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B-2 Sports Wednesday, July 11, 2018 The Press-Dispatch SPORTS BRIEFS Pike Central Youth Wrestling Camp to be held July 16-20 Wrestlers who are inter- ested in improving their skills and knowledge of the sport are invited to participate in the Pike Central Youth Wrestling Camp. The wrestling camp is for students who will be in kindergarten or first through sixth grades in the 2018-19 school year. The camp will run from Monday, July 16, to Fri- day, July 20, from 6-7:10 p.m., at the Pike Central High School gym. The wrestling finale will be held on Wednesday, July 25, at 6 p.m. The sign-up fee is $45 ($25 for any additional siblings) and includes a T-shirt and a medal. Registration forms, which can be found on Facebook on the Pike Central Wrestling page, can be mailed to Ryan McCain, 110 West Crest- view Drive, Petersburg, IN 47567. For more information, contact McCain by calling 812-789 -6381 or by e-mail- ing him at ryanfmccain@ gmail.com, or visit the Pike Central Wrestling page on Facebook. Pike County Youth football sign-up dates set The Pike County Youth Football program will be having sign ups for third through sixth graders on Monday, Ju- ly 16, Wednesday, Ju- ly 18, Monday, July 23, and Wednesday, July 25, in front of the Pike Cen- tral Middle School Office from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The registration fee is $55 per player. For more information, contact Anthony McHar- gue at 812-403-0884 or Matthew Robinette at 812-582-2533. Entries sought for Southern Indiana Wiffleball Classic The Southern Indiana Wiffleball Classic at the Zoar Mosquito Fest will be held Friday, Aug. 3, and Saturday, Aug. 4. Divisions are Youth (11 or younger on Janu- ary 1, 2018), Junior (15 or younger on January 1, 2018), and Adult. Young- er players may play in the older divisions, but no old- er players may play in the younger divisions. The tournament is dou- ble elimination. Games will begin on Friday eve- ning and continue on Sat- urday. The entry fee is $75 per team for each of the di- visions. For entry forms or for more information, call Gaage Fetter at 812-639 - 7910 or T.J. Reese at 812- 639 -7957. Entries must be submitted by July 31. 7th Annual Heartland Half Marathon registration open The 7th Annual Heart- land Half Marathon is scheduled for Labor Day weekend on Satur- day, Sept. 1. The event will once again include a half marathon, a 5K, and a team challenge. Cash prizes will be given to the top three male and female half marathon finishers. First place will receive $500, second place $250, and third place $100. The races will begin 7:30 a.m., Eastern time, in the shadow of the Jasper Train Depot along the Pa- toka River and will finish in the shade at Dave Bue- hler Plaza, just a stone's throw away from the start- ing line. The hilly, scenic course takes runners through commercial and resi- dential areas with chal- lenging peaks midway through the route. A f- ter the midway point, the course largely flattens out through to the finish. The 5K starts and ends in the same location as the half marathon, but splits to take a different course very close to the start of the race. The team challenge is a relay comprised of a four-person team and fol- lows the same course as the half marathon. The first team member will travel 3.8 miles, then pass along his/her timing chip to the second member. The second member will cover 4.05 miles, the third member 2.5 miles, and the final member 2.75 miles. The registration fee for the half marathon is $ 60 if registered before Au- gust 13, when the fee will increase to $70. The reg- istration fee for the 5K is $25. The registration fee for the team challenge is $25 per person/$100 per team. Pre-registrants will re- ceive a technical shirt, and the first 500 half mar- athon registrants will re- ceive a special gift. A free training group will meet every Sunday at 7 a.m. Eastern time, at Downtown Running and Fitness located at 331 Mill Street. This training group is open to the public and participants are free to run/walk at their own pace. The Heartland Half Marathon, 5K, and Team Challenge are being co- ordinated by DC MultiS - port, a non-profit organi- zation dedicated to pro- moting health and well- ness while giving back to local