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The Press-Dispatch Sports Wednesday, September 26, 2018 B- 3 gritted it out and posted a score that I was pretty cer- tain would make it out this year," Gideon said. "The course was playing proba- bly five strokes tougher than normal due to the cold wind and rain." "Initially, I did not think that it (her score) would get out at all," Bohnert said. "But Gideon kind of kept me updated on what every- one else was doing, so that I knew that I was on the right track to make it out." "It kind of kept me think- ing that if I get better from here, then I'd have an even better chance of making it out," she added. Over the past five years that the regional tourna- ment has been held at the Country Oaks Golf Club, the highest score shot by an individual who advanced to the state tournament from a non-qualifying team was a 79 shot by Floyd Central's Morgan Stanley in 2014. Also advancing to the state tournament as an in- dividual from a non-advanc- ing team are Carly Frazier of Castle and Emma Keller of Martinsville, who both also shot 81; and Haley Schroed- er of Jasper and Claire Jones of Gibson Southern, who both shot 83. "It was pretty weird com- ing in and seeing the scores of the people who made it out to state were in the 80s this year rather than the low 70s," Bohnert said. Individually, Katelyn Skinner and Reagon Sohn both shot a 77, with Skinner winning a playoff to take medalist honors. Evansville Memorial's Mallory Rus- sell was third with a 78 and Chloe Johnson of Evansville North was fourth with an 81. Evansville North (315), Evansville Memorial (341) and Bedford North Law- rence (342) advanced to the state tournament as a team. Pike Central, which had advanced as a team to the regional tournament for the third straight year, finished 16th out of 18 teams with a team score of 421 Junior Hadley Holder fired a 109, freshman Ca- rissa Moudy fired a 115, ju- nior Madison Warner fired a 116 and junior Emma Rainey fired a 124. Moudy, Rainey and War- ner are all first-year players, while Holder is in her sec- ond year. "I felt like, as a team, we came together again with the weather and every- thing," Bohnert said. "But with most of our team being new this year, there were a lot of nerves in the air. But I think they came out and played the best they could have played. I'm very proud of how they played." Gideon agreed. "I was very proud of the whole team," Gideon said. "The conditions were pret- ty much terrible for the en- tire day, and they fought through." "I don't think I have ever had a team, boys or girls, in any sport, surprise me more than this team this year," Gideon added. "I was plan- ning on this being a kind do of rebuilding season af- ter the graduation of so ma- ny great seniors last season. The girls all worked hard and improved exponentially from the beginning of sum- mer until now." Gideon described Bohnert as "a pretty amaz- ing natural athlete." "I knew her freshman year that the sky was the limit as far as her potential was con- cerned," Gideon said. "But it honestly is not her athlet- icism that sets her apart – it's her drive and competi- tiveness. She's an absolute bulldog of a competitor. It doesn't matter if she is play- ing me at practice or a lo- cal rival, she wants to beat you and beat you as badly as she can. People don't realize how much you have to have that killer instinct and fight as a golfer. It is a test more so mentally than physically." "That is where Natalie has made the most improvement in her game – the mental as- pect of the game," Gideon added. "As fiery as she is, when she was younger, she would let things get to her and affect her play, culmi- nating in a poor round. Now, while she still gets fired up at herself, she lets it go and rights the ship. Her mental approach has really made her the golfer she is, as the talent was always there." Gideon noted that Bohnert, this past summer, had set, as her goals, win- ning sectional and advanc- ing to the state tournament. "She willed her way to achieving both of those goals," Gideon said. "She has now done things no other PC golfer has done. I could not be more proud of her." Having achieved both of her goals, Bohnert will cer- tainly not be resting on her laurels this coming week- end at the Prairie View Golf Club. "I'm putting in the work for it and am just going to take each day as a separate round of golf," Bohnert said. "If everything comes togeth- er like I've been working on this year, I think it could turn out to be a great week- end." SPORTS BRIEFS Petersburg Little League to hold election for officers The Petersburg Little League 2018 board offi- cers election will be Sun- day, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Petersburg Little League concession stands. Anyone interested in a league office or voting for the officers is welcome. New members are re - quired to attend. For more information, call Joey O'Brien at 812- 486-7107. Live raptors highlight Patoka River NWR Appreciation Day The Patoka River Na- tional Wildlife Refuge will celebrate the "Year of the Bird" in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Act at the annual Refuge Apprecia- tion Day. The event, host- ed by the Friends of the Patoka River NWR and the Patoka River NWR, will be on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Wirth Park in Oakland City. Featured morning pro- grams are all about birds. At 9:15 a.m., the Indi- ana Falconers Association will present a program on falconry and do a hunting demonstration with a live goshawk. At 10 :45 a.m., the In- ternational Crane Foun- dation will talk about the federally endangered