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B-2 Sports Wednesday, November 20, 2019 The Press-Dispatch UPCOMING SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20 Boys' Varsity Basketball: Evansville North at Pike Central, 7 p.m. (scrimmage) Men's Basketball: Oakland City at Kentucky Wes- leyan, 7 p.m. THURSDAY, NOV. 21 Boys' Middle School Basketball: Pike Central at Her- itage Hills, 6:30 p.m. Girls' Middle School Basketball: South Spencer at Pike Central, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY, NOV. 22 Girls' Junior Varsity Basketball: Pike Central at Wood Memorial, 6:30 p.m. Women's Basketball: Asbury at Oakland City, 7 p.m. Girls' Varsity Basketball: Pike Central at Wood Me- morial, 8 p.m. SATURDAY, NOV. 23 Men's Basketball: Oakland City at Wilberforce, 2 p.m. MONDAY, NOV. 25 Girls' Middle School Basketball: Pike Central at Washington Catholic, 6 p.m. Women's Basketball: Welch at Oakland City, 1 p.m. TUESDAY, NOV. 26 Boys' Middle School Basketball: Pike Central at Haubstadt, 6:30 p.m. Girls' Middle School Basketball: Haubstadt at Pike Central, 6:30 p.m. Girls' Junior Varsity Basketball: Tell City at Pike Central, 6:30 p.m. Men's Basketball: Oakland City at Southern Indi- ana, 7:30 p.m. Girls' Varsity Basketball: Tell City at Pike Central, 8 p.m. 2019 IHSAA SEMI-STATE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT FRIDAY, NOV. 22 Class 6A Ben Davis (8 -4) at Center Grove (7-5), 7 p.m. Merrillville (11-1) at Carmel (9 -3), 7:30 p.m. Class 5A Bloomington South (8 -4) at New Palestine (12-0), 7 p.m. Fort Wayne Dwenger (11-1) at Valparaiso (12-0), 7:30 p.m. Class 4A Hobart (11-2) at East Noble (13-0), 7:30 p.m. Mount Vernon (11-2) at Evansville Memorial (11- 1), 8 p.m. Class 3A Indianapolis Chatard (12-1) at Mishawaka Marian (12-1), 7 p.m. Heritage Hills (13-0) at Danville (8 -5), 8 p.m. Class 2A Western Boone (12-1) at Triton Central (10 -2), 7 p.m. Andrean (10 -3) at Eastbrook (11-2), 7:30 p.m. Class A West Washington (11-1) at Indianapolis Lutheran (12-1), 7:30 p.m. Adams Central (12-1) at Lafayette Central Catho- lic (10 -3), 8 p.m. SPORTS BRIEF Thanksgiving shoot set for Saturday The Sons of the American Legion are hosting a Thanksgiving Red Ryder BB Gun Shoot on Saturday, Nov. 23, beginning at 1 p.m. at the American Legion Post 256 in Oakland City. There will be six turkey rounds, a youth BB gun give- away round and other meat rounds until conclusion. Admission is free and all ages are welcome. There will be a $2 charge per round. There will be indoor shooting rounds, like a shot match. No pellet or better quality guns allowed. Loaner guns will be provided. Lady Oaks ride hot start, balanced scoring to first win By Dennis Marshall Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net The Oakland City women's basket- ball team notched its first milestone of the young season by noting its first win, 102-57, against Lincoln Christian University (0 -3) on Friday, Nov. 15 at the Johnson Center. "A win at any time is great, but be- ing able to do it at home was even bet- ter," Oakland City head coach Shayne Ross said. "We drew energy from the crowd and hope that the brand of bas- ketball we play will encourage people to come out and pack the Johnson Cen- ter the way it was in its heyday." Sophomore guard McKendree Ward scored a team-high 16 points and was one of seven players in double dig- its to lead the Lady Oaks. Oakland City (1-2) started strong by shooting well over 50 percent from the field in the first half and led 56 -29 at the break. "I think it is important to get out fast against any team," Ross said. "I think if you set the tone for the game early on, it lets the other team get a feel for what the night should be like. Some teams will fade if you do that. For us, it was huge for our confidence after a shaky start in our last game." The Lady Oaks cruised in the sec- ond half, outscoring the Red Lions by double figures in the third and fourth quarters. "I thought we shared the ball well and tried to push the pace," Ross said. "We have been talking about the im- portance of ball movement and I real- ly think we did a good job of focusing on that based on 26 assists on the num- ber of field goals we had. We also did a great job of cutting down turnovers, which had plagued us in our first few games." Ward also had seven rebounds, five assists and two steals. Xerena Tomp- kins, Kiare Young, Malia Schmit- tler and Laurin Bently each added 14 points for Oakland City. Schmittler al- so had 16 rebounds. The Lady Oaks' other contributors were Reanne Kietlinski with 11, Tab- by Klem with 10 and Hailey Marchino with nine. Kietlinski also had seven re- bounds and seven assists. "The effort we played with stood out," Ross said. "Even in our losses, the ladies have played hard and tonight was no different. We are really young and for a team to understand that we will have growing pains, but if our ef- fort is there, we have a chance is huge." The Lady Oaks outscored the Red Lions 54-22 in the paint. Oakland City had 34 points off turnovers to Lincoln Christian's nine. The Lady Oaks had 29 second chance points to just eight by the Red Lions, Oakland City's bench outscored Lincoln Christian 39 -5 and the Lady Oaks had 26 more fast break points. Oakland City travels to Indiana Uni- versity-Southeast (6 -1) on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Then the Lady Oaks are back at the Johnson Center against Asbury University (7-1) on Friday, Nov. 22, and against Welch College (0 -1) on Mon- day, Nov. 25. Oakland City guard and Pike Central alumna Hailey Marchino looks to pass during the Lady Oaks' first win of the season against Lincoln Christian on Friday, Nov. 15 at the Johnson Center. OAKLAND CITY MEN TAKE ON WELCH COLLEGE FLAMES Above: Oak- land City center Nath- aniel Schmit- tler prepares to go up for a shot against Welch Col- lege on Satur- day, Nov. 16 at the Johnson Center. Right: Mighty Oaks guard Ja- cob Sanford crosses over a Welch Col- lege defend- er on Satur- day, Nov. 16 at the Johnson Center. Oakland City forward Trevor Eppert works in the post against Welch College on Satur- day, Nov. 16 at the Johnson Center. Mighty Oaks forward Kase Robinson shoots from the charity stripe during the Oakland City's 96-89 victory over Welch College. Former Chargers cheer on the Mighty Oaks Oakland City cheerleaders and former Pike Central Chargers Abigail Sutt, Cassidy Brothers, Mckinzee Key and Brittany Young stand for a photo before the Mighty Oaks' game on Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Johnson Center.