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match came down to the first hole. A 500 -yard, par 5 hole with water and trees on the right and out- of-bounds on the left. Pike Central's top four play- ers all had 6s on the hole, while three of Wood's top four had 5s and one 6. B-2 Sports Wednesday, May 1, 2019 The Press-Dispatch FALL Continued from page 1 SAVE Continued from page 1 UPCOMING SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, MAY 01 Boys' Varsity Golf: vs. North Daviess at Prides Creek Golf Course, 4:30 p.m. Girls' Varsity Softball: vs. South Spencer at South Spencer, 6 p.m. Girls' Varsity Tennis: vs. Waldo J Wood Memori- al at Waldo J Wood Memorial, 5:30 p.m. THURSDAY, MAY 02 Boys' Varsity Baseball: vs. Tecumseh at Home, 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY, MAY 03 Girls' Varsity Tennis: vs. Washington at Washing- ton, 4:30 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 04 Girls' Varsity Softball: vs. Pike Central Softball Tournament at Home, 10 a.m. Girls' Varsity Tennis: vs. Tell City at Home, 11 a.m. Middle School Co-Ed Track and Field: vs. PAC at TBD, 10 a.m. MONDAY, MAY 06 Boys' Varsity Baseball: vs. North Posey at Home, 6:30 p.m. Boys' Varsity Golf: vs. Tecumseh at Tecumseh, 5:30 p.m. Girls' Varsity Tennis: vs. South Spencer at Home, 6 p.m. TUESDAY, MAY 07 Boys' Varsity Baseball: vs. Barr-Reeve at Home, 5 p.m. Girls' Varsity Softball: vs. North Posey at Home, 6 p.m. Girls' Varsity Tennis: vs. Barr-Reeve at Home, 4:30 p.m. Girls' Varsity Track and Field: PAC Tournament at Tell City, 6:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MAY 08 Boys' Varsity Golf: vs. Springs Valley at Pete Dye Course, 4:30 p.m. THURSDAY, MAY 09 Girls' Varsity Softball: vs. Forest Park at Forest Park, 5:30 p.m. Boys' Varsity Track and Field: vs. PAC Tourna- ment at Tell City, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY, MAY 10 Boys' Varsity Baseball: vs. Vincennes Lincoln at Vincennes Lincoln, 6 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 11 Boys' Varsity Baseball: vs. Waldo J Wood Memo- rial at Waldo J Wood Memorial, noon Boys' Varsity Golf: PAC Tournament at Christmas Lake, TBD Girls' Junior Girls' Varsity Softball: vs. Gibson Southern at Gibson Southern, noon Girls' Varsity Softball: vs. Gibson Southern at Gib- son Southern, 1:30 p.m. Girls' Varsity Tennis: vs. Heritage Hills Invite at Heritage Hills, 10 a.m. MONDAY, MAY 13 Boys' Varsity Baseball: vs. Northeast Dubois at Northeast Dubois, 5 p.m. TUESDAY, MAY 14 Boys' Varsity Golf: vs. South Knox at Country Club of Old Vincennes, 4:30 p.m. Girls' Varsity Track and Field: IHSA A Sectional at Princeton, 6 p.m. Hayden Kabrick shot a 44 at Oakland City while competing with Wood Memorial and South Spencer on Monday. The team shot a 162, with Cutter Reed low man for Pike Central with a 38. Noah Onyett and Austin Holder each carded 40s. James Capozella photo Right: Troy Rickard delivers a pitch Monday night. He threw four and a third innings, giving up five earned runs in the 12-11 win over Tell City. Below: Second baseman Braxton Rice fields a throw to second base for a force out. Rice was 3 for 5, with 2 RBIs in the game. One first and three sec- onds helped get the Lady Chargers past Boonville, Washington, North Posey, Day School and Tecumseh in the Jasper dominated Boonville Pioneer Relays. Alyssa Jenkins captured first in the discus with a dis- tance of 95'11". Teammate Erika Vinnedge took sec- ond, taping 81'3". Jenkins added a third in the shot put with a toss of 29'8", with Vinnedge fifth at 27'6.5". Jayln Nelson cleared 4'10" for second in the high jump, and the 1600 relay team con- sisting of Lauren Young, Jenna Meyer, Libby Stone and Kya Leighty took a sec- ond in 4:32.35. The shut- tle hurdle relay team com- prised of Morgan Anderson, Jayln Nelson, Addie Faulk and Lauren Young ran sec- ond behind Jasper. Young was third in the 100 hurdles with a time of 17.35, with Anderson fourth in 19.57. The freshman 400 relay team consisting of Kya Sullivan, Emma McKinney, Addie Faulk and Morgan Blackburn placed third in 1:01.73. Kya Leighty ran fourth in the 1600, clocking 5:39.88, and the 400 relay comprised of Young, Anderson, Jade Kamman and Nelson ran fourth, just 1.24 seconds out of first place. The fresh- man 400 medley relay team of