The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, September 23, 2020 B-5 FOOTBALL Continued from page 1 Middle schoolers prevail over Vincennes Barnett and Weisman finish first The Charger middle school boys took the first four plac- es against Vincennes and the girls had the top three on their way to posting two sol- id wins on eighth grade recog- nition night at Prides Creek. Blaine Barnett (10 :39) ran first for the boys, followed by Jacoby Smith (13:04), Ethan Mann (13:35), Taylor Russell (13:49), Joshua Smith (7th, 15:46), Xander Parker (11th, 17:04) and Justus Edrington (15th, 21:09). In the girls' race, Xavery Weisman ran an 11:33 to first, followed by Kylee Weathers clocking 12:20, and Kaylynn Warner in 12:27. Kylie Meyer was fifth in 12:54, Emily Rik- er seventh (13:16), Eibhlin Teague in ninth (14:02), Jes- sa Ridao 10th (14:06), Taylor Skinner 11th (14:17), Kelsea Query 14th (14:56), Ava Mill- er 16th (15:08) and Caleigh Cox 20th (16:28). The girls scored an 18 to 43 win over Vincennes and the boys re- corded a 17 to 39 win. Kylie Meyer, Kaylyn Warner, Emiley Riker, Joshua Smith, Eibhlin Teague and Xander Parker run in a pack at Prides Creek on eighth grade recognition night. Blaine Barnett placed first with a time of 10:39, followed by Jacoby Smith (13:04) Xavery Weisman ran an 11:33 to place first. Eibhlin Teague placed ninth with a time of 14:02 against Vin- cennes. Kelsea Query placed 14th with a time of 14:56. Xander Parker placed 11th with a time of 17:04. The Hatchets would score twice in the second quar- ter on a 28 -yard run by quar- terback Trey Reed. Reed then hit Jacob Carrico for a 23-yard touchdown pass mid- way through the second quar- ter for a 22-0 lead. Pike Central came out in the second half playing bet- ter. Utterback hit freshman receiver Julian Gish for a 55 -yard touchdown to make it 22-8 just 1:35 into the third quarter. Utterback was 16 of 36 on the night, passing for 236 yards and two touchdowns. Early in the fourth quarter, the Chargers drove down the field and Jagar Dent capped off the drive with a one-yard run into the endzone to make it a 22-15 lead for the Hatchets. Charger Coach Dave Ste- phens said he thought Utter- back had a light switching on game. "He didn't seem rushed and he looked calm. The game seemed to be slowed down for him." A fter Pike Central cut the lead to one score, Washing- ton's quarterback Trey Reed took over the game. He scored on a 59 -yard run just 20 sec- onds later and then on a nine- yard run on Washington's next possession to put the game out of reach at 36 -15, with 9:24. Washington added another touchdown as Reed hit Carri- co again for a 14-yard touch- down and a 44-15 lead. Pike Central's Steven Krieg scored on a 16 -yard pass from Utterback as time expired in the game to make it 44-21. "I felt it was a good rival- ry. We kind of renewed a ri- valry," said Stephens. This was the first game of the Bat- tle for the White River Valley trophy. A trophy that will be given each year to the winner. "It was a good competi- tive game. I felt like our kids played well. It was a game both teams wanted to get the win on. I felt things started to click a lot better than they have in the last three weeks. I felt like we had some positive things we can build on. I think we took a step in the right di- rection. We competed our butts off and it wasn't enough Friday night," said Stephens. Washington improved to 2- 3 on the season. Pike Central hosts North Knox (2-1) on Friday with a start time of 7 p.m. SCORING First quarter W: Jayce Perkins 10 -yard run at 2:45. Two-point con- version on pass from Reed to Holtsclaw. PC 0, W 8 Second quarter W: Trey Reed 28 -yard run at 10 :28. PAT kick failed. PC 0, W 14 W: Jacob Carrico 23-yard pass from Reed at 7:33. PAT good. PC 0, W 22 Third quarter PC: Julian Gish 55 -yard pass from Lars Utterback at 10 :35. Wyatt Frasure run for two-point conversion. PC 8, W 22 Fourth quarter PC: Jagar Dent 1-yard run at 11:56 PAT good 11:56 in fourth PC 15, W 22 W: Reed 59 -yard run at 11:33. Reed run for two-point conversion. PC 15, W 30 W: Reed nine-yard run at 9:24. Two-point conversion failed. PC 15, W 36 W: Carrico 14 yard pass from Reed at 2:34. TD two point conversion good. PC 15, W 44 PC: Stephen Krieg 16 -yard pass from Utterback at 0 :00. No PAT attempt. PC 22, W 44 Above: Charger quar- terback Lars Utterback sprints away from a Wash- ington defend- er as he looks down field for a receiver. Left: Julian Gish makes a sharp cut and heads up field against Wash- ington on Fri- day night. Below: Charger de- fenders Col- son Dillard (21) and Ste- phen Krieg (82) try to get the angle on a Washington ball carrier.