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B-2 Sports Wednesday, October 9, 2019 The Press-Dispatch GIRLS' XC Pictured above is the 2019 Pike Central girls' cross country team. They are, front row (l to r): Lexie Neese and Shelby Vaughn; second row: Kennedy Willis, Quinlan Teague, Laney Johnson, Kayla Cannon and Morgan Sallee; third row: Jade Kamman, Libby Stone, Jenna Meyer and Morgan Anderson; fourth row: Charlotte Dudenhoeffer, head coach Josh Roach, assistant coach Wil Teague and assistant coach Joe Chamberlain. GOOD LUCK AT SECTIONALS 812-354-9909 • glezenrevivalcenter.com • 245 S. Glezen Center St., Petersburg Good Luck! 104 E. Main St. Petersburg • 812-354-8531 HWY. 57 SOUTH, PETERSBURG, IN Phone: (812) 354-8542 WYATT SEED COMPANY, INC. 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Pike Ave., Petersburg • 812-354-8833 GoldenLivingCenters.com/Petersburg UPCOMING SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9 Sixth-Grade Volleyball: Pike Central at George Rog- ers, 6 p.m. THURSDAY, OCT. 10 Junior Varsity Volleyball: Pike Central at Heritage Hills, 6 p.m. Middle School Football: South Spencer at Pike Cen- tral, 6:30 p.m. Middle School Volleyball: PAC Meet at Pike Cen- tral, 6:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball: Pike Central at Heritage Hills, 7:45 p.m. FRIDAY, OCT. 11 Varsity Football: Pike Central at Southridge, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, OCT. 12 Boys' and Girls' Middle School Cross Country: Pike Central in Sectional Meet at South Knox, TBD Junior Varsity Volleyball: Pike Central at Forest Park Tourney, 9 a.m. MONDAY, OCT. 14 Sixth-Grade Volleyball: Pike Central at North Knox, 6 p.m. Pike Central's other com- petitors were Charlotte Dudenhoeffer at 22nd in 22:54.7, Laney Johnson at 23rd in 22:57.7 and Morgan Anderson at 28th in 23:35.5. Lexie Neese and Morgan Sallee also ran the course and finished in 26:40.1 and 28:41.5, respectively. Forest Park also won the boys' division with a score of 61. They were followed by Gibson Southern (70), Tell City (81), Heritage Hills (84), Pike Central (107), Southridge (112), Tecum- seh (185) and North Posey (197). The Rangers' Spenser Wolf won the race in 16:37.0. The Chargers' Nate Wool- ery earned All-Conference honors after an eighth-place finish in 17:51.9, and Pey- ton Chanley was selected All-Conference honorable mention after placing 17th in 18:28.5. Other finishers for Pike Central were Ijaa Chambers at 25th in 19:12.7, Ethan Gorby at 28th in 19:30.8, Trent Zimmerman at 19th in 19:32.9, A J Hill at 37th in 20 :10.5 and Dallas Reu- tepohler at 45th in 20 :57.4. Noah Russell finished the course in 21:25.9, Sam Thieving in 23:13.8, Sean Hanselman in 23:54.8 and Lane Potts in 26:07.3. "We feel very positive about our performance on Saturday," Roach said. "We knew that we had a good shot to finish that high on the girls' side, but it would take a very good day. I real- ly feel like we are winning a lot more battles within the race than when we started the year and making a lot of progress. We know that sectionals are going to be a battle, probably even more so than in the last couple years. I feel like the kids are up to the task and be- lieve in their capabilities. It will be a lot of fun to see how it plays out." Pike Central will compete in the Sectional 31 Meet at South Knox on Saturday, Oct. 12. PAC Continued from page 1 Pike Central runners Libby Stone, Quinlan Teague, Jenna Meyer and Ken- nedy Willis stand for a photo after the Pocket Athletic Conference Cross Country Meet at Forest Park High School on Saturday, Oct. 5. Stone earned All-Conference honors, while Teague, Meyer and Willis were honorable men- tion selections. Pike Central Middle School had their last home cross country meet Tuesday, October 2, and the team recognized and celebrated eighth-graders (from l to r): Anna Whitehead, Shane Woodhull and Ruby Sallee. The girls' team won the meet against Gibson Southern and Tecumseh. Weisman wins PAC middle school XC meet By Dennis Marshall Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Pike Central's Xavery Weisman finished first in the Pocket Athletic Confer- ence Middle School Cross Country Meet on Saturday, Oct. 5 at Forest Park. Weisman finished the course in 11 minutes and 47.7 seconds, which was nearly 30 seconds faster than second-place Emma Blessinger, of Southridge. The Chargers finished fourth as a team, but only six points separated sec- ond and fourth place. "The girls' team was on- ly six points from second place, which is a big deal considering how they per- formed last year," coach Cain Parker said. "I told the girls' team early in the year that they had a shot at getting first or second de- pending how things went, but morning of the race, it was our goal to get second and had a legitimate shot at getting second." Southridge won the team completion with a score of 41. They were fol- lowed by Tell City (70), Forest Park (72), Pike Central (76), North Posey (120), Gibson Southern (144) and Heritage Hills (156). The Chargers' other fin- ishers were Anna White- head at eighth in 12:41.7, Kylee Weathers at 12th in 12:53.1, Eibhlin Teague at 16th in 13:36.3, Kaylyn Warner at 29th in 13:43.6, Kelsea Query at 42nd in 15:38.2 and Jackie Berry at 47 in 17:14.9. Pike Central had mul- tiple girls compete in the open race, too. Kylie Meyer was seventh in 14:00.8, Emiley Riker at 15th in 14:25.7, Jessa Ridao at 17th in 14:44.1, Katelyn Neal at 28th in 15:29.7, Ru- by Sallee at 39th in 16:39.7, Caleigh Cox at 45th in 17:23.1 and Halie Brock at 51st in 18:27.0. Gibson Southern won the boys' competition with a score of 37 and had the top finisher in Alex Spin- dler (10 :46.9). The Titans were followed by Tell City (56), Southridge (84), North Posey (110), Forest Park (139), Heritage Hills (150) and Tecumseh (180). Pike Central was eighth with 184 points. The Chargers' runners were Shane Woodhull at 19th in 12:03.0, Jacoby Smith at 29th in 12:28.3, Blaine Barnett at 31st in 12:30.4, Brayden Hartley at 52nd in 16:43.5 and Xander Parker at 53rd in 16:45.1. "They all, girls' team and the boys' team, worked real- ly hard this year and every- one improved their times through the year," Parker said. Anna Whitehead, Xavery Weisman and Kylee Weather stand for a photo after the PAC Middle School Meet at Forest Park on Saturday, Oct. 5. Weisman earn All-Conference after she finished first. Whitehead was also All-Conference after an eighth-place finish, and Weathers was a second team All-Conference selection after she placed 14th. 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