The Press-Dispatch
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B-2 Wednesday, December 12, 2012 The Press-Dispatch JV boys come up short By Mike Johansen The Pike Central Chargers boys JV rallied to within one point, but could not get over the hump and ended up losing to the Southridge Raiders 33-27 in a hotly contested game at Southridge on Saturday. The Chargers started slow and did not recover until the second half in making a good game of it. They never did have the lead in the game. The Raiders scored the first four points of the game before Chris Downey answered off a pass from Nick Kluemper. The Raiders then scored five more points for a 9-2 edge. Bailey White took a pass from Downey in for two points and also made a free throw to complete a three point play for a 5-9 score. The Raiders made a free throw and a basket for a 12-5 lead. Downey scored a basket at the end of the period for a 12-7 score. The Raiders JV scored two baskets to start the second period leading 16-7. Two free throws by Austin Kendall cut the difference. The Raiders came back scoring the next six points to lead 22-9. White put in a basket to cut the difference Scouting Report By Mike Johansen The Pike Central Lady Chargers will take on Gibson Southern in PAC play on Thursday and the boys basketball team will host the North Posey Vikings on Saturday night, also a Pocket Athletic Conference game. GIRLS BASKETBALL—The Lady Chargers take on the Gibson Southern Lady Titans at home this Thursday with the JV teams at 6:30 and varsity at 8 p.m. The Lady Titans are 4-2 overall and 1-0 in the PAC beating Forest Park 46-36. They also have wins over Vincennes Lincoln, Evansville Reitz and North. The losses have been to Princeton, Mount Vernon and Evansville Bosse. Coach Mark Monroe is 125-32 in his seventh year at the school. They beat Pike Central 52-37 last season. The key players for Gibson Southern include: Sara White, 5-7, 12; Vailey Eberhard, 5-7, 11; Jordan Robinson, 5-7, 11; Hannah Cosby, 6-0, 10; Emily Simpson, 5-6, 10; Kiana Smith, 5-5, 10; Ashtin Seaton, 5-3, 10; Alyssa Bright, 5-8, 10; and Maddie Raley, 6-0, 9. The 2012-13 PAC girls basketball standings through Dec. 1 are: Team ALL PAC PPG OPG Southridge 5-4 4-0 39.9 39.9 Heritage Hills 3-4 2-0 34.9 39.1 Gibson Southern 4-3 1-0 44.4 47.7 Tecumseh 4-3 2-1 53.9 48.7 Tell City 5-2 1-1 43.4 37.4 Pike Central 2-5 1-2 39.1 43.9 North Posey 3-4 0-1 40.3 46.1 South Spencer 1-7 0-2 36.4 54.9 Forest Park 2-5 0-4 46.7 49.3 Girls Scores—Dec. 3: Evansville Reitz 67, Boonville 59; Gibson Southern 48, Evansville North 28; Jasper 41, Heritage Hills 21; North Knox 45, White River Valley 27; Pike Central 49, South Spencer 33; Union Dugger 43, Washington Catholic 33; Mount Carmel 61, Princeton 48. Dec. 4: Barr-Reeve 55, Wood Memorial 39; Cannelton 58, South Spencer 52; Evansville Mater Dei 74, Mount Vernon 42; North Daviess 48, North Central 26; Southridge 43, North Posey 32; Springs Valley 56, Loogootee 34; Tecumseh 57, Forest Park 49; Washington 56, Evansville Memorial 50. Dec. 5: Evansville Harrison 62, Reitz 50. Dec. 6: Southridge 53, Pike Central 28; South Spencer 42, Wood Memorial 36, 2 OT; Perry Central 72, Tecumseh 61; Northeast Dubois 51, Tell City 28; Mount Vernon 65, Gibson Southern 46; Heritage Hills 37, Forest Park 36; Castle 64, Evansville Central 36; Clay City 42, Linton-Stockton 33; Evansville Bosse 68, Memorial 47; Jasper 51, Vincennes Lincoln 27; Loogootee 39, Washington Catholic 33; Mitchell 62, Crawford County 33; North Daviess 39, Barr-Reeve 29; Princeton 50, Boonville 30; Terre Haute North 37, Sullivan 30; Vincennes Rivet 51, South Knox 33. Dec. 8: Barr-Reeve 43, Bloomfield 30; Evansville Central 88, Gallatin County 45; Mount Carmel 66, Jasper 30; Northeast Dubois 76, Crawford County 39; Princeton 70, Vincennes Rivet 59; Sullivan 59, Brown County 27; Terre Haute