Huge weekend of hoops!

We have a HUGE weekend of hoops in Hancock County, and therefore, at HancockCountySports.com!

Friday night, the New Palestine Dragons and Eastern Hancock Royals will both be in action, and both be playing at 6 p.m.

The Dragons (15-6) will face Whiteland (10-10) in the first semifinal of the 4A Center Grove sectional, which you can listen to live at HancockCountySports.com. The winner will face either Center Grove or Franklin Central in Saturday night's championship game. The game is a rematch of the Dragons' 88-81 loss to the Warriors on Jan. 21, in which New Palestine's Michael Morris (23), Josh Penley (20) and Brandon Collins (18) all had strong scoring games.

Meanwhile, the Eastern Hancock Royals (11-10) meet the Cambridge City Lincoln Golden Eagles (10-10) in the semifinals of the 2A Hagerstown sectional. EH advanced with a 69-51 victory over Hagerstown in the first round. CCL drew a first-round bye and is playing its first game in the tourney, and has dropped three straight to Centerville, Greenfield-Central and Winchester at the end of the season. The game matches two big scorers, as Victor Vincz is the county's leading scorer, having poured in 23 vs. Hagerstown, and Zac Rea of CCL is capable of putting up big offensive numbers. We will have continuous updates during our broadcast of Whiteland-NP.

On Saturday, the second-ranked Mt. Vernon Marauders (25-2) meet the seventh-ranked Fort Wayne Concordia Cadets for the Class 3A state championship in girls basketball. Our pregame show will begin at 5:15 p.m. at HancockCountySports.com!