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Sports Wednesday, Januar y 11, 2023 The Press-Dispatch B-4 fouled on the play and went to the line for the 'and one.' His successful trip to the line put the Chargers up 57-55. evansville day committed a turnover on their following possession, giving the ball back to the Chargers. With the Chargers not being in the bonus, the eagles were forced to commit fouls to try to re- gain possession. The eagles were unsuc- cessful in their attempt and the Chargers won the game by two. The win pushed the Charger record to 6 -2. This was the first win for the Chargers against an evansville team since Janu- ary 31, 1998 when they beat Memorial 75 -59. CHARGERS (57) Julian Gish 4 3-3 1 12; Quade Morton 7 1-3 3 18; Chase rid- ao 0 0 -0 1 0; Peyton Howald 6 1-1 2 13; Jiles Mason 7 0 -0 2 14; Totals 20 5 -7 9 57 3-pt goals 4 (Morton 3, Gish 1) EAGLES (55) Boyle 0 0 -0 1 0; Kunst 1 0 -0 0 2; Myers 12 4-8 3 30; Wilsey 3 3-5 2 12; Cooper 1 0 -0 1 3; Kel- ley 4 0 -0 2 8; Wilkerson 0 0 -0 3 0; Totals 21 7-13 12 55 FIGHT Continued from page 1 Bears a tough challenge for Chargers The Pike Central Chargers faced a tough challenge sat- urday against 4-a evansville Central Bears, picking up their third loss of the season on their home court 63-46. The Chargers netted the first four points of the game with buckets by Junior Quade Morton and senior Peyton Howald. While the Chargers extended the lead to five sev- eral times in the quarter, the Bears kept attacking to cut in- to the lead. Morton and Howald hit threes in the period, and a bucket and free throws by Ju- niors Chase ridao and Julian Gish respectively, gave the Chargers a lead at the end of the period 13-10. The early second quar- ter saw the Charger lead in- crease to five on a bucket by sophomore Jiles Mason, but it would be a period of unan- swered runs. The Bears ran off six to take the lead, 16 -15 at the 5:49 mark and the Chargers answered with four of their own to go up 19 -16 on a basket by Pey- ton Howald with 4:14 left. The Bears then closed out the peri- od with 10 unanswered points leaving the Chargers trailing 19 -26 at halftime. The third period opened with evansville Central ex- tending their lead to 10 with a quick three-pointer. noth- ing seemed to go right for the Chargers as they turned the ball over several times. When shot opportunities did arise, Pike Central could not get the ball through the net. Charger Coach Hunter el- liott commented, "We got some really good looks. We got opportunities for Jiles, Morton and Gish but we couldn't make the shots." The turnovers by Pike Cen- tral gave Bears the opportu- nity to increase their lead to 15, 39 -24, with just over five minutes left in the period. al- though having the opportuni- ty to get points from the line, as the Chargers got into the bonus early in the second half, they failed to drive inside to make contact and draw fouls. "We were settling for pull-ups when we needed to get down- hill, get to the rim and get to the free throw line," said Coach elliott. The Chargers did take advantage when they got to the line, hitting over 83% for the game from the line. The third quarter closed with evansville Central up 47-36. Trailing by 11, the Chargers got five unanswered points to open the fourth with a trey from Gish and two at the line from Morton, reducing the Bears lead to six. That was as close as Pike Central was go- ing to get. evansville Central shot lights out, scoring 14 in a five-minute period while the Chargers went scoreless during that same time. "We didn't play hard and (evans- ville Central) made us pay for that," commented elliott. down by 20 with a 1:36 left, the deficit was too high for the Chargers to overcome as they lost 63-46. The Chargers re- cord now stands at 6 -3. next up for the Chargers are two road games, Heritage Hills (Lincoln City) on Friday and Wood Memorial (Oakland City) on saturday. Both games start at 8 p.m. esT. CHARGERS (46) Julian