The Press-Dispatch
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B-4 Wednesday, January 30, 2013 The Press-Dispatch Lady Chargers come close By Mike Johansen A fast finish could not help the Pike Central Lady Chargers recover from a very slow start against Heritage Hills on Friday and another tough start on Saturday resulted in a close loss to Tecumseh on Saturday as the end of the regular season nears. The regular season ended Tuesday night with a home game against the Boonville Lady Pioneers. The next game will be a week from Friday when the Lady Chargers take on either Mitchell or Heritage Hills in the Semifinals of the Sectional 31 Girls Basketball Tournament at the Cabby O'Neill Gym on Feb. 8. Pike Central plays in the 6 p.m. game that Friday. Heritage Hills and Mitchell meet in the first round on Tuesday in the 6 p.m. game. In the second game Tuesday, Jasper plays Washington at 7:30 p.m. The winner of game two meets Vincennes Lincoln at 7:30 Friday in Jasper. The finals are at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, in the Cabby O'Neill Gym. On Thursday, a slow start and tough shooting through the first three quarters, while Heritage Hills hit above the 50 percent mark in shooting, resulted in a 52-39 loss in Pocket Athletic Conference play. "We got off to a poor start on both ends of the floor. In the second half, we did a much better job defensively. We could just never get it going on the offensive end of the floor," said Pike Central Head Coach Randy Graham. Emily Howes sank the first shot for Pike Central from three point land just 18 seconds into the game. However, that was the last points for PC until 2:46 remained in the opening period. In the meantime, Heritage Hills scored 10 points for a 10-3 lead. Jordan Like broke the string with a two point inside shot and a free throw. After four free throws by the Lady Patriots, Like had another three point play. Like countered a Lady Patriot basket with two free throws to keep the game somewhat close at 11-16 for Heritage Hills. The Lady Patriots scored the first two baskets of the second quarter with Howes breaking the run with a three. A two by Alyx Abbott, now back playing after an injury kept her out a few games, had the score at 1622. The Lady Patriots out scored the Lady Chargers 11-1 to end the first half leading 33-17. Heritage Hills hit 11 of 20 field goals in the first half including 5 of 9 the first quarter and 6 of 11 the second. PC made 5 of 22 shots. The third period was much slower and both teams had trouble shooting from the field. PC made only 1 of 13 shots, but added four free throws by Like. Heritage Hills made 4 of 11 and two free throws for a 10-6 edge and a 43-23 lead. The Lady Chargers offense got back in gear in the fourth quarter including making 11 of 15 free throws and two field goals. They had a 16-9 edge, but that was 13 points short of a full comeback. Jordan Pike scored 19 points including 15 of 16 free throw attempts and Alyx Abbott had 8 points. Like had nine rebounds, Olivia Leighty five and Samantha Halbrader four. Abbott had two assists. Halbrader had three steals, Like three and two each for Howes and Abbott. Pike Central 39, Heritage Hills 52: Michal Ashby 1-4,00,0-0,2,1,2; Olivia Leighty 0-4,0-0,0-0,3,5,0; Jordan Like 2-19,0-2,15-16,2,9,19; Emily Howes 0-3,2-3,0-1,1,3,6; Alyx Abbott 1-4,1-2,3-4,5,1,8; Samantha Halbrader 0-4,00,2-4,3,4,2; Lindsey Catt 0-1,0-0,0-1,5,2,0; Nicah McFarland 1-1,0-0,0-0,0,1,2; PC totals: 5-39, 3-7, 20-26, 21, 26, 39; HH totals: 16-45, 1-5, 1729, 20, 28, 52. Turnovers— PC: 19, HH: 15. The second game of the week was much closer and the Lady Chargers kept challenging the Tecumseh Lady Braves to the end before falling 51-45 in Tecumseh Saturday afternoon. The Lady Chargers are 4-16 overall and finished 1-7 in the PAC in eighth place ahead of South Spencer. "We had seven turnovers in the first quarter to zero for