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B-6 Sports Wednesday, September 19, 2018 The Press-Dispatch PCMS 8th grade volleyball team falls to Barr-Reeve, Tecumseh The Pike Central Middle School eighth grade volleyball team slipped to 3-4 with a 25 -8, 25 -6 loss to visiting Barr-Reeve on Monday, Sept. 10, and a 25 -13, 25 -23 loss at Tecumseh on Tues- day, Sept. 11. BARR-REEVE: In the first set, the Lady Vikings jumped out to a 3-0 lead and scored 19 of the first 27 points before finishing Pike Central off by scoring the last six points. In the second set, Barr-Reeve scored six of the first seven points while cruising to the two-set vic- tory. "This is one of the most aggres- sive teams the girls have seen all year, hands down, and the girls struggled adjusting to that," Pike Central head coach Olivia Leighty said. "We got down mentally and played timid." TECUMSEH: Delaney Welch led the Lady Chargers with 10 points off serve – including one on an ace serve – while Ashlyn Shoul- tz added five points off serve. In the first set, Pike Central scored seven of the first 10 points – including three following serves by Welch and two following serves by Shoultz – to take a 7-3 lead be- fore Tecumseh rallied, scoring seven of the next eight points to surge ahead 10 -8. A fter the Lady Chargers re- bounded to tie the score at 10 -10, Tecumseh went on a 6 -1 run to open up a 16 -11 lead. Then, lead- ing 16 -13, the Lady Braves rolled off nine straight points to take a 1- 0 lead in the best-of-three match. In the second set, Pike Central rallied from a five-point deficit to take a 19 -17 lead before Tecum- seh scored three straight points to surge ahead 20 -19. Following ties at 20 -20, 21-21 and 22-22, the La- dy Braves scored three of the next four points to take the straight-set victory. "Tecumseh is just as good as Barr-Reeve, who we saw earlier this week," Leighty said. "On pa- per, the girls lost, but on the court, it was a win in my book. The girls played together as a team and played the most aggressive game I've seen them play all year. I'm proud of each and every one of them and am excited to continue to learn and grow as we are near- ing PACs." Pike Central, which hosted Wood Memorial on Monday, Sept. 17, will host Princeton on Monday, Sept. 24, before traveling to Haub- stadt on Thursday, Sept. 27. GIRLS' GOLF Pictured above is the 2018-19 Pike Central High School girls' golf team. They are, first row, left to right: Managers Kady Gideon and Karly Gideon. Second row: Emma Rainey, Carissa Moudy, Hadley Holder, Natalie Bohnert, Madison Warner, Nevi Lemond and Sydney Loveless. Ed Cahill photo GOOD LUCK AT REGIONALS 625 N. 9th St., Petersburg Phone: 812-354-8776 104 E. Main St., Petersburg 812-354-8531 Go Chargers! P.O. BOX 218, HWY. 57 SOUTH, PETERSBURG, IN 47567 Phone: (812) 354-8542 or 1-800-581-5826 Wyatt Seed Company, Inc. GO LADY CHARGERS! Junior Hadley Holder shot a 102, junior Madison Warner shot a 106, junior Emma Rainey shot a 111 and freshman Carissa Moudy shot a 123 as Pike Central regis- tered a team score of 393. "I kind of knew going into it that I had a pretty good shot of advanc- ing out of it – I've had several peo- ple help me along the way that re- ally helped my game come togeth- er – but our goal as a team was to get out," Bohnert said. "It's a lot more fun to get out as a team rath- er than just individually." Vincennes Lincoln and Vin- cennes Rivet tied for first place with identical team scores of 385. North Daviess (403 points) was fourth, followed by Washington (420), North Knox (422), Prince- ton (436), South Knox (452), Lin- ton-Stockton (485) and Sullivan (494). Barr-Reeve also participat- ed but did not have enough golfers to qualify for a team score. "I am very proud of the whole team," Gideon said. "I certain- ly would not have predicted the success we have had this season during our first meetings together this summer. The girls have real- ly dedicated themselves to improv- ing and becoming better golfers, and the payoff for that hard work was Saturday's results." "I kind of had to tell the girls, 'Hey, this is a really big deal, ad- vancing to regional,'" Gideon add- ed. "I don't think some of the girls really grasped what they had ac- complished because it was their first experience with that kind of tournament golf. I told them Satur- day night that though they didn't realize it right now, that they have accomplished something that they can be proud of for the rest of their lives." Advancing as individuals to the regional tournament were Katie Kixmiller, of North Knox, who placed third with a 79; Lib- by Knepp, of North Daviess, who placed fourth with an 88; and Ha- ley York, of Princeton, who placed fifth with a 91. The regional tournament will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Country Oaks Golf Club. It is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. "I'm going to focus more on each hole that I play rather than my score overall," Bohnert said. "And just play the best that I can play." BOHNERT Continued from page 1 The Pike Central High School girls' cross country team finished second in the girls' varsity division during the Princeton Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 11. Individually, Lady Char- gers sophomore Libby Stone