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B-4 Sports Wednesday, March 14, 2018 The Press-Dispatch major in biology before continuing on to dental school. "Book has been a pleasure to coach, and I know he will continue to excel in the classroom as he pursues his future career," Elliott said. Area boys' players who also received first-team Academic All-State recog- nition were Rilee Epley, of Evansville Harrison, Zach Messinger, of Castle, Wes Obermeier, of Gibson Southern and Glen Rouch, of Boonville. Area boys' players who received honorable mention Academic All-State Mitchel Becher, of Heritage Hills, Da- vid Bender, of North Posey, Tanner Brammeier, of Tecumseh, Sam Cor- rona, of Vincennes Lincoln, Ty Drake, of Sullivan, Brandon Fickling, of South Knox, Evan Frances, of Washington, Shane Garner, of Sullivan, Jordan Goedde, of North Posey, Alex Hard- er, of Northeast Dubois, Jayce Har- ter, of Southridge, Corey Heath, of North Posey, Collin Hochegsang, of Forest Park, Ryan Huebner, of Evans- ville North, Gage Latham, of Wash- ington, Daniel Lusk, of Forest Park, Luke Marchino, of South Knox, Alec Martin, of Gibson Southern, Brandon Merkel, of Northeast Dubois, Devin Mills, of Evansville Central, Clay Nos- ko, of Evansville Mater Dei, Justin Per- sohn, of Jasper, Chase Retter, of Evans- ville Harrison, Drake Rogers, of North Posey, Tate Schuckman, of Vincennes Lincoln, Isaac Sellers, of Gibson South- ern, and Austin Simmers, of Jasper. Area girls' players who received first-team Academic All-State recog- nition were Claire Geiser, of Evans- ville Central, Sara Lewis, of Washing- ton, Lindsey Sparks, of Vincennes Lin- coln, Elizabeth Stallman, of Washing- ton, and Abby Wahl, of Heritage Hills. Area girls' players who received hon- orable mention Academic All-State rec- ognition were Claire Brinkman, of Her- itage Hills, Adison Denu, of Northeast Dubois, Alex Dodson, of Northeast Du- bois, Jordyn Donohoo, of Tecumseh, Reeve Hammelman, of North Knox, Kate Kaetzel, of Heritage Hills, Kait- lin Kost, of Tecumseh, Clare Mangin, of Northeast Dubois, Caitlyn Martens, of Evansville Central, Addison McKin- ley, of North Knox, Kerragan Mulzer, of Heritage Hills, Julia Pate, of Castle, Danielle Perry, of North Posey, Kort- ney Quinn, of Northeast Dubois, Ty- la Rasche, of Northeast Dubois, Chris- tine Scheller, of North Posey, Alison Simpson, of Mount Vernon (Posey), Grace Stieler, of Evansville Central, Taylor Vaughn, of North Posey, McK- endree Ward, of Castle, and Abby Wet- zel, of Heritage Hills. The IBCA has selected an Academic All-State team for boys since 1973. The program was expanded to include a girls' Academic All-State team in 1980. grader Tyler Zimmerman in the 50 -yard backstroke with a time of 1:03.37. Also competing for the Chargers in individual events but not placing: • Sixth grader Max Bur- khart, who posted a sea- son-best time of 54.23 in the 50 -yard freestyle and a time of 1:02.77 in the 50 -yard backstroke. • Fifth grader Chris Nicholson, who posted a season-best time of 1:02.50 in the 50 -yard freestyle and a season-best time of 56.08 in the 50 -yard backstroke. In addition, the team of Burdette, Michael Bur- khart, Edrington and Mul- lins placed third in the 200 -yard medley relay with a time of 2:38.11; the team of Michael Burkhart, Edrington, Luff and Readle placed third in the 400 -yard freestyle relay with a time of 5:33.09; the team of Bur- dette, Correll, McKinney and Zimmerman placed fifth in the 400 -yard free- style relay with a sea- son-best time of 6:45.48; the team of Correll, McK- inney, Theising and Zim- merman placed sixth in the 200 -yard medley relay with a time of 4:07.63; and the team of Max Burkhart, Correll, Theising and Zim- merman placed sixth in the 200 -yard freestyle re- lay with a time of 3:30.80. As a team, Pike Cen- tral placed second with 76 points. Jasper was first with 163 points, while Te- cumseh finished third with 66 points. PCMS Continued from page 1 Seventh grader Isaac Burdette and sixth grader Graham Mullins won two individual events each as the Pike Central Middle School boys' swimming team defeated host Heri- tage Hills 99 -56 on Thurs- day, March 8. Burdette placed first in the 100 -yard individual medley with a season-best time of 1:26.74 and in the 50 -yard breastroke with a season-best time of 42.46 seconds, while Mullins placed first in the 200 -yard freestyle with a time of 2:24.87 and in the 50 -yard backstroke with a time of 34.49 seconds. Burdette and Mullins al - so teamed up with eighth grader Alex Edrington and seventh grader Michael Burkhart to place first in the 200 -yard medley relay with a time of 2:35.05. In addition, Mullins teamed up with Michael Burkhart, seventh grader Draven Readle and sixth grader Wyatt Luff to place first in the 200 -yard medley relay with a time of 2:15.89. Also placing first in an in- dividual