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B-2 Wednesday, August 10, 2022 The Press-Dispatch The next day in the Wash- ington paper, a picture showed Klipsch's shot was out of his hand with one second to play! Sandifar speaks fondly of his time at Pike Central. "I had great young people to work with, and Dr. Jerr y Ha- thaway and Howard Briscoe were great administrators to work with. They cared about the students, and I believed ever ything they did was to make the school and the stu- dents the best," said Sandifar. He said there was always a great atmosphere to play in with all the home games filled to capacity. "I enjoyed my time, not only with the basketball team, but also with the student body at Pike Central and the people in general who lived in Pike County." So much so he ate lunch with the students in the cafeteria nearly ever y day. "It was a fun time for a 28 year-old teacher and coach." He added, "It was a joy, hon- or, and privilege to work with and meet so many great peo- ple in my two years at PCHS." Sandifar left Pike Central af- ter two seasons to coach at Av- erett College for three years, three seasons at Southwest- ern Kansas and then 32 sea- sons at Oakland City College as basketball coach. During this time at Oak- land City the Mighty Oaks were NCCAA champions in 1999 and the CCNIT champi- ons five times. Sandifar was named the 1999 NCCAA Na- tional "Coach of the Year." He was also honored as NC- CAA Region Coach of the Year 10 times. MARC ANDERSON GOT HIS START AT PIKE CENTRAL Marc Anderson started his coaching career at Pike Cen- tral in 1976-77 school year. He was fresh out of college, hav- ing wrestled for Indiana Uni- versity under Olympic gold medalist and 1960 Internation- al Outstanding Wrestler of the Year, Doug Blubaugh. "I called Dr. (Jerr y) Hatha- way ever y day for a month and a half about the job," said An- derson. "Pike Central was the ideal place to start. I got to start my own wrestling program from scratch. People had never seen wrestling, so they didn't know if I was doing a good job or if I was terrible," said An- derson. He had lots of obstacles to overcome. "We didn't have mats when we started. We practiced lon- ger before our first meet then, than they do now. We went like six weeks before we had mats," said Anderson. He also didn't have uni- forms on the morning of the first wrestling match. "We were supposed to get them the day of our first match," said Anderson. He called his former coach, Olympic Gold Medalist Doug Blubaugh, and asked if he could borrow uniforms for the Chargers' first match. "I shot up there (to Bloomington) after school and ran in, grabbed the box and hurried back to Pike Cen- tral. When I opened the box it turned out to be IU's varsity uniforms," said Anderson. Prior to the start of the sea- son Anderson took the whole team to see a match between Martinsville and Bloomington North, that were ranked num- bers 1 and 2 in the state. He said when they walked into the gym and saw the mats set up, one of his wrestlers asked, "where are the ropes and turn- buckles?" Anderson was 10-3-1 in his two seasons with the Chargers at Pike Central The Chargers were 3-0-1 in his first season. Their number of dual meets were limited by blizzards both seasons. In two seasons he had indi- vidual sectional champions. "I made many wonderful friends who I still have contact with today. I also picked up a wife of 45 years as of July 23," said Anderson. Being selected to the Hall of Fame came as a surprise to Anderson. "It was a tremendous shock. I never even dreamed of something like this. I am ver y thankful. However, my resume looks a little light beside Peyton Manning, Gil Hodges and many others. Great athletes can overcome poor coaching. Coaches rely on great hard-working kids for their success. I am only where I am at because of great young people who listened, worked hard toward their goals and put the team first. My career was a true blessing!" Anderson left Pike Central to take the head wrestling position at Castle. He also coached freshman football and girls tennis. While at Cas- tle his wrestling teams won five consecutive sectionals and had a streak of 29 consec- utive dual meet victories. As freshman football coach his teams were 73-4, had seven undefeated seasons and two 35-game win streaks. They were SIAC Conference cham- pions or co-champions 10 times. He was head coach at