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stopped themselves this time with a fumble near mid-field. South Spencer took over at the 48 and pushed inside the five-yard line, but the Charger defense stepped up forcing two incompletions and a short Rebel field goal making it 17-0 with 3:14 left in the half. Pike Central began the next drive at their own 10 and con- verted a first down before Pey- ton Howald was tackled two yards short of the marker on a fake punt at the 35. The Rebels quickly gained 32 yards to the Charger three-yard line with 25 seconds left. Three straight incompletions forced a field goal attempt. The kick pushed wide right and the score re- mained 17-0 South Spencer. After the second half kick- off, the Chargers turned the ball over on a fumble on the second play, but South Spen- cer fumbled the ball right back to the Chargers on the next play. Sophomore Trinten Richardson recovered the ball at the Charger 35. The ensuing Charger drive was all Braden Howald. A 50-yard dash on first down pushed the ball inside the red zone. Three plays later, How- ald punched it in the end zone from 10-yards out. Howald rushed four times on the drive for 65 yards. Peyton How- ald added the PAT to get the Chargers to within 10 points at 17-7. South Spencer quickly an- swered the Charger score. The Rebels returned the kick to mid-field. Five plays later, Kinney scored his second touchdown of the night on a 33-yard reception. The Rebels kick was good to stretch the lead to 24-7 mid-way through the third quarter 24 to 7. On the next drive the Char- gers gained a first down on a pass interference call on thirrd and 15, but once again turned the ball over on a fum- ble two plays later. The Rebels took over at the Charger 27. A sack by Isaac Marchino and a couple of Reb- el penalties stalled the drive. PC got the ball back at its 23, but, fumbled again on the first play. The Charger de- fense hung tough as an incom- pletion, tackle for a loss and a penalty resulted in another Rebel missed field goal. As the fourth quarter began with PC backed up against its own goal line, the Chargers fought back. Meadows hit Boyd on a short pass that the freshmen took 91-yards inside the Reb- el five-yard line. Meadows punched it in from the three yard line to make it 24-13 with 11:30 left. After the teams exchanged three and outs, the Rebels pushed inside the Charger 15 yard line on a clock draining 13-play drive. PC forced an in- completion on third and eight. The field goal was no good, but the Chargers ran out of time. Meadows completed long passes to the Howald brothers to move into the Reb- el red zone as time expired. In the post-game inter view Coach Brashear was positive about the team's overall per- formance, although frustrated with the lost fumbles. "Anyone from the outside would think that we don't even work on ball security at practice, but we work on that ever y sin- gle day. It's just one of those things right now where I don't know if it's in the kids' heads or if we're fumbling a lot of times from extra effort... But if you take away those fumbles I thought our defense was su- perb tonight. I thought offen- sively we did whatever we wanted to do all night." Pike Central hosts South- ridge next Friday night in a 7:30pm PAC contest. GAME STATISTICS South Spencer 24 Pike Central 13 Unofficial stats (Special thanks to Darrin McDonald) South Spencer Total yards: 382 First downs: 16 Rushing: (includes sack yds) 29-115 yds Passing: 14-29-0 int 267yds (3 TD) QB sacked: 1 for -5 Turnovers: 1 Pike Central Total yards: 419 First downs: 16 Rushing: (includes sack yds) 37-166 yds Passing: 10-18-0 263 yds QB sacked: 3 for -25 Turnovers: 4 Individual Rushing: Braden Howald 14-111(TD) Jagar Dent 6-39 Grant Boyd 5-26 Nathanael Kell 3-2 Matthew Meadows 1-3(TD) Peyton Howald 1-7 Team 4 for -7 Passing: Meadows 10-18-263yds Receptions: B. Howald (5-95), Boyd (3-132), P. Howald (1-27), Loveless (1-9) Fumble recover y: Trinten Richardson Sack(s): Isaac Marchino (1) Charger volleyball has big week By Andy Heuring Press-Dispatch Sports sports@pressdispatch.net Pike Central's volleyball beat Shoals on Thursday 3-1 and Princeton and Nor th Knox on Saturday, August 27. Pike Central jumped out to a big lead in their first game against Shoals, who mounted a comeback. But