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Girls soccer beats Forest Park, loses to Jasper By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern's girls soccer team beat a solid For- est Park team 4-0 on Thursday then fell 2-0 on Saturday to Jasper. The Lady Titans got two goals each from Nola Ravellette and Ella Jones as they beat For- est Park 4-0 Thursday night. "The girls got their flow back and were able to connect passes better. Our for wards did an excellent job of winning the ball, turning and shooting quickly, and our defense did a great job of containing the ball and preventing Forest Park from crossing it in. We still need to do a better job of winning the 50/50 balls," said Titan Coach Sylvia Adler. She added, "Laira Cloin was voted player of the game, Chloey Graham our goalkeep- er also had an awesome game getting the shutout and mak- ing a couple critical saves." On Saturday the girls were unable to get on the scoreboard against Jasper and fell 2-0. After battling to a scoreless tie in the first half, Jasper was able to get two goals in the second half to secure the win. Gibson Southern finishes the week 10-2 overall and 7-0 in the conference. They have three PAC matches this week as they host Princeton (6-4-1) tonight, Tell City (0-4) on Wednesday and Pike Central (2-3-2) on Thursday. South Gibson Star-Times Tuesday, September 20, 2022 B-3 Boy soccer beats Tell City 3-1 By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern boys soc- cer picked up a 3-1 win over Tell City last Thursday. Vinn Rose led the scoring for the Titans with two goals and Luke Appman added an- other. Gibson Southern jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half and then matched Tell City's one goal in the second half. Rose also added an assist. Jonah Loveless and Williams Redden had the other two as- sists for the Titans. The Titans are 3-7 overall and 2-4 in the conference. They played Boonville on Monday, Princeton on Tuesday and Pike Central on Thursday. Lady Titan golfers advance to regional By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Souther n's girls golf team placed second in the Jasper Sectional on Sat- urday and will advance to the Washington Regional. Madilyn Sperling placed four th individually as she shot 90 on the dif ficult Buf- falo Trace course in Jasper. Host Jasper won the sec- tional with a team score of 355 with the home course advantage playing a big par t. Gibson Southern shot a team 374. Buf falo Trace's back nine is notorious for being quirky and dif ficult. Gib- son Souther n was three strokes ahead of Jasper on the front nine, the old- er more traditional nine at Buf falo Trace. But Jasper won on the back nine as the Lady Ti- tans shot a team 196 on the back nine, while Jasper shot 174 on the back nine. Southridge was a dis- tant third with a team 416. Other team scores were: 4) S. Spencer 449, 5) Forest Park 451, 6) Boonville 470, 7) Heritage Hills 471, 8) Tecumseh 476, 9) Tell City 529 and Crawford County no team score. The Lady Titans team score was comprised of Vanessa Schmitt's 93, Ha- ley Hughes' 94 and Kate- lyn Walker's 97. Adr yauna Redden shot a 107. Gibson Souther n will play in the regional which tees of f at 7:30 at Countr y Oaks in Montgomer y. The top three teams from the Jasper, Nor thview, Evans- ville Memorial, Nor th Knox and Bedford Nor th Lawrence sectionals will compete in the event. Volleyball takes care of Wood Memorial 3-0 Gibson Souther n's vol- leyball team improved their record to 11-6 overall and 5-1 in the conference with a win over Wood Me- morial last Tuesday. The Lady Titans won in consecutive games 3-0, but each game was close. Gib- son Souther n won the first game 25-22, then 25-18 in the second game and 25-23 in the third game. The Lady Titans will play conference foe Tecum- seh tonight in what will be a tough match-up. The Braves are 18-2 overall and 7-0 in the conference. On Thursday, Gibson South- er n will play Evansville Nor th. Haley Richter controls a ball and heads down field during the Lady Titans 4-0 win over Forest Park. Titan JV falls to Boonville Titans JV football team hosted Boonville Monday and fell to the Pioneers 8-20 to drop their re- cord to 2-1. The Gibson Southern defense played exceptionally again this week despite the final score, keeping the Pioneers out of the end zone on short fields most of the night, including drives start- ing from