Gish 3 1-2 4 8; Quade Morton 6 5 -6 2 19; Chase rid- ao 1 0 -0 0 2; Peyton Howald 4 0 -0 5 9; Braden Howald 0 2-2 2 2; Jiles Mason 2 2-2 0 6; To- tals 16 10 -12 12 46 3-pt goals 4 (Morton 2, Gish 1, P Howald 1) BEARS (63) redd 5 2-2 0 12; richie 5 0 - 0 2 15; steers 0 0 -1 0 0; Patter- son 2 0 -0 1 4; richason 2 0 -0 3 5; Wedding 0 0 -1 0 0; Peoples 1 0 -0 0 2; singer 5 0 -0 2 13; Cato 2 8 -8 3 12; Totals 22 10 -12 11 63 3-pt goals 8 (richie 5, sing- er 3, richason 1) Chargers fall to Patriots 48-20 By James Capozella Press-Dispatch Sports sports@pressdispatch.net Pike Central Lady Chargers fell to visiting Heritage Hills Lady Patriots, 48 -20 on Janu- ary 3. The Patriots picked up a 14-9 first quarter advantage. a low scoring 10 -4 second quarter got the Lady Patriots to a 24-13 halftime edge over the hosts. The three ball made for a comfortable 37-19 lead for the Pocket athletic Con- ference rival, and they pulled away in the fourth. The Lady Patriots held the Lady Chargers to just one of two free throws in the final stanza while adding 11 points to their 24-point second half. Lady Charger junior Brai- ley Mills was four of six from the line and junior guard an- na Whitehead was two of four and two baskets for six points. senior forward Liberty Taylor added a trio of baskets for a six point total while Keena young had one basket in the third quarter. senior guards delaney Welch and Kennedy Willis were each one of two from the line. Heritage Hills had six scor- ers, three in double figures and three shooters with two or more three pointers. Olivia susnjara was the game's lead- ing scorer with 18 points in- cluding four three pointers. Pike Central: 9 4 6 1- 20 Heritage Hills: 14 10 13 11-48 Lady Chargers: Brai- ley Mills: 0 0 6 -4 3 4, anna Whitehead: 2 0 4-2 0 6, del- aney Welch: 0 0 2-1 0 1, Lib- erty Taylor: 3 0 0 -0 3 6, shel- by Meadows: 0 0 0 -0 3 0, Kah- le young: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Keena young: 1 0 0 -0 1 2, Kennedy Willis: 0 0 2-1 0 1, Tiffany ar- tega: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Taryn Fiscus: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Madelyn Fiscus: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Patience Haycraft: 0 0 0 -0 0 0. Totals: 6 0 14-8 10 20. 9 13 19 20 Lady Patriots: schipp: 2 2 0 - 0 3 10, Olivia susnjara: 3 4 0 - 0 4 18, Mcdonell: 0 0 2-2 3 2, #14: 1 0 4-2 2 4, still: 3 2 0 -0 0 12, #33: 1 0 2-0 2 2. Totals: 10 8 8 -4 15 48, 14 24 37 48. JUNIOR VARSITY In JV action, Lady Charger Tiffany artega poured in 14 first quarter points for Pike Central and Kennedy Willis netted a pair of baskets for 18 first quarter points. Taryn Fis- cus was one of two from the line for a 19 -12 first quarter ad- vantage. Then the Lady Patriots came roaring back, blanking the Lady Chargers 22-0 in the second and then rolled to a 63- 19 win. artega posted 14 points starting off with a basket and then four three baggers in the opening quarter. Kenne- dy Willis had four points and Taryn Fiscus was one of two from the line. Pike Central JV 19 0 0 0 -19 Heritage Hills JV: 12 22 23 6 -63 Lady Charger JV: Tiffany artega: 1 4 0 -0 2 14, Patience Haycraft: 0 0 0 -0 1 0, Kennedy Willis: 2 0 0 -0 0 4, Keltie dors- ey: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, niesha smith: 0 0 0 -0 0 0, Taryn Fiscus: 0 0 2-1 3 1, Madelyn Fiscus: 0 0 0 -0 3 0, sheridan Fulk: 0 0 0 -0 0 0. Totals: 3 4 2-1 9 19. 19 19 19 19 Lady Patriots JV: Bell: 3 2 6 -2 3 14, asbury: 7 0 0 -0 1 14, Probus: 4 0 1-0 0 8, Gogel: 0 1 0 -0 0 3, Holmes: 5 0 0 -0 0 10, Coleman: 5 0 0 -0 1 10, Peters: 2 0 0 -0 0 4. Totals: 26 3 7-2 5 63, 12 34 57 63. STOP it takes 3 MINUTES to subscribe to 812-354-8500 Charger Junior Julian Gish hits the winning three-point basket for the Chargers with 15 seconds remaining in the game to beat Evansville Day School 57-55. Charger Sophomore Jiles Mason is surrounded by Eagle defenders as he shoots for two. Mason finished with a career-high 14 off the bench.