The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, December 16, 2020 B-3 Raiders edge Lady Chargers in final minutes By James Capozella A four-point third quarter contest was manhandled in- to a 49 -37 Southridge win when 6'2" Myah Montgom- ery zinged the nets for 15 fourth-quarter Lady Raid- er markers. Prior to that on- slaught, Montgomery ac- counted for just six of six from the line and some defensive re- bounds. In the final minute of the third, Mallory Hunt had knotted the two teams up at 25 all with a three-point play, but Lady Raider Abigail Kerkhoff scored her second basket of the game for a two-point edge. Montgomery got to the line for two free throws to nudge her team to 29 -25 going into the fourth. Brailey Mills popped a three and then Mallory Hickey got the assist to Kya Leighty, after the hail of baskets hooped by Montgomery. Mills added two from the charity stripe and Kenzie Powell's assist to Mal- lory Hunt got the club to 34- 44 with 1:55 remaining. Mont- gomery swished a three at the one-minute mark and Mallory Hickey sank her second three of the night for the 49 -37 final. Mills led all Lady Charger scorers with, 13 including three treys. Hunt was good for four second-half baskets and finished with 11 mark- ers. Kya Leighty had three baskets and a free throw for seven points, and Kenzie Pow- ell and Hickey each had one first-half three-bagger. Regarding Montgomery, coach Kyle McCutchan said, "We did a good job on her until the fourth and she got loose for a couple drives and hit some jump shots. She is a good player who we looked to contain, but Southridge did a good job of moving the ball on offense. We did miss sev- eral layups and that was the difference. We tied it up at 25 and we hit a rough spot on of- fense for six or eight minutes ant that was when Southridge took control. They had no an- swer for Mallory Hunt on the block and when she went out with foul trouble, our offense stalled." "Our girls executed the game plan defensively pretty well, but you can't go score- less for an extended period of time and beat a quality op- ponent. Our team competes, and we scrap and claw. I love the effort that we play with, but like we preach, we have to execute and compete for four quarters." In the preliminary contest, the Lady Charger JV fell to the Raiders 29 -16 after heading in- to the halftime down 15 -7. A solitary second-quarter bas- ket by Madelyn Fiscus was followed up with one in the third by Shelby Meadows. To- gether, the two amounted to nearly half the team's scoring. Keena Young was responsible for a first-quarter basket, and Tiffany Arteaga, Ruby Sallee and Jamie Sallee finished the fourth quarter scoring. The Raiders were able to maintain their first-half mar- gin, outscoring the Lady Char- gers 14-9 in the second half. Pike Central: 7 12 25 37 Southridge: 10 19 29 49 Lady Chargers: Pow- ell 0 1 0 -0 2 3, Mills: 1 3 2-2 1 13, Hickey: 0 1 0 -0 3 3, Kya Leighty: 3 0 1-1 3 7, Hunt: 5 0 3-1 4 11, Young: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Meadows: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Kelby Leighty: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Welch: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Fiscus: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Arteaga: 0 0 0 -0 0 0. Totals: 9 5 6 -4 13 37. 7 5 13 12-37 Lady Raiders: Nalley: 3 0 0 -0 1 6, Keusch: 3 0 4-3 0 9, Goeppner: 2 1 1-0 2 7, Tempel: 1 0 0 -0 0 2, Montgomery: 4 2 8 -7 2 21, Kerkhoff: 2 0 0 -0 3 4. Totals: 15 3 13-10 8 49. 10 9 10 20 -49 Pike Central JV: 5 7 9 16 Southridge JV: 6 15 21 29 Lady Chargers: Kirk: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Young: 1 0 0 -0 1 2, Leighty: 0 0 1-0 5 0, Arteaga: 0 1 2-1 0 4, Meadows: 1 0 2-0 4 2, J. Sallee: 0 0 2-1 1 1, R. Sal- lee: 1 0 1-0 0 2, Welch: 0 0 2-01 0, Fiscus: 2 0 3-1 2 5, Totals: 5 1 13-3 15 16, 5 2 2 7-16 Lady Raiders: Ky Evans: 1 1 0 -0 0 5, Blessinger: 1 0 0 -0 0 2, Wahl: 0 0 2-1 2 1, Birchler: 1 1 1-0 3 5, Ke Evans: 1 0 0 -0 1 2, Whitehead: 1 0 0 -0 0 2, Wag- ner: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Leathers: 1 0 0 - 0 3 2, Hayes: 0 0 0 -0 3 0, Mar- shall: 4 0 0 -0 1 8, Thompson: 1 0 0 -0 0 2. Totals: 11 2 3-1 2. To- tals: 11 2 3-1 17 29. 