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The Press-Dispatch Sports Wednesday, April 20, 2016 B- 5 LADY Continued from page 1 Pike Central High School sophomore Halley Pow- ers clears a hurdle while competing in the girls' 100-meter hurdles during the Dubois-Pike Invita- tional hosted by Jasper on Thursday, April 14. Ed Cahill photo Above: Pike Central High School freshman Lillie Pancake (middle) competes in the girls' 100-meter dash during the Dubois-Pike Invitational hosted by Jasper on Thursday, April 14. Ed Cahill photo Right: Pike Central High School freshman Alyssa Jenkins makes a throw while competing in the girls' shot put during the Dubois-Pike Invitational host- ed by Jasper on Thursday, April 14. Ed Cahill photo Below: Pike Central High School senior Candie Miller runs one leg of the girls' 3,200-meter relay during the Dubois-Pike Invitational hosted by Jas- per on Thursday, April 14. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Cheyanna Padgett clears the crossbar while competing in the girls' high jump competition during the Dubois-Pike Invitational hosted by Jasper on Thursday, April 14. Ed Cahill photo Huck breaks PCMS school record in 200 Ethan Huck set a new school record while win- ning the 200 -meter dash as the Pike Central Mid- dle School boys' track and field team edged visiting Southridge 77-65 on Thurs- day, April 14. Huck placed first with a time of 25.25 seconds, best- ing the previous school-re- cord time of 25.71 seconds set by Barry Welch in 1982. Other first-place finish- es posted by the Chargers were Nate Woolery in long jump, Dakota Taylor in dis- cus, Zeb Frasure in shot put, Sam Theising in the 110 -meter hurdles, Huck in the 100 -meter dash and the seventh grade 400 -me- ter relay team. Placing second were Colt Armstrong in high jump and the 100 -yard dash, Huck in long jump, Frasure in discus, Andrew Claridge in the 110 -meter hurdles and the 300 -me- ter hurdles, the 3,200 -me- ter relay team and the 1,600 -meter relay team. Posting third-place fin- ishes were Joel Henson in high jump, Avery Dyer in discus, Colten Gideon in shot put, Tyler Kirby in the 100 -meter dash and the seventh grade 200 -meter dash, and Jaggar Gladish in the 300 -meter hurdles. In the girls' meet, the La- dy Chargers lost to South- ridge 73-63. Posting first-place fin- ishes for Pike Central were Libby Stone in long jump, Lexie Neese in dis- cus, Hadley Holder in shot put, Lauren Young in the 300 -meter hurdles and the 3,200 -meter relay team. Placing second for the Lady Chargers were Lily Willis in long jump, Hold- er in discus, Shelby Sisk in shot put, Stone in the 400 -meter dash, Jenna McLain in the 200 -meter dash, the seventh grade 400 -meter relay team, the eighth grade 400 -meter re- lay team and the 1,600 -me- ter relay team. Third-place finishers were Jayln Nelson in high jump, Angelina Ruiz in discus, Maddie Williams in the 100 -meter hurdles, McLain in the 100 -me- ter dash, Cora Anson in the 400 -meter dash, Wil- lis in the 800 -meter run and Stone in the 200 -me- ter dash. Pike Central opened its season against North Posey and host Tecumseh on Tuesday, April 12, with both the boys and girls placing first. In the boys' meet, the Chargers scored 89 points, while North Posey was sec- ond with 45 points. Placing first for Pike Central were Dakota Taylor in discus, Zeb Frasure in shot put, Sam Theising in the 110 -meter hurdles and the 400 -meter dash, Nate Woolery in the 1,600 -me- ter run and the 800 -meter run and