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B-6 Sports Wednesday, October 2, 2019 The Press-Dispatch BOX SCORE SOUTH SPENCER 62, PIKE CENTR AL 12 SS PC First Downs 23 12 Rushes-Yards 32-187 24-22 Passing 225 133 Comp.-Att.-Int. 16 -20 -225 -0 12-26 -133-1 Punts-Avg. 0 -0 4-24.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1 Penalties 12-94 4-25 Time of Possession 20 :15 27:45 SS 35 20 0 7—62 PC 6 0 6 0–12 First Quarter SS — Will Madison 45 pass from Kobe Bartlet (Lucky Kirchgessner kick), 11:00 PC — Wyatt Frasure 24 run (Kick no good), 8:06 SS — Brenden Moore 4 run (Kirchgessner kick), 5:14 SS — Madison 21 fumble return (Kirchgessner kick), 3:28 SS — Ashton Tindle 28 pass from Bartlet (Kirch- gessner kick), 3:40 SS — Moore 2 run (Kirchgessner kick), 1:16 Second Quarter SS — Devon Hughes 7 pass from Bartlet (Kick no good), 11:09 SS — Will Stewart 1 run (Kirchgessner kick), 7:50 SS — Jackson Raff 8 pass from Bartlet (Kirchgess- ner kick), 4:41 Third Quarter PC — Frasure 13 run (Kick no good), 2:03 Fourth Quarter SS — Kayden Duvall 6 pass from Raff (Noah Brun- ner kick), 4:54 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—South Spencer: Rylan Davis 9 -44, Bren- den Moore 7-51, Will Stewart 7-48, Kolton Stevenson 5 - 50, Kobe Bartlet 2-8, Jackson Raff 1- -2. Pike Central: Wyatt Frasure 12-50, Lars Utterback 10 - -44, Connor O'Neal 2-16. PASSING—South Spencer: Bartlett 13-16 -0 -207, Raff 2-4-0 -31. Pike Central: Utterback 12-26 -1-133. RECEIVING—South Spencer: Ashton Tindle 4-102, Devon Hughes 4-17, Raff 2-19, Stewart 2-11, Kayden Duvall 2-16, Will Madison 1-45, Kyle Olmstead 1-15. Pike Central: O'Neal 8 -103, Levi McCarter 3-22, Col- son Dillard 1-8. TACKLES —Pike Central: Frasure 12, Brandon Goeppner 11, McCarter 7, Jaggar Dent 4, Dillard 4, Cody Davis 4, Stephen Kreig 3, Gunnar Earley 3, Ca- leb Zazzetti 3, O'Neal 1. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Pocket Athletic Conference Standings Overall PAC Team W-L W-L PF PA Heritage Hills 6 -0 4-0 262 40 Southridge 6 -0 4-0 225 78 Gibson So. 4-2 3-1 261 122 Tell City 4-2 2-2 152 115 North Posey 2-4 2-3 88 214 Forest Park 3-3 1-3 123 142 South Spencer 1-5 1-4 116 228 Pike Central 0 -6 0 -4 57 301 RESULTS FROM SEPTEMBER 27 PAC Games South Spencer 62, Pike Central 12 Heritage Hills 49, Gibson Southern 14 Southridge 41, Tell City 13 North Posey 24, Forest Park 11 Area Games Springs Valley 64, Crawford County 6 Linton-Stockton 48, North Daviess 14 Vincennes Lincoln 12, North Knox 6 Perry Central 35, Eastern Greene 8 Tecumseh 34, Southside HomeSchool 6 Sullivan 35, Greencastle 7 North Decatur 41, Paoli 0 Mount Vernon 39, Boonville 28 Mitchell 52, Madison 20 Jasper 56, Princeton 7 Evansville North 34, Evansville Bosse 20 Evansville Memorial 27, Evansville Reitz 7 Evansville Central 45, Evansville Harrison 12 Cloverdale 26, Brown County 24 Castle 13, Evansville Mater Dei 0 GAMES ON OCTOBER 4 PAC Games Gibson Southern at Pike Central, 7:30 p.m. South Spencer at Forest Park, 7:30 p.m. North Posey at Tell City, 8 p.m. Southridge at Heritage Hills, 8 p.m. Area Games Linton-Stockton at North Knox, 7 p.m. Paoli at Crawford County, 7 p.m. Tecumseh at Springs Valley, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Vincennes Lincoln, 7:30 p.m. West Washington at Perry Central, 7:30 p.m. Boonville at Princeton 8 p.m. Castle at Evansville Harrison, 8 p.m. Evansville Bosse at Evansville Mater Dei, 8 p.m. Evansville Central at Evansville Memorial, 8 p.m. Evansville Reitz at Evansville North, 8 p.m. the first quarter.. It seemed like deja vu, but the Chargers allowed the Rebels to recover the en- suing kickoff when no one fielded the kick, again. South Spencer added three more touchdowns in the second quarter to go in- to halftime leading 55 -6. "It's Tuesday and I still don't know what's going on [with those kick returns]," Stephens said. "Our kids ran away from it. They know what they're supposed to do. They know it's a live ball. We talked about and we actual- ly employee that strategy where we try to pop up kick. "There is no excuse oth- er than players made a poor play. There is no excuse for it at all. It was very demor- alizing for our team. I wish it wasn't that way, but that's just the truth of what it was." If there is a silver lining to this game, it's that the team played a much closer send- off half with South Spencer edging Pike Central 7-6. "It was nice to see them come out and execute in the second half against those guys, where