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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 B-1 E-Mail Sports Items to: sports@pressdispatch.net Sports Tidbits From the Mini Mac By Mike Johansen is some food for thought from WELS: Today's Daily Devotion for March 15 that I wanted to share with you: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."—Luke 23:34. "As the soldiers drove E nails through his hands and feet to the cross, Jesus did not pray to his heavenly Father for help to bear the immense pain. Nor did he ask his Father to avenge his enemies for all his innocent suffering. Instead, with his first statement from the cross, we see the true heart of our Savior. "Father, forgive them," Jesus said. He prayed that his Father would show mercy to those who were inflicting death on him. He prayed for their forgiveness because he was dying to take away the guilt of their sin. "Jesus' prayer is for us, too. He knows our sins: the times we have let other things in this world and in our lives come before God, the times we have misused his name and neglected his Word, the times we have disobeyed our parents and been disrespectful to those in authority, the times we have hurt somebody by what we have said or done, the times we have belittled God's gifts of sex and mar- riage, the times we have stolen or lied or gossiped or coveted something that didn't belong to us. Jesus had all of that in mind—all of those things for which we deserve God's disdain and destruction, and our Savior pleads, "Father, forgive them!" "Not only do we hear Je- sus pray for our forgiveness, but we also see him pay for our forgiveness. Hanging on the cross that day, he accepted all the wrath of God directed against all the sins of the world. He was the sacrificial Lamb of God who took away your sins, my sins, the sins of every- one. Because of the sacrifice Jesus made on our behalf, God does not count our sins against us. Fully and freely he forgives us through Je- sus. Oh, how that leads us to love God our Savior!" THAT is a powerful message for me, for you, for everyone!!!! Dearest Jesus, It is my sin, everyone's sin you died for that day long ago on the cross. Please, help everyone take up your cross and com- mit their lives to you and to the others of this world. Please forgive us for our sins and help us to serve you and glorify your name. Amen. ******* This past weekend the Pike Central High School auditorium was the place to be with the presentation of "Oliver!" as the annual musical and it was noth- ing but OUTSTANDING, FANTABULOUS, MES- MERIZING, EXCELLENT AND REALLY, REALLY ENTERTAINING!!!! Pike Central Director Vance Hays and the out- standing cast put together a great musical presentation and made the weekend a very special one. What I saw over those two perfor- mances was nothing but outstanding. All of the cast members from Nancy, to Fagin, to Oliver, to Bet, the Artful Dodger and even ugly mean old Bill Sikes, to Widow Corning and Mr. Bumble, the Sowerberrys, Mr. Claypole, Mrs. Bedwin, Dr. Grimwig, Mr. Brownlow, Charley Bates, Old Sally, the Old ladies, Rose Seller, Milkmaid, Strawberry Seller, Knife Grinder, the women, night watchmen, runners, men and all of the groups were just outstand- ing and on really it for all of their lines and songs. The orchestra, the stage crew, the student director and the stage manager, choreographer, stage crew, Continued on Page B3 aster is just a couple of weeks away and here The Pike Central Middle School boys and girls swimming and diving teams celebrate together after the boys won the PAC cham- pionship by throwing the coaches in the water and jumping in after them. The boys won the title by 76 points. (Photo by Beth Bohnert) PCMS boys win PAC title By Mike Johansen Five first place finishes and several spots in the top 10 of every event led the Pike Central Middle School Chargers boys swimming and diving team to first place in the Pocket Athletic Conference Middle School Swimming and Diving Championship at the Tell City High School pool last week. The Chargers amassed 320 points in out distanc- ing the field in the event held Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday. Second place Heritage Hills had 244 points, Southridge 181, South Spencer 168, Tecum- seh 104 and Tell City was sixth at 25 points. The Char- gers finished fourth the past two years and the difference this season was having great depth plus several good re- turning performers. They scored 109 more points than last season. The difference this year was the first place finishes as PC had none a year ago. They also had sev- eral returning place winners from last season. The Chargers picked up first place finishes in the 200 yard medley relay and 200 freestyle relays. Collin Sallee won both the 50 and 100 yard freestyle event and Chaney McKinney won the 200 yard freestyle. The relay were a big plus for the Chargers as they won two of three events. Jacob Bohnert, Chaney McKinney, Torin Shover and Collin Sallee won the top spot in the 200 medley relay with a time of 2 min- utes 15.59 seconds to win by a little more than four seconds over Southridge at 2:19.97 South Spencer was third at 2:27.09 and Heritage Hills fourth at 2:48.33. Bohnert, McKinney, Shover and Sallee also fin- ished first in the 200 free- style relay with a time of 2:00.35, nine seconds ahead of Heritage Hills at 2:09.62, Southridge at 2:23.61 and Tecumseh at 2:32.71. Southridge won the 400 yard freestyle relay in 4:47.06, Heritage Hills was second at 4:57.59 and South Spencer third at 5:29.02. Taking fourth was the Chargers team of Jackson Keepes, Ty Cassity, Jacob Dudenhoeffer and Evan Marchino at 5:35.37. Fifth was Tecumseh at 5:49.77. Collin Sallee was a dou- ble winner in the sprint free- style events. He took first in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 28.39 seconds with Paul Rodriguez of South- ridge second at 29.76. Torin Shover picked up fourth place at 30.35 seconds and Reid Craig was ninth at 37.72. Sallee also captured first in the 100 yard free with a time of 1:06.43 with Dane Sizeman of South Spen- cer second with a time of 1:12.72. Tyler Meadors was sixth with a time of 1:23.16 and Dudenhoeffer seventh at 1:23.35. Chaney McKinney picked up a first and a sec- ond place finish. McKinney won the 200 yard freestyle event with a time of 2:19.59 with Sam Pinckert of Heri- tage Hills second at 2:26.35 and Remington Parks of Heritage Hills third at 2:46.34. Dudenhoeffer was fourth for Pike Central at 3:03.45 and Keepes fifth at 3:07.08. McKinney was sec- ond in the 50 breaststroke event with a time of 35.75 as Christian Motteler of South- ridge was first at 34.32. Marchino finished in fourth with a time of 43.33 and Briar Meadors was seventh at 48.20. Jacob Bohnert had a pair of fourth place finish- es. Bohnert was fourth in the 100 individual medley with a time of 1:22.27. Mot- teler of Southridge was first at 1:01.22, Stephen Houle of Tell City was second at 1:14.28 and Nick Belcher of South Spencer third at 1:21.78. Marchino finished sixth of PCMS at 1:27.45 and B. Meadors ninth at 1:41.58. Bohnert was also fourth in the 50 backstroke with a time of 36.96 seconds. Sam Pinckert of Heritage Hills was first at 33.92. Eric Thacker of Southridge sec- ond at 36.31 and Parks of Heritage Hills third at 36.84. Cassity finished in sixth for the Chargers with a time of 42.41 and Garrett Manges was seventh at 48.77. Shover was second in the 50 butterfly event with a time of 37.19. First went to Nick Belcher of South Spen- cer at 32.36. Keepes was fourth for the Chargers at 52.80 and Manges fifth with a time of 53.37. In the diving event Austin Schnuck of Heritage Hills won the event with 126.05 points. Cassity was fourth at 105.05 and Dalton Meredith Continued on Page B3 It Pays to Own Orange & 0% Financing for 5 Years* $0 Down A.P.R. B3200 This is the year to reward yourself with a new Kubota. Right now you can get long-term, low-rate financing on a versatile B Series compact tractor. It always pays to own quality. Offer ends June 30, 2012. 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