The Press-Dispatch
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B-2 Wednesday, January 9, 2013 Scouting Report By Mike Johansen The Pike Central Chargers will be on the road again this week at Heritage Hills High School on Friday and at Jasper High School at the old gym on Saturday while the girls team is at Jasper Thursday and hosts North Posey on Saturday for an afternoon game. BOYS BASKETBALL—The Charger boys basketball teams are on the road twice this week taking on Heritage Hills Friday in Pocket Athletic Conference play with the JV game at 6:30 p.m. and the varsity at 8 p.m. The Patriots are 5-4 overall and 2-0 in the PAC after beating Washington and Gibson Southern this past weekend. Other wins include two over Northeast Dubois and one over North Posey. Coach Matt Sisley is 44-74 in his sixth year at school. The Patriots beat Pike Central 58-45 last season. Key players for the Patriots include: Devon Merder, 6-3, 11; Sam Scherry, 6-0, 11; Torrin Madden, 5-10, 11; Zach Zoglman, 5-11, 11; Tyler Ward, 5-11, 10; Justin Crane, 5-11, 11; Gavin Schaefer, 6-1, 10; Logan Steckler, 6-3, 10; Andy Sickbert, 6-2, 11; Spenser Minto, 6-4, 11. Saturday night the Chargers will be at the Cabby O'Neil Gym in Jasper to meet the Wildcats (3-6) starting with the JV game at 6:30 p.m. and the varsity at 8. The Wildcats have wins over Mount Carmel and Boonville with losses to Southridge and Vincennes Lincoln. The Wildcats blitzed PC 67-37 last season. Coach John Goebel is 145-95 at the school. Key for the Wildcats players include: Nate Messier, 5-9, 12;Mark Giesler, 6-4, 12; Nick Gobert, 6-0, 12; Cole Semersheim, 6-0, 12; Devon Taylor, 6-0, 12; Phillip Huebschman, 6-2, 11; Courtland Betz, 5-11, 11; Austin Alles, 6-2, 10. The 2012-13 PAC boys basketball standings through Jan. 5 are: Team ALL PAC PPGOPG Southridge 7-1 4-0 56.144.4 Heritage Hills 5-4 2-0 68.4 64.3 South Spencer 7-4 1-0 59.0 57.7 Forest Park 3-7 1-0 48.1 53.0 Tecumseh 6-3 1-1 51.046.7 North Posey 3-7 1-1 58.0 62.0 Pike Central 3-5 0-2 44.0 53.4 Gibson Southern 2-8 0-3 55.9 64.9 Tell City 2-9 0-3 44.6 58.7 Boys Scores—Dec. 27: Tell City 53, Northeast Dubois 50; South Spencer 59, Boonville 58, OT; Crawford County 57, Heritage Hills 53; Tecumseh 58, Bloomington Lighthouse 36; Tecumseh 54, South Central 50, OT. Dec. 28: Evansville Central 70, Jasper 50; Evansville Harrison 66, Dayton Wayne 57; Evansville North 67, Bowman Academy 59; Evansville Reitz 55, New Albany 54; Mount Vernon 53, Washington 48; Princeton 56, Shawe Memorial 29; Dayton Marshall 70, Evansville Bosse 57; Orleans 61, North Posey 55; North Daviess 70, Clay City 62; Brownstown Central 58, Forest Park 40; Barr-Reeve 69, South Knox 25; Corydon Central 54, Northeast Dubois 53;Perry Central 61, Tell City 41; Boonville 68, Heritage Hills 65; South Spencer 51, Crawford County 41; Loogootee 68, Springs Valley 46; Loogootee 72, Lanesville 62; Evansville Day 73, Vincennes Rivet 60; Vincennes Lincoln 65, Indianapolis Howe 43; University 81, Vincennes Rivet 61; Evansville Day 60, University 37; Vincennes Lincoln 54, Madisonville-North Hopkins 51. Dec. 29: North Posey 70, Clay City 67; Forest Park 49, South Knox 46; North Daviess 47, Orleans 38; Barr-Reeve 60, Brownstown Central 55; Heritage Hills 62, Northeast Dubois 51; Corydon Central 57, Boonville 46; Crawford County 63, Tell City 45; Perry Central 62, South Spencer 50; Lanesville 83, Springs Valley 64; Loogootee 2, trinity Lutheran 0 (Forfeit); Madisonville-North Hopkins 80, Vincennes Rivet 59; Vincennes Lincoln 51, Evansville Day 48, OT. Dec. 31: Mitchell 51, Cloverdale 36; Mitchell 59, Eminence 56; Clay