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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, April 3, 2019 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 By Andy Heuring Press-Dispatch Sports sports@pressdispatch.net Pike Central led 2-1 after six in- nings against Loogootee and Brax- ton Rice had a no-hitter going into the sixth inning as they tried to get their first win of the season on Thursday. However, Loogootee got three runs in the top of the seventh inning to win 4- 2 over the Chargers. Pike Central went up 2-1 in the sixth inning when Joey Church hit a single past the second baseman. He then took second on a passed ball and scored when Brennon Benton hit a triple. Race Britton's single brought Benton in for a 2-1 lead. Britton stole both second and third base. But couldn't make it home, as Eli Coleman popped out to the sec- ond baseman and Kyle Williams hit a grounder to the shortstop for the third out. Loogootee started the seventh with Max Blackwell getting on with a sin- gle. Pike Central's Troy Rickard field- ed Nathaniel Hart's grounder and threw him out for the first out of the inning. Sebastian Toy walked to put men on first and second. Bryant Eckerle then got a single to score Blackwell to tie the game. "Braxton was pitching a no hitter at that point. They scored their run on a walk, an error and a balk," said Head Coach Joe Cummings of the first six innings. Pike Central got to within one out and one strike of getting out of the in- ning, as Rice struck out Wyatt Crane for the second out. Rice had thrown 100 pitches and had two strikes on Jalen Wildman. But his 101st pitch was ripped for a double and brought home both Toy and Eckerle as Loogootee took a 4- 2 lead. Rice then got a dribbler back to himself for the third out. Eckerle shutdown the Chargers in the bottom of the seventh, getting a grounder to second base from Draven Huff and a strikeout from Connor O'Neal. Rickard reached base with two outs when Loogootee's catcher dropped the third strike. Rice hit the ball out of the infield, but it was caught by the centerfielder. CHARGERS FALL TO WASHINGTON IN OPENER Pike Central got a grand slam homerun from Braxton Rice in the bottom of the third inning to jump back into a game that looked like a blow out. Washington went on to win 9 -4 in the season opener for the Char- gers. Washington put up five runs in the top of the third inning that was high- lighted by a two-run homer by Seth Holtsclaw. But the Chargers fought their way back into the game. Coleman, batting seventh in the Pike Central catcher Brennen Benton tags out a Washington runner as he slides into home plate during the Chargers' season-opening game against Washington. Race Britton winds up a pitch during the Chargers' opening game against Washington last week. Defending sectional champs Wash- ington won the game 9-4. Pike Central's Joey Church strides into a ball during the Chargers' game against Washington. Lady Chargers best Braves 95-32 CHARGERS DROP TWO IN BASEBALL WE ARE PROFFESIONAL GRADE uebelhorgm.com 1-800-937-8721 Jasper, IN Thin clads claim win over Tecumseh Pike Central boys claimed five firsts and a Pocket Athletic Confer- ence win over the Tecum- seh Braves on Monday, April 1 on the Weathers Field. Ijaa Chambers, A.J. Hill, Jeremiah Johnson and Nate Woolery ran a 9:31.25 to first in the 3200 -meter relay and then Chambers added a first place time of 5:27.9 in the 1600 -meter run. Trent Zimmerman garnered third place points in the 1600. Woolery ran an 11:19.55 to first in the 3200 -meter run, with teammate A.J. Hill running second. Gar- rett Boyd claimed first in the pole vault at 8'9", with Noah Russell second and Connor Young third. Pike Central clocked 4:01.34 in the 1600 -me- ter relay with Sam Theis- ing, Ethan Huck, James Hughes and Jacob Vest winning first place points. James Hughes ran a 24.56 to first in the 200 -me- ter dash, with Charger Col- son Dillard taking second. Garrett Boyd took a second in the 100 -meter dash, and Sam Theising and Con- nor Young got second and third in the 110 -meter hur- dles. Jacob Vest ran to sec- ond place in the 400 -meter dash and Theising was sec- ond in the 300 -meter hur- dles. Chambers finished second in the 800 -meter run and Zimmerman was third for Pike Central. Ste- phen Krieg was second in the shot put and Andrew Krieg was third. Andrew Krieg finished second in the discus, Ethan Huck took second in the long jump and Joel Henson was second in the high jump. The Lady Chargers won 12 events on their way to a 95 -32 win over visiting Te- cumseh this past Monday. Jayla Nelson, Kya Leighty and Jenna Meyer were dou- ble winners and Lauren Young, Quinlan Teague, Alyssa Jenkins and Libby Stone won one event each. Nelson won the 100 dash in 14.28, with team- mate Jade Kamman third. Nelson added a win in the high jump (4'8"), with Kya Leighty second. Leighty won the 1600 -meter run in 5:59.25, with Quinlan Teague third. Leighty won the 400 dash in 1:07.81 and Stone was second. Meyer won the long jump with a 13'3.5" leap, with Lib- by Stone second and Char- lotte Dudenhoeffer third. Meyer also claimed the win in the pole vault at 7'0". Young won the 110 hur- dles in 18.15, with Morgan Anderson second and Ad- die Faulk third. Teague took a first in the 3200 -me- ter run in 13.44 and Jen- kins took a first in the dis- cus with a toss of 89.9". Er- ika Vinnedge was second. Stone won the 800 -meter run in 2:49.53, with Lily Willis third. The team of Young, Kamman, Jen- kins and Nelson won the 400 -meter relay in 57.59, and the team of Young, Meyer, Stone and Leighty took first in the 1600 -meter relay in 4:50.12. Jenkins was second in the shot put and Vinnedge was third. Teague, Meyer, Willis and Dudenhoeffer placed second in the 3200 relay. Netters claim 5-0 win at Tecumseh A Monday road trip match turned out to be a good be- ginning for the Pike Cen- tral Lady Charger tennis team on April 1. The match- up with the Tecumseh Lady Braves was hard fought but very positive for the Char- gers, as they posted a 5 -0 win over their Pocket Ath- letic Conference rival. Audrey Keepes notched a 6 -3, 6 -3 win over Tecum- seh's Breah Bailey in the number one singles contest. Nat Bohnert won in num- ber two singles 3-6, 6 -4, 6 -3 over Layne Pemberton. Lady Charger Meredith Bensen made it a singles sweep with a 4-6, 6 -2, 6 -3 win over senior Lady Brave Sam Clark in the number three singles match. The team of Kirsten Jan- sen and Shelby Vaughn rolled to a 6 -4, 6 -2 win in their number one doubles match with Melinda Mun- day and Katre Tooley. The doubles match was a forfeit for the Lady Braves. With good weather, the Lady Chargers traveled to Vincennes yesterday and then are on the road to Princ- eton on Thursday, followed by the Loogootee invitation- al on Saturday. Powell and Padgett combine for 18-0 win at South Knox Four innings on the mound for Kenzie Pow- ell and one in relief for Al- ize Padgett was all that was needed in the 18 -0, 18 hit Tuesday night match- up with South Knox. The two pitchers combined to throw a shut-out as Padgett struck out the last batter to finish the night in five in- nings. Hannah Carnahan col- lected four hits in four at bats to help lead the Pike Central Lady Chargers to the 18 -0 victory. First year Lady Charger head coach Stephanie Richard- son said, "Carnahan sin- gled in the first, doubled in the first, singled in the fourth and then doubled in the fifth. "The Lady Chargers got things moving in the first inning, when Hallie Bai- ley singled on a 1-1 count, scoring one run. One bright spot for South Knox was a single in the fourth. Kenzie Powell was the win- ning pitcher for the Lady Chargers, going four in- nings, allowing zero runs on one hit, striking out four and not issuing any walks. Alize Padgett threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen. "J. Hughes took the loss for South Knox. She sur- rendered nine runs on six hits over two-thirds of an inning, striking out one. The Lady Chargers varsi- ty racked up 128 hits on the day. Sophie Carnah- an, Emily Carnahan, Lau- ren Vaughn, Aubrie Daw- son and Mallory Hickey all managed multiple hits for Pike Central. "Sophie Carnahan and Emily Carnahan each col- lected four hits to lead the lady Chargers. Pike Central stole seven bas- es during the game as two players stole more than one. Powell led the way with two." See CHARGERS on 2 Call us at 812-354-8500 or email sports@pressdispatch.net GOT SPORTS NEWS?