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B-2 Wednesday, Feburar y 2, 2022 The Press-Dispatch SPORTS SCHEDULE THURSDAY, FEB. 3 ❚ PCHS Girls' Swimming — Sectional — 6:30 p.m. at Jasper ❚ PCHS Boys' JV Basketball — North Posey — 6:30 p.m. at North Posey ❚ PCHS Boys' Varsity Basketball — North Posey — 8 p.m. at North Posey SATURDAY, FEB. 5 ❚ PCHS Boys' Wrestling — Regional — 9:30 a.m. at Bloomington South ❚ PCHS Boys' JV Basketball — Washington — noon at Washington ❚ PCHS Boys' Varsity Basketball — Washington — 1:30 p.m. at Washington ❚ PCHS Girls' Swimming — Sectional — 2 p.m. at Jasper MONDAY, FEB. 7 ❚ PCMS Boys' Sixth Grade Basketball — Jasper — 6 p.m. at Jasper Middle School ❚ PCMS Girls' Sixth Grade Basketball — Barr-Reeve — 6 p.m. at Old Petersburg Gym ❚ PCHS Boys' C- Team Basketball — Gibson Southern — 6:30 p.m. at Pike Central High School Gym TUESDAY, FEB. 8 ❚ PCHS Boys' JV Basketball — Tecumseh — 6:30 p.m. at Tecumseh ❚ PCHS Boys' Varsity Basketball — Tecumseh — 8 p.m. at Tecumseh SPORTS BRIEFS Pike County baseball and softball league sign-ups The Pike County Base- ball and Softball League will be holding sign-ups at the Petersburg Lit- tle League concession stands on February 21 through 26, from 6 -8 p.m. during the week and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you have any questions, see the Pike County Baseball and Soft- ball League Facebook page or website. Lady Tigers best Chargers 56-41 By James Capozella A slow first quarter followed by two periods where the La- dy Chargers scored 28 to 29 against the visiting Princeton Lady Tigers, led to a fourth quarter that found the home team trailing by just seven points. Lady Charger, Mal- lory Hunt and Kahle Young, notched two baskets and got inside in an effort to off set La- dy Tiger, Cortney Dove. With just eight Lady Chargers on the bench, those on quaran- tine nearly equaled that num- ber. Princeton had a full com- pliment of players, and also had some size and quickness for the Lady Chargers to con- tend with. Lady Tigers, Kiara Banks, Lexi Smith and Rea- gan Cockren and company, tacked on 15 markers in that fi- nal stanza. Hunt made a three- point play in the final minute, but four Tigers found the hoop in the closing minutes to stave off the Lady Chargers, for their team's 56 -41 win. In that even scoring 12-point third quarter, four La- dy Chargers got on the score board, but Princeton soph- omore, Lexi Smith, nailed three baskets and a pair of threes for all of the Lady Ti- ger third quarter scoring. La- dy Chargers, Kya Sullivan and Kahle Young, contribut- ed a three pointer apiece, and Sullivan got to the rim for two more baskets to go 41-34 into the fourth. Hunt and Sullivan account- ed for the first quarter scor- ing, and the 16 -point second including scoring by Hunt, Sullivan, Kahle Young and Keena Young. Princeton tal- lied 17 markers with six play- ers on the board. Hunt finished with 16 points and Sullivan had 13 with one three-pointer. Kahle Young hit a pair of threes and had 10 points, including two threes, and two of three from the line. Keena Young had one basket in the second quarter. Princ- eton sophomore, Lexi Smith, was the game's leading scorer with 20 points including a pair of threes. Lady Tiger center, Courtney Dove, tacked on six baskets and five of eight from the stripe for 17 points. Charger junior varsity coach, Eric Knight, filled in Saturday for head coach, Kyle McCutchan, and assis- tant coach, Andrew Wibbler, who were unable to attend the contest. Coach said, "With low numbers from quaran- tines we played against a sol- id Princeton team. The girls battled throughout the whole game. Kya Sullivan was tasked with face-guarding Prince- ton's Cortney Dove. Dove is a very good post senior girl and Kya did an excellent job on her the entire game. Kya also helped us out big time on the offensive side of the court. She looked to drive and also knocked down some outside shots that we needed. "Mallory Hunt had one of her best games of the year. She worked hard in her post position and when she re- ceived the ball she finished strong and also looked to dish the ball out to open jump shooters. We struggled a bit from the field and that was ex- pected with limited practices and tired legs. Overall the girls never gave up and we never slowed down. We cut it to single digits, but Princeton answered each time. Prince- ton's number 15 (Smith) was a very quick guard who could handle the rock. She gave us plenty of fits up top and we just couldn't contain her off the dibble. The rest of the team is off quarantine this weekend and start preparing for sec- tionals." Lady Chargers: 6 22 34 41 Lady Tigers: 12 29 41 56 Pike Central: Malloru Hunt: 7 0 5 -2 4 16, Sullivan: 5 1 0 -0 1 13, Kahle Young: 1 2 3-2 2 10, Keena Young: 1 0 0 -0 1 2, Welch: 0 0 1-0 3 0, Ruby Sal- lee: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Emma Hunt: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Jamie Sallee: 0 0 0 - 0 1 0. Totals: 14 3 9 -4 11 41. 