Tecumseh. Outside of that, we played a really competitive game and the girls worked hard. We were just trying to get a solid thirty two minutes of play and came pretty close," said Coach Graham. The only down quarter was the first one when the Lady Chargers had the seven turnovers and fell behind 19-9. PC came back with a 9-7 edge in the second quarter with a great defensive effort. They still trailed 26-18. The Lady Chargers had the third period by a 13-9 margin as the good defense continued as the scoring picked up a little bit. PC was within four, 35-31. The Lady Braves came back with a 16-14 margin in the final frame for the six point win. The only downside to the game, besides the first quarter turnovers, was 4 of 10 free throw shooting. Howes scored 15 points on 5 threes, Like 13 and Ashby 8. Howes had eight rebounds, Like six, Leighty five, Ashby five, Abbott three and Lindsey Catt three. Ashby had five assists, Leighty three and Like three. Howes blocked two shots. Pike Central 45, Tecumseh 51: Ashby 1-6,2-6,0-0,2,5,8; Leighty 1-3,0-0,0-0,1,5,2; Like 5-13,0-0,3-8,5,6,13; Howes 0-0,5-7,0-0,2,8,15; Abbott 2-3,0-4,0-0,2,3,4; Halbrader 0-2,0-0,1-2,1,2,1; Catt 1-2,0-0,0-0,1,3,2; PC totals: 10-29, 7-17, 4-10, 14, 32, 45; Tecumseh totals: 14, 5, 8-11, 13, 26, 51. Turnovers—PC: 17, Tecumseh 8. Mason Roberson tries to get to the legs of Wesley Mandel of Evansville Central during the Evansville Sectional on Saturday. Roberson finished third at 160 to qualify for the Regional. H Three wrestlers move on Continued from page 1 for a 2-1 score. Roberson was down in the third, escaped for a 3-1 lead, got a takedown for two more points and a near fall for an 8-1 win. In the semifinals, Roberson lost by a fall to Mahlon Parkinson of Mater Dei. He came back in the consolation semifinals to beat Turner Baehl of Evansville North. Roberson got the takedown in the opening period to lead 2-0. He started on top in the second period and scored a two point near fall for a 4-0 lead. The two were in neutral in the third period and Roberson got the takedown and two, two point near falls for a 10-0 win to advance to the consolation finals. In the consolation finals, Roberson took on Mandel from Evansville Central again. Roberson scored a takedown in the opening period for a 2-0 lead. Neither wrestler scored in the second as Roberson rode the man out. They were in the neutral position in the third frame with Roberson getting the takedown. Mandel escaped and that is where the match ended with Roberson winning 4-1 for third place. Dalton Miller was the third Charger to finish in third place at 285 or heavyweight. He had a first round bye and met Alex Lewis of Vincennes Lincoln in the second round. Miller earned a takedown and two point near fall in the opening period for a 4-0 lead. Miller began down in the second period, reversed him and pinned Lewis in 2:23 of the second period to advance to the semifinals. Sixth boys get one big win Jordan Like goes up for a jump shot as Michal Ashby, 22, and Samantha Halbrader, 5, move to help in case of a miss. Like made the basket, was fouled and made the free throw. H 4-H Club Continued from page 3 the interests of the children involved. The group strongly believes that every child should be able to participate in the program without having to provide their own equipment. So, everything the child needs is provided. They have eight certified instructors and several volunteer leaders. Each discipline has to have at least one certified instructor. In order to become a discipline instructor, one must attend the Indiana 4-H Shooting Sports Education, Instruc- tor Workshop. In this workshop, instruction is provided by people with national training in their disciplines. Nearly all the instructors at the workshop are certified by other organizations or agencies, and the instruction provided surpasses the requirements for instructor certification by those