North 60, Castle 54; Washington 58, Eastern Greene 45; Springs Valley 56, Trinity Lutheran 43; Gibson Southern 40, Wood Memorial 32. BOYS BASKETBALL—The Charger boys teams take on PAC foe North Posey on Saturday night at home with the JV teams playing at 6 p.m. and the varsity at 7:30. The Vikings are 0-3 this season losing to Evansville, North, Mount Vernon and Heritage Hills with Evansville Mater Dei the night before they face the Chargers. They beat Pike Central 52-43 last season at North Posey. Coach Heath Howington is in his first year as head coach of the Vikings. Key players for the Vikings include: Wes Harness, 5-11, 12; Alec Werry, 6-1, 12; Nick Neidig, 6-4, 12; Cody Ungetheim, 6-3, 11; Michael Bender, 6-2, 11; Kyle Whitemore, 6-2, 12; Tyler Adkins, 6-4, 11; Reed Gerteisen, 6-3, 11; Jacob Brenton, 5-11, 11; Zack Carl, 5-11, 11; Bryce Martin, 6-1, 10; James Marshall, 6-1, 10; and Damon Cardin, 6-2, 10. The 2012-13 PAC boys basketball standings through Dec. 8 are: Team ALL PAC PPG OPG Southridge 3-0 3-0 59.7 42.0 Heritage Hills 2-0 1-0 73.5 65.5 Forest Park 2-2 1-0 49.0 46.0 South Spencer 3-2 0-0 61.8 57.4 Tecumseh 1-2 0-0 46.3 52.3 Gibson Southern 0-2 0-1 56.0 81.5 North Posey 0-3 0-1 54.7 69.7 Pike Central 0-3 0-1 33.0 57.0 Tell City 0-5 0-2 45.0 63.8 Scores—Dec. 4: Evansville Harrison 97, Central 83; Evansville North 63, Reitz 60; North Knox 62, South Knox 59, OT; South Spencer 79, Cannelton 73. Dec. 7: Southridge 45, Tell City 31; South Spencer 76. Hancock County 47; Loogootee 34, Forest Park 33; Heritage Hills 79, North Posey 65; Evansville Central 89, Gibson Southern 53; Barr-Reeve 53, Tecumseh 36; Evansville Harrison 66, Castle 64; Evansville Memorial 53, Jasper 51; Evansville North 67, Sullivan 50; Evansville Reitz 59, Mater Dei 42; Mount Vernon 61, Boonville 44; North Daviess 63, North Central 48; Perry Central 63, Wood Memorial 47; Orleans 71, Northeast Dubois 63; Vincennes Lincoln 71, Mount Carmel 53; Vincennes Rivet 77, Washington Catholic 52; Washington 57, Edgewood 24. Dec. 8: Southridge 60, Pike Central 36; Vincennes Lincoln 58, Boonville 34; South Central 74, Tell City 54; North Daviess 65, Vincennes Rivet 46; Mount Vernon 78, South Spencer 58; Loogootee 58, Shoals 48; Jasper 51. Bedford North Lawrence 37; Forest Park 48, Washington 43; Evansville Mater Dei 57, Perry Central 56. 2 OT; Evansville Day 55, Ballard Memorial 40; Eastern Greene 64, North Knox 49. WRESTLING—The Pike Central Chargers will end their before Christmas schedule on Saturday at five team dual meets at Evansville North called the Jordan Hill Classic. Competition begins at 10 a.m. and lasts all day. They resume Jan. 2 with a dual meet at Vincennes Lincoln beginning at 6 p.m. BOYS-GIRLS SWIMMING—The Charger boys and girls swimming and diving teams conclude the preChristmas portion of the season at Jasper starting at 6 p.m. on Thursday. The next meet is Monday, Jan. 7, against Northeast Dubois and Gibson Southern in the Pike Central pool. to 11 at halftime, 22-11. The Chargers came out with a stiff defense in the third period and did not let the Raiders score as they missed 10 straight shots. The Chargers cut the difference with four baskets to trail by three, 22-19. White, Downey, Tyler Toopes and Kluemper each had a basket in the period. The scoring in the fourth period did not start until 1:40 had expired and a basket by White had the difference down to one point, 21-22. The Raiders bounced right back with two baskets for a 25-21 lead. A White basket had the difference back to two, 23-25. The Raiders scored, but Toopes made two free throws for another two point difference with 1:48 to play. The Raiders made two free throws, but Toopes made two with 1:14 remaining for a 27-29 count. However, that would be the last points for Pike Central as they missed two shots in the final minute of play and Southridge made