By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent Zionsville’s Andrew Dakich entered Saturday’s game against Carmel with a 14.9 points per game average. The Greyhounds employed a suffocating defense to hold him scoreless in a 51-28 win. Dakich missed all five of his shots from the floor, and his team shot 36% for the game. The 28 points were a […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent Going into their game on Saturday, there were intriguing story lines for both Ben Davis and Carmel. Ben Davis entered the contest with a 10-3 record, including losses to Pike, North Central, and Warren Central. The Giants were trying to prove they belonged in the conversation when it comes to contenders […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent This was a game of opposites. An up-tempo, dribble-penetration offense displayed by Pike, against a motion-based, take-advantage-of-what-the-defense-gives-you style employed by Carmel. There were two completely different halves of basketball played in this game, one dominated by Pike, and the other by Carmel. And for Pike, a hope for the opposite of […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent Some great action last week with the Marion County Tournament, and a top-ten matchup to boot. The City Tournament heats up this week, along with a matchup of last year’s 4A state finalists. Recap from last week: Park Tudor 77, Pike 76, Marion County Championship Trevon Bluett showed that both he […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent James Crowley and Zach McRoberts, Carmel’s second and third leading scorers respectively, finished with a combined four points. Their teammates stepped up big on Saturday night. Ryan Cline, a 3-point specialist who had struggled to hit a shot in recent games, finished with 12 points, and James Volovic had 10 points […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent We’re back after a holiday hiatus, and the action in IHSAA high school basketball is heating up! The main attraction this weekend is the County Tournament at Southport High School with the semifinals taking place on Friday and the finals on Saturday. Not to be outdone, we also have a #4 […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent The Purdue men’s basketball team finished its pre-conference schedule with a 6-6 record; hardly worthy of optimism when it talks to postseason aspirations. The Boilermakers have shown their youth and inexperience, and they haven’t given fans much hope that things will turn around once Big Ten play opens up in what […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent The Pike Red Devis move to the #1 spot in this week’s AP poll in 4A after Fishers upset then-#1 Carmel. 3A number four Guerin Catholic and 2A number one Park Tudor both have big matchups this coming week. Here’s a look back at this past week’s big games: Fishers 63, […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent The top two games from this past week came down to a made three-point basket to win one game, and a missed three-pointer to come up short in the other one. Here are the highlights from those games: #1 Carmel 50, #6 North Central 49 With the 4th quarter clock winding […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent Indiana has crowned its state champions in football, so it is now time to turn our attention to the high school basketball season. Each week I will review the big area games from the previous week, and I’ll let you know about important games that are coming up this week. […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent Back in August, there were high hopes in West Lafayette; people knew perennial powers Ohio State and Penn State were ineligible for postseason play, and the Leaders division of the Big Ten was up for grabs for teams with the talent base that the 2012 Purdue Boilermakers possessed. Many felt that […]
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