The Press-Dispatch

Thursday, May 11, 2023 Page 9 Press DisPatch base, scoring eight on seven hits in the inning. Sharp had the big hit of the inning as she put one over the left field fence, her third home run of the season. The consecutive hits chased pitcher Turpin from the rubber as she took the loss. Turpin completed two and a third innings, giv - ing up 16 runs on 13 hits, strik- ing out one and giving up one walk. Delaney Anthis came in for relief of Turpin to finish out the third inning. Anthis gave up one hit, one run and three walks in the five batters she faced. Vincennes Lincoln was able to put a couple runs on the board in the bottom of the third. Kavanaugh, in the cir- cle for Pike Central, recorded two outs before she gave up a double to Matti Collins. Col- lins scored on a single by Ad- dy Alton and Alton scored on an error by Sorgius. Kavana- ugh struck out Anthis to end the inning with Pike Central up 17-2. The large lead to open the fourth allowed Pike Central Coach Dustin Traylor to give his junior varsity squad an op- portunity to get playing time. Heidi Woodford received a walk to start the inning and moved to second on a single by Kavanaugh. Pike Central loaded the bases when Emma Brock was hit by a pitch. Wood- ford was thrown out at home on a ground ball by Myra Hensler to short, keeping the bases loaded with one out. Kavanaugh was brought home on a single by Haylie Fulcher and Brock scored on a single by Sorgius. The bases remained loaded with one out, but Pike Central could not put any more runs across the plate before the inning ended. Pike Central led 19 -2 going into the bottom of four. "It was good to get the JV girls some game time there and get some opportunities to play a little more," said Coach Traylor, adding, "They all seem ready to go when their number is called and that's what we ex- pect from them." The Lady Alices' added three in the fourth inning and four in the fifth inning. Their scoring over those two innings however could not prevent in- stituting the 10 -run rule, as the Lady Chargers won 19 -9 in five innings. Kavanaugh took the win for Pike Central as she pitched five innings, giving up nine runs on 13 hits. She also had three strikeouts and one walk in the contest. Mills, Taryn Fiscus, Kavanaugh, Madelyn Fiscus, Sharp and Welch all had multi- ple hits for the game. Madelyn Fiscus and Welch were perfect at the plate going 3-3 and 2-2 Charger JV beat Alices 13-9 Pike Central Junior Varsity softball team took the victory over Vincennes Lincoln win- ning 13-9 in their recent bat- tle in Vincennes. Although they only got six hits in the game, the Lady Chargers were aided by eight walks and three hit batters to put 13 runs across the plate. Emma Brock opened the game getting hit by a pitch and Mac- ey Stilwell followed with a free pass. Haylie Fulcher singled to load the bases. Brock scored two batters later on a grounder by Myra Hensler and Stilwell scored on a fly out to center by Heidi Woodford. The defense stepped up in the bottom of the first. The leadoff batter for the Lady Alices, Isabella Lechner, re- ceived a walk and moved to third on a stolen base and wild pitch. Lila Taylor, on the rub- ber for Pike Central, struck out Megga Lechtefeld for the first out and then gave up a single to Amya Woodall, which scored Lechner. Woodall advanced to second on a wild pitch. The next bat- ter Aaliyah Kohlhouse ground- ed to second baseman Jaidyn Gogel who threw to Fulcher at first for the second out. Fulcher then threw home to catcher Brock, who tagged out Woodall trying to score from second on the ground out, completing a 4-3-2 double play. The Lady Chargers led 2- 1 at the end of one. Vincennes Lincoln tied the game at two in the second as they loaded the bases and Tay- lor walked in the tying run. Pike Central went up 3-2 in the top of the third as Fulcher sin- gled and scored on an error by the Alices' left fielder. The Lady Alices' came back and scored five in the bottom of the inning to go ahead once again 7-3, but the Lady Char- gers fought back in the final two innings. They scoring four in the fourth and six in the fifth, while only giving up two runs in the same time frame and take the victory, 13-9. Taylor and Hensler both pitched for the Lady Char- gers, giving up a combined nine runs, five hits, six strike- outs and six walks. Brock, Stil- well, Fulcher, Hensler and Gra- cie Hill all had hits for the La- dy Chargers. Pike Central 2023 girls tennis team members are front row : (l to r) Caroline McDivitt, Eibhlin Teague, Sydney Burdette, Brylee Walker, Emily McGillem, Hattie Yag- er; back row: Lillian Mann, Gabby Collins, Shelby Keeker, Ella McGuire, Reagan Craig, Jaime Sallee and Ashlyn Kirk. LADY CHARGER TENNIS Good Luck at Sectionals P.O. 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