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Sports Wednesday, December 21, 2022 The Press-Dispatch B-3 Charger Fall Cheer awards Pike Central cheerleaders recently announced their award winners for the Fall sports season. Each girl above won a varsity letter for Cheer, while Carlie Halbrad- er won the Kiwanis Mental Attitude Award and Taylor Gosciniak won the Academic Award. Cheerleaders are front row (l to r): Katie Burkhart, Hannah Cassada, Chloe Willis, Alyssa Young, Carlie Halbrader and Alli Hardin; back row: Taylor Gosciniak, Riley Russell, Calleigh Wibbeler, Michaela Gray, Jaelee Loveless, Emma Brock, Easton Bailey and Kenadie Houchins. Lady Chargers fall to Gibson Southern in blowout By Mike Sandifar Press-Dispatch Sports sports@pressdispatch.net Gibson Southern High School Girls' Kyle Brash- er used all 11 of his Lady Ti- tans in Petersburg Thursday evening in a Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC) match-up with Pike Central, and seven of them scored in a 53-16 vic- tory over the host Lady Char- gers for Gibson Southern's seventh win in 10 outings. "I know we beat them by a lop-sided score," admitted Brasher in a post-game inter- view in Charger Gym, "but they are very well coached. "Trey Wornica has done a great job with a very young basketball team. "They are well-organized, and they ran their offense throughout the entire 32 min- utes of the game. They just did not shoot the ball very well, but that will change with experience over the next year or two. "I thought we played well again tonight in all phases of the game. We defended well in our half-court defense, and on the offensive end of the floor, I thought we took good shots and looked for each oth- er on every possession. "We had Gabby (Spink) back for the second time this year, after she missed the first eight games with the stress fracture, but we are still missing Alexis Tuck- er, our starting center (out with a broken arm the past four games until mid-Janu- ary), which means we have not had our entire line-up available once this season— yet, we are 7-3, and our young players are getting game ex- perience, which means late in the season we are going to have players who can step in when needed, without us los- ing a step." The Lady Titans took a 13- 4 lead at the end of the first eight minutes of play, and at intermission, Gibson South- ern led 29 -7. The eventual winners con- tinued their strangle hold on the defensive end of the play- ing floor, allowing the Lady Chargers just three points in the third quarter to take a commanding 43-10 advan- tage after 24 minutes of bas- ketball. In the final quarter, the La- dy Titans outscored the hosts 10 -6 to account for the final 53-16 score. Spink led Gibson Southern in scoring with 15 points on five of nine shooting from the floor. Spink knocked down three of five shots from two- point range and two of four tries from behind the three- point line. At the free throw line, she connected on three of four attempts for her 15 points. Twelve of her 15 points came in the first half of the contest. Sophomore Nola Ravellette added 11 points to the Lady Ti- tan side of the scoring ledger, the third straight outing the second-year varsity perform- er has put home double-digit scoring. Ravellette hit on four of six shot attempts from in- side the three-point line, and from beyond the three-point arc, she hit on one of two tries for her 11 points. All of Rav- ellette's scoring came in the first three periods of play. Chloey Graham, a 5'7" ju- nior, tossed in four of nine shots and added two of two from the charity stripe for 10 points to close out the dou- ble figure scoring for Gib- son Southern. Graham also grabbed four rebounds, came up with four steals, and hand- ed out four assists in her 18 minutes of play. Sophomore Lauryn Adam- son had six points for the La- dy Titans, followed by soph- omore Lydia Maurer with five counters, and both 5'9" senior Ava Weisheit and 5'6" freshman Molly Spindler scored three points each to close out the Gibson South- ern scoring. Starting point guard Al- ly Malone, a 5'4" junior, did not score, but she did not take a shot in the game, and Weisheit, a usual near dou- ble figure scorer, took just two shots in the fray. Adamson led the Lady Ti- tans in rebounding with six caroms, and in addition to her six points on three of three shooting, and six rebounds in the battle, she had a pair of steals. Malone handed out three assists, grabbed a pair of re- bounds, and came up with a steal in her limited time on the floor on Thursday. Kahle Young and Shelby Meadows led the Pike Cen- tral scoring attack with four points each, while Liberty Taylor hauled in six rebounds for the Lady Chargers. For the game, the Lady Titans connected on 21 of 37 field goal attempts (56.8 percent), including four of 10 from behind the three- point line (40.0 percent). At the free throw line, the Lady Titans put home six of eight tries (75.0 percent). Pike Central managed to make just seven of 22 shots from the floor (31.4 percent). The Lady Chargers did not at- tempt a three-point shot. At the free throw line, the hosts managed to put home just two of 10 tries from the unguard- ed stripe. Gibson Southern turned the basketball over 11 times in the 32-minute encounter, while Pike Central coughed up the basketball 21 times. The win put Gibson South- ern at 7-3 overall and 4-1 in PAC play on the season, while the loss left Pike Central at 2- 10 on the 2022-23 hardwood campaign. The Lady Titans will re- turn to action in the Toyota Teamwork Classic on Thurs- day at 10 :30 a.m. when Gib- son Southern will tangle with Silver Creek at Titan Field- house in a rematch of last year's Indiana High School Athletic Association (IH- SA A) Charlestown Region- al Championship Game, won by Silver Creek, when the La- dy Titans were without Ava Weisheit, who sustained an ACL injury in the IHSA A Sec- tional Game against Evans- ville Memorial. Gibson Southern will also play at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday evening in Titan Fieldhouse against an opponent to be de- termined by winners and los- ers in other games played on Thursday. Pike Central senior Kahle Young (2) puts home two of her four points against Gibson Southern in last Thursday's Pocket Athlet- ic Conference (PAC) encounter. The Lady Titans stopped the Lady Chargers 53-16. Mary Sandifar photo. Liberty Taylor (30) puts home two points for Pike Central in last Thursday's Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC) encounter with Gib- son Southern. The Lady Titan's topped the Lady Chargers 53-16 in the game. Taylor led Pike Central in rebounding with six grabs of errant shots. Mary Sandifar photo.