Whooping Crane, a fall and winter visitor that can be found on the Refuge. At 11:45 a.m., there will be a live Birds of Prey program presented by the Hardy Lake/Dwight Chamberlain Raptor Cen- ter that may include a bald eagle. In addition to the morn- ing programs, at 1 p.m. at- tendees will have the op- portunity to take a bus tour of the Refuge, or take a car caravan for a guided 1.5 -mile hike to the new Buck's Marsh boardwald. Throughout the day, visitors will be able to ex- plore more than 20 booths that showcase nature, the environment, and conser- vation. Children's crafts will take place in the shel- ter house and food will be provided by the Eagles and Duck's Unlimited for purchase. The event and parking is free and open to the public. In case of inclem- ent weather, the event will be held indoors at the park. Please come and en- joy the nature of Southern Indiana at its best during Refuge Appreciation Day! 13th Annual Youth Day set for October 13 Mark your calender for the Pike County Bird Hunters Club 13th annu- al Youth Day on Saturday, October 13 with sign up at 8 p.m. followed by a free breakfast. The club is lo- cated just five miles south of Petersburg or six miles north of Oakland city just west off of SR 57. Just fol- low the signs posted by the highway. The entire program is totally FREE to all youth ages seven through 17. Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend. The first 50 to arrive will receive a free NR A t-shirt. The 13th annual Youth Day features seven outdoor events including clay bird shooting on the trap range, hunting Chu- kar over dogs, 22 rifle, muzzle loader, archery, BB gun and dart ranges. Breakfast and lunch for the youngsters is provid- ed free by the club with a donation expected for ac- companying adults. Hunt- ing Chukar over trained bird dogs requires a hunt- er education card). All firearms, ammuni- tion and other equipment will be provided by the club. As always, there will be more than a dozen ma- jor prizes including rifles, shotguns and archery sets given away through a ran- dom drawing at the con- clusion of the day. YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN1 Last year 172 youth and over 100 adults attended the event. A fter lunch provided by the club, a special demon- stration of search and res- cue dogs from the Wash- ington Police Department led by Captain Tim Guy will take place behind the club house. This event promises to be another opportuni- ty for our youth to have a wonderful experience in the great outdoors. Youth will have hands on experi- ence in various shooting sports with special em- phasis on gun safety and proper training by quali- fied instructors. This event is supported by the Pike County Bird Hunters Club and through donations and grants from the NR A and various gen- erous companies, orga- nizations and individu- als. Many of our youth are looking for a hobby, so let's help them find it. Learning the skills in var- ious shooting sports is a great and very rewarding activity. Unplug and leave the computer games for one Saturday and come out and have a wonderful experience in the great out doors and who knows, you might even win a nice prize. Just remember, DO NOT BRING ANY FIRE- ARMS OR AMMUNI- TION OF AN KIND. Consider assisting in this worthwhile experi- ence in the great outdoors by helping sponsor Youth Day through a donation. Checks can be made out to the Pike County Bird Hunters Club, 876 South SR 57 Petersburg, Indi- ana 47567, Attention Chris Kinman. For further infor- mation contact Chris Kin- man, PCBHC president and Youth Day Director at 812-789 -3125. BOHNERT Continued from page 1 The Pike Central High School girls' golf team poses for a group picture be- fore competing in the regional golf tournament at the Country Oaks Golf Club on Saturday, Sept. 22. Pictured are, first row: Manager Kady Gideon. Sec- ond row: Emma Rainey, Carissa Moudy, Natalie Bohnert, Hadley Holder and Madison Warner. Ed Cahill photo PCHS volleyball team drops four-set loss to South Spencer The Pike Central High School volleyball team slipped to 11-13 with a 25 - 16, 24-26, 25 -16, 25 -19 loss to visiting South Spencer on Thursday, Sept. 20. Junior Audrey Keepes led the Lady Chargers in kills with eight while se- niors Kylie Dawson and Al- yssa Jenkins added seven and six, respectively. Ky- lie Dawson and senior Bec- ca Crow tied for the team- high in ace serves with four each while junior Au- brie Dawson had two. Jenkins led Pike Central in blocks with two while se- nior Taylor Lamey had one block and two block-as- sists and junior Karsyn Pipes had three block-as- sists. Kylie Dawson, se- nior Kenzie Dunn and se- nior Kylee Shoultz had 11 digs each while Crow had eight. Keepes and sopho- more Kaila Lamey had sev- en each. Crow also had 19 set-as- sists. Kylie Dawson and Pipes both had two set-as- sists. "The girls played well despite the scores," La- dy Chargers head coach Brandi Chestnut said. "We had some great rallies and made some great plays." In the junior varsity contest, freshman Erika Vinnedge scored a team- high six points with four kills and two blocks while freshman Addie Faulk add- ed five points with four ace serves and one kill to lead Pike Central to a 26 -24, 25 - 15 victory over South Spen- cer. Trailing 24-21 in the first set, the Lady Chargers scored five straight points – including four following serves by Faulk – to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three match. Sophomore Kenzie Pow- ell had three kills while sophomore Addie Johnson had two. Powell also had a team-high nine set-assists and Johnson led Pike Cen- tral in digs with 13. Powell had 10 digs. Pike