The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, October 24, 2012 B-3 Chargers middle school squads tie, win finale run and a touchdown. He led the Chargers in scoring as the PCMS eighth graders downed the Braves 48-0. Jaylon Owens tries to outrun the Tecumseh defender on his way for a long iber rifle range along with Charlie Shoultz, Shawn Frederick and Mark Schlechty. James Capozella photo. Club members Jeff Barton and Stan Atchinson instructed on the .22 cal- Youth day a great success ish to a pretty good season for the Pike Central Middle School Chargers seventh and eighth grade football teams, with a tie and a win against teams from Tell City. The PCMS seventh grade It was a pretty good fin- By Mike Johansen team rallied in the second half to force a 36-36 tie with the Marksmen. Due to the eighth grade night festivi- ties, no overtime was played in the seventh grade game. The Chargers trailed 24-6 at halftime. "We were not focused in the first half and it reflected on the field," said coach Tim Helfen. "We challenged the kids to decide how they wanted to finish the game, and they responded. We were able to run the ball ef- fectively all night. We just had too many penalties and turnovers in the first half. On defense, we played well in the second half. We were more physical and had a sense of urgency we didn't have earlier in the game." Trailing 36-30 in the final minutes, the Chargers tied the game with a TD run by Christian Alvey. However, the two-point conversion was unsuccessful and kept the game tied. Alvey led the Chargers dous improvement from last year, and continued to get better every week," said Helfen. "I am confident they will make the decision to continue to work to get better and continue to build from here." Pike Central Middle "Every time I looked up this year, Josh was blocking kids 15 yards down the field," said the coach. Jayden Williams provided School eighth grade Char- gers wasted little time get- ting on the board in a 38-6 victory over the Marksmen, scoring on their first pos- session on a run by Jaylon Owens. Owens struck early and often behind a dominant Charger offensive line. Ow- ens scored four TDs for the Chargers in the first half. He had three rushing TDs and one receiving TD. Aaron Carlisle hit Owens for a 55- yard TD pass to end the first half. with three rushing TDs on the night. Clint Boger and Payton Simmons also had TD runs for the Chargers who finished the year with a 4-5-1 record. "This group made tremen- line of Jordan Pauw, Jagger Montgomery, Kane Osgath- arp, Ty Bryant and Derek Stevens paved the way for an outstanding ground attack for the Chargers. Running backs Owens and Colton O'Neal were the primary beneficiaries of the line play. Tight end Josh Riley was also a dominant blocker. the last four games. In two of those games he only played the first half on of- fense," said Coach Helfen. "But all of those TDs were a result of having 11 kids on the field believe in what we are doing and executing their assignments." The Charger offensive "Jaylon had 13 TDs over the lone score in the second half with a rushing TD for the Chargers. The Charger defense con- tinued to improve through- out the season. "Coach Bow- man took over the defense the last two games and we al- lowed six points combined. He did a great job of calling the defense and putting the kids in the right position. But more than that, our kids really responded to him and made plays when we had the opportunities. It is always fun to watch three or four guys involved in a tackle, and having kids around the football all night," Helfen added. The Chargers finished the year with a 4-6 record. "We didn't have as many wins as we hoped for, and that is my fault. But, the kids saw how good we can be over the last four weeks of the season when we play together and give the ef- fort that we expect to have. I hope that they take those positives and keep going in the right direction as they head into high school," said Coach Helfen. "There are a lot of ups and down during the course of a season, but these are my guys and they are a fun group to coach. I look forward to watching and cheering for them when they are in high school." Club Youth Day participants enjoyed a variety of outdoor events at the Bird Hunters Club grounds on Saturday, capped with a random draw- ing that sent 20 youngsters home with a new rifle, shot- gun or bow at the end of the day. It was the second largest Pike County Bird Hunters By James Capozella turnout for the 7th annual event which involved 160 youth and over 100 adults. Club