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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, December 8, 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 BOYS on page 2 See GIRLS on page 6 www.UebelhorGM.com Jasper • 1-800-937-8721 CHEVROLET Swim team takes second at Kolin Clutter Memorial Relays By Matthew Haycraft Chargers co-ed swimming competed at the Kolin Clutter Memorial Relays on Saturday, December 4 at Tecumseh, tak- ing second in both the boys' and girls' swimming. At Tecumseh's Memori- al Relays, four other schools competed, including Gibson Southern, Tecumseh, Forest Park and Evansville Christian. Lady Chargers placed sec- ond with a total score of 104, missing out on first to Gibson Southern by a mere 14 points. Whereas the Charger boys' swim team also placed sec- ond, but lost out on first to For- est Park by only two points, scoring 96. The Pike Central boys' team left the relays with two firsts, three seconds and three third place wins. While the Lady Chargers' swim team walked away with four firsts, one sec- ond and four third place wins. The Charger boys' team placed first in the 1,000 -yard free relay, with Isaac Bur- dette, Cobey McKinney, Mi- chael Burkhart and Draven Readle clocking a time of 12:15.46, and in the 150 -yard breast relay, with Readle, Bur- dette and Wyatt Luff clocking a time of 1:47.94. Pike Centrals boys' second place wins were in the 400 -yard medley relay, with Luff, Bur- dette, McKinney and Readle clocking a time of 4:50.14, the 200 -yard medley relay, with Luff, Burkhart, Ethan Mann and Gage Schmitt clocking a time of 2:03.84, and in the 400 -yard free 8x50 -yard depth relay, with Luff, Mann, Readle, Schmitt, Burkhart, McKinney, Burdette and Tyler DeCoursey clocking a time of 3:43.98. The third place wins by the boys' swim team were in the 200 -yard medley relay, with Luff, Burdette, Burkhart and McKinney with a time of 2:04.16, the 150 -yard fly, with Readle, McKinney and Burkhart clocking a time of 1:32.31, and in the 150 -yard backstroke relay, with Max Burkhart, Xander Parker and Blaine Barnett clocking a time of 2:03.60. The Lady Chargers took home first place in; the 200 -yard medley relay, with Maddy Riley, Alexis Oswalt, Emma McKinney and Jil- lian Bailey clocking a time of 2:10.25, the 200 -yard free re- lay, with Abby Russell, Izzy Luker, Oswalt and Bailey clocking a time of 2:01.37, the 200 -yard medley relay, with Riley, McKinney, Oswalt and Bailey clocking a time of 2:03.94, and in the 150 -yard back relay, with Riley, Bailey and Jackie Berry clocking a time of 1:40.26. Lady Chargers also took home a second place in the 250 -yard free relay, with Lexie Onyett, Riley, Russell and Ber- ry clocking a time of 2:46.77, missing first place by only three seconds. They also took home third place in the 1,000 -yard free relay, with Kelsea Query, El- la Adams, Sarah Fenwick and Gabby Collins clocking a time of 14:44.78, the 400 -yard free relay, with Luker, Russell, Berry and Oswalt clocking a time of 4:42.41, the 150 -yard breaststroke relay, with Ad- ams, Luker and McKinney clocking a time of 2:02.51, and in the 400 -yard free, 8x50 - yard depth relay, with Riley, Russell, McKinney, Onyett, Berry, Luker, Oswalt and Bai- ley clocking a time of 4:06.16. VARSITY BOYS' WIN AT PRINCETON By Matthew Haycraft The Pike Central Chargers' basketball team played at Princeton on Saturday, December 4, winning by a score of 43-41 in a hard-fought varsity game. The varsity boys' team hit the hardwood ready to take the game by storm. In the first quarter of the game, sports fans could tell that this was going to be a battle and a good game. Players were flying out-of-bounds, saving the ball or shooting it, bringing the hyper-athlet- ic aspect into the game. By the end of the first half, the Chargers led the scoring by six hard- earned points, and some powerful defense. In the second half of the game, the Char- gers kept most of their lead in the scoring, leading to the win against Princeton Tigers, who were unable to catch up to the whirlwind called the Chargers. The Chargers were led in points by soph- omore Julian Gish, with a tally of 15 points. Following him was sophomore Quade Morton with 13 points, junior Kendric Sorgius with six, junior Peyton Howald with four, sopho- more Chase Ridao with three and senior Alex Clark with two. Coach Hunter Elliot stated, "This was a great first win for us. We found a way to win in a game in which we really didn't shoot well. We made plays down the stretch and played solid defense, that is a great learning experience for us. I thought this was really a complete team effort, we had a lot of guys make plays. The keys to me were the fact that we had 10 steals and scored 18 points off turnovers, while on- ly having five turnovers ourselves. When we take care of the ball and get our shots, I like our chances against anybody we play." "Julian Gish led us with 15 points and four rebounds. Quade Morton added 13 points to go along with three steals, plus Kendric, Pey- ton and Braden all having some big plays as well. Braden is tasked with guarding the oth- er team's best guard and I thought he did a great job leading us vocally. I thought defen- sively we did a much better job in the second half, limiting Morris inside and we did a nice job on the glass." "It was great to get our first win and get that monkey off our back. With it being a road con- ference win, it made it that much sweeter. We have high expectations for this team and it was great to see us getting better at the things we are working on. This is just the beginning and we are excited to build off of this one." JUNIOR VARSITY The Charger junior varsity team also played against Princeton on Saturday, losing 50 -28. During the first quarter, of the JV battle, the Chargers seemed to be off their game, only tallying four points for the quarter to Prince- ton's 17, putting them at a big deficit. During the second quarter of the game, the Chargers seemed to pick up their scoring, but were un- able to catch up to the Tigers, leaving the score 28 -19 by half-time. The Chargers start- ed back in the third quarter of the game, but were unable to make the points needed to gain on Princeton. At the fourth quarter, the score Charger sophomore Julian Gish jumps up for the shoot during the Pike Central boys' basketball game at Princeton on Saturday, December 4. Lady Chargers varsity overtakes the Vikings By Matthew Haycraft The Pike Central Lady Chargers basket- ball team faced-off with Barr-Reeve on Fri- day, December 3 on their home court. In the varsity game, the Lady Chargers hit the hardwood ready to take down the Vi- kings. Making that apparent during the first half of the game, they outscored the Vikings by eight points that half, showing they were able and willing to win. Charger senior Morgan Sallee swims the butterfly for the Lady Chargers in the Kolin Clutter Memorial Relays at Tecumseh on Saturday, December 4. Tyler DeCoursey, Charger freshman, swimming the backstroke for the boys' swim team in the Kolin Clutter Memorial Relays at Tecumseh on Saturday. Kya Sullivan, Charger senior, shoots the ball around a Vikings' player during the Pike Central La- dy Chargers' varsity basketball game against Barr-Reeve on Friday, De- cember 3 at Pike Central. More Chargers swimming on page B-7