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The Press-Dispatch Sports Wednesday, August 29, 2018 B- 3 Lady Chargers scored nine of the first 10 points to take a 9 -1 lead. Then, leading 12- 5, the Lady Chargers scored 11 straight points – includ- ing 10 off serves by Keep- es – to extend their lead to 23-5 before finishing off the match. Jenkins and Keepes led Pike Central in kills with three each while Kylie Daw- son and Pipes added two apiece. Keepes also had a team-high 12 service points, including six on ace serves. Taylor Lamey had three ace serves while Jenkins and Shoultz added two each. • On Monday, Aug. 26, Pike Central dropped a 25 -23, 25 - 20, 25 -6 loss at Evansville Reitz. In the first set, the Lady Chargers trailed 24-15 be- fore scoring eight straight points – including seven off serves by Keepes – to close to within 24-23 before Evansville Reitz scored the final point to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five match. "We started out pretty strong," Pike Central head coach Brandi Chestnut said. "We fought hard for every point and made the points work in our favor. We had some really great ral- lies, and I am very proud of their hard work and hustle for this set." In the second set, the La- dy Chargers took an early 6 - 0 lead – on six service points by Taylor Lamey – and kept the lead until Evansville Re- itz, trailing 14-11, scored four straight points to surge into the lead, 15 -14. Following ties at 15 -15, 16 - 16 and 18 -18, the Lady Pan- thers scored four straight points to take a 22-18 lead. Pike Central could pull no closer than two points the rest of the way while falling behind 2-0. "Set 2, we started out with Taylor Lamey serving for six straight points, making them receive serves farther back to keep their passes off the net and make their setter move," Chestnut said. "They ended up taking the lead, but we continued to fight." The third set was dom- inated by Evansville Re- itz, which opened with a 7- 0 run and stretched its lead to 18 -3. "It seemed that we just couldn't get the hits together to score the points," Chest- nut said. Pike Central, which slipped to 3-5 with the loss, hosted Forest Park on Tues- day, Aug. 28. The Lady Chargers will host Shoals on Thursday, Aug. 30, and Wood Memorial on Tues- day, Sept. 4, before going on the road to Southridge on Thursday, Sept. 6. SPORTS BRIEFS All-Sports Passes available at Pike Central High School Individuals planning on attending a large number of regular season sports contests at Pike Central High School during the 2018 -19 school year can save money on admission fees by purchasing an All- Sports Pass. An All-Sports Pass, which is good for all regu- lar season home events at Pike Central High School, costs $70 for adults and $ 50 for students and se- nior citizens. A family package is available, if all passes are purchased at the same time. Fans must pur- chase two adult passes at the regular price and the student passes for stu- dents in the same family are $10 each. Beginning with the 2018 -19 school year, adult passes and students pass- es are different. Students will not be allowed to use an adult pass to enter the gates. Passes must be shown at the gate of each event, every time. All-Sports Passes will be good for entry into varsity and junior varsi- ty football games, volley- ball matches and boys' and girls' soccer match- es in the fall; boys' and girls' basketball games, wrestling matches and swimming meets during the winter; and baseball games, softball games and boys' and girls' track and field meets in the spring. All-Sports Passes can be purchased at the Pike Central High School ath- letic office from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Interested in earning an All-Sports Pass? Sign up to work five gates for each pass. For more infor- mation, contact the Pike Central High School ath- letic department at 812- 354-8478, extension 331. Petersburg Kiwanis Golf Scramble set for Sept. 8 The Petersburg Kiwan- is Golf Scramble will be held on Saturday, Sept. 8, starting at 9 a.m., at the Prides Creek Golf Course. Sign-ups are now being accepted at Prides Creek Golf Course. The cost is $40 per person or $160 for a four-person team. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three teams. In addition, hole spon- sorships are available for $100, although donations of any amount will be accepted. Please make checks payable to Kiwan- is and mail them to Dustin Schnarr, P.O. Box 14, Pe- tersburg, IN 47567. For more information, contact Dustin Schnarr at (812) 295 -8183 or the Prides Creek Golf Course at (812) 354-3059. All proceeds benefit the Petersburg Kiwan- is' Kids Christmas pro- gram, which helps under- privileged youth in Pike County. 