The Press-Dispatch
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B-2 Wednesday, March 10, 2021 The Press-Dispatch SECTIONAL Continued from page 1 CHOLERA Continued from page 1 SPORTS CALENDAR *Bold = Home game THURSDAY, MARCH 11 ❚ Middle School Coed Swimming — Heritage Hills — 6:30 p.m. at Heritage Hills Jr.-Sr. High School SATURDAY, MARCH 13 ❚ Middle School Wrestling — PAC — TBA at Mt. Vernon Jr.-Sr. High School MONDAY, MARCH 15 ❚ Middle School Sports Pictures — 3 p.m. — Pike Central Gym TUESDAY, MARCH 16 ❚ Girls' JV Softball — Barr-Reeve — 5 p.m. at Barr-Reeve ❚ Girls' Varsity Softball — Barr- Reeve —5 p.m. at Barr-Reeve PCMS baseball receives grant The Pike Central Middle School baseball club received a grant from DeTar Corn Trust of the Pike County Community Foundation. The grant is being used to purchase equipment, such as hitting nets, tees, baseballs, and other training and game items. Pictured are some of the team members at a recent conditioning practice. PCMS swimmers top Southridge Raiders By James Capozella Pike Central Middle School swimmers collected 19 firsts and nine seconds in Thursday's dual meet clash with the Southridge Raider Gators. The boys claimed a 106 to 53 win, while the girls topped the Lady Raiders 94 to 70. Six Chargers took home blue ribbons, plus two relays, while Lady Chargers garnered three relay firsts and seven individual firsts. The boys' first place 200 medley relay, consisting of Jacob Pauw, Ethan Mann, Awstyn Luff and Xander Parker, clocked 2:22.36, and Ty DeCoursey, Andrew Johnson, Jacoby Smith and Jaden Nolan were second in 2:38.18. Xander Parker, Jacoby Smith, Jacob Pauw and Awstyn Luff won the 400 free relay in 4:54.39, and Carter Blackwell Ty De- Coursey, Blaine Barnett and Andrew Johnson placed sec- ond (5:56.79). Jaden Nolan, Blaine Barnett, Jacoby Smith and Ethan Mann combined for second in the 200 free re- lay, less than a second out of first. Andrew Johnson, Ty- ler Collins, Julian Hay and Carter Blackwell teamed for third in 3:21.80. LUFF AND MANN WIN TWO EACH Awstyn Luff went on to win the 100 IM in 1:14.57 and the 50 fly in 31.38. Ethan Mann took the 200 free in 2:53.24 and the 50 breast in 39.81. Jacoby Smith won the 50 free in 30.91 and Ty DeCoursey claimed the win in the 50 back, clocking 39.58. Park- er won the one-meter diving event with a score of 54.90. Blackwell took a second (38.99) in the 50 free, Pauw was second in the 200 free and 50 back, Parker was sec- ond in the 100 free. Barnett was third in the 100 free and 50 back, and DeCoursey was third in the 100 IM. GIRLS WIN ALL THREE RELAYS AND SEVEN INDIVIDUAL EVENTS Xavery Weisman, Kel- sea Query and Jackie Ber- ry each won two individual specialties and were part of the three relay wins at South- ridge. Alexis Oswalt was the easy winner of the 50 fly, clocking 37.54. Query got the first individual win, tak- ing the 200 free in 3:11.33. She later added the 100 free win with a time of 1:22.72. Weisman won the 100 IM in 1:19.68, with Oswalt second in 1:29.87. Berry sprinted to first in the 50 free (31.76) and Weisman claimed the 50 breast in 42.53. Berry add- ed a win in the 50 free with a time of 38.90. Oswalt, L.J. Deffendoll, Berry and Weisman teamed for first in the 400 free relay (5:33.27), and Berry, Weis- man, Oswalt and Deffen- doll combined for the 200 medley relay win (2:37.44). Easton Bailey, Bailey Rain- ey, Kayleigh Byrd and Lillian Mann teamed for a win in the 200 free relay (2:40.40). Bai- ley, Rainey, Byrd and Mann placed second in the 200 (2:54.86). Kayleigh Byrd was third in the one-me- ter diving event with 52.10 points. Oswalt was second in the 100 IM and Kylie Meyer fourth. Deffendoll took third in the 200 free, Bailey Rain- ey was third in the 50 fly and 50 breast, and Christina Wet- zel was sixth in the 50 breast. Easton Bailey was fourth in the 50 back and Meyer fifth. Lillian Mann was fifth in the 100 free and Deffendoll sixth. up for a seven footer on a break. His shot rimmed out, Vincennes grabbed the re- bound and fired it down the court as many of the Chargers were running toward the of- fensive end. It allowed Hardi- man to get a close look in the paint. He hit and was fouled. Hardiman's old-fashioned three-point play finished a five-point turnaround for Vin- cennes. Instead