the eighth grade 400 -meter relay team. Posting second-place fin- ishes for the Chargers were Colt Armstrong in high jump and the 400 -meter dash, Frasure in discus, Av- ery Dyer in shot put, Sam Jones in the 800 -meter run, Ethan Huck in the 200 -me- ter dash and the 1,600 -me- ter relay team. Finishing third for the Chargers were Joel Hen- son in high jump, Woolery in long jump, Dyer in dis- cus, Colten Gideon in shot put, Alfredo Stewart in the 1,600 -meter run, Andrew Claridge in the 300 -meter hurdles and Dalton Wil- liams in the 800 -meter run. In the girls' meet, Pike Central placed first with 74 points, followed by North Posey (58 points) and Te- cumseh (7). Posting first-place fin- ishes for Pike Central were Jayln Nelson in high jump, Lexie Neese in discus, Lau- ren Young in the 100 -me- ter hurdles, Libby Stone in the 400 -meter dash, Addi- son Faulk in the 300 -meter hurdles, the eighth grade 400 -meter relay team of Nelson, Jenna McLain, Lily Willis and Cora An- son, and the 1,600 -meter relay team. Placing second for the Lady Chargers were Stone in long jump, Hadley Hold- er in shot put, McLain in the 100 -meter dash, Young in the 400 -meter dash, Wil- lis in the 800 -meter run, Stone in the 200 -meter dash and the seventh grade 400 -yard relay team. Third-place finishers for Pike Central were Willis in long jump, Shelby Sisk in shot put, Nelson in the 100 -meter dash, Lily Fred- erick-Rice in the 1,600 -me- ter run and the 800 -meter run, and McLain in the 200 -meter dash. "It was a great open- ing meet for us as the kids could see that the hard work we have put in has paid off," Pike Central head coach Jeremy Howald said. Pike Central, which host- ed South Knox and Gibson Southern on Tuesday, April 19, will compete at Prince- ton on Saturday, April 23, starting at 10 a.m., and at Washington on Tuesday, April 26, at 5:30 p.m. PCMS girls' tennis team wins one of three matches The Pike Central Middle School girls' tennis team went 1-2 over the last week, defeating visiting South Knox 3-2 on Tues- day, April 12, dropping a 3-2 loss at South- ridge on Thursday, April 14, and dropping a 3-2 loss to visiting Vincennes Clark on Monday, April 18. Pike Central 3, South Knox 2 At No. 1 singles, South Knox's Lauren McCrary defeated Lady Charger Shelby Vaughn 8 -0. At No. 2 singles, Lady Char- ger Morgan Kroeger defeated South Knox's Haley Cooper 8 -5. At No. 3 singles, Lady Charger Lexie Miller defeated South Knox's Sydney McGriffen 8 -2. At No 1 doubles, Lady Chargers Em- ma Russell and Shelby Fox defeated South Knox's Brooklyn Haden and Lauren Fitzh 8 -3. At No. 2 doubles, South Knox's Ella Hays and McKenzie Walthall defeated La- dy Chargers Kalin Brock and Kenley Beck 8 -5. In junior varsity doubles action, Lady Chargers Chloe Roy and Emma Leighty defeated South Knox's Aubrey McGriffen and Bailey Kampfer 6 -4; South Knox's Mor- gan Stephi and Charlie Sholtz defeated La- dy Chargers Amber Wilkins and Madison Riley 6 -2; Lady Chargers Hannah Beane and Shelby Vaughn defeated South Knox's Courtney Smith and Desiree Carpenter 6 - 2; Lady Chargers Lexie Miller and Mor- gan Kroeger defeated South Knox's Allie Haden and Abby Dryman 6 -1; Lady Char- gers Shelby Fox and Emma Russell defeat- ed South Knox's Raven Watts and Annie Alkauterzia 6 -1; Lady Chargers Chloe Roy and Emma Leighty defeated South Knox's McKayla McIntyre and Maddie Ziegler 6 -0 ; and South Knox's Taleigha Small and Bai- ley Kampfer defeated Lady Chargers Am- ber Wilkins and Madison Riley 