we are kind of more on even footing with the age of our players," Ste- phens said. "I felt like we didn't mail it in after half- time. We were able to regain our focus and come out and play hard. There was some positive things we were able to do with tempo moving the ball. So I was happy to see that." Frasure added another touchdown run in the sec- ond half. He finished the game with 50 yards rushing and two touchdowns. He was also all over the field on de- fense, making a team-high 12 tackles. "I love Wyatt and the way he plays," Stephens said. "He runs the ball hard. He's not always in the right spot on defense, but he gets there with maximum effort. He has a world of talent. As we mature as an offensive line and unit, I'm excited about what the future holds for that young man." Things aren't going to get any easier for the Chargers the rest of the season, with three very talented oppo- nents left on the schedule. Pike Central will host Gib- son Southern on Friday, Oct. 4 at Weathers Field. The Ti- tans are ranked No. 8 in Class 3A in the latest Indi- ana Football Coaches Asso- ciation Poll. STATEMENT Continued from page 1 Pike Central set to host No. 8 Gibson Southern By Dennis Marshall Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net The Pike Central foot- ball team has the tall task of hosting Gibson Southern (4-2) Friday, Oct. 4 at Weath- ers Field. The Titans are ranked No. 8 in Class 3A in the latest In- diana Football Coaches As- sociation Poll and have one of the top signal callers in the Class of 2020 in Brady Allen. The 6 -foot-5 -inch, 196 -pound sophomore quarterback is one of the most highly recruited play- ers from the area in recent memory. He has already re- ceived offers from Cincinna- ti, Indiana, Purdue and Vir- ginia Tech. It might be the worst pos- sible time to play the Titans as well, considering the team had a running clock put on them in a 42-14 loss to Heritage Hills (6 -0) this past Friday. "They are very talented and prideful team," Pike Central head coach Dave Stephens said. "They do have some youth at some certain spots. The quarter- back position, the dude is all-world, but he's a young guy." Allen is currently sixth in the state with 1,615 passing yards. He has the fifth most touchdown passes at 19 and has thrown just five inter- ceptions, while competing 65 percent of his attempts. The Titans have a lot of weapons for Allen to go to in the passing game. They have five players with over 150 yards receiving. Seth Delong has 20 receptions for 518 yards and eight touchdowns, Logan Murf - in has made 16 catches for 342 yards and three touch- downs, Adam May has 20 re- ceptions for 251 yards and five touchdowns, Mitchell Spindler has 14 catches for 200 yards and a touchdown and Ben Butler has 19 catch- es for 154 yards. Karen Hur- less and Caleb Sellers have also hauled in touchdown garbs for Gibson Southern this season. Spindler is also a danger- ous runner. He's ran the ball 89 times for 534 yards and 10 touchdowns. Owen Bryant and Ben Luttrell have rushed 26 times for 258 yards and 17 times for 114 yards, respec- tively. Each have ran for two touchdowns this season. Max Beadles and Carter Green led the Titans' de- fense. Beadles has made 60 total tackles, while Green has 49 total tackles and two sacks. Colton Stefanich has made three interceptions, while making 32 total tack- les and a sack. Stephens said he has high regard for Titans' head coach Nick Hart, the Gibson Southern program and the way they conduct their busi- ness. "There is a lot to respect with the way they do things there," he said. "We are go- ing to do what we can do and that's focus on us. We are going to focus on the things we need to do. The next two weeks we really want to make sure that we are cleaning up the things that we want to be good at. "We don't decide who gets put in front of us. We can't control our opponent, but we can control our effort level, how we prepare and what we do. It is what it is at this point. We are going to keep plugging away and do the best we can to make im- provements." Pike Central freshman Jaggar Dent makes a tackle on Friday, Sept. 27, at Weathers Field. Pike Central quarterback Lars Utterback drops back to throw, with Gunnar Early blocking for him against South Spencer. Left: Charger defenders Jag- gar Dent and Wy- att Frasure tackle a South Spencer player at Weath- ers Field on Fri- day. Right: Pike Central's Gunnar Early tracks down a South Spencer ball