The Press-Dispatch
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B-2 Wednesday, April 18, 2012 The Press-Dispatch PCMS Chargers baseball gets a 4-0 start School baseball A Team is off to a 4-0 start on the sea- son and picked up a home victory over the North Knox Warriors on Saturday. This past Saturday the The Pike Central Middle By Mike Johansen for the fourth win this sea- son. The game was called in the fourth inning because of thunderstorms. Sam Stone, Colton White Chargers downing the North Knox Warriors 11-7 and Chase Davis led the of- fense with two hits a piece. Eli Eck had a nice sacrifice bunt to put runners in scor- ing position. three innings for the win and Davis threw one inning for the save. Six out of the seven North Knox runs were unearned. "We have done a good Kane Osgatharp pitched job of getting on base and being aggressive and scor- ing runs. We have got to make the routine plays de- fensively," said Head Coach Dustin Powell. The "A" group is 4-0. They beat North Knox ear- lier 14-4. White had three hits, Aaron Carlisle, Davis, Ty Bryant, Gabe Elliott, Osgatharp and Josh Riley had one hit each. Osgath- arp, Carlisle and Davis had each two RBIs. Davis was the winning pitcher going three innings with seven stroke outs. Stone came in and cleaned up the last two innings. Pike Central beat Wash- ington 8-2. White had two hits, Davis, Elliott and Os- gatharp one hit each. Stone, White, O'Neal, Davis, Carl- isle, Elliott, Osgatharp and Noah Benson all scored runs and White had three RBIs while Davis, Carlisle, Elliott and Osgatharp had one RBI. gers beat Vincennes 5-4. White had two hits and two runs scored; Stone one hit; Monday night the Char- Aaron Carlisle rises up to make a catch of a Kane Osgatharp pitch as the umpire watches the pitch that made the North Knox batter duck. Elliott one hit; Carlisle one hit and two runs scored; Ja- cob Marchino scored a run; Alex Tredway bunted two people into scoring position that helped us score two runs in the second. Colton White pitched a complete game for the win. The B Team has had a Chargers win three-way meet tougher road with an 0-3 record. The kids are learn- ing the game. Our pitchers are throwing strikes and the kids are making some good plays behind them. They are being aggressive at the plate which I really like," said Coach Powell. "A lot of kids that have not played for awhile that just need to get back into it. We have a great group of kids that are having fun being a part of baseball. North Knox third baseman could bring the ball down to make a tag. Pike Central won the rain shortened game 11-7. Chase Davis slides into third safely before the Lady Chargers fifth in invitational tough meet for the Pike Central Lady Chargers as they finished fifth in the Dubois-Pike Invitational, but they bounced back Monday to beat Wood Memorial and South Spencer in a three way meet at Wood Memo- rial. Last Thursday was a By Mike Johansen the Lady Chargers girls track team competed at the Dubois-Pike Invitational in Jasper with Jasper winning with 109 points, Southridge 92, Northeast Dubois 73, Forest Park 58 and Pike Central 21. "This is one of the tough- Last Thursday evening, second. Southridge won the 3,200 meter relay in 10:23.76. In the other field events Allstadt of Southridge won the pole vault clearing 8-6. Mehne of Jasper won the long jump going 16-5.5. Lan- man of Northeast Dubois won the high jump clearing 5-5 with Henson tied for third at 4-10. Brescher won the 100 gers had a decent showing with a couple of first place finishes at the Dubois-Pike Invitational in Jasper last Thursday and won a three way meet at Wood Memorial on Monday evening. The Chargers finished The Pike Central Char- By Mike Johansen fourth at the Dubois-Pike In- vitational at the Jasper High School track on Thursday, but Coach Randy Meece was not happy in some cases, but happy with other runners. Forrest Park won with 114.5 points, Northeast Du- bois 79, Jasper 69, Pike Cen- tral 64 and Southridge 26.5. "We had some good rac- 9. Thompson of Southridge won the high jump clearing 6-4. 