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B-2 Sports Wednesday, August 7, 2019 The Press-Dispatch DANCE Continued from page 1 TRAINER Continued from page 1 SPORTS BRIEFS Pike Central 6th grade volleyball practice starts Thursday Practice for Pike Cen- tral's sixth grade volley- ball team will begin on Thursday, Aug. 8 and will be Monday through Friday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Winslow Elemen- tary. There will be trans- fer buses to take athletes from Pike Central Middle School to Winslow Ele- mentary. Parents will pick up at 5:30 p.m. behind the elementary school, between the communi- ty building and school. Practice and game sched- ules will be distributed on Thursday. Athletes must have their physical turned into the athletic depart- ment, along with family ID information complet- ed online before they will be eligible to play. All-Sports Passes available at Pike Central High School Individuals planning on attending a large number of regular season sports contests at Pike Central High School during the 2019 -20 school year can save money on admission fees by purchasing an All- Sports Pass. An All-Sports Pass, which is good for all regu- lar season home events at Pike Central High School, costs $70 for adults, and $50 for students and se- nior citizens. A family package is available, if all passes are purchased at the same time. Fans must pur- chase two adult passes at the regular price, and the student passes for stu- dents in the same family are $10 each. Students will not be al- lowed to use an adult pass to enter the gates. Passes must be shown at the gate of each event, every time. All-Sports Passes will be good for entry into varsity and junior varsi- ty football games, volley- ball matches, basketball games, wrestling match- es, and swimming during the winter; and baseball games, softball games and track meets in the spring. All-Sports Passes can be purchased at the Pike Central High School ath- letic office from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Individuals can earn an All-Sports Pass by signing up and working five gates for each pass. For more information, contact the Pike Central High School athletic department at 812-354-8478, extension 495. Kiwanis golf scramble set for September 7 The annual Petersburg Kiwanis Golf Scramble will take place on Sat- urday, Sept. 7 at Prides Creek Golf Course. The scramble, which starts at 9 a.m., is the Pe- tersburg Kiwanis' top fundraiser for its Chil- dren's Christmas Pro- gram that provides un- derprivileged children in Pike County with gifts during the holiday. Registration is open at the golf course and costs $40 per person or $160 for a team. Can't make the event and still want to help? Sponsor a hole for $100. Make checks payable to Kiwanis and mail to: Dustin Schnarr at P.O. Box 14, Petersburg, IN 47567. For any questions, call Schnarr at 812-295 -8183 or Prides Creek Golf Course at 812-354-3059. Registration is now open for the Join the Herd 5K The inaugural Join the Heard 5K Walk and Run is set for Saturday, Sept. 28. There is a $20 entry fee that includes a buffalo hat. T-shirts are also available for $10, but must be preor- dered by Friday, Sept. 20. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Buf- falo Trace Festival on Sept. 27 and 28. Prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third-place male and fe- male finishers. Registration begins at 8 a.m. the morning of the race, with a 9 a.m. start time. Participants should line up at the Pe - tersburg Police Station on 4th Street. Refreshments will be available after the race and a group photo will be taken. To register, contact Jan- et Graff at 812-354-3001 or janet.graff@amber- manorhc.com. 8th annual Heartland Half Marathon registration now open The 8th annual Heartland Half Marathon is scheduled for Saturday, 21. The event will once again include a half marathon, a 5K and a team challenge. Cash prizes will be given to the top three male and fe- male half marathon finish- ers. First place all receive $500, second place $250 and third place $100. The race will begin at 7:30 a.m., eastern time, in the shadow of the Jasper Train Depot along the Patoka River and will finish in the shade at Dave Bueller Pla- za, just a stone's throw away from the starting line. The hilly, scenic course takes runners through com- mercial and residential ar- eas with challenging peaks midway point, the course largely flattens out through to the finish. The 5K starts and ends in the same location as the half marathon, but splits to