The Press-Dispatch
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B-4 The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, December 19, 2012 H Lady Chargers lose Continued from Page B1 10 points in the quarter. Leighty started the third period making a free throw followed by a basket off a feed from Ashby. Ashby followed with three of four free throws to give Pike Central a 30-26 margin to start the third quarter. Another Ashby basket had the biggest lead of the game for either team with at 32-26. The Lady Titans stopped the run with a free throw, then another free throw and then two more for a 32-30 score. A free throw by Like made it 33-30 for PC. The Lady Titans had a basket, Like hit another shot for a 35-32 edge and she added two free throws for a 37-32 margin. After a Lady Titans free throw, Ashby had a basket for another six point Lady Charger lead, 39-33. The Lady Titans had a basket and one of two free throws. They fouled Like at the buzzer, but she made only one of three free throws leaving Pike Central in front 40-36 heading into the final quarter. The Lady Titans had a basket by freshman Maddie Raley to cut the gap to two. Two free throws by Abbott and two from Howes had the lead back to six, 44-38. Gibson Southern made two straight baskets during a busy fourth quarter. A basket by Ashby and two free throws by Leighty had the Lady Chargers back in front by six, 48-42. After a Lady Titans basket, Ashby made a free throw. Gibson Southern came back with three of six free throws for a 49-47 score, PC in front. A basket by Howes was countered by a shot by White followed by another White basket for a 51-51 count. Howes made two more free throws for a 53-51 Pike Central lead. A three by Ashtin Seaton had Gibson Southern in front 54-53. Ashby countered with two free throws. Halbrader followed a Gibson Southern basket with a two and two free throws by Halbrader had Pike Central on top 5958 with 1:15 to play in the high scoring fourth quarter. The Lady Titans tied the game and then took the lead 61-59 with a two by Alyssa Bright to go up 61-59. Pike Central took a time out, then got a shot, but it missed and Gibson Southern got the rebound. They were fouled and White made both free throws for a 63-59 lead with 12.2 seconds to play. The Lady Chargers brought the basketball down court and Ashby was fouled. She made both free throws with 6.3 seconds on the clock for a 61-63 score. Gibson Southern got the ball in and threw it down court and Pike Central could not get a foul called to force free throws to get the ball back and the game ended with them down two. Gibson Southern had a 27-21 edge in the final eight minutes of play and survived foul troubles to win the game. During the final eight minutes the Lady Chargers had 10 turnovers and Gibson Southern just two—that was one of the reasons for the turn around. Kiana Smith led Gibson Southern with 24 points, Maddie Raley added 12 and Emily Simpson 10. Pike Central had 20 points from Jordan Like and 16 by Michal Ashby. Like had 12 rebounds, Emily Howes seven, Ashby eight, Alyx Abbott five and Samantha Halbrader five. Ashby had three assists, Like three, Howes two and Abbott two. Halbrader had two steals and Like had two blocks. Pike Central 61, Gibson Southern 63: Michal Ashby 4-10,0-0,8-10,3,8,16; Olivia Leighty 1-7,0-0,4-6,4,2,6; Jordan Like 5-18,0-2,1015,4,12,20; Emily Howes 2-2,0-6,4-4,2,7,8; Alyx Abbott 0-2,0-2,3-4,0,5,3; Samantha Halbrader 2-6,0-0,4-4,4,5,8; Lindsey Nixon 0-0,0-0,00,0,1,0; Kimmie McCammon 0-0,0-0,0-0,0,0,0; PC totals 14-43, 0-10, 33-43, 17, 40, 61; GS totals 18-60, 4-15, 15-29, 25, 31, 63. Austin Kendall, 40, and Bailey White battle with a North Posey JV player for control of a rebound after a missed shot. Chargers JV fall to far back to catch Vikings By Mike Johansen An early scoring drought left the Pike Central Charger boys JV squad too far behind to make up the difference resulting in a 56-42 loss to the North Posey Vikings at home Saturday night. The Chargers scored only twice in the first quarter and once in the first minute and a half of the second period to fall quite a ways behind the North Posey Vikings. The Vikings had a three point play to start the scoring in the game 32 seconds in. The only Chargers tie came on a three point shot by Damon Schnarr with 5:08 remain in the opening period. The Vikings answered with six points to lead 9-3. The CharSamantha Halbrader comes up with a rebound against Gibson Southern gers had a chance to cut the as Michal Ashby and Emily Howes are ready to help. difference, but missed two free throws. They finally cut into the lead with a basket by Bailey White for a 5-9 deficit at the end of the first By Mike Johansen tied the game at seven all. 30-22 lead going into the quarter. A second quarter scoring Alicia Hanselman broke fourth. The Vikings put in the drought left the Pike Central free and put in a short shot The Lady Titans made first two baskets in the secLady Chargers short in the for a 9-7 edge followed by a one of two free throws and ond quarter. White finally end as they dropped a 44-33 basket by Rachel Roettger a field goal to start the final game to the Gibson South- for an 11-7 edge. The Lady frame and take a 33-22 lead. ern Lady Titans JV at home Chargers JV went quiet for A free throw by Roettger