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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, April 20, 2022 B-3 Pike Central wrestlers compete in Boro Brawl Four Pike Central wrestlers participated at the Boro Brawl Nationals on Saturday, April 9, 2022 in Owensboro, Ken- tucky. It was hosted by the Kentucky Wesleyan wrestling team. The tournament drew com- petitors from 15 states. Griffin Boyd wrestled the 120 weight class in a group of 10 wrestlers, placing fifth. He won three of his five matches. Boyd pinned Lunsford of Whitehouse, Tennessee; loss by major decision 19 -5 to Har- din of Elizabethtown, Ken- tucky; lost a 4-1 decision to Bauer of Hillsboro, Missouri, won by medical forfeit over Stall of McCutcheon in Lafay- ette and won an 11-4 decision over Bell of Evansville Reitz. Corey Goeppner wrestled at 195 lbs. in a group of 15 wres- tlers, placing fifth. He was 4- 1 on the day. He beat Walk- er of Owensboro, Ky by fall, then lost a 15 -10 decision to Curtis of Fairview, TN. He beat Beal of Evansville Reitz by pin, Green of Nashville, TN by pin and Ooten of Delbar- to W V. Paul Thompson and Kon- ner Simmons competed in the 220 pound weight class with seven wrestlers. Thompson placed fifth with a 2-2 record for the day and Simmons placed seventh with an 0 -3 record . John Thompson and Jason Goeppner were coaches for the day at the event. DNR floats new survey technique for lake users Users of Big Lake (Noble County), Bryant Creek Lake (Monroe County), and Prai- rie Pond (Pike County) can share their opinions on their experience with DNR via a new online survey. The sur- vey is for all users of these lakes, not just anglers. The survey asks questions about a user's day at the lake and their satisfaction regard- ing access, cleanliness, and fishing opportunities. Signs displaying a QR code have been placed near the ac- cess sites at each lake. Users access the survey by opening the camera app on their mo- bile phone and holding it over the QR code for a few sec- onds until the survey notifi- cation pops up. When it does, they can tap on the notifica- tion to open the survey. Four Pike Central wrestlers participated in Boro Brawl Nationals in Owensboro, Kentucky recently. They are front row (l to r): Paul Thompson and Griffen Boyd; back row: Konnor Simmons, coach John Thompson, Corey Goeppner and coach Jason Goeppner. Weisman, Vinnedge, Howald win events at Jasper Invitational By Andy Heuring Xavery Weisman, Erika Vinnedge and Braden How- ald were individual winners for Pike Central in the Jas- per Invitational track meet last week. Howald won the pole vault clearing 12'. Teammate Grif- fin Boyd placed fourth with a height of 11'. Peyton Chanley ran a per- sonal best in the 3200 of 10 :38 to place fourth in the event. Pike Central 4x800 relay team placed third with a time of 9:54.40. The 4x100 relay also placed third in 47.58. In the girls events, Weis- man won the 3200 in a time of 11:40.22. She was 22 sec- onds ahead of second place. Quinlan Teague placed third in a time of 12:30.51. Weisman also placed sec- ond in the 1600 where she ran a time of 5:32.26 and was less than four seconds be- hind E. Hall of Forest Park who ran a 5:28.52. Vinnedge won the shot put with a toss of 32'9.5". Other placers for the girls were: Weisman and Ruby Sal- lee in the pole vault. They were third and fourth, both clearing personal bests of 7'6". Morgan Anderson placed fourth in 100 meter hurdles with a time of 18.12. Jasper won the boys meet with 135.67 points, Forest Park in second with 96.33, Northeast Dubois third with 82, Pike Central fourth with 46 and Southridge fifth with 24 points. Jasper also won the girls meet with 166 points. Forest Park was second with 140, Pike Central third with 22, Northeast Dubois, 12 and Southridge 11. you can learn a lot from the Newspaper! Encourage your children to make reading the newspaper a part of their everyday routine for lifelong learning. Newspapers are living textbooks, helping students develop reading, math, social studies and language skills while exploring the issues affecting our world today. 1 Year Subscriptions start at just $35.00 for Pike and Surrounding Counties CALL 812-354-8500 or e-mail subscriptions@pressdispatch.net Harris honored by Mets with tickets to Gil Hodges Day By Andy Heuring Former Petersburg Mayor, local businessman and long- time Gil Hodges supporter Randy Harris was honored last Saturday for work over the last 30 years to help get Hodg- es elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Harris was given four tick- ets to a VIP suite for the New York Mets game with Arizona Diamondbacks on Gil Hodg- es Day. He got to attend the pre- game press conference with Mets Manager Buck Showal- ter. He also attended a press conference with Josh Rawitch, President of the Major League Hall of Fame, former Yankees Manager and player Joe Torre, who also played for Hodges, when Hodges managed the Mets. Torre told a story that his mother was invited on the To- day morning news show for an interview. Torre's brother, Frank also played in the ma- jors at the same time as Joe. Torre said when the inter- viewer asked his mother who her favorite baseball player was, she answered "Gil Hodg- es" on national T V. Hodges' son Gil Jr. and daughters Cynthia and Irene were at the game and threw out the first pitch. "A friend of mine in the Mets organization, Jay Horow- itz, invited me to the come the game," said Harris. "It was a great day to pay homage to Gil Hodges, his children and his grandchil- dren," said Harris. Hodges, a native of Peters- burg, was elected to the Hall of Fame in December of 2021. He will be officially inducted this summer. "I think after 30 years of working toward Gil going into the Hall of Fame I have made some friends throughout the US. We have been on this bandwagon for a long time. It was very nice that Jay offered us the opportunity," said Har- ris of getting to take part in the Mets' Gil Hodges Day. Jeff Nelson, Jon Craig and John Heuring attended the ceremony and game with Har- ris on Saturday in New York. "I have an article hanging on the wall in the Gil Hodges room of the cafe. It was writ- ten by Evansville Courier and Press Sports Editor, Dave Johnson in 1978 about Hodg- es. Dave wrote, 'Hodges' in- duction is long overdue. So many of his fans are gone, but better late than never.'" Harris added, " It is a great honor for Petersburg, Pike County and Gibson County." Randy Harris visited with Gil Hodges' family Saturday at the New York Mets clubhouse. The Hodges were there to throw out the first pitch before the Mets game with Arizona on Gil Hodges Day. Hodges was the Mets manager in 1969 when they won the World Series. Above are Hodges' children Cynthia, Gil Jr., Harris and Irene.