organizations and agencies. The groups meetings this year will be at the Pike County Bird Hunters Club, with the exception of the first meeting which will be at the Pike County 4-H Fairgrounds. The first meeting of the year will be a safety meeting required for all participants to attend and an informational meeting for their parents. This meeting will be on February 25th at 6:30 p.m. Anyone who might be interested in joining Pike County 4-H Shooting Sports is encouraged to attend and find out more. For more information on how your child can become a member or to volunteer, please contact via email at pc.shootingspor ts@gmail. com or by phone contact Jamie Jenkins at (812) 5822266 or (812) 789-5189. H Tidbits Continued from page 1 than conquerors through him who loved us" (Rom. 8:37). Nothing can separate us from God's all-powerful guidance, goodness and sustaining love. Remember that! Dear Holy, glorious God, help us to seek your will and to listen for your voice. We pray to be yours in spirit and in truth. Help us to direct those who are lost and have not found you yet into your grace and mercy. Help those in need, those who are ill and anyone with any problem. Amen. By Mike Johansen The week started off on a good note for both the Pike Central Middle School boys sixth grade basketball teams with a victory. The Chargers sixth grade boys A Team downed the Fort Branch A Team 4415. Noah Onyett scored 16 points, Joey Church 9, Jed Evans 8, Hayden Kabrick 2, Andrew Krieg 7 and Eli Coleman 2. The Chargers B Team also picked up a victory over the Fort Branch B Team by a 42-29 score. Rusty Ward scored 15 point, Brennan Benton 12, Braxton Rice 8, Luke Harris 4 and Austin Holder 3. The A Team played BarrReeve later in the week and came up on the short end of a 37-26 score. Krieg had 9 points, Evans 4, Church 5, Kabrick 2, Christian Benson 2, Onyett 2 and Coleman 2. The Chargers B Team dropped a 40-36 game to the Barr-Reeve Vikings in their second game of the week. Rice had 12 points, Benton 9, Judah Leathco 2, Austin Holder 6, Harris 3 and Ward 4. H Girls JV Continued from page 2 Hanselman 3, Nixon and McCammon each had 2. Hanselman had six rebounds, Padgett five, Nixon four and McCammon three. McFarland had four steals and McCammon two. Saturday the Lady Chargers had a tough outing against Tecumseh losing 3223. Coach Brent Beck said the Lady Chargers had the same number of field goals as Tecumseh did, and got to the free throw line more than they did as well. However, when they did get to the line, they didn't help themselves any with our poor shooting from the line. No details were available for the Barr-Reeve or the Tecumseh JV games. Miller met Austin Little (31-1) of North Posey. Little got the takedown, but Miller reversed him and got a two point near fall to lead 4-2. However, Little reversed him for a 4-4 score at the end of the opening period. It was all Little in the last two periods. He escaped and got a takedown in the second frame to lead 7-4. Little was given a two point near fall in the third for a 9-4 final score. In the consolation round, Miller earned a finals berth by downing Dylan Powell of Evansville North 2-1. The first period was scoreless and Miller earned a reversal in the second period. Powell gained a penalty point in the third, but could not score again. Miller won the consolation finals by default as the Evansville Central wrestlers had been injured in the previous match. Caleb Hawkins finished in fifth place in the 106 pound weight class and could earn a Regional spot if someone else drops out. Hawkins had a first round bye and lost to Lake Phillips of Evansville Central in round two by a fall. Hawkins lost to Josh Clem of Evansville Mater Dei by a fall in the consolation semifinals and won by forfeit in the fifth place match. Nick Baker just missed automatic advancement at 126, finishing fifth. He had a first round bye and he was pinned