7th Annual Heartland Half Marathon registration open The 7th Annual Heart- land Half Marathon is scheduled for Labor Day weekend on Saturday, Sept. 1. The event will once again include a half marathon, a 5K, and a team challenge. Cash prizes will be given to the top three male and fe- male half marathon finish- ers. First place will receive $500, second place $250, and third place $100. The races will begin 7:30 a.m., Eastern time, in the shadow of the Jasper Train Depot along the Pa- toka River and will finish in the shade at Dave Buehler Plaza, just a stone's throw away from the starting line. The hilly, scenic course takes runners through commercial and residen- tial areas with challeng- ing peaks midway through the route. A fter the midway point, the course largely flattens out through to the finish. The 5K starts and ends in the same location as the half marathon, but splits to take a different course very close to the start of the race. The team challenge is a relay comprised of a four-person team and fol- lows the same course as the half marathon. The first team member will travel 3.8 miles, then pass along his/her timing chip to the second member. The second member will cover 4.05 miles, the third mem- ber 2.5 miles, and the final member 2.75 miles. The registration fee for the half marathon is $70. The registration fee for the 5K is $25. The registration fee for the team challenge is $25 per person/$100 per team. Pre-registrants will re- ceive a technical shirt, and the first 500 half marathon registrants will receive a special gift. The Heartland Half Mar- athon, 5K, and Team Chal- lenge are being coordi- nated by DC MultiSport, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting health and wellness while giving back to local com- munities. Lodging information is being coordinated by the Dubois County Visitors Center and race-day event volunteers are being coor- dinated by Memorial Hos- pital and Health Care Cen- ter, the event's corporate sponsor. The majority of the pro- ceeds from this year's race will be given to the Phillip R. Dawkins Heart & Vascu- lar Center at Memorial Hos- pital to be utilized for new integrative medicine ser- vices provided to cardiac patients. Ten percent of the pro- ceeds will go toward the DC MultiSport Endowment to ensure future stability of the organization and to con- tinue in its efforts to give to- ward worthy causes. To register for the Heart- land Half Marathon, 5K, or Team Challenge, visit www. heartlandhalfmarathon. com or www.runsignup. com. For more information, call Memorial Hospital's Marketing Department at (812) 996 -2338. PCYFL sponsoring flag football league for K-2 boys and girls This September, the Pike County Youth Foot- ball League will be spon- soring a free flag foot- ball league for boys and girls from kindergarten through second grade. The purpose of the league is to teach each child the basics of the game of football in a fun, low-key atmosphere. Practices and games will be on Tuesday, Sept. 4, Tuesday, Sept. 11, Tues- day, Sept. 18, and Tues- day, Sept. 25, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Pike Central football field. A league shirt will be provided for all players but any T-shirt – as well as shorts and sweatpants – are acceptable. Players may wear baseball/foot- ball rubber molded cleats if desired. There will be no makeups if games end up getting canceled. Completed registra- tion forms – which are available at Petersburg and Winslow elementa- ry schools – must be re- turned to either school's front office no later than Friday, Aug. 31. For more information, call PCYFL president An- thony McHargue at 1-812- 272-8525 or Pike Central High School head football coach Dave Stephens at 1- 812-403-0884, or visit the Pike County Youth Foot- ball page on Facebook. PCHS Continued from page 1 Pike Central High School senior Taylor Lamey (12) goes up for a hit during the First Savings Bank Volleyball Invitational hosted by Vincennes Lincoln on Saturday, Aug. 25. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School junior Karsyn Pipes (7) re- ceives a serve while sopho- more team- mate Kai- la Lamey (3) looks on during the First Savings Bank Volley- ball Invitation- al hosted by Vincennes Lin- coln on Satur- day, Aug. 25. Ed Cahill photo Lady Chargers suffer three-set loss at Loogootee Senior Olivia Wininger had a game- high 12 kills as Loogootee defeated Pike Central 25 -13, 25 -4, 25 -19 in high school volleyball action on Thursday, Aug. 23. Olivia Wininger also served up a game-high 20 points – including five on ace serves – as the Lady Lions im- proved to 4-0. Freshman Kylie VanHoy and junior Emily Wade also reached double figures in kills with 11 and 10, respectively. For the match, Loogootee had 43 kills to the Lady Chargers' five. Sophomore Asia Crim added 14 ser- vice points, including five on ace serves. VanHoy had eight service points, includ- ing three on ace serves. Sophomore Is- abella Waggner had two ace serves and senior Calli Winginger had one. Pike Central, which slipped to 1-3, was led by junior Audrey Keepes, who had four service points – including two on ace serves – and two kills. Senior Alys- sa Jenkins added three service points, including two on ace serves, while se- niors Kylie Dawson and Taylor Lamey – who had one ace serve – had two ser- vice points each. Senior Kylee Shoultz had two kills and a team-high four digs, while Keepes and Taylor Lamey had three digs each. Ju- nior Karsyn Pipes added two digs. In the first set, Pike Central – with Taylor Lamey serving – jumped out to an early 3-0 lead before Loogootee an- swered with a 5 -0 run to take a 5 -3 lead. The Lady Chargers would battle back to tie the score at 8 -8 and 9 -9 before Loogootee scored 13 straight points – including two off serves by Crim – to open up a 22-9 lead enroute to a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five match. In the second set, the Lady Lions, lead- ing 7-4, scored 18 straight points – in- cluding 17 off serves by Olivia Wininger – to close out a second game win. In the third set, with Pike Central leading 18 -17, Loogootee scored eight of the next nine points – including four off serves by VanHoy – to finish off the match. PCMS 6th grade volleyball team opens season with three-set win at Fort Branch Lakin Sorgius served up a team-high 13 points as the Pike Central Mid- dle School sixth grade volleyball team opened its season with a 25 -12, 21-25, 15 -14 victory at Fort Branch on Thurs- day, Aug. 23. In the first set, the La- dy Chargers jumped out to a 7-1 lead – including four off serves by My- ra Hensler and two off serves by Sorgius – and never trailed while tak- ing a 1-0 lead in the best- of-three match. A fter the Lady Twigs bounced back in the sec- ond set to tie the match at 1-1, Pike Central, trail- ing 14-11 in the third set, scored four straight points – including three off serves by Sorgius – to rally for the win. Hensler added eight points off serves while Karly Morson had six, Eve Burns four and Em- ma Hunt and Baylie Rainey one each. "We came out strong in the first set, then fell asleep during the sec- ond set," Lady Char- gers head coach Steph- anie Shedd said. "They pulled out a win in the last set with some excel- lent serving at the end by Laken." "Overall, the girls did super," Shedd added. "Now we have the first match jitters out of our system and can move forward." In the B-match, Pike Central dropped a 25 - 7, 25 -12 loss to Fort Branch. "I'm proud of the girls," Shedd said. "We still have things to work on, but they came out and did great for our first match. We will continue to work on serving and serve receive." Pike Central will host South Knox on Wednes- day, Aug. 29, before play- ing at Wood Memorial on Tuesday, Sept. 4, and at South Knox on Thurs- day, Sept. 6. PCMS volleyball teams split with Forest Park The Pike Central Middle School eighth grade volleyball team slipped to 0 -2 with a 25 - 24, 25 -24 loss to visiting For- est Park on Saturday, Aug. 25. In the first set, the Lady Chargers – after falling behind by as many as five points – ral- lied to take a 22-19 lead before Forest Park rallied to tie the score at 22-22. A fter Pike Central scored back-to-back points to take a 24-22 lead, the Lady Rangers rolled off three straight points to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of- three match. In the second set, the La- dy Chargers trailed 16 -10 be- fore scoring 14 of the next 18 points – including three follow- ing serves by Ashlyn Shoultz – to take a 24-20 lead. However, Forest Park ral- lied once again, scoring five straight points to win the sec- ond – and final – set by one point. "As a team, our serves could have looked better," said Pike Central head coach Olivia Leighty. "The girls came out and competed well against the Rangers. We're ready to get back out there next