the Titan 20-, 28-, 20-, and 10 yard lines. The Titan secondary kept the Pioneer passing game in check, holding them to only three com- pletions in 14 attempts for 34 yards. Boonville was only able to put together one meaningful scoring drive, which started from the Pioneer 42. Boonville was only able to get on the board through an interception return for a touchdown and after a bad punt snap gifted the Pioneers starting field position at the Ti- tan 12. The Titan offense was nev- er able to gain momentum, accumulating only 137 yards between the air and the ground game and turning the ball over five times. Three interceptions and a fumble on the first GS drive of the second half hamstrung the normally proficient passing and rushing attacks, and kept requiring the defense to come up with big stops to prevent the game from getting out of hand. It was a rare showing for the typ- ically electric Gibson Southern offense, who sent the punt team out on four drives Monday after sitting idle in the first two games of the season. The Titans also turned the ball over on downs an addition- al four times in their first loss of the season. The contest started well for Gibson Southern with the de- fense forcing Boonville off the field quickly behind a Nick Agee tackle for loss on the first play of the game, an Agee and Justice Dill combined tackle for loss, and a pass break-up by Connor Wirey. Starting from their own 20, the Titans' first possession end- ed on third down with an inter- ception that was returned by the Pioneers to the original line of scrimmage. The Titan defense held up to the task of defending the short field for the first of several times in the evening. Boonville was able to drive the ball down to the five, but GS's bend-don't-break defense stood tall and shut the Pioneers out of the end zone. Gibson Southern was able to get out of the shadow of their own goal posts on their second drive behind a five-yard Liam Bryant pass to Maxx Wilson, a nine-yard first down catch by Cam Novotny, and a nine-yard run by Bryant. The Titans sputtered at their 25 and were forced to punt late in the first quarter. Starting at their own 43, Boonville crossed midfield to pick up a first down, but were again stuffed by the GS defense and forced to punt. The Pioneer punter pinned the Titans down at the two, making GS start their drive from inside their own five on back-to-back possessions. Gibson Southern was able to chip away at some positive yard- age, including a Bryant-to-Baker Calvert 13-yard reception out to the 20. Again, the Pioneer de- fense stymied the Titans, and GS gave it back to Boonville on the Titan 28. In another short field situ- ation, the Titan defense shut down the Pioneers on four plays led by a Deven Burger tackle for loss, and Boonville gave the possession back to GS on their own 19. The momentum shift proved to be brief for the Titans, how- ever, as the Pioneers intercept- ed the GS third down pass and returned it 35 yards for the first score of the game. Seth Parsons intercepted the conversion at- tempt, leaving the Pioneers up 6-0 on the Titans with 6:34 re- maining in the half. Grant Stinson returned the kickoff eight yards to the GS 35, giving the Titans their best start- ing field position of the day. The offense was unable to move the ball, getting dropped for a five-yard loss and throw- ing two incompletions, and were forced to punt for the third time of the half, and of the season. Luck would be on the Titans' side when the booming Calvert 39-yard punt was bobbled after the first bounce by the Pioneer returner. Punt coverage gunner Wirey was in perfect position to pounce on the ball at the 31 and give GS possession with great field position. Gibson Southern was final- ly able to get their offense out of first gear and take the lead, shifting momentum back to the Titans behind Chase Thaxton rushes of 11-, 4-, and 6 yards. Bryant capped the drive with a 3-yard touchdown run, and a conversion pass to Wilson, to give GS the lead 8-6 with 4:04 left in the half. The momentum shift was short-lived, however. After trad- ing turnovers on downs back- and-forth, the Pioneers put to- gether a 58-yard drive to retake the lead with seconds remaining in the half. After the conversion attempt failed, the half ended with the Titans behind at half- time for the first time all season, 12-8. Coming out of the break Gib- son Southern hoped to re-ener- gize