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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Feburar y 16, 2022 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 GOT SPORTS? email sports@ pressdispatch.net See VICTORY on page 2 See SWIM on page 6 You're invited to a me of celebra on and worship. First Christian Church 1400 E. Main St., Petersburg Sunday, March 13, 2022 10:30 A.M. Catered lunch provided following our worship me. Spring Forward By Andy Heuring Sophomore guard Quade Mor- ton exploded for 27 points to lead Pike Central to a 64-39 win over Tecumseh on Wednesday. In a rug- ged game that was played at frenet- ic pace, the Chargers took the early lead on a Kendric Sorgius drive. He was fouled and hit both free-throws giving the Chargers a lead they nev- er relinquished. "I think we are playing some good basketball. This win is a good step moving toward post-season," said Charger Coach Hunter Elliott. It was the fifth win in their last six games and improved their re- cord to 7-9. Morton poured in 11 points in the first quarter in what was mostly a back-and-forth contest. "Quade's ability to score is up there with just about anyone. He is going to have some really big games," said Elliott. Tecumseh's Dax Bailey answered with seven first quarter points and 19 for the game to counter Morton. The score was tied at 7-7 with 3:40 left in the first quarter. Braden Howald's steal and layup broke the tie and Morton followed and a jumper just inside the three- point line to give the Chargers an 11-7 lead. The Chargers would stretch lead as Morton scored Pike Central's next six points including a basket with 3.2 seconds left in the first quarter for a 17-11 lead. Peyton Howald pushed the lead to 19 -11 on a baseline cut with a great assist from Sorgius with 6:40 left in the second. Over the next 45 seconds Bailey knocked down two threes to get Te- cumseh back into the game at 19 -17 Morton then had a drive with a spin move for a lay-up, despite a heavy foul, and hit the free-throw for a 22-17 lead. Morton was 7-of-7 from the free throw line and pulled down 8 rebounds. Pike Central as a team was 15 of 21 from the line. "One of the things we have been harping on is to not settle, to be aggressive and play in- side-out and get to the free throw line. We did a nice job of getting of that and we made them," said El- liott. A Morton three-pointer on the next possession made it 25 -17. Sophomore Julian Gish, who had 15 points and seven rebounds, hit a three off a no-look pass from Mor- ton making it 29 -21 with less than a minute left in the half. Then Mor- ton was fouled on a drive and hit both free throws and the Chargers owned a 31-21 lead at halftime. Pike Central's defense clamped down on Tecumseh in the second Multiple basketball games rescheduled There have been several cancellations and rescheduled games for Pike Central. Below is the latest schedule for the next two weeks. Feb. 18: Boys' JV and Var- sity Basketball versus Jas- per will be at home at 6 p.m. JV will be the first game. Se- nior night will be in between games. Feb. 19: Boys' Freshman and JV Basketball versus Loo- gootee at home at 9 a.m. There will be a 10 -minute warm-up between games. Feb. 19: Boys' Varsity Bas- ketball only will play Brown County at 7 p.m. at Brown County. No JV game. Feb. 21: Boys' JV and Varsi- ty Basketball teams will play Washington at 6 p.m. at Wash- ington. JV will start first. Feb. 22: Boys' JV and Varsi- ty Basketball teams will play South Knox at 6 p.m. at South Knox. JV will start first. Feb. 24: Boys' JV and Varsi- ty Basketball teams will North Posey at 6:30 p.m. at North Posey. JV will start. Morton goes off on Tecumseh in 64-39 victory By Andy Heuring Pike Central's boys swim team placed second in a three-way meet last Thursday against Evansville Central and Evansville Bosse. Cen- tral won the meet with 132 points and Pike Central was just two points back at 130. Bosse had nine points. "The boys swam well, consider- ing there were no breaks in between events because the girls didn't swim. They are looking forward to section- als and working hard to try and set their personal best times," said Char- ger Swim Coach Jason McKinney. Wyatt Luff had two first place fin- ishes, a second and third in the meet. He won the 100 backstroke in 1:14.22 beating out teammate Ty DeCoursey in second by two seconds. Luff was also a member of the 200 freestyle relay team with Gage Schmitt, Draven Readle and Ethan Mann that won in 1:51.06, nine sec- onds ahead of Central in second place. Luff also placed third in the 200 in- dividual medley in 2.48.08 and was a member of the second place medley relay team of Isaac Burdett, Michael Burkhart and McKinney. They had a time of 2:02.79. Burdette won the 50 free, edging teammate Cobrey McKinney by .28 of a second. Burdette also had three second place finishes as a member of both 200 and 400 free relay teams. Indi- vidually he placed second in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:12.22. Michael Burkhart had four sec- ond place finishes. Individually he was second in the 200 IM in 2:47.79 and second in the 100 butterfly in 1:20.65. Xander Park placed third in the event for the Chargers. Burkhart was also a member of the 200 med- ley relay and 400 free relay teams. Draven Readle was part of the win- ning 200 relay team and took second place in the 400 free relay. Individu- ally he placed second in the 200 free at 2:11.39 and second in the 500 free in 6:18.39. McKinney also had four second place finishes. Along with his sec- ond in the 50 free, he was second in the 100 free at 1:01.18 and he was on both the 200 medley relay and 400 Chargers swim places second in Evansville three-way meet Draven Readle churns out laps in the 500 freestyle. He fin- ished second in the event with a time of 6:18.39. Michael Burkhart reaches forward during the100 butterfly. Burkhart finished second in the event with a time of 1:20.65. Quade Morton puts up a three-pointer that burned the nets against Tecumseh last Wednesday. His 28 points led the Chargers to a 64-39 win. PC moves to new Princeton sectional; draw is Sunday By Andy Heuring March Madness is upon us in Indiana High School basketball. This Sunday the state tournament draw for boys basketball will be announced. Tournament play starts Tuesday, March 1 with games on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5. Pike Central is in a new sectional this year at Princ- eton, where they will compete with Princeton (3-16), Sullivan (18 -1), Vincennes Lincoln (0 -17) and Wash- ington (8 -9). The Chargers match up well with all the teams. This season, Pike Central has beaten Princ- eton 43-41 on December 4 and Vincennes 40 -39 on January 11. They play at Washington on Monday, Feb. 21 with the varsity at 7:30 p.m. Both teams are 8 -9 now. Before the Washington game, Pike Central is scheduled to play Jasper at home Friday, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Washington has three games before the Monday, Feb. 21 game. They are scheduled to play Heritage Hills on Tuesday, Boonville on Friday and South Knox on Saturday. Pike Central comes into the last two weeks of the season on a hot streak, winning their last three and six of seven. The young Charger squad, which starts two sopho- mores and three juniors, has been improving steadi- ly after losing three straight games by four points or less in December. Sullivan has to be considered the favorite with an 18 -1 record. Their only loss was to Terre Haute North in December. Charger Coach Hunter Elliott said this year's sec- tional is "wide open." "That is always the goal. Our guys have been dead- set all year on cutting down the nets," said Elliott of the Chargers. LOUIE CAMPBELL Sales Professional lcampbell@sfaulknerauto.com CALL OR TEXT 812-899-6267 @LouieYourCarGuy HWY. 64 W. PRINCETON Looking for a Great Deal On Your Next Vehicle?