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The Press-Dispatch Sports Wednesday, Februar y 7, 2018 B- 3 with a time of 1:02.64 during preliminaries, placed third with a time of 1:01.91 during the sectional finals. "She knew she was better than a second or right at a second better than she was last year after Thursday, so we were hoping that would translate into Saturday, and it all did," Mike Bohnert said. "She did really well. She's about four-tenths of a second or so off of the state standard in the backstroke, so it was a really solid swim." Following both events, Mike Bohnert – as the coach of the first-place finisher – presented his daughter with her first-place ribbons. "It's really neat to coach her all year long and then be able to present her with the ribbon and give her a hug at the end of it," Mike Bohnert said, "because you know how hard she worked all season long." "It was amazing," said Na- talie Bohnert. "I loved going up there after the race and be able to hug my dad and just be really excited with him, because he swims ev- ery race right beside me." As a freshman, Natalie Bohnert became the first La- dy Charger ever to compete in the state meet in an indi- vidual swimming event, plac- ing 30th out of 32 competi- tors during preliminaries in the 100 -yard backstroke. Last year, Natalie Bohnert placed 27th out of 32 compet- itors during preliminaries in the 100 -yard backstroke with a time of 59.74 seconds and 30th out of 32 competi- tors during preliminaries in the 200 -yard individual med- ley with a time of 2:14.80. Going into this year's state meet's preliminaries – which will be held on Friday, Feb. 9, at the Indiana Universi- ty Natatorium on the IU- PUI campus in Indianapolis – Bohnert is seeded 24th in the 100 -yard backstroke and 29th in the 200 -yard individ- ual medley. The top 16 swim- mers in each event advance to Saturday's finals. "I'm hoping to get with- in the 57s on the backstroke and get a chance at the top 16," Natalie Bohnert said. "But it's really about just go- ing out and topping my best." Natalie Bohnert also teamed up with seniors Quin Bailey, Cass Conder and Brittany Young to place second in the 200 -yard in- dividual medley with a sea- son-best time of 2:02.16 – less than one second off the school record of 2:01.34 set by Bohnert, Conder, Young and senior Maya Frederick last year – and fourth in the 400 -yard freestyle with a time of 4:07.92. In addition, freshman Jen- na Meyer and junior Hallee Stephens both advanced to the regional diving meet. Meyer placed second with a season-best 11-dive score of 323.20 points, while Ste- phens tied with Southridge sophomore Evie Sherer for third place with 298.30 points each. The top eight divers at the regional meet – which was held on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at Bloomington North – will ad- vance to the state finals on Saturday, Feb. 10. Also placing in the sec- tional finals in individual events for the Lady Char- gers were: • Bailey, after finishing fourth in the 500 -yard free- style during preliminaries with a personal record time of 6:07.88, besting her pre- vious PR time of 6:09.88, placed fourth with a PR time of 6:05.42. Bailey also placed 10th in the 200 -yard freestyle with a time of 2:18.49. During pre- liminaries, Bailey finished ninth with a time of 2:18.02. • Conder, after finishing fifth in the 100 -yard breast- stroke during preliminaries with a personal record time of 1:21.25, besting her pre- vious PR time of 1:22.30, placed seventh with a time of 1:21.77. Conder also placed 12th in the 200 -yard individual med- ley with a time of 2:44.25. During preliminaries, Cond- er finished 10th with a sea- son-best time of 2:42.96. • Young, after finishing eighth in the 100 -yard but- terfly during preliminaries with a time of 1:13.98, placed eighth with a time of 1:14.59. Young also placed 14th in the 50 -yard freestyle with a time of 29.04 seconds. During preliminaries, Young tied for 13th – with Jasper ju- nior Alyssa Skorge – with a time of 28.46 seconds. • Freshman Charlotte Dudenhoeffer, after finish- ing 10th in the 500 -yard freestyle during preliminar- ies with a season-best time of 6:29.20, placed 10th with a time of 6:32.96. Dudenhoeffer also placed 15th in the 200 -yard free- style with a time of 2:26.69. During preliminaries, Dudenhoeffer finished 12th with a time of 2:22.91. • Sophomore Lily Fred- erick-Rice, after finishing ninth in the 100 -yard back- stroke during