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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, November 28, 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 Two Chargers receive PAC All-Conference honorable mention for football Two Pike Central High School players – senior Braxton Rice and junior Connor O'Neal – received honorable mention on the Pocket Athletic Con- ference's All-Conference Team for football. Rice was awarded hon- orable mention accolades as an offensive lineman, while O'Neal received honorable mention as an offensive end. Named to the All-Con- By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Leading Brown County 46 -45 with 18.7 seconds left in the consolation game of the 11th Annual Loogootee Tip-Off Classic on Saturday, Nov. 24, the Pike Central High School boys' bas- ketball team literally circled the wag- ons. A fter calling a timeout when senior Austin Holder had trouble inbound- ing the ball from the baseline at the Eagles' end of the court, Pike Central head coach Hunter Elliott huddled with his team. When the Chargers returned to the floor, Holder waited for the referee to hand him the ball as his four teammates – forming a diamond around the free throw circle – began running in a clock- wise circle. Junior Ethan Scott subsequently broke off from the rotation toward the sideline and caught the inbounds pass from Holder. Scott then tossed the ball back to Holder. Fouled with 13.6 seconds left, Hold- er – shooting a one-and-one – made the first free throw to give Pike Central a 47-45 lead. A fter Holder missed his second at- tempt from the charity stripe, the Char- gers hung on for the two-point victo- ry when Brown County freshman Car- ter Kelly missed a three-point shot at the buzzer. "We circled the wagons there," said Elliott, whose team – which dropped a 50 -39 first-round loss to Rock Creek Academy – improved to 1-2. "I saw it this summer at a coaches clinic. I said, 'You guys want to do it? ' and they said 'Yup.' So we went with it." "It's one of those plays where the de- fense doesn't really know how to react, and we just break off of it," Elliott add- ed. "They all know where they're sup- posed to go after that. It worked out for us. We got the ball in, and even ran a little bit of time off the clock before we got fouled." By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Senior Kammie-Jo Hayes scored a game-high 19 points to lead Tell City to a 39 -36 victory over visiting Pike Central in high school girls' basketball action on Tuesday, Nov. 20. The 5 -foot-11 Hayes net- ted nine of the Lady Marks- men's 11 fourth-quarter points, including six in a row to snap a 30 -30 tie af- ter a 6 -2 scoring run by Pike Central – on a three-point- er and three free throws by junior Lauren Vaughn – erased a 28 -24 deficit at the start of the period. Trailing 38 -32 with 1:09 remaining, the Lady Char- gers scored four straight points – on a pair of free throws and a basket by ju- nior Jayln Nelson – to close to within 38 -36 with 24.7 seconds remaining. A free throw by Hayes upped Tell City's lead to 39 -36 with 23.5 seconds left. "I'll be honest – we just didn't truly compete to- night," said Pike Cen- tral head coach Kyle Mc- Cutchan, whose team slipped to 3-3 overall and 0 -1 in the Pocket Athletic Conference. "We played. We played fairly hard. But that's different than flat-out competing, such as diving on the floor. When we're do- ing that, we're tough." "When we're not, we're just kind of going through the motions and, at the varsity level, you can't Quade Morton scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Pike Central Mid- dle School seventh grade basketball team to a 44-27 victory over visiting South- ridge on Monday, Nov. 26. Julian Gish added eight points and Chase Ridao tossed in six points as the Chargers seventh grade team improved to 4-0. Ethan Meadors (three points), Zane Gehlhausen (two points) and Zack Mill- er (two points) rounded out the scoring for Pike Central. In the eighth grade con- test, Kendric Sorgius scored a game-high 13 points as Pike Central held off South- ridge for a 36 -27 victory. Jagar Dent added eight points in the winning ef- fort as the Chargers' eighth grade team improved to 2-3. Rounding out the scoring for Pike Central were Isaac Ross (five points), Brayden Howald (four points), Pey- ton Howald (four points) and Peyton Chanley (two points). On Monday, Nov. 19, Mor- ton scored a game-high 15 points while Ridao added 11 points as the Pike Central seventh grade team routed host Haubstadt 43-19. Gish added seven points while Nolan Sapp tossed in six points. Rounding out the scoring for the Chargers' seventh grade team were Gehlhausen (two points) and Aiden McGiffen (two points). In the eighth grade con- test, Haubstadt defeated Pike Central 40 -17. Sorgi- us led the Chargers with six points while Ross added four points. Rounding out the scoring for Pike Cen- tral were Ashton Loveless PCHS girls' swim team opens season with win over Heritage Hills Tell City holds off Lady Chargers for 39-36 victory Morton scores 23 as PCMS 7th grade boys' basketball team improves to 4-0 CHARGERS 'CIRCLE THE WAGONS' IN 47-45 WIN OVER BROWN COUNTY Pike Central High School junior Ethan Scott (13) takes a shot over Rock Creek Academy junior Kevin Monkam-Meyer (20) during varsity boys' basketball action in the opening round of the 11th Annual Loo- gootee Tip-Off Classic on Saturday, Nov. 24. Scott, who was named to the all-tournament team, scored 18 points in the Chargers' 50-39 loss. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Hailey Marchino (center) gets fouled by Tell City senior Chloe Car- man (right) while trying to drive toward the basket during varsity girls' basketball action on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Marchino scored 10 points in the visiting Lady Chargers' 39-36 loss. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School seventh grader Quade Morton (13) goes up for a shot during boys' basketball action against visiting South- ridge on Monday, Nov. 26. Morton scored a game-high 23 points as the Chargers won 44-27 to improve to 4-0. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School eighth grader Pey- ton Howald (13) goes up for a lay-in attempt during boys' basketball action against visiting Southridge on Monday, Nov. 26. Howald scored four points in the Chargers' 36-27 victory. Ed Ca- hill photo Senior Natalie Bohnert won two individual events while sophomores Char- lotte Dudenhoeffer and Jenna Meyer and freshman Madison Riley each won one individual event as the Pike Central High School girls' swimming and diving team opened its season with an 83-78 victory over host Heritage Hills on Monday, Nov. 26. Bohnert placed first in the 200 -yard individu- al medley with a time of 2:21.13, and first in the 100 -yard backstroke with a time of 1:00.95. Meanwhile, Duden- hoeffer placed first in the 500 -yard freestyle with a time of 6:48.89; Meyer placed first in the 50 -yard freestyle with a time of 32.52 seconds; and Riley placed first in the 100 -yard freestyle with a time of 1:12.11. In addition, Bohnert, Dudenhoeffer and Meyer teamed up with freshman Emma McKinney to place first in the 200 -yard medley relay with a time of 2:15.06, and first in the 400 -yard freestyle relay with a time of 4:32.76. Placing second in indi- vidual events for the Lady Chargers were Dudenhoef- fer in the 200 -yard freestyle with a time of 2:35.44; McK- inney in the 100 -yard breast- stroke with a time of 1:29.47; Meyer in diving with a five- dive score of 160.25 points; freshman Sarah Fenwick in the 100 -yard freestyle with a time of 1:22.02; and freshman Avery Hunt in the 50 -yard freestyle with a time of 36.31 seconds. Placing third in individu- al events for the Lady Char- gers were McKinney in div- ing with a five-dive score of 129.00 points; and Riley in the 200 -yard freestyle with a time of 2:41.97. Placing fourth in indi- vidual events for the Lady Chargers were Fenwick in the 200 -yard freestyle with a time of 3:04.42; and fresh- man Morgan Sallee in the 100 -yard breaststroke with a time of 1:54.98. Sallee also placed fifth in the 200 -yard individu- al medley with a time of 3:59.34, while freshman Alyse Wire placed sixth in the 50 -yard freestyle with a time of 42.04 seconds, and sixth in the 100 -yard free- style with a time of 1:38.17. In addition, the team of Fenwick, Hunt, Riley and Sallee placed second in the 200 -yard freestyle relay with a time of 2:28.41; and the team of Fenwick, Ri- ley, Sallee and Wire placed third in the 400 -yard free- style with a time of 5:54.75. BOYS: Juniors Bray- don Cooper and Sam The- ising won one individu- al event each as the Char- gers dropped a 116 -42 season-opening loss to Her- itage Hills. Cooper placed first in the 50 -yard freestyle with a time of 26.14 seconds, while Sam Theising placed first in the 100 -yard freestyle with a personal record time of 1:06.42, besting his previ- ous PR time of 1:09.89. Placing second in an in- dividual event for the Char- gers was sophomore Gar- rett Boyd in diving with a five-dive score of 101.00 points. Placing third in individ- ual events for the Chargers were Boyd in the 100 -yard freestyle with a personal re- cord time of 1:13.74, best- ing his previous PR time of 1:15.93; Cooper in the 100 -yard backstroke with a time of 1:11.18; Sam Theis- ing in the 200 -yard freestyle with a personal record time of 2:27.92, besting his previ- ous PR time of 2:28.63; and freshman Isaac Theising in the 100 -yard breaststroke with a time of 2:10.43. Placing fourth in indi- vidual events for the Char- gers were junior A.J. Hill in the 100 -yard freestyle with a time of 1:14.81; and soph- omore Noah Russell in the 50 -yard freestyle with a time of 36.50 seconds. Placing fifth in individu- al events for the Chargers were Hill in the 200 -yard freestyle with a time of 2:43.24; and Russell in the 100 -yard backstroke with a time of 1:46.18. Placing sixth in an indi- vidual event for the Char- gers was Isaac Theising in the 50 -yard freestyle with a time of 52.55 seconds. In addition, the team of Byd, Cooper, Hill and Sam Theising placed second in the 200 -yard freestyle re- lay with a time of 1:59.15, and second in the 400 -yard freestyle relay with a time of 4:36.12. Pike Central will host Boonville and Gibson Southern in a tri-meet on Thursday, Nov. 29, starting at 6:30 p.m. On Thursday, Dec. 6, Pike Central, along with Southridge, will partic- ipate in a tri-meet hosted by South Spencer. 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