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B-2 Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Hillyard places 5th in Alan Hopewell Classic Sports Briefs Dirt Diamonds 8U softball tryouts Sept. 14 The Petersburg Dirt Diamonds 8U girls' softball travel team will conduct tryouts on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 3 p.m., EDT, at the Petersburg Little League softball field. If you have a daughter that will still be eight years of age by Jan. 1, 2014, she is still eligible to play in the 8U league. For more information, contact Nicole Sharp at (812) 766-3663. Dirt bike racing is coming to Pike County An American Motorcycle Association sanctioned dirt bike race will be Sept. 15 at Interlake SR A near Lynnville in southern Pike County. The race course is approximately 100 miles. Spectators are welcome with free admission. Registration is open. To register and for more information, visit http://www.lablackcoal.com. Upcoming Events PChs girls golf Wed. 9/11 Thurs. 9/12 Sat. 9/14 South Spencer Wood Mem. PAC (Oak City) H H A PChs boys tennis Wed. 9/11 Thurs. 9/12 Mon. 9/16 Southridge Tell City Forest Park A A H 4:45 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. PChs varsity football Fri. 9/13 Mon. Tell City H PChs JV football 9/16 Tell City A PChs boys soccer Thurs. 9/12 North Posey A PChs girls soccer Thurs. 9/12 Mon. 9/16 Tues. 9/17 Sat. Tues. Princeton Washingt. (JV) South Knox H A A 7:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. PChs cross country 9/14 9/17 Heritage Hills Princeton Inv. A A 9:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. PChs var-jv volleyball Wed. 9/11 Springs Valley H 7:15 p.m. Thurs. 9/12 Southridge H 7:15 p.m. Mon. 9/16 North Posey H 7:45 p.m. Tues. 9/17 Princeton A 7:45 p.m. *JV is one hour and fifteen min. before varsity PCMS 7th-8th football Thurs. 9/12 Gibson South. H 6:30 p.m. PCMS cross country Thurs. 9/12 Southridge A 6:00 p.m. Pcms 7th-8th volleyball Thurs. 9/12 Mon. 9/16 Tues. 9/17 S. Spencer Barr-Reeve Tecumseh A A H 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. pcms 6th volleyball Thurs. 9/12 Tues. 9/17 Mon. South Knox. Francisco A A pcms boys tennis 9/16 Southridge A PCMS boys soccer Wed. 9/11 Sat. 9/14 Tues. 9/17 South Knox South Spencer Vincennes Rivet H H H PCMS girls soccer Wed. 9/11 Thurs. 9/12 Mon. 9/16 Mt. Vernon Vincennes Rivet Ev. Christian A A H The Press-Dispatch 6:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Scouting Report Tell City Marksmen (2-1) at PC Chargers (0-3) 7:30 p.m., ET, Weathers Field Radio: WBTO, 102.3 FM Last year's result: Tell City 20, Pike Central 6. Junior running back Reese Miller scored three touchdowns to lead the Marksmen in a game that was called due to lightning, with 2:22 left in the fourth quarter. Junior tailback Kegan Aldridge rushed for 120 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown run, on 17 carries and caught a pair of passes for 17 yards to lead the Chargers. Last week's results: Pike Central lost at Heritage Hills 42-3, while Tell City lost at South Spencer 14-7 Marksmen facts: Ryan George is in his third season as head coach of the Marksmen and has an overall record of 8-15. Last year, Tell City was 4-6 overall, including 3-4 in the Pocket Athletic Conference. The Marksmen, who scored an average of 17.1 points per game, while allowing an average of 22.0 points per game last season, lost 35-7 to North Posey in the first round of sectionals. Tell City opened the 2013 season by defeating Mount Vernon (Posey) 34-14 and Heritage Hills 16-13 before falling at South Spencer last Friday. Pocket Athletic Conference Standings PAC Overall Team W-LW-LPFPA Gibson South. 3-03-016633 South Spencer 2-12-147 71 Southridge1-0 2-1 136 43 Heritage Hills 1-1 1-2 69 56 Tell City 1-1 2-1 57 41 Pike Central 0-1 0-3 35 173 Forest Park 0-2 0-3 20 147 North Posey 0-2 1-2 70 105 Last week's scores—PAC Games: Heritage Hills 42, Pike Central 3; Gibson Southern 56, North Posey 20; Southridge 54, Forest Park 7; South Spencer 14, Tell City 7. Other games: North Daviess 49, Eastern Greene 16; Evansville Central 56, Evansville Bosse 28; Evansville Mater Dei 51, Evansville Harrison 25; Evansville Memorial 17, Evansville North 10; Castle 17, Evansville Reitz 0; Jasper 28, Boonville 3; Linton-Stockton 59, Wood Memorial 8; Mt. Carmel (Ill.) 45, Mt. Vernon (Posey) 3; North Central (Farmersburg) 75, Turkey Run 0; Sullivan 28, North Knox 21; Princeton 60, Washington 34; Tecumseh 63, Southside Home School 8; Indiana Deaf 50, Union (Dugger) 0; Terre Haute South 48, Vincennes Lincoln 0. This