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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, May 26, 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 DIAMOND on 4 See BOYS on 2 Mt. Vernon takes 10-1 win over Chargers By Mike Sandifar Coach Jacob Western's Pike Central Charger Base- ball Team fell to Pocket Ath- letic Conference (PAC) op- ponent Mt. Vernon 10 -1 at Pike Central Tuesday after- noon to fall to 3-14 overall on the 2021 diamond cam- paign, including an 0 -11 mark in the conference. Nei- ther team could put a run across the plate in the first two innings of the contest, but in the top of the third frame, the visitors scored three runs to take a 3-0 ad- vantage after two and one- half innings. The Chargers did not score in their half of the third inning to keep the score at 3-0, in favor of Mt. Vernon; however, in the top of the fourth inning, the Wildcats pushed a run home to take a 4-0 lead af- ter three and one-half in- nings. Again, the hosts did not score in their half of the inning, and after four full innings of baseball, the vis- itors led the hosts 4-0. The eventual winners put an- other run across the plate in the top of the fifth inning to push the Wildcat lead to 5 -0 after four and one-half innings of play. The Chargers scored their only run of the en- counter in their half of the fifth inning, when sopho- more Jagar Dent hit an 0 -2 pitch for a single, giving the hosts a runner on first with no outs. That brought soph- omore Brody Rice to the plate for Pike Central, and Rice hammered the first pitch offered him to deep centerfield for a double. Dent was off at the crack of the bat on Rice's double, and Dent scored to get the Chargers on the scoreboard to trail 5 -1. That brought Isaac Burdette to the bat- ter's box for the Chargers. As the Mt. Vernon pitcher eyed Burdette, he still had an eye on Rice on second, and he picked Rice off sec- ond for the first out of the inning—but leaving no bas- erunners for Pike Central. Burdette hit a long fly ball to center for the second out of the inning for the Char- gers, and that brought ju- nior Nolan Rice to the plate. Boys are sixth at track sectional Boyd, Chanley and Kreig finish fourth The Pike Central boys track and field team fin- ished sixth out of 13 teams in last week's sectional with four fourth place finishes and a fifth place relay. Ste- phen Kreig took fourth in the shot put with a distance of 42'2" and added a fourth in the discus with a toss of 115'2". Sam Coleman had no distance in the shot and Josh McHargue had no dis- tance in the discus. Peyton Chanley placed fourth in the 3200 with a time of 11:01.41 and Shand Woodhull and Dallas Reute- pohler had no time. Chan- ley added a fifth in the 1600 (5:01.63) and Ijaa Cham- bers was sixth in 5:03.49 with Reutepohler a scratch. Garrett Boyd took fourth in the 200 dash finals in 24.44 and Nate Kell was 16th in the prelims. Boyd added a seventh place in the 100 fi- nals with a time of 12.04. The team of Fenn McCrary, Bra- den Howald, Nate Kell and Garrett Boyd placed fifth in LINCOLN ON RADAR FOR LADY CHARGERS Post wins over Tell City and NED The Pike Central Lady Chargers took their 16 -8 record on the road to Washington late Tuesday for the opening round of the sectional fol- lowing wins against Forest Park, Evansville North, Tell City and Northeast Dubois. While Mallory Hickey was the top hitter for the Lady Chargers in the 4- 2 win at home over the Lady Jeeps, Karley Kavanaugh got things going with an RBI triple in the first that held till three more runs crossed in the fourth courtesy of RBI hits off the bats of Brailey Mills and Aly- na Sharp. Sharp nailed her second home run of the season in the bottom of the fourth before the Lady Jeeps responded with two runs of their own in the fifth. Lady Charger Chloe Williams han- dled the pitching duties scattering six hits, two earned runs while walk- ing one and striking out four. Hickey had a pair of singles, Mills and Ken- zie Powell each doubled and Kava- naugh slugged a triple in the six hit contest. Mills, Tessa Vinnedge, Sharp and Powell scored and Bailey stood in for two walks while Kavanaugh was is- Young wins 300 hurdles sectional Quinian Teague advances in two races By James Capozella Pike Central girls finished sixth over- all in last week's, Princeton High School hosted, 12-team IHSA A track and field sectional with bright spots provided by Lauren Young, Quinian Teague, Erika Vinnedge, Morgan Anderson and Ken- nedy Willis. Young was the sectional champion in the 300 meter hurdles clocking 50.04, a quarter second ahead of Barr-Reeve's Elle Knepp. She clocked her personal best by more than two seconds in the fi- nals. The senior placed sixth in the 100 meter hurdles (17.75) behind team mate Morgan Anderson in fifth with a 17.68 finish. Anderson also placed ninth in the 300 hurdles with a time of 54.38, both Young and Anderson set personal best times in the 100 meter hurdles. Lady Charger junior Quinian Teague was a solid third in the 1600 meter run clocking 5:33.24. Teague also earned a third place finish in the 3200 meter run with a time of 11:58.62. both Young and Teague advanced to the regional. Junior Erika Vinnedge took a fifth place in the discus with a toss of 93'11.5" and Kennedy Willis was 11th in the 800 run and had no time in the 1600. Jenna Meyer finished 14th in both the 200 me- ter dash prelims and the 100 meter dash with Ruby Sallee 17th. Young and Mey- er had no distance in the long jump and Sallee no height in the pole vault. Erika Voinnedge and Kayla Gladish had no dis- tance in the shot put and Kearstan Hart- ley was a scratch. Gladish had no dis- tance in the discus and Savannah Ingle was a scratch. The 4x100 relay finished seventh in 56.85 and consisted of Jenna Meyer, Morgan Anderson, Ruby Sallee and Lauren Young. Charger boys and girls track and field head coach Chris Kramer was elated to report that "Lauren Young had a break- out run in the 300 meter hurdles and won. She ran her personal best time, beating it by over two seconds. Quinian Teague fin- ished third and advanced to the region- al meet both in the 1600 meter run and the 3200. She also beat her personal best times in both events by over 10 seconds." Team results: Gibson Southern 125.5, Princeton 121, South Knox 99.5, Barr- Reeve 63, Washington 39, Pike Central 35, North Knox 32, North Daviess 32, Lincoln 30.5, Wood Memorial 26.5, Riv- et 12, Catholic 7. Raiders advance over Charger netters in sectional Wednesday's sectional opener for Pike Central pit- ted them against a highly touted senior laden South- ridge Lady Raider squad. The girls fell 5 -0 in straight sets except for Ella Mc- Guire in number two singles which finished 1-6,6 -1, 6 -4 against Lady Raider Olivia Lopez. Lady Charger Zoey Davis lost to Olivia Durcho- lz 6 -0, 6 -1 and Jamime Sal- lee fell to Lady Raider se- nior Abby Kerkoff 6 -1, 6 -1. Reagan Craig and Ella Adams lost their number one doubles match to Jorden Biel and Kelly LaRoche 6 -0, 6 -3 and Alaina Johnson and Gabby Collins lost to La- dy Raiders Emily Roby and Gabbie Werner 6 -0, 6 -0. See R ADAR on page 3 Mallory Hickey watches her home run in the fourth against Tell City. Charger Photography by Clemmy Kenzie Powell hugs Mallory Hickey after her home run in the top of the 7th in the 7-3 win over Tell City. Charger Photography by Clemmy Quinlan Teague advanced to the regional in the 1600 and 3200 meter events. Charger Photography by Clemmy Lauren Young toes the line ready to run and win the 300 hurdles sectional title. Charger Photography by Clemmy