By Cary Stemle Not long after we arrived for the first night of Abbey Road on the River last Memorial Day Weekend, my friends and I noticed a particular guitar player on stage. We’d seen him at the annual Beatles festival before, but none of us could recall his name or even which band(s) he was in. The first thing…
Summer 1974. I’m approaching my 14th birthday, and my hair is growing down over my ears, which is radical for our little Catholic school, even if I am about to be a freshman in high school. There are so many kids in our neighborhood, and rock music is a through line. Pioneer and Marantz receivers if you’re lucky. (Emerson or…
SEYMOUR, INDIANA — It was a “tale of two teams” kind of season for this year’s New Albany squad. The young Bulldogs looked like a Top 20 contender in wins over Carmel, Zionsville and Evansville Reitz, and close losses to Jeff and Floyd Central. And they looked average at times — against Evansville North (a home loss at the buzzer), Seymour…
There are no do-overs in basketball. Sometimes, though, you get a chance to get it right the next time. Friday night at the Doghouse was one such occasion. The Senior Night crowd was hungry for spoiling Bedford North Lawrence’s party — led by senior guard Brayton Bailey, the Stars came to town on an eight-game winning streak and needing a…
It would’ve been a sleight to Cupid himself if New Albany pulled out Friday’s game at Providence. The Pioneers looked savvier all night, and their once narrow fourth-quarter lead had grown to eight points with only 1:00 left on the clock. And yet, here came the Bulldogs, looking to steal their little brother’s candy once again, capitalizing on missed free…
On the day New Albany High School honored its storied 1979-80 boys’ basketball team, this year’s Bulldogs turned in a dominant performance in a 78-40 win over Columbus East. The game was well in hand by the time the ’80 squad — whose only loss came in the state championship game against Indianapolis Broad Ripple — assembled at mid-court during…
New Albany’s Maddox Schmelz breaks open to receive an assist from Julien Hunter. Schmelz scored six points in New Albany’s 56-43 win at Jennings County on Thursday. NORTH VERNON, INDIANA — The last time New Albany traveled to Jennings County, on a snowy Thursday night in early February 2018, Romeo Langford lit up the scoreboard for 63 points and the…
New Albany coach Jim Shannon said the right thing after the Bulldogs let a winnable home game slip away Friday night. Let it go. Move on. On Saturday, after New Albany beat Jasper 59-42 at the Doghouse, Shannon admitted he’s not so great at heeding his own advice. “A lot of guys will just say just forget it, take that…
Sometimes a coach will say his team “earned” a defeat. That was the tale Friday night at the Doghouse as New Albany squandered a late lead and dropped a 48-47 heartburn special to Evansville North. Delavion Crenshaw, a 6-foot senior lefty who came off the bench, sealed the victory with a right-corner three at the buzzer, prompting a frenzied celebration…
With another quality team coming into the Doghouse on Saturday night, the New Albany Bulldogs scarcely had time to hang their heads over Friday’s 69-64 loss at Silver Creek. So they didn’t. Behind 22 points from Julien Hunter and 18 from Jordan Thomas, New Albany turned in a complete performance while dismantling Evansville Reitz, 84-60. Led by 6-3 junior guard,…