Another sectional, another victory for the Floyd Central girls’ tennis team.

JEFFERSONVILLE — While breaking down the seedings for this year’s Jeffersonville girls’ track sectional at Blair Field, Jeffersonville coach Tom Kendall came away weary of his squad’s chances of recapturing its spot as champion.
The seeding said the Red Devils were solidly stuck in second behind defending champion Madison, meaning his team needed to rise to the occasion to reclaim the first-place trophy.

CORYDON — When the New Albany girls’ track team won last week’s Hoosier Hills Conference championship, it seemed like it could have been a fluke.
On Tuesday, the Bulldogs left no doubt.

Tuesday was a good day for Clarksville baseball coach Brian James.
He got reacquainted with some old friends and guided the Generals to their ninth victory of the season.

NEW ALBANY — A run of frustration finally ended for Floyd Central on Monday as the Highlanders claimed the 2008 Hoosier Hills Conference Tournament girls’ tennis championship.
The satisfaction of the Highlanders’ victory simply meant frustration for New Albany.

The Floyd Central boys’ golf team edged three of its biggest local rivals on Monday at the New Albany Country Club to claim victory at the annual Big Four Classic.

David Higgs can’t say he’s too excited.
The clock keeps ticking away on the season for the Jeffersonville softball team. Every inning, every pitch, every out means the Red Devils are one step closer to a day the assistant coach probably never figured possible.

SELLERSBURG — As the year progresses, Floyd Central boys’ golf coach Mike Cason says he can see the confidence in his team growing.
Saturday’s Southern Indiana Open at Hidden Creek Golf Club may have been the final shot in the arm Cason’s club needs for another deep postseason run.

FLOYDS KNOBS — When you are playing in a tournament, records are pretty much meaningless. All that matters is how you execute.

JEFFERSONVILLE — The hardest thing turned out to be getting all the people in the pictures.
At least that’s how it seemed on Saturday morning, after pitcher Megan Stirn and the Jeffersonville softball team shut down Jennings County in a 7-0 victory that left the Red Devils champions of the Hoosier Hills Conference for the first time since 1998.

FLOYDS KNOBS — Thanks to some extra-inning heroics on Friday night at Highlander Field, the Floyd Central baseball team put itself in position to do something it has never done before — repeat as Hoosier Hills Conference champions.
Keith Kulwicki’s RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the Highlanders a 5-4 victory over Jeffersonville in the HHC Tournament semifinals. Floyd (14-8) will vie for its second straight conference title at 11 a.m. today when it hosts Jennings County, a 6-2 semifinal winner over Bedford North Lawrence on Friday.

Sammi Sarver isn’t particularly traditional, and she seems pretty happy to say so.
Happy enough to sing about it.

JEFFERSONVILLE — It took the New Albany softball team three days and seven innings to get warmed up.
And when the Bulldogs’ bats finally got going, they found it was already too late.

The Floyd Central and Henryville softball teams will each go up against area rivals in their respective sectional openers later this month, as both squads will try to repeat as sectional champions. Teams across the state learned the pairings for their sectionals on Thursday when the IHSAA conducted the state tournament draw in Indianapolis.

Starting pitcher Kelsey Markland tossed a no-hitter, leading the Providence softball team to a 5-0 triumph over South Central on Wednesday at home.

NEW ALBANY — It seemed somehow appropriate for Election Night, as the Hoosier Hills Conference came together for a race that was too close to call most of the way.

The Floyd Central girls’ tennis team only dropped four games to win its opener in the Hoosier Hills Conference Tournament over visiting Madison on Tuesday, 5-0.

FLOYDS KNOBS — Ask Floyd Central girls’ tennis coach Rick Miller what spot in his lineup he’d be most willing to bet all his chips on and he’d likely be quick to answer his No. 1 doubles team.
The tandem of Kayla Prusinski and Emma LaDuke just keeps finding ways to pay off.

NEW ALBANY — This meeting between the Jeffersonville and New Albany baseball teams was much closer.
In fact, it came down to just two swings of the bat.
But those two swings belonged the Red Devil slugger Cody Poole, who crushed two home runs, had five RBIs and led Jeff to a 10-4 victory over their archrivals in the first round of the Hoosier Hills Conference Tournament at Mt. Tabor Field on Monday.

Cydney Wilcoxson and Erin Harper each had an RBI single on Monday, helping Jeffersonville to a 2-1 opening-round win over Columbus East in the Hoosier Hills Conference Tournament.

NEW ALBANY — One thing is guaranteed when New Albany and Providence play on the baseball diamond — there is going to be a lot of fireworks.

JEFFERSONVILLE — While most talk about racing and Kentucky this week has centered on Kentucky Derby 134, two teams from the Bluegrass State ran circles around the field Thursday night at the Jeffersonville Invitational.

In a showdown between two of the area’s top powers, the Floyd Central boys’ golf team proved that it’s still the one to beat

Jeffersonville hung with perhaps the best team in Louisville for five innings, but St. Xavier scored four times in the sixth inning and eventually downed the Red Devils, 8-5.

