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B-2 Sports Wednesday, March 11, 2020 The Press-Dispatch COACH Continued from page 1 Email sports@pressdispatch.net SPORTS NEWS? SPORTS SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MARCH 12 Middle School Co-Ed Swimming at Heritage Hills, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 13 Middle School Co-Ed Swimming Diving PAC at Tell City, 5 p.m. SATURDAY, MARCH 14 Middle School Boys' Wrestling PAC at Gib- son Southern, TBA Middle School Co-Ed Swimming PAC at Tell City, 10 a.m. Brody Fiscus wins bout in Tennessee Petersburg youth boxer Brody Fiscus beat an expe- rienced fighter last week- end in Tennessee. Fiscus, competing in his second fight, beat Trenton Cornett, winning all three rounds of the bout. Cornett has fought in several matches and held a belt by another boxing organization. Ten- year-old Fiscus was on his game, despite travel- ing five hours for the bout. "A&B Boxing could not be prouder of his work ethic in the gym. 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Now thru March 14 Athletic Department Store The Best Quality Products at Low Prices Everyday Southgate Shopping Center M.-F. 9:30-5:30; SAT. 9-2 The path to coaching col- lege basketball in NCA A Di- vision I will happen sooner rather than later for me. It is a work in prog- ress, but the com- fortability of turning programs into win- ners with my recruit- ing skills is something I lean on. "I take pride in having the most talent- ed players and finding ways to make it work with a lot of talent and Alphas on one team. I hope to move on to the Division I ranks with- in two seasons or move in to a small college in the ju- nior college ranks as a head coach. My coaching style is clear. Work really hard and always tell the truth. I was not a great player, have no special connections. I try to outwork the competi- tion and always be honest. I think that is why I have signed some of the best re- cruiting classes at the small college basketball level. The players I recruit are typical- ly guys who were four or five star ESPN top 100 athletes who have made mistakes and need second chances, so I work exceptionally hard and always tell the truth. Of- ten times, it is something that they have never had in a coach. "Coaching is something I have want- ed to do since I was seven years old and now I am get- ting to do that the past hand- ful of years. I have gotten to see so ma- ny places and travel all over the country. I cannot thank my former boss Happy Osborne, who was at Ken- tucky Wes- leyan, Jason Roach, my for- mer high school coach, Zach Settembre, my current boss, and my family and friends enough for all their support with my crazy work sched- ule and missing of holidays that I had attended for 18 years. Without them, none of this could have been pos- sible and will not be possible without their support going forward. Noah's family includes a brother, Hunter, and sis- ter, Demi. His parents, Jody and Bruce Croak, reside in Petersburg, where he grew up with friends Tyler Adams and Damon Schnarr. CoachNoah Croak SECTIONAL Continued from page 1 "It is a group of hungry guys who are really excited about next year," said Elliott. Pike Central (35) Ethan Scott 6 0 -0 3 12, Hunter Dehaven 4 0 -0 2 10, Ethan Gorby 0 0 -0 3 0, Sean Hanselman 3 0 -0 1 7, Jaylon Mills 0 0 -0 0 0, Jaden Guth 0 0 -0 0 0, Jersey Mills 0 0 -0 0 0, Gabe Caldwell 0 0 -0 0 0, Colin Craig 2 0 -0 2 4, Pey- ton Howald 0 0 -0 4 0, Kend- ric Sorgius 01 0 -0 0 2, Alex Clark 0 0 -0 0 0. Totals 16 0- 0 16 35. Three-pointers 3 (Dehav- en 2, Hanselman) Washington (76) Gere 1 2-2 0 4, Niehaus 8 5 -5 0 23, Jones 7 20 -0 2 18, Riester 1 1-2 0 4, Mann 1 0 - 0 0 2, 1 0 -0 0 2, Reed 2 3-4 1 7, Sandullo 1 1-1 0 3, Horrall 3 0 -0 0 9, Roach 2 0 -0 1 4. To- tals 27 12-14 4 76. Three-pointers 10 (Nie- haus 2, Jones 4, Riester, Hor- rall 3) Hunter DeHaven shoots a three-pointer against Washington. DeHaven had 10 points in the game. Senior Ethan Scott drives in for two of his team-high 12 points against Wash- ington in the sectional. Jaden Guth puts up a shot in the paint against Washington. Left: Ethan Scott shoots a 10-footer against Washington on Friday night. Gorby named PAC honorable mention Pike Central's Ethan Gorby has been named as an honorable mention for the 2020 Pocket Athletic Conference Boys' Basket- ball All-Conference team. Heritage Hills took the biggest slice of the pie with three All-Confer- ence selections in Simon Scherry, Blake Sisley and Murray Becher. The Pa- triots finished 8 -0, fol- lowed by South Spencer (7-1) and Forest Park (5 - 3). Tell City was 4-4 in conference action, but only had one selection in Devin Pruitt. Tecum - seh (3-5) had the other lone All-Conference pick in Tanner Toopes. South Spencer's Jace Kelly and Michael Donoho, and For- est Park Rangers Drew Howard and Isaac Uebel- hor were named All-Con- ference. Josiah Ricketts and Camden Bender got the nod for North Posey and the 3-5 Southridge Raiders have Colson Montgomery. The 4-4 Gibson South- ern Titans ended up a lot like Pike Central with two honorable mentions. Aidan Neel and Mitch- ell Spindler were named honorable mention, as was Rebel Kobe Bart- lett, Raider Garrett Voe- gerl and Brave Dustin DuPont.