Wayne Dwenger 11-4 80 8 8. Peru 13-3 78 10 9. Danville 11-4 72 6 10. Mt.Vernon (Hancock) 11-3 59 Class 2A Rank Team W-L Pts Prv 1. Fort Wayne Luers (10) 15-3 218 1 2. Tipton (1) 15-2 198 2 3. Bluffton 16-2 142 5 4. Heritage Christian 12-3 130 3 5. Lawrenceburg 10-2 128 6 6. Winchester 12-3 108 8 7. Lapel 9-0 107 4 8. Wapahani 13-2 95 7 9. Carroll (Carroll) 13-1 66 9 10. Switzerland Co. 9-3 43 Class A Rank Team W-L Pts Prv 1. Triton (10) 15-0 218 1 2. Bowman Academy(1) 12-2 192 2 3. Jac-Cen-Del 13-2 158 4 4. Vincennes Rivet 14-2 140 6 5. Rockville 14-3 132 3 6. Barr-Reeve 14-3 121 7 7. Monroe Central 12-3 106 5 8. Lafayette Catholic 10-6 93 8 9. North ... Read More

Indiana faces tough test in New York By Mark Tennis ESPNRISE.com Updated: February 3, 2009, 8:57 PM ET After getting into ESPN RISE's Great State Debate for boys' basketball by placing second among six states in last week's vote, Indiana and its passionate fans will now try to take a bite out of a Big Apple. This week's vote, which is the first involving one state directly opposed to another, pits No. 8 Indiana against top-seed New York. At its core, it's a pick between the raw power ... Read More

The Bloomington South Panthers just keep getting better and better. USA Today acknowledges it too...as they are bumped up yet another spot in the latest poll. The Panther's (14-0) are now ranked 6th, not far behind their biggest opponent still to come this year, Detroit Country Day (13-0) from Beverly Hills, Mich. We're attending that game, you? 5. Detroit Country Day, Beverly Hills, Mich. (13-0) Previous: 5. Results: Defeated Powers Catholic (Flint) 71-63 as Ray McCallum scored 20 points. Defeated Kennedy (Taylor) 72-51 as ... Read More

If you're like us, and got somewhere near a foot of snow, you're most likely not going to school either. So how about going sledding!? What's better than bombing a hill, with a sled, on a snow day? Bombing a hill on an old surfboard! That's right, a surfboard, waxed the bottom all slick- the baby fly's! I'm sure there are a lot of you out there with old car hoods, expensive sleds and innertubes...but nothing is more classic than walking to the ... Read More

Indiana Mr. Basketball race could come down to these 6 players It often comes down to team going furthest By Kyle Neddenriep Posted: January 23, 2009 D.J. Byrd, North Montgomery The Purdue-bound guard is averaging 22.6 points for the Chargers (8-3). North Montgomery coach Scott Radeker said the 6-5 Byrd has tremendously improved his midrange game. Byrd is also averaging 8.5 rebounds and shooting 40 percent from the 3-point line. North Montgomery's most difficult challenge in the sectional could be Danville. Derek Elston, Tipton Mostly because of Elston, Tipton ... Read More

Indiana High School Boys Basketball AP Poll for January 27th, 2009. The Bloomington South Panther's are still number one with 14 of 15 first-place votes in this week’s AP poll. They also have 18 of 20 in the coaches poll. this week. Class 4A Rank Team W-L Pts Prv 1. Bloomington South 13-0 2. New Albany 12-0 3. Lawrence North 13-2 4. Indianapolis North Central 15-1 5. Marion 10-1 6. Terre Haute South 12-2 7. Indianapolis Cathedral 11-1 8. Northridge 12-0 9. Munster 11-0 10. Fort Wayne Snider 10-0 Class 3A Rank Team W-L Pts Prv 1. Princeton 14-0 2. Evansville Memorial 11-1 3. Washington 11-2 4. Southridge 11-2 5. Batesville 10-2 6. Southride 11-2 7. Peru 10-2 8. Danville 10-3 9. West Vigo 11-3 10. Rochester 8-2 Class 2A Rank Team W-L Pts Prv 1. Fort Wayne Luers 12-3 2. Tipton 11-2 3. Bluffton 13-1 4. Heritage Christian 10-2 5. Lawrenceburg 7-2 6. Lapel 11-2 7. Carroll (Carroll) 9-0 8. Wapahani 10-2 9. Oak Hills 11-3 10. Winchester 9-3 Class A Rank Team W-L Pts Prv 1. Triton 12-0 2. Bowman Academy(1) 9-2 3. Jac-Cen-Del 10-2 4. Rockville 11-2 5. Monroe Central 10-2 6. Lafayette Catholic 8-5 7. Barr-Reeve 12-3 8. Vincennes Revit 11-2 9. South Decatur 11-2 10. North Daviess 10-5 COACHES POLL 1. Bloomington South (18) 397 2. Lawrence North 354 3. New Albany 351 4. North Central ... Read More

Princeton tops No. 2 Washington By Drew Bruno Saturday, January 24, 2009 WASHINGTON, Ind. — Fighting his way through slaps on the back and weaving from handshake to handshake on the way to a post-game radio interview, Princeton coach Tom Weeks paused to look back at the gathered revelers. "We'll take that, won't we?" he asked. The Tigers had come into a packed Hatchet House and taken a 57-50 win against Washington in a matchup of the No. 1 and No. 2 Class 3A boys' basketball teams ... Read More

BASKETBALL: Red Devils move to second in HHC BY ANDY PROFFET The Columbus Republic Jeffersonville’s fullcourt pressure defense proved too much for the host Columbus East to overcome on Friday night as the Red Devils scored a 61-56 victory at the Orange Pit. The win broke the tie for second-place behind unbeaten New Albany in the Hoosier Hills Conference between the two teams. Both teams entered Friday’s matchup with 3-1 conference records (Bedford North Lawrence was a half-game back at 2-1 entering Friday night’s game at ... Read More

Defensive Devils shut down Bison Top-ranked Tipton stifles BC in 44-25 victory By TRIBUNE SPORTS STAFF OXFORD — Derek Elston, Greg Dickey and Kyle Coleman combined for 38 points to lead Tipton’s Class 2A No.1-ranked boys basketball squad to a 44-25 Hoosier Conference victory over Benton Central here Friday night. The win gives Tipton a 5-0 HC record and clinches a share of the conference title. The 11-1 Blue Devils can win the conference title outright with a win over Sheridan on Wednesday. But before then ... Read More