3,200 meter relay with Gray, Wilson, Parker and Par- son running in 8:36.03 with Northeast Dubois second. The Chargers were fourth in the 1,600 relay and sec- ond in the 400 relay. Forest Park won the 1,600 relay in 3:39.50 and the 400 relay in 46.07. Northeast Dubois won the freshman 400 relay in 50.03 with Pike Central fifth. Pike Central won the Schultheis of Northeast hurdles for Jasper with a time of 16.15 seconds. She also won the 300 hurdles in 48.75. est meets of our season. Our girls did earn a lot of per- sonal records that evening. Those who placed in the top five of each event should be quite proud of their ac- complishments because the competition is so tough at this meet," said Head Coach Cassi Craig. "While it is tough to come in fifth as a team, we outscored last year's performance and we were pleased to accomplish that." undefeated in both shot and discus this season. She was second in shot put with a new personal record of 34 feet 6 inches. First place went to Wertman of South- ridge who threw 48-9. Wert- man was second in the state last year," said Coach Craig. "Foster also placed third in discus, throwing 93-5 and was within one foot of sec- ond place (Dorsam of Jas- per). Wertman was the state champion in discus at state last year as well and threw 144-9 for first place at this invitational. Janessa knew she was up against the best at this meet, but she kept a level head and performed very well under pressure which is great practice for what she will face at the end of the season tournaments." "Morgan Henson tied for third at high jump clear- ing 4-10. The varsity 400 relay team of Taylor Hin- ton, Amanda Cook, Olivia Leighty and Kalee Hadley placed fourth with a time of 55:34. The freshman 400 re- lay team placed second with a time of 58:34. Cook and Hinton were also on that relay and joining them were Allison Sheffler and Haley Wilson." The Pike Central 1,600 100 dash clocked at 12.90 and the 200 dash in 26.09. Lanman of Northeast Du- bois won the 400 dash in 1:00.65. Main of Southridge won the 800 meter run in 2:32.33. Maxey of South- ridge won the 1,600 run in 5:43.46 and the 3,200 meter run in 12:48.61. The Lady Chargers beat Mehne of Jasper won the South Spencer and Wood Memorial Monday night. A report on the meet will be included in the next issue. "Janessa Foster has been PC Girls fall to Vikings Chargers had only one tough tennis match last week losing to the North Posey Lady Vikings 0-5. Trisha Nalley provided The Pike Central Lady By Mike Johansen tough competition for Shelly Ackerman but came up on the short end of 4-6, 3-6 scores in the No. 1 player singles match. Sam Selby met Natalie Thomas in the No. 2 singles match falling in another close one 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-10. Kerrsten Miller was at No. 3 singles and lost to Megan Durcholz 0-6, 3-6. In the doubles competi- relay team was fifth with a time of 5:11.88. Jasper was first at 4:16.32. Jasper also won the 400 meter relay in 52.88 and Northeast Dubois won the freshman 400 relay at 55.55 with Pike Central tion Haley Church and Em- ily Howes suffered a loss to Wendi Simpson and Kendall Reidford 2-6, 3-6. In the No. 2 doubles match Terra May and Syd Selby dropped a close one to Lindsey Droeg- ge and Brianna Brown 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 (1-7). Pike Central went 1-2 in the JV matches, all in doubles play. Kenna Longabaugh and Brandi Ruble lost to Jordan But- ler and Brianna Perry 4-6; Fredricka McCammon and Kendra Manning lost to Hannah Harness and Miran- da Schmitt 4-6; and Chloe Keepes and Cayla Mahoney beat Madison Koester and Vanessa Krohn 6-2. es, but fell short in a couple events that we can do better in. I was hoping for a bet- ter finish, but we are still happy to see where we did do well," said Head Coach Randy Meece. "Chantz Par- son won the 800 again. He won it last year as well. He is running really good right now. When it looks effort- less like he looks right now you know he will have some good races. Cain Parker ran well in the 