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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Januar y 27, 2021 B-1 SPORTS Submit sports items: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: sports@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Lady Chargers swim takes 7th in PAC finals Meyer wins third medal By James Capozella The ten-team Pocket Athletic Conference championship includ- ed eight Lady Charger swimmers with top 12 finals finishes that in- cluded Maddy Riley, Shelby Keek- er, Charlotte Dudenhoeffer, Jil- lian Bailey, Jenna Meyer, Tessa Vinnedge, Taylor Oswalt and Ad- dy Russell. Seventeen-year-old Jenna Mey- er won her third Pocket Athletic Conference diving championship with 333.10 points off the Duraflex board at Boonville High School on Saturday. This year, she edged out Lady Raider Ana Hewitt (323.10) and Lady Patriot Elizabeth Wil- liams (311.25) for the 16 -point fi- nals win. Pike Central's 15 -year- old Tessa Vinnedge placed ninth with a score of 206.95 and four points. Fifteen-year-old Jillian Bailey had the next best Lady Charger finish, clocking 26.23 for 12 third place points in the 50 -yard free- style sprint. Bailey edged out Tell City's Emma Ettensohn by .21 sec- onds and missed Mt. Vernon in first by three quarters of a second. Bailey scored fourth-place points churning to a 1:06.01 finish in the 100 backstroke. Sixteen-year-old teammate Maddy Riley placed sev- enth with a 1:10.83 time. Pike Central's 200 yard medley relay team consisting of Maddy Ri- ley in back stroke, Shelby Keek- er in breast, Charlotte Dudenhoef- fer in fly and Jillian Bailey in free placed fifth in 2:10.65. They bet- tered Tecumseh, Gibson South- ern, Boonville and Forest Park. The Pike Central 200 yard free relay team placed sixth with a time of 1:55.01. Team members were Jillian Bailey, Maddy Riley, Jen- na Meyer and Charlotte Duden- hoeffer. Dudenhoeffer swam a 1:02.60 for 10th place in the 100 freestyle finals and Taylor Oswalt placed 11th in the 100 fly clocking 1:22.55. The Lady Charger 400 free re- lay finished in eighth place ahead of Forest Park and South Spencer with a time of 4:29.81. Jenna Mey- er, Addy Russell, Maddy Riley and Charlotte Dudenhoeffer combined their talents in the final event of the championships. The Mt. Vernon Lady Wildcats claimed the Pocket Athletic Con- ference Championship at Boon- ville High School Saturday fol- lowing their switch from the Big 8 conference that they won in the same pool. Tell City placed second, struggling with four COVID-19 re- lated absences. Pike Central senior Jenna Meyer handled the one-me- ter board to perfection at the Boonville High School hosted Pocket Athletic Con- ference Championships on Saturday. Meyer scored 333.10 points to earn the PAC Championship for her third year in a row. Shelby Keeker kept the Lady Chargers in the thick of the 200 medley relay, launching herself into the swim, while Maddy Riley touches after 50 yards of back stroke. James Capozella photos Chargers outscored by North Knox in second half By Mike Sandifar Pike Central led 25 -22 at the halftime intermission Friday evening, but host North Knox outscored the Chargers 40 - 20 over the final two quarters to take a 62-45 non-conference high school boys' basketball contest. The score was tied at 15 -15 at the end of the first eight minutes of play, but the visitors outscored the hosts 10 -7 in the second quarter to take the 25 -22 lead in- to the dressing room at the half. The Chargers put home a torrid six of nine field goal tries in the first period, then came back to toss in a solid four of eight field goal attempts in the second stanza to hold the narrow 25 -22 edge af- ter 16 minutes of tough, physical play. The Charger defense held the Warriors to just three of 10 shooting from the floor in the first period, then continued to keep defensive pressure on the host team, al- lowing the eventual winners to connect on just three of 13 field goal tries in the second eight minutes of play, allowing North Knox just six of 23 shooting (26.1 percent) in the first half. That all changed in the second half, as the Warriors found the range from all over the court, connecting on their first four shots at the basket in the third quar- ter, including a pair of three-point hoops, and after a miss, put home four of their last seven shot attempts in the quarter to take a 43-32 lead to the sideline after 24 minutes of hard-fought basketball. It was more of the same in the final stanza, as North Knox hit seven of their 10 field goal tries over the final eight min- utes of the battle, giving the hosts a sec- ond half shooting attack of 15 field goals in 22 shots (68.2 percent) and the final victory of 62-45. The Chargers, after a hot first-half shooting display, had trouble finding the basket in the second half of play, connect- ing on just seven field goals in 21 attempts (33.3 percent) in the final 16 minutes of play, after pouring home 10 of 17 shots (58.9 percent) in the first half. Pike Central committed 14 turnovers in the contest, while North Knox coughed up the basketball five times. Both teams made six trips to the free- throw line, with the Chargers knocking down five of their six opportunities, and the Warriors successful on four of their six shots from the charity line. Pike Central was led in scoring by 6' freshman Julian Gish with 13 points, fol- lowed by 6'4" sophomore Kendric Sor- gius with nine, 6'2" sophomore Peyton Howald with eight and 5'11" senior Sean Hanselman with six. North Knox had a trio of double-digit scorers in the game, led by 6' senior Re- ece Hammelman with 15 points, and fol- Julian Gish (32) puts home two of his team-leading 13 points in Friday night's 62-45 loss at North Knox. Mike Sandifar photo By Andy Heuring Pike Central's wrestlers placed 7th in the Pocket Athletic Confer- ence tourney on Saturday. It was the first year for the tourney since the conference expanded to 13 teams, with the addition of Wash- ington, Princeton, Boonville and Mt. Vernon. Corey Goeppner led the way for the Chargers with a runner-up finish at 196 pounds. Pike Central had a total of nine wrestlers place in the meet. Tell City won the meet easily as they scored 263 points. Host Mt. Vernon was second with 196.5 points. The remaining placers were 3) Boonville 182, 4) South- ridge 168, 5) Princeton 112, 6) Te- cumseh 107, 7) Pike Central 89.5, 8) Washington 80, 9) Forest Park 75, 10) Gibson Southern 63, 11) South Spencer 61 and 12) Heri- tage Hills 47. North Posey was on quarantine and did not participate. Goeppner scored 20 points for the Chargers. He opened the day with a first round forfeit. He then pinned Ethan Ziliak, of Gibson Southern, in 3:43. In the semi-final match, Goeppner pinned Heritage Hills' Ross Tempel in 3:21 to reach the finals. In the finals, he lost to Tecum- seh's Jared McKinley, with a 19 -2 record, and lost by pin. Griffin Boyd, Jon Cannon and Cody Davis all placed fourth for the Chargers. Boyd, at 120 pounds, got a first round forfeit. He then beat Boon- ville's Josh Lockyear, coming from behind to win a 6 -5 match, taking the lead in the third period. In the semi-finals, he lost to Tell CHARGER WRESTLERS 7TH IN PAC Pike Central's John Cannon hits a double leg takedown against Forest Parks' Kaleb Persohn during their second round match. Cannon won a 16-1 technical fall against Persohn and eventually finished fourth for the Chargers at 145 pounds. Pike Central Griffin Boyd throws Boonville's Josh Lockyear and scores a takedown during their second round match. Boyd advanced to place fourth in 120-pound class for the Chargers. See KNOX on page 2 See PAC on page 3 See WRESTLERS on page 4