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B-2 Sports Wednesday, August 29, 2018 The Press-Dispatch Lady Chargers on Thursday, Aug. 23 at the Prides Creek Golf Course. Bohnert's nine-hole score of 36 matched the school record she set as a junior during a home tri-meet against Princeton and South Knox on Sept. 5, 2017. In addition, juniors Hadley Holder and Madison Warner both shot 51 while junior Em- ma Rainey added a 53. Fresh- men Carissa Moudy and Syd- ney Loveless fired a 58 and 65, respectively. As a team, Pike Central – which improved to 9 -1 in dual and tri-meets this sea- son – compiled a season-best score of 191. Vincennes Lin- coln was second with a 198 while North Daviess placed third with a 209. "I am pleased with how all the girls are progressing as we have gotten into the heart of the season," Lady Chargers head coach Jarrod Gideon said. "We are ahead of where we hoped to be at this time, so we are setting new goals both individually and as a team for the remain- der of the season." Gibson Southern 180, Pike Central 203 Pike Central fell to 7-1 in dual and tri-meets with a 180 -203 loss to visiting Gib- son Southern on Tuesday, Aug. 22 at the Prides Creek Golf Course. Bohnert was the medal- ist with a nine-hole score of 41, while Moudy and Warner both shot 53. Holder had a 56 while Rainey shot a 58. "Gibson Southern has a very solid and balanced team," Gideon said. "It was good for us to see where we stand in relation to them." The Lady Chargers, who, along with North Posey, played in a tri-meet hosted by Gibson Southern at the Cambridge Golf Course on Tuesday, Aug. 28, will host Forest Park on Thursday, Aug. 30, RECORD Continued from page 1 UPCOMING SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 High School Boys' Tennis: Pike Central at South Spencer, 5:30 p.m. Middle School Girls' Soccer: Pike Central at Vin- cennes Rivet, 5 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Volleyball: South Knox at Pike Central, 6 p.m. Middle School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central at Vin- cennes Rivet, 6:30 p.m. THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 High School Girls' Golf: Forest Park vs. Pike Cen- tral at Prides Creek Golf Course, 4:30 p.m. High School Boys' Tennis: Pike Central at Wood Memorial, 5:30 p.m. High School Girls' and Boys' Cross Country: Pike Central in Alan Hopewell Invitational at Gibson Southern, 6 p.m. High School Girls' Soccer: Boonville at Pike Cen- tral, 6 p.m. High School Volleyball: Shoals at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:15 p.m. High School Boys' Soccer: Boonville at Pike Cen- tral, 7:45 p.m. Middle School Boys' and Girls' Cross Country: Pike Central and Washington at South Knox, 5 p.m. Middle School Boys' Tennis: Tecumseh at Pike Central, 5:30 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Football: North Knox at Pike Central, 6 p.m. Middle School Boys' Soccer: Boonville vs. Pike Central at Gospel Center – Varsity, 6 p.m.; Junior Var- sity, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 High School Football: Heritage Hills at Pike Cen- tral, 8 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 High School Boys' Soccer: Princeton at Pike Cen- tral, noon. Middle School Girls' and Boys' Cross Coun- try: Pike Central at Fort Branch Invitational, 10 a.m. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 High School Girls' and Boys' Cross Country: North Daviess, South Knox and Washington Catholic at Pike Central, 4:45 p.m. High School Boys' Tennis: South Knox at Pike Central, 5 p.m. High School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central at South Knox, 5 p.m. High School Volleyball: Wood Memorial at Pike Cen- tral – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. High School Football: Pike Central at Heritage Hills ( junior varsity only), 6:30 p.m. Middle School Girls' and Boys' Cross Country: Jasper and Washington Catholic at Pike Central, 5 p.m. Middle School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central at Southridge – Varsity, 5:30 p.m.; Junior Varsity, 7 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Volleyball: Pike Cen- tral at Oakland City, 6 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Volleyball: Pike Central at South Knox, 6 p.m. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEBER 5 High School Boys' Tennis: Southridge at Pike Central, 4:30 p.m. Middle School Girls' Soccer: Pike Central at South Knox, 5 p.m. Middle School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central at South Knox – Varisty, 6:15 p.m.; Junior Varsity, 7:15 p.m. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 High School Boys' Tennis: Tell City at Pike Cen- tral, 5:30 p.m. High School Girls' Golf: Pike Central at South Spencer, 5:45 p.m. High School Boys' Soccer: North Posey at Pike Central, 6 p.m. High School Girls' and Boys' Cross Country: Southridge and South Spencer at Pike Central, 6 p.m. High School Girls' Soccer: Pike Central at Princ- eton, 6 p.m. High School Volleyball: Pike Central at Southridge – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:15 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Volleyball: Pike Cen- tral at South Knox, 6 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Volleyball: South Spencer at Pike Central, 6 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Football: Gib- son Southern at Pike Central, 6:30 p.m. Middle School Girls' Soccer: Pike Central at Northeast Dubois, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 High School Football: Pike Central at Tell City, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 High School Girls' Golf: Pike Central in Pock- et Athletic Conference at Oakland City Golf Course, 8 a.m. High School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central in Evans- ville Harrison Tournament ( junior varsity only), 10 a.m. High School Volleyball: Pike Central in Evansville Central Tournament, 10 a.m. Pike Central High School junior Had- ley Holder tees off during a girls' golf dual meet against Gibson Southern on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at the Prides Creek Golf Course. Jim Capozella photo Pike Central High School freshman Ne- vi Lemond watches her tee shot during a girls' golf dual meet against Gibson Southern on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at the Prides Creek Golf Course. Jim Capozella photo Charger netters fall at Tecumseh, 4-1 The Pike Central High School boys' tennis team slipped to 0 -3 overall and 0 -2 in the Pocket Athletic Conference with a 4-1 loss at Tecumseh on Wednes- day, Aug. 22. At No. 1 singles, Char- gers sophomore Ethan Huck lost to Braves senior Woody Brucken 6 -0, 6 -1. At No. 2 singles, Char- gers junior Dalton Wil- liams lost to Braves soph- omore Jalen Oxley 6 -1, 6 - 1. At No. 3 singles, Braves sophomore Carson Un- fried won by forfeit. At No. 1 doubles, the Chargers' team of senior Kyle Williams and junior Quinton Sorgius defeated Braves seniors Logan Ar- nold and Kinzer Flowers 6 -2, 4-6, 6 -3. At No. 2 doubles, Braves sophomores Dylan Green- burg and Pete Brucken won by forfeit. Pike Central was slated to participate in a tourna- ment hosted by Vincennes Lincoln on Saturday, Aug. 25, but the event was can- celed because of rain. It will not be rescheduled. The Chargers, who hosted Washington on Tuesday, Aug. 28, will travel to South Spencer on Wednesday, Aug. 29, and to Wood Memori- al on Thursday, Aug. 30, before returning home to host South Knox on Tues- day, Sept. 4, Southridge on Wednesday, Sept. 5, and Tell City on Thurs- day, Sept. 6. By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net The Pike Central Middle School eighth grade football team opened its season with a 25 -16 loss at Washington on Thursday, Aug. 23. Offensively, the Chargers were able to muster just 22 yards – 10 rushing and 12 passing – and one first down during the first half while Washington jumped out to a 13-0 lead. "We started the game very flat," Pike Central head coach Jeremy Howald said. "The team was not prepared to start this game mentally. I think we were looking past this team, remembering the results from playing them in seventh grade." Washington, which lost 12- 0 to the Chargers in last sea- son's seventh grade contest, wasted little time getting on the scoreboard as fullback Keegan McDannald scram- bled 64 yards and into the end zone on the game's sec- ond play from scrimmage. Sydney Melton's point-af- ter kick was good, giving the Hatchets a 7-0 lead with seven minutes left in the first quar- ter. Pike Central started its first offensive series at its own 41-yard line but, after gaining just one yard on three plays, was forced to punt. Washing- ton's Zach Mann fielded Jagar Dent's 31-yard kick at the Hatchets' 27-yard line and re- turned it to midfield. Following a nine-yard run by quarterback Tanner Blevins, Washington almost turned the ball over on a fum- bled snap that was recovered by Hatchets running back Derrick Kolusch at the Char- gers' 42-yard line. A fter a six-yard gain by Kolusch gave Washington a fresh set of downs at Pike Central's 36 -yard line, the Hatchets' were flagged for three straight penalties – one for holding and two for false starts – that backed them up to their own 46 -yard line. Facing 2nd-and-30, how- ever, McDannald ran for a 24-yard gain