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The Press-Dispatch Sports Wednesday, December 4, 2019 B- 3 STUMBLE Continued from page 1 Steward gets 11-point buck Twelve-year-old Aydin Steward, of Petersburg, killed this 11-point buck on November 18 with a shotgun while hunting in Gibson County. Aydin is the son of Deric Steward and Crystal Norrick, of Petersburg. the return of Hickey, Kailee Mann and Chloe Williams. "That will be a boost for the team," McCutchan said. Hickey and Mann are both major contributors to the varsity team, while Williams, at 6 -foot-1-inch- es, should help out both the varsity and junior varsity teams. PCHS WALLOPS TELL CITY Pike Central hosted Tell City (1-7, 0 -2 PAC) and came away with a 52-20 win. The Lady Chargers bolt- ed out of the gates and com- mandingly led 18 -2 after the first quarter. "I thought our defense was great and allowed us to get off to a great start," McCutchan said. "We did not shoot the ball great, but we attacked the basketball well and our defense creat- ed a lot of easy baskets for us. It was a good balanced scoring night. Hopefully we can build off the past two games." It was the first time Pike Central has won consecu- tive games since it defeated Barr-Reeve and North Posey in January of 2018. "We are hoping the back- to-back wins brings confi- dence," he said. "We have played better these past three games and with a busy week this week, we hope it carries over. I thought as a team we did a very good job defensively forcing Tell City out of the paint and we got in the passing lanes well. Jayln Nelson played well on both ends and her defense led to some easy baskets for her on the other end. I was very happy with effort from both sides of the ball." Nelson finished with a game-high 15 points. She was followed by Powell and Hunt with eight each, Vaughn with seven, Horrall with five, Leighty with four and Taylor with three. The Lady Marksmen's leading scorer was Ava Hilgenhold with 12. Pike Central traveled to Eastern Greene (2-4, 0 -0 Southwest Indiana) on Tues- day, Nov. 3. They will host Barr- Reeve (0 -5, 0 -0 Blue Chip) on Thursday, Dec. 5, and South Spencer (1-7, 0 -1 PAC) on Monday, Dec. 9. Pike Central Middle School Basketball Roundup By Dennis Marshall Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net The Pike Central eighth-grade boys' basketball team improved to 4- 0 with a win over Southridge on Mon- day, Dec. 2. The Chargers defeated the Raiders, 32-26, behind 18 points from Quade Morton, seven from Julian Gish, four from Chade Ridao, two from Ethan Meadors and one from Zane Gehl- hausen. "It was a great team win on a tough shooting night after the holidays," Pike Central coach JJ Howald said. "We played great defense for three and a half quarters and let them back in the game late. Proud of the kids for taking care of the ball and finishing the game out strong." Pike Central also defeated Haub- stadt, 39 -13, on Tuesday, Nov. 26. "Overall, we played very well," Howald said. "I challenged the kids to work on the little things and getting better, and not necessarily results in games like this. I think the Heritage Hills game was a wake up call for us. We've been talking and talking about not getting out toughed and doing the little things right. If we can do that for four quarters a night, this group will be really tough to beat." Gish led the team with 16. He was followed by Morton with 15, Ridao with six and Gehlhausen with two. The Pike Central seventh-grade boys' team struggled against South- ridge and eventually lost 37-16. "I challenged the boys at halftime to be more aggressive on the offensive end," Pike Central coach Jacob Robi- nette said. "Set more ball screens in the offense and feed the post." Jake Pauw led the Chargers in points. He scored six of eight in the second half. Brenton Fryrear and Bar- rett Cooper each added four. "We have had four games and played four solid teams," Robinette said. "These kids work very hard in practice. I've seen a lot of improve- ment." The team also lost to Haubstadt, 43-20. Haubstadt is a quick team with some good shooters and came into the game with an undefeated record. "I was very proud of our percentage from the free throw line as a team," Robinette said. "We knocked down seven out of eight attempts. Fryrear was five out of six and Pauw went two for two. Our offense is getting there. I was impressed. We put up more points versus Haubstadt than our first two games combined. The boys are put- ting in the hard work during practice and it showed." Fryer led the team with 11. Cooper had three, and Noah Meece, Ari O'Ne- al and Pauw each scored two. Pike Central's eighth-grade girls' team also defeated Haubstadt. The Lady Chargers won 39 -30 and were led by Brailey Mills with 20 points. "This was a hard-fought win by the Chargers," Pike Central coach Jenn Smith said. "They came out firing of- fensively, but defense almost cost us in the end. The girls, again, showing their strengths when we needed it, made this win possible." Mills, Anna Whitehead and Kel- by Leighty all had clutch free throws down the stretch to secure the win for Pike Central. Wren Kabrick and Whitehead caused some crucial turnovers on defense that the Lady Chargers were able to convert into easy buckets. Ash- lyn Kirk and Jamie Sallee made great contributions in defense as well. They each had a steal, boxed out, rebound- ed well and were very aggressive. Ruby Sallee, Shelby Meadows and Leighty all contributed in the post play for Pike Central's offense. "It's great to see the girls playing well together," Smith said. "They have made great improvements in all as- pects of the game. It's awesome, as a coach, to see the girls taking charge on the court when the play is break- ing down. This was another great win for the girls " Haubstadt scored almost half of its points from the free-throw line, fin- ishing 12-of-20. Other scorers for the Lady Char- gers were Leighty with eight, Mead- ows with four, Whitehed with three, and Sallee and Kubrick each with two. Pike Central seventh-grade girls' team didn't experience nearly as much success against Haubstadt. The Elites dominated the Lady Chargers, 42-8. Zoey Myers led Pike Central with six and Karly Morson added two. Mighty Oaks look to bounce back after rough week By Dennis Marshall Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net