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SPORTS CALENDAR TUESDAY, MAY 10 ❚ GSHS Girls' Varsity Tennis — Evansville Mater Dei High — 4:30 p.m. at Evansville Mater Dei ❚ GSHS Boys' Varsity Golf — Reitz Memorial — 4:30 p�m� at Cambridge ❚ GSHS Boys' Varsity Baseball — Barr- Reeve — 4:30 p�m� at Gibson Southern ❚ GSHS Girls' Varsity Softball — Princeton (Varsity Only) — 5 p�m� at Gibson Southern ❚ GSHS Girls' Varsity Track and Field — PAC Meet (Girls) — 5:30 p.m. at Tell City ❚ GSHS Boys' JV Baseball — Castle — 6:30 p�m� at Gibson Southern THURSDAY, MAY 12 ❚ GSHS Girls' Varsity Tennis — Southridge — 4:30 p.m. at Southridge ❚ GSHS Boys' JV Baseball — Princeton — 4:30 p�m� at Gibson Southern ❚ GSHS Boys' Varsity Track and Field — PAC Meet (Boys) — 5:30 p.m. at Princeton ❚ GSHS Girls' Varsity and JV Softball — Tell City — 5:30 p.m. at Tell City ❚ GSHS Boys' Varsity Baseball — Tell City — 5:30 p.m. at Tell City FRIDAY, MAY 13 ❚ GSHS Boys' Varsity Baseball — Wood Memorial — 5 p�m� at Gibson Southern SATURDAY, MAY 14 ❚ GSHS Girl's Varsity Tennis — Loogootee — 9 a�m� at Gibson Southern ❚ GSHS Girls' Varsity and JV Softball — Pike Central — 11 a.m. at Pike Central ❚ GSHS Boys' Varsity Golf — PAC Tournament — noon at Sultans Run ❚ GSHS Boys' Varsity Baseball — Evansville North — noon at Gibson Southern MONDAY, MAY 16 ❚ GSHS Girls' Varsity and JV Softball — Vincennes Lincoln — 5 p�m� at Gibson Southern ❚ GSHS Boys' JV Baseball — Forest Park — 5 p�m� at Gibson Southern ❚ GSHS Boys' Varsity Baseball — Evansville Memorial — 7 p.m. at Bosse Field TUESDAY, MAY 17 ❚ GSHS Boys' Varsity Golf — Forest Park — 4:30 p.m. at Christmas Lake Golf Course ❚ GSHS Girls' Varsity and JV Softball — Evansville Castle — 5 p.m. at Castle (Softball Complex) ❚ GSHS Boys' Varsity Baseball — Washington — 5 p�m� at Gibson Southern Blackard breaks records; Titans golf places second By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Freshman Peyton Blackard continues to break records and turn heads in the local golf scene. Saturday he set a new Gibson Southern record for 18 holes and was the med- alist. Gibson Southern fin- ished second in the 15 -team tournament. Jasper won the tournament with a team score of 321. Gib- son Southern had a 339 for second and North Harrison at 349 placed third. Blackard shot a 69, which is quite the feat, but he did it at Sultan's Run, a Tim Liddy-de- signed course, widely recog- nized as one of the toughest in Indiana, and it was set up for tournament play. He also did it in spite of carding a tri- ple bogey on a par 5. "I'm running out of adjec- tives to describe his play," said Titan Assistant Coach Al Lentz. Blackard's triple bogey on the par 5 fourth hole started with a tee shot to the right in- to heather grass. Coach Matt Reinbrecht said it was a fluffy lie and Blackard went "right under it." His third shot got out of the heather, but it led to an eight. "I went right over and talk- ed to him, told him 'there's a lot of golf to play,'" said Re- inbrecht. He added, "Peyton won't be hitting a driver next week on that hole. (They play the PAC at Sultan's Run on Saturday). Blackard clawed his way back to one over on the front nine. He made par on holes 10 through 12. On the par 5 13th, he reached the front of the green in two strokes. The green is a two-tiered, and he was about 60 feet away. "Fan- tastic two-putt for birdie," said Reinbrecht. Then he birdied the next three holes. "He was in the zone on the back nine. He was calm and collected. I have nev- er seen a high school player, let alone a freshman, be that way in the six years I have been coaching," said Rein- brecht. The result was a 69. The next closest golfer to him was a 72 by Jasper's number one player, Caleb Schnarr with a 72. Conner Swarzentruber was third with a 75. Only six other players broke 80. Gibson Southern's other scores were Ryan Islam 85, Cale Martin 89, Mitchel Gilles 96 and Dawson Maurer 105. Team scores were: Jasper 321, Gibson Southern 339, North Harrison 349, South Spencer 351, Heritage Hills 354, Forest Park 356, Coryd- on Central 362, Ev. Memorial 362, Springs Valley 363, Jas- per Gold 365, Floyd Central 373, Tell City 396, Paoli 401 and Southridge 413. Gibson Southern's strong showing bodes well for them this week as they will play in the PAC Championship on