The Press-Dispatch
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B-2 Sports Wednesday, Februar y 26, 2020 The Press-Dispatch Bailey swims lifetime best at Heartland Collegiate Conference Franklin swimmer Quin Bailey, a graduate of Pike Central High School, con- tinued her upward per- formance as a Franklin College Grizzly in three events at the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Con - ference (HCAC), accord- ing to coach Andrew Hen- dricks. "Quin's improve- ment is a testament to her hard work and her charac- ter," said Hendricks. The sophomore once again swam lifetime best times, surpassing what she had already accomplished a season before. Bailey rep- resented the Grizzlies in the 50 freestyle, 100 free and 200 free, with times of 26.80, 58.85 and 2:09.62 re- spectively. "Coming out of high school, Quin was not sure what her future held in terms of college swim- ming, but she has contin- ued a tremendous path to- ward success in the pool and in the classroom." Bai- ley finished 13th overall in all three of her event ats the HCAC meet. Quin is the daughter of Chris and Ketina Bailey, and the sister of Amelia and Levi Bailey. She grad- uated from Pike Central in 2018 and is currently a sophomore at Franklin Col- lege, studying elementary education. While at Pike Central, Bailey participat- ed in swimming, track and was a cross country man- ager. She was also a mem- ber of pep band, marching band, student government and the Riley Dance Mara- thon. She continues to par- ticipate in the Riley Dance Marathon at Franklin Col- lege. Franklin Sophomore Quin Bailey swims three freestyle events for the Grizzlies at the HCAC championships. Photo courtesy Ketina Bailey OCU's Toopes hits career-high 43 points Oakland City Universi- ty senior Tyler Toopes was honored, along with se- niors Becca Sinclair, Brit- tany Miles and Taylor Pem- berton, prior to the last reg- ular season contest that brought about their 10th win of the year. The Pike Central grad shouldered the load in his final regular season game in the crowd- ed Johnson Center fan base, posting a career-high 43 points on 13 of 22 shoot- ing. He hit 14 of 15 from the foul line, picked up a game- high six assists and four blocked shots. He also had a game-high five steals to go with 13 rebounds. The 104-90 win over the visiting Chargers of Southeastern Baptist Col- lege moved Toopes to 1,123 points in his two seasons at OCU. Chuck Cochren is the only other two-year OCU player with more points than Toopes, stand- ing at 1,236 from 1987-89. Toopes scored the second most points (692) in a sin- gle season by a Mighty Oak, just 26 points behind the 718 scored by all-time record holder Jim Flem- ing during the 1971-72 season. With his 43-point effort, Toopes moved up to 27th on the all-time scor- ing list, passing Brandon Hopf (1,084, 2008 -10), Eric Sanders (1,104, 2003), Kev- in Broughton (1,115, 1982- 86), and Brandon Morton (1,120, 2011-15). His average 25.6 points per game is tied for third overall with Fleming's his- toric season, trailing Ray Raesner, who scored 25.8 in 1956 -57 and Larry Har- ris, who holds the record of 26.0 during the 1970 - 71 season. Toopes and the Mighty Oaks will play host to the NCCA A Mid-East Regional Tournament, with seedings and game times to be determined, accord- ing to Assistant Athletic Di- rector David Hose. Chargers comeback falls short at FP By Andy Heuring Pike Central roared back from a 15 -point deficit in the second quar- ter to take a five-point lead late in the third quarter, but couldn't hang on as they lost 57 to 49 to Forest Park on Sat- urday. Ethan Gorby's 20 points helped lead the Charger's comeback as they got hot from the three-point line. Gor- by was blistering hot as he shot 70 per- cent from the floor. He made