week. We're hungry for a win! " Shoultz led the Lady Char- gers with 11 points off serve while Liberty Taylor had nine, Alyna Sharp four, Delaney Welch two and Emily Krieg one. In the seventh grade contest, Karley Kavanaugh had a team- high 14 points off serve to lead Pike Central to a 25 -14, 25 -11 victory over Forest Park. Ella Adams added seven points off serve while Lexie Onyett and Addy Russell had five each, Haylie Fulcher had three and Brailey Mills had one. "We had an exceptional serv- ing game, with a total of 17 ac- es as a team," Lady Chargers head coach Kinsey Barrett said. "They were working great as a team and trying to set the ball up every chance they got. I'm very proud to have our first win of the season and am look- ing forward to seeing what else these girls can do." Pike Central, which played at Washington on Tuesday, Aug. 28, will visit South Knox on Tuesday, Sept. 4, before re- turning home to host South Spencer on Thursday, Sept. 6. PCMS volleyball teams drop losses to Fort Branch The Pike Central Middle School eighth grade volley- ball team opened its sea- son with a 20 -25, 25 -24, 15 - 12 loss at Fort Branch on Thursday, Aug. 23. A fter falling behind in the first set 1-0, the Lady Char- gers scored eight straight points – including seven following serves by Del- aney Welch – to open up an 8 -1 lead. The Lady Twigs would scored nine of the next 11 points to pull even at 10 - 10 before Pike Central tal- lied three straight points – including two off serves by Emily Kreig – to surge ahead 13-10. A fter Fort Branch scored back-to-back points to pull to within 13-12, the La- dy Chargers scored five of the next six points – includ- ing two off serves by Tes- sa Vinnedge and one off a serve by Liberty Taylor – to extend their lead to 18 -13. The Lady Twigs would get no closer than three points the rest of the way as Pike Central took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three match. In the second set, the La- dy Chargers, trailing 4-3, scored six straight points – including five off serves by Alyna Sharp – to take a 9 - 4 lead. Fort Branch would fight back to pull even at 18 -18 before Pike Central scored three straight points – in- cluding two off serves by Kreig – to take a 21-18 lead. However, with the Lady Chargers holding a 23-20 lead, the Lady Twigs scored four straight points to take a 24-23 lead. Back-to-back sideouts ended the set in Fort Branch's favor, tying the match at 1-1. In the third set, Pike Cen- tral led by as many as six points – at 11-5 – before the Lady Twigs scored eight straight points to take a 13- 11 lead and hold on for the three-set victory. Welch led the Lady Char- gers with eight points off serve while Sharp had sev- en, Krieg had six, Ash- lyn Shoultz had four and Vinnedge and Liberty Tay- lor had three each. "First game jitters aside, the girls came out and played a well-fought, com- petitive game," Pike Central head coach Olivia Leighty said. "They came out with great passes and defense and set the ball up. We just need to clean up some plays at the net." In the seventh grade con- test, the Lady Chargers dropped a 22-25, 25 -16, 15 - 5 loss to Fort Branch. In the first set, the Lady Twigs scored the first six points and led 19 -13 before Pike Central scored six of the next seven points – in- cluding four off serves by El- la Adams – to close to with- in 20 -19. A fter Fort Branch scored to extend its lead to 21-19, the Lady Chargers went on a 3-0 run – scoring two points off serves by Lexie Onyett – to take a 22-21 lead. Then, with the set tied at 22-22, Pike Central rattled off three unanswered points – including the final two off serves by Addy Russell – to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of- three match. In the second set, the La- dy Twigs went on a 7-1 scor- ing run to break a 5 -5 tie and cruised to a nine-point win. In the third set, Pike Cen- tral fell behind 8 -1 and could not recover. Onyett and Russell led Pike Central in points off serves with five each. Hay- lie Fulcher and Karley Ka- vanaugh added four apiece, Adams had three and Bailey Mills had two. "The team played very well for their first match of the season," Lady Chargers head coach Kinsey Barrett said. "Karley Kavanaugh did a really good job setting the ball up and Ella Adams did a great job at the net. We played great." "All of our mistakes could be chalked up to first game jitters, and now that we've seen some competition, we know what we need to work on in practice to prepare for the next match," Bar- rett added.