preliminar- ies with a personal record time of 1:13.79, besting her previous PR time of 1:14.39, placed 10th with a PR time of 1:13.17. • Freshman Audrey Keep- es, after finishing 10th in the 50 -yard freestyle during preliminaries with a time of 28.36 seconds, placed 12th with a time of 28.60 seconds. Keepes also placed 15th in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 1:21.52. During pre- liminaries, Keepes finished 15th with a season-best time of 1:20.85. • Senior Shania Cremeans, after finishing 15th in the 100 -yard back- stroke during preliminaries with a time of 1:22.70, placed 14th with a season-best time of 1:20.77. • Senior Courtney Fred- erick, after finishing 15th in the 500 -yard freestyle during preliminaries with a season-best time of 6:58.76, placed 15th with a time of 6:59.61. • Senior Gretchan Mc- Crary, after finishing 15th in the 200 -yard individual medley during preliminar- ies with a time of 2:55.44, placed 15th with a time of 2:57.09. McCrary al- so placed 16th in the 100 -yard breaststroke with a time of 1:31.09. During preliminar- ies, McCrary finished 15th with a time of 1:28.84. In addition, the team of Frederick-Rice, Keepes, Meyer and freshman Lib- by Stone placed seventh in the 200 -yard freestyle relay with a season-best time of 1:58.43. During preliminar- ies, Frederick-Rice, Keepes, McCrary and Meyer placed sixth with a time of 2:03.21. During Thursday's pre- liminaries: • Frederick-Rice finished 17th in the 100 -yard free- style with a time of 1:06.61. • Stone finished 17th in the 50 -yard freestyle with a season-best time of 30.82. • Freshman Neeley Cor- rell finished 18th in the 100 -yard breaststroke with a season-best time of 1:31.21. • Cremeans finished 19th in the 100 -yard butterfly with a time of 1:26.24. • Meyer finished 20th in the 100 -yard freestyle with a season-best time of 1:08.28. • Frederick finished 22nd in the 200 -yard freestyle with a season-best time of 2:37.43. • Senior Emillee Halder- man finished 27th in the 100 -yard freestyle with a season-best time of 1:15.67. As a team, Pike Central placed fourth – for the sec- ond straight year – with 244.5 points, trailing Bed- ford North Lawrence (463 points), Jasper (375) and Heritage Hills (373). South- ridge was fifth with 176.5 points, followed by South Spencer (135), Forest Park (112), Tell City (93), Tecum- seh (86), Northeast Dubois (77), Vincennes Lincoln (17) and South Knox (16). "That's about where we figured we'd probably be," Mike Bohnert said of the Lady Chargers' fourth- place finish. "We had solid swims; probably not a lot of best swims, but we had a lot of best swims on Thursday. We wore tech suits on Thurs- day to get to today's meet, so they could get in the right spots. But they swam pret- ty well." Mike Bohnert explained that tech suits are often used by swimmers during a meet's finals rather than the preliminaries. "The tech suits are really thin material; they're really slick," Mike Bohnert said. "They water just sheds off of them. They make for a lot faster swim." "If you know what place you are coming in on Satur- day, you tend to wait so you can get that push on Satur- day," he added. "Otherwise, you may have to wear them on Thursday to get your place set. So they helped a lot." Saturday's meet marked the end of the high school swimming careers of Pike Central's eight seniors – Quin Bailey, Cass Conder, Shania Cremeans, Miki Feld- pausch, Courtney Frederick, Emillee Halderman, Gretch- en McCrary and Brittany Young – all of whom will be missed, Mike Bohnert said. "We had a really good base of seniors that helped all the way through, from sixth grade on up," he said. "Some of them started in fifth grade, and they've do- ne really well, worked real- ly hard, and have been good leaders for the program, and have swam really solid. Cass started out not being able to swim a 25 and now she's in the finals of the breaststroke. So we're pretty pleased." STATE Continued from page 1 SPORTS BRIEFS Petersburg Little League baseball/softball sign-up dates set Physical sign-up dates for the Petersburg Little League baseball and soft- ball leagues will be on Sat- urday, Feb. 10, from noon to 4 p.m.; and on Sunday, Feb. 11, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Petersburg Little League concession stands, located at 501 E. Illinois Street. Registration will also be during the Petersburg El- ementary School's Spring Carnial on Friday, March 9, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Registration