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the week for the Lady Char- gers who on Tuesday, August 23, beat Evansville Bosse 4-0. Pike Central jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first half and then added one more for good measure in the second half. Emma Brock scored ear- ly with an assist from Kahle Young, and Lillian Thompson scored on a long run from the left side. Kahle Young scored on an assist from Willis. Goalie Wren Kabrick came out from the net in the second half and scored for the Char- gers to make it 4-0. Grace Robling, Young and Lainey Leighty all had assists in the game. "Our defense played great and it was a great team win," said Western of the Bosse game. The girls have just 12 play- ers, which means they only have one substitute. "We are ver y happy with how ever yone has played and been competing so far this season. Ever yone is contribut- ing and helping the team out," said Western. B-2 Wednesday, August 31, 2022 The Press-Dispatch Chargers sports schedule Wednesday, Aug. 31 Boys V tennis at S. Spencer 5:30 p.m. 6th grade volleyball S. Knox MS gym 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 Girls golf Forest Park home 4:30 p.m. Coed MS Cross countr y at Prides Creek 5 p.m. Boy V tennis at Wood Memori- al 5:30 p.m. Coed varsity CC at GS Invite 6 p.m. Girls soccer hosts Boonville 6 p.m. Volleyball V Shoals MS gym 6 p.m. 7 & 8 boys football vs N. Knox 6 p.m. Boys V soccer vs Boonville 7:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2 Football at S. Spencer 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 Coed CC at Columbus N. Clas- sic at 9 & 9:30 a.m. Volleyball V& JV at Mt. Ver- non 10 a.m. Boys soccer V hosts Princeton noon Girls golf PAC at Countr y Oaks 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6 Coed CC – 5 teams at Prides Creek 4:45 p.m. Boys tennis V hosts SK 5 p.m. Girls Golf at S. Knox 5:30 p.m. Girls soccer V hosts South- ridge 6 p.m. 6th volleyball at Oakland City 6 p.m. 7 & 8 volleyball at S. Knox 6 p.m. Volleyball V & JV at Wood Me- morial 6:30 & 7:45 p.m. Boys V soccer at S. Knox 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 Coed CC at Columbus N.Clas- sic at 9 & 9:30 a.m. Volleyball V& JV at Mt. Ver- non 10 a.m. Boys soccer V hosts Princeton noon Girls golf PAC at Countr y Oaks 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6 Coed CC 5 teams at Prides Creek 4:45 p.m. Boys tennis V hosts SK 5 p.m. Girls Golf at S. Knox 5:30 p.m. Girls soccer V hosts South- ridge 6 p.m. 6th volleyball at Oakland City 6 p.m. 7 & 8 volleyball at S. Knox 6 p.m. Volleyball V & JV at Wood Me- morial 6:30 & 7:45 p.m. Boys V soccer at S. Knox 7 p.m. Middle school tennis boys show improvement By Andy Heuring Press-Dispatch Editor editor@pressdispatch.net Pike Central's Middle School tennis program is showing improvement this season. "The team is doing well. Getting better with each match," said Coach Phil Knust. "We are tr ying to get the players to take our instr uction and apply it quicker to improve as much as possible and get ready for high school ten- nis," said Knust. He also said they are ac- cepting new players. "You just need a physical on file with school or bring a com- pleted physical form and complete a family ID with the school," said Knust about joining the middle school tennis team. They are 1-3 on the sea- son. They opened with Forest Park. Eli Keeker, playing number one singles, won the first round match 8-7. Tyler Collins at number two lost 4-8. Llinkyn Knust lost 3-8 and in doubles, Kade Benner and Joshua Smith fell 4-8. In second round matches, Kyle Benner won 6-1, while Eli Keeker and Knust won 6-3 in doubles and Andy Johnson and Joshua Smith won 4-2. On August 25 they played South Knox and in first round singles competition Keeker won 8-3, Collins 8-2 and Knust fell 8-7. Benner and Smith in