End of the regular season

... and we saw some great individual performances last night during the Mt. Vernon-Yorktown game.

The Marauders finished the regular season 19-2 and 7-0 in the HHC. They've won every title available to them -- Hall of Fame Classic, Hancock County Tournament and HHC. They also won games at Hinkle and Conseco Fieldhouses.

Last night was a heck of an exclamation point. Yorktown came out in a zone and was paying extra-special attention to Daniel Turner and D'Armond Davis inside, but that allowed MV's guards to shine. Jake Stafford was 8-of-10 from the floor and scored 22 points on the night, adding five rebounds. P.J. Hubert was 7-of-9 (including 6-of-8 from deep) and scored 24. Defending them means "pick your poison" on a night like last night, and the guards were hitting. MV was 20-of-33 from the field on the day.

And we also saw an incredible performance from the Tigers, as Elliott Kampen hit 12-of-18 and scored 32 points -- doing a great job of getting himself some openings. He had four three-point play opportunities, often on drives into the lane in which he appeared to have very little room, and still got his shot off. He is one of the best players we've seen at any level this season -- especially at creating shots in traffic.

MV led 17-8 after a quarter, thanks to Stafford's nine points, but Elliott Kampen of Yorktown led a 9-3 run that cut the Marauders' lead to 20-17. MV pushed the lead back to double-digits by halftime, and then used 3s from Hubert and Stafford to fuel a 10-0 run that pushed the lead to 50-30 and they pulled away from there.

Three of the four Hancock County schools finished the year with wins on Friday -- and winning records. New Palestine beat Greenwood and Eastern Hancock knocked off Hagerstown. The Dragons are 11-9, EH is 13-7 heading into tournament play.

Now, we turn our attention to the state tournament. We will be broadcasting the Mt. Vernon sectional, starting with Tuesday's Shelbyville-NP game. They played a 2OT game in the regular season that was one of the wildest of the year, eventually won by Shelby. The Bears like to run-and-gun and score in bunches, while NP's athleticism and speed fits that style of game. It should be an interesting matchup.

The schedule (all broadcasts begin 20 minutes before tipoff on www.crosscomsports.com).
Tuesday: Shelbyville (9-8) vs. New Palestine (11-9), 7 p.m.
Friday: #3 Mt. Vernon (19-2) vs. Hamilton Heights (12-7), 6 p.m.
followed by: Rushville (12-6) vs. NP/Shelby winner, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday: Championship, 7:30 p.m.

Also, good luck to the other Hancock County schools. Greenfield-Central (5-15) meets Muncie Central (10-10) at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the New Castle sectional. Eastern Hancock (13-7) faces Northeastern (8-12) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Hagerstown sectional.