Bella Toman, Emma McK- inney, Kya Sullivan and La- nie Johnson took fourth in 5:27.56. Libby Stone placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 13'9". Kamman took a sixth in the 100 dash in 13.89, and the 3200 and varsity medley relays placed fifth. Quinlan Teague, Jenna Meyer, Charlotte Duden- hoeffer and Stone clocked 11:55.22, and Lily Wil- lis, Kamman, Sullivan and Dudenhoeffer ran 5:12.39. Lady Chargers take second at the Pioneer Relays By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Freshman pitcher Brynn Hillyard went the distance to lead the Pike Central High School softball team to a 3-2 victory over host Vincennes Lincoln on Monday, April 29. "Brynn pitched real- ly well. She kept the other team off balance and mixed her pitches up effectively," said Coach Stephanie Rich- ardson. Hillyard—who threw 89 pitches, including 56 for strikes—allowed 13 hits and walked two, while recording one strikeout over seven in- nings as the Lady Chargers improved to 5 -7. Vincennes Lincoln, which slipped to 12-6, stranded a total of 12 runners on the base paths. Pike Central jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first in- ning, when junior left fielder Lauren Vaughn drew a lead off walk, advanced to sec- ond base on a sacrifice bunt by sophomore right field- er Kenzie Powell and stole third before scoring on a wild pitch. The Lady Alices, howev- er, would rally in the bottom of the opening frame, when junior Karlie Myers belt- ed a lead off single and— two outs later—scored on a double by freshman catcher Dani Kroeger. The score remained knot- ted at 1-1 until the top of the third inning, when Vaughn drew a one-out walk and ad- vanced to second base on a single by Powell. A fter both runners ad- vanced on an infield ground- out by junior center fielder Aubrie Dawson, sophomore first baseman Mallory Hick- ey stroked a single to right field, scoring both Vaughn and Powell to give Pike Cen- tral a 3-1 lead. Hillyard would hold Vin- cennes Lincoln at bay un- til the home half of the sev- enth inning, when soph- omore center fielder Kali Haynes led off with a sin- gle, advanced to second on a ground out by freshman shortstop Chloe Cardinal, and scored on a single by sophomore catcher Kend - all Myers to cut the deficit to 3-2. One out later, Myers ad- vanced to second base on a single by senior first base- man Jaden Field, but Hill- yard struck out sophomore second baseman Addie Blume to end the game. For the game, Vaughan was 2-for-2 with two walks, scored two runs and stole two bases. Senior designat- ed hitter Hannah Carnah- an also had two hits, while Hickey was 1-for-3 with two runs batted in. Powell went 1-for-3 and scored one run. Sophomore pitcher May- cee Lange took the loss for the Lady Alices, allowing three runs—all earned— on seven hits while walking three and striking out three. "A fter the game we like to talk about highlights and things we could work on. For us coaches, the best part of the win was the constant en- ergy from the dugout. The dugout is like the mitochon- dria of the game. A couple of girls stepped up and from that point, our team energy was powerful. They commit- ted themselves all the way for 7 innings, and it paid off. Any time you can come out with a win against a good quality opponent like Vin- cennes always is, it is a great feeling," said Richardson. Pike Central will visit South Spencer on Wednes- day, May 1, before return- ing home to host a double- header against Evansville Reitz on Saturday, May 4, starting at 10 a.m. The La- dy Chargers will host North Posey on Tuesday, May 7, before playing back-to-back road contests at Forest Park on Thursday, May 9, and at Gibson Southern on Satur- day, May 11. Lady Chargers Softball take the win at Vincennes Lincoln PCMS softball teams defeat South Knox Both South Knox and Pike Central were strong in the pitcher's circle Monday, but Pike Central Middle School A team defeated South Knox 2-1. Williams was credit- ed the victory for the Lady Chargers, pitch- ing all five innings, al- lowing four hits and one run, and striking out 13 while walking one. The Lady Chargers had four hits for the night. Karley Kavana- ugh went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead the Char- gers A team. The Pike Central Chargers B team de- feated South Knox 