The Oakland City men's basketball team dropped to 1-8 after three losses this past week. The Mighty Oaks' woes started with a 121-58 loss to the University of South- ern Indiana at the new Screaming Ea- gles Arena. OCU trailed 51-28 at half- time before USI pulled away in the sec- ond half. "I was pleased with much of our ef- fort and execution in the first half, but we weren't able to maintain that per- formance for the entire game," OCU head coach Lee Moore said. "Give credit to USI, they were very talented with great quickness on the perimeter and strength, and size inside." USI (5 -0, 0 -0 GLVC) is ranked No. 9 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches D-II poll. The Screaming Eagles put on a shooting exhibition in the second half. They connected on 28 -of-39 shots from the field and were 7-of-10 from 3-point range. "They really put on a shooting clin- ic in the second half," Moore said. "It gave us the opportunity to compete against a nationally ranked NCA A D-II team in their beautiful new arena and challenge ourselves to strive to give our best even through difficult circum- stances." Pike Central alumnus Tyler Toopes scored a game-high 26 points on 9 -of- 20 shots for OCU. He also had three assists, three rebounds, a block and a steal. Nathaniel Schmittler added 12 points and 10 rebounds, Jacob San- ford had nine points, Kase Robinson had five points, Javan Miller had four points and DJ Redding had two points. Josh Price led USI with 23 points and 10 rebounds. The Screaming Ea- gles had six other players with dou- ble-digit points. The Mighty Oaks traveled to Camp- bellsville, Ky., this past weekend for the Campbellsville Classic, where they took on two nationally-ranked NAIA teams. OCU lost 106 -69 to Campbells- ville University (5 -4) on Friday, Nov. 29. The Mighty Oaks had another good first half against Campbellsville. They moved the ball well, moved well off of screens without the ball and found the open man. They had an assist on 13-of-17 first- half baskets and played one of their best defensive halves with great ef- fort and communication. "We blocked out well and led in re- bounding at halftime," Moore said. "Our second half was a different story as Campbellsville shot 65 percent from the field and 50 percent from 3-point range, while ending up with the advan- tage in rebounding 47-36." Toopes scored 15 points, hauled in 10 rebounds, dished out three assists, had a block and grabbed one steal. He was followed by Sanford with 13 points, Schmittler with 12 points and 11 rebounds, JD Hoover and Robinson each had eight points, Miller had sev- en points, Redding had four points and Austin Ladd had two points. OCU lost 117-73 on Saturday, Nov. 30 to the University of the Cumber- lands (7-2). Toopes scored a game-high 29 points on 11-of-18 shots. He also hauled in four rebounds and grabbed three steals. He was followed by Sanford and Schmittler with 10 points each, Rob- inson with nine points, Redding with eight points, Hoover and Miller with three points each, and Ladd with one point. Schmittler also had 10 rebounds. "They got out to an early lead on some hot shooting, 11-of-17 from be- hind the arc," Moore said. "We made a few runs, but never were able to close the gap. The weekend really gave us an opportunity to see where we need to bring some added focus to practice this next week." OCU will be back in action on Sat- urday, Dec. 7, when they host the Uni- versity of Illinois-Springfield (5 -1) at the Johnson Center. Former Pike Central Charger Tyler Toopes goes up for a layup while playing for the Oakland City University Mighty Oaks earli- er this season. Lady Oaks drop a pair without head coach By Dennis Marshall Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net The Oakland City women's bas- ketball team lost two games this past week while head coach Shayne Ross was away from the team on medical leave. No further information was provid- ed on Ross' condition or when he was expected to return to the team. The Lady Oaks (2-5) lost 110 -69 to Embry-Riddle University on Wednes- day, Nov. 27 in Daytona Beach, Fla. OCU shot 50 percent from the field in the game, but Embry-Rid- dle turned OCU's 32 turnovers into 31 points. While the Lady Oaks only had six points off of the 15 turnovers they forced. "We struggled against their press with way too many turnovers ear- ly in the game and did not get back on defense," OCU interim coach Pat- ti Buchta said. "We then settled down and did much better against the press. We did battle back and got the score to 25 points with four minutes, then we started to make unforced turnovers again and the score got out of hand. Laurin [Bentley] and Tabby [Klem] both had good offense against Embry. The team played hard and I was proud of them adjusting to my coaching with Coach Ross being gone." Klem led the team with 19 points. She was followed by Maria Schmit- tler with 13 points and nine rebounds, Bentley with 11 points and four as- sists, Kiare Young with 11 points, Reanne Kietlinski with eight points, McKendree Ward with five points and Serena Tompkins with two points. Pike Central alumna Hailey Marchi- no had a steal. OCU also lost 78 -51 to Florida Tech (5 -3) on Saturday, Nov. 30. "We had horrible shooting in the first quarter," Buchta said. "We had good looks, just did not go in, but we played really well after that. We played them pretty even, just had a rough start. It was probably the best defense we have played all year and the least amount of turnovers (21). [Schmittler] had a great game. I know it took the girls a while to get used to my coaching style and the minor changes that I made in the offense and defense, but they listened and adjust- ed. They are a great group of young ladies." Schmittler led the team with 16 points and eight rebounds. She was followed by Klem with 14, Kietlinski and Tompkins each with six, Young with five and Ward with four. Marchi- no had five rebounds. OCU traveled to Indiana Universi- ty-Kokomo on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The Lady Oaks will not be back in action until they travel to Bethel University in Tennessee on Thursday, Dec. 12. Pike Central's Jenna Horrall drives towards the basket in the Chargers' win at Wood Memorial.

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