can also be completed online at http://tshq.bluesombre- ro.com/petersburglittle- league, or by mailing the registration form – with checks made payable to Petersburg Little League – to P.O. Box 102, Peters- burg, IN 47567. The registration fee is $25 plus $10 per player for concession duty for all leagues. Maximum cost per family is $100 plus concession duty. Anyone who is unable to make the physical dates and do not have access to the Internet can contact one of the league's board members, or, if unsure who to contact, call Joey O'Brien at (812) 486 -7107. No player will be turned away due to financial in- ability to pay. Financial assistance is available. All forms will also be available at the Peters- burg Little League's Face- book page. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL Pocket Athletic Conference Standings PAC Overall Team W-L W-L Forest Park .......................................... 3-0 .................13-2 Pike Central ........................................ 2-0 ................... 7-7 Heritage Hills ...................................... 4-1 .................16 -2 North Posey ........................................ 3-1 ...................9-7 Gibson Southern ................................. 2-1 .................. 8 -6 Tell City ................................................ 2-2 ................ 12-6 Southridge ........................................... 2-5 .................. 8 -9 South Spencer ..................................... 1-5 .................6 -11 Tecumseh ............................................ 1-5 ................. 7-12 Results of February 1 Pike Central at North Posey, postponed Heritage Hills 64, Boonville 36 Tell City 74, Cannelton 17 Evansville Mater Dei 62, Forest Park 61 Southridge 59, Gibson Southern 57 Evansville Day School 45, Tecumseh 41 Results of February 3 Vincennes Lincoln 52, Pike Central 40 Bloomington South 79, North Posey 46 Heritage Hills 44, Jasper 29 Perry Central 64, South Spencer 55 Tecumseh 66, Lanesville 58 Tell City 53, Evansville Mater Dei 42 Washington 61, Southridge 58 Games of February 6 Pike Central at Tecumseh Forest Park at Wood Memorial Gibson Southern at Boonville North Harrison at South Spencer Games of February 9 Pike Central at Tell City – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. Forest Park at Heritage Hills Gibson Southern at Tecumseh North Posey at Evansvile Memorial Princeton at South Spencer Wood Memorial at Southridge Games of February 10 Heritage Hills at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. Forest Park at South Spencer North Posey at Perry Central Southridge at North Daviess Tell City at Gibson Southern Games of February 13 Gibson Southern at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. Boonville at Forest Park Game of February 15 North Posey at Forest Park Games of February 16 Pike Central at Forest Park – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. Heritage Hills at Tell City North Posey at Boonville South Spencer at Southridge Wood Memorial at Gibson Southern Games of February 17 Jasper at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Var- sity, 7:30 p.m. South Spencer at Boonville Southridge at Loogootee Tecumseh at Perry Central Tell City at North Posey Vincennes Lincoln at Gibson Southern AJ CYCLE 30 Indiana St, Jasper (right behind Shoney's) • www.ajcycle.net Call to schedule your service today! 812-482-3366 Mon.-Fri. 9am-6pm Sat. 9am-2pm Trained Techs GREAT SERVICE AJ Cycle and Trike Conversions can service your motorcycle, trike or ATV/UTV with quality parts and trained technicians. 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Frederick placed 15th with a time of 6:59.61. Ed Cahill photo Below: Pike Central High School freshman Jen- na Meyer competes in diving during the IHSA A Girls' Sectional Championship at Jasper on Satur- day, Feb. 3. Meyer placed third with a season-best 11-dive score of 323.20 points. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School sophomore Lily Frederick-Rice competes in the 100-yard back- stroke during the IHSA A Girls' Sectional Cham- pionship at Jasper on Saturday, Feb. 3. Freder- ick-Rice placed 10th with a personal record time of 1:13.17. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Gretchen McCrary competes in the 100-yard breaststroke during the IHSA A Girls' Sectional Champion- ship at Jasper on Saturday, Feb. 3. McCrary placed 16th with a time of 1:31.09. Ed Cahill photo