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B-4 Tuesday, September 20, 2022 South Gibson Star-Times South Gibson sweeps Mt. Vernon in MS football By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com South Gibson Jr. Titans swept Mt. Vernon on Thurs- day night in their first home game of the season. In the 7th grade contest, the Jr. Titans won 44-0. Gabe Fos- ter scored on a three-yard run and Isaac Dill passed to Luke Mallor y for the PAT. Dill would add touchdowns of 16, 5, and 21 yards on the night. Dill found Eli Stone on a pass for a PAT. Dill ran in a PAT and hooked up with Mal- lor y for another PAT. Zander Young got in the act with a pick-six. Ayden Bodrie passed to Mallor y for the PAT. On defense, Max Stevens had five tackles. Bodrie added four tackles. Isaac Dill had a fum- ble recover y and Young an interception. The 7th grade improves to 4-0. In the 8th grade contest, the Jr. Titans won 34-0. Eli Foster scored from 1 yard out. Caden Rochleau passed to Collin Higginboth- am for the PAT. Rochleau found Elijah Or tiz on a 26-yard pass and the 8th grade led 20-0 at the half. Rochleau add- ed a 5-yard touchdown and passed to Peyton Johnson for the PAT. Cole Ridens finished the scoring on an 11-yard run. On defense, Peyton John- son had nine tackles, Eli Foster had seven and Ian Maikranz had six. Elijah Ortiz recovered a fumble. The 8th grade improves to 3-1. "Both teams played well, with the defense getting two shut- outs," said Coach Chris May. This week both teams travel to Southridge on Tuesday and the 7th grade travels to Me- morial on Saturday morning. JV football loses to Boonville By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com The Gibson Southern Titan JV team hosted Boon- ville Monday and fell to the Pioneers 20-8 to drop their record to 2-1. The Gibson Southern de- fense played exceptionally, keeping the Pioneers out of the end zone on shor t fields most of the night, including drives star ting from the Ti- tan 20-, 28-, 20-, and ten-yard lines. Boonville was only able to put together one meaningful scoring drive, which star ted from their own 42. The visitors got on the board midway through the second quar ter on a 37- yard pick-6. Seth Parsons intercepted the conversion attempt to keep the score 6-0. The Titans were unable to move the ball on the ensuing series, but Baker Calvert's 39-yard punt was fumbled af- ter the first hop by the Boon- ville returner and recovered by Connor Wirey on the Pi- oneer 31. Quarterback Liam Br yant scored five plays later on a seven-yard run. The con- version pass to wide receiv- er Maxx Wilson was good, briefly giving the Titans an 8-6 lead. The Pioneers scored late in the half on a 58-yard drive to make it 12-8 after their conversion run was stopped short. In the second half, Gibson Southern had trouble gener- ating momentum on offense and an errant punt snap gave the ball to the Pioneers on the Titan 12 late in the third quarter. Boonville scored three plays later and completed the conversion run to extend their lead to 20-8, handing the Titans their first lost off the season. Zander Young heads upfield after picking off a pass during the eighth grade win against Mt. Vernon. Junior Titan defender Luke Mallor y drives a Mt. Vernon player to the ground in the eighth grade's win last Thursday. Spindler takes second at South Knox Invite By James Capozella Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Titan junior Alex Spindler improved on his 10th place finish last year in the South Knox Invitational with a second place, just over six seconds behind South Knox Spartan Calvin Crabtree at 16:58.8. Spindler chopped more than a minute off last year's 18:08 to finish a close second overall. Four classmates finished in the top 18 behind Spindler's 17:05.5 clocking. Cooper Maurer, Hayden Pennington, Isaac Pohl and Lucas Kissel scored, taking the boys to third place with 51 points behind Castle High School (43) and South Knox (46). Maurer improved from his 11th place time of 18:11 to take fifth overall with a 17:45 flat. Hayden Pennington grabbed ninth place with an 18:02.70 time that edged out four Castle Knight r unners, taking 10th through 13th. Isaac Pohl was four th on the team with an 18:22.40 for 17th and Lucas Kissel was 18th in 18:29.50. Senior Ethan Spindler clocked 19:08.3 for 27th over- all and sixth for the team. Seven more T itans ran the 5K in- vite that included 165 r unners a rep- resenting regional 14 teams. Junior Eli Maikranz finished 40th in 19:41.1 followed by classmates Lucian Wick- er in 65th (20:35.1) and Johnathan Spindler 69th (20:48.2). Freshman Owen Mercer was 115th in 22:44.7 and classmate Maddox Giles was 132nd in 23:53. Junior Aiden Loveless finished 152nd in 25:55.7 and sopho- more Taylor Br undage was 160th in 26:48.3. The Titan third place team finished was followed by Barr-Reeve (158), Pike Central (166), Mater Dei (185), Clay City (207), Shakamak (224), Eastern Greene (270), Tecumseh (282), North Knox (306), Vincennes Lincoln (316), Shoals (385) and Christian School (388). HELDT TAKES EIGHTH PLACE Lady Titan junior Cour tney Hel- dt improved on last year's 13th place points and moved up to eighth overall by trimming more than a minute of f last year's time. She was about a min- ute out of third and trailed Pike Cen- tral sophomore Xaver y Weisman who repeated as South Knox Invitational champ. Heldt's 21:19.60 put four South Knox r unners in her rear view mir ror but it wasn't enough to keep them from claiming their own Invitational cham- pionship. Lady Titan Sophomore Elizabeth Steckler cut more than two minutes of f her 33rd place per formance last year taking 21st overall with a time of 22:39.10. Junior teammate Aleks Parmer was the third Lady Titan runner placing 27th in 23:11.8. Sophomore Bailey Bak- er was 46th in 24:09 and Aleah Rexing was 53rd in 24:54.3. Sophomore Payton Stocker was 60th in 25:38.6 and Keelyn Wilkerson was 68th in 26:04. Fresh- man Lilly Spindler ran 89th in 27:57.20 and Hadassah Hutchinson was 106th in 33:26.50. The team finished fifth with 141 points behind South Knox (45), Castle High School (91), Eastern Greene (95) and Barr-Reeve (140). Next was Pike Central (142), Nor th Daviess (169), Evansville Mater Dei (192), Shakamak (215), Clay City (222), Nor th Knox (257), Washington (296) and Vincennes Lincoln (364). Junior Titan seventh grader Jaxson Kiefer hits a Mt. Vernon runner in the back field for a loss during the Titans' 44-0 win over Wildcats.