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It gave the Titans a team score of 50 to win the competition. The top 10 individuals were: 1) Spindler GS 16:07, 2) Mattingly HH 16:13, 3) Wolf FP 16:19, 4) Aiden Marion TC 16:42, 5) Pierce Lashley HH 16:45, 6) Cooper Maur- er GS 16:45, 7) Hayden Pen- nington GS 16:48, 8) Blake Smith P 16:54, 10) Aiden Nord FP 16:56. Team scores were: 1) Gib- son Southern 50, 2) Tell City 56, 3) Princeton 89, 4) Heri- tage Hills 107, 5) Forest Park 125, 6) Pike Central 173, 7) N. Posey 200, 8) Boon- ville 238, 9) Tecumseh 242, 10) Mt. Vernon 260 and 11) Southridge 271. Titans take out Mt. Vernon volleyball in five games By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern won a hard fought match over Mt. Vernon on Tuesday night as it took a full five games to come away with the win. The Titans got off to a slow start, losing the first set 25 -17. They fought back to win the second set 25 -21, before dropping the third set 25 -17 again. The Lady Titans then won the final set, 25 -19. It set them up for the 15 point fifth set and they won by the absolute minimum 15 -13 in the 15 win by two game. "It was a hard-fought bat- tle. (It was) our first game of the season that went five sets. The girls had great teamwork and determina- tion. Volleyball is such a momentum game, it was great to see them come from behind and pull it off," said Titan volleyball coach Emily Schmitt. Gibson Southern got 10 kills each from freshman Laoren Carl and sophomore Lauryn Adamson with Rylee Johnson and Abby Deal each adding eight kills. Carl led the Titans in serving aces with four. John- son and Gabby Smitha each had three aces. Gibson Southern played Vincennes Lincoln on Mon- day and is set to play Pike Central tonight. The sectional pairings were released for volleyball on Sunday. Gibson Southern hosts sectional 32 in 3A volleyball. Gibson Southern will play Evansville Memorial in the first round on October 11. Evansville Bosse will play Ev. Mater Dei in the other first round game. The winner of Gibson Southern's first round game will play Mt. Vernon in the second round while the winner of Bosse vs Mater Dei will play Boonville in the second round. Second round games will be played Oct. 13 and the champion- ship game on Oct. 15. Heldt takes ninth at cross country PAC Middle school girls second, boys third By James Capozella Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Lady Titan junior Courtney Heldt placed ninth and the team finished seventh in Saturday's PAC Cross Country Championship hosted at Gib - son Southern. The Middle school girls ran a solid second behind Forest Park and the middle school boys placed third as a team. Heldt ran a 19:55.8 which was 34 seconds quicker than her ninth place finish at the Pike Central Invitation - al. Lady Titan sophomore Elizabeth Steckler ran a 21:38.6 to 30th place and junior Aleks Parmer was 37th in 22:14.7. Classmate Bailey Baker was 42th in 22:35.7 followed by Aleah Rex - ing (48, 23:23.3), Payton Stocker (53, 23:51.5) and Keelyn Wilkerson (63, 26:06.9). Heidi Meade and Haley Meade were one-two in 17:55 to help get Princeton Community High School to the PAC Championship. Third place went to Pike Central's Xavery Weisman run - ning an 18:34. Heldt's ninth place fin- ish bettered all runners from Tell City, North Posey, Heritage Hills, Mt. Ver- non and Washington. Freshman Lilly Spindler ran a 23:44.1 to seventh place in the girls high school reserve with Kenne - dy Ping 13th in 27:00.2 and Hadas- sah Hutchinson 18th with a time of 29:43.6. Girls PAC team results: Princeton 37, Tell City 88, Forest Park 100, Pike Central 127, Southridge 145, North Posey 147, Gibson Southern 158, Boonville 174, Heritage Hills 201, Mt. Vernon 222, Washington 254. SCHMITT TAKES FIFTH IN MS PAC Seventh grader Lily Schmitt took fifth place in 12:08.1, just four sec- onds out of third in the girls middle school PAC. Sixth grader Lucy Scherer claimed ninth place in 12:22.2. Sixth grader Sophie Wright took 17th in 12:39.9, seventh grader Abigayle Steck - ler was 20th in 12:50.6, seventh grader Isabella Simpson placed 31st (13:17.2), eighth grader Gracie Williams took 32nd (13:17.3) and sixth grader Lydia Conner was 34th in 