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B-4 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 The Press-Dispatch Girls tennis team gets two wins, lose a pair Charger girls tennis team started the week with a pair of victories but ended the week with a couple of losses in non-conference play. The week began on a The Pike Central Lady By Mike Johansen no doubles matches. In the second match of the week at home on Thurs- day evening the Lady Char- gers edged the Princeton Lady Tigers 3-2. In the singles competi- high note with a 4-1 win over the North Daviess Lady Cougars at North Daviess on April 3. Trisha Nalley had a tough outing at No. 1 singles losing a match to Stacey Beard by the scores of 1-6, 3-6. lost to Hailye Buchanan and Kayla Kinnsall 2-6; Fears and Jayde Martin won 6-5; and Maddie Atkins and Pau- lina Cazares won 6-0. Saturday the Lady Char- tion Trisha Nalley rallied to beat Claire Hurt 4-6, 6-4 (7-4). Coach Lisa Hohler said: "Trisha was down 2-5 in third set, but came back to force tiebreaker and won the third set." Sam Selby lost to Em- run. He pulled away in the last lap to win the race and also won the 3,200 meter run. Cain Parker strides ahead as he keeps the lead during the 1,600 meter H Chargers win two second, no time available. South Knox won the 1,600 relay in 3:46.61 and Sullivan was second at 3:47.03. Parker was again the win- ner in the 3,200 meter run but took second in the 1,600. Parker picked up first in the 3,200 with a time of 10:49.50 with Stagg of South Knox second. Punturi picked up a fourth place finish, but his time was not available. Stagg won the 1,600 in 4:55.20 with Parker second at 5:00.23 with Thomas of South Knox third at 5:03.73. McCord again won the 300 hurdles, but was sec- ond in the 110 meter high hurdles. McCord took first in the 300 hurdles with a time if 42.77 seconds with Woodfoot of Sullivan second at 43.69. Aldridge picked up a fourth place finish for the Chargers with a time of 44.12 seconds. Woodfoot won the 110 high hurdles for Sullivan with a time of 15.33 seconds with McCord second at 16.09 and Smith of South Knox third at 17.14. Smith won the 100 dash Continued from Page B1 Parson of Pike Central sec- ond at 2:08.06 and Wilson fourth in 2:18.25. Joey Carroll picked up two firsts for the Chargers in the shot put and discus. Carroll won the shot with a best toss of 39-9. Derek Mc- Candless was third at 36-5 and Josh Hulsman fourth with a best of 35-0. Carroll won the discus with a throw of 106-4, Gress was second at 105-7 and Kody Douglas fourth with a toss of 95-7.5. Colton Corlett won the high jump for the Chargers clearing 5-9 with Aldridge second at 5-8 and Waltz third at 5-6. Marsee of South Knox won the pole vault clearing 13-0. Corlett had his best day yet clearing 11-6 for third place. Hitchcraft of Sullivan won the long jump going 19-2 with Aldridge second for Pike Central at 18-11. Da- kota Lee had a best of 16-11 for seventh place. The fifth and sixth wins of Mater Dei was second at 19-3.25, Lee of Pike Central third at 16-5.75 and Petty of PC fourth at 15-10. Hartz won the high jump for Mater Dei clearing 6-0. Corlett was third for the Chargers at 5-10 and Al- dridge was fourth clearing 5-8. ter high hurdles with a time of 16.78 with Howald second at 20.78. McCord won the 300 hurdles with a time of 43.05 and Aldridge was sec- ond at 43.59. Parker won the 1,600 McCord won the 100 me- meter run with a time of 4:37.78 with Lutz of Mater Dei second at 4:46.15. Wil- son was fourth for the Char- gers at 5:0 and Punturi was sixth with a time of 5:19.94. Lutz came back in the 3,200 to get first place for Mater Dei with a time of 10:00.34 with Parker second at 10:31, Punturi fourth at 11:47. Jace Hartz won the 100 for Sullivan in 11.42 with Stieneker third at 12. Smith won the 200 dash for Sulli- van with a time of 23.64 and Stieneker was fourth with a time of 24.94. Smith also took first for Sullivan in the 400 dash in 53.82 with Hitchcraft of Sul- livan second at 55.15. Third went to Waltz of Pike Cen- tral at 55.75 and fourth to Bolin at 57.15. Beaman of South Knox won the 800 in 2:06.21 with H Tidbits of the week came Mon- day night at home over the North Posey Vikings and Evansville Mater Dei Wild- cats. Pike Central scored 78 points winning eight events; Mater Dei 69 points win- ning six events and North Posey 16 points winning two events. In the field events Corlett won the pole vault clearing 11-1, his second