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August 26, 2020

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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, August 26, 2020 B-3 Middle school tennis is 1-4 at Forest Park By James Capozella Pike Central Middle School tennis kicked off the season with a trip to Forest Park on Saturday, winning number three singles and coming very close on number one singles. Eli Arnold claimed the sol- itary win at number three singles for the Chargers and Parker Knust was nipped 7-8 in the number one match-up. J.J. Bellmore lost his num- ber two singles match 2-8, while Jaden Bolin and Carter Blackwell fell to the Rangers 1-8 at number one doubles. Na- te Carter and Adon Lemond teamed at number two dou- bles, dropping a 3-8 decision. Coach Phil Knust com- mented, "This was our first match of the season. We got a win from Eli Arnold at num- ber three singles and we had a close one at number one sin- gles for Parker Knust playing an hour and 40 minutes in a 7-8 loss. "For our doubles teams, we are trying to find the right combination of players and teams. Just like last year, we are rotating 4-5 guys in the two varsity doubles spots to try and get one or hopefully two wins per match at these spots. We are looking for play- ers to step up in these spots for doubles so we can have our teams set." Coach added, "We have a lot of new players this year. They got some good experience at the first match. Even though we lost a lot of the matches, we gained valuable experi- ence. The players need to al- so learn from their mistakes and know what they have to work on to get better." All eight second round matches were losses, includ- ing three singles matches: Jaden Bolin (2-8), Nolan Bai- ley (4-6) and Tyler Collins (2- 6). Doubles matches includ- ed J.J. Bellmore and Carter Blackwell (4-6), Nate Carter and Eli Arnold (4-6), Nolan Bailey and Tyler Collins (3- 6), Cody Carter and Eli Keek- er (0 -6, 1-6) and Cade Benner and Linkyn Knust (0 -6, 0 -6). FOOTBALL Continued from page 1 Pike Central boys best Bosse 5-0 Reitz claims 2-0 win Pike Central boys' varsity soccer notched a 5 -0 win on a road trip to Evansville Bosse last Friday, with Connor Young scoring twice on the night. Three others scored and Peyton Howald was in goal for the shut-out with five saves. The boys jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first half and added two more for the season opening 5 -0 final. Charger head soccer coach Jacob Western said, "It was a nice win to start the season. Proud of the effort. Goals were scored by Connor Young (2), Devin Carlisle, Jo- ey Ridao and Isaac Burdette. Assists were two by Garrett Boyd and one each by Isaac Burdette, Joey Ridao, Hunt- er Capehart and Connor Young." At home on Saturday, the boys suffered a 2-0 loss af- ter holding F.J. Reitz to 0 -0 in the first half. Coach Western said, "It was a 2-0 loss to a re- ally solid Reitz team. A great game for us to learn from be- fore some tough conference games. Peyton Howald made seven saves on the day. Evan Conder and Ethan Meadors played really well today off the bench." Boys' soccer edges Mt. Vernon 1-0 Success came on both of- fense and defense for boys' Charger soccer while on a road trip win on the pitch be- longing to a tough Mt. Ver- non team. The Chargers fin- ished a scoreless first half and then got the only score in the contest by freshman Ethan Meadors, assisted by Joey Ridao. Coach Jacob Western was pleased, stating, "This was a huge conference win over a really good Mount Ver- non team. Everyone played their hearts out for 80 min- utes. The goal was scored by freshman Ethan Meadors, with the assist from Joey Ridao. Peyton Howald made a bunch of big plays in goal, finishing with 14 saves." COVID-19 Bass Tourney won by Brock and Braunecker Last week's 63 Group COVID-19 Bass Tourney was won by the team of Keith Brock and Josh Braunecker at Prides Creek. Beau Dillon and Isaac Ross placed second, and Alan Faith and Kenny Osgatharp were third. Keith Brock had the big bass win. The next tourney takes place at Glendale. and 75 yards rushing for a to- tal offense of 161 yards. We had just 39 plays due to turn- overs. Brown County ran 88 offensive plays." Coach said he didn't nor- mally look at fumbles, flags, errors and injuries with re- spect to winning or losing, but those things "are not some- thing I anticipated" and need to be worked out. Stephens added, "A fter our lead, we were three and out, a fumble on the kick off, fumble on the first carry and then an inter- ception. Five plays and three turnovers. "I was happy with Lars and happy with the way we carried the ball. I was pleased with Ar- ri McDonald, a freshman at cornerback, also with Braden Howald. He had seven tackles and that key interception. He made some big contributions before the injury at the end of the second quarter." Last year, the Brown Coun- ty Eagles hosted the Char- gers and scored five first-half touchdowns on their way to a 41-19 season opening win. The Charger ground game was big- ger, but the Eagles soared with 233 yards passing and no fumbles or punts. Fra- sure rushed for 110 yards, Utterback was 10 of 18 with two interceptions for 141 yards and Connor O'Neil with six receptions for 113 yards and two TDs. Fra- sure had the other score on a 31-yard run. The Chargers take on the Tecumseh Braves at Lynnville this coming Fri- day starting at 7:30 p.m. Conference games in- clude: South Spencer on September 4, Southridge on September 11, Wash- ington September 18, Tell City October 2, Forest Park October 9 and North Posey on October 16. The Rebels, Hatchets, Marks- men and Viking contests are road trips. This year's team fea- tures five seniors in Gar- rett Boyd, Lars Utterback, Colson Dillard, Cody Davis and Stephen Krieg. Four- teen freshmen will be con- tributing, along with five juniors and six sopho- mores. The Charger Middle School tennis players, pictured, but not in order, include: Parker Knust, J.J. Bell- more, Eli Arnold, Jaden Bolin, Carter Blackwell, Nate Carter, Adon Lemond, Nolan Bailey, Tyler Collins, Cody Carter, Eli Keeker, Cade Benner and Llinkyn Knust. Charger sophomore Tyrus Schoppenhorst (81) ties up an Eagle runner in an open field sweep. James Capozella photos Above: Charger fresh- man Julian Gish (3) made some headway carrying the ball against a strong defense in the Brown County Eagles. Right: Char- ger head foot- ball coach Dave Stephens discusses line tactics with several play- ers, includ- ing sophomore Isaac Marchi- no (74) and junior Adon Sanchez (59) during the Brown County contest on Fri- day.

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