The Press-Dispatch
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B-2 Sports Wednesday, November 7, 2018 The Press-Dispatch The Lady Panthers pulled to within 34-26 early in the third quarter on a basket by sophomore Catie Shane be- fore a basket by Horrall and a pair of free throws by Nel- son extended Pike Central's lead to 38 -26 with 5:58 left in the period. The Lady Chargers would then go more than five min- utes without scoring, a stretch during which Pike Central turned the ball over four times and missed eight field goal attempts, as Evans- ville Reitz – on baskets by Shane and sophomore Lily Beyers – pulled to within 38 - 30 with 1:12 remaining in the third quarter. However, a put-back by Horrall and a three-point play by junior guard Lauren Vaughn stretched the La- dy Chargers' lead back into double digits – at 43-30 – with 7:33 left in the fourth period. Pike Central would stretch its lead to as many as 20 points – at 54-34 – before Lady Panthers senior Oliv- ia Sullivan hit the second of two free throw attempts to end the scoring with 2.6 sec- onds remaining. Nelson led both teams in scoring with 14 points. In ad- dition to Powell's 10 points, Horrall and Vaughn netted eight points each. "She air-balled a free throw and I think it bugged her a lit- tle bit, but she bounced back," McCutchan said of Vaughn, who made two of seven field goal attempts and was 3-for-5 at the charity stripe. "She's going to be one of our top players. We're going to need her to have a good year for us if we're going to have a good year." Horrall also had a game- high five steals while Nel- son and Vaughn had three each. Senior guard Becca Crow grabbed a team-high six rebounds while fresh- man Mallory Hickey had five rebounds. For the game, Pike Cen- tral made 16 of 41 field goal attempts – a 39.0 percent av- erage – and hit 17 of 24 tries from the free throw line while turning the ball over 23 times. "In the first half, we moved the ball very well," Mc- Cutchan said. "They went a lot of zone. They mixed it up quite a bit in the second half. They put a lot of pressure on the ball and we kind of fal- tered. We struggled with it a little bit." "That's something we know we have to work on," McCutchan added. "We'll just grow from it. We'll put some drills in to get better at it, but, overall, I don't want to com- plain too much on a 19 -point win." Beyers led Evansville Re- itz with seven points while Shane added six points and a team-high six rebounds. Gro- ben and junior Kyla Terry – who led the Lady Panthers in steals with four – both netted four points. For the game, Evansville Reitz made 13 of 50 field goal attempts – a 26.0 percent av- erage – and hit seven of 11 tries from the free throw line while turning the ball over 28 times. In the junior varsity con- test, Hunt scored a game- high 16 points while Powell and sophomore Hailey Park- er added eight points each as Pike Central defeated Evans- ville Reitz 44-25. Sopho- mores Gracie Jones and Kail- ee Mann and freshman So- phie Carnahan added four points each. Freshman Al- yssa Haynes paced the Lady Panthers with 11 points. Pike Central returns to ac- tion at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7, with a varsity only con- test against visiting Boon- ville, A fter hosting South Knox on Friday, Nov. 9, the Lady Chargers will play at Vincennes Lincoln on Tues- day, Nov. 13. SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 WIN Continued from page 1 UPCOMING SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 High School Girls' Basketball: Boonville at Pike Central (varsity only), 7 p.m. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Boys' Basket- ball: Pike Central at North Posey, 6:30 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Girls' Basket- ball: North Posey at Pike Central, 6 p.m. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 High School Girls' Basketball: South Knox at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 High School Girls' Basketball: Pike Central at Vincennes Lincoln – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Girls' Basket- ball: Pike Central at Washington, 6 p.m. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 High School Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at Evansville North (scrimmage), 6:30 p.m. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Boys' Basket- ball: Heritage Hills at Pike Central, 6:30 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Girls' Basket- ball: Pike Central at South Spencer, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 High School Girls' Basketball: Wood Memorial at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 High School Wrestling: Pike Central in Wood Me- morial Invitational, 10 a.m. HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL Pocket Athletic Conference Standings PAC Overall Team W-L W-L Forest Park ...................................... 0 -0 ............ 0 -0 Gibson Southern ............................. 0 -0 ............ 0 -0 Heritage Hills .................................. 0 -0 ............ 1-0 North Posey .................................... 0 -0 ............ 0 -0 Pike Central .................................... 0 -0 ............ 1-0 South Spencer ................................. 0 -0 ............ 1-0 Southridge ....................................... 0 -0 ............ 0 -2 Tecumseh ........................................ 0 -0 ............ 0 -0 Tell City ............................................ 0 -0 ............ 