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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Februar y 26, 2020 A-7 EAST GIBSON NEWS Submit school news: Email: egnews@ pressdispatch.net Deadline: Noon on Friday Barton Township Elementary Wood Memorial Something Newsworthy? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 GOT SCHOOL NEWS? Email: egnews@pressdispatch.net Trojans pull out a 49-47 at Gibson Southern By James Capozella The Wood Memorial Tro- jans pulled out a 49 -47 win at Gibson Southern Friday night, with a short jumper by Logan Keeker that spun 360 around the rim before it fell, avoiding overtime in a cross-county rivalry win. The Titans were tied up just once at 47 apiece with 2.5 minutes on the clock and led by as much as seven points early in the fourth. Griffin Parke cut it to four, then one with a three-bagger and got to the line for a pair of free throws after Mitchell Spin- dler bagged one of two to make it 47-45 tilt. Parke got the tie in the contest with two crunch- time free throws, but then the two clubs battled the next two and a half min- utes with near misses on both sides, until Wood Me- morial called a second time out with nine seconds on the clock. The Trojans had Parke put the ball in play the second time and he was to get it back, but it ended up Keeker got the shot on a bro- ken play from near the top of the key. Mitchell Spindler attempted a three-quarter length of the court toss to the open man with 2.7 sec- onds on the clock, but Wood Memorial intercepted to run out the clock. Senior Aidan Neel was the top Titan scorer with 12 points, including one three-pointer. Spindler bagged baskets in all four quarters, finishing with 11 markers. Kaden Hurless and Drew Foster each tal- lied eight points and Car- son Brindle had four. Both Brayden Malone and Ethan Reinbrecht had a basket apiece. Wood Memorial was led by Parke with 18, including four threes, two of which came in the 14-7 fourth quar- ter. Keeker finished with 15, and Grant Hale and Owen Day each had five. Titan coach Kyle Runyan commented on the 2.7 sec- onds remaining, "The goal was to get it to Adam. I prob- ably should have had him act like he was going to set a screen and just go get the ball. Instead, we had Kaden coming off that and I think his man saw what was hap- pening and he's the one that got the pitch. Could have drawn it up a little different. There is going to be action on the other side. I should have had Kaden go to our bench corner and have Ad- am go get the ball. The plan was if Kaden is not coming open, then take two dribbles and shoot it. "With 2.7 seconds left, you're kind of limited on what you can do 84 feet from the bucket. It may be something we will look at differently going forward, but we would have had it if I didn't have Kaden coming off that screen. It is what it is. We got ourselves in a dif- ficult situation there. If you throw it down in there, they have to set. The problem is the kids from Wood Memo- rial just outworked us. We got to hold our post, but all our guys have to do a bet- ter job. When the defender starts getting around one way, we have to work up that side and not allow him. We allow way too much and it's everyone. That's something else we have to work on in practice. We made passes in there with the defenders on the high side and we throw it, and they either tip it or get a steal. That's on us reading where the defender is and throwing it. We could have had more touches in there if we made better passes. In the second half, we need- ed to get our guards going up and down, and running. I thought we did an okay job winning the first two quar- ters. We have got the week- end to think about it and come back. We have been played 84 feet the last five of six games and getting great effort, and we make them work for everything they get and we just didn't do it tonight. We had a lot of fans here, a really great turnout senior night and last home game for those four senior guys. Ethan and Adam, Aidan and Mitchell. It's just been wonderful coaching them. I just wish for them and the whole team that we could have came out and had a