13:23.1. The girls finished second with 73 points behind Forest Park (36). Pike Central was third (82), Mt. Vernon fourth (103), Princeton fifth (111), Tell City sixth (128) and North Posey sev- enth. Nine Gibson Southern middle school girls ran in the reserve race with sixth grader Ava Fryman placing seventh in 13:45. Gracie Bratton was 13th in 14:20, Ramsie Grigsby 16th in 15:05 and Greenlee Powers 18th in 15:08. Sa- die Hall finished 32nd in 15:51, Reese Snyder 37th in 16:21, Mia Harris 39th in 16:59 and Rebekah Hutchinson 43rd in 17:23. THREE GSMS BOYS IN TOP 11 Gibson Southern middle school boys placed third in the PAC with Reeve Runyan, Aidan Alston and Raylan Boop in the top 11 finishers. Eighth grader Reece Runyan ran 10 :57 to sixth place, Aidan Alston was ninth in 11:06 and Raylan Bop 11th in 11:14. Isaac Marvel was 30th in 12:00, Coleton McIntyre 31st in 12:16, Maverick Reising 40th in 12:50 and Grady Mowrer 44th in 13:02. The boys reserve race included Gavin Schwartz (8, 12:27.5), Carson Smith (12, 12:521.5), Carson McIntyre (16, 13:00.7), Adan Spindler (22, 13:45.3), Lawson Snyder (23, 13:48.3), Luke Es- tep (28, 14:18.5), Reuben Hutchinson (31, 14:41.9), Lucas Ivy (32, 14:56.3), Waylon Atchinson (37, 16:37) and Jack Anderson (38, 16:40. JV football loses to HH Gibson Southern's junior varsity football fell 10 -0 to Heritage Hills last week. The loss drops them to 3-2 on the season. The Titans defense large- ly performed well, keeping Heritage Hills out of the endzone in nine of their 10 drives, only allowing a sin- gle TD when the Patriots were able to start their drive from the GS 18. In typical HH fashion, ball control was the name of the game for the Patriot offense. For 30 :23 of the 40 -minute contest the HH offense me- thodically chipped away at the Titan defenders, aver- aging just under four yards per carry. While the Pats didn't find the endzone of- ten, keeping the ball out of the hands of GS for 75% of the game helped to hold off Gibson Southern from find- ing rhythm on offense. Linebacker Jack Rose led all tacklers with eight solos and four assists. Waylon Finney added three solos and five assists, Jake Rich- ter had six solos and two assists, and Seth Parsons tacked on two solos and four assists. Spending so much time on the sideline watching the defensive squad battle the Patriots, the Titan offense stayed cold most of the eve- ning and were unable to gain much sustained momentum through the contest. Although there were pe- riods that Gibson Southern appeared to be settling into rhythm, the Titans were not able to keep the chains mov- ing long enough to find the endzone. Signal caller Liam Bryant tallied 87 passing yards, averaging more than 10 yards per completion. Bryant and the Titan of- fense were on the cusp of making several big plays to break the game open, but the home run shots re- mained elusive, often only inches away from connect- ing. Maxx Wilson was the leading receiver for GS, pulling in four catches for 40 yards. Maddox Potts caught two for 25 yards, Baker Calvert hauled in one for 13 yards, and Ottie Droste pulled down a reception for nine yards. The Gibson Southern Titan JV team looks to get back on track next week when they travel to Mount Vernon Monday, October 3, with kickoff slated for 6 p.m. Cooper Maurer grimaces as he sprints to the finish of the PAC race. He finished sixth in a time of 16:45. Hayden Pennington finishes the 5K races Saturday morning in seventh place with a time of 16:48. Titan sophomore runner Bai- ley Baker grimaces as she runs up a small hill in traffic. She placed 42nd in the PAC in a time of 22:35. Elizabeth Stecker runs near the front during Saturday's PAC Cross Country meet hosted by Gibson Southern. Steckler fin- ished 30th individually. TITAN SPORTS SCHEDULE Tuesday, Oct. 4 Volleyball V & JV at Pike Central 5:30 p.m. Girls soccer vs Boon- ville @ Reitz 7 p.m. Boys soccer vs Vin- cennes Lincoln @ Wash- ington 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 Volleyball V & JV at Forest Park 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 Football at Princeton 7 p.m. Call us at 812-753-3553 or email sports@sgstartimes.com GOT SPORTS NEWS? 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