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The Press-Dispatch Haubstadt defeats visiting Lady Chargers, 36-25 Host Haubstadt outscored visiting Pike Central 21-10 in the second half to post a 36-25 win in an eighth grade girls' basketball game on Monday, Dec. 15. "This was another conference loss that was hard to take," said Lady Chargers' head coach Eric Knight, whose team fell to 7-2 overall and 3-2 in the Pocket Athletic Conference. "The girls played very well the first half of the game, but Haubstadt is a good team and they outplayed us. Any loose balls or rebounds, they came up with." According to Knight, Pike Central was out-rebounded "bad" by the Lady Elites, and shot very poorly in the second half. "We missed a lot of open baskets," Knight said. "Turn- overs were another big factor in this loss. We threw the ball away way too much. So rebounding and ball-handling are two things we have to get better at." However, Knight added that with three more games scheduled this week – at Princeton on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at home against Owensville on Thursday, Dec. 19, and at Barr-Reeve on Saturday, Dec. 21 – the Lady Chargers won't have much of an opportunity in practice to work on improving in those areas. "We have three more games this week and we are going to fight back from this and finish strong before we go on the holiday break," Knight said. Erika Hendrixson led Pike Central in scoring with 11 points. "Erika had a break-out that us coaches have been waiting to see," Knight said. "She drove the ball to the basket and went strong tot he rim." Audra Stone added nine points in the loss, while Demi Croak and Brook Nalley added four and two points, respectively. Jalah Barnes rounded out the scoring for the Lady Chargers with one point. In the seventh grade game, Haubstadt rallied from a 13-12 halftime deficit to defeat Pike Central 33-29. Becca Crow paced the Lady Chargers with 12 points while Jordyn Graham added 10. McKenzie Dunn and Hailey Marchino rounded out the scoring with five and two points, respectively. Wednesday, December 18, 2013 B-5 Middle school teams PCMS 6th Grade Boys' Basketball Team Pictured above is the 2013-14 Pike Central Middle School sixth grade boys' basketball team. They are, front row (l to r): Jaylon Mills, Gabe Caldwell, Jacob Barber, Joel Henson, Andrew Clark, Blake Henson, Ethan Scott, Derek Collins and Caleb Tyree. Back row: Coach Dennis Mokris, Connor O'Neal, Brayden Cooper, Noah Whann, Coleman Henson, Colin Craig, Hunter DeHaven, Wesley Baumgart and Coach Derek Allen. Ed Cahill photo. 7th grade Lady Chargers commit 26 turnovers in 22-16 loss By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net The Pike Central Middle School seventh grade girls' basketball team proved that sometimes it's not better to give than to receive during a 22-16 loss to visiting Heritage Hills on Thursday, Dec. 12. After having not played since Dec. 2 due to inclement weather conditions, the Lady Chargers turned the ball over 26 times including on seven of their first eight possessions while falling to 6-2 overall and 2-2 in the Pocket Athletic Conference. "The entire week of no practice and no games was most definitely a contributing factor to the loss," said Pike Central head coach Ryne Biesterveld. "There were many contributing factors to the loss, but when it comes right down to it, we didn't play well enough to win." Heritage Hills (4-0) was able to capitalize on only two of the Lady Chargers' first seven turnovers, taking a 4-0 lead on baskets Pike Central Middle School seventh grader Hailey Marchino (24) fires up a shot over Heritage Hills' Lydia Genet (10) during game action on Thursday, Dec. 12. Ed Cahill photo. by Grace Vinson and Jenna Burns. After Jordyn Graham hit a jumper with 24 seconds left in the first period to pull Pike Central to within 4-2, four consecutive turnovers by the Lady Chargers led to eight consecutive points by the Lady Patriots as Heritage Hills extended its lead to 12-2 with 3:19 remaining in the second quarter. An exchange of baskets by Pike Central's Jordan Montgomery and Heritage Hills' Ali Wade left the Lady Patriots holding a 14-4 halftime lead. Back-to-back baskets by Kylee Shoultz and Hailey Marchino to start the second half cut Heritage Hills' lead to 14-8 with 3:03 left in the third period before the Lady Patriots, after missing their first four field goal attempts of the second half, scored on a steal and a lay-up by Lydia Genet. Following an exchange of baskets by Marchino and Heritage Hills' Morgan Vaal, Graham hit a jumper to pull the Lady Chargers to within 18-12 with 5:15 remaining in the fourth quarter. After the Lady Patriots stretched their lead to 21-12 on a free throw by Genet and a basket by Wade, Pike Central scored four consecutive points on baskets by Graham and Becca Crow to cut the deficit to 21-15 with 1:10 left. That would be the closest the Lady Chargers would get as Heritage Hills made one of four free throw attempts in the game's final minute to end the scoring. Graham led Pike Central in scoring with six points while Crow and Marchino added four points each. Shoultz had two points. Crow grabbed a team-high seven rebounds and dished out one assist. Marchino had five rebounds while McKenzie Dunn and Shoultz both had four. Dunn led the Lady Chargers in steals with three. For the game, Pike Central made eight of 24 field goal attempts, a 33.3 percent average, and went 0-for-4 from the free throw line. Burns and Wade paced Heritage Hills with six and five points, respectively, while Vaal added four points. Genet, who scored four points, led the Lady Patriots with five rebounds and four steals. For the game, Heritage Hills made 10 of 37 field goal attempts, a 27.0 percent average, and hit two of eight tries from the free throw line while turning the ball over 14 times. PCMS 6th Grade Girls' Basketball Team Pictured above is the 2013-14 Pike Central Middle School sixth grade girls' basketball team. They are, front row (l to r): Sydney Foerster, Sabrina Hartley, Aubrie Dawson, Briana Like, Alize Arteaga, Adair Kabrick, Karsyn Pipes and Nakiah Hickey. Back row: Coach Ariel Hopf, Chloe Roy, Emma Russell, Kolby King, Jenna Horrall, Makenna Dischinger, Lauren Vaughn, Audrey Keepes, Jayln Nelson, Shelby Vaughn and Coach Jenn Smith. Ed Cahill photo. PCMS 6th Grade Cheerleaders Pictured above are the 2013-14 Pike Central Middle School sixth grade cheerleaders. They are, front row (l to r): Avery Hartke, Madyson Hegedus, Kathleen Hanebutt, Shelby Sisk and Lexie Neese. Back row: Hadley Holder, Jenna McLain and Ashlyn Deel. Ed Cahill photo. PCMS 7th Grade Cheerleaders Pictured above are the 2013-14 Pike Central Middle School seventh grade cheerleaders. They are, front row (l to r): Bekah Hopf and Faith Edwards. Middle row: Hallee Stephens, Abby Sutt and Grace Smith. Back row: Kinzee May and Madisyn Guth. Ed Cahill photo. PCMS 8th Grade Cheerleaders Pike Central Middle School seventh grader Emma Crow (right) tries to dribble past Heritage Hills' Morgan Vaal (left) during game action on Thursday, Dec. 12. Ed Cahill photo. Pictured above are the 2013-14 Pike Central Middle School eighth grade cheerleaders. They are, front row (l to r): Brittany Young, Miki Feldpausch and Kayla Sanders. Back row: Taylor Skelton, Lexi Huff and Payton Hulfachor. Ed Cahill photo.

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