placed eighth out of 53 run- ners with a time of 23:00, while sophomore Quinlan Teague placed 10th with a season-best time of 23:09, beating her previous sea - son-best time of 23:24 by 15 seconds. Sophomore Lauren Young placed 14th with a time of 23:54; sophomore Jenna Meyer placed 20th with a time of 24:51; and sopho - more Charlotte Dudenhoef- fer placed 24th with a time of 25:22. In addition, senior Erin Craig placed 23nd with a season-best time of 26:25, beating her previous sea - son-best time of 27:09 by 44 seconds; and freshman Mor- gan Sallee placed 45th with a time of 28:47. Evansville Reitz junior Hannah Sale placed first overall with a time of 19:20, while Jasper freshman Andi Vanmeter was second with a time of 20 :35. As a team, Pike Central scored a total of 62 points, trailing first-place Jasper (24 points) by 38 points. Evans- ville Reitz was third with 96 points, followed by Vin- cennes Lincoln (113 points), Mount Vernon (Posey) (122), Tecumseh (138) and North Posey (158). In the girls' junior var- sity division, Lady Char- gers freshman Morgan An- derson placed 10th with a season-best time of 27:30, beating her previous sea- son-best time of 29:06 by 96 seconds; freshman Laney Johnson placed 11th with a season-best time of 27:30, beating her previous sea- son-best time of 29:07 by 97 seconds; and senior Mad- ison Peer placed 15th with a season-best time of 34:35, beating her previous sea- son-best time of 34:44 by nine seconds. "The girls ran really well again as they are really bunching up and pushing each other faster," Pike Cen- tral head coach Josh Roach said. "Our top five all fin- ished in the top 25." "Tonight's race was a lit- tle different," Roach add- ed. "We had a focus on mov- ing up spots in the middle of the race. The girls were challenged to surge in cer- tain places that they weren't used to using that extra en- ergy. We know that, at the end of the year, the capabili- ty to be able to do this in the middle of the race will push us farther through the post- season races." BOYS: Senior Draven Huff placed fourth out of 82 runners to Pike Central High School to a third-place finish in the boys' varsity di- vision. Huff completed the 3.1-mile course with a sea- son-best time of 17:40, beat- ing his previous season-best time of 17:46 by six seconds. Sophomore Charger Ijaa Chambers placed 12th with a time of 18:22, and junior Nate Woolery placed 22nd with a time of 19:03. In addition, sophomore Colt Armstrong placed 44th with a time of 20 :56; junior Sam Theising placed 45th with a season-best time of 21:02, beating his previous season-best time of 22:13 by 71 seconds; junior A.J. Hill placed 46th with a sea- son-best time of 21:06, beat- ing his previous season-best time of 21:26 by 80 seconds; and sophomore Trent Zim- merman placed 47th with a season-best time of 21:09, beating his previous sea- son-best time of 21:42 by 33 seconds. Jasper junior Jackson Miller placed first overall with a time of 16:50, while Jasper junior Drew O'Neil was second with a time of 17:02. As a team, Pike Central scored a total of 125 points, trailing Jasper (45 points) and Evansville Reitz (46). Mount Vernon (Posey) was fourth with 143 points, fol- lowed by Northeast Du- bois and Boonville (tied for fifth place with 152 points each), Washington (163), Vincennes Lincoln (177), North Posey (212), Evans- ville Bosse (262), Tecum- seh (272) and Evansville Central (300). In the boys' junior var- sity division, Pike Cen- tral sophomore Ethan Gor- by placed 16th with a time of 22:11; sophomore Lane Potts placed 26th with a sea- son-best time of 24:45, beat- ing his previous season-best time of 27:00 by 135 sec- onds; and junior Noah Rus- sell placed 28th with a time of 26:02. "The boys had a similar mindset but with a little dif- ferent challenge," Roach said. "We pushed them to give a long surge into the last third of the race and focus on catching as many people as they could. Our second bunch moved up to- night a little, but we know we have to keep getting them closer to our first bunch." "It was a great challenge for both teams going into the final few weeks of the sea- son," Roach added. PCHS girls' cross country team places second in Princeton Invitational The Pike Central High School cross country teams did well at the Princ- eton Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The boys' team placed third and the girls' team placed second. Pictured above are, first row, left to right, Draven Huff, Quinlan Teague, Erin Craig, Laney Johnson and Morgan Sallee. Second row: Morgan Anderson, Lauren Young, Madison Peer, Libby Stone. Third row: Assistant Coach Wil Teague, Jenna Meyer, Nate Woolery, Ethan Gorby, Colt Armstrong and Trent Zimmerman. Fourth row: Charlotte Dudenhoef- fer, A.J. Hill, Assistant Coach Joe Chamberlain, Sam Theising, Lane Potts, Ijaa Chambers, Manager Austin Goodrid and Head Coach Josh Roach. Sub- mitted Photo The Pike Central High School girls' golf team finished third in the sectional tournament at the Country Club of Old Vincennes on Saturday, Sept. 15, to advance to the regional tournament for the third straight year. Pictured above are, from left to right: Carissa Moudy, Hadley Holder, Madison Warner, Natalie Bohnert, Nevi Lemond, Emma Rainey and Head Coach Jarrod Gideon. Submitted Photo