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B-2 Sports Wednesday, Februar y 13, 2019 The Press-Dispatch Arnold stretched Tell City's lead to 16 -10 heading into the second period. The Marksmen then scored nine unanswered points – on a three-pointer by senior Dustin Hunt, a free throw by Fest, a three-point play by Beard, and a putback by Beard of a missed three- point attempt by Arnold – to take a 25 -10 halftime lead. Tell City capped off its 16 - 0 scoring run by scoring the first five points of the second half – on a basket by Beard and a three-pointer by Ar- nold – to extend its lead to 30 -10. A fter a basket by Kabrick – which ended Pike Cen- tral's almost 11-minute-long scoring drought – pulled the Chargers to within 30 - 12, back-to-back baskets by Fest and Hunt stretched the Marksmen's lead to 34-12. A basket by senior Aus- tin Holder, off of an assist by Kabrick, cut the defi- cit to 34-14 before Tell City scored 11 straight points – five by Beard, four by Fest and two by Lyons – to take a 45 -14 lead with 2:41 left in the third period. Pike Central would get no closer than 26 points the rest of the contest. Benson and Kabrick led Pike Central with sev- en points each while Hold- er added five points. Se- niors Draven Huff and Ju- dah Leathco, junior Ethan Scott and sophomore Ste- phen Krieg tossed in two points each. Scott also had a team-high five rebounds. For the game, the Char- gers made 10 of 37 field goal attempts – including three of 15 tries from beyond the three-point line – and was 4-for-4 from the free throw line while turning the ball over 12 times. The 6 -foot-6 Beard made eight of nine field goal at- tempts – including one in as many tries from three- point range – and was 1-for-2 from the free throw line while leading Tell City with a game-high 18 points. Arnold and Fest added 13 points each. Fest also had a game-high six rebounds while Arnold dished out a game-high four assists. For the game, the Marks- men made 22 of 39 field goal attempts – including seven of 18 tries from beyond the three-point arc – and hit sev- en of 11 tries from the free throw line while turning the HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL Pocket Athletic Conference Standings PAC Overall Team W-L W-L Heritage Hills...................................7-0 .......... 19 -1 Southridge ........................................6 -1 .......... 15 -5 Tell City .............................................5 -1 .......... 16 -4 Forest Park ...................................... 3-3 .......... 11-9 North Posey .................................... 2-4 .......... 6 -14 Tecumseh ........................................ 3-5 .........11-10 South Spencer ..................................2-5 ...........7-12 Pike Central .....................................1-5 .......... 3-16 Gibson Southern............................. 0 -5 .......... 4-13 Results of February 5 Tecumseh 45, Pike Central 38 Boonville 58, Gibson Southern 51 Evansville North 70, South Spencer 40 Southridge 64, Perry Central 43 Forest Park 62, Wood Memorial 43 Result of February 7 Tell City 51, Gibson Southern 49 (2OT) Results of February 8 Tell City 58, Pike Central 27 Evansville Memorial 72, North Posey 54 Heritage Hills 69, Forest Park 55 Princeton 74, South Spencer 45 Tecumseh 47, Gibson Southern 30 Games of February 9 Boonville 66, Pike Central 31 North Posey 64, Perry Central 52 Southridge 55, North Daviess 44 Games of February 12 Pike Central at Gibson Southern Forest Park at Boonville South Spencer at Wood Memorial Games of February 15 Pike Central at Jasper: Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Var- sity, 7:30 p.m. Boonville at North Posey Gibson Southern at Wood Memorial Southridge at South Spencer Tell City at Heritage Hills Games of February 16 Forest Park at Pike Central: Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. Boonville at South Spencer Gibson Southern at Vincennes Lincoln Loogootee at Southridge North Posey at Tell City Perry Central at Tecumseh Games of February 19 South Knox at Pike Central: Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. Forest Park at Gibson Southern Heritage Hills at Princeton Tell City at Boonville Game of February 21 Northeast Dubois at Tecumseh Games of February 22 Boonville at Southridge North Posey at Gibson Southern Perry Central at Heritage Hills South Spencer at Evansville Central END REGULAR SEASON UPCOMING SCHEDULE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 High School Boys' Swimming and Diving: Pike Central in Sectional Meet swimming preliminaries at Jasper, 6:30 p.m. Middle School Wrestling: Pike Central at Jasper, 6 p.m. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 High School Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at Jas- per – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 High School Boys' Basketball: Forest Park at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. High School Boys' Swimming and Diving: Pike Central in Sectional Meet at Jasper – Diving prelimi- naries and semifinals, 10 a.m.; Finals, 2 p.m. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Middle School Wresting: Quad Meet at Pike Cen- tral, 5:30 p.m. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 High School Boys' Basketball: Forest Park at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. High School Boys' Swimming and Diving: Div- ing Regional at Bloomington North, 6 p.m. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 High School Boys' Swimming and Diving: State Finals at Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapo- lis – Swimming preliminaries, 6 p.m. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 High School Boys' Swimming and Diving: State Finals at Indiana University Natatorium in Indianap- olis – Diving preliminaries and semifinals, 9 a.m.; Fi- nals, 1 p.m. Middle School Wrestling: Pike Central in Pike Central Invitational, 9 a.m. Pike Central High School junior Ethan Scott (with ball) looks for an open teammate while being closely defended by Tecumseh senior Andrew Taddleton (35) and sophomore Tan- ner Toopes (32) during varsity boys' basket- ball action on Tuesday, Feb. 6. Scott scored five points in a 45-38 loss to the visiting Braves. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School sophomore Ethan Gor- by (11) drives toward the basket during varsity boys' basketball action against visiting Tecumseh on Tues- day, Feb. 6. Ed Cahill photo By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Senior Woody Brucken scored 12 points while se- nior Logan Arnold and ju- nior Dustin DuPont added 11 each to lead Tecumseh to a 45 -38 victory over host Pike Central in high school boys' basketball action on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Pike Central, trailing 28 - 13 at the end of the third pe- riod, outscored the Braves 25 -17 in the fourth quarter, when senior Christian Ben- son netted 14 of his game- high and career-high 22 points. During the first three peri- ods, the Chargers made just six of 27 field goal attempts – including one of nine tries from beyond the three-point line – before hitting nine of 12 shots in the fourth quar- ter – including five of seven from three-point range – in the fourth quarter. "I thought we were being very passive there, especial- ly in the first three quarters," said Chargers head coach Hunter Elliott, whose team slipped to 3-14 overall and 1- 4 in the Pocket Athletic Con- ference. "Kids weren't flash- ing to the ball. We weren't coming and getting it." "When they're throwing some junk defenses like that at you, you're going to just have to play basketball at times and just attack and be aggressive, and I thought we were just being passive," El- liott added. "We put up 13 in the first three quarters and 25 in the fourth. Hopefully, we figured some things out there late." Tecumseh, which im- proved to 10 -10 overall and 2-5 in the PAC, scored the game's first eight points – five by Arnold, two by Bruck- en and one by senior Steve Molinet – before a basket by Benson, off an assist by soph- omore Ethan Gorby, with 1:07 left in the opening pe- riod pulled the Chargers to within 8 -2. A fter back-to-back bas- kets by Molinet and DuPont extended the Braves' lead to 12-2 early in the second peri- od, Pike Central scored five straight points on a basket by Benson and a three-pointer by junior Ethan Scott to cut the deficit to 12-7 with 5:40 remaining in the first half. Tecumseh would end the second period with a 10 -2 scoring run that extended the Braves' lead to 22-9 at halftime. Back-to-back baskets by Benson at the start of the sec- ond half pulled the Chargers to within 22-13 with 6:43 re- maining in the third period. However, Tecumseh scored nine straight points – four by Arnold, three by Du- Pont and two by Brucken – to stretch its lead to 31-13 early in the fourth quarter. Pike Central began slowly chipping away at the deficit, as a three-pointer and a two- point basket by senior Austin Holder sandwiched around a basket by Braves sophomore Tanner Toopes cut Tecum- seh's lead to 33-18. Following a pair of free throws by DuPont, a three-pointer by Benson pulled the Chargers to with- in 35 -21 with 5:38 remaining. Then, after a basket by Molinet upped the Braves' lead to 37-21, Benson hit an- other three-pointer to cut the deficit to 37-24 with 4:20 left in the contest. Tecumseh would stretch its lead to 16 points at 40 -24 and 42-26 before Pike Cen- tral scored nine straight points – seven by Benson and two by Holder – to pull to within 42-35 with 30 sec- onds remaining. The Braves extended their lead to 44-35 on a basket by senior Josh Jagelewski with 20.8 seconds remaining be- fore a three-pointer by Ben- son narrowed the gap to 44- 38 with 12 seconds left. However, the Chargers' 25 -point fourth quarter rally would fall short, as DuPont hit one of two free throws with 7.4 seconds remaining to close out the scoring. "Twenty-five points in a quarter? That's a really big quarter," Elliott said. "It was just us being aggressive and taking good shots. It wasn't Tecumseh holds Chargers off for a 45-38 victory Pike Central High School sophomore Stephen Krieg (23) looks to make a pass during varsity boys' basketball action against visiting Tecumseh on Tuesday, Feb. 6. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School sophomore Connor Young (20) goes up for a shot over Tell City junior Joe Gaynor (right) while junior Owen Noble (4) looks on during junior varsity boys' basketball ac- tion on Friday, Feb. 8. Young scored five points in a 50-28 loss to the visiting Marksmen. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School sophomore Sean Hanselman (top) goes up for a shot over Tecum- seh junior Gage Green (bottom) during junior var- sity boys' basketball action on Tuesday, Feb. 6. Hanselman, who was called for an offensive foul, scored three points in a 41-26 loss to the visiting Braves. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Christian Ben- son (bottom left) goes after the ball after knock- ing it away from Tell City senior Tretter Lyons (right) as Tell City senior Trent Arnold (12) looks on during varsity boys' basketball action on Fri- day, Feb. 8. Benson scored seven points in a 58- 27 loss to the visiting Marksmen. Ed Cahill photo ball over six times. "I don't think they were surprised to see that we were quite a bit shorter than them coming in," El- liott said. "But I thought our kids battled and competed and we just didn't hit some shots. We didn't finish, we didn't hit shots, and, you know, that kind of led to the final result." ROLLS Continued from page 1 See HOLDS on 3

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