The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, December 26, 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 Slow start leads to sixth straight loss by Lady Chargers By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net The Pike Central High School girls' basketball team is learning that it's hard to finish what you start, espe- cially whenever you don't start off very well. Turning the ball over six times in their first seven pos- sessions, the Lady Chargers fell behind 11-0 as host Jas- per cruised to a 63-41 victo- ry on Tuesday, Dec. 18. "We got off to a bad start," Pike Central head coach Kyle McCutchan, whose Lady Chargers slipped to 4-9 with their sixth straight loss. "It seems like that's been the story of the last few games." In fact, the loss marked the fifth straight game in which Pike Central fell be- hind by nine or more points during the first quarter af- ter Southridge took a 13-0 lead enroute to a 54-50 over- time win on Thursday, Dec. 6, Evansville Bosse took a 9 - 0 lead enroute to a 53-42 win on Saturday, Dec. 8, Gib- son Southern took an 18 -6 lead enroute to a 84-39 win on Thursday, Dec. 13, and North Knox took a 17-5 lead enroute to a 64-35 win on Sat- urday, Dec. 15. "We challenged them after Saturday," said McCutchan. "I've tried to challenge them different ways because I know we have the ability to By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Senior Isaac Lane scored 20 points and grabbed 11 re- bounds as Vincennes Lincoln rallied from a seven-point half- time deficit to defeat host Pike Central 56 -38 in high school boys' basketball action on Friday, Dec. 21. The Alices, trailing 28 -21 at halftime, scored 11 straight points to open the third period to take a 33-28 lead. "We just have to learn how to win," said Chargers head coach Hunter Elliott, whose team slipped to 1-5 with its third straight loss. "We came out in the third quarter and we took three straight threes – and missed all three – and they made three lay-ups (by Lane, junior Torrance Gillis and sopho- more Ethan Bushey) and kind of turned the game around." With Pike Central still clinging to a 28 -27 lead, Elliott called a 30 -second timeout with 6:08 left in the third period. "I called a timeout (and said) we've got to attack the bas- ket, we've got to work the ball inside, and we took another three," Elliott added. "It's one of those things where when you're not hitting them, that really hurts you." A fter a three-point play by Bushey gave Vincennes Lin- coln (5 -4) a 30 -28 lead with 4:25 remaining in the third pe- riod, a basket by Lane extended it to 32-28 with 3:42 left in the quarter. Bushey added a free throw to cap the 11-0 scoring run that left the Chargers facing a 33-28 deficit with 2:20 remaining in the third period. A three-pointer by senior Christian Benson – ending a stretch during which Pike Central went 0 -for-5 from the field (including 0 -for-4 from three-point range) and turned the ball over three times – pulled Pike Central back to with- in 33-31 with 1:33 left in the third quarter. The Chargers – following a pair of free throws by Vin- cennes Lincoln senior Hunter Hopwood and a basket by Pike Central sophomore Stephen Krieg – entered the fourth pe- riod trailing by two points, 35 -33. The Alices then scored the first 13 points of the final quar- ter – seven by Bushey, six by Lane – to stretch their lead to 48 -33 with 4:03 left in the contest. A fter a basket by junior Ethan Scott pulled Pike Central to within 48 -35, Vincennes Lincoln scored eight straight points to take its biggest lead of the game – 56 -35 – with 1:50 remaining. A three-point play by Benson with 1:20 left closed out the scoring. "We had the lead going into halftime, and then we got a little tight coming out there the second half," Elliott said. VINCENNES LINCOLN RALLIES FOR 56-38 WIN OVER CHARGERS See R ALLIES on page 3 Pike Central High School junior Jayln Nelson (left) finds her path toward the goal blocked by Jasper senior Kortney Ruhe (right) during varsity girls' basketball action on Tuesday, Dec. 18. Nel- son scored a team-high 13 points in the visiting Lady Chargers' 63-41 loss. Ed Cahill photo Left: Pike Central High School senior Hailey Marchino (center) tries to slip past Jasper senior Rachel Gress (left) and junior Brooke Notting- ham (right) during varsity girls' basketball ac- tion on Tuesday, Dec. 18. Marchino scored nine points in the visiting Lady Chargers' 63-41 loss. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Christian Benson (12) slips past Vincennes Lincoln senior Hunter Hopwood (left) to take a shot during var- sity boys' basketball action on Friday, Dec. 21. Benson scored 11 points in the host Chargers' 56-38 loss. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School junior Ethan Scott (13) puts up a shot over Vincennes Lincoln junior Brody Ruggles during varsity boys' basketball ac- tion on Friday, Dec. 21. Scott scored 13 points in the host Chargers' 56-38 loss. Ed Cahill photo Boyd places first in diving as PCHS boys' swim team drops 102-43 loss to Evansville Reitz Sophomore Garrett Boyd finished first in diving as the Pike Central High School boys' swimming and diving team dropped a 102-43 loss to visiting Evansville Reitz on Monday, Dec. 17. Boyd placed first in div- ing with a personal record six-dive score of 151.25 points, beating his previous PR six-dive score of 143.00 points. Boyd also teamed up with juniors Brayden Coo- per, A.J. Hill and Sam The- ising to place second in the 400 -yard freestyle relay with a time of 4:33.07, while Boyd, Cooper and Theising teamed up with sophomore Noah Russell to place sec- ond in the 200 -yard free- style relay with a time of 2:04.18. Placing second in indi- vidual events for the Char- gers were Cooper in the 200 -yard freestyle with a PCHS girls' swim team falls 120-54 to Evansville Reitz Senior Natalie Bohnert won two events while soph- omore Charlotte Duden- hoeffer won one event as the Pike Central High School girls' swimming and diving team dropped a 120 -54 loss to visiting Evansville Reitz on Monday, Dec. 17. Bohnert placed first in the 200 -yard individual medley with a season-best time of 2:16.61, beating her previous season-best time of 2:17.06, and first in the 100 -yard backstroke with a season-best time of 59.92 seconds, beating her pre- vious season-best time of 1:00.20. Dudenhoeffer placed first in the 500 -yard freestyle with a time of 6:36.59. She also placed second in the 200 -yard freestyle with a season-best time of 2:27.46, beating her previous sea- son-best time of 2:28.00. In addition, Bohnert and Dudenhoeffer teamed up with sophomore Jenna Meyer and freshman Em- ma McKinney to place sec- ond in the 200 -yard med- ley relay with a season-best See BOYD on 4 See FALLS on 4 See SLOW on 2