carrier on Friday at Weath- ers Field. Pike Central senior captain Levi McCarter re- covers a fumble against South Spencer on Friday at Weathers Field. Pike Central's Caleb Zazzetti brings down a South Spencer ball carrier in the Rebels' 62-12 win on Friday. Lady Chargers volleyball drops two more By Dennis Marshall Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net The Pike Central volley- ball team's record fell to 4- 18, with two more losses this past week. The Chargers lost 3-2 at Vincennes Rivet on Tues- day, Sept. 24. The Patriots won 17-25, 25 -23, 16 -25, 25 - 14 and 15 -12. Aubrey Keepes led Pike Central with 10 kills, 17 digs and five assists. The Chargers' other lead- ers were Kenzie Powell with nine kills, three aces, 24 digs and 23 assists; Erika Vinnedge with seven kills, an ace, a block, two digs and an assists; Ashlyn Shoultz with seven kills, four aces, 14 digs and two assists; Karysn Pipes with three kills, two ac- es, a block, 19 digs and six assists; Lily Frederick-Rice with two kills and seven digs; Emma Russell with a kill, an ace and two digs; Aubrey Dawson with 21 digs and three assists; Nelly Correll with 16 digs and two assists; Lily Willis with two digs; Maddie Williams with a dig and Jaize Mills with an assist. South Spencer beat Pike Central 3-0 on Thursday, Sept. 26. The Rebels won 25 - 23, 25 -20 and 25 -12. Pike Central's leaders were Dawson with seven kills, an ace, 14 digs and two assists; Keepes with five kills, nine digs and three as- sists; Pipes with four kills, four digs; Frederick-Rice with there kills and five digs; Powell with three kills, two aces, 10 digs and 17 assists; Vinnedge with two kills, a block and an assist; Willis with a kill, an ace and four digs; Correll with seven digs; Shoultz with four digs; Wil- liams with a dig and an as- sist and an assist and Rus- sell with a dig. The Chargers hosted Tell City (14-9) on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Pike Central is on the road Thursday, Oct. 3 at Tecum- seh (19 -7), at home on Mon- day, Oct. 7 against Northeast Dubois (8 -6) and at Heritage Hills (15 -8) on Thursday, Oct. 10 for its regular sea- son finale. The B-Team leaders were Lillian Mann with two kills; Kynlee Franklin with a kill; Brena Potts with a dig; Makyn- na Satterfield with six aces and a dig; Brylee Walker with a kill and Dakota Willis with two digs. The seventh graders also defeated Princeton 25 -17, 25 - 15 on Monday, Sept. 30. "It was a great win against Princeton," Barrett said. "We absolutely needed this as a team to get us back in the right head space. Our communica- tion was a lot better and our passing was more accurate so we were able to hit the ball a lot." Pike Central's leaders were Burns with an ace, three kills, three digs and five assists; Hensler with six aces, two kills and four digs; Hunt with two aces and a kill; Morson with a kill and two digs; Sorgius with three aces, two kills and five digs; Luker with a dig; Rainey with two aces and a kill; Emily Howard with a dig and Mann with a dig. The B-Team also played a short match. "Their skills are really im- proving and they had some great serves and passes," Bar- rett said. "Overall, it was a great day to be a Charger and I'm so proud of all our teams on and off the court." The B-Team's leaders were Mann with a kill and a dig; Sat- terfield with an ace and a dig; Walker with an ace and a dig; and Willis with a kill. 6TH GRADERS BEAT NORTH KNOX Pike Central's sixth grade volleyball team defeated North Knox 2-0 on Monday, Sept. 23. The Chargers A-Team won 25 -7 and 25 -16. "The A Team came out strong in the first set with great serving from Tayrn Fis- cus, Heidi Woodford and Jaelee Loveless," Pike Central sixth- grade coach Stephanie Shedd said. "Everyone continued to play excellent with great serv- ing and passing all around. Sydney Burdette served five great serves and Lila Taylor, just coming back from an inju- ry, served three over with one ace. They came ready to play and worked as a team." The B-Team won 25 -8 and 25 -14. "The B Team also played ex- ceptionally well," Shedd said. "It was a team effort. Emily McGillem played a solid game with great passing and had a positive attitude. Alexis Boyd had an amazing night, serv- ing seven over with one ace. She also moved on the court very well and had some great passes. "Both teams did great. They came off the weekend and played outstanding on a Mon- day, which is hard to do." PCMS Continued from page 4