better effort for the whole team and get the win. I know everyone is disappointed. Come back Monday and practice hard and head to Ferdinand Tuesday." Asked about the out- come after trailing most of the game, Wood Memorial coach Dustin George com- mented, "We had several injuries on the end of the bench and we had to use some guys that are not ac- customed to playing roles they typically wouldn't. Coming into this game, we knew we'd have to slow it down with a shallow bench. Just try to grind this one out. We just kind of got punched in the mouth. They jumped out on us and we didn't re- spond. Our biggest chal- lenge was with guys play- ing new roles. We were not going to steam roll some- body and just take off. We preached just hang in there and try to keep it close. Don't let it spread out and hopeful- ly be there at the end. "We didn't do anything much different in the last couple minutes. We don't have anything for Spindler. He is such a horse down there and so much stron- ger than most players we have run into. We struggled there when they ran it up to 10 points maybe." Asked about the last play, coach said, "We just chal- lenged them to dig deep and find something. They were kicking out to the base line and we were leaving those guys open. As much as I'd like to take credit for the bucket we got there, our play was busted. We had to call a second timeout. We had Griffin (Parke) take it out the second time and he was supposed to get it back, but they did a nice job of taking that away from us and with no timeouts, Logan Keek- er showed how much heart and grit he has to him and he said he didn't have any doubt that it was going down." TITANS FACE BOSSE IN SECTIONAL The Titans drew Evans- ville Bosse in the six-team IHSA A Class 3A section- al and open at Boonville on Tuesday, March 3 at 6 p.m. Evansville Memorial plays Boonville in game two. Her- itage Hills plays the win- ner of game one on Friday, March 6 and Mt. Vernon plays the winner of game two with the championship Saturday. Gibson Southern is 4-2 in their last six outings and just a couple possessions keeping it from six wins in a row going into the Forest Park and North Posey sea- son-closing contests on Feb- ruary 25 and 28 respectively. The Princeton Tigers face off with Sullivan in game two at Vincennes and Wash- ington drew Vincennes in game one. Pike Central got the bye and play the winner of game one. Wood Memorial got the bye and will face the win- ner of the Evansville Day/ Springs Valley contest. Riv- et plays the winner of game two between Northeast Du- bois and Cannelton. TITAN JV VS. WOOD MEMORIAL The Titan JV hustled for a 59 -44 win, but not before Trojan Kaden Newton pulled in 15 of his game-high 24 points in the fourth quarter. Ethan Spindler, Jacob Spin- dler, Ryan Ziliak, Mason Yancey and Jackson Lamb countered with a combined 19 points in the final stanza for the win. Lamb led the team with 16 markers, including four threes, while Ethan Spindler accounted for nine points, and Ziliak and Jacob Spin- dler had eight each. Titan Varsity: 13 14 13 7- 47 Trojan Varsity: 11 13 11 14-49 Titans: Malone: 1 0 0 -0 0 2, Hurless: 3 0 3-2 2 8, Fos- ter: 1 2 0 -0 3 8, Neel: 4 1 1- 1 1 12, Bryant: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Riggs: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Brindle: 2 0 0 -0 2 4, J. Spindler: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, May: 0 0 -0 2 0, Rein- brecht: 1 0 0 -0 2 2, M. Spin- dler: 5 0 2-1 0 11. Totals: 17 3 6 -4 12 47, 13 27 40 47 Trojans: Hale: 2 0 2-1 2 5, Parke: 2 4 3-2 2 18, Keeker: 4 2 1-1 1 15, Day: 1 0 6 -3 0 5, Strickland: 2 0 0 -0 3 4, Col- lins: 1 0 0 -0 0 2, Totals: 12 6 12-7 8 49, 11 24 35 49 Titan JV: 2 24 14 19 -59 Trojan JV: 10 4 11 19 -44 Titans: Reid: 2 0 2-1 4 5, Bryant: 2 0 0 -0 2 4, Shelton: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Hirsch: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Chandler: 3 0 0 -0 1 6, Zil- iak: 4 0 2-0 0 8, Hamilton: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Yancey: 1 0 2-1 1 3, J. Spindler: 4 0 0 -0 0 8, E. Spin- dler: 4 0 1-1 1 9, Beauchamp: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Lamb: 