the Char- gers held on to win 25-22 in the first game. They won the second game 25-19. Shoals managed to win the third game 25-20, but Pike Central then finished of f the Jugrox 25-15 in the four th game to win 3-1. "The team played hard and never gave up. We get to mark down a W in the books and that's always a positive," said Charger Coach Stephanie Shedd. She added, "We had great defense and decent ser ving. Eve Burns played a great game and had multiple aces and tons of digs for us." In other recent action the Chargers beat Princeton 25-19 and 25-21 and North Knox 25- 19 in the Vincennes tourney. Their lone loss in the tourna- ment was to Loogootee, 25-19 and 25-14. "The team played well the entire day. We worked hard and had great ser ving," said Shedd. On Saturday, August 30 the Chargers lost 3-1 to Forest Park in an extremely close match. The Chargers won the first game 25-23 then lost the next three games 25-20, 25-22 and 25-22. "It was a great game. We played great defense, some really good volleys and out- standing hustle. The girls never gave up. It was close the entire match," said Shedd. The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, September 7, 2022 B-3 Charger sports schedule for Wednesday, Sept. 7 Boys tennis at Southridge 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8 Boys tennis at Tell City 5:30 p.m. Girls golf at S. Spencer 5:45 p.m. Boys soccer hosts N. Posey 6 p.m. MS Co-ed cross countr y hosts SR, SS 6 pm. 7 & 8 volleyball hosts S. Spencer 6 p.m. 6th grade volleyball at Forest Park 6:30 p.m. 7 & 8 football at Forest Park 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 Football varsity hosts Southridge 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 MS Co-ed Cross countr y HH Invite. 9 a.m. Varsity Co-ed Cross coun- tr y HH Invite 10 a.m. Boys V soccer hosts For- est Park 11:45 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12 Boys tennis at Forest Park 5 p.m. 7 & 8 girls tennis at Barr- Reeve 6 p.m. JV & V volleyball at N. Posey 6:30 and 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13 Girls soccer hosts S. Knox 5 p.m. JV & V volleyball hosts Princeton 6:30 & 7:45 p.m. 7 & 8 volleyball at Tecum- seh 6:30 p.m. HALT Continued from page 1 One doubles wins as Charger tennis continues to improve By Andy Heuring Press-Dispatch Sports sports@pressdispatch.net Pike Central won at number one doubles against Washington on T uesday as the young Charger team continues to improve. Washington won the match 4-1. Sophomores Parker Knust and JJ. Belmore won both sets against Washington se- niors Ryan Emmick and Alex Myers 6-4 and 7-6 at number one doubles. Sophomore Eli Arnold playing Washington senior Br ycen Neidigh went to three sets. Arnold won the first set 6-4, then lost the sec- ond set 6-3 and the final set 6-4. In the other singles match- es both Kaden Englert at number two and Ethan Mann at number three lost 6-0, 6-0. In number two doubles the Charger pair of Adon Lemond and Nate Carter fell 6-1, 6-1. Karley Kavanaugh sets a ball for the Chargers during their win over Shoals on Thursday. Storm stops PAC golf, will be played as 9 hole event Lightning from a strong storm hit in the Montgom- er y area Saturday after- noon about an hour after the girls' Pocket Athletic Conference Golf Champion- ships star ted. The girls were taken of f the course after four holes. Pike Central Athletic Di- rector Dustin Powell said T uesday the event with 13 teams is going to be played as a nine-hole event on Monday, September 12 at Countr y Oaks. They will star t with a clean slate as the event was a shotgun star t on Saturday, so each team had played dif ferent holes. The PAC is normally an 18- hole event. Ashlyn Shoultz bumps a ball for ward to start a play for the Charger volleyball team. The Chargers beat Shoals on Thursday, 3-1. Charger defensive back Justin Spinks hits a Rebel ball carriers head-on for a tackle against South Spencer on Friday. Mabr y Shoultz hits a putt on the ninth green at Countr y Oaks during the PAC Cham- pionship on Saturday. Play was stopped after four holes due to a storm. PC 7th football vs. North Knox Pike Central's seventh grade quarterback, Carson Wiscaver, delivers a pass during the Chargers game last week with North Knox. 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