City 70, South Knox 56; North Posey 69, Forest Park 48; Barr-Reeve 44, North Daviess 42, 2 OTs. Jan. 2: Evansville Central 71 Mount Carmel 64. Jan. 4, Pike Central 58, Wood Memorial 53; Washington 48, Evansville Mater Dei 47, Washington Catholic 63, Shoals 49; Vincennes Lincoln 53, Jasper 40; Southridge 56, Tecumseh 40; South Spencer 64, Evansville Day 62, OT; Princeton 62, Boonville 40; Paoli 61, Mitchell 44; Northeast Dubois 65, South Knox 55; North Daviess 46, Loogootee 40; Mount Vernon 62, Tell City 46; Heritage Hills 82, Gibson Southern 71; Evansville Harrison 65, North 62; Evansville Central 82, Bosse 76; Crawford County 64, Springs Valley 47; Castle 67, Evansville Memorial 53; Barr-Reeve 53, Forest Park 41. Jan. 5: Pike Central 52, Mitchell 50; Castle 75, Gibson Southern 49; Heritage Hills 67, Washington 49; Mount Vernon 68, North Posey 56; Owensboro 65, South Spencer 51; Perry Central 66, Forest Park 58; Southridge 56, Northeast Dubois 52; Tecumseh 66, Cannelton 39; Tell City 45, Hancock County 42; Evansville Bosse 69, Vincennes Lincoln 64; Evansville Harrison 83, Princeton 47; Evansville Mater Dei 68, Boonville 42; Evansville Memorial 81, Mount Carmel 52; Sullivan 61, North Knox 43; Wood Memorial 39, Shoals 37. GIRLS BASKETBALL—The Lady Chargers will be at Jasper on Thursday and host the North Posey Lady Vikings on Saturday in PAC play. The first game is against the always tough Jasper Lady Wildcats in Jasper at the Cabby O'Neil Gym. The JV teams meet starting at 6 p.m. and the varsity teams at 7:30. The Lady Wildcats have had a tough run lately and is 8-5 on the season. Wins include over Southridge 44-28, Heritage Hills 41-21, Vincennes Lincoln 51-27 and Washington 45-44. Coach Ryan Emery is 69-42 in his fifth season. They downed Pike Central 61-29 last season and have won four straight against PC in the regular season. Key players for the Lady Wildcats include: Shelby Merder, 6-3, 12; Allyson Lents, 5-7, 12; Tori Semersheim, 5-9, 11; Madison Uebelhor, 5-6, 10; Brook Lueken, 5-8, 11; Emily Jones, 5-6, 11; Elizabeth Ahlbrand, 10; Alex Krapf, 10. The second game of the week is against the North Posey Lady Vikings in PAC play at home Saturday afternoon with the JV at noon and varsity at 1:30 p.m. The Lady Vikings (9-6, 1-1 PAC) have wins over Wood Memorial 53-37, Vincennes Lincoln 52-36 among others. Losses include Mount Vernon 23-58, Vincennes Rivet 3762 and Southridge 32-43. Coach Tracy Stroud is 56-41 in his fifth season as head coach. They edged Pike Central 43-42 last season and have a three game win streak over PC. The 2012-13 PAC girls basketball standings through Jan. 5 are: Team ALL PAC PPGOPG Southridge 8-4 5-0 43.235.9 Gibson Southern 8-5 2-0 51.8 48.4 Heritage Hills 7-6 3-1 35.3 39.0 Tell City 7-5 2-1 40.5 38.0 North Posey 9-6 1-1 43.3 44.1 Tecumseh 5-7 2-3 49.248.2 Forest Park 6-6 1-4 48.7 45.9 Pike Central 3-10 1-4 41.9 50.5 South Spencer 1-12 0-3 34.5 52.2 Girls Scores—Dec. 27: Vincennes Rivet Classic: Vincennes Rivet 59, Pike Central 24; Sullivan 76, Linton-Stockton 20; Corydon Central 54, Indianapolis Chatard 52; Heritage Christian 73, Vincennes Lincoln 27. Other scores: Lebanon 76, Evansville Memorial 58; Mount Vernon 57, Boonville 38. Dec. 28: Vincennes Rivet Classic: Vincennes Lincoln 54, Pike Central 50; Indianapolis Chatard 64, Linton-Stockton 19; Sullivan 47, Corydon Central 36; Heritage Christian 75, Vincennes Rivet 46. Final Round: Pike Central 45, Linton-Stockton 35; Indianapolis Chatard 52, Vincennes Lincoln 51; Vincennes Rivet 47, Corydon Central 39; Sullivan 54, Heritage Christian 50. Other scores: Evansville Memorial 65, Indianapolis