the offense and break away in the second half. Their first opportunity would have to wait, as the opening kickoff was fum- bled at their own 20, giving the Pioneers the first possession of the half. Again, the GS defense faced the task of having to shut down the Boonville offense in a short yardage possession. After three rushes backed GS up to their own five, a huge first down tackle for loss by lineback- er Max Wahl and a third down tackle for loss by Wahl and Jack Rose forced the Pioneers into a fourth and goal to go from the nine. The Pioneer pass fell incom- plete and, again, the Titans pre- vailed and the defense hoped to spark the offense into turning the game around. The spark was short lived. On their first play of their first post- poned possession of the second half, the Titans fumbled on the rush and Boonville smothered the ball on the ten, giving the Pi- oneers first and goal at the 6:41 mark in the third. With only one play removed from their last big high-ener- gy short-field stop, certainly ever yone watching in Jack Jewell Memorial field could be forgiven for writing off the up- coming Pioneer possession as a token score. Defensive end Deven Burger and his ten Ti- tan brothers, taking the field for the second time with only seven seconds elapsed off the game clock, failed to get that memo. Burger's first down run-stuff for a four-yard loss and safety Waylon Finney's fourth down pass break-up proved again that the Gibson Southern defense wasn't yet ready to relinquish the game to Boonville. The Titan offense took over on their own 14 and the drive began with promise behind Thaxton runs of five- and eight yards to pick up a quick first down, and a Bryant-to-Wilson connection for an additional eight. The Thaxton second down run fell just short, leav- ing a third-and-one for GS. Un- fortunately, the Bryant third down run wasn't able to make the line to gain, and the Titans punted inside their own terri- tory. The 34-yard Calvert punt flipped the field for GS and gave the defense some breathing room for the first time in the half with the Pioneers taking over on their own 31 with 3:19 left in the third frame. Gibson Southern's defense stayed tough on the next series, forcing a quick Pioneer three- and-out and trading the punt back to the Titans at their own 38. Unable to move the ball, the Titans faced their own three-and- out and looked to punt it away with just over a minute left in the quarter. A bad snap to punter Calvert left him scrambling for the ball back to the 12 where he was crushed by two Pioneer defenders before he could get a desperation kick away. Gibson Southern's defense, largely infallible all evening, was finally unable to hold Boonville out of the end zone from their short field position, and the Pi- oneers got on the board for the first time in the half to extend their lead to 12 points just sec- onds into the final quarter, up 20-8. To this point in the half, the Titan defense held the Pioneers to zero pass completions in four attempts and 24 rushing yards in 13 carries with field positions starting at their own 20-, 10-, and 12-yard lines, as well as one from the Boonville 31. An impressive and valiant effort, to be sure, but eventually the squad was unable to battle through the onslaught of short field positions. The remainder of the fourth quarter was largely a back- and-forth affair between the two teams, trading turnovers on downs, fumbles, and inter- ceptions before the Pioneers were eventually able to kneel their victory out, handing the JV Titans their first loss of the season. Passing: Liam Bryant 7 for 35 for 86 yards, 0 TD, 3 INT. Rushing: Chase Thaxton 13 for 51 yards; Bryant 5 for 4 yards, 1 TD; Grant Stinson 2 for -4 yards; Team 20 for 51 yards, 1 TD. Receiving: Maxx Wilson 3 for 50 yards; Baker Calvert 2 for 22 yards; Cam Novotny 2 for 14 yards. Defense: Jack Rose 6 solos, 6 assists, 2 assisted TFL; Way- lon Finney 6 solos, 6 assists, 1 PBU; Nick Agee 5 solos, 4 as- sists, 1 TFl, 1 assisted TFL; De- ven Burger 4 solos, 3 assists, 2 TFL, 1 assisted TFL; Maxx Wahl 4 solos, 3 assists, 1 TFL; Lucas Emery 3 solos, 1 assist. The Gibson Southern Titan JV team hosts Heritage Hills next Monday, September 26, with kickoff at 6:00 p.m. Laira Cloin stretches to keep a ball in bounds as the Lady Titans won 4-0 over Forest Park. Alyssa Baehl leads a break down the sideline as Gib- son Southern beat Forest Park 4-0.