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IBCA updates Indiana Club 1000 career scorers lists for boys, girls

Indiana's Club 1000 lists grew to 4,267 boys and 2,513 girls, underscoring how rare sustained scoring remains across the state.

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Barr-Reeve title coach Heath Howington joins Indiana Junior All-Star staff

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Fishers guards Gardner Jr., Cooper named to Core Indiana Junior All-Stars

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IHSAA to consider 35-second shot clock for Indiana varsity basketball

Indiana could add a 35-second shot clock, but not until 2028-29. The May 4 IHSAA vote could reshape pace, late-game tactics, and coaching habits statewide.

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Plainfield hires alum Gavin Groninger to lead boys basketball program

Plainfield turned to one of its own, hiring 1999 state champion Gavin Groninger to chase the Quakers’ next postseason breakthrough.

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Jay County hires veteran champion Donna Buckley to lead girls basketball program

Jay County landed a coach with a state title and 371 career wins. Donna Buckley brings Noblesville’s championship standard to a program chasing stability.

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Evansville North promotes Brad Elliott to girls basketball coach

Evansville North stayed in-house, naming Brad Elliott after 15 years in the program. He inherits a 9-14 team trying to rebound from a 53-36 sectional loss to Castle.

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IndyStar spotlights Central Indiana boys basketball sophomores to watch in 2028 class

Moore has already made the 2028-class conversation real, and Indiana’s next wave now looks deep enough to reshape next winter’s sectionals.

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Gilliard, Lampley head IndyStar's Central Indiana girls super team

Gilliard and Lampley sit atop a super team that exposes where Central Indiana girls basketball talent is clustering, and which schools are steering the title race.

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Trent Moorhead takes over Center Grove boys basketball after Hahn exits

Center Grove turned its boys basketball job over to Trent Moorhead, a defense-first coach with a 79-27 run at Hauser and two straight Class A semistate trips.

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Barr-Reeve title coach Heath Howington joins Indiana Junior All-Star staff

Heath Howington’s 28-1 title run at Barr-Reeve earned him a spot on Indiana’s boys Junior All-Star staff, a statewide nod to a Class A blueprint.

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Nation’s elite girls teams set for Chipotle Nationals in Indiana

Indiana again drew the nation’s girls basketball elite, with six teams and 10 Power 4 commits packed into Chipotle Nationals at Hamilton Southeastern. Bullis and Bishop Gorman brought state titles and national heat to Fishers.

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Fishers guards Gardner Jr., Cooper named to Core Indiana Junior All-Stars

Fishers' Jason Gardner Jr. and Cooper Zachary made the six-player Core Group, a sign the Tigers could return one of Indiana's best backcourts next season.

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Penn student livestream draws outrage after racist remarks cut broadcast

Penn’s student broadcast was pulled after monkey noises and a racial slur were heard during a boys sectional game, triggering an investigation and a districtwide accountability fight.

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Hoosier Gym All-Star Classic returns Saturday with girls, boys games

Senior all-stars will fill Hoosier Gym in Knightstown, with Rick Schauss on the sideline, a $25 ticket for both games and one more run inside Indiana’s most famous basketball gym.

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Fishers All-Star Kai McGrew commits to Ball State

Ball State landed Fishers All-Star Kai McGrew, a 6-8 forward averaging 15.4 points and 6.8 rebounds who gives Chris Capko an early in-state win.

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Indiana Miss Basketball Gracyn Gilliard decommits from Davidson, reopens recruitment

Gracyn Gilliard reopened her recruitment after starring in a perfect 29-0 title run, putting Indiana’s top 2026 girls prospect back on the market.

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Indiana standouts Dancler, Fugate, Haywood, Windham land new D1 homes

Indiana's prep pipeline hit the portal again as Carmel, Indianapolis and North Side products found new Division I homes in a two-week roster sprint.

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Greenfield-Central seeks new boys basketball coach after Wayer resigns for Fishers job

Greenfield-Central lost Miles Wayer after one season, and the Cougars want a replacement by May. The expected Fishers move ties this opening to one of Indiana’s premier programs.

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McCutcheon girls land first Hall of Fame Classic invitation

McCutcheon’s first Hall of Fame Classic invite puts the Mavericks in a rare December spotlight, with Pendleton Heights waiting at New Castle in a bracket that has tracked future state champions.

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Paige Schnaus named Southwestern Indiana girls basketball Player of the Year

Paige Schnaus turned a dominant all-around season into statewide recognition, pairing 20.9 points per game with 39 blocks, 28 steals and a Junior All-Star Core Group spot.

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Chase Branham eyes Indiana basketball revival at USA minicamp in Indianapolis

Chase Branham brought his Indiana commitment to a national stage in Indianapolis, where the 6-foot-4 guard said he wants to "get Indiana back to what it was."

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Attica hires former Fountain Central star Macee Overman Williams to lead girls program

Attica turned to Macee Overman Williams, a former Fountain Central star and WNBA draftee, to revive a girls program that has gone seven years without a winning record.

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Princeton's Edwin Holmes named Courier & Press All-Southwestern Indiana Player of the Year

Holmes powered Princeton's 16-year breakthrough with 16.7 points a night, a 1,000-point milestone and a regional title run that changed the program's ceiling.

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Prep Hoops Friday recap at The Stage spotlights Indiana prospects across classes

Friday at The Stage turned Lebanon into a statewide scouting board, with 2028-to-2030 prospects flashing real stock and one 24-point line stealing the gym.

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Tall Indiana All-Star roster set for Kentucky showdown, June 5 and 6

Indiana’s 13-man All-Star roster is packed with height, college talent and championship pedigree, with seven players 6-7 or taller and Luke Ertel front and center.

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Tall Indiana boys All-Star roster led by Mr. Basketball Luke Ertel

Seven players are listed at 6-foot-7 or taller, and Luke Ertel heads a massive Indiana All-Star class that looks built to play bigger and win bigger.

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13 Central Indiana freshmen making varsity impact right away

Cathedral’s title run and Fishers’ 24-1 surge both leaned on freshmen, a rare sign that ninth-graders are already changing varsity ceilings in Central Indiana.

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IndyStar’s early Indiana boys basketball rankings spotlight top teams for 2026-27

Fishers and Cathedral still set the pace, but the bigger story is how fast Indiana’s title map flips after graduation. April 14 is the first real clue to who can survive the turnover and still matter in March.

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Warsaw girls basketball coach Lenny Krebs steps down after nine seasons, state title run

Lenny Krebs left Warsaw with a 162-58 record, five straight conference titles and a state title-game run that reset the bar for the Lady Tigers.

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Westview's Austin Schlabach tops Northeast Indiana boys basketball ladder

Austin Schlabach’s 545-point junior season carried Westview to 27-2 and a one-point shot at a Class 2A title, then earned him Indiana Junior All-Star honors.

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Journal & Courier names 2026 Lafayette area small-schools boys basketball team

Brayden Thiele-Hahn’s 52-point eruption and Aidan Duff’s all-around numbers make the small-schools team a road map for next season’s sectional battles.

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