2 4 0 -0 1 16, Toy: 0 0 0 -0 0 0. Totals: 22 4 7-3 12 59, 2 26 40 59 Trojans: Morton: 2 0 0 -0 0 4, Elaman: 3 0 2-1 0 7, Falls: 1 1 4-2 3 7, Newton: 5 4 4-2 4 24, Cooper: 0 0 0 -0 2 0, Elp- ers: 1 0 0 -0 0 2, Krutz: 0 0 0 - 0 1 0, Cargal: 0 0 0 -0 2 0. To- tals: 12 5 10 -5 12 44, 10 14 25 44 WOOD MEMORIAL UPCOMING SPORTS SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26 Boys' 7 & 8 Wrestling vs. Wood Memorial, A, 5 p.m. THURSDAY, FEB. 27 Boys' Varsity Basketball vs. South Knox, H, 5:30 p.m. SATURDAY, FEB. 29 Boys' 7 & 8 Wrestling at Pike Central Invitation- al, A, TBA TUESDAY, MARCH 3 Boys' 7 & 8 Wrestling vs. Princeton Comm., A, 5 p.m. During their library time on Thursday, Feb. 20, vol- unteer staff taught the kids from the STEM kit, The Hy- draulic Claw. The STEM kits were pur- chased with a federal grant called Library Services Technology Act (L STA) Grant through the Institute of Museums and Libraries, and administered by Indiana State Library. Kits were pur- chased for all three elemen- tary schools and Wood Me- morial Jr/Sr High School. Books were also purchased for the libraries. The grant awarded totaled $5,000. Al- so, the school system librar- ies partnered with Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library to make more kits and books available to more students. Students learn about STEM First graders experiment with the hydraulic claw. Shown are (l to r): Paisley Adcock, Gracia Pierce, Madelyn French, Vayda Myers, Kadence Doerner and Brynley Bruce. Third grade students explore engineering with this STEM kit. Pictured are (l to r): Harper Gray, Christian Tkacz, Hailey Deisher, Bryleigh French, Noble Doerner and Richard Gillihan. Barton fourth graders construct a hydrophilic claw during library time on Thursday. Pictured are (l to r): Shawn Heavrin, Beau Stuckey, Cir- ra Lemeron, Zoe Sheets, Emma Pierce and Car- ly Schoonover. Fifth grade students experiment with the STEM hydrophilic claw kit. Shown are (l to r): Jesse Wil- lis, Gage Rush, Kinley Stoffel and Gage Stuckey. Barton sixth graders were taught about hydrau- lics during library time on Thursday. Pictured are (l to r): Lilly Halter, Talan Strickland, Jakob Ew- ing, Sage Miller and Leyla Cargal. BARTON/FRANCISCO/OCE LUNCH MENU Thursday, Feb. 27: Roasted turkey, ham and cheese fb melt, chef salad with roll or ham and cheese, served with fresh fruit and juice. Friday, Feb. 28: BBQ chicken on bun, pizza, pop chicken salad, or peanut butter and jelly, served with fresh fruit and juice. Monday, March 2: Grilled Cheese,Chicken Patty on Bun, Pop Chicken Salad or peanut butter and jelly, served with fresh fruit and juice. Tuesday, March 3: tacos, tenders with roll, chef sal- ad with roll or ham and cheese, served with fresh fruit and juice. Wednesday, March 4: chicken bowl, mini corndogs, taco salad with roll, or peanut butter and jelly, served with fresh fruit and juice. Upcoming events at Oakland City Columbia Twp. Library On Thursday, March 5, from 1-2 p.m., there will be a free adult bingo with small prizes. To help the li- brary plan for prizes, call 812-749 -3559 to let them know if you plan to attend. On Thursday, March 19 at 1 p.m. the library will be working with Thomas Jef- ferson's Monticello to host a live interactive program from Charlottesville, Va. Monticello was the home of Thomas Jefferson, au- thor of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the Unit- ed States of America. The event is free for anyone in attendance. Monticello is more than an architectural icon, it was also a working plan- tation and home to hun- dreds of enslaved people. Educators using a variety of props, maps and images will bring Monticello and some of its rich history to participants during the live event. Library director Julie El- more says, "this is such a unique opportunity where history comes to us, rath- er than us having to trav- el to Virginia. And the op- portunity to have our own private guide is exciting." More interactive programs like this will be available in the future based upon in- terest. For more informa- tion, contact the library at 812-749 -3559.