Manual 30; Evansville Memorial 65, Tri-Central 28; Evansville Mater Dei 83, Logansport 54; Columbus North 63, Evansville Mater Dei 55; North Posey 38, Carmi-White County 32; Evansville Harrison 77, Loogootee 17. Dec. 29: Castle 44, Seymour 36; Bedford North Lawrence 61, Castle 38; Martinsville 42, Jasper 35; Jasper 76, Irvington Prep Academy 25; Flora 55, North, Posey 42, North Posey 56, Christ Our Rock 46. Jan. 2: Evansville Bosse 63, North 43; Evansville Mater Dei 65, Harrison 40; Evansville Memorial 58, Central 30; Forest Park 38, Eastern Greene 27; Princeton 52, Vincennes Lincoln 43. Jan. 3: Washington 67, Pike Central 43; Castle 42, Evansville Reitz 41; Barr-Reeve 49, Washington Catholic 15; Heritage Hills 40, South Spencer 30; Mitchell 58, Salem 40; Mount Carmel 55, Mount Vernon 51; North Posey 43, Tecumseh 35; Northeast Dubois 52, Shoals 25; Southridge 46, North Knox 38; Sullivan 66, South Knox 34; Vincennes Rivet 41, North Daviess 31; Wood Memorial 48, Loogootee 24. Jan. 5: Forest Park 72, Pike Central 48; Evansville Central 55, South Spencer 44; North Posey 50, Perry Central 40; Barr-Reeve 47, South Knox 46, 2 OT; Evansville Harrison 72, Boonville 36; Evansville Mater Dei 59, Jasper 44. The Press-Dispatch Tough week for Lady Chargers Lose to two teams, one in PAC play By Mike Johansen The start to the second half of the season did not start the way the Pike Central Lady Chargers wanted, especially on defense. The Lady Chargers scored 91 points, which is good, but gave up 139 points in losses to the Washington Lady Hatchets and Forest Park Lady Rangers in games on Thursday and Saturday. The Lady Chargers did not find their scoring touch until the second quarter at Washington last Thursday, and by then is was a little late as they lost a 67-43 game to the Lady Hatchets. The Lady Chargers had only one point in the first quarter and 10 points in the second. They were down 15-1 at the end of the first period and gave up an additional 16 points the second frame and trailed 31-11 at halftime. They scored more in the third period, but the defense was no better. They were out gunned 19-14 in the third frame to trail 50-25 going into the final period. Pike Central had an 18-17 edge in the period. At least the scoring was better in that final period. Coach Randy Graham said they can't continue to start slow and remain in games very long. They made only 28.2 percent of their shots and were 13 of 17 from the free throw line, 76.4 percent. They committed a season high 23 fouls allowing Washington to make 23 of 32 free throws. Emily Howes had her best game of the season scoring 19 points with four three pointers and five of six free throw tries. She was the only Lady Chargers in double figures. Jordan Like had 10 rebounds, Michal Ashby five and three each for Olivia Leighty and Howes. Ashby had three steals. The Lady Chargers were without starting guard Alyx Abbott. She suffered a con- Emily Howes moves inside for a short shot against Forest Park on Saturday in a PAC game at home. cussion in the first game of the Vincennes Rivet tournament and is out through the end of this week at least. That hurt both the varsity and JV as they had to adjust JV playing time to have some back-up for the varsity games. They play at Jasper on Thursday starting with the JV at 6 p.m. and the varsity at 7:30. Saturday they host the North Posey Lady Vikings starting at noon for the JV and 1:30 p.m. for the varsity. Pike Central 43, Washington 67: Michal Ashby 2-4,01,0-0,0,5,4; Olivia Leighty 2-8,0-0,1-1,3,3,5; Jordan Like 2-7,0-1,4-4,2,10,8; Emily Howes 1-4,4-10,5-6,4,3,19; Samantha