Latest Montgomery County Basketball News
May 30, 2020
Jesse Hall had already proved himself as the area’s top talent during the 2018-19 season.
Only this year, he had to step into Crawfordsville’s go-to-guy role, instead of just the No. 1 scoring option. He had to take on a more leadership role. Prove to people that the Athenians’ 18-7 record during his sophomore season wasn’t a fluke.
Hall steadied his output with 15.7 points and 7.8 rebounds per game, improving the Athenians’...
May 23, 2020
Sidney Veatch sat on the sidelines for her entire sophomore basketball season.
She had already budded as a star for the Southmont volleyball team in the fall of 2018, but her potential for the Mountie girls basketball program was unknown.
Veatch was itching to return to the hardwood, but once she finally did, what happened very few saw coming.
“During the previous season when I was hurt, sitting and watching during practice...
April 11, 2020
I want to take time to take a break from writing about our area’s senior spring athletes, and let them all know that my heart is aching for them.
After my sophomore year I quit the game of baseball, and never went back. I was frustrated with the game that I fell in love with at a very young age. Felt like I was not given a fair opportunity, and saw my chance to be an accomplished high school athlete slipping away.
I was wron...
April 9, 2020
The Basketball Heritage Project, Inc. would like to congratulate Tamika Catchings on her upcoming induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2020.
Tamika Catchings was a WNBA superstar, spending her entire 15-year career with the Indiana Fever. She was a ten-time WNBA All-Star who was voted one of the top 15 WNBA players of all-time in 2011. Catchings began her playing career in...
April 3, 2020
I am encouraged.
I am especially encouraged by some of the responses I received from local athletes and coaches.
Southmont senior Bailey Thompson said that she is grateful for this time of rest.
And in a world where we run nonstop and have been wearing us out little by little, it seems that spending more time at home isn’t such a bad thing. I often wonder how generations ahead of me were so successful, and I believe it’s be...