and the rest of the quarter miss- two from Lindsey Nixon had on Dec. 13. The Lady Chargers JV ing four shots from the field the gap back to eight points went from an 11-7 lead to trail- and two field goals. The with 4:39 to play. Over the ing the Lady Titans JV 18-11 Lady Titans rallied for 11 next 2:13 the Lady Chargers at halftime and they were un- straight points to lead 18-11 missed the front end of two able to mount a second half at halftime. one and one situations and Gibson Southern gave up four points to trail comeback in the game. The Lady Titans scored stretched the lead to 20-11 37-25. A three by McCamthe first four points of the to open the third period bemon broke the run and two game on free throws to take fore Cheyanna Padgett anfree throws by Roettger had the lead. Pike Central came swered. Padgett also made a the Lady Chargers JV within back with a basket and free second shot to pull the Lady nine, 30-39. A three by Mcthrow by Lindsey Catt with Chargers within seven, 151:45 remaining in the quar- 22. A basket by Catt cut the Cammon with 1:30 remainter, Both teams missed margin to five with 3:15 left ing cut the gap to six. The shots over the next short in the third quarter. Gibson Lady Titans answered and stretch until Catt made an- Southern canned a three. won the game 44-33. McCammon scored 10 other basket near the end McCammon came back with of the quarter to give Pike a drive to the basket for two points, Hanselman 2, RoettCentral a 5-4 edge at the end quick points. After two free ger 8, Catt 7, Padgett 4 and throws for the Titans, Roett- Lindsey Nixon 2. Nicah Mcof the period. Kimberly McCammon ger made a three pointer for Farland had five rebounds, made the first shot of the a 22-27, five point deficit. Catt seven, Nixon six, second frame for a 7-4 Pike The Lady Titans made a Padgett three and Roettger Central edge. A three point three to finish the scoring four rebounds. McCammon play by Gibson Southern in the third quarter with a had two steals for PC. Lady Chargers JV just short answered with 5:14 to play. The Chargers turned the ball over twice in a row right after that and the Vikings scored the next four points for a 17-7 margin. White again hit a basket with 4:17 to play in the half. The Vikings answered with the next nine points to lead 26-9. Austin Kendall broke the run with an inside shot and Jordan Clore added a basket. Two three pointers by Tyler Toopes helped the Chargers to a 10-2 rally to trail 28-19 at halftime. The Vikings started the third quarter with a 10-2 run, broken only by a Toopes basket, to lead 38-21 with 3:24 left in the third period. Finally Chris Downey answered with a rebound basket and added a shot off a feed pass from Schnarr. Nick Kluemper finished off a six point run to cut the difference back to 11, 38-27. The Vikings finally answered with a three and Toopes countered with a basket. The Vikings had an- other three. The Chargers closed the third period with a free throw by Downey and a basket from Toopes to trail 44-32 at the end. Toopes opened the fourth period with a basket off a pass from Clore to start the final period and cut the margin to 10 points. The Vikings made two free throws and Toopes made another shot for a nine point difference with 4:10 to play. That was as close as the Chargers would come. The Vikings scored four quick points and then another two baskets had them ahead 56-39 with a little over a minute to play in the game. Clore made a free throw and Kluemper two free throws to close out the PC scoring leaving the Chargers down 56-42 at the end. Tyler Toopes had 16 points, Damon Schnarr 6, Bailey White 6, Chris Downey 5, Austin Kendall 2, Jordan Clore 3 and Nick Kluemper 4. White had seven rebounds, Downey six and Kluemper four. Damon Schnarr makes his way around a North Posey defender to head down floor after a rebound. Early deadlines Rachel Roettger gets hit in the chest trying to guard a Gibson Southern girl as Nicah McFarland comes in to help try to get the basketball during the PC JV game. H Sixth The deadline for sports news and photos for the next two weeks will be 3 p.m. each Friday, Dec. 21 and Dec. 28, because of the holiday printing schedule for the newspaper. All sports and news items must be in by 3 p.m. this Friday to be included in the Dec. 26 edition of The PressDispatch. The deadline for the Jan. 2 issue is also 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28. Anything turned in after the special deadlines will be held for the four points in the period. Heritage Hills had the final frame by a 7-2 edge to win by 10 points. Carnahan had 11 points for Pike Central, Hannah Carnahan 2, Meredith Benson 2 and Alyssa Jenkins 1. E. Carnahan had four rebounds, H. Carnahan four and Jenkins two. Also playing were Storm Weisling, Taylor Lamey, Madison Sisk, Sydney Keith, Ashley Dulworth, Lillie Pancake, Kelsey Barrett and Tori Pauw. following week. The final deadline for sports reports, sports story information and sports photos from coaches and others is the same, 3 p.m. each of the next two Fridays. Submitted photos can be color or black and white. It is preferred that an original jpeg be submitted by CD or e-mail, but clear prints that are not too dark are acceptable. Do not submit small size jpegs or photos from Facebook. Continued from Page B3