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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, August 7, 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 Dennis Marshall Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net The Pike Central girls' golf team's season went into full swing on Monday, Aug. 5 with a victory over Tecumseh at Prides Creek Golf Course in both teams' season opener. The Chargers finished the nine-hole course with a team score of 223, while the visiting Braves managed a team score of just 243. "I was very pleased with how we did as a team," Pike Central head coach Jarrod Gideon said. "We have a long way to go in a short season, but the girls have progressed a lot over the summer." The Chargers' Hadley Holder earned medalist honors with a 52. "She played well," Gideon said. "I know she would like to be in the mid- 40s, but that will come." Pike Central's Madison Warner fin- ished with a 53 and Nevaeh Lemond, Sophie Carnahan and Emma Rainey each shot a 59. Other golfers from Pike Central were Sydney Boyd (69), Ella McGuire (69), Sydney Loveless, Mabrey Schoul- tz and Grace Goodpaster. Gideon said Shoultz and Goodpaster both did a nice job, but were not able to finish due to time constraints. "All in all, there were far more pos- itives than negatives from our first match of the season," he said. Kylie Gresham was Tecumseh's top golfer with a 55. She was followed by Kennedy Perry (56), Jordan Yates (60) and Jascinda Cross 72. Pike Central will host Washington at Prides Creek on Wednesday. Chargers welcome new athletic trainer PIKE CENTRAL GOLFERS TEE OFF SEASON WITH VICTORY Hadley Holder sinks a putt in Pike Central's 20-stroke win over Tecumseh on Monday, Aug. 5 at Prides Creek Golf Course. Holder also won medalist honors by shooting a 52. Abigail Sutt, Chloe Willis and Alivia Coleman kneel for a photo after the Talent on Parade Nation- al Dance Competition in St. Louis from July 25 to 30. Pike Central's Sydney Boyd attempts a long putt against Te- cumseh on Monday, Aug. 5 at Prides Creek Golf Course. Athletes from Stacy's Studio of Dance stand together for a photo after competing in the Talent on Parade National Dance Competition in St. Louis from July 25 to 30. Front row: Kell- cyn Riker, Sophie Trujillo, Ella Hillyard, Kinley Powers, Novah Williams, Brenna Ridao, Elle Readle and Audi Williams; mid- dle row: Brooklyn Query, Taylor Heeman, Ava Sturgeon, Kae- lyn Weden, Kayelynn Stroud, Ellie Arnold, Emiley Riker, Lind- sey Woods and Kaydee Sims; back row: Avion Murry, Michae- la Ray, Abigail Sutt, Chloe Willis, Maddy Gray, Jerzey Reibold and Alli Hardin. Andy Houchins and Lauryn Darnall stand for a photo at the Daviess County Hospital's CORE Center in Washington on Thursday, Ju- ly 25. Darnall will serve as Pike Central's new athletic trainer. Houchins, a physician assis- tant, will assist Darnall when needed. By Dennis Marshall Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net There will be some new faces on the Pike Cen- tral sidelines this upcom- ing school year thanks to a partnership between the school corporation and Daviess Community Hos- pitals (DCH) to be the ex- clusive provider of athlet- ic training services for the district's student-athletes and sports teams. Lauryn Darnall will be the Chargers' new athletic trainer and she will work approximately 40 hours per week with Pike Central athletes and teams, while Petersburg native Andy Houchins will serve as a physician assistant. "I can't wait to get start- ed," Darnall said. "I just want to emphasize that I am very excited for this op- portunity and to be a part of the partnership between the Pike County School Corporation and the Da- viess Community Hospi- tal." Darnell, originally from Fort Wayne, said her goal is to come in and blow people out of the water with her or- ganization, knowledge and compassion. "That is super important for me," she said "I want ev- eryone to know that I am going to do my absolute best to take care of them because that's what I am there for, and I'm also ex- cited to be a positive role model in the medicine pro- fession for the young men and women at Pike Cen- tral." Under the agreement, an athletic trainer from Daviess Community Hos- pital's CORE Center will be onsite daily to provide med- ical care to Pike Central athletes and teams. This arrangement enables stu- dent-athletes to have max- imum interaction with the athletic trainer whenever an injury or other medical concern arises. Darnell earned her mas- ter's degree from Franklin College in athletic training. Before attending Franklin, she received her bachelor's degree from Trine Univer- sity in Angola, Ind. She ma- jored in exercise science and minored in athletic training while at Trine. "It helped me get a broader background or a different upbringing than I would have gotten just do- ing athletic training," she said. Darnell competed on the track and field, and sideline and competitive cheerlead- ing squads while at Trine. She suffered a serious injury just before cheer- leading nationals her se- nior year. "I got to work with our head athletic trainer multi- ple times a day and she was just so wonderful," Darnall said. "She comforted me mentally and got me ready physically." But this wasn't her first interaction with an athlet- ic trainer. She was first truly in- troduced to athletic train- ers during her senior track WE ARE PROFFESIONAL GRADE uebelhorgm.com 1-800-937-8721 Jasper, IN The competition dancers from Stacy's Studio of Dance recently competed at the Tal- ent on Parade National Dance Competition in St. Louis with 67 other dance studios from July 25 to 30. The studio received the overall Studio Spirit Award on five of the six days of camp. The Tiny Small Group received a Di- amond and al- so won the JoJo Siwa's D.R.E.A.M., the Tour Award, along with $1,000 cash prize and autographed hoodie and bow. Youth Small Group and Junior/Senior Large Group both received a Diamond and National Champions. Mini Small Group received an Elite. Production Team received an Elite and second Novice. Teen Small Group received a Dia- Local dancers compete on national stage See TR AINER on 2 See DANCE on 2 Pike Central's Sydney Love- less tees off from the 7th hole at Prides Creeks Golf Course in Petersburg on Monday, Aug. 5. Chargers' golfer Sophie Car- nahan hits a shot onto the fair- way during Pike Central's sea- son-opening win over Tecum- seh at Prides Creek Golf Course on Monday, Aug. 5. Charger Night set for Friday The second annual Pike Central Football Charger Night will take place at 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 9 at Weathers Field. The variety team will be hosting a celebration of football in Pike County by having a jamboree-type organized intrasquad scrimmage for the en- tire Chargers' program. The scrimmage will have four quarters and will fea- ture athletes from third grade to seniors. Each squad will get 10 plays, with third graders taking on fourth graders in the first quarter, fifth versus sixth in the second, sev- enth against eighth in the third and high schoolers in the fourth. The event is free to the public; howev- er, coaches are asking for donations of sports drinks or water. Any generosity is greatly appreciated.

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