three of five three-point shots and four of five from two-point range. As a team, the Chargers hit 57 percent from three- point range to fuel their comeback. Pike Central fell behind 7-0 to start the game. It wasn't until the 4:57 mark that they got their first points, when Gorby rebounded a Peyton Howald miss and got fouled on his shot. Gor- by hit both free-throws. Gorby then scored off another Howald miss at the 3:26 mark to make it 9 -4. Gorby's hot streak continued as he ripped the nets with a three-pointer just before the buzzer of the first quar- ter to pull the Chargers to within 16 -8. Forest Park went on another 7-0 run in the first three minutes of the sec- ond quarter and extended their lead to 23-8. A nice feed from Sean Hanselman to a cutting Alex Clark for a score broke the Charger drought to make it 23-23 with 5:02 to play in the half. Gorby then scored the Chargers' next eight points to make it 23-18 at the 2:03. Gorby hit a jumper with 10 seconds left to make it a 21-26 game at halftime. He had 17 of the Chargers 21 points at halftime. Pike Central's charge continued in the third quarter. Howald start- ed the Charger scoring by dropping a three-pointer 40 seconds into the quarter to make it 26 -24. Forest Park stretched it back to 30 - 24 on consecutive baskets. But the Chargers weren't done. Ethan Scott hit a three at 5:02 to make it 27-30 and Gorby then tied it when he got his shot to fall while be- ing fouled on a drive. He then made the free-throw to tie it at 30 -30 with 4:01 left. Howald's second three of the quar- ter gave Pike Central their first lead 33-32 at the 3:30 mark. Jaden Guth upped that lead to 35 -32 with 3:05 left. "We started Peyton tonight. He had a couple of freshman mistakes early, but I've got a lot of confidence in him. He stepped up and hit two pretty big threes," said Coach Elliott. Elliott said the Chargers' turn- around was a change in their aggres- siveness and attacking pressure from Forest Park. "We have been preaching when they (opponents) apply the pres- sure, we need to attack. They don't want to let us shoot. We have been kind of backing up from the pressure and playing passively. We did a much better job of attacking Forest Park's pressure." Specifically, Elliott said they start- ed putting the ball in Hanselman's hands, and letting him drive the ball and then kick it to a cutter or shoot- er. "That was working for us," said El- liott. Forest Park is a strong team that is 14-8 on the season. A fter having them on their heels for much of the second quarter and the first half of the third quarter, the Rangers began to find their footing. Then went on another 7-0 run and to make it 39 -35. Gorby rebounded his miss with 1:15 left and found Scott, who drilled his second three-pointer of the quarter to make it 39 -38. It was as close as the Chargers would get the rest of the game. Pike Central fought back and a three-pointer by Hanselman with 2:24 left got the Chargers to 49 -47. Colin Craig had fouled out and Gorby would exit, which allowed the Rangers to ex- tend their lead to the final score of 57- 49. "I thought we played really well. It was one of the best games we've had, definitely against a very good oppo- nent," said Elliott. VARSITY Pike Central (49) Ethan Scott 2 0 -0 3 6, Ethan Gorby 7 3-3 5 20, Sean Hanselman 2 1-2 4 6, Jaden Guth 1 2-2 2 4, Peyton Howald 2 0 -0 2 6, Alex Clark 1 0 -0 0 2, Colin Craig 2 1-2 5 5. Totals 18 7-9 19 49. Three-point shooting 8 (Scott 2, Gorby 3, Howald 2 Hanselman ) Forest Park (57) Engler 1 2-2 3 4, Uebelhor 6 1-2 3 13, Howard 6 4-5 3 17, Nalley 2 3-4 1 7, Leonard 0 2-4 2, Jacob 2 2-2 1 6, C. Ue- belhor 0 1-2 1 1, Hagedorn 3 2-2 1 8. To- tals 20 19-23 15 57. Three-point shooting 2( Englert, Howard) JUNIOR VARSITY Pike Central (43) Aden Brown 3 0 -0 1 6, Garrett Boyd 1 0 -0 3, Kendric Sorgius 3 2-3 2 8, Al- ex Clark 3 0 -0 0 7, Hunter Traylor 2 2- 2- 3 6, Ashton Evans 1 2-3 2 4, Jeremi- ah Johnson 0. 