instructors guided youngsters in chuckar hunt- ing over trained dogs, trap, .22 rifle, muzzle loader, archery, BB gun and dart throwing throughout the day. All the participants en- joyed a free breakfast and lunch prepared by Bird Club members. Youngsters could bring their own firearms with the club supporting safety and controlling am- munition at the firing line. Club president, Chris Kin- man, was event coordinator and presented the prizes at the end of the day. Terry Grimes was the public ad- dress host and voice for the club with many of the 90 members working on set up and instruction. Fifty T-shirts went to the first to register and every- one else received a free camo or blaze orange ball cap. After hours of fun at the outdoor ranges, Tim Guy, from the Washington Po- lice Department, displayed their Emergency Response Team vehicle and associ- ated equipment. Diesel, a one-and-a-half year old Ger- man Shepherd, impressed a crowd of about 300 with his drug sniffing skills and aggressive attack on a pro- tected officer. The $3,500 in prizes, lunch, dinner, ammunition and associated expenses were furnished through an NRA grant and donations from area community orga- nizations, businesses and individuals. archery range as well as Keith Jenkins, Jamie Jenkins and Gary Lewis. James Capozella photo. Dan Carnahan was busy instructing the Pike County 4H Shooting Sports grade running back in a home game last week. Coming in to help are Travis Norrington, 95, Clayton Doninger, 40, and Clint Boger, 7. Luke Vinnedge and Christian Alvey make a hit on a Tecumseh seventh Be on the lookout for EHD the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife have been investi- gating recent reports of sick or dead deer to determine if the cause is epizootic hem- orrhagic disease (EHD). Morgan and Putnam counties seem to be experi- encing the most intense out- breaks thus far, but suspect reports have come from 11 counties in total. EHD is a viral disease that Wildlife biologists from expects the results in one to two weeks. The test will either con- firm EHD or may indicate something else, such as bluetongue virus, another hemorrhagic disease that can affect domestic live- stock as well as deer. Deer infected with EHD any area. Death losses dur- ing an outbreak can range from negligible to greater than 50 percent. Severe outbreaks rarely occur in later years due to immunity gathered from previous in- fections. "If you see a deer that you likely affects white-tailed deer every year. It typically occurs during late summer and early fall, and there is evidence that shows out- breaks may be worse during drought years. EHD is trans- mitted by flies commonly known as biting midges, sand gnats and no-see-ums. "Although the reports DNR is receiving are consis- tent with EHD episodes of past years, it's important for testing to be done on viable samples before it can be confirmed," said Chad Stew- art, DNR deer management biologist. "Samples need to be collected within 24 hours of the deer expiring to be vi- able." lect an adequate sample Wednesday from Morgan County and forwarded it to a national disease testing laboratory in Georgia. He Stewart was able to col- may appear depressed or feverish. They often seek comfort in or around wa- ter. Other signs may in- clude blue-tinted tongue or eyes, ulcers on the tongue, sloughed hooves or an erod- ed dental pad. Hemorrhagic disease is suspect may have died from EHD, contact your local wildlife biologist to report the location and possibly arrange a sample to be col- lected," Stewart said. A list of district biologists often fatal to deer, but some will survive the illness. Not every deer will contract hemorrhagic disease, which can be present or absent in and contact information is at dnr.IN.gov/fishwild/2716. htm. Wildlife has monitored EHD for the past five years after a significant outbreak in 2007. Monitoring statistics for the The Division of Fish & Dustin Smith ran the trap shooting event with Ray Brant, Mike Chamber- lain, Lloyd Emge and Gary Austin operating the bird hunting fields. James Capozella photo. Rich Meinhart along with Hugh Eskew, Gary Welch, Travis Meinhart and past five years: 2011—Nine counties re- ceived reports of EHD; 2 counties confirmed through lab tests. 2010—10 counties re- ceived reports of EHD; no counties confirmed. 2009—No reported EHD. 2008—20 counties re- ceived reports of EHD; 7 counties confirmed through lab tests. 2007—59 counties re- ceived reports of EHD; 17 counties confirmed through lab tests. 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