The Press-Dispatch
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B-2 Wednesday, May 11, 2022 The Press-Dispatch Pike Central 2022 girls track team members are front row (l to r): Morgan Anderson, Erika Vinnedge and Quinlan Teague. Back row: Ruby Sallee, Brelynn Myers, Savannah Ingle and Makynna Satterfield. LADY CHARGER TRACK Good Luck at Sectionals A MBER M A NOR A Trilogy Senior Living Community CARE CENTER 801 E. Illinois St. Petersburg, IN 812-354-3001 ambermanorhc.com P.O. Box 67, Petersburg, IN 47567 812-354-9995 | www.fourstarfab.com Chargers! Glezen Revival Center Go 245 S. Glezen Center St. • Petersburg • 812-354-9909 2134 E MAIN STREET, PETERSBURG | C A L L 812 - 380 - 7453 Chargers softball deliver 2-1 win over Mt. Vernon By Andy Heuring A dramatic two-out rally in the bottom of the sixth inning delivered a 2-1 win over Mt. Vernon for the Chargers soft- ball team on Saturday. Macey Stilwell was down to her last strike in the sixth in- ning when she hit a fly ball to right field that dropped and al- lowed Delany Welch to score what would be the winning run. "This win was the high- light of the week for sure, coming out of the week with three wins and two confer- ence wins, we were really hap- py with," said Charger Coach Dustin Traylor. "The Mt. Vernon game was a big game for us, one of those games where you learn what the team is made of. We had opportunities, but just couldn't push a run across. I misjudged a ball to the out- field and cost us a run mid- way through the game. The girls never wavered, stayed upbeat, kept playing good de- fense, and stayed in the game. The bottom of the sixth, down a run, we never stopped work- ing," said Traylor. Pike Central had trailed since the first inning when Mt. Vernon's leadoff hitter singled. She advanced to sec- ond base on a fielder's choice for the second out. A two-out walk put runners on first and second. A ground ball by Bai- ley Cox got through the Char- ger infield and scored Hannah West. Charger pitcher Chloe Williams settled in and shut out the Wildcats for the next six innings allowing six hits, with three strikeouts and three walks. Pike Central offense was held in check as well, really only threatening to score in the fourth inning when Lexi Onyett led off with a walk and Avery Hunt was hit by a pitch putting runners on first and second. Welch hit a grounder to third base and was thrown out at first, but Jaidyn Gogel, who was a courtesy runner for Onyett, went to third with one out. But the inning ended abruptly when Madelyn Fis- cus lined out to the left fielder who then threw to third base to get Gogel out. The Chargers finally broke through in sixth inning. Aly- na Sharp went down swing- ing. Onyett grounded out to third base. Avery Hunt was hit by a pitch. Welch hit a two strike single to the left side, putting runners on first and second. Fiscus then hit the first pitch on a rope to center field, driving in Hunt and moving Welch to third base. It also tied the game at 1-1. Stilwell was behind in the count 1-2 when she fouled off a pitch. Then facing a two- strike count for the second pitch ripped a shot to right field to score Welch, giving Pike Central a 2-1 lead for the first time in the game. "Macey Stilwell hitting a single to right field to drive in Delaney for the winning run was huge. Just goes to show, when your number is called it's time to step up and Mac- ey certainly did that for us," said Coach Traylor. Williams then shut down Mt. Vernon in the seventh and Pike Central walked away with a 2-1 win. Pike Central boys 8th graders at PAC Boyd and McCormick post championships By James Capozella Two firsts and a second by Grant Boyd and a first from Quentin McCormick in the high jump were stellar points for the Pike Central Mid- dle School Chargers, but on- ly enough to put the team in the middle of the pack in Sat- urday's Pocket Athletic Con- ference championships at Tell City. Boyd was the solid winner in the pole vault, clearing 9' 6" for the win over Heritage Hills Patriot Dalton Fledg- er (9'0"). Boyd also became the long jump champ, taping a 16 -foot 11-inch leap. McCormick won the PAC high jump clearing 5'6", two inches better than Boonville's Jordan Paul. Boyd ran a 12:47 in the 100 meter prelim and then placed fifth in the finals with a 12.49. He then improved on his pre- lim time to place fourth in the 200 meter dash, clocking 25.15. Jacoby Smith secured eighth place with a 1:00.15 time in the 400 meter dash, with Aaron Gadberry 18th in 1:05.54. McCormick ran a 21.12 to 14th in the 110 hurdles and Ian Shoultz was 22nd in 22.57. Shoultz placed 17th in the 300 hurdles with a time of 57.12. The team of Awston Luff, Deacon Jenkins, Aaron Gad- berry and Jacoby Smith placed 11th in the 4x400 re- lay (4:38.65). Justus Edrington took 15th in the discus (85'3.5") and Joshua Harker was 20th tap- ing 73'2". Edrington was 19th in the shot (26'5") and Harker was 20th (24'9.75".) Jenkins placed 16th in the 1600 with a time of 5:51.65 with sixth grader Gannon Western running 20th in 6:10.06. Luff, McCormick, Car- son Wiscaver and Gadberry placed 10th in the 4x100 relay with a time of 59.43. Luff got 24th in the long jump, McCor- mick was 14th in the 110 hur- dle preliminaries and Shoul- tz was 22nd. Jacoby Smith placed 12th in the 100 meter dash prelims clocking 13.33. Tucker Love- less, Samuel McConnell, Gan- non Western and Ian Shoultz placed 11th in the 4x100 relay clocking 1:05.96. Jenkins was 19th in the 800 run (2:47.22) and Harker was 22nd (2:51.83). Heritage Hills won the PAC with 117 points and three firsts. Mt. Vernon was second with 87.5, Princeton 83, Gib- son Southern 78.5, Tell City 73, Boonville 53, South Spen- cer 44.5, Pike Central 40, For- est Park 27, North Posey 16.5, Tecumseh 2, Southridge 2. Eighth grader Grant Boyd during a recent vault. Boyd on Saturday won both the pole vault and long jump for Pike Central in the Middle School PAC track meet at Tell City. Pike Central leadoff hitter Briley Mills lines up a pitch she bounced off the fence in left center for a double to start the game against South Spencer. Pike Central scored four first inning runs and went onto win 7-1. Karley Kavanaugh uses her body keeps a high hopper in front of her last Wednesday against South Spencer.