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The Press-Dispatch Lady Chargers start track season with win gers girls track and field team won seven events and used their depth to down the Tecumseh Lady Braves in the season opening meet on the road. "The girls opened the Pike Central Lady Char- By Mike Johansen season with a 66-56 win over Tecumseh. We had seven first place finishes in the Long Jump and 400 (Ol- ivia Leighty), Shot Put and Discus (Janessa Foster), 1600 and 800 (Selena Guz- man), and the 3,200 relay team (Breanna Young, Guz- man, Dana Fuhrman, Alli- son Sheffler). The girls just missed first place in the 400 relay by 26 hundredths of a second," said Head Coach Cassi Craig. "It was a good first meet and all of the girls now have a personal best they are trying to improve upon with each meet. We will face Sullivan and South Knox at South Knox Thurs- day evening (5 p.m.)." Janessa Foster won her two specialties in the discus and shot put. She won the discus event with a throw of 93 feet even with Harris of Tecumseh second at 88-7 and Chey- enne Brewster third for Pike Central with a toss of 69-7.5. Foster also won the shot put with a toss of 31-6 with Kalee Hadley second with a toss of 25-11. Olivia Leighty won the third at 16:21. Carlisle won the 100 long jump event with a best leap of 12-7 with Morgan Henson second at 11-5 and Jennifer Aberle third with a best of 10-10. Carlisle won the high jump for Tecumseh clearing 4-10 with Morgan Henson second at 4-8 and Allison Sheffler third at 4-8. Leighty also won the 400 meter dash clocked at 1 min- utes 11 seconds with Shef- fler second at 1:14. Selena Guzman picked hurdles for Tecumseh with a time of 19.96 and Henson was second for the Lady Chargers in 20.25. Hud- dleston of Tecumseh won the 300 hurdles with a time of 58.41 with Henson third for PCHS at 1:04.28. Fowler won the 100 and 200 for the Lady Braves. Fowler was first in the 100 dash in 12.55 seconds with Hadley second at 13.38 and Amanda Cook third for the Lady Chargers in 13.42. Fowler won the 200 dash clocked at 27.05 with Hadley second in 29.15. The Pike Central team up two firsts. She won the 800 meter run with a time of 3:15 with Desiree McCraney second at 3:26. Guzman also won the 1,600 meter run with a time of 7:30 and Lauryn Davis was third at 8:02. Pron of Tecumseh was second at 7:49. Roth won the 3,200 for Tecumseh at 15:38 with Aberle of Pike Central ly held its awards banquet and passed out the awards for the season. The award winners, from left, are: Helen Dudenhoeffer, Academic Award; Haley Roy, Academic Award, Most Versatile Award and Most Improved Swimmer Award; Taylor Wornica, Academic Award and Leadership Award; and Lau- ren Luff, Academic Award. Lady Chargers Swimming-Diving Awards The Pike Central Lady Chargers girls swimming and diving team recent- of Breanna Young, Guz- man, Fuhrman and Sheffler won the 3,200 meter relay clocked at 12:37. Tecumseh was second at 12:53. Te- cumseh won the 400 relay in 55.74 and the Lady Char- gers team of Cook, Young, Leighty and Hadley was second at 56.00. Tecumseh won the 1,600 meter relay (no times available) with the PC team of Cook, Guzman, Young and Leighty second. Chargers boys track squad runs by Braves including first in all but two events, the Pike Central Chargers ran away from the Tecumseh Braves in a dual meet at Tecumseh Monday evening. The Chargers downed With 29 place finishes By Mike Johansen Tecumseh 94-27 in the dual meet between Pocket Athletic Conference foes. The Chargers won 13 of 15 events and picked up 29 place finishes overall. The Chargers swept five events and won all three relay events. The only firsts for the Braves was in the discus and shot put. The Chargers won two of Aldridge second at 12.24. Stieneker also won the 200 dash in 24.28, the only PC place finisher in the event. Dexter Waltz won the 400 meter dash in 54.20 with Austin Bolin third in 56.53. Young of Tecumseh was second at 55.47. Chantz Parson won the 800 meter run in 2:08.79 with Christian Wilson sec- ond at 2:21.84 and Tanner Gray third in 2:23.04. Cain Parker won the 1,600 meter run, clocking a 5:06.30 with Marquez of Tecumseh second at 5:17.80 and Wilson of Pike Central third at 5:19.20. Parker also won the 3,200 meter run with a time of 10:51.12 with Madden of Tecumseh sec- ond at 11:00.97 and Elijah Punturi of Pike Central third at 11:55.10. Eric McCord won the 