Local Sports

Indian Creek began the season in a most humiliating manner — losing at home by 36 points to an opponent missing its top two players.

Instead of subjecting your Christmas tree to being ground into mulch for suburban landscaping, turn it into important habitat for fish and wildlife. Sinking Christmas trees in lakes and ponds builds valuable fish habitat. If you pile a few together along a fence row or in a field of grass, you are building a home for rabbits, birds, reptiles and more. After they’ve brought joy to our homes, we owe Christmas trees the gift of serving conservation as habitat improvements.

Boys basketball

Forty games into her time as Whiteland’s girls basketball coach, Kellie Kirkhoff is on the right side of a .500 record.

Marcus Ankney had a quiet offensive night by his standards on Friday, spending most of the evening trying to slow down Carmel’s 6-foot-9 Sam Orme at the other end.

Boys basketball

Redshirt freshman guard and former Center Grove basketball player Landin Hacker tallied 13 points off the bench for Bellarmine in its 69-65 triumph at North Alabama.

Girls basketball

Unlike some of the state’s premier teams, third-ranked Center Grove doesn’t feature an abundance of competition-tested seniors up and down its lineup.

Girls basketball