by Hunter Baehl of Gibson Southern in the quarter finals. He came back to win by forfeit in the consolation round and lost to James Braye of Evansville North by a fall in the consolation semifinals. He came back in the fifth place match to pin Adam Lee of Wood Memorial in 13 seconds to take fifth. Austin Bolin also finished fifth at 132 pounds. In the first round, he downed Seth Gunn of Tecumseh by a 6-4 decision. He won his second match defeating Colton Powell of Evansville North 13-11. Bolin lost by a fall to Korbin Karges of Princeton in the semifinals. He lost again in the consolation semifinals to A.J. Dixon of Evansville Central by a 14-8 decision. He downed Mikey Boger of Vincennes Lincoln 7-2 for fifth place. A.J. Ronk picked up sixth place at 152 pounds for the Chargers. Ronk downed Justin Naylor of Evansville North in the opening round of the tournament by an 11-3 major decision. He lost in round two to Eric O'Risky of North Posey by a third period fall. Ronk downed Kodiak Beltran of Wood Memorial in the first round of the consolation with a pin in 5:27. He lost to the consolation semifinals to J.R. Wallis of Princeton by an 80-2 decision. He lost the fifth place match to Brandon Okes of Vincennes Lincoln by a fall. Jacob Day picked up a sixth place at 182 pounds. He had a first round bye and met Sam Bassemier of Mater Dei in the second round losing by a second period fall. Day came back to beat James Libby of Evansville Central in the consolation round by an 8-6 decision. He lost to Jason Wheeler of Vincennes Lincoln in the consolation semifinals by a fall. He lost by a fall to Darren O'Risky of North Posey in the match for fifth place. Cody Whitehead just missed a place at 120 pounds. He won by forfeit in round one and lost to Hunter McCormick of Evansville Central in round two by a fall. He was pinned by Triston Trombley of Vincennes Lincoln in the consolation round. Eli Loveland was also one match from pacing at 145 pounds for the Chargers. He had a first round bye and lost to top seeded Brendon Kelley of Evansville Central by a fall in the second round. In the first consolation match, Loveland lost to Cain Martin of Gibson Southern by a fall. Alex Roberts also missed placing at 170 pounds. Roberts advanced by forfeit in round one and lost to top seeded Alex Schneider of Mater Dei by a fall in round two. He lost by a third period fall to Ryan Francis of Evansville North in the third period of the consolation round. Sports Week PCHS Girls Basketball Day Date Opponent PlaceTime Tues. Feb. 5 IHSAA Sectional at Jasper High Cabby O'Neill Gym 6:30—Heritage Hills (10-9) vs. Mitchell (12-5) 8—Washington (14-5) vs. Jasper (11-9) Fri. Feb. 8 IHSAA Sectional at Jasper High Cabby O'Neill Gym 6:30—Pike Central (4-16) vs. Winner of Game 1 8—Vincennes Lincoln (6-13) vs. Winner of Game 2 Sat. Feb. 9 IHSAA Sectional at Jasper High School Cabby O'Neill Gym 7:30—Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 PCHS Boys-Girls Swimming Thurs. Jan. 31 IHSAA Girls Sectional at Jasper HS Swimming Prelims A 6:00 Sat. Feb. 2 IHSAA Girls Sectional A 1:30 at Jasper High School Wed. Feb. 6 Evansville Central/Bosse H 6:00 Thurs. Feb. 14 Boys Sectional at Jasper A 6:00 Sat. Feb. 16 Boys Sectional at Jasper Diving 10 a.m./Swimming 1:30 p.m. Sat. Feb. 2 PCHS Wrestling IHSAA Regional at Castle High School PCHS Boys Basketball Fri. Feb. 1 Tell City* Homecoming Sat. Feb. 2 Vincennes Lincoln Thurs. Feb. 7 Tecumseh* Thurs. Mon. Sat. Mon. A 10:00a H 6:30-8 H 6-7:30 H 6:30-8 PCHS Freshman Boys Basketball Jan. 31 Tecumseh PCMS 6th Boys Basketball Feb. 4 Jasper Feb. 9 PC Tournament Feb. 11 PC Tournament A 6:30 H H H 6:00 9:00a 6:00 PCMS 6th Girls Basketball Thurs. Feb. 7 South Spencer H 6:30 Sat. Feb. 9 Barr-Reeve A 9:00a *=Pocket Athletic Conference match, game or meet. Thurs. Thurs. Elementary School Basketball Fifth Grade Jan. 31 WES at PES Jan. 31 PES B at WES PES 9:00a H 6:00