110 meter high hurdles clocked at 17.28 seconds with J.J. Howald second at 19.90. McCord also won the 300 hurdles in 46.31 with Al- dridge second at 47.09 and Kire Woolery third at 49.77. four field events. Kegan Al- dridge won long jump with a leap of 17 feet 4 inches. Sec- ond went to Dakota Lee at 16-7.5 and third to Morgan Petty with a leap of 15-3.5. Colton Corlett won the PCMS sports begin All four teams get underway soon high jump, clearing 5-8, and Dexter Waltz took second at 5-6. Funkhouser won the discus throw for the Braves with a best toss of 125 feet. Blane Gress second for the Chargers with a best of 101 feet. Josh Hulsman took third at 91-0.75. Funkhouser also won the shot put for the Braves with a best of 43-4 and Dossett was second at 35-9. The Chargers had a third place throw from Kody Douglas at 35-0 and Huls- man was fourth at 34-0.25. The Chargers won all Pike Central Middle School teams in softball, baseball and boys and girls track be- gin next week. The Lady Chargers soft- By Mike Johansen Spring sports for the ball team actually began Tues- day when they played at Loo- gootee. They will play against Washington on the road on Thursday with the game starting at 5:30 p.m. The first home game is April 10 against the Southridge Lady Raiders starting at 6:30 p.m. The PCMS Lady Char- three relay events. Chantz Parson, Cain Parker, Tanner Gray and Colton Wilson won the 3,200 meter relay with a time of 9:41.9. J.J. Howald, Justin Stieneker, Eric Mc- Cord and Kegan Aldridge took first in the 400 relay with a time of 47.98 seconds. McCord, Howald, Parson and Lee won the 1,600 relay in 3:57.48. Stieneker took first in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.78 seconds with gers softball schedule is: April 5—at Washington, 5:30; April 10—Southridge, 6:30; April 12—Washington, 5:30; April 18—Vincennes Clark, 6; April 20—at Prince- ton, 6:30; April 23—at South- ridge, 6:30; April 24—Loo- gootee, 6; April 26—South Knox, 6:00; April 30—at Forest Park, 6; May 1—at Heritage Hills, 6; May 3— Forest Park, 6; May 4—at Barr-Reeve, 6; May 8—Heri- tage Hills, 6; May 10—at Vincennes Clark, 6; May 16—at South Knox, 6; May 17—Princeton, 6. The Chargers baseball team also began the season Tuesday at home against the Loogootee Lions. They will be at North Knox on Saturday at 11 a.m. and host Washington on April 10 at 6 p.m. at the PCHS field. The PCMS Chargers baseball schedule is: April 7—at North Knox, 11; April 10—Washington, 6; April 14—North Knox, 11; April 16—at Vincennes Clark, 6; April 19—at Loo- gootee, 6; April 24—at Barr-Reeve, 6; April 26—at Vincennes Rivet, 6; April 28—Barr-Reeve, 11:00; May 2—Barr-Reeve, 6:00; May 5—North Daviess, 11; May 8—at Northeast Dubois, 5:30; May 12—Vincennes Rivet, 11; May 15—Vin- cennes Clark, 6; May 19— at Sullivan, 12; May 22— Northeast Dubois, 6; May 29—South Knox, 5:30. The Pike Central Middle School boys and girls track teams run their meets to- gether throughout the sea- son and open next Tues- day, April 10, against North Posey and Tecumseh at North Posey. The meet be- gins at 4:30 p.m. The PCMS boys and girls track schedule is: April 10— at North Posey (Tecumseh), 4:30; April 12—Southridge, 5; April 17—South Knox, Fort Branch, 5; April 24— Washington, 4:45; April 26—Dubois, 5:30; April 30— at Wood Memorial (South Spencer), 4:30; May 5—PAC Meet at Tell City, TBA; May 9—Princeton, 6:30. Contact the PCMS office Wednesday, April 4, 2012 B-3 its awards banquet and passed out the awards for the season. The award winners, from left, are: Christian Wilson, Most Valuable Diver; Brandon Bohnert, Academic Award and Leadership Award; Maverick Henson Most Improved Swimmer; Beau Johnson, Most Versatile Award; Aaron Keepes, Academic Award. Chargers Boys Swimming-Diving Awards The Pike Central Chargers boys swimming and diving team recently held Single class basketball topic at state meetings to single class basketball tournaments is the topic of several meetings scheduled around the state by the Indi- ana High School Athletic As- sociation and a State Senator. IHSAA Commissioner 'A proposal to return Bobby Cox and State Sena- tor Mike Delph, R-Carmel, announced a series of town meetings which will allow Hoosier citizens an oppor- tunity to voice their opinions on the topic of the old single class basketball tournament and the current multiple class format. The Commissioner and Senator will travel to 