The Press-Dispatch
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B-6 Sports Wednesday, September 5, 2018 The Press-Dispatch PCMS boys' tennis team opens season with losses to Tecumseh The Pike Central Middle School boys' tennis teams opened its season with back-to-back losses to Te- cumseh. On Tuesday, Aug. 21, at Tecumseh, in first-round singles matches, Parker Knust lost 8 -0, J.J. Belmore lost 8 -6, Nolan Bailey lost 8 - 1 and Eli Arnold lost 8 -1. In a first-round doubles match, Carter Blackwell and Adon Lemond lost 8 -0. In second-round singles matches, Parker Knust won 6 -4, Eli Arnold won 6 - 3 and Nolan Bailey won 6 -1. In a second-round doubles match, Carter Blackwell and Adon Lemond lost 6 -1. On Thursday, Aug. 30, at Pike Central, in first-round singles matches, J.J. Bel- more lost 8 -0, Parker Knust lost 8 -2 and Adon Lemond lost 8 -0. In first-round dou- bles matches, Carter Black- well and Nolan Bailey lost 8 - 0 and Eli Arnold and Noah Meece lost 8 -6. In a second-round singles match, Eli Arnold lost 6 -1. In second-round doubles matches, Dietrich Dunigan and Carter Blackwell lost 6 - 1 and J.J. Belmore and Park- er Knust lost 6 -2. "We have started off with two losses," said Chargers head coach Phil Knust. "We have a young group of sixth graders and below this year. We had some good wins in our first match with some solid wins from Eli Arnold and Nolan Bailey. J.J. Bel- more had a great match in our first match of the sea- son but came up a little short at 8 -6." "We have some new play- ers this year also that are playing for the first time and are improving with each practice and match, as well as the rest of the team," Knust added. Pike Central will host South Knox on Tuesday, Sept. 11, starting at 5:30 p.m. Junior Shelby Vaughn scored the game-winning goal on a penalty kick with three minutes left in over- time to lift the Pike Cen- tral High School girls' soc- cer team to a 3-2 victory over host South Spencer on Tues- day, Aug. 28. With the win, Pike Cen- tral improved to 2-3-1 over- all, including 1-0 -1 in the Pocket Athletic Conference. Vaughn and senior Kelsey Barrett both scored goals during the first half, giving the Lady Chargers a 2-1 half- time lead. "Regular time ended with the score being 2-2, so we went to overtime because it was a conference game," Pike Central head coach Eric McCord said. "During the second half of over- time, there was a foul in the 18 -yard box, so we got a pen- alty kick." "Overall, we played a good game with more communi- cation than we have heard all season," McCord add- ed. "Like always, there are skills and techniques we can improve on." McCord said that he was especially pleased with the play of junior goalie Jenna Horrall. "As always, Jenna played a strong game, coming off the line, continuously stop- ping would-be goals by div- ing on top of the ball," Mc- Cord said. "Despite being taken off the field due to a bloody nose, she came back and continued to play just as hard as before. All the ladies played a great game and I'm proud of all of them." Boonville 2, Pike Central 0 On Thursday, Aug. 30, the Lady Chargers dropped a 2- 0 loss to visiting Boonville. "We played well, and one of the goals was an unfortu- nate own-goal deflection," McCord said. "Boonville had a strong defense and we struggled to crack it open. We still have opportunities to score, but not like some of our other games. We will be making changes to our offense before the Prince- ton game to help us against teams with strong defenses. We were also down one of our starting defenders due to injury." Pike Central will travel to Princeton on Thursday, Sept. 6, before returning home to host South Knox on Tuesday, Sept. 11. Lady Charger kickers edge South Spencer with overtime penalty kick Pike Central High School freshman Hannah Woodford (21) chases down the ball during varsity girls' soccer action against visiting Boonville on Thursday, Aug. 30. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School's Sam Nelson (left) battles Vincennes Rivet seventh grader Drew Woodfork (73) for the ball during boys' soccer ac- tion on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School's Jasmine Leighty (right) controls the ball during girls' soccer ac- tion at Vincennes Rivet on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Ed Cahill photo Above: Pike Central Middle School's Gabe Jones goes vertical to head the ball during boys' soccer action at Vincennes Rivet on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Ed Cahill photo Left: Pike Central Middle School's Jaylynn Capehart takes a corner kick during girls' soccer action at Vincennes Rivet on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Ed Cahill photo Right: Pike Central Middle School's Ariel Moade (left) tries to outrace a Vincennes Rivet player to the ball during girls' soccer action on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School's Joey Ridao push- es the ball toward the goal during boys' soccer ac- tion at Vincennes Rivet on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School's Kahle Young keeps her eye on the ball as Vincennes Rivet eighth grad- er Morgan Alderton (9) closes in during girls' soc- cer action on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School's Lillian Thompson (left) watches as teammate Lainey Leighty pre- pares to kick the ball toward the goal during girls' soccer action at Vincennes Rivet on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School's Xavier Shoultz (right) and Vincennes Rivet seventh grader John Gafner (11) chase the ball during boys' soccer ac- tion on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Ed Cahill photo Cameron Roy scored a team-high four goals while Blake Cooper and Joey Rid- ao added goals two each as the Pike Central Middle School boys' soccer team de- feated host Vincennes Rivet 15 -1 victory on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Scoring one goal each for the Chargers were Isaac Burdette, Austin Henson, Gabe Jones, Nolan Nelson, Sam Nelson, Xavier Shoultz and Ryan Whann. Jonas Martinez had three assists while Burdette and Joey Ridao had one apiece. With the win, Pike Cen- tral improved to 6 -0 -2. "I'm very happy with where we are as we approach the halfway point of the sea- son," Chargers head coach Tanner Gray said. "We have three to four games per week for all of September, and I encourage everyone to come out and see this team play if you haven't already." In girls' action, Kahle Young scored four goals to lead Pike Central to a 7-2 victory over Vincennes Riv- et. Keena Young added two goals while Jaylynn Cape- hart netted one goal. Pike Central 6, Boonville 1 Jonas Martinez scored three goals while Isaac Bur- dette, Nolan Nelson and Jo- ey Ridao added one each as the Chargers defeated visit- ing Boonville 6 -1 on Thurs- day, Aug. 30. Ridao had a team-high three assists. Burdette, No- lan Nelson and Sam Nelson dished out one assist apiece. In the B game, Cameron Roy scored two goals and Blake Cooper added one as Pike Central defeated Boon- ville 3-1. Roy, Bannon Mills and Riley Mosby dished out one assist each. The Chargers, who played at Southridge on Tuesday, Sept. 4, will play at South Knox on Wednesday, Sept. 5, and at Washington on Monday, Sept. 10, before re- turning home to host Wood Memorial on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Old Peters- burg Gym soccer field. The Lady Chargers will play at South Knox on Wednesday, Sept. 5, and at Northeast Dubois on Thurs- day, Sept. 6, before return- ing home to host Princeton on Monday, Sept. 10, and Washington Catholic on Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Old Petersburg Gym soc- cer field. PCMS boys', girls' soccer teams roll past Vincennes Rivet