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The Pike Central 2021 boys' track team members are, front row (l to r): Josh McHargue, Konner Simmons, Preston Alfred and Stephen Krieg; second row: Griffin Boyd, Garrett Boyd, Trent Zimmerman and Colson Dillard; third row: Sam Coleman, Remington Bottoms, Joey Ridao and Nathanael Kell; back row: Braden Howald, Noah Russell, Xavier Shoultz, Shane Woodhull, Peyton Chanley and Fenn McCrary. Not pictured are Jeremy Delobel and Dallas Reutepohler, and seniors Ijja Chambers and Simon McCrary. Boys' Track & Field Good Luck at Sectionals Team Won and RuNNinRage claim two wins in OMB Otwell Men's Basketball league action featured two wins by Team Won and RuN- NinRage. This weekend's tourney starts with # 9 Harlem Money verses # 8 Hypnotoads at 6 p.m. Saturday, followed by #10 Busch Bods and the #7 Red Angels at 7 p.m. At high noon on Sunday, #1 Team Won takes on the winner of game 8/9. #2 RuNNinRage plays the winner of 7 and 8 at 1 p.m. and then #3 Average Joes take on # 6 Benchwarmers at 2 p.m. #4 Longshots play The Trop- ics at 3 p.m. and then the win- ner of the 1 p.m. game plays the winner of the 2 p.m. game at 4 p.m. The winner of the noon game plays the 3 p.m. champ at 5 p.m. The Cham- pionship game is at 6:30 p.m. The first game this past weekend saw Team Won edge the Red Angels 80 -61. Chantz Parson scored 21 points, Cody Thompson 16 and JJ Howald 10 points for Team Won. Scott Mills poured in 39 points and had nine rebounds for the Red Angels. In game two, Team Won come out on top of the Benchwarmers 64-53, with Nathan Tidwell with 22 points for Team Won. Austin Hungate led the Benchwarmers with 12 points and seven rebounds. RuNNinRage won 88 -65 over the Red Angels, with Bri- an Riley putting in 27 points and Tanner Wildridge 20. Scott Mills poured in 41 points and six rebounds for the Red Angels. Average Joes scored an 80 - 68 won over the Benchwarm- ers, with Tyler Toopes lead- ing the way for the Average Joes with 28 points and six re- bounds. Jesse Robling had 20 markers and three rebounds for the Benchwarmers. RuNNinRage took a 72- 58 win in game five over the Longshots. Brian Riley had 19 points and five rebounds for the RuNNinRage, and Nick Query had 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Longshots. The Hypnotoads nipped Busch Bods 69 -67, with Jaden Hayes with 33 points and 11 rebounds. Hagan Patton al- so had 33 points for the Bus- ch Bods. In game seven, The Tropics won over the Harlem Money 69 -55, with Rick Alvey with 30 points and 16 rebounds. Aus- tin Jones had 15 points and six rebounds for the Harlem Money. PCMS tennis finishes 7-4 A 3-2 win over North Da- viess last Thursday ended the Pike Central Middle School tennis team with a 7-4 season record. Number two and three singles, and the number two doubles team won matches for a 3-2 finish over North Da- viess. Emma Hunt fell at num- ber one singles by 8 -1, but Al- yssa McCutchan, at num- ber two singles, and Lainey Leighty, at number three sin- gles, scored 8 -5, 8 -0 wins re- spectively. Lillian Mann and Brylee Walker lost by 8 -7 on the num- ber two doubles court, and Emily McGillem and Ame- lia Adams won an 8 -3 deci- sion in the number two dou- bles match. Chargers fall to Marksmen 12-2 Tuesday By Mike Sandifar Coach Jacob Western's Pike Central Chargers fell to Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC) op- ponent Tell City 12-2 Tuesday evening in high school base- ball action. Pike Central opened the scoring in the top half of the first inning when junior Har- ley May hammered a two-out double to score classmate Al- ex Clark to give the visitors a quick 1-0 advantage early in the game. That lead was short-lived, as the Marksmen put three runs across the plate in the bottom half of the first frame to erase the Charger's 1-0 lead to take a 3-1 lead after one inning of baseball. Pike Central went down one, two, three in the top of the sec- ond inning, all on strikeouts, to still trail 3-1 after two at bats, with the hosts coming to the plate; however, the Charger defense dug in, and Tell City could not get a run home in the bottom of the second inning. The Chargers once again put a run across home plate in the top of the third inning to reduce the Marksmen lead to 3-2 after two and one-half innings of play, but the hosts were still not done scoring, as Tell City put another run across the