dou- bles lost 8-6. In the second round match- es, Andy Johnson in singles lost 8-2. In doubles, Johnson teamed with Collins to win 6-4 while Keeker and Knust won 4-0. They played Vincennes Lincoln on August 28. Keek- er won 8-2 at number one singles with Collins and Smith falling 8-4 and 8-1. In doubles, Benner and Knust teamed to win 8-3, with Smith and Johnson losing a doubles match 8-2. In second round competi- tion Collins won 6-0. Keeker and Benner won in doubles 6-2 and Knust and Johnson fell 6-0. the momentum. Senior Isaac Marchino re- covered a fumble from Chase Jones to set up the Chargers at their own 47. After a cou- ple of short runs the Charger drive stalled on third and 4 when Jagar Dent was stopped for no gain. With the first quarter wind- ing down the Peyton Howald punt gave the Braves the ball at the Tecumseh 34 yard line with Tecumseh leading 7-0. As the second quarter got under way, the Braves ran for 22 yards on a quarterback keeper, but again the Charger defense stepped up. Three plays later the Chargers forced an incomplete pass on fourth and six for the turnover on downs. With Pike Central taking over after a big defensive play, Tecumseh's defense made a big play of its own. Matthew Meadows was intercepted on third and seven for a 44-yard 'pick six.' The kick was no good. Tecumseh led Pike Cen- tral 13-0 at the 7:12 mark of the second quarter. Trailing by two touch- downs midway through the second quar ter, the of fense put together its best drive of the night. On second and 11, Meadows hit Braden Howald for 48 yards, giving Pike Central a first down at the Tecumseh 39. Jagar Dent busted a r un for 10 yards, but a delay of game penalty made it third down. Meadows completed a pass to Dent for 18 yards for the conversion deep in Tecum- seh ter ritor y. The Chargers offense ap- peared to be stalled when they were stuffed for no gain and sacked for a short loss. On fourth and 18 from the Te- cumseh 32, the Chargers con- verted. Meadows hit Howald on a 24-yard pass. The Char- gers again appeared destined to stall with a third and goal from the nine, but Meadows hit Dent in the flat for a nine- yard touchdown with the half winding down. The conver- sion failed and Tecumseh led Pike Central 13-6 at the half. Tecumseh started the sec- ond half at its own 35-yard line, driving the ball 14 yards before Senior Corey Goep- pner recovered a Druw Du- pont fumble at the Charger 49. Three short runs resulted in a Peyton Howald 32-yard punt. Tecumseh mishandled the punt, which backed them up inside their own 15-yard line. With a tight game midway through the third quarter, the Braves turned to senior tailback Chase Jones who ac- counted for 60 yards on 4 runs in the ensuing touchdown drive. Jones' nine-yard touchdown run and extra point put the Braves up 20-6 with just less than 4 minutes to go in the third quarter. The Chargers would man- age a first down on the en- suing drive, but an incom- plete pass on third and nine would force a punt, giving the Braves the ball at their own 22. Three plays later Dent tackled the Braves ball carrier for a loss, forcing a four th down. The Chargers got the ball near midfield af- ter the punt, but were unable to move the ball. Tecumseh would go on to add two more scores in the fourth quarter on a Druw Du- pont 43-yard run and a Chase Jones 12-yard run. Final score: Tecumseh 33 Pike Central 6. Coach Brashear said while losing is tough, his young team fought hard. "Defensive- ly, I thought other than a few breakdowns…our boys played really well. Offensively, I've got to get some things figured out. Overall, no one wants to win more than I do, but I thought we grew up tonight. I was really proud of the effort from A to Z." Pike Central travels to South Spencer next Friday night for a 7:30pm PAC contest. TECUMSEH 33 PIKE CENTRAL 6 Unofficial stats (Special