11 dif- ferent high schools around the state over the next several weeks to interact with fellow citizens begin- ning Tuesday, April 10, at Fort Wayne Northrop High School. They will be in Vin- cennes on Monday, April 16. Individuals will be al- lowed two minutes each to voice their opinions, and a straw poll will be taken at each meeting. Member school principals, athletic directors as well as boys and girls basketball coaches at those schools will be able to share their views electroni- cally with the IHSAA. "While the IHSAA is a the day of meets in case of bad weather. private, non-for-profit mem- bership organization with elected representation, I feel it is important for our orga- nization to listen to the opin- ions of the general public in an effort to clearly commu- nicate those sentiments to our member schools," said Cox. "The principals within our 408 member schools rely on the Association for current and relevant data to equip them to make in- formed decisions regarding education-based athletics within our state. I look for- ward to travelling the state with Senator Delph and vis- iting with Hoosiers during the next two months." Lincoln High School on Monday, April 16, at 7 p.m. Each meeting will start at 7 p.m. local time. Other meet- ings are at Plainfield High School, April 17; Seymour April 23; Pendleton Heights, April 24; Merrillville April 25; Milan, May 1; Plymouth May 8; Marion May 10; Con- nersville May 16; and Gary Roosevelt May 24. The IHSAA is governed They will be at Vincennes by its legislative body, the Board of Directors. Com- posed of 19 members who are elected by member school principals from three IHSAA legislative districts, the directors serve stag- gered three-year terms. The Board of Directors meets an- nually with the responsibility of establishing the Associa- tion's rules and regulations. On April 29, 1996, the IH- SAA Board of Directors ap- proved by a 12-5 vote a pro- posal from the Class Sports Study Committee which rec- ommended multiple class tournament formats in the sports of boys basketball, girls basketball, boys soc- cer, girls soccer, baseball, softball and volleyball with a maximum of four classes. Implementation of the new formats began with the 1997-98 school year with the exception of soccer. The vote prompted the first referendum of school principals in IHSAA history in September 1996 and the membership upheld the ac- tion by a 220-157 count. On May 3, 1999, as man- Commissioner Blake Ress conducted a survey of the IHSAA membership in re- sponse to a non-binding Indiana House resolution asking the IHSAA to stage a single class basketball tournament. Results pre- sented at the January 2006 meeting of the IHSAA Ex- ecutive Committee show that 341 of the 400 member schools responded to the survey with just 10.6% (36 yes, 305 no) favoring the addition of a single-class basketball tournament. In November 2005, Holy Open golf tourney Golf Scramble is set for Sat- urday, May 12, to raise funds for the Sam Taylor Scholar- ships sponsored by the Pike County Ministerial Fellow- ship. It will be played at Prides Creek Golf Course. The cost is $50 per player on May 12 The annual Holy Open and only one A player per team. The tournament be- gins at 8:30 a.m. May 12 (Rain Date is May 19) with a shotgun start. Registra- tion is being taken at Prides Creek Golf Course club- house (354-3059). You can sign up as an individual or a four player team. For information contact dated by the original vote in 1996 that implemented the multiple-class format, the Board reviewed the initia- tive and rejected by a vote of 13-5 a motion to return to a single-class tournament in those sports. The Board had the option of retaining a multiple-class format, return- ing to a single-class format or approving a hybrid of the two formats. Jim Gidcumb or Prides Creek Golf Course. Call Prides Creek at 354-3059 to register. The tournament is open to anyone interested and do- nations are welcome. There will be tourna- ment prizes, closest to the pin prize, longest putt prize and many door prizes. All funds raised go to the Sam Taylor Scholarship Fund for qualifying seniors. Yes! You Are Approved! catfish Saturday evening at Prides Creek Lake. Charles said he was using a night crawler on a rod and reel fishing off the handicapped pier. Charles catches big catfish Marvin Charles caught a six pound channel 6 Years Sales 36 Years Sales