plate in the bottom of the third inning to make the score 4-2 after three full innings. Neither team scored in the fourth inning, but the eventual winners exploded for four runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a commanding 8 -2 advan- tage. The Chargers could not find a way to score in the top of the sixth inning, and when the Marksmen scored anoth- er four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, the game ended 12-2, due to the 10 -run rule—that being, if one team is ahead after the visiting team bats "at least" in the top of the fifth inning, the game is deemed complete if either team is ahead by 10 runs or more. The Chargers were held to just four hits in the battle, with May and sophomore Kendric Sorgius each hammering out a pair of base knocks to account for all four of the visitors' hits in the conference outing. The loss dropped Pike Cen- tral to 3-14 on the season. Errorless Chargers defeat Washington By Mike Sandifar Coach Jacob Western's Chargers played errorless baseball in the field Thursday evening, but the contest was still called after five innings, due to the 10 -run rule— Where if one team is ahead after at least five innings, the game is considered com- plete and over—and the hosts were on the short end of a 12- 2 score after five full innings with the Washington Hatch- ets in a Pocket Athletic Con- ference (PAC) high school baseball battle. It was the first time this season that the Chargers did not commit an error in a game, but the hosts managed just five scattered hits in six at bats to drop to 3-16 on the season. Sophomore Jagar Dent went two for two in official at bats for Pike Central, while classmates Isaac Burdette and Peyton Howald, and ju- nior Nolan Rice all had a hit in the contest. Pike Central actually went up 1-0 in the top of the first in- ning when Burdette singled to center on a 1-0 pitch to open the bottom half of the inning for the hosts to get things go- ing for the home team. Burdette stole second base on the first pitch to Howald, and on the next pitch, Howald put down a perfect bunt for a base hit, with Burdette going to third on the play. With runners on first and third, and no outs, sophomore Kendric Sorgius stepped into the batter's box, and on the first pitch, Howald took off for second base. Washington made a play on Howald at second, and on the play, Burdette raced toward home plate. The Hatchets attempted a play on Burdette at home, but he was ruled safe, and on that play, Howald made it to third base, giving the host team a 1-0 advantage over Washing- ton. When "all of that" was over, Sorgius was still the next hit- ter to bat, and though he made contact with the base- ball, the ball popped up and was caught for the first out of the inning; however, the Hatchets caught Howald off- base on the play, and he was tagged out for the second out of the frame. That brought junior Har- ley May to the plate for Pike Central, and like Sorgius, he made solid contact with the baseball, hitting a line drive that was snagged for the third out of the inning, with the Chargers up 1-0. That apparently woke up the Hatchets, as the even- tual winners put three runs across the plate in the sec- ond inning, another two in the third frame, three more in the fourth inning, and four additional runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 12- 1 lead after four and one-half innings of play. The Chargers continued to battle the visitors, and in the bottom of the fifth inning, sophomore Gavin Pancake drew a walk to open the Pike Central half of the inning. That brought Nolan Rice to the plate, and the junior im- mediately hit a single to cen- ter field. Pancake tried to motor to third on the hit, but the Hatchets made the throw just in time to nail Pancake before he could touch third; howev- er, Rice continued running and made second on the play at third. A fter another out for the Chargers, Burdette again made solid contact with the baseball, and Rice scored all the way from second base to pull the hosts to within 12-2; however, the next hitter grounded out to end the contest. "We did a great job in the field, and though we only had five hits in the game, we put several runners on base and had opportunities to score— we just didn't get some hits in crucial situations," said West- ern after the game, "still, we are playing hard, and I be- lieve we continue to grow as a team."