The Press-Dispatch
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B-2 Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Scouting Report By Mike Johansen The Pike Central Lady Chargers head into Sectional play on Friday while the boys basketball team will have three games from Thursday through Tuesday, all PAC games. The game last Friday with Tell City was postponed due to weather. It has been reset for Thursday, Feb. 21. Homecoming will be Friday, Feb. 15, when Forest Park comes to Pike Central. BOYS BASKETBALL—The Charger boys basketball team has three games Thursday, Friday and Saturday as they get in games around the girls Sectional Basketball Tournaments and all three count in the Pocket Athletic Conference against Tecumseh, South Spencer and Gibson Southern. The first one is against the Tecumseh Braves as they come to the Pike Central High School Gym on Thursday with the JV game at 6:30 p.m. and the varsity at 8 p.m. The Braves (7-9, 2-4) are coached by Kevin Oxley who is 269-218 in 21 years at the school. They were 8-13 last season and that included a 63-29 win over Pike Central. Wins this year are over Gibson Southern, Cannelton, South Central, North Daviess, Tell City and Wood Memorial. They have losses to Vincennes Rivet, Heritage Hills, Southridge and Barr-Reeve. Key players for the Braves include: Andrew Morris, 6-1, 12; Adam Grannam, 6-2, 12; Alex Hall, 6-0, 11; Parker Buse, 6-2, 11; Chris Phillips, 6-0, 12; Ben Embry, 5-11, 11; Daniel Pemberton, 5-11, 11; Austin Perry, 5-11, 11; Garrett Tuley, 5-11, 11; Rt Webb, 6-2, 10; Tristin Cummings, 6-2, 11 and Colton Dossett, 6-1, 10. The second game is a make-up game against the South Spencer Rebels being played at South Spencer Saturday afternoon with the JV at 1 p.m. and the varsity at 2:30. The Rebels are coached by Josh Davis, who is 19-16 in his second year at the school. They stand at 10-4 with wins over North Posey, Gibson Southern and Forest Park. Losses have been to Evansville Mater Dei, Mount Vernon, Perry Central and Owensboro. They downed Pike Central 55-47 last season. Key players include: Dakota Risse, 6-0, 11; Cole Woodburn, 6-0, 12; Nathan Kuester, 5-10, 11; Charleston Roberts, 6-3, 12; Ryan Duvall, 6-2, 12; Joe Davis, 5-9, 12; Adam Roth, 5-11, 10; Trevor Lehr, 5-10, 10; Malin Webb, 6-2, 11; Chandler Roberts, 6-2, 11; Shane Shelton, 5-10, 11; Jon Stallings, 6-2, 10; Isaac Hebner, 6-4, 11. Next Tuesday, the Chargers take on the Gibson Southern Titans on the road in Fort Branch. The JV game is at 6:30 and varsity at 8 p.m. The Titans (3-12, 0-3) are coached by Travis Farmer, 27-36 in two years at the school. The wins have come over Washington Catholic, Wood Memorial and South Knox. They were 12-11 last season and beat Pike Central 60-47. Key players for the Titans include: Spencer Schmitt, 6-5, 12; Jordan Scheller, 6-0, 12; Andrew Ziliak, 6-1, 12; Mason Lankford, 5-10, 11; Alex Smith, 5-10, 10; Zach Fields, 5-10, 12; Damian Silva, 6-2, 11; Brandon Staback, 6-0, 11; Auston Roeder, 5-11, 11. The 2012-13 PAC boys basketball standings through Feb. 2 are: Team ALL PAC PPGOPG Southridge 13-2 6-0 52.445.7 Heritage Hills 11-5 5-1 65.8 60.9 North Posey 7-8 4-1 57.5 58.9 South Spencer 9-7 3-2 56.2 54.6 Forest Park 6-11 2-3 47.8 52.0 Gibson Southern 5-12 2-3 53.1 59.1 Tecumseh 6-10 1-5 48.450.3 Pike Central 3-10 0-3 42.3 52.5 Tell City 3-13 0-5 43.8 58.1 Boys Scores—Jan. 29: Evansville Bosse 60, Owensboro 54; Evansville Central 87, Mount Vernon 56; Evansville Day 54, Tecumseh 49; Mitchell 66, Shoals 47. Feb. 1: Forest Park 54, Evansville Mater Dei 48; Gibson Southern 63, Tecumseh 45; Heritage Hills 67, Boonville 64; Bloomfield 39, North Daviess 26; Evansville Central 65, North 64; Evansville Harrison 70, Memorial 47; Mount Vernon 61, Princeton 54, OT; Wood Memorial 58, Vincennes Rivet 54. Feb. 2: Vincennes Lincoln 53, Pike Central 38; Southridge 33, Loogootee 30; Perry Central 43, South Spencer 32; Northeast Dubois 47, Springs Valley 45; North Daviess 49, North Knox 40; Heritage Hills 67, Jasper 66; Gibson Southern 57, Tell City 