Today's Sports

There were more good players than usual to pick from for this year's All-Perry County boys basketball team, as the statistics bear out.

Eight players had double-figure scoring averages. That's three more than last year and the most since 1999, when there were also eight (two years ago there were just two).

This season also saw two of the four highest individual season field-goal percentages ever compiled in the county - and one of those players didn't even make all-county.

Four players drew enough fouls to shoot more than 100 free throws. Several years no one did that.

TELL CITY - The girls basketball team had the only repeat award winners at Tell City's winter sports banquet Monday.

Kara McClintic, named the girls basketball Most Valuable Player last year, shared that award with Lauren Goffinet this year.

Marianne Krueger and Dana Sibrel shared the team's most valuable defensive player award for the second year in a row. Krueger also won it two years ago.

Krueger also won the team's hustle award for the third year in a row (she shared it with Emily Harpenau last year).

LEOPOLD - Perry Central center Alie Schroeder was a repeat selection to the All-PLAC girls basketball team in voting by conference coaches Thursday.

Schroeder, a 6-foot center, led the conference in rebounding with 61 in six conference games, an average of 10.2 per game.

"She had 15 more rebounds than anyone else in the conference, so that's probably her biggest asset," said Perry Central Coach Sarah Spindler. "And offensively I think she's improved a lot throughout her career."

Four players were unanimous choices for this year's All-Perry County girls basketball team.

As usual the voters were the head coaches of the three Perry County teams; Tecumseh Coach Randy Graham, the only one to coach against all three county teams; and I, who saw each county team play at least seven times.

I asked each voter to pick the five players they would want to put on the floor to try to win a game.

All five picked Tell City forward-guard Lauren Goffinet, Tell City guard Kara McClintic, Perry Central center Alie Schroeder, and Tell City center Dana Sibrel.