The Press-Dispatch
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B-2 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 The Press-Dispatch Lady Chargers win again on track Chargers girls track and field team had a great win over two teams at South Knox on Thursday before coming up against a couple of tough teams at home on Monday. The Lady Chargers beat The Pike Central Lady By Mike Johansen South Knox and Sullivan at South Knox last Thursday scoring 64 points, South Knox 63 and Sullivan 39. The Lady Chargers won seven events. "Thursday was a very ex- citing meet. We beat South Knox by one point and Sulli- van as well. There were a lot of very close finishes from many races that could have caused a different outcome but the girls fought hard to earn points wherever they could," said Head Coach Cassi Craig. "We had seven first place finishes overall: Leighty in long jump, Hen- son in high jump, Foster in Shot and Discus, Guzman in the 800, the 3,200 relay team of Guzman, Bise, Fuhrman, and Leighty, and the 400 relay team of Hinton, Cook, Leighty, and Hadley. While we had many other placings as well, we took three of four places in pole vault,which is new to us this year. With a one-point margin in the end it was much appreciated." Janessa Foster won two events for the Lady Char- gers in her specialties, the shot put and discus. She had a best toss of 32 feet-3 inch- es in the shot put with Copp second for South Knox at 30- 0. Foster recorded a best of 88-9.5 in the discus for first with Downey of South Knox second at 81-10. Morgan Henson won the high jump for the Lady Chargers clearing 4-8 with Foster second for South Knox at 3-10. Olivia Leighty took first place in the long jump with a best of 13-6 with Wilkes of Sullivan second at 13-4. Hen- son was fourth with a best of 12-7. the pole vault clearing 7-0. Breanna Young was second for the Lady Chargers going 6-6 with Henson third at 6-0 and Taylor Bise fourth clear- ing 5-6. The Lady Chargers won Giscoe of Sullivan won two of three relay events. The Lady Chargers team of Bise, Selena Guzman, Dana Fuhrman and Leighty took first in the 3,200 me- ter relay with a time of 12 minutes and 2 seconds with South Knox second at 12:12. The Lady Chargers team of Kalee Hadley, Leighty, Amanda Cook and Taylor Hinton was first at 55.49 seconds in the 400 meter relay with Sullivan second at 56.31. South Knox won the 1,600 meter relay at 4:47 with Pike Central second at 5:05. Running were Bise, Cook, Young and Guzman. Selena Guzman picked up a first place finish in the 800 meter run with a time of 3:06 with Parrish of South Knox second at 3:07. Fuhrman was third for the Lady Chargers at 3:13. In the hurdle events Mikiska won the 100 hur- dles for South Knox with a time of 18.20 with Henson third at 20.96. Woltheis of South Knox won the 300 hurdles in 55.54 and Bise was fourth for the Lady Chargers at 1:01.56. Wilkes won the 100 me- Janessa Foster releases the shot put as other Lady Chargers watch. She hit 33 feet 2 inches to win the home meet event on Monday. ter dash for South Knox timed at 1:04 with Leighty second for PC at 1:06 and Haley Wilson fourth for PC at 1:24. Wilson won the 400 me- Selena Guzman strikes out while running the 1,600 meter run in a recent girls track meet. ter dash in 13.14 seconds and Hadley was third for the Lady Chargers at 13.54. Wil- kes also won the 200 in 27.53 with Hadley second at 28.81 and Cook fourth at 30.71. Middle School softball rolls up pair of wins to a fine start for the Pike Central Lady Chargers crew with two wins for the A and B Teams. They will be back in ac- The softball season is off By Mike Johansen tion on Thursday at home against the Washington Lady Hatchets at 5:30 p.m. for A and B team games. The following Wednesday, April 18, they host Vincennes for two games starting at 6 p.m. The opening game and Whitehead scoring in the fourth. Ruppel was two for two, Whitehead two for four, Croak one for three and A. Halbrader one for four. Also playing were Shanae Fulcher, Alexis McDowell, Skylar Willis Peyton Sorguis and Cailey Furman. In the second game of the double, McFarland singled in a run and Abbott singled in two runs. Lee, Whitehead and Mc- Farland scored in the fourth frame with Abbott and Whitehead having RBIs. McFarland, Whitehead, against the Loogootee Lady Lions was a close one, but the Lady Chargers prevailed 2-0 behind excellent pitch- ing from Alyssa Lee and Samantha Halbrader. Lee went three innings allowing one hit and striking out five. Halbrader went one inning recording two strike outs and not allowing a hit. The Lady Chargers scored one run in the opening inning as Alyx Ab- bott walked, advanced on a ground out by Sydney Brooks and scored on a sin- gle by Presley Bryant. The second run came in the fourth inning as Audra Stone walked and stole sec- ond base. She scored on a hit by Nicah McFarland. Bryant was two for two with an RBI. Brooks was one for two and McFarland one for two with an RBI. Also playing were Alyx Abbott, Madison Scott and Jolene Whitehead. The Lady Chargers B season the Lady Chargers A Team downed the Washing- ton Lady hatchets 14-0. Lee and Halbrader shared the pitching duties. The Lady Chargers scored five runs in the opening inning with Abbott, Brooks, S. Halbrader, Scott and Lee scoring runs. White- head had an RBI and Brooks one. Abbott had a triple. Six more runs crossed home plate in the third in- ning with S. Halbrader, Scott, Lee, Stone, McFar- land and Abbott crossing home plate. Scott singled, Audra Stone had a two run Stone, Scott and Bryant each had one hit, Brooks was two for four and Abbott three for four with three RBIs. The Lady Chargers B Team