13- 1 on Monday, thanks to seven runs in the third inning. The offensive firepower by the Lady Chargers was led by Loren Hummer, Jaidyn Gogel, Anika Mont- gomery, Macey Still- well, Karley Kavana- ugh and Lexie Onyett, who all drove in runs. Myra Hensler was the winning pitcher for the B team. She pitched three innings, allowing one hit and one run, while striking out five and walking one. PCMS softball teams remain undefeated Chloe Williams was bril- liant in the circle on Tues- day, as she threw a no-hitter to lead the Pike Central Mid- dle School Chargers A team past Vincennes Clark 13-0. Lexie Onyett leveraged Pike Central to victory by driving in four runs. She went 3-for-3 at the plate. Williams was the winning pitcher for Pike Central. She allowed zero hits and zero runs over five innings, strik- ing out ten and walking zero. The Lady Chargers had one homerun for the night when Onyett hit one out of the park in the fourth inning. The A team tallied 12 hits in the game. Macey Stilwell, Madelyn Fiscus, Onyett and Delaney Welch all collected multiple hits for Pike Central. The Pike Central Middle School B team scored tens runs in the first on its way to a 13-1 victory over Vincennes Clark on Tuesday. The Lady Chargers B team was led by Lexie Onyett, Zoey Myers, Myra Hensler, Wren Kabrick, Macey Stillwell, and Karley Kavanaugh, who each had RBIs in the inning. Hensler earned the victory in the circle for the Pike Cen- tral B team. She pitched three innings, allowing two hits and one run, while striking out seven. Kavanaugh went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead the B team. ishing ninth. "I thought we would be able to come out and compete during my first season." "That wasn't the case," Beck added. "We had a team with zero varsity ex- perience and we simply weren't ready." During the 2018 season, however, Pike Central im- proved to 4-12 overall, while placing seventh in the PAC with a 2-6 conference mark. "Last year, we made lots of strides in terms of work ethic and fundamentals, but still didn't win very many matches," Beck said. "Go- ing into this season, I knew this year it was now or nev- er. If we weren't going to taste success this year, then I wasn't sure where we would have gone from here. So far, we have been playing well each night, and have had a chance to win ev- ery match we've been in." Against Heritage Hills: At No. 1 singles, La- dy Charger junior Audrey Keepes defeated Lady Pa- triot junior Karly Sabelhaus 6 -4, 6 -2. At No. 2 singles, Lady Charger senior Nat Bohnert defeated Lady Patriot junior Kya Weatherholt 6 -1, 6 -1. At No. 3 singles, Lady Charger senior Meredith Benson defeated Lady Patri- ot junior Kaci Ayer 6 -0, 6 -1. At No. 1 doubles, the La- dy Chargers' duo of senior Kristen Jansen and junior Shelby Vaughn lost to La- dy Patriot juniors Avery Neff and Mallory Tempel 6 -1, 6 -2. At No. 2 doubles, Lady Charger juniors Chloe Roy and Adair Kabrick defeat- ed the Lady Patriots' duo of junior Liz Gehlhausen and sophomore Emily Patmore 5 -7, 6 -3, 6 -1. In junior varsity singles matches, Lady Charger sophomore Zoey Davis lost to Lady Patriot freshman Erin Schulthise 6 -4, defeat- ed Lady Patriot freshman Emma Jacob 6 -4, and de- feated Lady Patriot fresh- man Hope Hexamer 6 -0. In junior varsity doubles matches, the Lady Char- gers' team of senior Grace Smith and sophomore Ken- ley Beck lost to the Lady Patriots' team of sopho- more Braili Schiaparelli and freshman Kiersten Gogel 6 - 4, and defeated the Lady Pa- triots' team of sophomore Liz Mehling and freshman Kennedy Tate 6 -4. Pike Central, which host- ed North Daviess on Tues- day, April 30, will travel to Wood Memorial on Wednes- day, May 1, and to Washing- ton on Friday, May 3, before returning home to host PAC foe Tell City on Saturday, May 4. UNDEFEATED Continued from page 1 outs. Eli Coleman got on twice with one hit and had two stolen bases, scoring once. Rickard, Church, Rice and Benton each scored twice, and Britton, O'Neal, Cole- man and Draven Huff each scored once. Braxton Rice was three of five with two RBIs and Brennon Benton was two of five with two RBIs. Pike Central coach Joe Cummings commented, "Our boys did not give up, and dug down deep to com- pete, not a picture perfect win, but they are starting to believe in themselves."