best height. C.J. Popp was third clear- ing 9-2, Dakota Dickerson fourth at 8-6 and Austin Bo- lin fifth at 8-6. Carroll won the shot put winning streak for the Lady Chargers leading to the team win with a 6-2, 4-6, 10-6 win over Natasha Trinkle at No. 2 singles. Kerrsten Miller had her Sam Selby started the first start at No. 3 singles downing Alison Beasley 6-1 and 6-0. In the doubles competi- ily Pedigo 1-6, 0-6 at No. 2 singles. In the No. 3 position Miller lost to Sabrina Dycus 0-6, 4-6. "Kerrsten was down 4-0 in second set. She lost but fought hard to come back," said the coach. The Lady Chargers came tion at the No. 1 spot Haley Church and Emily Howes picked up a win over Taylor Jeffers and Darrah Holder 6-2, 6-0. The doubles crew of Syd Selby and Terra May were at the No. 2 spot and downed Sarah Smith and Madison Reeds 6-0, 6-2. In JV play in singles Desiree Gerrard lost to Cari Jo Wilson, 1-6; Kenna Longabaugh beat Michael Sprinkle 6-0; Fredricka Mc- Cammon clipped Brytni Kray 6-1; Jacey Fears beat Madison Spears 6-3; and Chloe Keepes downed Cari Jo Wilson 6-1. There were through in doubles play to win both matches to clinch the meet win. In the No. 1 doubles match Church and Howes downed Tori Mal- lory and McKenna Heldt 6-2, 6-0. In the No. 2 doubles match Sam Selby and May toppled Meghan Bock and Michelle Ortiz 6-0, 6-0. The Lady Chargers JV team won seven of eight matches. McCammon toppled Jalyn Stough 6-1; Keepes beat vs Keana Black- ard 6-2; Cayla Mahoney toppled Leah DeBord 6-3; Gerrard and Longabaugh topped Jalyn Stough and Kianna Blackard 6-1; Brandi Ruble and Kendra Manning beat Jalyn Stough and Ki- anna Blackard 6-3; Haven Lashbrook and Bailey Davis gers were in the Loogootee Invitational and had a tough day on the court losing two matches. They opened the tourna- ment losing to Loogootee 2-3, winning both doubles matches. In singles Nalley lost to Hannah Lamar 1-6, 3-6; Sam Selby lost to Devan Arvin 4-6, 2-6; and Miller lost to Allison Kiser 4-6, 3-6. In doubles Church and Howes beat Becca Zin and Abbey Ackerman 6-4,6-2 and Syd Selby and May downed Emilee Lannan and Emily Sutton 6-2, 6-2. In the consolation match the Lady Chargers lost to Bloomfield 1-4. In singles Nalley lost to Kari Schulte 6-4, 4-6 (11- 13); Sam Selby lost to Liza Bartlett 4-6, 3-6; and Miller lost to Elena Widdle 5-7, 2-6. In doubles Church and Howes lost to Rachel Helm and Emily Walker 1-6, 4-6. In the No. 2 doubles match May and Syd Selby beat Emma Doris and Amanda Livingston 6-0, 6-4. "Trisha fought hard all day, just losing her last match in the third set tie- breaker. Terra and Syd finished strong winning both matches," said Coach Hohler. meter dash for Mate Dei with a time of 11.29 with Stieneker fourth for the Chargers in 11.70 and Lee fifth at 11.78. Weidner of Mater Dei won the 200 dash in 23.53 with Stieneker third in 24.40 and Petty sixth at 26.90. won the 400 dash in 52.75 seconds with waltz second for the Chargers at 54.54 and Lee finished fourth at 57.40. Kuhn of North Posey to honor God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as Columbine's tragedy oc- curs—politicians immedi- ately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws. Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal de- tectors. No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts. Continued from Page B1 with a best toss of 43-10 with Hulsman fourth at 35- 7. Boots of Mater Dei was second at 38-4.5. Seibert of North Posey won the dis- cus with a best of 124-3 with Gress second for the Char- gers at 111-6. Aldridge won the long jump for Pike Central with a best leap of 19-5.5, his best of the season. Hartz the 800 meter run in 2:02 with Parson of Pike Central second at 2:06.03 and Wil- son fourth at 2:11.41. The Chargers team of Schikel of Mater Dei won Gray, Wilson, Parker and Parson won the 3,200 relay with a time of 8:47. Parson, Bolin, McCord and Waltz won the 1,600 relay, no time available. Mater Dei won the 400 relay in 46.09 with Pike Central second at 47.03. Al- dridge, McCord, Stieneker and Howald ran in the event. Biesterveld playing at IUSE on the tennis court for the Indiana University-South- east Grenadiers this spring and is playing both singles and doubles as a junior. Biesterveld is a graduate Evan Biesterveld is back By Mike Johansen "As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I challenge every young person in America and around the world, to re- alize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School prayer was brought back to our schools. Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him. To those of you who would point your finger at the NRA—I give to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your own heart be- fore casting the first stone! "My daughter's death will not be in vain! The young people of this coun- try will not allow that to happen!"—Darrell Scott. Amen! of Pike Central High School. He helped lead the high school team to a Sectional championship as the No. 1 singles player, a position he held all season. He was also twice named to the Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC) All-Conference team and helped the Chargers team win the PAC Conference Championship in 2006. Bi- esterveld and Trent Barrett qualified for the Regionals in doubles competition in 2007 by going undefeated in the Sectional tournament. Biesterveld played No. 1 doubles in 2006 and 2007 for Pike Central. Evan graduated with aca- demic honors from PCHS. Biesterveld is majoring in history and criminal justice at IU Southeast in prepara- tion of going to law school. boys golf team started the season with a second place finish in a three-way meet at Cambridge Golf Course. The Chargers finished second The Pike Central Chargers Chargers second will be participating in the Indiana Elite North vs. South Junior All-Star Basketball Challenge next Saturday. Like will be participating on the South team of the Indiana Elite North vs. South Junior All-Star Basketball Challenge on Saturday at Leb- anon High School. Game time is set for 12 noon. Like in All-Star game Pike Central High School junior Jordan Like to Gibson Southern in the meet. The Titans had 180 strokes over the nine holes, Pike Central 193 and North Posey 242. The results for each team are: Gibson Southern 180: Trevor Moskos 43, Austin Elpers 43, Mar- tin Coyle 46, Clay Lane 48. Pike Central 193: Ty Daw- erling 53, Darren O'Risky 58, Ty Stock 67, Chase Wilderman 64. Selby keeps track of what is going on during a No. 2 doubles match for the Lady Chargers. Terra May makes a backhand shot on the tennis ball as partner Syd en intercollegiate sports and is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletic (NAIA) and the Ken- tucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC). Biesterveld was out last Evan Biesterveld He has twice been named to The Athletics Honor Roll. He is the son of Pike County Circuit Court Judge Jeff and Kim Biesterveld. IU-Southeast is one of eight campuses of Indiana University. Offering more than 50 degree programs, the scenic 177-acre campus is located less than 15 min- utes from downtown Louis- ville, Ky., and currently has an enrollment of more than 6,200 students. The Depart- ment of Athletics offers sev- spring with an injury that required surgery. He had a successful freshman year and is competing again this year. So far this spring he has a 3-3 record in singles and is 4-2 in doubles playing most matches with Jordan Kelsey. He won in singles match- es against IU-East 6-2 and 6-1 and again 6-0, 6-0; and against a player from As- bury University 3-6, 6-2 and 7-6 (7-3). In the doubles win he and Kelsey beat a duo from IU-East 8-0 and 8-2 in the second match; Brescia Uni- versity 8-4; and Asbury 8-5. IU-Southeast has been honorable mention in the NAIA national poll and they stand 7-6 for the season (in- cluding fall matches) and 3-1 in the Kentucky Intercol- legiate Athletic Conference. urday, May 12, to raise funds for the Sam Taylor Schol- arships sponsored by the Pike County Ministerial Fel- lowship. It will be played at Prides Creek Golf Course. The cost is $50 per player and only one A player per tourney on May 12 The annual Holy Open Golf Scramble is set for Sat- Holy Open golf team. The tournament begins at 8:30 a.m. May 12 (Rain Date is May 19) with a shotgun start. Registration is being taken at Prides Creek Golf Course clubhouse (354-3059). You can sign up as an individual or a four player team. For information contact Jim Gidcumb or Prides son 47, Levi Loveless 48, Levi Richardson 48, Colin Mahoney 50. North Posey 242: Josh East- donations are welcome. There will be tournament prizes, closest to the pin Creek Golf Course. Call Prides Creek at 354-3059 to register. The tournament is open to anyone interested and prize, longest putt prize and many door prizes. All funds raised go to the Sam Taylor Scholarship Fund for quali- fying seniors.