communities. Lodging information is being coordinated by the Dubois County Visi- tors Center and race-day event volunteers are being coordinated by Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, the event's corpo- rate sponsor. The majority of the proceeds from this year's race will be given to the Phillip R. Dawkins Heart & Vascular Center at Me- morial Hospital to be uti- lized for new integrative medicine services pro- vided to cardiac patients. Ten percent of the pro- ceeds will go toward the DC MultiSport Endow- ment to ensure future sta- bility of the organization and to continue in its ef- forts to give toward wor- thy causes. To register for the Heartland Half Mara- thon, 5K, or Team Chal- lenge, visit www.heart- landhalfmarathon.com or www.runsignup.com. For more information, call Memorial Hospital's Marketing Department at (812) 996 -2338. team match played at the Country Oaks Golf Course on Aug. 17. Bohnert's nine-hole score matched the school re- cord set by senior teammate Natalie Burkhart in 2016 during the Lady Chargers' season-opening match on the same course. Burkhart also shot a 39 in a match played at the Prides Creek Golf Course later in the 2016 season. • Senior Halley Powers finished second out of 25 runners as the Pike Central High School girls' cross coun- try team placed second in the Southridge Invitational – just one point behind the host La- dy Raiders – on Aug. 22. In the boys' race, junior Draven Huff placed fourth out of 40 run- ners as the Chargers placed second as a team. • The Pike Central High School boys' soccer team opened its season by winning two of three matches during the River City Classic in Evansville Aug. 18 -19. Senior Kyson Western scored three goals to lead the 11th-ranked Chargers to a 6 -1 victory over Evansville Bosse. Following a 3-0 loss to Evansville Reitz, Pike Central defeated Somer- set (Ky.) 2-1 on a pair of goals by Western, off assists from junior Christian Benson and sophomore Ethan Scott, • Senior quarterback Christian Alvey scored three touchdowns while rushing for a game-high 175 yards as the Pike Central High School football team held off visiting Princeton for a 29 -28 victory on Aug. 25. • Senior Brook Nalley and junior Kylie Dawson had a season-high nine kills each as the Pike Central High School volleyball team opened Pock- et Athletic Conference play with a 25 -21, 6 -25, 25 -17, 25 - 18 win at Forest Park on Aug. 29. Juniors Alyssa Jenkins and Taylor Lamey had six and five kills, respectively. Ju- nior Becca Crow led the Lady Chargers with 16 set-assists. • Junior Natalie Bohnert shot a 4-over-par 40 and se- nior Natalie Burkhart fired a 5 -over-par 41 as the Pike Cen- tral High School girls' golf team edged four-time defend- ing PAC champion Gibson Southern by one stroke – 182- 183 – on Aug. 29 at the Prides Creek Golf Course to avenge a 10 -stroke loss to the Lady Ti- tans in a match at Cambridge Golf Course on Aug. 14. • The Pike Central High School boys' tennis team post- ed back-to-back homecourt victories, defeating South Spencer 5 -0 on Aug. 30 and Wood Memorial 3-2 on Aug. 31. Senior Jackson Keepes and Carlos Stewart went 2-0 at No. 1 singles and No. 2 sin- gles, respectively, while soph- omores Andrew Claridge and Colin Craig went 2-0 at No. 2 doubles. SEPTEMBER • Princeton junior Brant- ley Muckerheide scored twice within a 39 -second pan as the host Tigers rallied for a 3-3 tie with Pike Central in high school boys' soccer ac- tion on Sept. 2. Back-to-back goals by junior Austin Holder and senior Kyson Western – also within a 39 -second span – had given the Chargers a 3-1 lead with 18:42 left in the sec- ond half. • Junior Natalie Bohnert fired a school-record score of 36 as the Pike Central High School girls' golf team cruised to a 48 -stroke vic- tory in a tri-match held on Sept. 5 at the Prides Creek Golf Course. Bohnert's re- cord-breaking round was oart of a record-breaking team ef- fort as the Lady Chargers shot a team score of 167 to eclipse the previous school record of 170, set in 2016 against South Spencer. • Senior Natalie Burkhart and junior Natalie Bohnert earned all-conference hon- ors as the Pike Central High School girls' golf team placed fourth in the Pocket Athletic Conference Girls' Golf Cham- pionship at the Oakland City Golf