of Pike Cen- tral cutting it to 19 -15, Vin- cennes went up 22-13, with 1:19 left. They took that lead into the locker room at half- time. Pike Central's intensity on the offensive end picked up in the third quarter, spurred by their seniors. Gorby had sev- en points and Hanselman four, as they scored 11 of the Char- gers' 13 points in the third quarter. Pike Central always seemed to be running uphill and Vin- cennes always had an an- swer for them. Noah Bushey opened the second half with a long two, pushing Vincennes' lead to 24-13. Pike Central then went on a mini-run. Pey- ton Howald hit a long two just inside the three-point line to make it 24-15, Gorby had an if- fy drive in the paint to make it 26 -17 with 4:55 remaining. On the next possession, he hit a three to cut the lead to 26 -20. Again Hardiman, on the inside, answered to push the lead back to eight. Hanselman cut it back to six points on a drive in heavy traffic. Ethan Bushey got a steal and went the length of the floor to again secure an eight- point margin. One the next series, Gorby took an elbow to the face on first contact, then on second contact was called for a foul on the baseline, as Cooper Thorne's turnaround jump- er went down. Thorne made it a three-point play for a 33- 22 lead with 1:40 on the clock. Hanselman hit two free- throws to make it 33-24 and Gorby scored on another drive in the paint to make it 35 -26 as the third quarter ended. Gish gave the Chargers a jolt as the fourth quarter start- ed. He got a steal, drove into two defenders and powered the ball in the hoop, then hit the free throw to make it 35 - 29. It was as close as the Char- gers would get. Vincennes pounded the ball inside to Hardiman for a wide-open layup and then No- ah Bushey hit a three for a 40 - 29 lead. Freshman Quade Mor- ton came off the bench and on his second trip to the of- fense end of the floor, drilled a three-pointer to make it 44- 34 with just under four min- utes left. Kendric Sorgius was fouled inside and hit both free throws with 58 seconds left, but Vin- cennes had an insurmount- able 46 -36 lead that ended up 48 -36. Elliott said he thought the Chargers were probably more skilled than Vincennes, but Vincennes was much stron- ger. "They used their phys- icality and didn't allow us to use our skill," said Elliott. "I think we grew a lot this year. I don't think our record shows how well we did. We had several games where we had a four or five point lead and we just couldn't put it away. Our seniors are going to be missed. I was proud of our efforts and our fight all year," said Elliott. Pike Central (36) Kendric Sorgius 0 2-2 1 2, Aden Brown 0 0 -0 0, Ethan Gorby 4 0 -0 3 9, Sean Hansel- man 2 6 -8 4 10, Braden How- ald 0 0 -0 1 0, Quade Morton 1 0 -0 1 3, Julian Gish 3 4-5 3 10, Peyton Howald 1 0 -0 3 2. To- tals 11 12-15 16 36. Three-point goals 2 (Gorby, Morton) Vincennes (48) Payton Curry 2 3-2 1 6, Si- mon Corrona 1 2-2 2 4, Noah Bushey 2 0 -0 0 5, Luke Tolliver 0 0 -0 0 0, Emmanual Smith 1 3-2 2 4, Cooper Thorne 1 1-1 3 3, Ethan Bushey 5 0 -0 2 13, Ju- lia Hardiman 6 2-1 1 13, Xan- der Hunt 0 0 -0 1 0. Totals 18 11-8 12 48. Three-point goals 4 (N. Bushey, E. Bushey 3) Ethan Mann and Xander Parker swam the breast- stroke in the first and third place 200 medley relay event at Tell City last week. the birds. They should also wash hands thoroughly after han- dling or cleaning the birds, and avoid eating any animal they think could be ill. Wildlife photographer Scott Walden caught this unusually lethar- gic snow goose at Cane Ridge in the refuge. While hunters touch- ing, cleaning or eating birds should take pre- cautions, avian cholera is spread among birds and poses minimal risks to humans, ac- cording to the DNR. Charger senior Ethan Gorby moves with the ball against Vincennes Lincoln defenders in sectional ac- tion last Friday evening. Gorby was good for nine points in the 48-36 loss to Vincennes. Charger Freshman Julian Gish finds some space to put a shot up under the hoop at sectional this past week. Gish and Sean Hanselman each scored 10 points in the 48-36 sectional loss to Lincoln. The Pike Central Charger student section turned out to support the team in construction hard hats and safe- ty reflective gear for the sectional last week.