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Sports Wednesday, December 21, 2022 The Press-Dispatch B-2 Karan Thacker, AFSP Owner THACKER TAX SERVICE 906 Blackfoot Drive Fort Branch, IN 47648 812-615-0071 (offi ce) 812-789-3852 (cell) kthacker01@gmail.com Slow start dooms Chargers at Boonville, 51-40 By Andy Heuring Press-Dispatch Sports sports@pressdispatch.net Pike Central got off to a slow start against a strong Boonville team last week and was never able to get going. The Chargers uncharacter- istically were getting beat to loose balls and struggled to hit from the floor as they fell 51-40 to Boonville last Tues- day night. "We did not play well," said Charger Coach Hunter Elliott. "It was one of those games where everything we did, didn't go our way." Pike Central fell behind early, only scoring six points in the first quarter on threes by Quade Morton and Julian Gish. "I thought on offense we were a little more individual. We didn't shoot it well. Then on defense we didn't play well," said Elliott. Despite those things the Chargers heated up in the second quarter and fought their way back to a 23-18 defi- cit by halftime as both Gish and Morton scored five and Braden Howald added a field goal. Morton and Gish in the third quarter scored all nine points for the Chargers as Boonville put up 13 points including six on three field goals by Lavelle Tinsley, who had a game-high 18 points for Boonville. Boonville's surge gave them a 36 -27 lead head- ing into the fourth quarter. Senior Chase Ridao blew hot in the fourth quarter, hit- ting a three and scoring sev- en points to lead a Charger comeback. "I was disappointed in our performance," said Elliott. Searching for a positive from the night he said, "I guess it is as bad as we played with two minutes to go. We were only down by five and had the ball. We missed a layup then got another opportunity and couldn't take advantage. "We just didn't work hard enough to turn the tide," said Elliott. Boonville scored 15 fourth quarter points and hit five of six free throws to thwart the Chargers' comeback at- tempts. The Pioneers on the night were 10 of 12 from the free throw line and had three players score in double fig- ures. Cooper Aigner had 11 and Jake Fuller had 10 to go with Tinsley's 18. Pike Central was led by Morton with 14 and Gish with 13. "They are pretty solid. It was a great opportunity for us. We just couldn't get it going. When stuff isn't go- ing your way, you can make your own luck getting the 50 - 50 balls, diving on the floor. We weren't doing that. It just wasn't in the cards for us," said Elliott. While the Chargers shot poorly from the floor they were 100 percent from the free-throw line, but they on- ly shot two free-throws. "They were very upset and frustrated. One of our goals was tho win conference. It took us out of the drivers seat. We can still win it but we are going to have to get some help," said Elliott. On the positive side El- liott said, "We have had real- ly good practices since then." Pike Central is now 3-2 on the season. WEATHER CHANGES SCHEDULE Pike Central was sched- uled to be in a one-day tour- ney on Thursday at Evans- ville Memorial, but with a winter storm predicted for Thursday night, the games have been moved up. Pike Central is now sched- uled to play at Springs Val- ley on Wednesday with the JV game beginning at 6 p.m. and the varsity to follow. On Thursday, the Char- gers will play Evansville Me- morial at Memorial with the JV game starting at 12:45 and the varsity at 2:15. Springs Valley (1A) is 4-3 on the season. Evansville Memorial will be one of the stronger teams the Chargers play this year. They are 4-1 with wins over Evansville Bosse, Gibson Southern, Jasper and Heri- tage Hills. Their only loss is to Corydon Central. VARSITY Chargers (40) Julian Gish 4 2-2 1 13, Quade Morton 6 0 -0 5 14, Chase Ridao 3 0 -0 3 7, Pey- ton Howald 1 0 -0 5 2, Bra- den Howald 1 0 -0 0 2, Drew Dawson 1 0 -0 0 2, Giles Ma- son 0 0 -0 2 0. Totals 16 2-2 16 40. 