Coaches talk about bouncing back when things go wrong. Lose a close game, come back tougher the next night. Easier said than done — but when it happens, it will warm a coach’s heart. After his team outlasted Zionsville 50-42 at the Doghouse on Saturday night, New Albany coach Jim Shannon couldn’t find much to complain about. “I was up on…
Month: December 2019
Highlanders hold off Bulldogs in Friday the 13th thriller
Basketball is a simple game. More often than not, statistics will reveal who came out on top in any given contest. Case in point: Find a way to take substantially more shots than the other team (and make a reasonable percentage of those), and you probably win. Which largely explains the result of Friday’s annual rivalry game between Floyd Central…
Sans seniors, New Albany nabs Shannon’s 400th Bulldog win
By Cary Stemle New Albany’s Jim Shannon has coached a lot of games — 815, to be exact (hat tip to the News and Tribune’s Josh Cook for the precise figures). But he doesn’t recall ever suiting up zero seniors. Saturday night at the Doghouse, the unexpected occurred, as forward Julien Hunter (injured) and Trey Hourigan (suspended) were sidelined. In…