The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, January 30, 2013 B-3 2013 Sectional 31 Girls Basketball Tournament Yuesday, Friday, Saturday Feb. 5 thru Feb. 9, 2013 Heritage Hills 10-9 Feb. 5, 6:30 p.m. All Games at Jasper High School Cabby O'Neill Gym Pike Central 4-16 Sectional Semifinal Feb. 8, 6:30 p.m. Winner Game 1 Mitchell 12-5 Vincennes Lincoln 6-13 Washington 14-5 Feb. 5, 8:00 p.m. Sectional Final Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. Sectional Semifinal Feb. 8, 8:00 p.m. Winner Game 2 Admission $10—All Session Pass $6—Per Session Charge Jasper 11-9 Lady Chargers in semis By Mike Johansen The Pike Central Lady Chargers will have to wait to see who they play in the Sectional 31 Girls Basketball Tournament at Jasper High School in the Cabby O'Neill Gym as they have a bye into the Semifinal round. The Lady Chargers will play the winner between the Heritage Hills Lady Patriots (10-9) and the Mitchell Lady Bluejackets (12-5) in the first game on Friday, Feb. 8. Game time is 6:30 p.m. at the Cabby O'Neill Gym near downtown Jasper. Parking is at a premium and some walking to the gym is part of that trek. The Lady Chargers had a 39-52 loss to Heritage Hills last week in PAC play. They have not played Mitchell. The Lady Chargers had one regular season game against Boonville on Tuesday before the Sectional next week. Heritage Hills and Mitchell play at 6:30 next Tuesday. The other first round game at 8 p.m. next Tuesday features the Jasper Lady Wildcats (11-9) against the Washington Lady Hatchets (14-5). The winner of that game moves to the second semifinal game Feb. 8 against Vincennes Lincoln at 8 p.m. The Championship game is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, with the winner advancing to the Brownstown Central Regional on Feb. 16 against the winner of the Rushville Sectional. In Sectional 32 at Mount Vernon on Tuesday, Evansville Bosse (14-6) meets Mount Vernon (15-4) in game one and Evansville Memorial (10-8) meets Princeton (16-5) in game two. The winner of game one faces Boonville(3-15) in game one of the second round and the winner of game two faces Gibson Southern (12-8) in the second semifinal. In Class 2A Sectional 47 at Sullivan on Tuesday, Bloomfield (7-11) faces North Knox (12-8). In the first game Wednesday, Eastern Greene (8-9) meets Sullivan (18-2) and in game two Linton-Stockton (3-17) plays South Knox (7-10). North Central plays the winner of game one on Friday and the winners of games two and three play in the second semifinal. Class 2A Sectional 48 at Forest Park, Evansville Mater Dei (20-2) meets South Spencer (1-18) on Tuesday. Wednesday, North Posey (13-8) plays Southridge (12- 6) and Forest Park (9-9) takes on Perry Central (119). The winners of these two games meet Friday in game two and the winner of game one plays Tell City (11-8) on Friday in the first game. In Class 1A Sectional 63 at Barr-Reeve in Montgomery next Tuesday, Shoals (4-14) meets Loogootee in game one Tuesday and BarrReeve (14-4) meets North Daviess (15-4) in game two. The winner of game one meets Vincennes Rivet (16-4) in game one Friday and the winner of game two meets Washington Catholic (2-18) in game two on Friday. Sectional 64 at Tecumseh has four teams and starts Feb. 8. In game one on Feb. 8, Tecumseh (9-9) meets Wood Memorial(3-17) and Northeast Dubois (17-3) takes on Cannelton (7-8). The winners meet on Saturday. Check the IHSAA Web site or the indianabasketball.homestead.com Web site kept up by John Harrell for additional information on the tournaments. The Indiana Basketball web site also has each team's records and results for the past few seasons plus other information. Eighth girls finish second in PAC meet By Mike Johansen After two close and tough victories, the Pike Central Middle School Lady Chargers ran into the Fort Branch buzz saw and finished second in the PAC Tournament. However, after going 8-14 during the regular season they were not expected to get that far. The Lady Chargers opened the Pocket Athletic Conference Tournament at Heritage Hills last Thursday and came away winning 3126. "Sydney Brooks played the game of her life. I am very proud of the effort she gave. She played great defense and did an outstanding job handling the ball," said Head Coach Eric Knight. "This Heritage Hills team beat us in the regular season, so I am very happy for this group to get a win. We explained to the girls that this tourney is what we worked for all season long." The Lady Chargers broke in front 11-7 in the opening quarter of play. Heritage Hills had the second period edge 8-2 to lead 15-13 at halftime. Defense took over in the third quarter and Pike Central had a 4-3 edge, but trailed 17-18. They broke out fast in the final frame for a 14-8 margin to win by five 31-26. Jo Whitehead had 10 points, Sydney Brooks 8, Madison Query 5, Kiersten Gish 4, Alexis McDowell 2 and Abby Hillyard 2. Also contributing were Hannah Yager, Kaitlyn Foster, Michaela Greener and Amy Chastain. Saturday morning the Lady Chargers took on the Southridge Lady raiders in the semifinals of the PAC Tournament and came out on top 31-25. "Southridge is another team that beat us during the season. All the girls played great in this game. At the first of the year I asked the team what games they wanted to win. I asked the girls to also beat Southridge for me so I want to say a big thank you to this eighth grade girls team. This win put the girls in the championship 4-H Shooting Club teaches firearm safety Pike County 4-H Shooting Sports is ready to go. Teaching firearm safety is more important now than ever before and the Pike County 4-H Shooting Sports Club is the group leading the effort in the local area. Pike County 4-H Shooting Sports is getting ready to begin their third season. The mission of the Pike County 4-H Shooting Sports program is to teach the safe use of archery and firearm equipment. At the same time, it allows kids to experience the fun and excitement of shooting sports and the outdoors. These experiences will help them develop into happy, healthy, productive