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B-4 Sports Wednesday, November 28, 2018 The Press-Dispatch (three points), Dent (two points) and Peyton How- ald (two points). The Chargers will re- turn to action on Thurs- day, Nov. 29, at Princeton, with the seventh grade contest scheduled to tip- off at 6:30 p.m. Pike Cen- tral will play at Barr-Reeve on Saturday, Dec. 1, at Te- cumseh on Monday, Dec. 3, and at Holy Trinity on Tuesday, Dec. 4, before re- turning home to host Jas- per on Thursday, Dec. 6. MORTON Continued from page 1 ference Team on offense were Spencer Vaal of Her- itage Hills at center; Noah Singer and Braden Tuck- er, both of Gibson South- ern, Matt Gentry of South- ridge and Mark Doyle of Heritage Hills as offensive linemen; Cole Sigler of Her- itage Hills as quarterback; Dawson Witte and Ben But- ler, both of Gibson South- ern, as offensive ends; Ja- cob Wetzel of Heritage Hills, Mitchell Spindler of Gibson Southern and Tuck- er Schank of Southridge as running backs; and Carson Leibering of Heritage Hills and Bryce Williams of Gib- son Southern as kickers. Named to the All-Con- ference Team on defense were Aidian Rea of Heri- tage Hills, Wyatt Kramer of Southridge and Dylan Mathena of Tell City as down linemen; Colt Calvert of Southridge and Cade Jones of Heritage Hills as inside linebackers; Lucas Plasse of Gibson Southern and Logan Seger of South- ridge as outside lineback- ers; Andrew Smith and Colton Stefanich, both of Gibson Southern, Dustin Hunt of Tell City, Kaden Feldpausch of Heritage Hills and Jarret Motz of North Posey as defensive backs; and Chase Taylor of Southridge as punter. Spindler was selected as Offensive Captain and Calvert was selected as Defensive Captain. Sigler was named the PAC's Most Valuable Player. Also receiving honorable mention on offense were Aaron Breivogel of Gibson Southern and Devin Mur- phy of Southridge as cen- ters; Jordan Hitz of Heri- tage Hills and Macray Rob- inson of Gibson Southern as offensive linemen; Brady Allen of Gibson Southern and Colson Montgomery as quarterbacks; Dako- da Ebert of Heritage Hills and Cole Dawson of South Spencer as offensive ends; Zach Lowe of North Posey and Drew Day of Forest Park as running backs; and Jeo Dubon of South- ridge and Tanner Tichenor of North Posey as kickers. Receiving honorable mention on defense were Gavin Knust of Forest Park and Tyler Hawhee of Tell City as down linemen; Garrett Martin of Gibson Southern, Kyle Hagedorn of Tell City and Ritchie Meyer of North Posey as inside linebackers; Kend- all Carter of Heritage Hills and Gavin Pierce of Forest Park as outside lineback- ers; and Jacob Lindsey of South Spencer as defen- sive back. Heritage Hills finished first in the PAC, going 7- 0 while compiling a regu- lar-season record of 9 -0. Gibson Southern was 6 -1 in the PAC and 7-2 overall. Southridge was 5 -2 in the PAC Continued from page 1 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Pocket Athletic Conference Standings PAC Overall Team W-L W-L PF PA Heritage Hills 7-0 10 -1 474 76 Gibson Southern 6 -1 9 -3 498 169 Southridge 5 -2 10 -4 497 283 North Posey 4-3 5 -5 210 387 South Spencer 2-5 2-8 185 441 Tell City 2-5 3-7 130 195 Forest Park 1-6 1-9 92 360 Pike Central 1-6 1-9 92 433 IHSA A TOURNAMENT State Finals at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 CLASS 2A Western Boone 34, Eastbrook 20 CLASS 4A Fort Wayne Dwenger 16, Evansville Central 19 (4OT) CLASS 6A Warren Central 27, Carmel 7 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 CLASS 1A Pioneer 60, North Vermillion 0 CLASS 3A West Lafayette 47, Evansville Memorial 42 CLASS 5A New Palestine 28, Decatur Central 14 Above: Pike Central High School senior Brax- ton Rice (58) follows through on a point-after kick as senior Judah Leathco (14) watches the ball during varsity football action against India- napolis Lighthouse East on Saturday, Aug. 18, at Indianapolis Arsenal. The Pythons defeated the Chargers 34-22. Ed Cahill photo Below: Pike Central High School junior wide receiver Connor O'Neal (3) races up the field with the ball during varsity football action on Friday, Aug. 24. The Chargers fell to 0-2 with a 28-6 loss to the host Braves. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School seventh grad- er Julian Gish (23) prepares to shoot the ball during boys' basketball action against visiting Southridge on Monday, Nov. 26. Gish scored eight points as the Chargers won 44-27 to im- prove to 4-0. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School eighth grader Kee- na Young (left) dribbles past Haubstadt's Alex- is Tucker (23) during girls' basketball action on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Young scored two points in the host Lady Chargers' 33-27 victory. Kenzie Rudolph photo Pike Central Middle School eighth grad- er Jagar Dent (15) dribbles toward the basket during boys' basketball action against visiting Southridge on Monday, Nov. 26. Dent scored eight points in the Chargers' 36-27 victory. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School seventh grader Chase Ridao (12) looks to shoot the ball during boys' basketball action against visiting South- ridge on Monday, Nov. 26. Ridao scored six points as the Chargers won 44-27 to improve to 4-0. Ed Cahill photo Chloe Williams scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Pike Central Middle School eighth grade girls' bas- ketball team to a 33-27 victo- ry over visiting Haubstadt on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Liberty Taylor and Kahle Young added four points each as the Lady Chargers im- proved to 5 -1 with their sec- ond victory in as many nights – despite making just five of 19 attempts from the free throw line. "I was very proud of their ef- fort and energy tonight," said Pike Central eighth grade girls' basketball coach Eric Knight, whose team defeat- ed visiting Washington Cath- olic 45 -19 on Monday, Nov. 19. "It's tough playing back-to- back nights. I could tell the girls were tired, and that was a lot of the reason for the bad charity stripe percentage We were shooting with our arms and not our legs." Taylor and Williams scored four points each during the first quarter as the Lady Chargers took an 11-4 lead. Williams, Delaney Welch and Keena Young netted two points each during the second period as Pike Central extend- ed its lead to 18 -6 at the half- time intermission. Trailing 25 -12 at the end of three periods, the Lady Elites outscored Pike Central 15 -8 in the fourth quarter. "Haubstadt played a tough man-to-man defense and got after the ball handlers," 7th & 8th grade girls' basketball teams sweep pair from Haubstadt PAC and 6 -3 overall. North Posey was 4-3 in the PAC and 5 -4 overall. Tell City was 2-5 in the PAC and 3- 6 overall. South Spencer was 2-5 in the PAC and 2-7 overall. Forest Park was 1-6 in the PAC and 1-8 overall. Pike Central was 1-6 in the PAC and 1-8 overall. Knight said. "I was hoping they would. That is something we need to work on, and it was a good test for the girls. We get ball handling down better and we will be a fun team to watch and a hard team to defend." Williams, after scoring six first-half points, netted 13 of Pike Central's 15 points during the second half, with Kahle Young accounting for the other two. "Chloe played another great all-around game for us," Knight said of Williams, who hit three of eight tries from the free throw line. "She is devel- oping into a great post girl and developing her moves to the basket." Taylor, meanwhile, spent much of the game on the bench in foul trouble, Knight noted, before picking up her fifth personal foul during the fourth quarter. "As a coach, I was happy to see some of them," Knight said. "Two of them were try- ing to take a charge and two were coming over on help side to help her teammates," Knight said. "Overall, the girls did a great job," Knight added. "Kahle and Keena Young both did outstanding bring - ing the ball up against pres- sure and getting into the at- tack mode. Kennedy Willis once again shut down every- one in the gym with Mad Dog D. She takes great pride in it and is very fun to watch. She knew what Haubstadt had and shut down their scorer." Welch scored three points for the Lady Chargers while Keena Young and Jaylynn Capehart tossed in two points and one point, respectively. Alexis Tucker paced Haub- stadt with 15 points. In the seventh grade con- test, Brailey Mills scored a game-high 11 points to lead Pike Central to a 17-10 victo- ry over Haubstadt. Anna Whitehead added four points while Kelby Leighty tossed in two more as the La- dy Chargers improved to 5 -1. Ally Malone led the Lady Elites with five points. Pike Central will host North Knox on Thursday, Nov. 29, with the seventh grade sched- uled to tip off at 6 p.m. The La- dy Chargers will host Wood Memorial on Tuesday, Dec. 4, followed by away games at Heritage Hills on Thursday, Dec. 6, and at Dubois on Sat- urday, Dec. 8. Pike Central Middle School seventh grader Brailey Mills (53) battles Haubstadt's Katelyn Walker (left) for the ball during girls' basketball action on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Mills scored a game- high 11 points in the host Lady Chargers' 17-10 victory. Kenzie Rudolph photo