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B-2 Sports Wednesday, December 11, 2019 The Press-Dispatch Call us at 812-354-8500 or email sports@pressdispatch.net GOT SPORTS NEWS? Charger cheerleaders host awards banquet night By Dennis Marshall Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net The Pike Central High School cheer- leaders recently held their awards ban- quet for the fall season. The event was held at the club- house at Prides Creek Golf Course on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Each cheerleader who earned a var- sity letter was recognized. They in- cluded Madyson Satterfield, Peyton Thorne, Lexie Neese, Emma McK- inney, Carlie Halbrader, Macken- zie Woodland, Kayla Cannon, Jillian Bailey, Haven Longest, Jenna Mey- er, Grace Brandle, Chloe Willis, Alys- sa Young, Caitlyn Tyree and Hannah Cassada. Meyer was presented with the Ac- ademic Award for having the high- est grade point average on the team during the fall season. Longest earned the Kiwanis Men- tal Attitude Award, which was selected by her teammates for displaying great character, teamwork and compassion. Pike Central cheerleading coach Ja- mie McKinney said since cheerlead- ing is a two-season sport, final awards will be given after the winter sports season. Jenna Meyer and Haven Longest stand for a photo during the Pike Central cheerleader's fall awards banquet on Wednesday, Dec. 4. at Prides Creek Golf Course. Meyer earned the team's Academ- ic Award and Longest received the Kiwanis Mental Attitude Award. The Pike Central cheerleaders who earned their varsity letter during the fall season gather for a photo during their awards banquet at Prides Creek Golf Course on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Pike Central swimming competes at Tecumseh Relays By Dennis Marshall Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net The Pike Central swimming teams competed at the Tecumseh High School Kolin Clutter Memo- rial Swimming Relays on Satur- day, Dec. 7. Both of Pike Central's teams had nice showings with the boys' plac- ing second and the girls' finishing third. "These relays are a chance for the swimmers to have a little fun and swim relays they will not see the rest of the season," Pike Cen- tral coach Travis Cochren said. "We use this as an opportunity to test some of our swimmers in dif- ferent strokes and events." Gibson Southern won the boys' division with 104 team points. Pike Central finished with 70 and was followed by Tecumseh (34), Forest Park (28) and Evansville Christian School (18). "We were missing a strong se- nior to SAT testing," Cochren said. "Add him back into the mix, and we could have been right up there knocking on the door with Gibson Southern in these relays." The boys won two events. Draven Readle, Isaac Burdette, A J Hill and Brayden Cooper won the 400 -yard medley relay in 5:10.84 seconds; and Coleman Henson, Readle and Burdette won the 150 breaststroke relay in 1:50.31. The Chargers had four teams earn silver: Burkhart, Readle and Cooper were second in the 150 butterfly relay in 1:41.57; Bur- dette, Readle and Henson were second in the 150 backstroke re- lay in 1:48.91; Cooper, Henson, Burkhart and Hill were second in the 400 freestyle in 4:13.75; Coo- per, Burdette, Henson, Readle, Michael Burkhart, Noah Russell, Hill and Tyler Kirby were second in the 400 (8x50) freestyle relay in 3:56.62. Theising, Russell, Hill and Kir- by, and Theising, Burdette, Rus- sell and Kirby were fourth in the 200 freestyle relay and the 200 medley, and freestyle relay, re- spectively. Kirby, Theising, Burdette and Russell were fifth in the 250 free- style relay. Gibson Southern also won the girls' division with a score of 143. Tecumseh was second with 70 and Pike Central was third with 57. The Chargers were followed by Forest Park (26) and Evansville Christian