1,600 and 3,200. The 3,200 relay of Chantz, Cain, Christian Wilson and Tanner Gray ran their best race of the year. They were two seconds off a meet record. Kegan Aldridge jumped 19 feet 9 inches for his personal best and a third place finish. He is look- ing really good this year as well. Blane Gress had his best discus throw of 119 but didn't place, but I was happy he is getting everything to- gether. He will be placing at most meets with a throw like that. Eric McCord might not of had his best night, but was still able to provide us seconds in the 110 and 300 hurdles." Park won the discus at 138-2 and won first in the shot put at 52-5. The 119 by Gress just missed fifth place in the discus. Braunecker of Forest Dubois won the 110 high hurdles in 16.66 with Mc- Cord second for the Char- gers. Schultheis won the 300 hurdles in 412.00 and McCord was again second. Cain Parker won the 3,200 meter run with a time of 10:25.10 and took first in the 1,600 run in 4:43. Chantz Parson won the 800 meter run in 2:04. Weyer of Forest Park won the 400 meter dash in 52.15 and the 200 dash in 23.31. Schnell of Forest Park won the 100 in 11.55. The Chargers won 10 of group is doing well. The more experienced kids are helping the younger ones which is nice to see. It has been nice to have the same or more in numbers as the teams we are playing. Hope- fully we can keep these kids interested and teach them enough to get them to the next level." "Overall, this whole the 15 events in a three way meet Monday and also won the team title with 79 points, South Spencer 55 and Wood Memorial 21. The pole vault event was not held. The Chargers won two of three relays and South Spen- cer won the 400 relay. The Charger team of Parker, Par- son, Wilson and Gray won the 3,200 relay in 9:24.11 to 9:58.71 for South Spencer. The Charger team of Dexter Waltz, Parson, Austin Bolin and McCord won the 1,600 relay at 3:43.26 with South Spencer second in 3:43.85. McCord won the 110 high hurdles with a time of 16.25 seconds with Jarron Montgomery third at 20.06. Wetzel of South Spencer was second at 17.30. Wetzel won the 300 hurdles in 42.73 with McCord second at 43.28 and Aldridge fourth at 46.18. Justin Stieneker won the 100 meter dash in 11.93 with Lantaff of Wood Memo- rial second at 11.96. Risse of South Spencer won the 200 dash in 24.03 with Stieneker second at 24.31 and Mont- gomery fourth in 25.66. Waltz won the 400 meter dash with a time of 55.00 seconds with Bolin second at 57.56. Chantz Parson won the 800 meter run with a time of 2:07.88 with Wilson third at 2:15.48. ter run in 5:00.74 with Wil- son fourth at 5:23.53. Stoker of South Spencer was sec- ond at 5:01.84. Parker also won the 3,200 meter run in 11:44.11 with Eli Punturi at 11:46. Parker won the 1,600 me- put with a toss of 43-4 with Peary of South Spencer at 41-5.5. Blaine Gress won the discus with a best of 114-2 and Carroll was fourth at 105-1. Joey Carroll won the shot Dubois won the pole vault clearing 13-6. Colton Corlett finished fifth for Pike Cen- tral, no height available. Knepp of Jasper won the long jump going 20-11.5 with Aldridge taking third at 19- Volleyball Clinic The Vincennes Univer- Schultheis of Northeast Chantz Parson won the 800 meter run in the Jas- per Invitational and a three-way meet on Monday. won the high jump clearing 6-2 with Colton Corlett sec- ond for the Chargers at 5-10. Risse of South Spencer won the long jump at 18-9 with Aldridge second at 17-5. Epley of South Spencer sity Volleyball Team will host a beginner's volleyball clinic Saturday, April 21, on the main floor of the VU PE Complex. The camp will be 1 to 4 p.m. The beginner's clinic is for players with little or no training in volleyball. The clinic staff will introduce basic skills of volleyball in a fun learning environment. Cost for the clinic is $30 with a T-shirt order or $25 without a T-shirt. For more information, contact VU Head Volleyball Coach Brittany Harry via email at bharry@vinu.edu or by calling 812-888-4478 or 317-500-2821. 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