downed Washington 22-0 in two innings in game two. Whitehead, Barnes, Ruppel, Hendrix- son, A. Halbrader, Mont- gomery, Abbott, Conder and Sorgius scored runs in the first frame. In the second Pipes, Furman, Croak, Rup- pel, Hendrixson, A. Halbrad- er, Montgomery, Abbott, Conder and Sorgius scored in the second innings. Ab- bott was the winning pitch- er. Also playing were Willis, McDowell, Madi Gray and Fulcher. Croak, won the 1,600 meter run in 6:54 with Guzman second for the Lady Chargers at 6:57. Parrish won the 3,200 run in 14:58 with Lauryn Da- vis fourth at 16:49. Monday night the Lady Copenhagen of Sullivan shot and had a couple of tosses around 33 feet and hit 33-2 for her best and first place by five feet. Hermann of North Posey was second at 28-3.5. Hadley was fourth for the Lady Chargers with a best of 26-2.5. Foster also won the dis- Foster went first in the Chargers had a tough meet at home finishing third to Evansville Mater Dei and North Posey. Mater Dei had 88.5 points, North Posey 39 and Pike Central 35.5. "It was a rough night for the team—too many of the girls were affected by illness and injury and we had to make changes in the events throughout the entire eve- ning just to fill the spots. We knew it would be close, and in the end we were four points short against North Posey. Janessa Fos- ter scored the only two first places we had the entire evening, with season best in shot 33'2" and a personal re- cord of 99'6" in discus," said Coach Craig. cus with a personal best throw of 99-6 to win by 13 feet over Weinzapfel of Ma- ter Dei at 86-10. Berger won the pole vault for Mater Dei going 9-0 with Henson second for the Lady Chargers at 6-0. Kissel won the long jump for Mater Dei with a best of 15-0. Leighty was third for Pike Central at 13-0.5 and Henson fourth at 12-6. A Mater Dei girl won the high jump clearing 5-2 with Hen- son second at 4-10, her best of the season, and Allison Sheffler fourth for Pike Cen- tral at 4-6. The Lady Chargers fin- ished second in two of the three relay events. Mater Dei won the 3,200 relay in 11:35 with Pike Central second at 12:37 and North Posey third at 14:04. Young, Bise, Guzman and Leighty ran the event. Mater Dei won the 400 in 53.56 with the PCHS team of Cook, Hinton, Leighty and Hadley second at 55.31. Mater Dei won the 1,600 re- lay in 4:25, North Posey was next at 4:33 and Pike Central 5:10 with Fuhrman, Guz- man, Hinton and Sheffler running. meter dash for Mater Dei at 12.79 with Hadley fourth for the Lady Chargers at 13.34. Rheinlander won the 200 at 27.18 with Hadley fourth at 28.34. Rheinlander won the 100 won the 400 dash in 1:02 with Leighty of Pike Central second at 1:05. Memmir of Mater Dei won the 800 in 2:36. Goebel of Mater Dei won the 1,600 in 6 and won the 3,200 in 13:28. Jennifer Aberle finished fourth with a time of 16:15. Record of Mater Dei won Bender of North Posey the 100 hurdles clocked at 16.34 seconds and Henson was third for the Lady Char- gers at 19.32. Record of Ma- ter Dei won the 300 hurdles at 49.51 with Wilson fourth for the Lady Chargers at 1:07.10. NHS 5K is set for May 12 do you like helping others? Then the Pike Central High School National Honor Soci- ety 5K Run and 3K walk is your answer. The Pike Central High Do you like running and School National Honor Society is raising funds to complete a project at Prides Creek Park and one of the ways they are raising funds is by holding a 5K Run, 3K Walk at Prides Creek Park on Saturday, May 12. runners or walkers prior to April 24 is $15 per person and includes a T-shirt. The event will take place The registration fee for in and around Prides Creek Park. The race begins at 9 a.m. on May 12 with the walkers lining up behind the runners. The 5K race will start at the beach house and travel through the camp- grounds and then out of the park into the Prides Creek subdivision and back to the beach house. Both are en- tirely on pavement. The 3K walk will not leave the park. Awards will be given for the overall male and female runners as well as age group winners. The age groups are 14 and under, 15-20, 21- 35, 36-49, and 50 and over. Phantom runners are also able to enter for the same fee and receive a shirt if the entry is received by April 24. Registration forms are Team got the scoring going early and routed the Loogoo- tee B Team 15-0 in the first game of the season. Jolene Whitehead was the winning pitcher allowing three hits and striking out eight. The Lady Chargers scored six runs in the first inning with Shelbi Pipes, Whitehead, Erika Hendrix- son, Jalah Barnes, Peyton Ruppel and Alexis Halbrad- er scoring runs on four hits, two walks and a couple of er- rors. They added three runs in the second with Demi Croak, Barnes and Ruppel scoring. Whitehead and Croak scored in the third with A. Halbrader, Jordan Montgomery, Cass Conder available at the front office at the high school or on the high school website at http://www.pcsc.k12.in.us/ pchs/NHS.htm. Checks should be sent to: Pike Cen- tral High School, National Honor Society, 1810 E. State Road 56, Petersburg, IN, 47567. Anyone with ques- tions or needing forms can contact Randy Meece at 354-8478, extension 479 or e-mail him at rmeece@pcsc. k12.in.us. The 5K and 3K walk are for everyone and help good causes which the NHS sup- ports each year. All proceeds from the race will go to the final ser- vice project of the year. The registration fee will be the same after April 24, but does not include a T- shirt. Registration forms are available at the front office of Pike Central High School or online by visiting the school Web site at www.pcsc.k12. in.us/pchs/. 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