6 9 6 8 -29 Lady Chargers nipped by South Spencer Rebels Mallory Hunt and Ken- zie Powell combined for 25 points at South Spencer, but four Lady Rebels got into double figures Wednesday for a 52-45 win on their home court. Mallory Hickey, Kah- le Young, Kya Leighty and Hunt picked it up for the La- dy Chargers in the early go- ing for a 17-point first half, while the Rebels dashed for 29 points going into halftime. The girls outscored South Spencer 16 -11 in the third, with Powell going to the three-ball, and Hunt, Hick- ey and Keena Young netting baskets as well. Down by seven, the girls matched the Rebel scoring in the fourth frame, includ- ing their eight of 11 shooting from the charity stripe. Powell netted her third three-pointer and finished with 13 points, while Hunt added a free throw and a bas- ket in the fourth for a dozen markers. Hickey had four baskets and a free throw for a total of nine points. Kah- le Young stepped in and hit a three-ball and a basket for five points in the first half. Kya Leighty had a basket in each half for four points and Shelby Meadows came off the bench to score a third-quarter basket for two points. Rebel center Trinity Brit- ton scored a pair of threes, two baskets and eight of 10 from the line for a game-high 18 points. Sally Shelton add- ed a dozen markers, and Mol- ly Schulte and Bailey Burns each had 10 points. The Reb- els knocked down 13 of 17 free throws and eight of 11 in the fourth quarter for the seven-point win. Lady Chargers: 9 17 33 45 Lady Rebels: 13 29 40 52 Pike Central: Ka Young: 1 1 0 -0 0 5, Powell: 2 3 0 -0 3 13, Mills: 0 0 0 -0 5 0, Hickey: 4 0 2-1 5 9, Ky Leighty: 2 0 0 - 0 1 4, Hunt: 5 0 5 -2 3 12, Ke Young: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Meadows: 1 0 0 -0 2 2, Ke Leighty: 0 0 0 - 0 0 0, Welch: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Fis- cus: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Arteaga: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Totals: 15 4 7-3 19 45, 9 8 16 12-45 South Spencer: Schulte: 4 0 2-2 2 10, Shelton: 3 1 5 -3 2 12, Britton: 2 2 10 -8 1 18, Burns: 2 2 0 -0 2 10, Young: 1 0 0 -0 4 2, Totals: 12 5 17-13 11 52. 13 16 11 12-52 SEVENTH GRADE BASKETBALL Above: Lane Frederick (#23) clears the basketball to his left while Cameron Roy (#22) is in the middle of the play defending against Jas- per. The seventh played in the first game, but the scheduled eighth grade contest did not take place. Left: Grant Boyd (#5) goes up for a shot during the Pike Central Mid- dle School seventh grade contest last week with Jasper. Lady Charger Brailey Mills and Kya Leighty guard a Raider during varsity ac- tion on the home court. Keena Young looks for the hoop as Madelynn Fiscus gets set for a possible re- bound in the Southridge JV contest. Delaney Welch heads toward the action and the ball in the JV contest with the Raiders, while Kelby Leighty guards against a Raider under the basket. 8TH GRADE GIRLS Tuesday, Dec. 8 Pike Central (11) Warner 0 0 -0 3 0, Leighty 1 7-5 3 7, Hunt 1 0 -0 4 2, Apollos 0 0 -0 4 0, Mann 0 1-0 4 0, Hill 1 0 -0 0 2, Hutchinson 0 0 -0 1 0, Satterfield 0 2-0 2 0. Totals 3 10-5 20 11. Wood Memorial (54) Cargal 4 6 -1 2 9, Miller 4 0 -0 0 8, Keeker 1 6 -4 1 6, Besing 1 0 -0 0 2, Rhoden 3 2-1 2 7, Sevier 5 7-3 4 11, Schnoover 1 8 -5 3 7, Jarboe 0 0 -0 2 0. Totals 19 29-14 14 54. Saturday, Dec. 12 Pike Central (7) Warner 0 0 -0 1 0, Leighty 1 2-4 Hunt 0 0 -0 5 0, Morson 0 0 -0 5 0, Apollos 1 00 -0 0 , Mann 0 0 -0 2 0, Hill 0 0 -0 1 0. Totals 2 4-2 17 7. Three-point goals 1 (Leighty) NE Dubois (38) Kalb 2 0 -0 0 4, Knies 3 0 -0 1 6, Schnell 3 2-0 1 6, Buchta 4 0 -0 1 8, Helming 0 0 -0 2 0, Cave 4 0 -0 0 8, Riecker 3 0 -0 3 6, Eichmiller 0 0 -0 1 0. Totals 19 2-0 9 38. Thursday, Dec. 10 Pike Central (10) Leighty 2 2-1 1 6, Hunt 0 0 -0 2 0, Apollos 1 2-0 0 2, Mann 0 0 -0 1 0, Hutchinson 1 0 -0 1 2. Totals 4 4- 1 5 10. Three-point goal 1 (Leighty) Heritage Hills (55) Litherland 1 0 -0 0 2, L. Gogel 4 1-0 1 8, Still 8 0 -0 0 17, Gordon 0 4- 3 0 3, Leibering 5 0 -0 0 11, Peters 1 0 -0 0 2, Beglle 2 0 -0 0 4, S. Gogel 4 0 -0 2 8. 25 4-3 3 55. Three-point goals 2 (Still, Leiber- ing) Pike Central (17) Fiscus: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Warner: 0 0 0 - 0 1 0, Leighty: 4 0 11-4 5 12, Baker: 1 0 0 -0 0 2, Hunt: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Mor- son: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Apollos: 0 0 0 -0 4 0, Mann: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Hill: 1 0 2-1 2 3, Nolan: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Hutchinson: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Satterfield: 0 0 0 -0 0 0. To- tals: 6 0 13-5 17, 2 3 5 7. Forest Park (24) Schnell: 2 0 0 -0 2 4, Kluesner: 2 0 0 -0 1 4, Lindauer: 0 0 0 -0 2 0, Ran- dle: 2 0 0 -0 4 6, Hawkins: 3 0 4-0 2 6, Totals: 12 0 6 -0 14 24, 8 4 8 4-24.