week's schedule: Friday—PAC Games: Tell City at Pike Central; Boonville at Gibson Southern; Crawford County at Forest Park; Jasper at Heritage Hills; North Posey at Southridge; South Spencer at Owensboro Catholic (Ky.). Other games: Castle at Evansville Bosse; Evansville Harrison at Evansville North; Evansville Memorial at Evansville Mater Dei; Evansville Reitz at Evansville Central; Mitchell at Eastern Greene; Mt. Carmel (Ill.) at Princeton; North Knox vs. Wood Memorial at Indiana State; North Vermillion at North Central (Farmersburg); Tecumseh at Union (Dugger); Vincennes Lincoln at Mt. Vernon (Posey); Washington at North Daviess. Saturday—Linton-Stockton vs. West Vigo at Lucas Oil Stadium; Northview vs. Sullivan at Lucas Oil Stadium. By Ed Cahill sports@pressdispatch.net Freshman Abby Hillyard recorded her fastest time of the season while placing fifth overall in the freshman/ sophomore girls' division of the Alan Hopewell Class Invitational Thursday, Sept. 5, at Gibson Southern High School. Hillyard completed the 3.1-mile course in 22:10, beating her previous personal best time by 22 seconds. Two Lady Charger sophomores also posted season-best times as Kaylee Gray finished 16th with a time of 24:04 and Candi Miller placed 39th with a time of 27:46. Gray and Miller had recorded season-low times of 26:03 and 28:59, respective- ly, in a home meet against North Knox two days earlier. In addition, sophomore MaKaila Mason finished 28th with a time of 25:50, just two seconds off her season-best time of 25:48. In the junior/senior girls' division, Pike Central senior Lauryn Davis posted her second-fastest time of the season, 26:03, while finishing 41st. Junior Alicia Hanselmann also recorded her secondfastest time of the season, 28:07, while finishing 55th. In the junior/senior boys' division, Charger junior Kaleb Hill matched his best time of the season of 19:07 while placing 29th. Meanwhile, Charger freshmen Torin Shover and Reid Craig posted their best times of the season in the freshman/sophomore division, with Shover placing 22nd in 19:55 and Craig placing 45th in 22:06. Shover and Craig had recorded season-low times of 21:35 and 23:32, respectively. In addition, sophomore Earl Townsend finished 43rd with a time of 21:36, just one second off his previous season-best time of 21:35. "The runners were disappointed with their times at both Terre Haute and Southridge," said Pike Central Head Coach Jessica Hadley. "But starting with our first home meet last Tuesday, their hard work over the summer started to show as their times started to drop." Hadley said that she was pleased with how her teams performed at the Gibson Southern Class Invitational. "We could not score in either junior/senior race, but all of the kids showed improvement," Hadley said. "One runner who really gave us a glimpse of her ability was Kaylee Gray, who at the first meet ran in the 29's, and on Thursday ran 24:04, cutting off over five minutes in less than two weeks. "All of the kids ran great last week and we expect to continue to see improvements as the season continues," Hadley added. The Chargers, who hosted North Daviess, Washington Catholic and South Knox on Tuesday, Sept. 10, will compete in the Heritage Hills Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 14, and the Princeton Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Lady Chargers fall at Forest Park By Ed Cahill sports@pressdispatch.net The Pike Central High School volleyball team fell to 0-1 in the Pocket Athletic Conference with a 25-15, 2519, 25-17 loss at Forest Park on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Senior Lauren Morton had a team-high four ace serves and 20 digs, while senior Emily Howes added five kills as the Lady Chargers fell to 2-7 overall. Five Pike Central players, Howes, juniors Chloe Keepes and Olivia Whann, sophomore Nicah McFarland and freshman Peyton Ruppel, had one ace serve each while junior Cayla Mahoney had three kills. McFarland and Ruppel, who had the team's only block, added two kills apiece. Keepes had seven set assists, while Morton and Whann had one each. McFarland also had nine digs. Keepes added eight, while Howes and Ruppel both had four digs. In junior varsity action, Forest Park defeated Pike Central 25-18, 25-17. Freshman Madison Dorsey led the Lady Chargers in ace serves with three, while freshmen Jo Whitehead and Paige Kluemper added two and one, respectively. Whitehead also led the team with two kills and six digs. Kluemper had three digs while freshman Alyssa Lee pitched in with two. In addition, sophomore Kirstin Asbell