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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, March 9, 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 See SWIM on page 3 See OPENER on page 2 Water Heaters • HVAC Installations • Drain Cleaning Water & Gas Lines • Sewer Inspections • Toilet & Pipe Repair Garbage Disposals • Water Filtration Systems Free Quotes • Financing Plans Available • All Work Guaranteed Slow drain? Cold water? Dripping faucet? Outdated HVAC? Call us for fast, professional service and great rates! 905 Vincennes Ave., Petersburg Carl Benner Charlie Hyatt Plumber lumber Your Local Full-Service PC12000078 By Andy Heuring Pike Central made big play after big play when they had to in their 43-37 win over Princeton in the first round of the sectional on Tuesday. It was played at a high intensity befitting a win-or-go- home game. Pike Central just kept hav- ing different players step up and make plays when they needed them most. "Quade was under the weather the day before and we had some lineup chang- es. We overcame that and found a way to win and ad- vance," said El- liott He added, "I didn't think we executed offen- sively the way we should, or shot the ball very well, but I thought the intensity was really good, especially late in the game. The guys stepped up and made plays. Quade and Gish getting into the pass- ing lanes and making plays was huge for us," said Charger Coach Hunter Elliott. It was a back and fourth game. Pike Central's largest lead was the fi- nal score. Princeton's largest lead was 16 -10 in the second quarter. Princeton's Reggie McIntyre hit a three with 4:22 to play in the first to give Princeton a 5 -3 lead, but Kendric Sorgius answered immediately when he picked up a loose ball and scored on a drive and was fouled. He made the free throw to put the Chargers up 6 -5 with 3:40 left. Sorgius led the Chargers with 10 points and 16 rebounds on the night. Princeton's Kaiden Coomer was fouled on a rebound basket in the last minute of the first quarter. He missed the free throw. Princeton got the ball after a Pike Central turnover and held it for a last second shot. They missed and the quarter ended with Princeton leading 7-6. Princeton jumped out to an 11-7 lead in the first three minutes of the second quarter, but Sorgius dropped a three pointer from the left corner to make it 11-10. Jace Jenkins a freshman hit a three for Princeton, followed by a give-and-go bas- ket by Coomer, and Princeton was up 16 - 10 with two minutes to play in the half. Pike Central clawed their way back on a nice drive by Quade Morton, who fin- ished with seven points and a steal. A breakaway layup by Gish and then two free-throws by Peyton Howald tied the game at 16 with 35.6 left. Princeton's Jenkins was fouled with 0.7 seconds left and hit one of two free- throws to make it 17-16 at the half. Pike Central started the second half strong with a Peyton Howald layup. How- ald was on the bench much of the second quarter with foul trouble. Braden How- ald then made it 21-17 when Gish hit him on a baseline cut for a bucket. Peyton picked up his third foul with 4:16 left in the quarter on a Jenkins' 17 footer. Jenkins' free-throw made it 23-23 as Princeton pulled out to a 27-23 lead, but Chase Ridao in for Howald nailed a three-pointer to pull within one, but Jen- BIG PLAYS LEAD CHARGERS TO SECTIONAL OPENER VICTORY Pike Central senior Alex Clark goes up in traffic for a shot as Pike Central beat Princeton 43-37. SPORTS SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 ❚ Middle School Sports Pictures — 3:15 p.m. at Pike Central. THURSDAY, MARCH 10 ❚ Middle School Coed Swimming — Heritage Hills — 6:30 p.m. at Heritage Hills. SATURDAY, MARCH 12 ❚ Middle School Wrestling — PAC — 10 a.m. at Heritage Hills. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 ❚ Middle School Coed Swimming — Girls' PAC — at Heritage Hills. ❚ PCHS Girls' Varsity Softball — Scrimmage vs. Evansville North — 6 p.m. at Evansville North. See Vincennes and Sullivan Sectional games on page B-2, B-6 Titan Duals Pike Central's Brodey Daffron grabs a front head- lock on his opponent during the Titan Duals on Sat- urday morning at Gibson Southern. More photos on B-3. By Andy Heuring Pike Central boys and girls swim teams swept South Spencer and Forest Park as both teams won triangle meets on Monday night. The girls won with 127 points, with Forest Park at 69 and South Spencer at 41. On the boys side, the Chargers won with 134 points. Forest Park was second with 69 and South Spencer third with 51 points. The boys were led by Aw- styn Luff, Tyler Collins and Jacoby Smith who each won all four events in which they competed. Luff set a new school record in the 50 backstroke with a time of 30.21. He was nine sec- onds ahead of second and 0.11 seconds faster than the previ- ous record set in 2019 by Gra- ham Mullins. Luff also won the 100 In- dividual Medley in a time 1:05.58. He was 30 seconds ahead of second place. His other first places were in the 200 medley relay where he teamed with Jacoby Smith, Tyler Collins and Julian Hay for a 2:35, 27 seconds ahead of second place. The other win for Luff was in the 200 freestyle relay where he teamed with Collins, Jacoby Smith and Cainan Rus- sell to win in 2:17.25, 25 sec- onds ahead of second place. Collins, along those two re- lay wins, was part of the 400 relay team of Joshua Smith, Zane DeCoursey and Markis Hutchinson in 6:22.53. They bested second place South Spencer by .73 seconds. Collins' individual win was in the 100 free in a time of 1:32.7. Second place went to his teammate, Joshua Smith. Jacoby Smith won two indi- vidual events along with his two relay wins. He won the 50 butterfly in 34.20, which was four seconds ahead of second place. His other win was in the 50 breaststroke with a time of 39.95, where he beat second place by almost 12 seconds. Hutchison was the other Charger boy to win. He won the diving with a score of 66.4. The girls were led by Hope Meny and Kylie Meyer ,who both recorded three wins. Meny won the 50 breast- stroke in a time of 48.12. Meny, a sixth grader ,won the event by more than 11 seconds. She also was a member of two winning relay PCMS boys and girls swim sweeps Rebels and Rangers Awstyn Luff competes in the 50 butterfly for Pike Central. He set a school record in the event with a time of 27.07. Photo contributed by Jamie Luff.