The Press-Dispatch
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D-6 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 The Press-Dispatch Monday at home hosting the Tecumseh Lady Braves starting at 5:30 p.m. It is the first Pocket Athletic Conference match of the season as well. They will be at North Daviess on Tuesday at 4:30 and return home Thursday, April 5, to meet the Princeton Lady Tigers starting at 5:30 p.m. They play in the Heritage Hills Invitational before the Sectional Tournament. The Lady Chargers tennis The Pike Central Lady Chargers girls tennis team will begin the season team, front from left, includes: Trisha Nalley, Syd Selby, Sam Selby, Terra May and Haley Church, all seniors. Second row: Fredricka McCammon, Kerrsten Miller Kenna Longabaugh, Desiree Gerrard and Brandi Ruble. Third row: Maddie Atkins, Jacey Fears, Paulina Cazares, Kendra Manning and Emily Howes. Back row: Head Coach Lisa Hohler, Jayde Martin, Haven Lashbrook, Chloe Keepes, Bailey Davis and Cayla Mahoney. Four players return for new season Pike Central Lady Chargers Girls Tennis Chargers have four return- ing players but will have to replace four seniors who have graduated and fill some important position with new players for 2012. Lisa Hohler will again The Pike Central Lady By Mike Johansen be the head coach for the Pike Central Lady Chargers as they look to be in a new Sectional this season. They will now be in the Jasper Sectional with Forest Park, Jasper and Southridge leav- ing behind Gibson South- ern, Princeton, Tecumseh and Wood Memorial. Jasper was ranked fifth in the state last year and provides very tough competition. No rank- ing have been issued yet for the new season. Southridge and Forest Park are in the Pocket Athletic Conference. The Lady Chargers had a winning season last year go- ing 11-8 during the season and finishing 4-4 in the PAC, fifth behind Gibson South- ern 8-0, 16-2; Southridge 7-1, 14-2; North Posey 6-2, 10-3; and Forest Park 5-3, 9-3. The Lady Chargers were for a couple of seasons and as part of the No. 1 doubles team for Sectional. The Lady Chargers had hampered by injuries last season and lost No. 1 player Ali Henson, who gradu- ated in May. Trisha Nalley switched to the No. 1 posi- tion and will return for her senior season. "After Ali got hurt we had to switch people around to find out what worked. Hal- ey Church and Sam Selby played together at the end and Trisha Nalley switched to No. 1 singles," said Coach Lisa Hohler. Also gone are seniors Erin Biesterveld, part of the No. 1 doubles team early in the season and No. 3 singles at the end of the season; Emma Dudenhoef- fer, part of the No. 1 doubles team for the Sectional; and Brooke Riddle, who played in the top doubles teams a tough Sectional semi-final losing to Gibson Southern, the Sectional champion. They beat Princeton in the finals. The Lady Chargers had been in the finals the previous year. Pike Central had finished second in the Heritage Hills Invitational while going 11-8 in dual matches. Riddle and Sam Selby won the doubles com- petition at Heritage Hills. The new set of Lady Chargers has a good group of freshmen along with the four returning leaders of the team. "We have a large group of freshmen this year. The girls have all been condi- tioning and doing a lot of mental training," said Coach Hohler. "They have started playing challenge match- es this week so positions haven't been figured out yet. So far the challenge match- es have been close." Trisha Nalley could be back at No. 1 singles. "Trisha stepped in at No. 1 singles last year after Ali Henson broke her leg. She held up to the pressure well and has improved her confi- dence and skills throughout the summer," said Coach Hohler. Nalley earned the most valuable player award. Syd Selby will likely be back at No. 2 singles this season and has also been working hard to improve her game playing quite a bit in the off season. She won the most improved player award last season. Haley Church and Sam Selby were in doubles last season in the No. 2 position and could be back playing doubles this season. Coach Hohler said having experi- enced doubles players is a plus for the team. and could play in either dou- bles or singles. She has ex- perience with the JV playing both. She could step into a varsity position this season. Also back this season try- Senior Terra May is back ing to work into varsity posi- tions are several juniors and sophomores. The juniors with some experience include Desiree Gerard looking to step in at a doubles or singles posi- tion. She won the Kiwanis Mental Attitude Award and Academic Award last sea- son. Brandi Ruble is another junior with JV experience looking for a spot in singles or double. Kerrsten Miller is a junior looking to slip in at singles or doubles. She won the JV Academic Award last season. Fredricka McCam- mon is a sophomore and won the JV most improved player award a year ago. She could be in singles or dou- bles. Kenna Longabaugh is trying for a singles or doubles spot and played JV last season. She was also an Academic Award winner. Emily Howes saw action for the JV and won the most improved player award and Academic Award. Kendra Manning could play doubles or singles and is vying for a varsity spot. New to the team this season are Paulina Cazares, Jacey Fears, Mad- die Atkins, Cayla Mahoney, Bailey Davis, Chloe Keepes, Haven Lashbrook and Jayde Martin. The Lady Chargers open the season Monday at home against the Tecumseh Lady Braves at 5:30 p.m. and play at North Daviess on Tues- day, April 3, at 4:30. 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