had a teamhigh four set assists. In a "C" team contest, Forest Park defeated Pike Central 25-23, 25-10. Freshmen Maya Frederick and Hannah Yager led the Lady Chargers in ace serves, with three and two, respectively, while Frederick and freshmen Madison Dorsey and Maya Frederick each had one kill. S ophomore S h a n a e Fulcher had three set assists while Dorsey and Frederick both had four digs. Yager and freshman Shelby Waltz added three digs apiece. On Thursday, Sept. 5, Pike Central traveled to Shoals, where the Lady Chargers dropped a 19-25, 25-15, 2520, 25-17 loss to the host Lady Rox. Senior Emily Howes had a team-leading eight ace serves while senior Lauren Morton and junior Chloe Keepes added four apiece as Pike Central fell to 2-8. Junior Cayla Mahoney, who recorded one block, had six kills. Howes and senior Kalee Hadley added five and four, respectively. Keepes, mea nwhile, dished out a team-leading 17 set assists while Morton recorded 24 digs. Howes also reached double figures in digs with 13. In junior varsity action, freshman Jo Whitehead had nine kills and 12 digs to lead Pike Central to a 25-23, 2426, 15-9 win over Shoals. Freshman Alyssa Lee had a team-high five ace serves, while Whitehead added four more. Lee and freshman Hannah Yager both had 11 digs, while sophomore Kirstin Asbell had eight set assists. The Lady Chargers, who played at Wood Memorial on Tuesday, Sept. 10, will host Springs Valley tonight beginning at 6:30 p.m., and Southridge on Thursday, Sept. 12, beginning at 6 p.m. Lady kickers split with S. Spencer, Boonville By Ed Cahill sports@pressdispatch.net The Pike Central High School girls' soccer team split a pair of matches last week, defeating visiting South Spencer 2-1 on Tuesday, Sept. 3, and dropping a 5-2 loss at Boonville on Thursday, Sept. 5. Freshman Madison Scott scored both goals in Tuesday's victory over the Lady Rebels, with sophomore Ally Sutherland and freshman Amy Chastain getting the assists, while sophomore goalie Presley Bryant had 19 saves. The Lady Chargers' defense, led by senior Lauren Luff, had nine saves. "The girls played really well after a long weekend off," said Pike Central Head Coach Alisha Knight, whose team improved to 2-4 overall while winning its Pocket Athletic Conference opener. "They really showed me what they have this game. "Madison dominated offensively," Knight added. "We pretty much controlled the ball the entire first half. The second half, South Spencer started to fight back and finally scored. The girls held strong and fought till the end. Lauren did excellent controlling my defense. Excellent game!" Two days later, Boonville's Rachel Hendrickson scored four goals, while Allie Washburn added another to lead the Lady Pioneers to a 5-2 win over Pike Central. Scott scored both of the Lady Chargers' goals, including one off an assist by junior Allison Sheffler, while Bryant recorded 27 saves in goal. "This was a tough game," said Knight. "We seemed tired. They got up on us fast and we had to fight to keep in this game. Injuries really plagued us; we had three girls sitting on the bench icing by the end of the game and plenty of others with minor injuries. Presley Bryant . . . really kept this game from getting out of control." The two goals by Scott gave her 14 for the season, to go along with two assists. "Madison Scott has had an outstanding year," Knight said. "She fights hard. She scored her second goal with four girls on her and she was completely off balance. She's young but has so much talent. She will be unstoppable by her senior year." Knight said that she was also pleased with the play of sophomore Amber Dixon, who was given the assignment of covering Hendrickson for most of the game. "Amber helped us out a lot this game," Knight said. (Hendrickson) just kept coming at us. She had an awesome shot. Amber is my go-to girl. She stuck on her and kept her from easy breakaway shots." "It's was just a rough game and my girls were clearly just not there 110 percent," Knight added. "Time to rest, regroup, and get back to it!" Pike Central will host Princeton on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 6 p.m., then will travel to Washington on Monday, Sept. 16, and South Knox on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Little league soccer TOP: Gabe Jones (l) and Gavin Pancake (r) swarm an opponent during a soccer game Saturday morning in the youth soccer league play at Otwell. LEFT: Isaac Pancake leads the way down the field against an opponent. RIGHT: Amelia Ada (l) scrambles for control of the ball against an opponent.