6 -3. Southridge 3, Pike Central 2 At No. 1 singles, Southridge's Audra Ho- chgesang defeated Lady Charger Shelby Vaughn 8 -5. At No. 2 singles, Southridge's Evie Sherer defeated Lady Charger Mor- gan Kroeger 8 -0. At No. 3 singles, La- dy Charger Lexie Miller defeated South- irdge's Jazlyn Johnson 8 -5. At No. 1 doubles, Southridge's Camille Fleming and Corey Peters defeated Lady Chargers Emma Russell and Shelby Fox 8 - 3. At No. 2 doubles, Lady Chargers Kalin Brock and Hannah Beane defeated South- ridge's Jordan Biehl and Kelby LaRoche 8 - 2. In junior varsity action, Southridge's Elizabeth Fleck and Randi Moeller defeat- ed Lady Chargers Chloe Roy and Kenley Beck 8 -6; Southridge's Alexa Head and Ol- ivia Lopez defeated Lady Chargers Madi- son Riley and Emma Leighty 8 -2; South- ridge's Robyn Deno defeated Lady Char- ger Erika Vinnedge 8 -1; Lady Charger Lex- ie Miller defeated Southridge's Charlotte Moss 6 -1; and Lady Charger Kalin Brock defeated Southridge's Adi Luker 8 -1. Vincennes Clark 3, Pike Central 2 At No. 1 singles, Vincennes Clark's Sa- vannah Purdom defeated Lady Charger Shelby Vaughn 8 -5. At No. 2 singles, Vin- cennes Clark's Ally Rutherford defeated Lay Charger Morgan Kroeger 8 -3. At No. 3 singles, Vincennes Clark's Ashlyn Hillen- brand defeated Lady Charger Lexie Mill- er 8 -4. At No 1 doubles, Lady Chargers Emma Russell and Shelby Fox defeated Vincennes Clark's Raine Morrison and McKinzie Hal- ter 8 -6. At No 2 doubles, Lady Chargers Chloe Roy and Kalin Brock defeated Vin- cennes Clark's Veronica Luna and Clare Isler 8 -3. In junior varsity action, Vincennes Clark's Roxanne Hernancez and Logan Rickert defeated Lady Chargers Kenley Beck and Emma Leighty 6 -4; Vincennes Clark's Amelia Lane and Jenna Gardner de- feated Lady Chargers Madison Riley and Erika Vinnedge 6 -4; Vincennes Clark's Ka- tie Preuse and Avi Madison defeated Lady Chargers Haven Roy and Amber Wilkins 6 - 3; Lady Chargers Emma Russell and Shel- by Fox defeated Vincennes Clark's Abi Link and McKenzie Halter 6 -1; Lady Chargers Chloe Roy and Morgan Kroeger defeated Vincennes Clark's Hannah Kiefer and Isa- bella Meier 6 -2; and Lady Chargers Lex- ie Miller and Shelby Vaughn defeated Vin- cennes Clark's Kiersten Klein and Willow Carie 6 -0. Pike Central will host Southridge on Monday, April 25, at 5:30 p.m. the 300 -meter hurdles with a season-best time of 51.98 seconds. Senior Cheyanna Padgett placed second in high jump with a leap of 4 feet, 6 inches, and fifth in pole vault with a leap of 7 feet, 6 inches, while freshman Alyssa Jen- kins placed fifth in shot put with a season-best throw of 29 feet, 4.75 inches. The team of senior Ivy Sullivan, junior Kaitlyn Fos- ter, sophomore Halley Pow- ers and freshman Lillie Pan- cake placed fourth in the 1,600 -meter relay with a season-best time of 4:35.97, the team of junior Abby Hill- yard, seniors Makaila Ma- son and Candie Miller and juniors Abby Hillyard and Selena Carpenter placed fifth in the 3,200 -meter re- lay with a time of 13:33.72, and the team of Hendrix- son, sophomore Taylor Def- fendoll and freshmen Erin Craig and Alyssa Jenkins placed fifth in the 400 -me- ter relay. As a team, Pike Central scored a total of 28 points, trailing Jasper (204 points), Southridge (48), Forest Park (38) and Northeast Du- bois (29). The Lady Chargers, who hosted South Spencer on Monday, April 18, will host the Pike Central Invitational on Thursday, April 21, start- ing at 6 p.m., before travel- ing to Washington on Mon- day, April 25.