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…
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…
Check out this short film from Jan. 19, 2018, when the New Albany Bulldogs took on the Princeton Vikings out of Cincinnati.
In my preview of Friday’s annual New Albany-Jeffersonville tilt, I pondered whether anyone on the laidback Bulldogs squad will emerge as an outwardly emotional figure during the second half of the season. That’s still an open question, but what’s no longer up for debate is how New Albany star Romeo Langford would respond to widespread social media taunts from Red…