38; Forest Park 40, Wood Memorial 39; Evansville Reitz 64, Terre Haute North 61; Evansville Harrison 73, Jeffersonville 70; Evansville Day 59, Madisonville-North Hopkins 49; Evansville Bosse 85, North 70; Eastern Greene 60, South Knox 44. GIRLS BASKETBALL—The Lady Chargers take on either the Mitchell Lady Bluejackets or have a rematch with the Heritage Hills Lady Patriots in the semifinals of the Sectional 31 Girls Basketball Tournament at Cabby O'Neill Gym in Jasper on Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. The finals are Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Vincennes Lincoln meets either Jasper or Washington in the second semifinal at 8 p.m. The Lady Chargers met Heritage Hills just last week falling 52-39 in the PAC game. The Lady Patriots stand at 12-9 on the season. Wins include over Gibson Southern 59-50, Tecumseh 56-42; Forest Park 37-36; Tell City 34-24 in Christmas tourney play and 41-28 in the regular season; South Spencer 42-23 and 40-30; and Boonville 5244. Coach Kim Brown is 18-24 in the second year at the helm. They average 35.8 points a game and give up 38.7. Mitchell is 13-5 with wins over Springs Valley, Eastern Pekin, Brown County, West Washington, Crawford County, Charlestown and White River Valley. They have lost to Washington (48-65), Orleans, Paoli, Scottsburg and Bedford North Lawrence. Coach Matt Sowders is 13-5 at the school and 61-80 in seven years as a head coach. The 2012-13 PAC final girls basketball standings are: Team ALL PAC PPGOPG Southridge 13-7 7-1 46.736.7 Heritage Hills 12-9 6-2 37.1 38.8 Gibson Southern 13-9 6-2 53.3 50.5 Tell City 11-10 4-4 40.6 40.3 North Posey 13-8 5-3 44.4 41.9 Tecumseh 9-10 4-4 48.348.5 Forest Park 10-10 3-5 48.6 45.9 Pike Central 5-16 1-7 41.1 49.3 South Spencer 1-20 0-8 34.3 55.1 Girls Scores—Jan. 28: Princeton 76, Evansville Central 36; Shoals 47, Wood Memorial 42. Jan. 29: Pike Central 51, Boonville 35; South Knox 44, Vincennes Lincoln 37; Paoli 56, Southridge 42; Northeast Dubois 68, North Knox 66, 2 OT; Jasper 40, Forest Park 38; Heritage Hills 41, Tell City 29; Gibson Southern 83, South Spencer 30; Eastern Greene 52, Loogootee 48, OT; Castle 54, Evansville Memorial 43; Barr-Reeve 46, Springs Valley 29. Jan. 30: Vincennes Rivet 57, Wood Memorial 35; White River Valley 57, Washington Catholic 32; Evansville Bosse 63, Reitz 38. Jan. 31: Barr-Reeve 56, Linton-Stockton 31; Evansville Harrison 53, Washington 41; Evansville Mater Dei 70, Castle 47; Evansville North 51, South Spencer 41; Forest Park 56, Tell City 48; Heritage Hills 59, Gibson Southern 50; Mitchell 51, Lanesville 35; Mount Carmel 86, Boonville 57; Mount Vernon 53, Evansville Memorial 36; North Daviess 31, Eastern Greene 29; North Knox 64, Loogootee 25; South Knox 57, Tecumseh 43; Southridge 56, Perry Central 35; Union-Dugger 26, Washington Catholic 22; Vincennes Lincoln 48, Evansville Central 29. WRESTLING—The Pike Central Chargers heavyweight Dalton Miller is in the IHSAA Semistate this Saturday at the Ford Center in Evansville. The Semistate begins at 10:00 a.m. Pike County time. The top four in each weight class qualify for the state tournament the following Friday and Saturday in Indianapolis. BOYS-GIRLS SWIMMING—The Charger boys swimming team takes on Evansville Central and Bosse on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m. to end their regular season. The boys Sectional is at Jasper on Feb. 14 at 6:30 and Feb. 16 at 9:30 for diving and 1 p.m. for the swimming events. The boys state meet is the fllowing week for the first place finishers. The Press-Dispatch Slow start dooms Chargers By Mike Johansen Leave out the first quarter of play and the Pike Central Chargers boys basketball team had the lead. However, Vincennes Lincoln had a 21-2 first quarter edge and downed the Chargers 5338 in the first game in two weeks for Pike Central. The Chargers were at home and had not played since Jan. 19 because of two straight Fridays with bad weather and postponements. The South Spencer game schedule for Jan. 25 will be made up Saturday with