Central, which played at Tell City on Tues- day, Sept. 25, will host Te- cumseh on Thursday, Sept. 27. On Monday, Oct. 1, the Lady Chargers will travel to Northeast Dubois be- fore returning home to close out the regular sea- son with matches against Gibson Southern on Tues- day, Oct. 2, and against Heritage Hills on Thurs- day, Oct. 4. Huff leads PCHS boys' cross country team to fifth-place finish in Barr-Reeve Invitational By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Senior Draven Huff placed fifth out of 115 runners as the Pike Central High School boys' cross country team fin- ished seventh out of 17 teams during the Barr-Reeve Invita- tional on Tuesday, Sept. 18. The Pike Central High School girls' cross country team – led by sophomore Libby Stone, who placed 16th out of 104 runners – finished sixth out of 15 teams. BOYS: Huff completed the 3.1-mile race with a time of 17:11.6 – just four-tenths of a second behind Barr-Reeve junior Connor Heller, who placed fourth with a time of 17:11.2 – to beat his previous personal course record time of 17:30 and his previous sea- son-best time of 17:40. Jasper junior Jackson Mill- er placed first with a time of 16:25, while Jasper junior Drew O'Neal placed second with a time of 16:28. "Draven got up and ran with the 1 and 2 runners for about a mile in the mid- dle of the race," Pike Central head coach Josh Roach said. "While he wasn't able to hold with them, it led to his best time of the year." Charger junior Nate Wool- ery placed 19th with a per- sonal record time of 18:09, beating his previous PR time of 18:27 – which he set during the South Knox Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 18 – as well as his previous personal course record time of 20 :32. "Nate continues to improve as he is able to run consis- tently," Roach said of Wool- ery, who competed in just one meet last season and did not run in three of Pike Central's first five meets this season due to injury. "He got tripped on the course and still got up and managed to get his best time as well." Chargers sophomore Ijaa Chambers placed 28th with a time of 18:26, while sopho- more Colt Armstrong placed 66th with a season-best time of 20 :12, beating his previous season-best time of 20 :29. "Colt has been working harder in practice and it's starting to show a little as he got his best time this year," Roach said. In addition, sophomore Trent Zimmerman placed 78th with a season-best time of 20 :51, beating his previous season-best time of 21:09; junior A.J. Hill placed 82nd with a season-best time of 21:01, beating his previous season-best time of 21:04; and junior Sam Theising placed 94th with a personal course record time of 21:40, beating his previous personal course record time of 22:11. "All of our boys showed improvement in some way," Roach said. "We know there is still a lot of room to grow and I think they are excited to see where they can get." As a team, Pike Central scored 196 points, trailing Jasper (62 points), South Knox (78), Bedford North Lawrence (119), Barr-Reeve (128), Bloomfield (156) and Eastern Greene (189). North- east Dubois (227) was eighth, followed by Orleans (243), Southridge (257), Washing- ton (271), Evansville Harri- son (301), Vincennes Lincoln (301), Mitchell (332), Loo- gootee (425), North Knox (438) and North Daviess (468). Shoals also participat- ed but did not have enough runners to qualify for a team score. GIRLS: Stone complet- ed the race in 22:36, tying her season-best time she set during the Alan Hopewell In- vitational at Gibson Southern on Aug. 30. In addition, sophomore Lauren Young placed 36th with a season-best time of 23:53, beating her previous season-best time of 24:26; and sophomore Jenna Mey- er placed 41st with a sea- son-best time of 24:05, beat- ing her previous season-best time of 24:25 as well as her previous personal course re- cord time of 24:54. Freshman Quinlan Teague placed 48th with a time of 24:33; sophomore Charlotte Dudenhoeffer placed 52nd with a personal course re- cord time of 25:03, beating her previous personal course record time of 25:26; senior Erin Craig placed 76th with a time of 27:18; and freshman Laney Johnson placed 77th with a season-best time of 27:21, beating her previous season-best time of 27:30. South Knox junior Mykay- la Couchenour placed first with a time of 19:40. Barr- Reeve freshman Makenna Pruett placed second with a time of 19:43, while Jas- per freshman Andi VanMe- ter placed third with a time of 20 :07. As a team, Pike Central scored 188 points, trailing Barr-Reeve (29 points), Jas- per (71), South Knox (86), Bedford North Lawrence (173) and Eastern Greene (181). North Daviess (202) was seventh, followed by Southridge (229), Mitchell (238), Orleans (245), Loo- gootee (262), Bloomfield (274), Vincennes Lincoln (314), North Knox (338) and Evansville Harrison (351). Northeast Dubois, Shoals and Washington also participated but did not have enough runners to qualify for a team score. "The girls ran a good race as a team as well," Roach said. "We went into the race with a specific game plan and they really exceeded expec- tations with it. It's a game plan we really feel like will help us a lot in the postsea- son and they are taking well to it." "Libby tied her best time of the year and Lauren and Jen- na had their best times of the year," Roach added. "Laney ran in this varsity race and put up her fastest time of the year as well. It's great to see this type of improvement at this time of the year and we hope to carry it through." SUBSCRIBE TODAY! We're not afraid to shed some light on the truth. 812-354-8500 it takes 3 minutes to subscribe to Call 812-354-8500