a basket and two free throws to win by six. Bailey White had 11 points, Chris Downey 6, Tyler Toopes 6, Nick Kluemper 2 and Austin Kendall 2. Downey had four rebounds, White six, Toopes six, Kendall two and Kluemper two. Kluemper had two assists and Toopes two steals. The Chargers made 10 of 27 from the field and seven of 14 free throws plus had 20 rebounds. Southridge was 12 of 33 with three shots for three points and were six of 10 in free throws with 20 rebounds. PC had 18 turnovers and Southridge 10. H Tidbits Continued from Page B1 at Christmas but all through the year! In fact we begin to look for ways to give; we look for people in need. As the church, we become the heart of Christ, the eyes, ears, feet, and hands of Christ we look for ways to unselfishly Give and Serve others! When we receive the Gift of God's love through Jesus Christ, Giving is a natural byproduct . . . loving God, loving others, serving God, serving others, Giving is a natural result of what we want to do! This Christmas open up your heart. Let God's love in. Receive the Gift of God's love—"Jesus Christ." When friends and family ask us what we got for Christmas, let us not speak reluctantly or timidly, but with confidence and faith proclaim to them when they ask, 'What did you get for Christmas?'—Baby Jesus. 'What did you get for Christmas?'—Love. 'What did you get for Christmas?'—Hope. 'What did you get for Christmas?'—Faith. 'What did you get for Christmas?'—Forgiveness. 'What did you get for Christmas?'—Grace. 'What did you get for Christmas?'—Strength. 'What did you get for Christmas?'—Compassion. 'What did you get for Christmas?'—Healing. 'What did you get for Christmas?'—Thankfulness. 'What did you get for Christmas?'—My Savior. 'What did you get for Christmas?'—Lord Jesus H Girls Continued from Page B1 and H. Dudenhoeffer fourth in 3:14.16. Deel won the 50 freestyle in 28.58 with Keepes second at 34.43 and Gray fifth at 38.91. Miles won the butterfly with a time of 1:10.77 with K. Dudenhoeffer third at 1:26.94 and Claridge fourth in 1:27.68. Sydney Barrett won the 100 freestyle for Southridge at 1:00.15 with Cummings third at 1:16.48 and H. Dudenhoeffer fourth in 1:19.99. Barrett also won the 100 backstroke in 1:07.84 with Marrs third for the Lady Chargers in 1:20.14, Gray fourth in 1:29.90 and Keepes fifth in 1:32.09. Bailey Barrett won the 100 breaststroke event in 1:25.05 with Claridge second for PC in 1:29.00 and Luff fifth at 1:35.96. The Lady Chargers are at Jasper High School Thursday for a meet in the Sectional pool starting at 6 p.m. NETedition Exclusive video Tyler Garland and Dustin Meny go after a rebound with a Southridge player during second period action in a road PAC game on Saturday. Chargers rally doesn't last against Southridge By Mike Johansen For awhile in the second quarter it looked like the Pike Central Chargers varsity boys basketball team might make a game of it against the Southridge Raiders, but a 14-2 run to end the second quarter pretty much decided the game. The Raiders pulled away in the second half to record a 60-36 victory in the opening Pocket Athletic Conference game of the season for Pike Central, while it was the third straight PAC win for the Raiders during the young season. Southridge also owns double digit wins over Gibson Southern and Tell City. "We got another disappointing start, 14-4, but we battled back in the second quarter to tie the game at 18-18. Kegan Aldridge picked up his second foul and it seamed that we lost our assignments on defense and focus of what we were doing in the second quarter. Southridge went on a 14-2 run to end the half. We gave up 25 points off turnovers and that was mostly the difference in the game," said Pike Central Head Coach John Mokris. "We need to be able to transfer what we have prepared about our opponents and the things that we have