Halbrader 0-3,00,2-4,5,2,2; Lindsey Catt 2-2,0-0,1-2,3,2,5; Rachel Roettger 0-4,0-0,0--0,1,0,0; Lindsey Nixon 0-0,0-0,00,3,0,0; Kimmie McCammon 0-0,0-0,0-0,1,0,0; Alicia Hanselman 0,0,0-1,0-0,0,0,0; Nicah McFarland 0-0,0-1,00,1,2,0; Team totals: 9-32, 4-14, 13-17, 23, 27, 43; Washington totals: 22-55, 0-1, 2332, 18, 67. The Lady Chargers got off to a much better start in scoring at home Saturday afternoon, but they could Lady Chargers JV comes up short By Mike Johansen The week was a tough one for the Pike Central Lady Chargers JV girls basketball team with losses to Washington on Thursday and Forest Park on Saturday. The Lady Chargers lost to Washington in the opener by a 32-25 score. Lindsey Catt had 10 points, Rachel Roettger 9, Alcia Hanselman 2 and Nicah McFarland 4. The Lady Chargers were at home Saturday and gave up too many points early in the game and lost to the Forest Park Lady Rangers JV 37-22. The Lady Chargers tied the game at 2-2 on a shot by Rachel Roettger and went ahead 4-2 on a basket by Lindsey Catt. The Lady Rangers scored the next eight points to lead 10-4. A basket by Cheyanna Padgett cut the gap by two. The Lady Rangers scored a basket, but Catt had the final two pointer for PC to leave the Lady Chargers four behind, 8-12. The Lady Rangers scored the first three points of the second period. Roettger answered with a basket and a free throw for an 11-15 score. The Lady Rangers out scored PC 6-1 the rest of the first half to lead 21-12 at the half. Roettger made two free throws to start the final period and Catt had a basket to keep PC within seven. The Lady Rangers had a 9-6 edge in the period as only another basket by Catt kept them from getting further away. After a Lady Rangers basket Lindsey Nixon put in a shot and Kirstin Asbell made one with 4:50 on the clock. That was the final basket for PC as the Lady Rangers scored the final five points to win by 15. Catt scored 8 points, Roettger 8, Asbell 2, Nixon 2 and Padgett 2. Catt had eight rebounds and two each for Alicia Hanselman and Nixon. McFarland had four steals and Nixon two. "We are improving, but need to get better on defense. We simply have to stop people," said Coach Tim Crow. not come up with a way to stop the hot shooting Forest Park Lady Rangers falling by a 72-48 score. The Lady Chargers are 3-10 on the season and 1-4 in the Pocket Athletic Conference. "A bright spot for us was that we didn't do a bad job of turning the ball over. The bad thing is our transition defense was not very good and we did not contest shots or rebound like we are capable of doing," said Coach Randy Graham. The Lady Chargers were right with the Lady Rangers through much of the first quarter and led through the first three plus minutes. The Lady Rangers started the scoring just 12 seconds into the game. Emily Howes started the Lady Chargers scoring with a three pointer swishing through the net at the 7:35 mark after the Lady Rangers missed their next shot and Jordan Like rebounded. Howes tried another shot from about 12 feet away, missed, but she was fouled and made both free throws for a 5-2 edge at the 7:02 mark of the opening period. The Lady Rangers had two more shots, missing on both. PC missed one shot, but came back after the second Forest Park miss and Jordan Like drove the ball inside for two and a 7-2 edge with 5:43 on the clock. The Lady Rangers made their first run of the game and went from down five to leading 9-7 on a three by Ashley Reckelhoff. Olivia Leighty made a free throw to come within one. After another Lady Rangers basket, Michal Ashby put in a jump shot for a 10-11 score. The Lady