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B-1 Wednesday, November 20, 2013 The Press-Dispatch Seventh grade Foul shooting dooms Lady Chargers in 45-35 loss Lady Chargers rout Loogootee, North Posey The Pike Central Middle School seventh grade girls' basketball team rebounded from a season-opening loss to post a pair of road wins last week. On Monday, Nov. 11, Jordyn Graham scored eight points and Becca Crow added six as the Lady Chargers routed host Loogootee 25-6. McKenzie Dunn had five points in the winning effort. Allesha Sisk and Hailey Marchino tossed in four and two points, respectively. "This was a vast improvement from our first game," said Pike Central head coach Ryne Biesterveld, referring to the Lady Chargers' 2117 loss at Fort Branch on Thursday, Nov. 7. "We did a much better job running some sort of offense and our defense was a little better. We played more as a team and less as individuals." On Thursday, Nov. 14, Dunn scored a game-high 10 points to lead See rout on B-4 Pike Central's Chris Sourdike (44) goes up for a shot while North Posey's Drake Rodgers (14) defends during eighth grade boys' basketball action on Thursday, Nov. 14. Ed Cahill photo. Eighth grade Chargers hold off North Posey, 36-30 By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Chris Sourdike scored a game-high 16 points as the Pike Central Middle School eighth grade boys' basketball team held off visiting North Posey for a 36-30 win on Thursday, Nov. 14. Bryant Nalley added 11 points while grabbing 10 rebounds and five steals for the Chargers, who improved to 2-0 overall and 2-0 in the Pocket Athletic Conference. Trailing 9-5 late in the first quarter, Pike Central scored nine straight points to surge ahead 14-9 with 1:48 left in the second period. The Chargers extended their lead to as many as 13 points in the third quarter at 2613 and 28-15 before the Vikings (0-1) rallied. After Nalley hit a free throw to give Pike Central a 31-20 lead with 4:33 remaining in the fourth quarter, North Posey scored 10 straight points on three-pointers by Wyatt Lyke and Jacob Sanford and a pair of baskets by Drake Rodgers to pull to within 3130 with 2:57 left. Following a basket by Sourdike that stretched the Chargers' lead to 33-30, Nalley blocked a shot by the Vikings' David Bender, then hit a pair of free throws to give Pike Central a 35-30 advantage with 1:42 remaining. Sourdike added a free throw with 6.4 seconds remaining to end the scoring. Breyton Booker and Cameron Henson added three points each in the winning effort while Tyler Tormohlen and Kaleb Claridge scored two and one points, respectively. Sourdike had five rebounds for the Chargers, who out-rebounded North Posey 24-15. See eighth on B-4 Pike Central junior Lindsey Nixon (41) and South Knox sophomore Mallory Butler (33) battle for a rebound during high school girls' basketball action on Friday, Nov. 15. Ed Cahill photo. By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net The Pike Central High School girls' basketball team was unable to overcome foul shooting, both from the field and from the free throw line, while suffering a 45-35 season-opening loss at South Knox on Friday, Nov. 15. The Lady Chargers made 10 of 44 field goal attempts, including just three of 24 tries from beyond the three-point line, while sinking 12 of 29 free throws. "We missed some open shots and we missed a lot of free throws," Pike Central head coach Randy Graham said afterward. "I think even though we had a scrimmage the other day the girls were still nervous because it's for real now. I think a lot of it was just the jitters, early on." The Lady Chargers jumped out to a 3-0 lead on a lay-up by senior forward Emily Howes and a free throw by sophomore forward/ center Samantha Halbrader. The Lady Spartans, who opened their season with a 61-25 loss to visiting Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 12, answered by scoring eight consecutive points, including four from the charity stripe, to take an 8-3 lead with 2:09 left in the first quarter. During that stretch, Pike Central missed all five of its field goal attempts and turned the ball over five times while committing eight fouls. A basket by junior forward/center Lindsey Nixon, off an assist from freshman guard/ forward Jolene Whitehead, pulled the Lady Chargers to within 8-5 with 1:19 left in the opening period. After South Knox senior forward/center Lauren Kirk hit one of two free throw attempts to extend the Lady Spartans' lead to 9-5, Howes hit a three-pointer to cut the deficit to 9-8 with 6:44 remaining in the first half. The Lady Chargers, after Kirk added another free throw to give South Knox a 10-8 lead, surged ahead 12-10 on a basket and a pair of free throws by Whitehead. Lady Spartan sophomore guard Sydney Hatton hit a pair of free throws to tie the game at 12-12 with 3:23 left in the second quarter but Pike Central reclaimed the lead when senior guard Stephanie Richardson hit one of two tries from the charity stripe with 2:55 remaining in the period. South Knox took a brief 14-13 lead on a lay-up by senior guard Weslee Wilson before the Lady Chargers, on a free throw by sophSee Foul on B-3 Krieg leads seventh grade Chargers past North Posey Andrew Kreig scored a gamehigh nine points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Pike Central Middle School seventh grade boys' basketball team to an 18-10 victory over visiting North Posey on Thursday, Nov. 14. With the Chargers trailing 6-3, Krieg scored on a put-back of a miss by Christian Benson to cut the Vikings' lead to 6-5 with 3:01 left in the second period. Fouled in the act of shooting, Krieg sank the free throw to complete the three-point play and tie the game at 6-6. Pike Central then scored six more points – on baskets by Noah Onyett, Benson and Krieg – to take a 12-6 halftime lead. Following a scoreless third period, Krieg scored off an assist from Hayden Kabrick to extend the Chargers' lead to 14-6 with 5:22 remaining in the fourth quarter. North Posey (0-1) would get no closer than six points the rest of the game. Benson scored four points in the See krieg on B-4 boys' basketball practice Left: Pike Central High School junior Zach Hulsman (center, left) battles freshman Josh Riley (center, right) for a rebound while sophomore Noah Crook (far left), sophomore Ty Hickey (second from left) and sophomore Dalton Riley (far right) look on during practice recently. Center: Pike Central High School sophomore Tyler Toopes (far right) tries to get the ball away from freshman Gabe Elliott as senior Bailey White (left) and junior Nick Kluemper (background) look on. Far Right: Pike Central High School junior Nick Kluemper fires up a shot during a recent practice session. Ed Cahill photos. middle school football banquet The Pike Central Middle School football teams held their annual awards banquet last week. Pictured above are the award winners for the Seventh Grade team. From left to right: Andrew Krieg (MVP Lineman Award and Academic Award), Judah Leathco (Mental Attitude Award), Joey Church (Academic Award) and Braxton Rice (MVP Back Award). Submitted photo. The PCMS football teams held their annual awards banquet last week. Pictured above are the award winners for the Eighth Grade team. From left to right: Dylan Jones (Mental Attitude Award), Payton Simmons (Academic Award), Zach Pancake (Academic Award), Christian Alvey (MVP Back Award) and Travis Norrington (MVP Lineman Award). Submitted photo.