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A-10 Wednesday, March 3, 2021 The Press-Dispatch Pike Central falls to South Knox, 62-34 By James Capozella Senior Charger Sean Hanselman netted the only Pike Central three-pointer to get his team to the 15 -7 defi- cit that the visiting South Knox Spartans expanded quarterly for their 62-34 Tuesday night win. The Spartans utilized the three-point shot for 18 markers while the Chargers got to the free throw line for 11 of 17, five of six courtesy of Hanselman. The senior was the game's leading scorer with 16 points while the Spartans had three in double figures, including senior Garrett Holscher and junior Cody Dawson with 15 apiece. The Chargers had a rough start, trailing 13-2 before Kendric Sorguis, with an as- sist from Hanselman bagged the second Charger basket of the quarter. Hanselman hit a three-pointer to close out the first stop down 15 -7. Spartans Brennon Robinson and Tristian Wirth opened the gap further with a three-point- er and a basket to start off the second quarter. Eight points came via the charity stripe and a three point play by Tray- lor but 19 points by five Spar- tans took them into halftime up 34-15. Spartan three-pointers weighed heavy in the first quarter while the charity stripe and a solitary basket by senior Hunter Traylor sent the Chargers into halftime trailing by 19. Baskets by Ethan Gorby and Julian Gish, plus a three point play by Hanselman to end the third, didn't offset the Spartan offense that kept rolling to a 47- 22 advantage at the third stop. Connor Young hit a one- and-one in the fourth and then Hanselman picked it up for the Chargers with steals and three baskets including shots from the stripe and a three- point play. Spartan Cody Daw- son netted 10 of his team's 15 fourth quarter points in coun- tering Hanselman's late game hustle. Eight Chargers got on the scoreboard and the Spartans had seven but only one within the senior ranks. Charger se- niors accounted for 23 points while underclassmen account- ed for 43 points. South Knox went to 11-10 with recent wins over Evans- ville Reitz, Washington and Vincennes Rivet. The junior varsity got be- hind 24-8 in the first quar- ter of the preliminary contest and won the next two quarters but finished down 60 -48. Alex Clark was the Charger lead- ing scorer with 15 followed by Ethan Meadors and Chase Rid- ao with 12 with 11 respectively. Meadors got his dozen markers with the three-ball while South Knox was led by Logan Fisher with 16 points, including two three-pointers. SCORE BY QUARTERS Chargers: 7 15 22 34 Spartans: 15 34 47 62 Pike Central– Sorgius: 1 0 2- 0 3 2, Brown: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Boyd: 1 0 0 -0 0 2, Gorby: 1 0 2-0 2 0, Traylor: 1 0 1-1 0 3, Hanselman: 4 1 6 -5 1 16, Clark: 0 0 4-3 1 3, B. Howald: 0 0 2-2 0 2, Gish: 2 0 0 -0 2 4, Evans: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, P. Howald: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Young: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Totals: 10 1 17-11 11, 34. 7 8 7 12-34 South Knox– Holscher: 5 3 0 -0 2 15, Robinson: 3 1 1-1 2 10, Candler: 3 0 0 -0 1 6, Wirth: 2 1 0 -0 3 7, Maeder: 2 1 0 -0 1 7, Dawson: 6 0 3-3 0 15, Thomas: 0 0 0 -0 3 0, Fisher: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Thompson: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Hoops: 1 0 0 -0 ` 2. Totals: 20 6 4-4 16 62. 15 19 13 15 -62 SCORE BY QUARTERS Charger JV: 8 23 36 48 Spartan JV: 24 35 46 60 Pike Central– B. Howald: 2 0 0 -0 0 4, Evans: 1 0 2-1 2 3, Meadors: 0 4 0 -0 2, 12, Ridao: 5 0 2-1 3 11, Gehlhausen: 0 0 0 - 0 2 0, Miller: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Taylor: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Clark: 7 0 2-1 0 15, Dent: 1 0 3-1 4 3. Totals: 16 4 9 - 4 14 48. 8 15 13 12-48 South Knox– Thompson: 3 0 0 -0 3 2, Thomas: 1 0 1-0 1 2, Pe- terson: 1 3 3-2 0 13, Hoops: 1 2 0 -0 2 8, McIntire: 4 1 5 -3 3 14, Fisher: 4 2 2-2 2 16, Robinson: 0 0 2-1 0 1. Totals: 14 8 13-8 12 60. 