the JV at 1 p.m. Pike County time and the Varsity at 2:30. The Tell City game set for last Friday will be made up on Feb. 21 in a very busy last week of the regular season. Homecoming will be this Friday night with the ceremonies between the JV and Varsity games with Forest Park. The JV game begins at 6 p.m. then the Homecoming Ceremonies and the Varsity at 7:30 or as soon as the 20 minute warmup period is finished. "I would like to see what would have happened if we had played 32 minutes of basketball," said Pike Central Coach John Mokris. "We have to play 32 minutes. We play 32 minutes and it might have been a little different. I don't know if we could have beaten that team or not, but I sure liked the effort we had the second, third and fourth quarters. We cut the lead to eight points and get the ball and miss a shot. If we had knocked down a shot there, you never know what happens. I think we were a little intimidated tonight. We had some good shots early and did not knock them down. We had five lay-ups and short shots we did not knock down in the first quarter, you have to make those shots. They are a good team with some good players and Coach (Jeff) Hein does a good job with them. I just wish I could see our team play 32 minutes and see what happens." The first quarter was a disaster for the Chargers and proved to be the difference in the game. The Chargers missed the first seven shots they tried from the field and their first two free throw attempts. Vincennes Lincoln, on the other hand, made seven field goals, including one three, and three of Kegan Aldridge puts the stop on a Vincennes Lincoln player during the varsity game last Saturday. He gets help from Dustin Meny, 24, and Tyler Toopes, 11. four free throws to lead 18- for Trevor Claridge and Pike two free throws with about 0. Only a basket by Tyler Central had cut the lead by two minutes remaining. Garland broke the run. The nine points in fairly quick The Alices made two charAlices scored the final three fashion. The final one came ity shots with 1:32 left as points of the quarter to post with 1:46 left in the third pe- the Chargers were forced to riod and Lincoln's lead was foul. The Chargers missed a a 21-2 lead. shot, then got the ball back The good thing about the down to 13, 38-25. After a Lincoln time out, and Claridge made a jumper game is the Chargers did not lie down after that, they they made a basket, Meny with 26 seconds on the clock. did not quit—they fought made one for the Chargers, The big difference could not Lincoln another and Gar- be made up by then and that back. Tyler Toopes sank a three land closed the third period ended the scoring with Linpointer to start the scoring canning a long three pointer coln running out the clock. in the second period and to leave the Chargers down Trevor Claridge ended the Dustin Meny added two free 42-30 with eight minutes to game with 11 points and Tyler Toopes had 10. Toopes throws. After a Lincoln bas- play. The Alices started the had six rebounds, Kegan ket, Kegan Aldridge sank two shots for an 23-11 count. final period with a two, but Aldridge five. Aldridge also The Alices came back for Pike Central answered had two steals. Avery Micka pair of baskets, but Tyler quickly. Toopes swished in ens had 13 points for the Toopes added one. The Al- a three followed by a three Alices, Brandt Nowaskie 10 ices did have the final two by Claridge that cut the and Patrick Toole 14. Pike Central 38, Vinbaskets to lead 31-13 at the lead to eight, 44-36. PC got half. Pike Central did have the ball back, but then had cennes Lincoln 53: Tyler an 11-10 edge in the quarter. its only turnover of the final Toopes: 2,2,0-0,2,6,10; TrevPC made just 5 of 18 shots period. The Alices caught or Claridge 1,3,0-0,0,0,11; the first half and Lincoln fire, after an admonishment Shaine Eck 0,0,0-0,0,1,0; Keby the coach, and made a gan Aldridge 2,0,0-2,4,5,4; made 13 of 22. The Chargers took con- free throw, a three and had Chris Downey 0,0,0-0,3,1,0; trol of the third period after a three point play to regain