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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, November 14, 2018 B-1 SPORTS Submit sports items: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: sports@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg PCMS seventh grade girls' basketball team tops North Posey, 22-14 Brailey Mills scored 10 of her game-high 12 points in the second half as the Pike Central Middle School sev- enth grade girls' basketball son narrowed South Knox's lead to 45 -44, Vaughn hit a three-pointer to give Pike Central a 47-45 lead with 5:25 left. The Lady Chargers would cap off an 11-0 run with back- to-back baskets by Crow and Nelson that extended their lead to 51-45 with 4:20 remaining. "Jayln's just so talented that it really hurts us when she's not out on the floor," McCutchan said. "But we all stepped up. Becca hit a shot. Lauren hit a huge three to give us a two-point lead, kind of getting us over the hump. But they kept battling." A three-pointer by Mykayla Couchenour and a basket by Detweiler – sandwiched around a basket by Nelson – cut Pike Central's lead to 53-50. Then, after Crow hit both ends of a one-and-one to ex- tend the Lady Chargers' advantage to 55 -50, South Knox closed to within two points when Ivers hit a three-pointer with 3:04 remaining. A fter a pair of free throws by Crow and a pair of free Eighth grade girls' basketball team improves to 3-0 with 29-18 win over North Posey By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Chloe Williams scored a team-high 11 points and grabbed a game-high 13 re- bounds to lead the Pike Cen- tral Middle School eighth grade girls' basketball team to a 29 -18 victory over visit- ing North Posey on Thurs- day, Nov. 8. A fter a basket by North Posey's Erin Hoehn pulled the Lady Vikings to with- in 6 -5 with 4:53 left in the second period, Pike Central scored 12 straight points – seven by Williams and five by Kahle Young – to take an 18 -5 halftime lead. Back-to-back three point- ers by Hoehn and Lauren Kihn cut the deficit to 18 -11 with 3:48 remaining in the third quarter before the La- dy Chargers scored 10 of the next 12 points – four each by Williams and Kahle Young and two by Keena Young – to stretch their lead to 28 - 13 early in the fourth period. A basket and a three-point- er by Hoehn – sandwiched around a free throw by Pike Central's Tiffany Arteaga – pulled the Lady Vikings to within 29 -18 with just 11 sec- onds remaining. "My girls came to play again tonight," said Lady Chargers head coach Er- ic Knight, whose team im- proved to 3-0. "We started out the game a little nervous and sloppy, but they came around late in the first quar- ter. I'm proud of the girls for not dropping their heads and getting back to attack- ing and driving the ball." Defense, Knight add- ed, was a key factor in the game's outcome, as North By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Five different players scored in double figures as the Pike Central High School girls' basketball team held off visiting South Knox for a 65 -64 victory on Friday, Nov. 9. Junior Lauren Vaughn scored 14 points, junior Jenna Hor- rall and sophomore Mallory Hickey netted 13 points each, senior Becca Crow added 12 points and junior Jayln Nel- son had 10 points as the Lady Chargers improved to 2-1. "It was a great team effort," Pike Central head coach Kyle McCutchan said. "We got more floor burns tonight and, as a coach, I love that." "We won this game because we outworked them," Mc- Cutchan added. "When you play as hard as you can play, a lot of times things go in your favor. So it was a big win for us, as far as the effort. The effort was great tonight." Horrall scored eight points during the first quarter as the Lady Chargers took a 13-9 lead. A basket by Vaughn at the start of the second period extended Pike Central's lead to 15 -9. South Knox would score nine of the next 11 points – three by freshman Natalee Holscher and two each by senior Paige Cavins, junior Hannah Ivers and sophomore Lexi Detweiler – to take an 18 -17 lead with 3:25 left in the second quarter. A fter a free throw by freshman Mallory Hunt and a bas- ket by sophomore Mallory Hickey gave Pike Central a 20 - 18 lead, a pair of free throws by Ivers and a three-point- er by Holscher propelled the Lady Spartans back into the lead at 23-20. Following an exchange of baskets, Hickey hit two free throws to pull the Lady Chargers to within 25 -24 at half- time. South Knox would try to put the Lady Chargers away in the third period, outscoring Pike Central 16 -8 to take a 41- 32 lead with 1:28 left in the quarter. A pair of free throws by Vaughn and a basket by Nelson – who committed her second personal foul with 4:35 left in the opening period and watched from the bench for the rest of the first half – cut the deficit to 41-36 before a lay-up by Ivers stretched South Knox's lead to 43-36 heading in- to the fourth quarter. Back-to-back baskets by Hickey and Horrall pulled Pike Central to within 43-40 with 7:27 left in the final period, but the Lady Spartans extended its lead to five points – 45 - 40 – on a basket by junior Mykayla Couchenour with 6:40 remaining. However, after a basket and a pair of free throws by Nel- See HOLD on 2 WE ARE PROFFESIONAL GRADE uebelhorgm.com 1-800-937-8721 Jasper, IN LADY CHARGERS HOLD OFF SOUTH KNOX FOR 65-64 VICTORY Pike Central High School sophomore Mallory Hickey (center) drives toward the basket during varsity girls' basketball action against visiting South Knox on Friday, Nov. 9. Hickey came off the bench to score 13 points in a 65-64 victory over the Lady Spartans. Ed Cahill photo Several members of the Pike Central High School girls' and boys' cross country teams participated in the Nike Cross Country Midwest Regional Championships on Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Lavern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute. Pictured above are, from left to right: Laney Johnson, Quinlan Teague, Morgan Anderson, Jenna Meyer, Charlotte Dudenhoeffer, Trent Zimmerman, Draven Huff and Nate Woolery. Submitted Photo Pike Central Middle School's Madelyn Fis- cus (with ball) tries to take a shot over North Posey's Faith Curry (right) during eighth grade girls' basketball action on Thursday, Nov. 8. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School's Wren Kabrick dribbles the ball along the sideline during sev- enth grade girls' basketball action against visiting North Posey on Thursday, Nov. 8. Kabrick scored two points in a 22-14 win over the Lady Vikings. Ed Cahill photo PCHS runners compete in Nike Cross Country Midwest Regional Championships By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Several members of the Pike Central High School girls' and boys' cross coun- try teams competed in the Nike Cross Country Mid- west Regional Champion- ships at the Lavern Gib- son Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute on Sunday, Nov. 11. The meet – run on the same course where the IHSA A Cross Country State Finals had been held on Saturday, Oct. 27 – fea- tured runners from Indi- ana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio. Five Lady Chargers – competing as the Char- ger Run Club – participat- ed in the Girls' Freshman/ Sophomore race, which featured 154 total runners: • Freshman Quinlan Teague placed 99th with a time of 23:45. • Sophomore Char- lotte Dudenhoeffer placed 119th with a time of 24:35. • Sophomore Jenna Meyer placed 125th with a time of 24:55. • Freshman Laney John- son placed 138th with a time of 26:48. • Freshman Morgan An- derson placed 144th with a time of 27:21. Macy Schelp, a sopho- more at Lutheran South High School in St. Lou- is, Mo., placed first with a time of 19:39. As a team, the Charger Run Club placed 10th with a score of 282 points. Three Chargers – also competing as members of the Charger Run Club – participated in the Boys' Open Invitational race, which featured 1,048 total runners: • Senior Draven Huff placed 266th with a time of 17:49. • Junior Nate Woolery See NIKE on 5 See IMPROVES on 3 See PCMS on 3