6 16 12 7-41 Princeton: Thompson: 2 0 2-0 0 4 Cpchren: 2 0 0 -0 4 4, Carter: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Connor: 2 0 0 -0 2 4, Young: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Smith: 7 2 0 -0 3 20, Hawley: 1 0 2-0 0 2, Hardiman: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Banks: 1 1 0 -0 3 5, Dove: 6 0 8 -5 1 17. Totals: 21 3 12-5 14 56. 12 17 12 15 -56 Chargers edge Mt. Vernon during 4 win hot streak By Andy Heuring Junior, Kendric Sorgius, knocked down a three-point- er with 18 seconds left to give Pike Central a 44-45 win over Mt. Vernon. It was the Char- gers fourth win in their last five games. Sophomore, Julian Gish, led the Chargers with a game high 19 points. He added sev- en rebounds and four assists. Chargers, Quade Morton and Kendric Sorgius, joined Gish in double figures. Mor- ton had 12 and Sorgius 10 in- cluding the game winner. The first quarter was close- ly contested, as Pike Cen- tral got out to a 11-10 lead af- ter one with Gish and Morton scoring five and four points in the quarter. Pike Central pushed their lead to 25 -21, as Gish poured in another eight points in the second quarter and Sorgius added four. The Chargers extended that lead to 10 points just be- fore the end of the third quar- ter, but Mt. Vernon's Nioct Burnett launched a bomb from behind the half-line that banked in at the buzzer. It cut Pike Central's lead to 38 -31. "That gave Mt. Vernon some momentum and con- fidence. They started mak- ing some plays and we made some mistakes," said Charger Coach, Hunter Elliott. With less than a minute Mt. Vernon had clawed their way to a 44-42 lead. But then Sorgius stepped outside and knocked down a three for the Chargers, with 18 seconds left to go up 45 -44. The Charger defense was able to hold on to lead for their fourth victory in five games. "We ran a set for Kendric to get a shot. He has had two games where he won them for us on free-throws and now he has hit a three pointer to win a game," said Elliott. On Jan. 11, the Charger beat Vincennes 40 -39, then three- days later they beat Heritage Hills 56 -54, and the next night Wood Memorial 52-37. On Fri- day, after a nearly two-week stint of weather and COVID, with only one practice, they lost 62-47 to South Spencer, which is 12-2 on the season. Elliott said the recent string of wins have given the Char- gers confidence. He said even in the South Spencer game down 30 points to start the fourth quarter they went on a 14-0 run against the Rebels' starters. "You know, early in the season, I think we had a lot of close games we let slip away. We had to learn how to win some of those games. It is now paying dividends. We have shown we can win and our confidence is growing. We are doing a lot of stuff pretty well. We keeping saying pound the stone and get better each day," said Elliott. Pike Central has no seniors on their rosters. A fter starting the season 1-6, they are now 6 -9, winning five of their last eight, and four of their last five. They are scheduled to play at North Posey (9 -4) at 8 p.m., on Thursday, and Washington (8 -7), on Saturday, at 1:30 p.m. Both are away games. JUNIOR VARSITY FALLS 37-25 AT MT. VERNON Pike Central's junior varsity got off to a slow start against Mt. Vernon scoring only three points in the first quarter, while Mt. Vernon was knock- ing down 12. It turned out to be too much for the Chargers to overcome. They fought back in the second quarter outscoring the Wildcats 8 -6 as freshmen, Albert Whitehead, had five points, and Brenton Fryrear added a basket. But they were outscored three in third quarter and two in the fourth quarter as Mt. Vernon pulled away. The Chargers had balanced scoring as Fryrear had eight, Jagar Dent six, and White- head five. VARSITY Mt. Vernon (44) Burnett 4 0 -0 4 9, Dosh- er 3 0 -0 1 8, Wilson 1 1-2 1 3, Hostetter 5 0 -0 2 11, T. Clow- ers 3 0 -1 3 6, J. Clowers 2 3-4 0 7. Totals 18 4-7 11 44. 3-pt. goals 4 (Burnett, Dosher 2, Hostetter) Pike Central (45) Kendric Sorgius 3 2-2 1 10, Peyton Howald 2 0 -0 4 4, Bra- den Howald 0 0 -0 1 0, Quade Morton 5 1-2 3 12, Chase Rid- ao 0 0 -0 0 0, Julian Gish 6 4-6 2 19, Alex Clark 0 0 -0 0 0. Totals 16 7-10 12 45. 3-pt. goals 6 (Gish 3, Mor- ton 1, Sorgius 2) JUNIOR VARSITY Pike Central (25) Albert Whitehead 1 2-2 1 5, Noah Meece 1 0 -1 1 2, Drew Dawson 0 0 -0 1 0, Jagar Dent 2 1-4 3 6, Chase Ridao 0 1-2 0 1, Zane Gelhausen 0 0 -0 4 0, Mat- thew Meadows 0 0 -0 0 0, Bar- rett Cooper 0 0 -0 0 0, Brenton Fryrear 3 2-3 4 8, Zach Miller 1 0 -0 1 3. Totals 7 6-17 15 25. Mt. Vernon (37) Doherty 2 0 -2 3 4, Kelly 0 0 - 0 1 0, Swartz 1 0 -0 0 2, Angel 3 2-4 2 8, Spaulding 4 0 -0 2 10, Campbell 3 0 -0 1 7, Willis 0 0 - 0 2 0, Weiss 0 6 -6 0 6. Totals 13, 8-12 11 37. 3-pt. goals 3 (Spalding 2, Campbell) Senior Lady Charger, Kya Sullivan, accounted for 13 points in the Princeton match up. Mallory Hunt was the Lady Chargers leading scor- er with 16 points. Junior Lady Charger, Delaney Welch, was a starting forward, along with Keena Young, in Saturday's home contest with Princeton. Kahle Young and Kya Sullivan were the starting guards, and Mallory Hunt was at center. Want to share your news with others? The Press-Dispatch can help deliver it to Pike and the surrounding counties. NEWS! 812-354-8500