The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Feburar y 23, 2022 B-3 SPORTS SCHEDULE THURSDAY, FEB. 24 ❚ 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. 26 ❚ PCMS Boys' Middle School Wrestling — 10 a.m. at Pike Central High School Gym TUESDAY, MARCH 1 ❚ PCMS Coed Swimming — Tell City — 6:30 p.m. at Pike Central ❚ PCMS Boys' Middle School Wrestling — George Rogers Clark — 6:30 p.m. at Pike Central Middle School Gym THURSDAY, MARCH 3 ❚ PCMS Coed Swimming — Southridge — 6 p.m. at Pike Central ❚ PCMS Boys' Middle School Wrestling — Tri-Meet (South Spencer and Forest Park) — 6 p.m. at Pike Central Middle School Gym Chase Jagar Chargers! 812-354-9909 Chargers fall to Washington 55-30 By Andy Heuring Pike Central ran into a hot shooting Washington team on a night when the Char- gers struggled from the floor. Washington poured 55 points including nine three-pointers. It started as a hard-fought defensive battle. More than five minutes into the game, Washington led 3-1. Pike Central's only score at the 5:48 mark was a Quade Morton free throw. Washing- ton's Joah Horrall, who is an Otwell native, rebounded his own blocked shot and put it back in for the Hatchets' first basket at the six minute mark of the first quarter. The only score over the next four minutes was a Hor- rall free throw. But with 1:52 left, Horrall hit a three, mak- ing it 5 -1 and then at the buzz- er, Tyler Boyd hit a layup mak- ing it 8 -1. Pike Central was having success getting in the passing lanes and creating turnovers, but they were so cold from the floor they only got one free throw out of three breakaway layups following steals. In the second quarter, Washington countered the Chargers' pressure with back cuts as Boyd scored three times on layups off of cuts without the ball. Dalton Thurston knocked down two three-pointers, lead- ing Washington to an 18 -point quarter. Pike Central tried to keep pace as Morton hit a three and Braden Howald rebounded his brother Peyton's miss for a basket, making it 16 -8. But then the floodgates broke as Washington pulled out to a 26 - 11 lead before the Chargers' Clark scored on a drive in the paint, just before the buzzer to make it 26 -13 Pike Central used a drive by Peyton Howald and a 15 ft. jumper by Morton to keep pace at the beginning of the third quarter and trailed 28 - 17 with 4:25 left in the quar- ter. Morton led the Chargers with 16 points. He was the on- ly Charger in double figures. Then Brycen Neidigh got hot. Red hot. He hit four straight three pointers over the last four minutes of the third quarter and stretched Washington's lead to 45 -23 by the end of the third quarter, and the game was decided. Pike Central hit 11 of 40 on the night for 27.5 percent. "We did not shoot the ball well. We settled for our shots. We have to get more interior touches to Kendric and Pey- ton and Gish," said Charger Coach Hunter Elliott. "I thought defensively we did a pretty good job of get- ting in the passing lanes and making it difficult for Wash- ington," said Elliott. "In the second half they hit some shots and we didn't. It wasn't our night. We can defi- nitely execute better, and get better shots. We had some ad- vantages, but we just weren't able to use them," said Elliott. JUNIOR VARSITY Pike Central (45) Albert Whitehead 2 2-5 2 7, Drew Dawson 5 0 -1 3 12, Jagar Dent 2 1-2 4 6, Zane Gehlhau- sen 3 0 -0 3 6, Brenton Fryrear 4 6 -9 1 14. Totals 16 9-17 14 45. 3 pt goals 4 ( Whitehead, Dawson 2, Dent) Washington (57) Kroeger 4 1-3 0 9, Wooley 0 0 -0 1 0, Stowers 3 2-4 0 9, Nei- digh 0 5 -6 4 23, J. Meridith 2 0 -0 3 4, C. Meredith 3 1-2 4 7, Frank 1 0 -0 4 2, Waller 1 0 -0 0 3. Totals 22 7-15 18 57. 3 pt goals 1 (Stowers) VARSITY Pike Central (30) Kendric Sorgius 1 0 -0 3 3, Peyton Howald 1 0 -0 2 2, Bra- den Howald 1 0 -0 1 2, Quade Morton 5 5 -7 0 16, Clark 2 0 - 2 0 4, Jagar Dent 0 0 -2 2 0, Al- bert Whitehead 1 0 -0 0 3. To- tals 11 5-11 8 30. 3 pt. goals 3 (Clark, Sorgi- us, Morton) Washington (55) Boyd 6 0 -0 4 12, Kroeger 0 0 -0 1 0, Thurston 2 0 -0 0 6, Stowers 1 0 -2 0 2, Riester 3 0 - 0 1 6, Mann 0 3-4 2 3, Neidigh 4 1-2 1 13, Horrall 5 0 -0 1 13. Sandullo 0 0 -0 1 0. Totals 21 4-8 10 55. 3 pt. goals 9 (Thurston 2, Neidigh 4, Horrall 3) Julian Gish puts up a one-hander in the lane on Monday against Washington. Peyton Howald gets off a short jump shot against Washington. He scored two points in the game. Braden Howald gets off a shot in the paint. He scored two points in the 55-30 loss at Washing- ton on Monday.