Tyler Garland 1,1,0-0,1,2,5; a three by Lincoln. Toopes the edge 51-36 with 4:07 re- Dustin Meny 1,0,3-6,0,1,5; Garrett Elliott 0,1,0-0,0,0,3; made a basket, Meny a free maining. PC again missed and the PC totals: 14-37(7), 3-8, 10, throw. Then came a barrage of threes by the Chargers. Alices went into the delay 17, 38; VL totals: 20-38 (3), Garrett Elliott swished in mode and ran time off the 10-13, 9, 25, 53; Turnovers— one followed by two in a row clock. The Chargers missed PC: 14, VL: 12. Eighth boys first at Tourney By Mike Johansen Three more wins led to another championship for the Pike Central Middle School Chargers eighth grade boys basketball team as they won the South Gibson Invitational. Last Monday, the PCMS Chargers eighth grade squad played Evansville Christian in the first round of the South Gibson Invitational and won 49-36. Gabe Elliott led the Chargers with 17 points, Chase Davis had 15, Trey Wornica 8, Colton White 4, Cole Leighty 2 and Keegan Simmons had 3. Kane Osgatharp, Josh Riley, Jacob Marchino and Jared McCord all saw action. H Tidbits Continued from Page B1 giving a donation to Pike Central High School for those who use their service. SITCO High Speed Internet is continually trying to improve and expand their coverage areas and quality of service. As a result of their thanks for the opportunity to serve you, they are offering a $25 donation to Pike Central High School for anyone who signs up for internet service with us. You must notify SITCO when calling. Contact SITCO or Roger Stuckey, Athletic Director, for additional information. ******* "All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove Jesus out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him down the cliff. But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way."— Luke 4:28-30. O Savior, remind me that your love for me is a willing love so that I might know for sure that you love me forever. Amen. Last Thursday, the Chargers beat North Posey 38-27 in the second round. Davis led with 16 points, Elliott 8, Wornica 4, Osgatharp 3, Marchino had 3, White and Riley scored 2 each. Leighty, McCord and Simmons also played. Monday night, the Chargers played 20-2 Evansville Resurrection and beat them 36-23 to win the South Gibson championship. Davis led us with 13, Elliott had 7, White 6, Osgatharp 4, Wornica 2, Leighty 2 and Riley had 2. Marchino, McCord, Simmons and Tanner Meadows also played. "We finished 27-1 on the season. I am so proud of these young men for all of the effort and dedication to the team this year. We had 13 guys who played for each other and really worked to improve each time they stepped on the floor," said Coach Kyle McCutchan. "They are a special group of kids who I look forward to watching them play for the next four years. They won three tournaments during the season. The North Daviess preseason tourney, the PAC championship and the South Gibson Invitational. I also want to thank Greg Mullins and Cody Lee for volunteering this season to be my assistant coaches. It was a privilege to have these guys around all season and I am thankful for all the time they put in for these young men and the school." Youth wrestling registration set Any youngster in first through fifth grades wanting to learn about wrestling is urged to register for Pike Central Youth Wrestling. The Pike Central Youth Wrestling Camp sign-ups are next Monday, Feb. 11, at Pike Central High School Gym from 5 to 7 p.m. The fee is $40 per child, which should be paid at registration. The age requirements are the wrestlers must be in first though fifth grades, no kindergarten or preschool children. For more information, contact Coach Billy Hewig at 3548478, extension 366 or e-mail: bhewig@pcsc.k12.in.us. 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. Winslow girls get a victory The Winslow Eskimo fifth grade girls played a good game against Holland and came out on top by a score of 19 to 13. Hadley Holder attempts to block a Holland player while Jayln Nelson, Jenna McLain and Delaney Sanders stay close to assist.