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SPORtS BRiEFS youTh soCCer Camp seT for friday Boys and girls who will be entering kindergarten through eighth grade next fall wanting to learn more about soccer will have that chance this week. The Pike Central Soccer Camp will be held on Friday, June 13, at the soccer field located behind Old Petersburg Gym on Walnut Street in Petersburg. The first session, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., will be for boys and girls entering kindergarten through fifth grade. The second session, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., will be for boys and girls entering sixth through eighth grades. While the deadline for pre-registration was Thursday, June 5, parents can still register their kids the day of the camp for the same $20 fee. However, they will not receive a camp T-shirt. For more information, call or text Pike Central Middle School boys' soccer coach Chad Western at (812) 789-3312. pike CouNTy youTh soCCer sigN- ups seT for JuNe 14 Registration for Pike County Youth Soccer will be on Saturday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Otwell soc- cer fields. Sign-ups are for boys and girls ages 3 to 12 years. For more information, contact Chip and Lisa Holder at (812) 354-1934. sofTball Camp To be held JuNe 16-19 The Pike Central High School Soft- ball Camp will be held Monday, June 16, through Thursday, June 19, at the Pike Central High School softball field, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. each day. The camp is for girls who will be en- tering grades three through eight in the 2014-15 school year. The fee is $ 35 per player. Deadline for camp registration is Fri- day, June 6. Checks should be made pay- able to PC Softball Boosters and mailed to Pike Central Softball Coach Rick Weis- man, 6508 E. State Road 356, Otwell, IN 47564. Please include the following in- formation: Player's name, grade (2014- 15 school year), parents' names, address, phone number and cell phone number, e-mail address, and shirt size (indicate youth or adult sizes). For more information, contact Rick Weisman at (812) 354-2573 or (812) 789- 6590, or email rrweisman@yahoo.com. pike CeNTral boys' baskeTball Camp seT for JuNe 16-19 The Pike Central Boys' Basketball Camp, for boys who will be entering first through eighth grades this fall, will be Monday, June 16, through Thurs- day, June 19, at the Pike Central Middle School gymnasium. The cost of the camp is $25 per child. The cost for two campers from the same family is $40. Each camper will receive a Pike Central Basketball T-shirt. The camp, which will be conducted by Pike Central coaches and players, will feature six hours of instruction time. The camp is designed to assist and en- hance basketball fundamentals, focusing on the fundamentals of dribbling, pass- ing, shooting, ball handling, team strat- egies and defense. The camp will be split into two ses- sions. The session for campers entering first through fourth grade will be from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each day, while the ses- sion for campers entering fifth through eighth grade will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. each day. Registration forms, which are available at area school offices, can be mailed to Jason Roach, Pike Central High School, 1810 E. State Rd. 56, Petersburg, IN 47567. Make sure to indicate the T-shirt size on the registration form, as well as what grade the camper will be entering this coming fall. For more information, call the Pike Central High School Athletic Office at (812) 354-8478, or e-mail Coach Roach at jroach@pcsc.k12.in.us. lady Charger baskeTball Camp seT for JuNe 16-19 Girls who will be entering third through eighth grades this fall will have a chance to improve their skills and learn more about basketball during the Lady Chargers Basketball Camp, which will be held from Monday, June 16, through Thursday, June 19, at Petersburg Ele- mentary School. Pike Central High School head coach Shawn Warner and his staff will be con- ducting two separate camps. The first will be for incoming 3rd-5th graders from 8 a.m.-9:15 a.m. The second will be for incoming 6th-8th graders from 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. The cost is $20 per girl, which includes a T-shirt. Registration is due by Friday, June 13. Forms are available at each school's of- fice. Completed registration forms, along with checks made payable to Shawn War- ner, should be mailed to: Shawn War- ner, 225 N. Arrowhead Dr., Petersburg, IN 47567. For additional information, call (812) 582-0600 or email shawnwarner@pc- sc.k12.in.us. hurdliNg, pole vaulTiNg day Camps offered aT vu The highly successful and tradition- rich Vincennes University track and field program will offer hurdles and pole vault camps in June for students entering grades 6 -12 in the 2014-15 school year. Each one-day camp will be held at the VU Physical Education Complex, located on Chestnut Street in Vincennes. V U Coach Chris Gafner has an- nounced that hurdles will be the focus of the June 20 camp, while pole vault- ing will be covered on June 21. The day camps will begin with check-in at 10 a.m. Both days' camps will conclude at 4 p.m. The camps will be conducted by the VU coaching staff and high-level col- lege athletes. The instructors will pro- vide hands-on technical instruction, in- cluding one-on-one attention from the camp staff. VU will have only a limited selection of poles available, so pole vaulters are encouraged to bring their own poles to camp. Camp fees are $ 65. A completed reg- istration form, along with checks made payable to Vincennes University, should be mailed to Chris Gafner, Head Track and Field Coach, Vincennes University, 1002 N. First St., Vincennes, IN 47591. The fee includes a T-shirt and lunch. Camp participants must provide their own transportation to and from the VU Physical Education Complex. For more information, call Gafner at (812) 888 -5178 or e-mail cgafner@ vinu.edu. free huNTer eduCaTioN Class begiNs JuNe 23 A free hunter education class will be offered June 23, 24, 26 and 27 at the Sug- ar Ridge Fish and Wildlife headquarters. Hunter education classes provide