0 -0 1 0, Connor Young 0 0 -0 2 0, Branden Howald 2 1-2 1 6, Peyton Howald 2 0 -0 5 4. Totals 17 7- 10 20 43. Three-point shooting 2 (Howald, Clark) Forest Park (55) Klem 3 0 -5 2 6, Kerber 1 0 -0 3 3, Rothgerber 2 0 -0 1 4, Wolf 4 2-7 2 12, Winkler 2 0 -2 0 5, Hasenour 1 1-4 1 4, Teeter 3 2-3 2 8, Weisheit 2 1-2 1 5, Bow- man 2 2-2 3 6. Totals 22, 8-24 15 55. Three-point shooting 3 (Kerber, Winkler, Hasenour) JASPER TOO MUCH FOR CHARGERS Pike Central got steamrolled on Fri- day night by a bigger, stronger Jasper team that beat the Chargers 62-29. Pike Central started out competitive as Ethan Scott scored on a short jump- shot to make it 2-0 at the 6:45 mark. Jasper then started hitting and ran off seven straight points. Reece Day's layup at the 5:11 mark made it 7-2. Jaylon Mills had a nice drive along the baseline that he finished with a re- verse lay-up to make it 11-7. But then Jasper started knocking down threes. Isaac Day hit two threes on consecutive possessions and then Caleb Burger hit the Wildcats' third three in a row. It gave them a 20 -7 lead with 50 seconds left in the first quarter. Scott scored near the end of the quarter to make it 20 -9. Scott led the Chargers with nine points on the night. The second quarter continued Jas- per's dominance. If Pike Central packed it in, Jasper hit threes. If the Chargers tried to stop the outside shooting, the Wildcat bigs took advantage. The first half ended with Jasper lead- ing 32-11. Jasper forward Quentin Harmon scored 8 of his 18 points in the third quarter as the Wildcats pounded the ball in to him. Scott hit a three with four minutes to go in the third, followed by Peyton Howald hitting a 10 -footer to make it 18 -37. Pike Central couldn't close the 20 -point gap as Jasper was just too strong for them. The win made the Wildcats 16 -5 on the season. "If that game didn't show you how important it is to get stronger in the weight room, I don't know what will. They ( Jasper) weren't overly big as far as height, but they were strong and physical," said Elliott. VARSITY Jasper (62) Day 4 0 -0 0 10, Erny 5 0 -0 0 10, Stamm 0 2-4 2 2, Kabrick 3 0 -0 0 6, Burger 2 0 - 0 0 6, Hopf 1 0 -0 2 2, Schmitt 1 0 -0 0 2, Heim 1 1-2 0 3, R. Day 1 0 -0 0 2, Har- mon 7 3-3 1 18, Goodhue 0 2-2 0 2. To- tals 25 8-11 5 62. Three-point shooting: 4 (Day 2 Burg- er, R. Day) Pike Central (29) Ethan Scott 4 0 -0 3 9, Ethan Gorby 2 1-2 4 6, Sean Hanselman 2 0 -0 0 5, Jay - lon Mills 2 0 -0 1 4, Jaden Guth 0 0 -0 1 0, Peyton Howald 1 0 -0 0 2, Alex Clark 1 0 -0 1 3, Colin Craig 0 0 -0 2 0. Totals 12 1-2 12 29. JUNIOR VARSITY Pike Central (27) Aden Brown 3 0 -0 0 7, Garrett Boyd 0 1-2 0 1, Kendrick Sorgius 2 0 -0 1 6, Al- ex Clark 2 1 0 -0 5, Hunter Traylor 0 1- 2 0 1, 2 0 -02 1 4, Branden Howald 1 1- 2 1 3, Peyton Howald 1 0 -0 1 2. Totals 10 3-8 5 27. Three-point shooting 4 (Brown, Sor- gius 2, Clark) Jasper (62) Ahlbrand 0 0 -0 2 0, Henke 2 0 -0 1 4, Buechler 3 0 -0 2 6, Englert 2 0 -0 1 4, Erny 2 0 -0 1 4, Leonard 3 0 -0 1 7, Mun- dy 4 0 -0 0 10, Foley 4 0 -0 0 8, Heichel- bech 8 3-3 1 19. Totals 28 3-3 9 62. Three-point shooting 3 (Leonard, Mundy 2) Charger Ethan Gorby goes up for two of his 17 first-half points be- tween two Forest Park defenders. Gorby had a game-high 20 points for the Chargers in their 57-49 loss. Colin Craig pulls down a rebound in traffic against Forest Park on Saturday night. He had five points in the game. Sean Hanselman goes up for a layup against Jas- per. Hanselman had five points for the Chargers. Charger Ethan Scott drives the lane for a layup against Jasper on Friday. Scott had a team-high nine points in the game.