1-0 Results of October 30 Perry Central 43, Southridge 39 Tell City 43, Cannelton 30 Result of November 1 Pike Central 54, Evansville Reitz 35 Result of November 2 Heritage Hills 46, Northeast Dubois 15 Results of November 3 South Spencer 51, Princeton 49 Paoli 38, Southridge 30 Games of November 6 Gibson Southern at Castle Southridge at Princeton Game of November 7 Boonville at Pike Central (varsity only), 7 p.m. Games of November 8 Evansville North at Tecumseh Evansville Reitz at Heritage Hills Springs Valley at Forest Park Games of November 9 South Knox at Pike Central: Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. Gibson Southern at Wood Memorial Southridge at Jasper Tell City in Corydon Central Classic Games of November 10 Forest Park at Loogootee South Central (Elizabeth) at Heritage Hills Tell City in Corydon Central Classic Vincennes Lincoln at Gibson Southern Games of November 13 Pike Central at Vincennes Lincoln – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. Evansville Mater Dei at Southridge Gibson Southern at Forrest Park Heritage Hills at Evansville North North Posey at Evansville Harrison Perry Central at South Spencer Wood Memorial at Tecumseh Games of November 15 Cannelton at Tecumseh Evansville Harrison at Heritage Hills Evansville Reitz at South Spencer Forest Park at Perry Central Games of November 16 Wood Memorial at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. Crawford County at Tell City North Posey at Mount Vernon (Posey) Princeton at Gibson Southern Southridge at Evansville Bosse Games of November 17 Evansville Reitz at Tell City South Spencer at South Knox Vincennes Rivet at North Posey Above: Pike Central High School junior Jenna Horrall (15) looks to pass the ball during varsi- ty girls' basketball action at Evansville Reitz on Thursday, Nov. 1. Horrall scored eight points in the Lady Chargers' 54-35 season-opening victo- ry. Ed Cahill photo Right: Pike Central High School sophomore Kailee Mann (41) goes up for a shot as Evansville Reitz junior Cierra Fitzgerald (left) defends during junior varsity girls' basketball action on Thursday, Nov. 1. Mann scored four points in the visiting La- dy Chargers' 44-25 victory. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Hailey Marchino drives toward the basket during varsity girls' bas- ketball action at Evansville Reitz on Thursday, Nov. 1. Marchino scored seven points in the Lady Char- gers' 54-35 season-opening victory. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School sophomore Mallory Hickey fights her way toward the basket during varsity girls' basketball action at Evansville Reitz on Thursday, Nov. 1. Hickey scored two points in the Lady Chargers' 54-35 season-opening victo- ry. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School sophomore Kenzie Powell (with ball) collides with Evansville Reitz freshman Carlee Effinger (right) while going up for a shot during junior varsity girls' basketball action on Thursday, Nov. 1. Powell scored eight points in the visiting Lady Chargers' 44-25 victo- ry. Ed Cahill photo PCMS 8th grade girls' basketball team routs Loogootee, 39-12 The Pike Central Middle School eighth grade girls' basketball team improved to 2-0 with a 39 -12 victory over visiting Loogootee on Monday, Nov. 5. Chloe Williams scored a game-high 14 points to lead the Lady Chargers. Jaylnn Capehart netted six points while Liberty Taylor, Kah- le Young and Keena Young added four points each. Delaney Welch had three points while Tiffany Artea- ga and Jasmine Leighty chipped in with two points apiece. "Chloe Williams, Lib- erty Taylor and Jaylynn Capehart all three had a huge game," Pike Central head coach Eric Knight said. "Their presence in the paint was great. Once the ball was passed to the paint, there was no turning back. They took over in the paint. We have been work- ing on going harder and more physical in the pain and they all three came to play that way." The Lady Charger took a 10 -0 lead into the second quarter before Loogootee rallied, outscoring Pike Central 8 -6 to close to with- in 16 -8 at halftime. However, Williams scored five points and Tay- lor added four more in the third period as the Lady Chargers outscored Loo- gootee 15 -4 to extend their lead to 31-12. Pike Central held the La- dy Lions scoreless in the fourth period, when Artea- ga, Capehart, Leighty and Williams scored two points each. "Loogootee played a 1-2- 2 zone against us and was a pretty tall and long team," Knight said. "Ball move- ment improved a bunch for us and it gave us multiple open shots and drives once we got into the offense." "We started out in a full- court press and also tried to run and gun against this team," Knight added. "The girls did a pretty good job of running, but we still have some little things to work on on the full court press. With 11 girls and doing run and gun, we subbed a lot tonight and I was pretty proud that the momentum didn't slow down any." Knight said that, once again, he subbed freely in the backcourt, starting the game with the Young twins. "The twins got the start for me on top and did a re- ally good job of defend- ing the ball," Knight said. "This rattled Loogootee and slowed them down to stop them from getting in the flow. Kennedy Willis, Tiffany Arteaga and Del- aney Welch were also run in and out as top defenders and ball handlers. Overall, we looked a lot better and a lot more confident." Pike Central will host North Posey on Thursday, Nov. 8, before traveling to Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 13, and to South Spen- cer on Thursday, Nov. 15. "This is a very fun group and also a group that I ex- pect to improve and get bet- ter every game and every practice," Knight said. "I can see it in their eyes that they want to be that team that everyone is gunning for."