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B-2 Sports Wednesday, October 17, 2018 The Press-Dispatch FALL Continued from page 1 UPCOMING SCHEDULE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 High School Football: Sectional Tournament – Pike Central at Vincennes Lincoln, 7 p.m. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 High School Girls' and Boys' Cross Country: Semi-State Meet at Brown County, 11:30 a.m. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Pocket Athletic Conference Standings PAC Overall Team W-L W-L PF PA Heritage Hills 7-0 9 -0 413 52 Gibson Southern 6 -1 7-2 392 93 Southridge 5 -2 6 -3 324 149 North Posey 4-3 5 -4 203 352 South Spencer 2-5 2-7 178 392 Tell City 2-5 3-6 122 181 Forest Park 1-6 1-8 85 318 Pike Central 1-6 1-8 86 382 RESULTS OF OCTOBER 12 PAC Games North Posey 34, Pike Central 13 Heritage Hills 76, South Spencer 0 Gibson Southern 31, Southridge 14 Tell City 28, Forest Park 0 Area Games Boonville 40, Mount Vernon (Posey) 12 Cascade 48, Sullivan 21 Evansville Bosse 21, Evansville Harrison 6 Evansville Central 40, Evansville North 0 Evansville Memorial 39, Castle 7 Evansville Reitz 35, Evansville Mater Dei 7 Jasper 55, Mount Vernon (Posey) 19 Mitchell 28, Providence 10 North Central (Farmersburg) 38, Eastern Greene 7 North Knox 24, Washington 14 Providence 35, Linton-Stockton 14 Springs Valley 66, North Daviess 20 Tecumseh 68, Dugger Union 0 Vincennes Lincoln 28, Princeton 6 END REGULAR SEASON IHSA A TOURNAMENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 CLASS 4A Sectional 24 Boonville at Evansville Bosse Evansville Harrison at Jasper Northview at Owen Valley Evansville Reitz at Evansville Central CLASS 3A Sectional 32 Pike Central at Vincennes Lincoln, 7 p.m. Princeton at Evansville Memorial Mount Vernon (Posey) at Heritage Hills Gibson Southern at Washington CLASS 2A Sectional 40 Linton-Stockton at Forest Park North Posey at Evansville Mater Dei South Spencer at Southridge Tell City at North Knox CLASS 1A Sectional 48 North Daviess at Tecumseh Eastern Greene at Rock Creek Academy West Washington at Springs Valley CHARGERS FOOTBALL Pictured above is the 2018-19 Pike Central High School football team. They are, first row, left to right: Ben Hess, James Hughes, Eli Coleman, Judah Leath- co, Randy Powell, Braxton Rice and Lane Doades. Second row: Tyler Kirby, Colin Craig, Alan Evans, Brandon Goeppner, Mario Fields, Zeb Frasure, Connor O'Neal and Ethan Rembe. Third row: Ethan Stenftenagel, Caleb Zazzetti, Josh McHargue, Levi McCarter, Cody Davis and Cameron Smith. Fourth row: Aidan Mullins, Nicholas Charkosky, Samuel Jones, Lars Utterback, Colson Dillard and Sam Coleman. Fifth row: Isaiah Culbertson, Wyatt Frasure, Harley May, Gun- nar Earley, Jared Coombs and Will Wilkins. Sixth row: Head Coach Dave Stephens and Assistant Coaches J.J. Howald, Caleb Cherry, Kane Osgatharp, Michael Poteet and Mike Frazier. Not pictured: Adam Jones, Blaine Pitcher and Assistant Coach Jorden Froderman. Ed Cahill photo GOOD LUCK AT SECTIONALS 12th & Main StreetS, PeterSburg 812-354-6000 FICKLIN AUTO SUPPLY Phone: 812-354-9995 Online: www.fourstarfab.com Four Star Fabricators P.O. 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"I wasn't a fan of the (holding) call then. I really wasn't a fan of the call once I saw the film. To me, when a referee makes a call, it has to be pretty blatant. I think, in crunch time, especially, you'd like to see the players decide the game." On the next play, a short pass by Utterback intended to Leathco was picked off by North Posey junior lineback- er Rylee Thompson at the Pike Central 11-yard line. Two plays later, Lowe scored on a 14-yard touch- down run that – following Tichenor's point-after kick – extended the Vikings lead to 34-13 with 2:57 left. With the win, North Posey improved to 5 -4 overall and 4-3 in the PAC. "I can't fault our kids," Ste- phens said. "I'm disappoint- ed in the outcome. I'm proud of my coaches. I'm proud of my team. I felt like they did well. They came in and com- peted. They did the things that we asked them to do." "I think it was just kind of, with the depth, it wore us down, not necessarily phys- ically, but more on the men- tal aspect," Stephens added. "We were just making silly mistakes that I'm not sure we would have made other- wise." Fields led the Chargers offensively, rushing for 131 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries, while Utter- back – making his first start at quarterback – completed six of 13 pass attempts for 46 yards with one interception. Stephens said that it was not known until Friday if Fields – who left last week's game with an injury – would be available to play at North Posey. As a result, Utterback had gotten all the reps with the first team during prac- tice all week. "Mario didn't get ulti- mately cleared until Friday during the day by his doc- tor," Stephens said. "Once we knew we had Mario, we had a plan for a couple of weeks where we wanted to go with a combination of Lars and Mario. The plan was to go heavily with Lars and then, in certain running situations, bring Mario in." O'Neal caught three pass- es for 34 yards and gained 12 yards on four rushing at- tempts, while senior running back Eli Coleman gained 33 yards on 12 carries, caught two passes for eight yards and completed on pass for 12 yards. Freshman running back Wyatt Frasure rushed for 24 yards on four carries. Pike Central will open sectional tournament play at Vincennes Lincoln on Friday, Oct. 19. The Alices, who have won six straight games, are 7-2 overall and ranked No. 12 in Class 3A. "They're playing really well," Stephens said. "They play in a tough conference. I know that their team is go- ing to pass the football. I also know that their best player from a statistical standpoint (senior wide receiver Spen- cer Corrona) got injured last Friday and they don't expect him to play. But they've got a 6 -foot-4 receiver (senior Isaac Lane) on the outside. They'll pass the ball." "At the end of the day, think out big thing for them is going to be how we match up with the deep ver- tical pass," Stephens added. "We're trying to do some things to eliminate that." The Alices play their home football games at In- man Field, which is located at 2134 Washington Street, adjacent to Gregg Park. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Above: Pike Central High School senior running back Eli Coleman is tackled by North Posey sophomore defensive lineman Thomas Turner (left) and senior linebacker Seth Morrow (right) during varsity football action on Friday, Oct. 12. Ed Cahill photo Right: Pike Central High School sophomore quarterback Lars Utterback (12) throws a pass during varsity football ac- tion at North Posey on Friday, Oct. 12. Utterback complet- ed six of 13 pass attempts for 46 yards with one intercep- tion. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior linebacker Braxton Rice (58) closes in on North Posey se- nior quarterback Jarrett Motz (left) during varsity football action on Friday, Oct. 12. Ed Cahill photo