The Press-Dispatch

Thursday, May 11, 2023 Page 7 Press DisPatch Press DisPatch SPORTS To submit sports information or photos Call 812-766-11611 or Email sports@pressdispatch.net www.UebelhorGM.com Jasper • 1-800-937-8721 CHEVROLET See SPENCER on page 8 See WIN on page 9 See LOSS on page 8 See TITANS on page 8 Lady Chargers tennis beats Wood, Tell City By Andy Heuring Pike Central tennis team picked up two wins and lost to a strong Wash- ington team over the last week. The Chargers beat Wood Memorial 5 -1 on and then beat Tell City 3-2. They also lost to de- fending conference cham- pion Washington 5 -0. The Chargers turned around an early season loss to the Wood Memo- rial into a 5 -0 win last Wednesday. "We played really well," said Charger Coach Brent Beck. Number one singles Jaimie Sallee started the run for Pike Central with a 6 -0, 6 -1 win over Ken- lee Wiseman. It contin- ued at number two sin- gles with Ashlynn Kirk's 6 -4, 6 -3 win over Grace Strickland. Gabby Collins at num- ber three singles won a close match over Izzy Rowe 6 -3, 7-5. Seniors Reagan Craig and Shelby Keeker pulled out a tough win over Abby Gates and Cloey French. A fter losing the first set 7-6 they won the second set 6 -3 and then the third set 10 -8. Emily McGillem and Brylee Walker finished off the 5 -0 run with a 6 - 3, 6 -4 win over Cheznie Taylor and Grace Shoultz. In junior varsity action Chargers big bats lead to big win over Vincennes By Joye Hamilton Karley Kavanaugh's grand slam and Alyna Sharp's three- run homer helped propel the Pike Central Lady Chargers to a 19 -9 non-conference victory over the Lady Alices' of Vin- cennes Lincoln. Pike Central pounded 17 hits over the five innings played, with six players having a mul- tiple hit game. Kavanaugh and Sharp accounted for 10 of the runs as they both contributed five RBIs. The Lady Chargers scored in each of the first four innings. A fter two outs in the first, Kavanaugh received a base on balls and moved to sec- ond on a single by Madelyn Fiscus to center. They were both brought home on a sin- gle by Sharp to left. Sharp was tagged out advancing to third for the final out in the top of the first. The Lady Chargers put eight straight on the base paths to start the top of the sec- ond, with seven of them scor- ing. Chloe Williams, Delaney Welch, Brailey Mills, Taryn Fiscus and Madelyn Fiscus all singled. Kavanaugh homered, Lakin Sorgius reached on an error and Tessa Vinnedge received a free pass. All but Madelyn Fiscus scored be- fore Vincennes Lincoln pitch- er Bradie Turpin sat down the side on two infield pop-ups and a strikeout. At the end of the top of the second Pike Central was up 9 -0. The Lady Chargers got streaky again in the top of the third. A fter one out in the in- ning, they put 11 runners on Chargers pounded out 10-1 win over S. Spencer By Joye Hamilton Pike Central softball con- tinued their conference win streak as they traveled to Rockport and defeated the South Spencer Lady Rebels 10 - 1 last Wednesday. The Char- gers remained undefeated in the PAC moving their con- ference record to 8 -0 and 17- 1 overall. The Lady Chargers started off slow by their standards, go- ing three up, three down in the first. They were able to push one across the plate in the sec- ond. Madelyn Fiscus started the inning with a base hit. Emma Brock was put in as a courtesy runner and was caught steal- ing for the first out. Alyna Sharp got to first after being hit by a pitch. Chloe Williams grounded to second baseman Kinley Skinner. Sharp was out advancing t second, but Wil- liams was safe at first. Williams advanced to sec- ond on a wild pitch by Lady Rebel Alexis Cecil and was driven in by Lakin Sorgius' single to center by Lakin Sor- gius. Chargers softball takes first loss since season opener By Joye Hamilton A late inning comeback was just a little too late as the Lady Chargers lost their first confer- ence game 4-3 to Mount Ver- non Saturday on the road. Pike Central put three on the board in the sixth inning but could not overtake the La- dy Wildcats, who scored two in the second inning and two in the fifth. Pike Central had base run- ners in the first three in- nings. Brailey Mills singled in the first to lead off the game, Taryn Fiscus got hit by a pitch in the second and Macey Stil- well singled in the third. All were stranded on the base path. Mt. Vernon began their scoring in the second. A fter getting one out Charger pitch- er Chloe Williams gave up a walk to the Wildcats' Peyton Rush and singles to Mallory Mason and Kaylyn Salee to load the bases. Rush scored on a wild pitch as all runners advanced. Williams loaded the bases again with a walk to Raycee Stallings. Williams then got the final two outs on a strike- out and a fly out, but not be- fore surrendering her second wild pitch of the inning to al- low Salee to score. Pike Central Coach Dustin