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B-4 Sports Wednesday, December 12, 2018 The Press-Dispatch PCMS Lady Chargers fall at Heritage Hills The Pike Central Middle School eighth grade girls' basketball team dropped a 25 -20 loss at Heritage Hills on Thursday, Dec. 6. The loss ended a four- game winning streak by the Lady Chargers, who slipped to 7-2. "Heritage Hills was scrap- py and played very hard," said Pike Central eighth grade coach Eric Knight. "This disrupted everyone and made us struggle a lit- tle getting into the offense." Heritage Hills jumped out to a 14-5 lead in the first quarter, but Pike Cen- tral rallied, outscoring the Lady Patriots 7-1 in the sec- ond period to close to with- in 15 -12 at halftime. The Lady Chargers, trail- ing 19 -16 at the start of the fourth period, would take a one-point lead with a little more than a minute remain- ing before an unforced turn- over gave Heritage Hills the ball – and the lead. "We had to start the foul game to stop the clock and get them to the line," Knight said. "The first couple they missed, but so did we on the rebounding. We could not come up with those late re- bounds, and we also turned it over a couple times late in the game that really hurt the final score." "The girls worked hard and played hard," Knight added. "We just couldn't buy a bucket or come down with rebounds or 50 -50 balls." "Overall, I was upset with the loss, but I think the girls were also," Knight added. "That tells me they care and they are there to win." Kennedy Willis led Pike Central in scoring with five points while Jaylynn Cape- hart, Chloe Williams and Kahle Young added four points each. Delaney Welch rounded out the scoring for the Lady Chargers with three points. For the game, Pike Cen- tral made just one of seven free throw attempts. "The free throw line was another dagger that hurt," Knight said. "Once we get to Christmas break, we are going to take advan- tage of the time off to get in the gym and shoot. On- ly hitting one free throw in close, tight games hurts you at the end." In the seventh grade con- test, Heritage Hills defeat- ed Pike Central 22-9. Mol- ly Schnieders paced the Lady Patriots with a game- high eight points. Brailey Mills led the Lady Chargers with six points, while Wren Kabrick and Anna White- head added two points and one point, respectively. With the loss, Pike Cen- tral fell to 5 -3. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' BASKETBALL Pocket Athletic Conference Standings PAC Overall Team W-L W-L Heritage Hills ...................................1-0 ............ 3-1 Southridge ........................................1-0 ............ 2-1 Tell City ............................................. 1-1 ............ 2-1 Gibson Southern ............................. 0 -0 ............ 0 -2 Pike Central .................................... 0 -0 ............ 1-3 South Spencer ................................. 0 -0 ............ 1-3 Tecumseh ........................................ 0 -0 ............ 4-1 Forest Park .......................................0 -1 ............ 2-3 North Posey .....................................0 -1 .............1-2 Results of December 4 Evansville Day School 59, North Posey 47 Tecumseh 46, Boonville 43 Results of December 7 Evansville Central 63, Gibson Southern 39 Forest Park 54, Loogootee 40 Heritage Hills 101, North Posey 60 Southridge 51, Tell City 43 Tecumseh 73, Cannelton 32 Results of December 8 Evansville Bosse 69, Forest Park 59 Washington 74, Heritage Hills 57 Mount Vernon (Posey) 67, South Spencer 59 Evansville Mater Dei 65, Southridge 52 Games of December 11 Evansville North at Gibson Southern North Posey at Evansville Central Game of December 13 Evansville Central at Heritage Hills Games of December 14 Evansville Mater Dei at North Posey Gibson Southern at South Spencer Southridge at Shoals Tecumseh at Tell City Games of December 15 Heritage Hills at Mount Vernon (Posey) Northeast Dubois at Forest Park Princeton at Southridge Tecumseh at North Daviess Tell City at Paoli Games of December 18 Pike Central at Southridge: Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. South Spencer at Tecumseh Toyota Teamwork Classic Mount Carmel (Ill.) at Gibson Southern Games of December 20 Toyota Teamwork Classic Evansville Christian at North Posey Games of December 21 Vincennes Lincoln at Pike Central: Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. Evansville Memorial at Heritage Hills Southridge at Jeffersonville Toyota Teamwork Classic North Posey at Wood Memorial Princeton at Gibson Southern Pictured above are members of the Charger Run Club who won awards during the Raindeer Run on Sunday, Dec. 9, at the Pike County ARC. They are, from left to right, Coach Joe Chamberlain (first in male 25-29 age group), Nate Woolery (first overall), Coach Wil Teague (first in male 40-44 age group) and Quinlan Teague (first overall female). Submitted photo The Pike Central High School girls' and boys' cross country teams held their annual awards banquet recently. Pictured above are the boys' award winners. They are, from left to right, Sam Theising (Mental Attitude Award), Nate Woolery (Most Improved Award and Academic Award) and Trent Zimmerman (Best New- comer Award). Not