School (20). The Pike Central girls also won two events. Madison Riley, Jillian Bailey, Emma McKinney and Jen- na Meyer won the 200 medley and freestyle relay in 2:15.06, and Ri- ley, Avery Hunt and Bailey won the 150 backstroke relay in 1:48.72. The girls had two teams place second, third and fourth. Riley, McKinney, Meyer and Hunt fin- ished second in the 200 medley re- lay with a time of 2:20.24; McKin- ney, Meyer, Bailey and Hunt were second in the 400 freestyle relay in 4:54.92; Hunt, Sarah Fenwick, Shelby Keeker and Kayla Gladish were third in the 200 freestyle re- lay with a time of 2:24.86; Riley, Keeker, Bailey, Morgan Sallee, Hunt, Fenwick, Meyer and Glad- ish were third in the 400 (8x50) freestyle relay in 4:40.74; Meyer, Sallee and Bailey were fourth in the 150 butterfly relay in 2:08.27; and McKinney, Sallee and Keek- er were fourth in the 150 breast- stroke relay. Gladish, Sallee, Fenwick and Keeker were sixth in the 250 free- style in 2:35.05. "Despite missing two of our strongest swimmers to SAT test- ing, we placed third overall in the relays, coming in just three points shy of second place," Cochren said. "We easily could have tak- en the second place finish with a better outcome in one single relay. If you add the two swimmers we were missing, we would have made a much stronger push for first, but may have still not caught up with Gibson Southern." CHARGERS COMPETE IN TRIANGULAR AT BOONVILLE Pike also competed in a triangu- lar meet with Boonville and Gib- son Southern on Thursday, Dec. 5 at BHS. Boonville won the boys' divi- sion with 157 team points. Gibson Southern was second with 85 and Pike Central was third with 75. "Boys fell to third, but with a couple changes and better fin- ishes, (they) easily could have moved up into second," Cochren said "They swam a pretty strong meet. With a little more work in the pool and building them up, we will see their results continue to improve." The boys didn't have any indi- vidual winners, but they did have multiple second-place finishers. Readle placed second in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:45.56, and Sam Theising was sixth. Sam Theising was also second in the 100 backstroke in 1:12.40, and Hill was fifth. Cooper was second in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.49, and Kirby was sixth. Cooper was al- so second in the 100 freestyle in 58.15, and Readle was sixth. Cooper, Henson, Theising and Hill were second in the 400 free- style relay 4:14.11. Teammates Burkhart, Burdette, Russell and Readle were sixth. Sam Theising was third in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:18.46, and Isaac Theising was sixth. Hill was third in the 500 free- style in 6:51.41, and Russell was sixth. Cooper, Henson, Burkhart and Hill were third in the 200 relay in 2:10.15. They were followed by the team of Sam Theising, Burdette, Readle and Russell at fourth. Burkhart, Burdette, Kirby and Henson were fourth in 200 free- style relay in 2:00.59. Burdette and Henson were fourth and fifth in the 100 breast- stroke, and Burkhart and Russell finished fifth and sixth in the 200 freestyle, respectively. Gibson Southern won the girls' division with 124 points. Pike Cen- tral was second with 100 and Boon- ville was third with 96. "I believe our girls are very ca- pable of beating these teams when we see them again later in the sea- son," Cochren said. "We had one strong swimmer out Thursday, and with a few line-up changes, I think we could have won this meet." Riley, McKinney, Meyer and Charlotte Dudenhoeffer won the 200 medley relay in 2:19.00. The team of Hunt, Keeker, Bailey and Gladish were fourth. Riley also won the 100 back- stroke in 1:14.78. Bailey was third in 1:20.22. Meyer won the one-meter div- ing competition with a final score of 188.75. Riley was also second in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:30.21, Fenwick