24 11 11 14-60. Chargers nipped by Vincennes Lincoln in sectional preview, 61-49 By James Capozella The sectional match-up with Vincennes Lincoln this Friday at Washington was previewed this past Thursday night on the Charger court, but starters for Pike Central were switched from the Tues- day South Knox game. Seniors Aden Brown, Gar- rett Boyd, Hunter Traylor, Se- an Hanselman and Connor Young first took to the floor, followed by Peyton Howald, Kendric Sorgius, Ethan Gor- by, Quade Morton and Julian Gish coming off the bench in the early going. Vincennes got the upper hand for a 32-23 halftime but Gorby, Gish, Hanselman and Howald contributed 15 points in the third and helped hold Vincennes to 11 before the Al- ices started hitting in the final minutes for a 61-49 final Vincennes showed their dominance in height on occa- sion but so did the likes of Sor- gius, Howald, Gish and Young Gish, Sorgius and Howald all netted threes in the sec- ond quarter but Vincennes did likewise, plus got to the line and also netted a trio of baskets for the 19 to 13 sec- ond quarter edge. Down by nine at the half, the Char- gers cut the lead to 43-38 af- ter three, but the Alices, led by Ethan Bushey, picked up 18 fourth quarter markers to 11 by Hanselman, Brown and Howald. Eight threes worked for the Chargers, including a pair each from Hanselman and Gish and one each scored by Brown, Sorgius, Gorby and Howald. Hanselman was Pike Cen- tral's leading scorer with 17 points followed by Howald with 13 and Gish with eight. Traylor finished with five and Brown and Sorgius had three apiece. Spartan senior Ethan Bushey had a game high 19 points and teammate Luke Tolliver added 14. South Knox was 13 of 15 from the line, with Spartan Ethan Bushey netting nine of 10. Pike Central was seven of 12 from the line and bagged eight three-pointers. In the preliminary contest, the Charger Junior Varsity fell, 42-20 after a 9 -2 first quarter. Their first basket was a second quarter three-pointed by Bra- den Howald, leading to a 23- 8 halftime deficit. Jagar Dent got the only basket in the third quarter and the team played even at 10 points each in the final frame. Alex Clark had seven points, five coming in the fourth quar- ter. Dent and Howald each had five, Chase Ridao two and Ash- ton Evans one. Lincoln's Zach- ary Steffey had 11 for the Al- ices and Jackson Stone and Kiefer Foster each had six. SCORE BY QUARTERS Chargers: 10 23 38 49 Alices: 13 32 43 61 Pike Central– Sorgius: 0 1 0 - Hunter Traylor works hard for a shot in close against the varsity Spartans. Alex Clark was three of four from the line in varsi- ty action with South Knox. Sean Hanselman goes in for a shot against the South Knox varsity. Jagar Dent is blocked in a drive to the basket against the Alices Thursday night. Peyton Howald puts up a shot from the paint. He contributed 13 markers includ- ing a three-pointer. Ashton Evans goes to the hoop for two in JV action against South Knox on Tuesday. www.UebelhorGM.com Jasper • 1-800-937-8721 CHEVROLET 0 0 3, Brown: 0 1 0 -0 1 3, Boyd: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Gorby: 1 1 0 -0 4 5, Traylor: 0 0 0 -0 2 0, Hansel- man: 3 2 10 -5 2 17, Clark: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, B. Howald: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Morton: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Gish: 1 2 0 -0 0 8, Evans: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, P. Howald: 4 1 2-2 3 13, Young: 0 0 0 -0 2 0, Totals: 9 8 12-7 16 49. 10 13 15 11-49 Alices–Curry: 2 0 3-2 2 6, Corrona: 1 1 0 -0 1 5, N. Bu- chey: 0 1 0 -0 1 3, Tolliver: 1 4 0 -0 1 14, Smith: 1 0 0 -0 3 2, Pfoff: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Thorne: 3 0 0 -0 0 6, E. Bushey: 5 0 10 -9 2 19, Hardiman: 2 0 2-2 2 6. To- tals: 15 6 15 -13 12 61. 13 19 11 18 -61 SCORE BY QUARTERS Chargers JV: 2 8 10 20 Lincoln JV: 9 23 32 42 Pike Central– B. Howald: 0 1 2-2 2 5, Evans: 0 0 2-1 1 1, Meadors: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Ridao: 1 0 0 -0 2 2, Gehlhausen: 0 0 1- 0 2 0, Miller: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Tay- lor: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Clark: 1 1 3-2 1 7, Dent: 2 0 2-1 3 5. Totals: 4 2 10 -6 12 20. 2 6 2 10 -20 Lincoln– E. Hurland: 0 0 0 - 0 4 0, S. Hurland: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Stone: 1 1 0 -0 1 5, Hunt: 3 0 0 - 0 1 6, Foster: 1 1 2-1 0 6, Mc- Crary: 1 0 1-1 0 3, Steffey: 2 0 7-7 1 11, Pfoff: 1 0 0 -0 0 2, Hill: 1 1 0 -0 1 5, Bellamy: 0 0 0 -0 2 0, Gilbert: 0 0 2-0 0 0, Hambrick: 2 0 0 -0 1 4. Totals: 12 3 12-9 11 42. 9 14 9 10 -42