Bed- ford North Lawrence where he took over a program that was 1-8 and they went 6-4 in his first season. At Hamilton Southeastern he was 14-5 as head coach. In his first season the team went from 2-7 the prior year to 8-1 in one season. He was named Hoosier Heritage Conference Coach of the Year, Hamilton County Coach of the year and Indianapolis News Metro Coach of the Year. Anderson also was Strength and Conditioning Coach at North Central High School and Martinsville. During his career at North Central he worked with and trained 20 IHSAA State Champion- ship teams, 32 IHSAA State Champion individuals, relay and doubles teams. The list includes 12 State Athletes of the year, four National Cham- pions and three National Ath- lete of the Year winners. He also coached 26 USAPL Pow- erlifting State Championship Teams and three USAPL Pow- erlifting National champion- ship teams. Indiana All Stars included Miss Basketball Amber Harris and Mr. Basketball A.J. Ratliff. Other awards along the way include: 2019 Greater Evans- ville Football Hall of Fame, 2011 Mike Vogel Humanitari- an Award. Anderson claims eight of the athletes he coached were the best ever in Indiana at their sport. "I had the best athlete to ever play in the state of Indi- ana in eight sports, three of them virtually no arguments." He named those three as: Lanae Renscheler in girls ten- nis. Anderson coached the girls tennis team Renschler's junior and senior years at Cas- tle. She was 100-0 in her high school career, a four-time state champ and never lost a set in four years. "You can't top that," said Anderson. Lee Ann Hardin in girls golf was a three-time state champ and a starter for the team state champs for four years at Mar- tinsville. She went on to be an All-American at Duke for two years and was NCAA Champi- on in 2002. The third athlete he said was indisputably the best cross countr y runner ever in Indiana was Futsum Zie- nasellassie. He was a three- time individual state cross countr y champion, setting a new course record his junior and senior years. He also was three-time 3200 meter champi- on in track and was an NCAA Champion in Cross Countr y in 2016 at Northern Arizona. Anderson also was Damon Bailey's strength coach while at Bedford North-Lawrence. Bailey was named the Gato- rade USA High School player of the year and player of the decade. Anderson was elected to the Indiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2021 and Sandifar in 2022, but due to COVID restrictions they did not have the induction ceremonies until this year. PC sports schedule Wednesday, Aug. 10 Boys varsity soccer vs. S. Knox, home OPG 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11 Girls golf vs N. Knox, S. Knox home 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12 Football varsity vs Craw- ford Co. home 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13 CC B&G Valley Kickoff at Terre Haute S. 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15 Boys varsity tennis vs Mt. Vernon home 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16 Boys tennis vs. Vincennes Rivet home 4:45 p.m. Girls golf vs. Southridge, HH home at 5 p.m. Boys soccer vs Tell City away at 6 p.m. Volleyball JV vs Vincennes Lincoln home at 6 p.m. Volleyball V vs Vincennes Lincoln home at 7:15 p.m. Girls Soccer vs. Tell City away at 8 p.m. FAME Continued from page 1 It was a tremendous shock. I never even dreamed of something like this. I am very thankful. However, my resume looks a little light beside Peyton Manning, Gil Hodges and many others. Great athletes can overcome poor coaching. Coaches rely on great hard-working kids for their success. I am only where I am at because of great young people who listened, worked hard toward their goals and put the team first. My career was a true blessing! " -Marc Anderson New patent-pending method mass-produces antitumor cells to treat blood diseases and cancer A Purdue University chemical engineer has improved upon tra- ditional methods to produce of f- the-shelf human immune cells that show strong antitumor activi- ty, according to a paper published in the peer-reviewed jour nal Cell Repor ts. Xiaoping Bao, a Purdue Univer- sity assistant professor from the Davidson School of Chemical En- gineering, said CAR-neutrophils, or chimeric antigen receptor neu- trophils, and engraftable HSCs, or hematopoietic stem cells, are ef fective types of therapies for