Saturday at Sultan's Run in Jasper. SOFTBALL Continued from page 1 COUNTY Continued from page 1 Callie Dickerson pitched a complete game shutout, strik- ing out seven while allowing only four hits. TITANS PUMMEL WOOD MEMORIAL 16-0 Gibson Southern's offense exploded Tuesday as they scored 10 runs in the first in- ning an never looked back. Sydney Long opened the game with a walk and was thrown out on a fielder's choice at sec- ond base. The next 10 batters not only reached base, they scored. Blume homered to bring in Adamson. Money and Malone walked and were driven in by Tucker's double. EmmaLee Higgs walked, and Taylor Fon- te singled to bring in Tucker. Smith reached by error. Long doubled to bring in Higgs and Fonte, before Adamson capped the inning with a two- run homer to left center. When the dust cleared, Gib- son Southern had a 10 -0 lead. Callie Dickerson and Mor- gan Burgess combined to pitch a five-inning shutout. Dickerson pitched three in- nings, striking out seven, giv- ing up three hits and no walks. Morgan came in to pitch two innings, allowing one hit and no earned runs,while striking out five and allowing no walks. Gibson Southern would score four more in the second, highlighted by a one-out home run. They added two more in the third, but the outcome of the game was long before de- cided. TITANS WIN 8-2 OVER EV. NORTH Gibson Southern broke out for four runs in the third in- ning to win their third game in the three days with an 8 -2 win over Evansville North. Gibson Southern only sent six batters to plate in the first two innings of what looked like was going to be a defen- sive struggle, as Titan pitcher Alexis Tucker had gotten out six of the first seven she faced. But that changed in the bot- tom of the third inning. Em- maLee Higgs walked and went to second on a passed ball. Taylor Fonte hit a two- strike pitch to right field that scored Higgs. Smith then took a four-pitch walk. Long hit a grounder to second base that was mishandled and she reached base on the error, al- lowing Fonte to score. Adamson then broke the game open with a double to right field that scored Smith and Long for a 4-0 lead. North got on the board with one run in the bottom of the third. Gerst led off with a sin- gle and then scored three bat- ters later on a single by Jarboe that made it 4-1. Gibson Southern made it 6 -1 in the fifth. Adamson reached by error with two outs and Blume was walked on four pitches. Money took advantage, hitting a double to center field and scoring both Adamson and Blume with two outs. Blume padded the lead in the top of the sixth when she blasted the first pitch over the fence for a two-run homer af- ter Long had doubled, making it an 8 -2 win. at 11.22. Titan Daniel Thomas placed third in 11.61. He also won the 200, lead- ing a Gibson Southern sweep of the event. Herron ran a 23.16, with Daniel Thomas at 24.35 and Mason Scheller at 24.94. Those three teamed with Sean DeLong to win the 4x100 relay in a time of 44.80. Hayden Pennington al- so picked up two individu- al wins. He won the 1600 in 4:43.23 with teammate Spin- dler placing third in 5:06.15. Pennington also won the 3200 in a time of 10 :30.81 with Spin- dler in second at 11:07.41. Cooper Maurer won the 800 with a time of 2:09. He was more than four seconds ahead of second place. Wy- att McEllhiney placed second with 2:14.88 and Max Wahl was sixth in 2:24.88. Maurer also teamed with Lucas Kissel, Spindler and McEllhiney to win the 4x800 relay in 8:46.36. Ethan Spindler won the high jump by 12 inches with a leap of 6'2" Brody Riggs placed fourth at 5'2". Lucian Wicker and Chris Spear ran second and third in the 110 hurdles at 17.3 and 17.6. Jesse Dewig was sixth in 18.30. In the pole vault, McCade Chandler placed second at 10'6" with Beau Rose fourth at 9'6". South Gibson Star-Times Sports Tuesday, May 10, 2022 B-3 Titan softball beat South Spencer for 13th consecutive win By Andy Heuring South Gibson Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern scored four runs in the fifth inning, featuring a home run by Bren- na Blume to come from be- hind and beat South Spencer 7-3, for their 13th consecutive win Saturday. "We had to work really hard for that win. We, including me, were not mentally ready to play. When that happens we can get beaten by anyone… it was a good