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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, November 11, 2015 B-1 SPORTS Submit sports items: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: sports@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg PATOKA VALLEY OUTDOORS By Sam Whiteleather PCMS 7TH GRADE LADY CHARGERS OPEN WITH 18-10 WIN AT FORT BRANCH Barnett to be inducted into OCU Intercollegiate Hall of Fame Gordon Barnett See CHARGERS on page 2 Dr. Kenneth R. Troutman, DDS, FAGD Doctor of Dental Surgery Where Experience, Quality and Personal Attention Create Exceptional Smiles! 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Every year, fall seems to arrive all at once and then, suddenly, as quick as it came, it is gone. Yep, it's November – a transitional month between fall and winter, and also the single best month of the year to be a hunter. Quail and rabbit seasons are open, and in those clear and crisp No- vember mornings when the mist hangs low over fields and woods, you feel plen- ty warm in a heavy hooded sweatshirt. You stand and watch as your bird dog hunts through fields of frosted foxtail. And if you're lucky, you'll find a good flight of woodcock that'll tire your dog thoroughly from flush after flush, and when you're done for the day, your shooting gloves will be thick with the scent of gunpowder. Yep, it's November. The first split of duck season comes in so you scout hard and find a few spots that are holding birds. When day breaks over the water, you sit in a backcountry marsh, head turned slightly to the sky as a group of ducks circle down lower and lower. And when they finally decide to land with cupped wings and extend- ed legs, you pick one out and fire. The lifeless bird comes down hard, mak- ing a big splash in the murky waters of the marsh. You pick it up and admire the emerald green and royal blue of its plumage and the way the water beads up into little balls like clear perils on the gleaming whiteness of its wing feath- ers. And then there's the deer. Bucks are starting to feel the urge to breed stron- ger than they ever will and begin to lose their minds worse than a juvenile boy on a four-wheeler. You hunt hard because you know, any day now, the woods are likely to explode with run- ning does with bucks hot on their trails. When you come home in the dark af- ter sitting in your stand for an evening, your house is warm and well lit and the smell of fresh-cooked supper still lin- gers in the air. You go to bed that night and think of the way the deer looked in the bare and brown woods and how good it is to be alive and to be a hunter in November. Charger Madness set for Saturday The Pike Central High School boys' and girls' bas- ketball programs will be hosting their 2nd Annu- al Charger Madness at the school's gymnasium on Sat- urday, Nov. 14. Both teams will be having a tailgate party – featuring burgers, brats and hot dogs – starting at 5 p.m. Open three-point shoot- ing and half-court shooting contests will be held, the pep band and cheerleaders will perform, and the Pike Central Middle School boys' and girls' teams will be intro- duced, following by a dunk contest. The Gatorade® and Water inter-squad scrimmages will begin at 6 p.m. Admission is $5 per per- son, or get in free with a do- nation of a case of water or Gatorade®. Come meet the teams and give them your support! We hope to see you there! The Oakland City Univer- sity Intercollegiate Hall of Fame will recognize Gordon Barnett, Class of 1961, on Saturday, Nov. 14, during the Mighty Oaks men's basket- ball game against Earlham College. Following the game – which will tip off at 3 p.m., Central time – Barnett will be induct- ed at a reception and dinner in his honor at the student life center. This event is open to the public. To make reservations, go online to www.oak.edu, click on the banner and fol- low the prompts to make res- ervations. Reservations may also be made by calling Susan Sulli- van at 812-749 -1226. In addition to Barnett, three other athletes will be induct- ed. They are Bennie Edwards '75 of Michigan City, Ind.; Paul Craw- ford '65 of Largo, Fla.; and Marshall Mason '69 of Goodlettsville, Tenn. Barnett scored 1,127 points in his college career. He was a member of the 1960 NAIA National Final- ist team and the leading rebound- er and one of top three scorers for the 1960 NAIA District 21 champi- onship team. He was the leading scorer and rebounder in the NAIA national tournament game in Kan- sas City, Mo. He had 850 career re- bounds and was a starter all four seasons of his college career. Barnett graduated from Winslow High School, where he played bas- ketball all four years. While there, he was elected to the all-sectional team for two consecutive years and was captain of the squad his senior year. A fter college, Barnett began coaching and teaching his first two years at Petersburg High School and another year at North Knox High School. Later, he changed ca- reers and retired from the coal in- dustry. Bennett currently resides in Win- slow with his wife, Carol. He has a son, Gordon II, a daughter-in-law, Jamie, and a granddaughter, Mari- ta. Since retirement, he has stayed busy with his woodworking busi- ness and is well known for his beau- tiful benches. By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Libby Stone scored a game-high eight points to lead the Pike Central Middle School seventh grade girls' basketball team to an 18 -10 season-opening win over host Fort Branch on Thursday, Nov. 5. A fter the Lady Twigs took a 2-0 lead on a basket by Olivia Stunkel with 3:44 left in the first quarter, Pike Central pulled even when Addie Johnson hit a pair of free throws with 47.4 seconds remaining in the opening period. The Lady Chargers then took a 3-2 lead on a free throw by Mallory Hickey with 32.3 seconds left in the first quarter. The two teams would trade baskets until Pike Cen- tral, leading 9 -8, scored seven straight points – on baskets by Stone, Kenzie Powell and Lauren Young and a free throw by Hickey – to open up a 16 -8 advan- tage with 4:59 remaining in the third period. A fter a basket by Stunkel pulled Fort Branch to within 16 -10 with 4:05 left, Stone closed out the scor- ing – on an assist from Powell – with 1:28 remaining. Hickey added four points in the winning effort while Johnson, Powell and Young tossed in two points each. Johnson also had a team-high five rebounds while Hickey and Stone grabbed four each. Hickey and Stone had two steals apiece. As a team, the Lady Chargers made seven of 32 field goal attempts – a 21.9 percent average – and hit four of nine tries from the free throw line while turn- ing the ball over 14 times. Stunkel paced the Lady Twigs with six points while Kymberly Reeder had four points and two assists. Elaina Brown led Fort Branch with seven rebounds and Stunkel and Brylee Loyd grabbed four rebounds each. Laney Neufelder added a game-high four steals. As a team, the Lady Twigs made five of 26 field goal attempts – a 19.2 percent average – and turned the ball over 19 times. Pike Central Middle School seventh grader Mallory Hickey (4) battles two Fort Branch players for a rebound during game action on Thursday, Nov. 5. Hickey scored four points in the Lady Chargers' 18-10 season-opening victory. Ed Cahill photo