Rangers came back with two baskets for a 15-10 margin. Another basket by Ashby cut that deficit and a basket by Leighty had PC within one again, 14-15. The Lady Rangers went to work again scoring the next six points and eight of the final 10 points in the quarter. Only a basket by Leighty broke the run up a bit. The Lady Rangers led 23-16 at the quarter break. They also scored the first basket of the second period to lead by nine. Like slipped in a two, but the Lady Rangers hit a three by Amanda Jacob for a 10 point lead. Like hit a two and made one of two free throws to cut into the margin. After another Lady Rangers three, Howes nailed a shot off a feed from Leighty for a 26-31 count. After another visitors score, Howes hit another three for a four point difference, 29-33. The Lady Rangers scored the final six points of the first half to lead 39-29 at the break. The Lady Rangers picked up where they left off to start the third period scoring the first eight points for a 47-29 edge. Ashby broke the run with a three, but the Lady Rangers countered with a three. Howes made one free throw. The Lady Rangers went on another run to pull ahead 55-33. A three and a two by Ashby and a three from Howes kept the difference at 20 points at the end of the third quarter, 41-61. The Lady Rangers led by as many as 24 points in the final period as the reserves saw much of the playing time for both sides. Kylie Blessinger led all scorers and the Lady Rangers with 22 points, Lydia Lange added 14 and Ashley Reckelhoff 13. Forest Park shot 73.4 percent from the field in the first three quarters and finished the game at 52.7 percent. Emily Howes led the Lady Chargers with 17 points, Michal Ashby 12 and Jordan Like 11. Like had eight rebounds, Ashby five, Howes three and Samantha Halbrader three. Like had two assists, Ashby three, Leighty two, Howes two and Halbrader two. Ashby had four steals. Pike Central 48, Forest Park 72: Howes 1-5,4-6,34,2,3,17; Halbrader 0-5,00,1-2,3,3,1; McCammon 0-0,0-1,0-0,0,1,0; Ashby 3-5,23,0-0,3,5,12; Catt 0-2,00,0-2,3,0,0; Hanselman 0-1,0-0,0-0,0,1,0; Leighty 2-9,0-0,1-2,1,1,5; Like 5-9,05,1-2,2,8,11; Roettger 1-2,00,0-0,1,1,2; Nixon 0-1,00,0-0,0,0,0; McFarland 0-1,0-0,0-0,2,1,0; PC totals 12-40, 6-15, 6-12, 17, 24, 48; FP totals 29-55, 10-23, 9, 39, 72. Turnovers—PC: 10, FP: 12. Deadlines The final deadline for sports reports, sports story information and sports photos from coaches and others is noon Tuesday with most items due in by 5 p.m. on Mondays. These deadlines are necessary to meet the printing deadlines and times for The Press-Dispatch. Any item on upcoming events, photos and reports on events that happened during the week before or on the weekend are due by 5 p.m. Monday. The final deadline for reports on events at Pike Central that happen on Monday is 11 a.m. Tuesday. Some items may be held a week depending on space available. The reports for all games and events and for upcoming events of all types are due by 5 p.m. Friday or Monday. Only games or matches happening on Monday night should be sent in on Tuesday and they are due by noon. 18th Annual Gun and Knife Show Saturday, Jan. 19th from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20th from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Ferdinand Community Center Rachel Roettger finds the lane to the basket open for a short shot against Forest Park on Saturday. Ready to rebound is Alicia Hanselman. Ferdinand, Indiana • Concessions Available • Gun Raffle • • Non-Smoking Building • • Attendance Prizes Drawn Daily • • 130 Tables - Largest Gun Show in Area • Wade Duncan: (812) 678-3899