learned in practice throughout the week and implement it in game situations. We prepared the kids for the exact offenses and defenses that Southridge was running, but we could not handle the pressure Saturday night. Once we converted on our first pass into our half court offense we seamed to settle down." The first quarter was not a real good one on the offensive end, although the defense made a few plays. The Raiders scored the first two baskets before Stefano Dalla Vecchia put in one for the Chargers with 6:30 remaining in the quarter. The Chargers went silent for the next 5:20 in the quarter missing six shots while the Raiders scoring another six points to lead 10-2. Kegan Aldridge put in a basket for a 10-4 score. The Raiders had a shot by Jared Sparrow go in for a 12-4 edge in the opening quarter. Sparrow had another basket to begin the second period to give the Raiders a 14-4 lead. Aldridge cut into that lead with a basket with 7:07 left in the first half. Chris Downey answered another Southridge basket with a short shot off a pass from Shaine Eck for an 8-16 score. After a Pike Central time out, Downey was able to get open again for two points and Aldridge made it a six point run with two to cut the difference to 12-16. The Raiders answered for the first time in a couple of minutes, but then went silent on the scoring end for awhile. Aldridge made two free throws and Tyler Garland put in two free throws followed by another basket by Aldridge for an 18-18 score with 2:57 remaining in the half. Aldridge picked up a third foul and had to sit and that seemed to change the momentum back to the other end of the floor. The Chargers did not score again until 27 seconds remained and the Raiders went on a 14-0 run. Only two free throws by Trevor Claridge cut into that run at the end of the half. The Chargers were outscored 20-16 in the period and trailed 32-20 at the break. Things looked up when Claridge started the second half making two free throws, but the Chargers again went silent for a little while and Southridge scored the next five points. Garland answered with a basket off a Claridge pass, but Southridge answered with a free throw and a basket to lead 40-24. Downey had a basket off a pass from Dustin Meny. The Raiders answered with a two and Meny put in a basket with 2:51 remaining in the third frame. A basket by Aldridge and a free throw by Downey helped keep the Chargers close as Southridge matched that to lead 46-31 at the end of the period. The Raiders also scored the first two baskets of the fourth quarter for a 20 point lead, 51-31. Garland finally answered, but the Chargers could not sustain any offense. Garland had a free throw two and a half minutes later for a 34-54 score. Only two free throws by Meny interrupted a six point closing run by the Raiders as they finished winning by 24, 60-36. Chad O'Bryan led Southridge with 13 points by the 6-6 center and Cody Thompson added 12. Kegan Aldridge led the Chargers with 12 points and Chris Downey added nine. Claridge had seven rebounds, Downey four and three each for Nathan Simmons, Tyler Garland and Stefano Dalla Vecchia. Claridge had two assists and Aldridge four steals. The Chargers are 0-3 for the season and face North Posey at Home Saturday starting at 7:30 p.m. Pike Central 36, Southridge 60:Shaine Eck 0,0,00,2,0,0; Kegan Aldridge 5,0,2-2,4,1,12; Chris Downey 4,0,1-3,1,4,9; Stefano Dalla Vecchia 1,0,0-0,1,3,2; Tyler Garland 1,0,3-4,3,3,5; Dustin Meny 1,0,2-2,1,1,4; Trevor Claridge 0,0,4-4,1,7,4; Garrett Elliott 0,0,0-0,0,2,0; Nathan Simmons 0,0,0-2,3,3,0; PC totals: 12-41 (0), 12-17, 16, 24, 36; Southridge totals: 21-43 (5), 13-22, 19, 23, 60; Turnovers—PC: 22, Southridge 15. Correction The name in the JV story about the Pike Central boys basketball team was incorrect. The name should have been Damon Schnarr. We apologize for the error.