pictured: Draven Huff (Most Valuable Run- ner Award). Submitted photo The Pike Central High School girls' and boys' cross country teams held their annual awards banquet recently. Pictured above are the girls' award winners. They are, from left to right, Charlotte Dudenhoeffer (Mental Attitude Award), Jenna Meyer (Most Improved Award), Libby Stone (Most Valuable Runner Award), Quinlan Teague (Best Newcomer Award), and Shelby Vaughn (Academic Award). Submitted photo Buzzer-beating trey by Mills lifts PCMS 7th grade Lady Chargers to 20-19 win at Dubois A three-pointer at the fi- nal buzzer by Brailey Mills boosted the Pike Cen- tral Middle School sev- enth grade girls' basket- ball team to a 20 -19 victo- ry over host Dubois on Sat- urday, Dec. 8. "I was really pleased how the girls competed for all four quarters," said La- dy Chargers seventh grade coach Josh Vickers, whose team improved to 6 -4. "It was a big win for us, on the road, against a good team, to break a three-game los- ing streak." Mills led Pike Cen- tral in scoring with seven points while Jamie Sallee and Anna Whitehead add- ed four points each. Kelby Leighty and Shelby Mead- ows rounded out the scor- ing for the Lady Chargers with three points and two points, respectively. Landy Rasche led Du- bois with 11 points. In the eighth grade con- test, Reagan Knies scored a game-high 13 points to lead Dubois to a 32-12 vic- tory over Pike Central. "Saturday morning games are the worst," said Lady Chargers eighth grade coach Eric Knight. "The girls didn't have that drive or aggressiveness in this game. Dubois came out hot from the field and took a big lead early and we just never got into the game." Liberty Taylor paced Pike Central with six points while Delaney Welch, Kahle Young and Keena Young pitched in two points each. a season-best time of 6:59.54, beating his previous sea- son-best time of 7:02.12; and sophomore Noah Russell in the 100 -yard backstroke with a season-best time of 1:41.48, beating his previous season-best time of 1:48.97. Placing fourth in individual events for the Chargers were Hill in the 200 -yard freestyle with a time of 2:33.32; and Russell in the 100 -yard free- style with a time of 1:18.98. Freshman Isaac Theising placed fifth in the 100 -yard breaststroke with a sea- son-best time of 2:05.59, beating his previous sea- son-best time of 2:08.02, and sixth in the 50 -yard freestyle with a season-best time of 46.83 seconds, beating his previous season-best time of 52.55 seconds. In addition, the team of Boyd, Cooper, Hill and Sam Theising placed second in the 200 -yard freestyle re- lay with a time of 1:59.51, and second in the 400 -yard freestyle relay with a time of 4:35.45. As a team, Pike Central scored a total of 64 points. Southridge placed first with 98 points while South Spen- cer was third with 57 points. GIRLS: Senior Natalie Bohnert won two individual events and sophomore Jen- na Meyer won one as the La- dy Chargers finished third as a team. Bohnert placed first in the 200 -yard individual medley with a season-best time of 2:19.15, beating her previous season-best time of 2:20.34, and first in the 100 -yard back- stroke with a season-best time of 1:00.20, beating her previous season-best time of 1:00.53. Meyer placed first in div- ing with a six-dive score of 176.75 points. Placing second in individ- ual events for the Lady Char- gers were sophomore Char- lotte Dudenhoeffer in the 200 -yard freestyle with a season-best time of 2:28.00, beating her previous sea- son-best time of 2:31.94, and in the 500 -yard freestyle with a season-best time of 6:35.54, beating her previous sea- son-best time of 6:44.09; and freshman Emma McKinney in the 100 -yard breaststroke with a time of 1:28.69. Placing third in an indi- vidual event for the Lady Chargers was Meyer in the 50 -yard freestyle with a sea- son-best time of 32.36 sec- onds, beating her previous season-best time of 32.52 seconds. Placing fourth in an in- dividual event for the Lady Chargers were McKinney in diving with a six-dive score of 131.75 points; and fresh- man Sarah Fenwick in the 100 -yard freestyle with a sea- son-best time of 1:21.36, beat- ing her previous season-best time of 1:21.86. Placing sixth in an in- dividual event for the La- dy Chargers were Fenwick in the 100 -yard backstroke with a time of 1:50.24; fresh- man Morgan Sallee in the 200 -yard freestyle with a time of 3:18.82, and in the 100 -yard freestyle with a time of 1:33.55; and freshman Al- yse Wire in the 50 -yard free- style with a season-best time of 31.30 seconds, beating her previous season-best time of 42.04 seconds, and in the 100 -yard breaststroke with a time of 2:09.32. In addition, the team of Bohnert, Dudenhoeffer, McKinney and Meyer placed third in the 200 -yard medley relay with a time of 2:15.52, and third in the 400 -yard freestyle relay with a time of 4:36.25. As a team, Pike Central scored a total of 65 points. Southridge placed first with 132 points while South Spen- cer was second with 113 points. Pike Central will host Evansville North on Wednes- day, Dec. 12, at 6 p.m. On Monday, Dec. 17, Pike Cen- tral will host Evansville Re- itz at 6:30 p.m. SECOND Continued from page 1 Call us at 812-354-8500 or email sports@pressdispatch.net GOT SPORTS NEWS?