thanks to Jonas Martinez) Tecumseh Total yards: 314 First downs: 14 Rushing: 34-310 yds Passing: 2-6-1int 4yds QB sacked: —- Turnovers: 3 Pike Central Total yards: 174 First downs: 7 Rushing: 28-67 yds (includes sack yardage) Passing: 7-13-1 int 107 yds (TD) QB sacked: 5 for -15 Turnovers: 1 Individual: PC Rushing: Brayden Howald 11 – 39 Jagar Dent 9-21 Nathanael Kell 2-3 Skylar Shelton 3-2 Matthew Meadows 3 for 2 Passing: Meadows 7-13-107yds (TD, 1 int) Receptions: Howald (5-94), Dent (2-23 TD) Interceptions: Grant Boyd Fumble recover y: Corey Goeppner, Isaac Marchino WIN Continued from page 1 Pike Central's Eli Keeker hits a forehand in a re- cent match. Keeker is undefeated in singles matches this season for the Charger middle school tennis team. second. They were the only runners to break 20 minutes. Pike Central's Anna White- head continues to show a big improvement over last year. Whitehead ran a 21:11.8 to finish seventh in the meet and make the podium. "Xavery and Anna both ran outstanding races and earned podium spots for the girls team," said Coach Randy Graham. Other Pike Central finish- ers were Kennedy Willis in 83rd at 26:25, Kaylyn Warner in 87th at 36:37 and Kylee Weathers in 112th at 28:46. Pike Central finished 11th as a team with 244 points. South Knox won the meet with 55 points. Tell City was second with 93 points. The other fin- ishers were 3) Castle 163, 4) EV. Reitz 170, 5) N. Posey 189, 6) Ev. Memorial 199, 7) South- ridge 205, 8) Ev. Mater Dei 222, 9) Owensboro 228, 10) Barr-Reeve 237, 11) Pike Cen- tral 244, 12) Boonville 257, 13) Ev. North 262, 14) Signature 329, 15) Mt. Vernon 333, 16) Vincennes Lincoln, Ev. Cen- tral, Ev. Christian, Tecumseh, Washington, Ev. Harrison, Mt. Carmel and Ev. Bosse had no team score. PC BOYS PLACE 11TH Pike Central's boys team placed 11th in the 19-team competition. Jeremy Delobel had the Chargers' best time with an 18:51, which was good for 38th place. Peyton Chanley was four spots back in 42nd at 19:07. Others scoring for the Chargers were Dallas Reute- pohler in 60th at 19:53, Car- ter Blackwell in 88th at 20:44 and Dylan Charles in 93rd at 20:52. Shane Woodall was 96th in 21:00, Jacoby Smith 124th in 21:44, Tyler DeCoursey 143rd in 22:44, Quintin McCormick 183 in 25:07 and Ethan Mann 185th in 25.29 out of 202 run- ners competing. "We were proud of the kids today fighting through the racing conditions. It was a pretty warm morning for a race. We still had a couple of kids out today and some just coming back, but overall we were really pleased with our ef for t. We had ten athletes who cut time from their first meet, which is what we want to see. Several of our boys are continuing to cut time and are making big strides. We ex- pect a couple of them to really take of f over the next couple of weeks," said Graham. South Knox won the event with 83 points, edging Ev. Re- itz who was second with 87 points. The others were: 3) Tell City 94, 4) Castle 116, 5) Ev. Central 126, 6) Ev. Nor th 141, 7) Ev. Memorial 191, 8) Signature 221, 9) Mater Dei 221, 10) Barr-Reeve 248, 11) Pike Central 291, 12) N. Posey 268, 13) Ev. Harrison 389, 14) Boonville 419, 15) Tecumseh 424, 16) Owens- boro 433, 17) Vincennes 435, 18) Mt. Vernon 441, 19) Ev. Christian 528. Teams with no score were Princeton, Mt. Carmel, Washington, South- ridge, Ev. Day School and Ev. Bosse. WEISMAN Continued from page 1 SOCCER Continued from page 1 Charger tailback Brayden Howald tries to twist out of the grasp of a Tecumseh defender during the Chargers 33-6 loss to Tecumseh on Friday. Life Milestones made free CALL: 812-354-8500 Put a free photo with write up on Weddings, Anniversaries & Engagements. DISCOVER THE STORY B BEHIND THE STORYTELLER. g �·�- ") ·�. � ll Explore the history of the famous writer and war correspondent. 120 W. 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