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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, May 19, 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 See SENIORS on 4 See LEAGUE on 3 See PAC on 6 Lady Chargers fall to North Posey A one-hit, home-standing match-up with the North Posey Lady Vikings spelled trou- ble for the Pike Central Lady Chargers on senior night this past Tuesday. The girls slipped to 12-8 on the season and four PAC wins when the Lady Vikings crossed the plate with one run in the third and then two runs in the top of the sixth for a 3-0 advan- tage. The Lady Chargers went three up and three down in the sixth and seventh in the Pocket Athletic Conference loss. Chloe Williams went the distance on the mound, scattering four hits with one earned run and netting eight strikeouts, while walking no one. North Posey's Erin Hoehn allowed the one hit by sophomore Delaney Welch in the fifth inning, but struck out 12 Lady Charger batters. Lady Charger Brailey Mills drew two walks, and Hallie Bailey and Karley Kabanaugh were each issued one walk, while Mallory Hick- Chargers fall to Southridge in Saturday morning match-up By Mike Sandifar Pike Central's Charger baseball team split a pair of games here Saturday, falling 8 -6 to Southridge High School in a Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC) battle in the first game of the day, then winning the second outing of the day by defeating Wood Memorial High School 9 -4 in a non-conference contest. "I thought our game against Southridge was probably our best game of the year," confided Charger Coach Jacob Western in a post-game interview, "We played head-to-head with one of the best high school baseball teams in south- ern Indiana, and we actually led them for most of the game. "We put pressure on them each inning—I was really proud of the way we played. "We scored three runs in the first inning when we loaded the bases with Isaac Burdette (sophomore), Peyton Howald (sophomore), and Kendric Sorgius (sophomore), who all scored on a bases-clearing double by sopho- more Brody Rice. "Alex Clark ( junior) and Brody Rice did a great job on the mound—they kept Southridge off-balance throughout the game. "Our defense was really good for us also, as we committed only one error in the game." Burdette and Sorgius each had two hits for the Chargers, junior Harley May, Howald, Bro- dy Rice, Nolan Rice and Clark all hit one hit in the contest. May, sophomore Jackson Stuckey and soph- omore Jagar Dent all worked the Southridge pitching for a walk. "I know we lost the game, but we really played well against a very good team," fin- ished Western. Against Wood Memorial, Sorgius pitched the first four innings of the game, and the lanky sophomore hurler gave up two runs, while striking out nine Trojan batters. He walked just one. Brody Rice came in to pitch the final three innings of the contest, and he struck out four Trojans. Like Sorgius, Rice walked just one Trojan. "We had two big innings in our outing with Wood," said Western after the game, "we scored four runs in the first inning, and then we put five more runs across in the sixth in- ning to account for our nine runs in the win. "Brody Rice had two hits for us, and with those timely hits, he drove in four of our nine runs. Boyd and Weisman qualify for state Coach Missy Sparks reports that Grant Boyd and Xavery Weis- man have both qualified for the Indiana Middle School State Track Meet in Terre Haute this Saturday, May 22. Boyd will compete in the pole vault after finishing third in the PAC and setting the sev- enth grade pole vault record at 9'6". Weisman qualified in three events: the pole vault, with an eighth-grade, record-setting height of 7'4", the 1600 meter run, with an eighth-grade record of 5:28 set at PAC and the 800 meter run, with a record of 2:31, also set at PAC. Howald, Boyd perform well in pole vault at PAC Championships Heritage Hills wins track championship The top Pike Central boys' fin- ishers in the Pocket Athletic Con- ference Track and Field Champi- onships were pole vaulters Braden Howald and Griffin Boyd. How- ald tied at 11' with Ranger Ben Kluesner and Boyd was fifth at 10'6". Howald missed at 11'6" and Boyd at 11'. The Pike Central 4x800 me- ter relay placed seventh, with Ijaa Chambers, Peyton Chanley, Joey Ridao and Xavier Shoultz clock- ing 9:09.13. Trent Zimmerman, Ijaa Chambers, Fenn McCrary and Joey Ridao teamed for an eighth place in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:48.56. Chargers Griffin Boyd, Garrett Boyd, Braden How- ald and Trent Zimmerman ran a 47.74 to ninth place in the 4x100 meter relay. Pike Central's Peyton Chanley finished ninth in the 3200, clock- ing 10 :52.98, and Dallas Reute- pohler placed 11th in 11:36.71. Stephen Krieg placed 11th in the shot put with a toss of 38'7" and took 14th with a toss of 111'7" in the discus. Sam Coleman placed 24th at 31'3" in the shot. Cham- bers placed 13th in the 1600, run- ning 5:02.43, and Peyton Chanley was 14th in 5:02.43. Fenn McCrary ran a 56.70 to 16th in the 400 meter dash and Trent Zimmerman was 18th in 57.28. PIKE CENTRAL DEFEATS TROJANS IN LEAGUE STADIUM Charger Kendric Sorgius was on the mound for Pike Central against Wood Memorial, striking out nine and walking just one in four innings. Charger Alex Clark takes a cut at the ball during Saturday afternoon action on the diamond at League Stadium. Pike Central's Delaney Welch fields a fly ball in the PAC match-up with North Posey. Charger Griffin Boyd attempts a jump in the pole vault, where he cleared 10'6" to place fifth in the 13-team meet. Teammate Braden Howald cleared 11' to tie for third place.