The Clarksville softball team staked its claim as the hottest squad in the Clark-Floyd area during its recent 10-game winning streak.
But Floyd Central may still be the toughest.

Christian Academy of Indiana scored three runs in the top of the seventh to force extra innings and then got a game-winning hit from first-time starter Paul Devore in a thrilling 7-6 victory over Providence on Monday.

Sarah Boesing doesn’t mind talking about the scars. She even jokes about them.
“It sort of looks like a connect-the-dot or something like that,” she said, laughing about the reminders of her 13 surgeries.

The Clarksville softball team extended its winning streak to 10 games with a doubleheader sweep of Henryville on Saturday.
In a matchup of the area’s two hottest teams, the Generals came out on top 4-3 in 10 innings in the first game, and 5-1 in the second

I’m going to start out today saying that I’m probably under qualified to sit down and write about Stan Sajko.
If there ever was a man that hundreds of different people could tell hundreds of different stories about, it surely would have to be the former New Albany High School baseball coach and athletic director who passed away early Wednesday morning.

The Floyd Central senior isn’t picky about how she does it. Whether it be in an airplane or the pole vault, Bristol was born with flight in her blood.

The Henryville softball team scored two runs in the top of the fifth inning and knocked off host Floyd Central on Friday, 2-1.

Stan Sajko was an outstanding athlete at Indiana State and was a hall of fame baseball coach at New Albany High School. He came to NAHS in 1948, coached the baseball team for 25 years where he didn’t have a losing record in his first 22 seasons, and finished his career with a winning percentage of 72 percent.

Senior T.J. Wilbert had a big day on the mound and at the plate, leading the Clarksville baseball team to an 8-3 win over Charlestown in the Coaches vs. Cancer game at Wayne Stock Field.

JEFFERSONVILLE — With production from the bottom of its order and precision pitching from its ace, the Clarksville softball team knocked off rival Jeffersonville for the first time since 2004 4-2 on Wednesday.

New Albany pitcher Graham Brown gave up one hit in six innings on Wednesday, helping the Bulldogs post a 6-0 victory over Clarksville at Mt. Tabor Field.

Visiting Floyd Central overpowered Jeff in four of five matches to post a 4-1 victory over the Red Devils on the tennis courts Tuesday.
Each Highlander victory came in straight sets, including a sweep in the doubles spots.

CLARKSVILLE — Every team needs a player to step up in difficult situations.
On Tuesday afternoon at Providence High School, that player for the New Albany softball team was Faith Griffaw.

NEW ALBANY — With the ball flying out of the park at Mt. Tabor Field, there was bound to be some damage.
In a contest with four home runs, an errant foul ball caused a stir when it smashed through the window of a parked mini-van.

Taylor Stone had three hits and Kenny Harrell added two, helping Henryville overcome a sluggish start to post an 18-5 victory over host New Washington.
The Mustangs scored a run in each of the first two innings to grab a 2-1 lead, but the Hornets exploded for five runs in the third and nine more in the fourth to cruise to their sixth win of the year.

Braydon Hobbs had several goals entering his senior year at New Albany High School. One of them was to become an Indiana All-Star.

CLARKSVILLE — The Ron Veleta Invitational always attracts a large field, but this year’s tournament ended up being about a single school.

The New Albany girls’ tennis team finished third and Jeffersonville fourth in Saturday’s eight-team Jeffersonville Invitational.

If the Silver Creek boys’ golf team is going to step out of Floyd Central’s shadow, this might be the year to do it.
With an experienced and talented group that coach Joe Ledbetter said might be the most talented he’s seen at the Sellersburg school in a preseason interview, this year’s Dragons have already beaten the two-time defending state champion Highlanders this season and appear to be an early favorite in the postseason.

JEFFERSONVILLE — Tom Kendall worried it was an omen when senior Stephanie Lander fell hard to the track within the first 100 meters of the first race Friday night at Blair Field.

Friday afternoon at Christian Academy of Indiana, Warriors pitcher Justin Sturgeon made April 18 a date he will remember forever.
The sophomore threw his first perfect game of his high school career, leading Christian Academy to a 16-0 victory over New Washington in five innings. Sturgeon struck out 10 Mustangs.

FLOYDS KNOBS — A warm spring night and the presence of a heated rival made sure a big crowd turned out at Floyd Central’s softball and baseball fields on Thursday night.

A night after its offense was held in check against Jeffersonville, the New Albany baseball team’s bats were scorching hot against host Holy Cross on Thursday.

NEW ALBANY — Comparing teams on paper can be deceiving sometimes.
Heading into Wednesday’s Jeffersonville-New Albany baseball game at Mount Tabor Field, players, coaches and fans were expecting a tight rivalry matchup as both teams owned almost identical records.

JEFFERSONVILLE — New Albany used its doubles teams to grab control of Thursday’s match against Jeffersonville, prevailing in the battle against their arch-rival, 4-1.