blood diseases and cancer. Neu- trophils are the most abundant white cell blood type and ef fec- tively cross physiological bar riers to infiltrate solid tumors. HSCs are specific progenitor cells that will replenish all blood lineages, including neutrophils, throughout life. "These cells are not readily avail- able for broad clinical or research use because of the difficulty to ex- pand ex vivo to a sufficient number required for infusion after isolation from donors," Bao said. "Primar y neutrophils especially are resistant to genetic modification and have a short half-life." Bao has developed a patent-pend- ing method to mass-produce CAR-neutrophils from human plu- ripotent stem cells (hPSCs), that is, cells that self-renew and are able to become any type of human cell. The chimeric antigen receptor constructs were engineered to express on the surface of the hPSCs, which were directed into functional CAR-neutro- phils through a novel, chemically de- fined protocol. The method was created in col- laboration with Qing Deng at Pur- due's Depar tment of Biological Sciences, Hal E. Broxmeyer, now deceased, at Indiana University School of Medicine, and Xiaojun Lian at the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. "We developed a robust pro- tocol for massive production of de novo neutrophils from human pluripotent stem cells," Bao said. "These hPSC-derived neutrophils displayed superior and specific an- ti-tumor activities against glioblas- toma after engineering with chime- ric antigen receptors." Bao disclosed the innovation to the Purdue Research Foundation Of fice of Technology Commercial- ization, which has applied for an in- ternational patent under the Patent Cooperation Treaty system of the World Intellectual Proper ty Orga- nization. The innovation has been optioned to an Indiana-headquar- tered life sciences company. "We will also work with Dr. Timo- thy Bentley, professor of neurology and neurosurgery,and his team at the Purdue College of Veterinary Medi- cine to run clinical trials in pet dogs with spontaneous glioma," Bao said. Xiaoping Bao, a Purdue University assistant professor from the Davidson School of Chemical Engi- neering, has improved upon traditional methods to create human immune cells from human pluripo- tent stem cells. The research was published in the peer-reviewed journal Cell Reports. Loveless remains in jail for attempted murder By Sherri Sebella News Editor sherri@pressdispatch.net Terr y L ynn Loveless, 30, of 305 S. Mar tin St., Peters- burg remains in the Pike County Jail on a $500,000 bond, with 10 percent per- mitted and no contact with victims after being arrested on charges of attempted murder, a level 1 felony; arson, a level 4 felony and criminal confinement, a lev- el 6 felony. Police received a 911 call at 11:55 p.m. Friday from Alexandra Cur tis telling police Loveless was intox- icated and yelling at her, according to a probable cause. Petersburg of ficer Tay- lor Def fendoll and Sher- if f 's Sgt. Jared Simmons responded and found Love- less outside the house. Loveless told police he and Cur tis had been in an argu- ment and he was just tr ying to leave. About two hours later at 1:25 a.m. 911 got anoth- er call from Cur tis saying Loveless had set the house on fire. Police went to the Hucks store nearby and talked with the manager, who said she was sitting outside the store smoking and saw Loveless walking with a gas can from First St. and he went to gas pump 6, left the can there and then came into the store "covering his face with his shir t." Police pulled the sur veil- lance video. According to the af fidavit it shows the sequence described by the manager and then showed Loveless fill the gas can and walk away toward First St. in the direction of his resi- dence a few blocks away at 1 a.m. According to the af fida- vit, during questioning by police Loveless said he was unable to remember pur- chasing the gas and only re- membered tr ying to "stomp out" the fire. Loveless has been ap- pointed attor ney Douglas Walton, out of Evansville, as his public defender, who has entered a preliminar y plea of not guilty to the charges on behalf Love- less. A pretrial conference is scheduled for Thursday, September 22. net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@ pressdispatch.net Life Milestones made free CALL: 812-354-8500 Put a free photo with write up on your Family and Class Reunions.