lesson for all of us…especially me! " said Titan coach Gary May. The Lady Titans scored one in the first inning, when Lauryn Adamson got a one- out single and stole second. Blume hit a single to center field to score Adamson. South Spencer answered immediately, scoring two runs with two outs. Gibson Southern tied it in the top of the third again with the Adamson-Blume combi- nation. Adamson got a single, stole second and third, before Blume drove her in with an- other single. In the bottom of the fourth, South Spencer put a run on the board to take the lead, as A. Raaf walked with one out and D. Howe reached on an er- ror that allowed Raaf to score, making it 3-2. Callie Dickerson had pitched three and one third innings, allowing two runs on four hits, one walk and six strikeouts. Alexis Tucker came into the game, and after walking the first batter, struck the next two to end the inning. The Titans then broke open the game in the fifth inning. Sydney Long led off with a single, and continued her assault on the Titan record book, picking up her 28th and 29th stolen bases to get to third base. She broke the Gibson Southern record ear- ly last week,steal number 25. Adamson had a sacrifice fly to right field to tie the game. Blume then broke the tie with her ninth home run on an 0 -1 pitch. Olivia Money kept it go- ing with a one-out triple. Ally Malone singled to bring Mon- ey home. Money stole second and third, before Tucker's sin- gle brought her home. Malone then scored on Em- maLee Higgs' single, giving the Titans a 6 -3 lead. Tucker shut down the Reb- els, striking out six batters in the last three innings. Gibson Southern added one in the seventh for good mea- sure, when Malone hit a two- out single, and Tucker doubled to bring her in, making it 7-3. Above left: Peyton Black- ard reaches par- allel on his back swing as he was teeing off on the 15 hole, on Thursday� He shot a 77, while recovering from having his wis- dom teeth re- moved� Above right: Cale Mar- tin putts on the 12th hole on Thursday, at Cambridge� Below left: Ryan Islam looks over the line of a putt on the 15th green� Islam shot a per- sonal best of 35 on Thursday� Lady Titans place second in Gibson-Posey County tournament By Andy Heuring South Gibson Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern's girls placed second in the Gib- son-Posey County track meet last week with a team effort, as 17 different girls placed in the meet. Princeton won the event with 145 points and Gib- son Southern 12. Other plac- ers were Mt. Vernon 28; Wood Memorial 28; and North Posey 17. The girls only won three events, but used team depth to finish second. The 4x400 relay team of Carmen Hasenour, Miah Ros- esch Keelyn Wikerson and Hailey Richter won in a time of 4:23.5, which was 23 seconds ahead of second place. Taylor Hart won the 800 in a time of 2:32.6, just a step ahead of second place. Courtney Heldt placed third in a time of 2:37.3, and Gab- by Baehl was fifth in 2:45.2 for the Titans. Miah Rosech won the 300 hurdles in a time of 52.46, with Cassidy Hasenour in sec- ond place at 54.1. Roesch al- so placed third in the 100 hur- dles. The 4x100 relay team of Richter, Halle Pohl Rachel Jones and Rachel Pohl placed second. They were just .36 sec- onds out of first place. Carmen Hasenour and Wilk- erson ran two and three in the 400 dash, at 1:04.7 and 1:06. Haley Edwards and Chloey Graham placed second and third in the shot put, with Ed- wards throwing 32'.5" and Gra- ham at 31'4". They swapped those position going third and fourth on the discus, with Gra- ham at 94' and Edwards at 89'. Richter, along with being on the winning 4x400 team, also placed second in the long jump at 14'5.25". In other field events, Pohl placed third in the high jump at 4'6"; Briley Edwards was fifth at the same height; and Olivia Redding was sixth at 4'4". Vanessa Schmitt placed third in the pole vault at 6'6" The Titans placed three girls in the 100, as Rachel Jones was second with a time of 13.33. Rachel Pohl was fourth at 13.75, and Halle Pohl in fifth at 14.17. Jones placed third in the 200 at 27.88, and Richter in fifth at 28.38. Elizabeth Stecker turned in a 6:04.9 in the 1600 for fourth place, and Aleks Parmer was fifth at 6:06.9. In the 3200, Olivia Pen- nington was third in a time of 12:57.1, and Steckler was