was sixth. Dudenhoeffer was second in the 200 individual medley in 2:50.11, Sallee was fifth. Dudenhoeffer was also second in the 500 freestyle 6:40.02, Sallee was sixth. McKinney, Bailey, Meyer and Hunt were second in the 200 free- style relay in 2:06.09. Keeker, Sal- lee, Fenwick and Gladish were sixth. McKinney and Keeker were sec- ond and third in the 100 breast- stroke with times of 1:25.81 and 1:33.46, respectively. McKinney was also third in the 50 freestyle in 29.74, Gladish was sixth. Hunt was third in the 100 free- style in 1:10.62. She was followed by Meyer at fourth. Bailey, Riley, Hunt and Duden- hoeffer were third in the 400 free- style relay in 4:51.53. Keeker, Fenwick, Gladish and Sallee were sixth. The Pike Central girls hosted Evansville Central and Evansville Bosse on Tuesday, Dec. 10. The boys and girls will host South Spencer and Southridge on Thursday, Dec. 12, and Evansville Reitz on Monday, Dec. 16. Draven Readle competes for Pike Central in the 100-yard individual medley on Monday, Dec. 2. Emma McKinney competes for Pike Central in the 50-yard freestyle against Heritage Hills on Monday, Dec. 2. UPCOMING SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11 6th-Grade Boys' Basketball: Boonville at Pike Cen- tral, 6:30 p.m. Men's Basketball: Campbellsville University-Som- erset at Oakland City, 7 p.m. THURSDAY, DEC. 12 5th-Grade Boys' and Girls' Basketball: Barton Town- ship at Winslow, 5:30 p.m. Swimming and Diving: Southridge and South Spen- cer at Pike Central, 6 p.m. 7th- and 8th-Grade Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at Jasper, 6 p.m. Junior Varsity Girls' Basketball: Pike Central at Southridge, 6 p.m. Women's Basketball: Oakland City at Bethel Uni- versity, 6 p.m. 7th- and 8th-Grade Girls' Basketball: Heritage Hills at Pike Central, 6:30 p.m. Varsity Girls' Basketball: Pike Central at Southridge, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY, DEC. 13 Varsity Wrestling: Pike Central in PAC Duals at Tell City, 6 p.m. Junior Varsity Boys' Basketball: Barr-Reeve at Pike Central, 6 p.m. Varsity Boys' Basketball: Barr-Reeve at Pike Cen- tral, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, DEC. 14 Varsity Wrestling: Pike Central in PAC Duals at Tell City, 9 a.m. 7th- and 8th-Grade Girls' Basketball: Dubois at Pike Central, 9:30 a.m. 6th-Grade Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at Princ- eton, 10 a.m. Junior Varsity Girls' Basketball: Evansville Bosse at Pike Central, noon Women's Basketball: Ohio University-Chillicothe at Oakland City, 1 p.m. Varsity Girls' Basketball: Evansville Bosse at Pike Central, 1:30 p.m. Men's Basketball: Ohio University-Chillicothe at Oakland City, 3 p.m. SUNDAY, DEC. 15 Women's Basketball: Ohio University-Chillicothe at Oakland City, 1:15 p.m. Men's Basketball: Ohio University-Chillicothe at Oakland City, 3 p.m. MONDAY, DEC. 16 6th-Grade Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at Oak- land City, 5:30 p.m. 6th-Grade Girls' Basketball: Washington Catholic at Pike Central, 6 p.m. 7th- and 8th-Grade Girls' Basketball: Pike Central at Forest Park, 6 p.m. Freshmen Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at North Posey, 6:30 p.m. Swimming and Diving: Evansville Reitz at Pike Cen- tral, 6:30 p.m. 7th- and 8th-Grade Boy' Basketball: Pike Central at North Daviess, 6 p.m. TUESDAY, DEC. 17 5th-Grade Boys' Basketball: Ireland at Petersburg, 6 p.m. 5th-Grade Girls' Basketball: Petersburg at Ireland, 6 p.m. 7th- and 8th-Grade Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at Forest Park, 6 p.m. Varsity Wrestling: Pike Central and Jasper at Vin- cennes Lincoln, 6 p.m. Junior Varsity Boys' Basketball: Boonville at Pike Central, 6:30 p.m. Men's Basketball: Oakland City at Brescia, 7 p.m. Varsity Boys' Basketball: Boonville at Pike Central, 8 p.m.