to the Chargers' 30 -yard line. On the next play, Kolusch scrambled for a 19 -yard gain to the Pike Cen- tral's 11-yard line. Two plays later, Blevins scored on a seven-yard run as the first quarter expired, extending Washington's lead to 13-0. Pike Central's offense re- turned to the field for just the second time of the game at the beginning of the second quar- ter, starting at its own 30 -yard line. Four plays later, howev- er, the Chargers would turn the ball over on downs when a pass by quarterback Kend- ric Sorgius intended for Bra- den Howald fell incomplete on 4th-and-4 at their own 36 -yard line. Following a second-down holding penalty, a five-yard run by McDannald and an incomplete pass by Blevins left the Hatchets facing 4th- and-12 at Pike Central's 38 -yard line. Kolusch then ran for an 18 -yard gain, giving Washing- ton a first down at the Char- gers' 20 -yard line. Three plays later, howev- er, a pass by Blevins intend- ed for Mann was picked off by Pike Central seventh grader Julian Gish at the Chargers' 1-yard line with 3:24 left in the first half. A fter gaining just two yards on the next three plays, Dent – forced to punt from his own 3-yard line – got off a 25 -yard kick that was fielded by Mann and returned three yards to the 25 -yard line. Washington was unable to capitalize, however, as a pass by Blevins was picked off by seventh grader Quade Mor- ton and returned to the Char- gers' 20 -yard line. A 12-yard pass by Sorgius to Peyton Howald garnered Pike Central's only first down of the first half with 9.7 sec- onds left. A fter spiking the ball to stop the clock with 2.4 seconds remaining, a pass by Sorgius was intercepted by Mann as the first half expired. Pike Central began the sec- ond half with a bang when Sorgius – on 1st-and-10 from his own 45 -yard line – hooked up with Peyton Howald on a 25 -yard pass that set the Char- gers up with a first down at Washington's 30 -yard line. Following a three-yard run by Sorgius and a two- yard run by Dent, an offsides penalty against the Hatch- ets gave Pike Central a fresh set of downs at Washington's 20 -yard line. Four plays later, on 4th- and-2 at the 12-yard line, Dent ran for a seven-yard gain, giv- ing the Chargers a first down at the Hatchets' 5 -yard line. Dent then barreled the re- maining five yards into the end zone, and seventh grad- er Ricky Culbertson ran for the two-point conversion, to cut Washington's lead to 13-8 with 4:52 left in the third pe- riod. The Hatchets answered, however, on the very next play from scrimmage, when Kolusch broke through the line and raced 65 yards into the end zone. Melton's point-after kick was blocked, but Washing- ton now held a 19 -8 lead with 4:26 remaining in the third quarter. The Chargers were not ready to quit, giving them- selves excellent field position when Dent returned the en- suing kickoff 50 yards to the Hatchets' 26 -yard line. Five plays later, facing 4th- and-9 at Washington's 14-yard line, Sorgius connected with Braden Howald for an 11-yard pass to the 3-yard line. On the next play, Sorgius tossed a shovel pass to Gish, who turned upfield and dart- ed into the end zone. Dent's two-point conver- sion run was good, pulling PCMS eighth grade football team drops 25-16 loss to Washington Pike Central Middle School eighth graders Bra- den Howald (32) and Isaac Marchino (90) force Washington eighth grader Derrick Kolusch (5) to fumble the ball during middle school football ac- tion on Thursday, Aug. 23. Kolusch was able to recover the ball for the host Hatchets, who won the game 25-16. Ed Cahill phot Pike Central Middle School eighth grader Peyton Howald (5) tries to ward off a tackle by Washington eighth grader Derrick Kolusch (right) during middle school football action on Thursday, Aug. 23. The Chargers lost to the host Hatchets 25-16. Ed Ca- hill photo Pike Central Middle School eighth grader Braden Howald (32) goes up to catch a pass as Washington eighth grader Na- thanial Aldrich (left) closes in during middle school football action on Thursday, Aug. 23. The Chargers lost to the host Hatchets 25-16. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School seventh grader Ricky Culbertson (21) looks for some running room as eighth grade teammate Cole Parks (80) looks on during middle school football action at Washington on Thursday, Aug. 23. The Chargers lost to the Hatchets 25-16. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School eighth grader Tyrus Schoppenhorst (12) attempts to tackle Washing- ton eighth grader Derrick Kolusch (5) during middle school football action on Thursday, Aug. 23. The Chargers lost to the host Hatchets 25-16. Ed Cahill photo See DROPS on 5