take a different course very close to the start of the race. The team challenge is a relay comprised of a four-person team and fol- lows the same course as the half marathon. The first team member will travel 3.8 miles, then pass along a tim- ing chip to the second mem- ber of the team. The sec- ond member will cover 4.05 miles, the third member 2.5 miles and the final member 2.75 miles. The registration fee for the half marathon is $ 60 if registered before Aug. 15, when the fee will increase to $70. The registration fee for the 5K is $25. The reg- istration fee for the team challenge is $100 per team or $25 per team member. Pre-registrants will re- ceive a technical shirt, and the first 500 half marathon registrants will receive a special gift. The Heartland Kids Fun Run and Festival will take place on Friday, Sept. 20 and costs $15 if registered by Aug. 15, when the fee will increase to $20. The race will begin at 6 p.m. from the paved parking area adjacent to Dave Bueller Plaza. Chil- dren ages four to 14 are el- igible to enter the 1.1 mile Kids Fun Run. Those par- ticipants ages four through eight will be required to run with a running buddy, who is age 18 or older. Race registration includes a shirt, participation medal and goody bag. The first 100 participants to register for the Kids Fun Run will re- ceive a special gift. Running buddies are not required to register and therefore will not be charged the race fee. A free training group will meet every Sunday at 7 a.m. at the Downtown Running and Fitness located at 331 Mill Street. This training group is open to the pub- lic and participants are free to run or walk at their own pace. The Heartland Half Mar- athon, 5K and Team Chal- lenge are being coordi- nated by DC MultiSport, a non-profit organization ded- icated to promoting health and wellness while giving back to local communities. Lodging information is being coordinated by the Dubois County Visitors Cen- ter and race-day event volun- teers are being coordinated by Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, the event's corporate sponsor. The majority of the pro- ceeds from this year's race will be given to the Phillip R. Dawkins Heart and Vascular Center at Memorial Hospi- tal to be utilized for new in- tegrative medicine services provided to cardiac patients. Ten percent of the pro- ceeds will go towards the DC MultiSport Endowment to ensure future stability of the organization and to con- tinue in its efforts to give to- ward worthy causes. To register for the heart- land Half Marathon, 5K or Team Challenge, visit www. heartlandhalfmarathon. com. For more information, call Memorial Hospital's Marketing Department at 812-996 -2338. season at Northrop High School in Fort Wayne. "Anytime someone would get hurt, they would tell me to go grab the athletic train- er," Darnall said. "I didn't know what they were at the time, but come to find out, they were a medical profes- sional that works with the active population. I instant- ly looked up to them, and it sounded like something that I definitely wanted to do." Darnell was such a talent- ed athlete that she competed in the high jump at the 2008 Junior Olympics in Detroit, Mich. Her official start date as athletic trainer was Aug. 5, so fans can expect to see her at upcoming practices and games. She plans to live in Peters- burg and said she is excited to learn more about the com- munity. "There is something spe- cial about working in a small town, getting to work one-on- one with athletes and getting to know them and their par- ents," Darnall said. "I really just wanted to come and dive into the community. I want to be immersed and be a part, not only of the Pike Central High School community, but also the entire Pike County community. I plan to try to get out and experience a lot of different things like going to the different family restau- rants and other stuff like that as much as a I can. I'm excit- ed to see what all Petersburg has to offer." Houchins, a physician assistant who's original- ly from Petersburg, said he was thrilled to be back home and looks forward to putting some of the skills he learned in the military to good use in his hometown. "It's just something about home," he said. "It's a great place to raise a family. A great cost of living, but fami- ly is the main thing. It made our choice easy when all of the family is here." Houchins was away from the area from 1997 to 2018 while serving in the Air Force. During that time, he was stationed in St. Lou- is, San Antonio, Colorado Springs, Oklahoma