in- struction in safe firearm use and han- dling while hunting as well as in the home, hunter ethics and responsibility, game identification and conservation management. Class time will be from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each day. Attendance at all sessions is necessary to be eligible to test on the last day. This course is required for anyone born after Dec. 31, 1986, who wishes to purchase a hunting license. The class is sponsored by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources-Law Enforcement Division. For more information, or to register, visit www.register-ed.com/. Class size is limited to 20 and will be filled on a first- come, first-served basis. pike CeNTral Charger fooTball Camp seT for JuNe 23-25 The Pike Central Charger Football Camp, for children who will be enter- ing first through sixth grades this fall, will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day, June 23, 24 and 25, from 9 a.m. to 10 :30 a.m. each day. The cost is $30 and includes a T-shirt. The cost for each additional child in the same family is $10. The early registra- tion deadline is Friday, June 20. Registration will be accepted on Mon- day, June 23, the first day of the camp, at a cost of $35, but T-shirts will have to be ordered. Campers will learn about offensive and defensive stances, as well as fun- damentals such as blocking, taking on blocks, pass routes, defending the pass and more. All campers will participate in offensive and defensive drills. Registration forms are available from Pike Central High School head football coach Dustin Powell and in school offic- es. Completed forms must include the child's name, the child's 2014-15 grade, address, a telephone number, the child's T-shirt size, the name of a parent or le- gal guardian and, if available, an e-mail address. Completed forms can be mailed, along with a check made payable to PCHS Foot- ball, to Dustin Powell, Pike Central High School, 1810 E. State Road 56, Peters- burg, IN 47567. For more information, call (812) 354- 8478, ext. 357, and leave a message. regisTraTioN opeN for 'head for The hills' TriaThloN Registration is now open for the 'Head for the Hills' Patoka Lake Triathlon taking place at Patoka Lake beach on Saturday, Aug. 23, at 8:30 a.m. All proceeds from this event go to sup- port Patoka's non-releaseable raptors: a red-tailed hawk, eastern screech owl and bald eagle. Participants will swim 500 yards in open water at the beach, bike 12.8 miles along "hillacious" paved roads within the prop- erty, and run a 5K along groomed gravel roads and a paved bike trail. Go to https://secure.getmeregistered. com/get_information.php?event_id=10078 to register today. Visit http://triathlons.dnr. in.gov for more information, or call (812) 685 -2447. Anyone interested in volunteering or sponsoring this event can contact the race director, Dana Reckelhoff, at (812) 685 - 2447 or by e-mail at dreckelhoff@dnr. in.gov. 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"You know, we have had an outstanding year," said Barrett, a 1981 graduate of Pike Central High School who took over as head coach last year following seven years as an assistant. "The kids have been awesome. They have put in the time. We've had back- to-back trips to the semi-state. We have noth- ing to complain about. I mean, we have had a great year." "It's not where we wanted to finish up," added Barrett, a former professional base- ball pitcher who appeared in four games with the Montreal Expos in 1988. "It's disappoint- ing in one aspect but yet it's been a big enjoy- ment for everybody." Barrett's youngest daughter, Ellen, was a senior third baseman on this year's team who stroked 15 home runs. During Saturday's semifinal loss, Ellen Barrett gave the Lady Knights a 1-0 lead when she singled with two outs in the first inning, stole second and scampered home on a hit by senior centerfielder Morgan Walter. In the fifth inning, with two out and run- ners on first and third, and the Lady Titans holding a 3-1 lead, Gibson Southern head coach Gary May had senior pitcher Bree- Ana Wilzbacher walk Ellen Barrett to load the bases. Lady Titan freshman Jaime Nurrenbern then replaced Wilzbacher and struck out Wolfer looking to end the inning. "Morgan Wolfer has been absolutely nails for us all year long," Tim Barrett said after- ward. "She had 42 RBIs for us this year out of that four-spot. She was our No. 2 hitter her sophomore and junior years and I moved her to four. She comes up in that situation . . . and it's just one of those things where the pitch- er made the pitch." Nurrenbern would hold South Dearborn (26 -2) scoreless in the sixth and seventh in- nings to get the save, then tossed a nine-hit shutout in a 6 -0 win over West Vigo in the semi-state championship game. Tim Barrett, whose Lady Knights lost to Tri-State Hendricks 6 -4 in the semi-state semifinals at Jasper last year while going 19- 6, said that coaching his daughter during her senior season was "awesome." "I started a fast-pitch club about 11 years ago with my oldest daughter, so all these kids have come through our fast-pitch se- lect teams, and I've coached my daughter, El- len, since she was 12, so we've been together for a lot of years," he said. "That's always a lot of fun when you get to coach your own kid." "We have a great relationship," Tim Bar- rett added. "She's one of those kids that gets done with basketball practice and says, 'Dad, can we hit? ' So I've never had to ask her. She's always been there to do it, and that's so fun." South Dearborn High School head softball coach Tim Barrett (center) shakes hands with gibson Southern head coach gary May (left) while Bar- rett's daughter, Ellen (right), looks on before their semi-state semifinal game on Saturday, June 7, at Brown County's Eagle Park. Barrett is a graduate of Pike Central High School and a former professional baseball player with the Montreal Expos. Ed Cahill photo FISHING DERBY WINNERS Pictured above are the winners from the ninth Annual Junior Anglers Der- by, sponsored by the white Oak Bass Anglers and young Farmers, at Prides Creek Lake on Saturday, June 7. Submitted photo B-2 Wednesday, June 11, 2014 The Press-Dispatch