event for the Char- gers was sixth grader Grif- fin Correll in the 100 -yard freestyle with a sea- son-best time of 1:38.66. Placing second in indi- vidual events for the Char- gers were Michael Bur- khart in the 100 -yard indi- vidual medley with a time of 1:36.23; Luff in diving with a three-dive score of 47.25 points and in the 50 -yard butterfly with a time of 46.10 seconds; Rea- dle in the 50 -yard free- style with a time of 36.64 seconds; and sixth grad- er Cobey McKinney in the 200 -yard freestyle with a time of 3:23.10. Placing third in individ- ual events for the Char- gers were Edrington in the 100 -yard individual medley with a time of 1:38.00 ; Rea- dle in the 50 -yard breast- stroke with a time of 47.75 seconds; eighth grad- er Isaac Theising in the 50 -yard butterfly with a time of 1:40.36; and sixth grader Tyler Zimmerman in the 100 -yard freestyle with a time of 2:00.50 and in the 50 -yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.58. Placing fourth in indi- vidual events for the Char- gers were Correll in the 200 -yard freestyle with a season-best time of 3:39.53; and sixth grad- er Max Burkhart in the 50 -yard freestyle with a season-best time of 52.51 seconds and in the 50 -yard backstroke with a time of 1:09.03. Placing fifth in individu- al events for the Chargers were McKinney in t he 50 -yard breaststroke with a season-best time of 54.03 seconds; and Theising in the 50 -yard freestyle with a season-best time of 1:01.17. Also competing but not placing for the Chargers was fifth grader Chris Nicholson, who posted a time of 54.20 seconds in the 50 -yard freestyle and a time of 1:03.37 in the 50 -yard backstroke. In addition, the team of Max Burkhart, Cor - rell, McKinney and Zim- merman placed second in the 200 -yard freestyle re- lay with a time of 3:32.87; the team of Burdette, Edrington and Luff placed second in the 400 -yard freestyle relay with a time of 5:46.31; and the team of Max Burkhart, Cor- rell, McKinney and The- ising placed third in the 200 -yard medley relay with a season-best time of 3:26.00. Pike Central will wrap up its season by participating in the Pocket Athletic Con- ference Championships at Southridge, with prelimi- naries set for Wednesday, March 14, and finals set for Thursday, March 15, start- ing both nights at 6:30 p.m., Eastern time. Burdette, Mullins lead PCMS boys swim team past Heritage Hills Pike Central Middle School eighth grader Isaac Theising competes in the boys' 50-yard butterfly during a home meet against Jasper and Tecumseh on Wednesday, March 7. Theising placed sixth with a season-best time of 1:28.65. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School seventh grader Isaac Burdette swims the breaststroke leg of the boys' 200-yard medley relay during a home meet against Jasper and Tecumseh on Wednes- day, March 7. Burdette teamed up with eighth grader Alex Edrington, seventh grader Michael Burkhart and sixth grader Graham Mullins to place third with a time of 2:38.11. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School seventh grad- er Michael Burkhart competes in the boys' 200-yard freestyle during a home meet against Jasper and Tecumseh on Wednesday, March 7. Burkhart placed fourth with a time of 2:59.87. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Breyton Booker (with ball) drives past South Spen- cer junior Sam Cummings (30) during varsity boys' basketball action on Friday, Jan. 26. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School fifth grader Chris Nicholson competes in the boys' 50-yard back- stroke during a home meet against Jasper and Tecumseh on Wednesday, March 7. Nicholson posted a season-best time of 56.08 seconds but did not place. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School sixth grader Co- bey McKinney competes in the boys' 50-yard freestyle during a home meet against Jasper and Tecumseh on Wednesday, March 7. McK- inney placed sixth with a time of 40.06 sec- onds. Ed Cahill photo BOOKER Continued from page 1 PCMS 6TH GRADE BOYS BASKETBALL The Pike Central Middle School sixth grade boys' basketball team won its division during the Charger Shootout this past weekend, defeat- ing Washington, Wood Memorial, North Posey and Jasper enroute to a 37-35 overtime win against Barr- Reeve in the championship game. At left, the Chargers pose with their first-place trophies. Pictured are, front row, left to right: Zack Miller, Zane Gehlhausen, Ethan Meadors, Chase Ridao and Shane Woodhull. Second row: Aidan McGiffen, Julian Gish, Remington Bottoms, Quade Morton, Arri McDonald and Coach Bob Collins. Below left, Julian Gish dribbles away from a Jasper defend- er in Pike Central's semifinal win over the Wildcats. Bottom right, members of the team mob Quade Morton after he hit a game-winning three-point shot in overtime of the championship game against Barr- Reeve. Submitted Photos