City, Northern California, San Francisco and Germany. He said very early in his military career, he met a ma- jor who was in the operating room. "I found myself wonder- ing what he did because it looked awesome," Houch- ins said. "Well, he was an orthopedic surgeon [physi- cian assistant). So, I started to figure out what it was and kind of working towards that goal, fairly aggressively from there." Houchins said his goal is to provide the Chargers' stu- dent-athletes with the high- est level of service possible. "I'm personally invested in Pike County," he said. "I have a daughter that is an athlete at that school and I have two more kids who are going to come up through that school. The goal is to provide a high- er level of service than what has been given to Pike Cen- tral before." DCH Director of Ath- letic Training and Strate- gic Development Scott Sell said Pike Central athletes will have access to the more than 9,000 square feet of gym space at the facility in Washington that includes an aquatic therapy pool. "If you look at the Division I universities in the state, the Colts and the Pacers, they are all using the same aquat- ic therapy pool that we have," he said. "It has an underwa- ter treadmill with a camera in there. The camera proj- ects up to the television, so that we can watch our ath- letes run, jump and move, and make sure that they are doing it effectively and with the proper body mechanics." The facility also includes customized splinting, which is great for the athletes in sports where they use their upper extremities more, like baseball, softball and the throwers for track and field. "Daviess Community Hos- pital is proud to provide un- paralleled athletic training services to Pike Central," Sell said. "The school's commitment to ensuring the health and safety of its student athletes is second to none. We're honored that the Pike Central athletic pro- grams trust us to help keep their athletes healthy and safe; it's something we'll nev- er take for granted." DCH also provides exclu- sive athletic training ser- vices for Vincennes Univer- sity, Barr-Reeve Schools, North Daviess Schools and Washington Community Schools, and offers numer- ous services including on- cology, urology, nephrology, rheumatology, ophthalmolo- gy, otolaryngology, podiatry, wound care, obstetrics, sur- gery, pediatrics, rehab ther- apy, athletic training and or- thopaedics. mond and second Novice. The following solo dancers received individual awards: Abigail Sutt (Diamond, Elite, fourth place Photogenic and first Novice), Alivia Colema (Two Diamonds and second Novice), Aubrey Sturgeon (Diamond), Ava Sturgeon (Diamond and eighth Photo- genic), Avion Murry (Two Di- amonds and 10th place Photo- genic), Brooklyn Query (Dia- mond), Chloe Willis (Two Dia- mond, third-place Photogenic and first Novice), Emiley Rik- er (Diamond and Elite), Har- lee Bement (Diamond), Kae- bri Yon (Diamond), Kaydee Sims (Elite), Kayelynn Stroud (Diamond and fifth Novice), Kellcyn Riker (Diamond), Kinley Powers (Diamond and Top), Maddy McCandless (Di- amond and ninth place Photo- genic), Novah Williams (Elite and sixth place Photogenic) and Taylor Heeman (Elite). The competition staff in- cludes owner, teacher and choreographer Stacy Haw- kins, assistant teacher Alexa Rayman and office assistant Missy Willis. Open house to sign up for the 2020 season is at the stu- dio on Aug. 12 from 4 to 7 p.m. Stacy's Studio of Dance eight to 10-year-old group takes a picture after the Talent on Parade National Dance Competition in St. Louis from Ju- ly 25 to 30. Front row: Emiley Riker, Avion Mur- ry, Kayelynn Stroud, Ava Sturgeon and Kinley Powers; back row: Novah Williams, Taylor Hee- man, Brooklyn Query and Kaydee Sims. Above: Stacy's Studio of Dance six-year-old and under group poses a photo after the Talent on Parade National Dance Competition in St. Lou- is from July 25 to 30. Front row: Kallcyn Riker, Maddy McCandleuss and Kaebri Yon; back row: Aubrey Sturgeon and Harlee Bement. Right: Stacy's Studio of Dance tiny small group displays their awards after the Talent on Parade National Dance Competition in St. Louis from Ju- ly 25 to 30. Front row: Audi Williams, Kaebri Yon, Aubrey Sturgeon and Mia Query; back row: Maddy McCandless, Harlee Bement and Kellcyn Riker. Mosquito Fest Knocks it out of the park Wiffleball teams faced off all day Sat- urday on two fields at the same time during the Mosquito Fest, with crowds of fest-go- ers looking on and en- joying some fest food and homemade ice cream with the action on the diamonds.