3 pt. goals 6 (Gish 3, Mor- ton 2, Ridao) Boonville (51) Sharp 2 3-5, 3 8, Lavelle Tinsley 8 1-1 2 18, Lamar Tinsley 1 0 -0 1 2, Gladish 1 0 - 0 0 2, Aigner 4 3-3 2 11, Full- er 3 3-3 0 10. Totals 19 10 -12 8 51. 3 pt. goals 3 (Sharp, La. Tinsley, Fuller) JUNIOR VARSITY Chargers (51) Albert Whitehead 6 0 -0 1 14, Drew Dawson 4 1-1 0 9, Zane Gelhausen 1 0 -1 0 2, Lane Frederick 2 1-2 3 6, Zack Miller 2 0 -0 1 5, Camer- on Roy 0 0 -0 1 0, Brenton Fry- rear 3 3-6 4 9, Jakob Newkirk 1 0 -0 0 2, Aron Huchel 2 0 -0 1 4. Totals 17 5-10 11 51. 3pt goals 4 ( Whitehead 2, Frederick, Miller) Pioneers (35) Seth Miller 2 1-2 1 5, Grant Davis 3 0 -0 3 8, Logan Strah- le 3 1-2 3 7, Charlie Campbell 0 2-2 0 2, Isaac Miller 3 1-2 0 7, Brooks Aigner 1 0 -0 3 2, Josiah Adams 1 0 -0 1 2, Ty- ler Klaner 1 0 -0 4 2. Totals 14 5 -8 15 35. 3 pt goals 2 (Davis) North Knox posts 46-13 win over Chargers By James Capozella Press-Dispatch Sports sports@pressdispatch.net The Lady Chargers contended with five different three-point shooters in the Saturday road trip to Bicknell's top ranked 2A Lady Warriors. The undefeat- ed North Knox Lady Warriors moved to a perfect 13-0 record with a 46 -13 win over the visiting Pike Central Lady Chargers. Senior forward Keena Young contrib- uted two field goals in the first quarter and junior guard Anna Whitehead net- ted one for a 14-6 deficit at the first stop. Threes were banged in by Ava Wil- liams and Lexi Primus but then Brenna Collins, Madison McCory and Brooklon Sturgeon continued scoring from beyond the arc with a trio of threes and a 29 -9 first half. Two more threes and three field goals against a lone third quarter basket netted by Anna Whitehead cranked the score to 41-11 going into the final stanza. The La- dy Chargers held North Knox to three points in the fourth quarter with Kahle Young knocking down the final Pike Cen- tral basket. Whitehead and Keena Young fin- ished with four points each while Kahle Young and Liberty Taylor scored a bas- ket apiece. Delaney Welch was one of two from the line in the second quarter. Lady Charger coach Trey Wornica said the girls "came out with great ener- gy, played hard, continued to battle the whole way through." Coach said the girls kept North Knox to forty points against a high scoring undefeated team that is leading 2A schools. Regarding Tuesday's trip to Jasper coach said "We should have everyone back to feeling better." Pike Central: 6 3 2 23-13 North Knox: 14 15 12 5-46 Lady Chargers: Meadows: 0 0 0 -0 2 0, Whitehead: 2 0 0 -0 0 4, Ke Young: 2 0 1-0 2 4, Welch: 0 0 2-1 0 1, Ka Young: 1 0 0 -0 0 2, Mills: 0 0 0 -0 2 0, Taylor: 1 0 0 - 0 1 2, Artega: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Willis: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, T Fiscus: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Hill: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Haycraft: 0 0 0 -0 0 0. Totals: 6 0 3-1 7 13, 6 9 11 13 Lady Warriors: Collins: 3 2 5 -4 2 16, McCory: 1 2 0 -0 0 8, Primus: 0 1 0 -0 0 3, McKinko: 1 0 0 -0 3 2, Williams: 0 2 0 -0 0 6, Armes: 1 0 1-0 1 2, Sturgeon: 0 1 0 -0 2 3, Hammellman: 1 0 2-2 0 4, Utt: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Richter: 1 0 0 -0 0 2. Totals: 8 8 8 -6 9 46. 14 29 41 46 Pike Central guard Quade Morton tucks the ball under his arm as he splits two defenders in a recent game. Morton had 14 points against Boonville last week. Charger Julian Gish goes over a defender for a close shot during a recent game. Gish had 13 points against Boonville last week.