Course on Sept. 9. Bur- khart and Bohnert tied for sixth overall – out of 44 golf- ers – after both fired an 18 -hole score of 14-over- par 88 on the par-74 course. Burkhart, whose 88 was the best-ever 18 -hole score of her high school career, also earned all-conference hon- ors in 2014, 2015 and 2016. In addition, Bohnert earned all-conference honors in 2016. • Senior Kyson Western scored four goals as the Pike Central High School boys' soccer team shut out visiting Heritage Hills 4-0 on Sept. 14. The Patriots, ranked 10th in Class 2A, entered the contest with a record of 10 -0 -1 against 6th-ranked Pike Central, in- cluding a 2-1 win in 2016 that gave the Chargers their only regular-season loss. • Senior Christian Alvey and sophomore Mario Fields proved to be a winning com- bination for the Pike Central High School football team during a 46 -26 victory at For- est Park on Sept. 15. Alvey rushed for 257 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries. Fields, meanwhile, gained 144 yards on 17 rushing at- tempts while scoring four touchdowns, including one on an 85 -yard fumble return. • Senior Natalie Bur- khart shot a school-record 18 -hole score of 81 and ju- nior Natalie Bohnert fired an 84 to lead the Pike Cen- tral High School girls' golf team to a second-place finish in the sectional tournament at the Country Club of Old Vincennes on Sept. 16. Bur- khart's 18 -hole score broke the previous school record of 85 that was set by Kinzie Reed in 2007 and was tied by Bohnert earlier in the season during the Washington Invi- tational at the Country Oaks Golf Course. Senior Macken- zie DeWeese had a 99, soph- omore Hadley Holder had a 105 and senior Morgan De- Weese had a 106 as the Lady Chargers shot 369 as a team, breaking – by one stroke – the school record of 370 that was set during the sectional tournament in 2016. The sec- ond-place finish was the high- est in the program's history following third-place finishes in 2007 and 2016. • The Pike Central High School volleyball team post- ed three straight wins over South Knox, Washington and Eastern Greene to place first PART ONE Continued from page 1 Above: Pike Central High School senior Breyton Booker (11) goes up for a shot past Northeast Dubois junior Marshall Knies (25) during varsity boys' basketball action on Wednesday, Nov. 22. Booker scored 15 points in the vis- iting Chargers' 53-50 season-opening loss. Ed Cahill photo Below: Pike Central High School sophomore Colin Craig stretches to hit the ball while playing doubles in a season-opening varsity boys' tennis match against visiting Northeast Dubois on Monday, Aug. 14. Craig and sophomore Andrew Claridge lost to the Jeeps' Luke Harder and Lane Knies in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2. Ed Cahill photo Above: Pike Cen- tral High School se- nior Taylor Deffendoll (8) goes airborne af- ter kicking the ball to- ward the goal as Princ- eton senior Aleni Brew- er (12) and freshman Caleigh Cates (6) pur- sue during a girls' soc- cer match on Thurs- day, Sept. 7. Deffendoll scored two goals as the host Lady Chargers tied Princeton 3-3. Ed Cahill photo Left: Pike Central High School senior Demi Croak (left) and South Knox freshman Lexi Detweiler (right) battle for control of the ball during varsity girls' basketball action on Friday, Nov. 10. Ed Cahill photo Left: The Pike Central High School girls' golf team shot a school-re- cord score of 369 while placing second in the sectional tournament at the Country Club of Old Vincennes on Sat- urday, Sept. 16. The La- dy Chargers qualified to compete in the region- al tournament at Coun- try Oaks Golf Course in Montgomery on Satur- day, Sept. 23. Pictured, from left to right, are: Mackenzie DeWeese, Natalie Burkhart, Na- talie Bohnert, Hadley Holder and Morgan De- Weese. Ed Cahill photo The Pike Central High School volleyball team defeated South Knox, Wash- ington and Eastern Greene to place first in a round-robin tournament hosted by the Lady Hatchets on Saturday, Sept. 16. Pictured with their first-place trophy are, front row, left to right: Peyton Sorgius, Morgan Whann, Shelbi Pipes and Brook Nalley. Back row: Madison Sisk, Kenzie Dunn, Alyssa Jen- kins, Taylor Lamey, Kylee Shoultz, Becca Crow, Alex Traylor and Kylie Daw- son. Submitted Photo See PCHS on 3