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Tuesday, March 28, 2023 A7 South Gibson Star-Times SPORTS Submit sports items: Call: 812-753-3553 Email: sports@sgstartimes.com Independent Insurance Agent 812-483-4670 • Haubstadt • bill.yarbor@twc.com CALL: Bill Yarbor Are You Adequately Covered? A new year means changes to Medicare premiums, deductibles, copays and benefi ts! Bill Yarbor, experienced insurance agent can help you make sure you are adequately covered. Medicare Supplement Insurance, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part-D prescription drug plans. Karan Thacker, AFSP Owner 704 E. Haub Street Haubstadt, IN 47639 THACKER TAX SERVICE 906 Blackfoot Drive Fort Branch, IN 47648 812-615-0071 (offi ce) 812-789-3852 (cell) kthacker01@gmail.com Tax Preparation for Individuals & Businesses Walter Arnett CPA, PC 102 N. First Ave., Princeton 812-385-4431 walterarnettcpa.com By Mike Sandifar Star-Times Sports drhoops25@gmail.com Coach Gary May and his Gibson Southern Lady Titans opened the 2023 season in style last Monday afternoon racing past visiting Sullivan 7-2 in girls' high school softball action. Senior Alexis Tucker pitched a complete game in the season-opener, striking out eight Lady Golden Arrows, while giving up just five hits and allowing no earned runs in her seven innings on the mound. She did not walk a hitter. Sullivan scored one run in the top of the first inning to take an early 1-0 lead over the hosts, Gibson Southern came back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning to take a 2-1 advantage. The Lady Titans plated another two runs in the bottom of the third frame to up their lead to 4-1, and in the bottom half of the fifth inning GSHS put another pair of runs across home plate to take a 6-1 lead. In the bottom of the sixth, the eventual winners scored another run to put the Lady Titans up 7-1. Sullivan pushed home a run in the top of the seventh in- ning to account for the final 7-2 score and a victory for Gibson Southern. Both pitchers were tough to hit on the day, as the Lady Titans and the Lady Golden Arrows both mustered just five hits in the encounter. Tucker helped her own cause in the game with a dou- ble, while senior Sydney Long, juniors Alloy Malone and Carly Dickerson, and sophomore Lauryn Adamson all popped singles for the Lady Titans in the season opener. Long, Tucker, and senior Taylor Fonte all worked Lady Golden Arrow pitching for a walk, while senior EmmaLee Higgs, junior Morgan Burgess, and freshman Carly Potts each reached first base after being hit-by-a-pitch. Fonte and Burgess were both credited with a sacrifice at bat for the Lady Titans. "We played well for a season-opener," said May after the game, We need to hit the ball better, but in the early part of any season, the pitching is always ahead of the hitting. "It was a good win for us, and it will provide us with a positive outlook as we head to Tennessee later this week for four games." Now 1-0 on the early sea- son, the Lady Titans traveled to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on Thursday, where they played a four-games series with "non-In- diana" opponents in three days. Gibson Southern faced Middle Tennessee Christian on Thursday, then took on Plain- view (Rainsville, Alabama) and Rogers (Florence, Alabama) on Friday. On Saturday, GSHS closed out the journey with Cascade High School (War- trace, Tennessee). Titan Softball Wins Opener Gibson Southern four All-Conference players for 2022-2023. Shown left to right are Chloey Graham, Alexis Tucker, Gabby Spink, and Ava Weisheit. Graham, Tucker, and Spink were named First Team All - PAC. Weisheit earned Honorable Mention Honors. (Photo by Mary Sandifar) HOLY CROSS HONOR ROLL Third Grading Period for 2022-23 allentz.fctuckeremge.com Cell: 812-598-3742 AL LENTZ Broker Associate F.C. Tucker Emge REALTORS ® Grade 5 Isaac Atkins Braxtyn Blankenberger Ava Bratcher Noah Egli Lyla Gill Lydia Hoke Willow Kissel Lindsey Mayer Kysten Newlin Allie Rose Asher Schnaus Kate Swader Grade 4 Asher Collins Cade Foster Aubrey Heldt Keagan Martin Lydia McGregor Cooper Opperman Dylan Sexton Grade 3 Kyle Baehl Matthew Coats Brantley Dix Harper Egli Braxton Johnson Bishop Mayer Kateri Newlin Harrison Obert Luke Pinkston Isaiah Polen Case Rexing Roxy Rohrbach Pete Russler Brooklyn Wade Charlotte Williams Titans Softball player is taking a swing at the pitch. Titans Softball player shown making the grab at 1st. Titans Softball player is making the catch in outfield. Titans Softball player is on the mound. O N L I N E • S M A RT P H O N E • TA B L E T sgstartimes.com/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! 765-884-1902 or email: hmgcirculation@gmail.com