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A-8 Wednesday, April 22, 2020 The Press-Dispatch SPORTS Submit sports items: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: sports@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg SPORTS BRIEFS DNR postpones urban catfish stocking DNR's urban catfish stocking pro- gram will postpone some catfish stock- ing scheduled for April and September. The urban catfish program stocks catch- able-size channel catfish ranging from 14 to 18 inches into 10 water bodies lo- cated in designated urban areas around the state. An estimated total of 5,000 channel catfish will be stocked this year, with 10 lakes scheduled to receive 2,000 fish in late April-early May and 1,000 fish in early June. The other 2,000 fish will be stocked in Late September. Because the catfish will be withheld from stock- ing longer, they will also be larger at the time of stocking. The two lakes in Evansville are Dia- mond Valley Lake (Diamond Valley Park) and Garvin Park Lake (Garvin Park). The two lakes in Terre Haute are Dobbs Pond (Dobbs Memorial Park) and Ma- ple Avenue Lake (Maple Avenue Nature Park). For a complete list of lakes to be stocked go to wildlife.IN.gov/7508.htm. The final stocking of catfish in these lakes will coincide with the third and fi- nal free fishing day of this year on Sep- tember 26. Catfish are easy to catch, don't require expensive gear or equipment and are at- tracted to strong-smelling baits such as night crawlers, chicken livers, shrimp, stinkbait or cut hot dogs. Fishing and hunting licenses updates All 2019 -2020 basic hunting, basic fishing, hunt/fish combo, youth licens- es and stamps set to expire March 31, 2020, will be valid for use until Friday, May 22, 2020. Please maintain a printed or electronic copy with you while hunt- ing/fishing. If you do not have a valid 2019 -2020 an- nual license or stamp, a new 2020 -2021 annual license will be needed. For the upcoming 2020 spring wild turkey season, hunters will need a 2020 spring turkey license and valid gamebird habitat stamp. Licenses can be purchased by visiting the Indiana Fish & Wildlife Online Li- cense System, open authorized license vendors, or calling the Indiana DNR Cus- tomer Service Center at 877-463-6367, Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. DNR-managed reservoir facilities remain open The Indiana Department of Natural Re- sources operates Brookville, J.E. Roush, Salamonie, Mississinewa, Cecil M. Hard- en (Raccoon SR A), Cagles Mill (Lieber SR A), Patoka and Monroe lake recrea- tional facilities and services through long-term leases with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which con- structed them. All Indiana DNR-managed facili- ties at the lakes listed, including camp- grounds, wildlife areas, boat ramps, na- ture centers, property offices, and oth- er public facilities and services remain open at this time. The USACE manages the dams, water levels and acreage immediately around the dams. The public facilities managed directly by the USACE at or below the dams at these lakes (tailwater areas, ob- servation mounds, etc.) are closed. By James Capozella Press-Dispatch Sports sports@pressdispatch.net Two Pike Central seniors are missing out on their final year of tennis through no fault of their own. The Coronavirus pandemic has put an end to all spring sports before the teams even got going with spring practice. Audrey Keep- es and Adair Kabrick will gradu- ate with many laurels, praises and successes, but without the experi- ences that are a part of high school graduation and competing on the courts in their last season of ten- nis. AUDREY KEEPES Lady Charger senior Aubrey Keepes said, "I am heartbroken that I will never play another ten- nis match for Pike Central, but I am thankful for the time I was able to spend as part of the team. Tennis was one of the best parts of my high school years, and it's very sad to have my last season taken away. I will miss my teammates and Coach Beck very much. I am also devastated that my days as a high schooler are over, because I will miss going to school with my friends and being a member of the Swing Choir, which has gifted me with many friendships and memo- ries in the last four years." Audrey is the daughter of Gary and Jill Keepes, of Petersburg, and has played in both tennis and vol- leyball for four years. She plans to attend Indiana University in the fall, majoring in speech therapy. Keepes was a four-year Swing Choir member, a member of the National Honor Society, student government and participated in school musicals for four years. Her hobbies are spending time with friends, playing piano and going to her grandparents' house. ADAIR KABRICK Adair Kabrick is the daughter of Ty and Brandi Kabrick and is one of two seniors on the Lady Char- gers tennis team. She plans to at- tend Western Kentucky Univer- sity to major in exercise science, then get a doctorate in occupation- al therapy. She said she will miss the friend- ships she has made at Pike Central and is thankful to everyone who has made her high school experi- ence one to remember. COACH BRENT BECK Lady Charger tennis coach Brent Beck reflected on the van- ished spring sports season, "As far as this season goes, this is just a microcosm of what is going on in everyone else's life right now. It's opportunity lost. It's not being able to do the things that we live for. It has been an enormous disappoint- ment for everyone involved in ath- letics here at Pike Central, espe- cially for our senior athletes. "I feel bad for the kids. We miss being on the court every day. But such is life, and sometimes you're dealt a hard lesson, and this cer- tainly qualifies. When it comes down to it though, I have some kids who are pretty resolute, and they will be fine in the long run. Our se- niors have been without a program since middle school. "They have grown as individuals both on and off the court, and had nothing to prove to anyone on the court this year. They did that last year by getting everyone's atten- tion they competed against. They will be just fine, and will continue to be successful in whatever paths they choose. We also have some returning players, as well as fresh new faces. The future is bright for our team, but it's just on hold for now. We are certainly looking for- ward to getting back on the court as soon as we can." LADY CHARGER TENNIS OVER EARLY FOR TWO SENIORS Hoover bags first turkey Five-year-old Maxx Hoover, of Petersburg, got his first turkey on Satur- day, April 18, the opening morning of the youth spring turkey season. His turkey weighed 23.2 pounds and had a 10.5-inch beard, 7/8th-inch spurs and a 4.5-inch snood. 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