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Gibson Southern blanks defending state champions By Mike Sandifar Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Coach Chris May's Gibson Southern Titans traveled to Huntingburg Thurs- day evening for a Pocket Athletic Con- ference (PAC) encounter with South- ridge, and the Titans came away with a 10 -0 win over the defending state champs for their fifth consecutive victory of the 2022 season. The triumph over the Raiders put the Titans at 13-4 on the year, including a 6 -4 conference record in the 13-team league, while the loss dropped Southridge to 9 -10 on the 2022 diamond campaign, includ- ing a 5 -4 league mark. Gibson Southern wasted no time in scoring against Southridge, getting two runs in the top of the first frame of a five-inning outing, and then put another seven runs on the scoreboard in the top of the second inning to go up 9 -0. The Titans did not score in the third or fourth inning, but in the top of the fifth, the eventual winners pushed a run across the plate to make the score 10 -0, and when Titan defense held the Raid- ers without a run in the bottom half of the fifth frame, the game was over, due to the 10 -run rule. The Titans pounded out 11 hits against the Raiders, including four doubles, two by senior Levi Dickerson, one by class- mate Oliver Hamilton and one junior Bradyn Epperson, while seniors Logan Thomas, Drew Foster, Logan Maurer, Re- gan Farmer, and Kaden Hurless all had singles in the lop-sided contest. Dickerson had three RBIs, and Ham- ilton drove in another pair of scores to lead the Titans. Foster and Hurless each drove in a run. Gibson Southern pitcher Justin Stimp- son tossed a two-hitter in shutting out Southridge. Stimpson struck out a trio of Raiders and walked four in his five in- nings on the mound. The 13-4 Titans (6 -4 PAC) were sched- uled to travel to Mt. Carmel, Illinois, on Friday to tangle with the Aces, and yes- terday, Gibson Southern was scheduled to take on Jasper at Fort Branch. On Thursday, the Titans are slated to travel to Tell City for a conference con- test with the Marksmen at 5:30 p.m., and Monday, Gibson Southern is set to play at home against Wood Memorial in a non-conference battle at 5:00 p.m. Titan baseball tops Boonville 6-3 By Mike Sandifar Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern topped Pocket Ath- letic Conference opponent Boonville 6 - 3 in Boonville on Wednesday to improve its season record to 12-4, including 5 -4 in league competition. A fter both teams failed to push a run across the plate in the first inning, the Titans touched the Pioneers for three runs in the top of the second inning to take a 3-0 advantage over the hosts, then came back to plate another two runs in the top of the third to up the lead to 5 -0 over Boonville. The Pioneers scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the third frame to reduce the Titan lead to 5 -2, and Gibson South- ern scored a run in the bottom of the fourth inning to up the lead to 6 -2. The Titans did not score in the top of the fifth inning, but Boonville put a run on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth to make the score 6 -3, which tuned out to be the final score of the game, as neither team scored over the final two innings. The Titans were held to just six hits in the contest, but one of the hits was a home run by senior Oliver Hamilton. Senior Levi Dickerson had a double for the winners, while classmates Logan Thomas, Drew Foster, and Colton Okes and junior Bradyn Epperson all added a single to the Gibson Southern hit list. The Titans worked Boonville for six walks in the game, while just two Pio- neers received a free pass to first base from Okes, who tossed a complete game for Gibson Southern. Okes struck out 11 Pioneers in a solid pitching performance. Maurer drew a pair of walks from Boonville pitchers, while Thomas, Fos- ter, Hamilton, and Okes all had a free pass to first in the fray. The victory was the fourth straight for Gibson Southern, including 6 -4 in PAC play. The 6 -4 conference record is good for fourth place in the 13-team league, the largest in Indiana. Gibson Southern was back in action on Thursday evening at Southridge, and on Friday, the Titans were scheduled to travel to Mt. Carmel, Ill., for a non-con- ference game. Titans get hard-fought victory at Evansville Central By Mike Sandifar Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Coach Chris May's Gib- son Southern Baseball Team traveled to Evansville on Monday, May 2, to tan- gle with Evansville Central in a non-conference tilt, and the Titans came away with a hard-fought 9 -5 victory over the host Bears for their 10th win of the 2022 diamond campaign. The Titans opened the top of the first inning with three quick runs to take a 3- 0 lead, but the determined Bears came right back to score a pair of runs to make the score 3-2. Gibson Southern pushed another three runs across the plate in the top of the sec- ond inning to take a 6 -2 ad- vantage over the hosts, but once again, Evansville Cen- tral was able to drive one run home to reduce the visitors' lead to 6 -3. The Titans failed to score in their half of the third in- ning, but the Bears were able to plate another run to nar- row the eventual winners' ad- vantage to 6 -4 after three full innings. Neither team score in the fourth inning but in the fifth, both teams scored a run to put the score at 7-5, in favor of Gibson Southern. The Titans did not allow a Bears run over the final two innings of the encoun- ter, while Gibson Southern scored a run in each of the last two frames to account for the final 9 -5 score. Both teams had seven hits in the battle, while the Ti- tans worked the Bears pitch- ers for 11 walks. GSHS hurl- ers provided just four free passed to first base to ECHS batters. Gibson Southern played errorless baseball, while Evansville Central commit- ted only one error in the well- played outing. Senior Drew Foster led the Titans' attack with two hits in three official at bats, includ- ing a double and one walk, while junior Bradyn Epper- son, and seniors Kaden Hur- less, Mason Yancey, Levi Dickerson, and Colton Okes, all had one hit. Hurless's hit was a double. Yancey and classmate Lo- gan Maurer each worked the Bears pitchers for a pair of walks, while Foster, Ep- person, seniors Brayden Malone, Regan Farmer, Hurless, Oliver Hamilton, and Okes all received walks a team season-high 11 walks in a game. Senior Noah Bryant start- ed on the mound for the Ti- tans and pitched the first five innings to get the win. Junior Garrett Reid and Okes fin- ished the game for Bryant, each pitcher throwing one inning. The win was the second straight for the Titans to put Gibson Southern at 10 -4 on the season (3-4 in Pocket Athletic Conference action). Gibson Southern started the season at 7-0, before drop- ping three straight games, all three conference con- tests. The Titans knocked off Evansville Christian to break the three-game slide on Sat- urday, April 30 by a 5 -1 score. Gibson Southern was scheduled to host PAC oppo- nent Pike Central last Tues- day in the second of five games for the week. A fter hosting the Char- gers, the Titans were slat- ed to travel to Boonville for another conference contest on Wednesday, then travel to Huntingburg for a league en- counter with Southridge on Thursday, before getting into the bus for a trip to Mt. Carm- el, Ill., where Gibson South- ern was scheduled to tangle with the Aces. Left: Gibson Southern senior shortstop Kaden Hur- less (15) smacks a double to drive in teammate Logan Maurer in the first inning of last week's 12-0 win over Pocket Athletic Conference opponent Pike Central� Below: Gibson Southern senior Logan Thomas (3) pumps a pitch down the pipe against Pike Central in last week's 12-0 victory over the Chargers in Pocket Athletic Conference competition� Senior Oliver Hamilton fires home a pitch for Gibson Southern against Pike Central in Tuesday's 12-0 Pock- et Athletic Conference win� The Titans pounded the Chargers in four and one half innings in a game stopped by the IHSA A 10-run rule� Hamilton got the win� South Gibson Star-Times Sports Tuesday, May 10, 2022 B-5