and contributing members of our society, according to the PC leaders. Pike County 4-H Shooting Sports is open to all kids in 3rd grade through 12th grade. Approximately two-thirds of the homes in the United States have firearms. Exposure to safety and responsible handling of firearms is vital to preventing accidents in our community. The plan is to serve the community by providing the youth with adequate training to ensure safe, ethical and responsible use of firearms. The specific goals and objectives of the 4-H Shoot- Winslow to have sign-ups Winslow Youth Leagues are having sign-ups for tee ball, baseball and softball in February. The Winslow Youth Leagues will have sign-ups on Wednesday and Friday, Feb. 13 and 15, from 5 to 8 p.m. both days at the Winslow Community Center. Boys ages 4 to 13 and girls ages 4 to 14 can sign up. Fees are $25 for one child, $45 for two and $55 for three and more kids in the same family. The season will start on April 27 except for the girls 12U team that will start on April 24. Contact Dan or Amy Carnahan for more information at 789-9401. Petersburg Little League sign ups The Petersburg Little League will be having registration coming up in February. On February 2 and 3, the Petersburg Little League will have sign-ups for the 2013 season. They will be at the Pike Central Middle school office from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Saturday, Feb. 2, and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3. Registration fees for 2013 will be $50 for Tee Ball ages 3-6; $65 for the first child for ages 7-12 boys and girls, $55 for second child; and $160 cap for three or more children in a family. Umpires are also needed for the upcoming Little League season,. They must be age 15 or older and they are asked to sign-up at the Little League registration sessions. For more information, visit www.eteamz.com/petersburglittleleague1. Forms can be found on this site and send them with entry fees to: Petersburg Little League, P.O. Box 102, Petersburg, IN 47567. ing Sports program include, but are not limited to, those listed below: • To promote the highest standards of safety, sportsmanship and ethical behavior, including sound decision making. • To enhance development of self-concept, character and personal growth through safe, educational and socially acceptable involvement in the shooting community. • To teach safe and responsible use of firearms and archery equipment, self-discipline and concentration. • To complement and enhance the impact of existing hunter education programs using experimental educational methods and progressive development of skills. • To expose youth to the broad array of vocational and lifelong hobbies related to shooting sports. • To strengthen families through participation in lifelong recreational activities. • To encourage participation in natural resources and natural science programs by exposing participants to the content through shooting, hunting and related activities. The content provides a framework of knowledge and skills for lifetime participation in recreation, hobbies and careers related to shooting sports and wildlife. Core concepts stress safety, ethical development, personal responsibility and lifetime recreational skills. How the program works: Before children are allowed to participate in the program, they must take a Safety Course. The first year in the shooting sports program participants are in what is called Round Robin. Round Robin introduces the kids to everything shooting sports has to offer. In Round Robin, the kids are divided into groups. Each group spends two sessions in each of the disciplines within the shooting sports program—archery, muzzle loading, shotgun and rifle. Safety is the most important lesson the children are taught in each and every discipline. They will also learn about the different types of firearms and archery equipment, along with a little history lesson about each discipline. Once the instructors feel they are ready, the children are able to use the different firearms and archery equipment. The second year and every year thereafter, kids can choose which discipline they would like to participate in. Then they spend the year focusing on that one discipline. The possibilities are really endless and each advanced discipline instructor can adapt the classes to his or her interests and Continued on page 4 game of the PAC. Not many people thought this team would make it to the championship game. This group never gave up and kept playing with heart and hustle all year long," said the coach. The Lady Chargers jumped in front 11-8 in the opening period and had a 4-2 edge in a defensive minded second frame. They led 1510 at halftime. Pike Central had an 8-4 margin in the third period to lead 23-14 going into the fourth quarter. Southridge had an 11-8 rally, but it was six points short as PC won 31-25. Whitehead had 14 points, Brooks 5, Gish 5, Hillyard 3, Query 2, McDowell 2. Also contributing were Yager, Foster, Greener and Chastain. The last game did not go as the Lady Chargers had hoped as Fort Branch won 48-16. Pike Central finished the season 9-15. "We made it to the final game against a very good Fort Branch team. My hat is off to them. I am very proud of my team. We made it farther and accomplished more this season than anyone thought we would. We did not bring home the big trophy, but I was still very pleased to bring home the runner-up trophy. The girls have gotten better all year long. I just want to say thank you and that I am very proud of this group. I can't wait to watch them next year," said Coach Knight. Fort Branch led 12-2 after one period and 20-6 at halftime. They were up 33-8 after three quarters and had a 15-8 margin in the fourth. Gish scored 5 points, Brooks 3, Hillyard 2, Query 2, Foster 2, Greener 2. Also contributing were Whitehead, McDowell, Yager and Chastain. Jo Whitehead goes up high for a shot as Alexis McDowell, 43, and Kaitlyn Foster get into position in case of a miss. The PC eighth grade girls won their final regular season game over South Knox.