Traylor came to the defense of his pitcher and her unfamiliar wild pitch performance. ( Wil- liams only had five wild pitches in her previous 16 games this season). "Mt Vernon played a 10 inning game Friday night and I don't feel like they didn't any field maintenance in front of the pitching rubber," said Traylor. "There were holes in the landing spots that when the ball rolled into it you could not see the ball anymore. (It was) terrible and definitely affected our pitchers," added Traylor. The Lady Wildcats add- ed two runs more in the fifth as Cora Bell reached first af- ter being hit by a pitch and scored on a bunt by Hannah West that was misplayed by Charger third baseman Del- aney Welch. West went to third base on the error. Alaina Allyn grounded into a fielder's choice two batters later, scor- ing West from third. The bot- tom of the fifth ended with the Wildcats up 4-0. Mills led off the top of the sixth with a bunt single to start the Charger rally. She then moved to second as Stilwell earned a walk. Karley Kavanaugh moved runners to second and third on a sacrifice bunt for the first Jenkins places in pole vault Pike Central eighth grader Deacon Jeknins placed eighth in the pole vault at the Pocket Athletic Confer- ence championships on Saturday in Tell City. Jenkins cleared 8'. Pike Central baseall falls to Tecumseh By Mike Sandifar Press Dispatch Sports drhoops25@gmail.com Tecumseh played host to Pike Central on Thursday in Pocket Athletic Confer- ence baseball action, but the Braves proved to be poor hosts to the visiting Chargers, as the Braves scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back. They went on to an 11-1 victory, in a game shortened to just five innings due to the Indiana High school Athletic Association (IHSA A) 10 -run rule. A fter taking a 4-0 lead in the first inning Tecumseh came back to push another run across home plate in the bottom of the second inning to go up 5 -0. Pike Central scored a run in the top of the third in- ning to reduce the Brave lead to 5 -1. The Chargers held Te- cumseh without a run in the bottom half of the third and the score stood at 5 -1 as the two league opponents headed into the fourth frame. Tecumseh held the Char- gers without a score in the top of the fourth, but the hosts again jumped on Pike Central for another four runs for a 9 -1 margin after four innings. Tecumseh again held Pike Central without a run in the top of the fifth frame, but in the bottom of the fifth, the Braves plated two more runs to stop the contest with the 10 -run rule. Senior Braydn Bender went the distance on the mound for Tecumseh, allowing Pike Central just the one run on two hits. Bender struck out eight Chargers and walked two in his complete game effort. The loss left Pike Central with a 2-11 season record, in- cluding a 0 -8 mark in confer- ence games. Gorby dies in motorcycle accident A former Pike County resident and Pike Central basketball player was killed in a motorcycle accident in South Carolina last week. Ethan Gorby, 20, of Goose Creek, South Caro- lina was Pike Central gradu- ate was a standout player for the Chargers. Following his graduation from Pike Cen- tral he joined the Navy and was stationed in South Car- olina. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol he was riding a Ducati mo- torcycle east on the 52 con- nector at I26 when he went off the side of the road and struck a guardrail at about 10:45 p.m. Police said no one witnessed the accident. The local coroner said Gorby died of injuries sus- tained in the accident. PC baseball falls to Titans By Mike Sandifar Press Dispatch Sports drhoops25@gmail.com Coach Dustin Powell's Pike Central Charger baseball team fell to Pocket Athletic Confer- ence rival Gibson Southern at Charger Field last Tuesday— but not without a heck of a fight.The game was not decid- ed until the final out in the bot- tom of the seventh inning! Gibson Southern jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but in the bottom of the second in- ning, the Chargers came back to knot the score at 2-2. Freshman J.J. Belmore opened the bottom of the second with a single, and af- ter back to back outs, senior Gavin Pancake poked a sin- gle to put runners on first and second for the hosts, with two outs. That brought senior Kend- ric Sorgius to the plate, and the fourth-year varsity per- former came through with a Pike Central senior Kendric Sorgius fires home a strike against Gibson Southern in last Tuesday's Pocket Athletic Conference game at Charger Field with Gibson South- ern. The Chargers lost the game to the Titans 5-2 in what was "perhaps" the best game of the season for Pike Central. (Photo by Mary Sandifar) See TENNIS on page 8 Karley Kavanaugh took to the circle for the Lady Chargers as Pike Central won 19 -9 over Vincennes Lincoln.

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