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Wednesday, April 18, 2012 B-1 E-Mail Sports Items to: sports@pressdispatch.net Tidbits From the Mini Mac By Mike Johansen Did you watch the Masters Golf tournament a week and a half ago? I did for a few peaks during the first three rounds and then the early going and the fin- ish of the final round. I watched the early part of the final round until Phil Mickelson had his gaffe on the par three No. 4 and lost three strokes to par. I thought it was grand he was able to come back and fin- ish at eight under, regaining those three strokes and tie for third with Westwood, Kuchar and Hanson. How- ever, that one problem hole kept Mickelson out of first place and possibly another Masters jacket. He made a remarkable recovery, but it was not quite enough to fin- ish at 10 under with Louis Oosthuizen and Bubba Watson. For the American to win on the second playoff hole was outstanding. He is ab- solutely one of those guys you like to cheer for in the game of professional golf. First, Bubba is definitely an American name. Second he is self taught. Third he is a real nice guy and a very family oriented and God oriented man. He gives us old guys a lot to cheer for and he will be a very popu- lar American player on the tour. I do not know if he will win another major, but we all have another American to cheer for. Obviously, I am a Mick- elson fan and like to watch the lefty. Sports Lady Chargers second at Boonville Finish second at Boonville last week, the Pike Central Lady Chargers bounced back to finish second in the Boonville Southern Slam losing to the Boonville Lady Pioneers in the finals. The week began with a game against the Tecum- seh Lady Braves to open the Pocket Athletic Conference season at home on April 10. Despite a pitching gem by Hallie Richardson, the Lady Chargers came up on the short end of a 1-0 score. Richardson allowed only After a couple of losses By Mike Johansen the second with a double by Summers with Oxley coming in to run. Oxley ad- vanced to third on a ground out play and scored on a single by Duncan. The Lady Braves had a two out single in the third and singles in the fifth and seventh innings, but the runners were all left stand- ing on base. The Lady Chargers got the one run in the second in- ning. She gave up five hits, one walk and struck out six. She threw 116 pitches with 84 being strikes. The Lady Chargers de- softball for the Lady Chargers. She is in her second season as the starting catcher. The umpire watches the pitch as Lauren Morton goes low to field the fense committed two errors. After the Lady Braves went down in order in the first frame. They began a single by Olivia Whann in the second and she ad- vanced on a sacrifice bunt by Emma Crow, but was stranded at second. Lexie Shoultz had a one out walk in the fourth and advanced on a passed ball, but was left at second. Whann walked in the fifth, but was stranded. Lauren Morton had a two out triple in the sixth, but she was left standing on base. Kimmie McCammon Continued on Page B2 PCMS Lady Chargers improve to 4-0 on the diamond for the Pike Central Middle School Lady Chargers softball team with two big wins over Washing- ton and Southridge. The Lady Chargers A It was another good week By Mike Johansen Whitehead had a one-out single She advanced on a passed ball and scored on an error that put Ruppel on base. Ruppel advanced on a single by Abbott, stole third and scored on an error. The final two runs scored Team opened up with a 15-4 win over the Southridge Lady raiders on April 10. The Lady Chargers I will tell you I am not a detractor and not a fan of Tiger Woods, I liked him alright when he was win- ning everything including all those majors. However, when his personal life went the wrong way so did his golf life and I am not sure he will ever recover. Tiger Woods fans had hope after his win two weeks before the Masters in the Arnold Palmer Tournament. He even showed a little promise in the Masters and then his game went back to being bad for a Pro. Now, I will say this, if I could play like he is playing now and shoot those scores, I would be very happy. But, that does not bode well for Pro golfers and how much Woods has lost with his game. He is not consistent and with his reverting to cuss words and throwing clubs as he did on television on Saturday and Sunday. A Pro golfer should never be seen throwing clubs and he should be fined for doing so on television. His poor sportsman ship with those acts is not excusable and I believe there should be penalties for such behavior in front of millions. I hope he should not revert to such juvenile behavior again. ******* The Major league baseball season is here and that gives me something to do when there is not a good show or movie on TV, which is quite often. You can read, or be on the computer and still keep up with the action of a pro baseball game and I do enjoy this pro sport most of the time. I am a Cardinals and Diamondbacks fans. I do have to say that there are some Yankee fans in our office, poor boys! Of course, the Yankees have come back from 1-4 to 5-4 so far this season and that is hard to argue with. A tough run early in the season can be made up. But a month or so down the road if a team is under .500 it will be hard for them to be among the top teams contending for the playoffs. Not impossible, but very hard. Hey, even the Washington Nationals are on top early this season so we may have some surprises. Baseball gives us sports fans something to watch several days of the week. It probably is not as exciting as football or college basketball, but I do like baseball and watching Continued on Page B4 opened play scoring eight runs in the opening inning to take control of the game early. Alyx Abbott started the spree with a double. One out later Presley Bryant walked and Abbott scored on a passed ball. A triple by Audra Stone scored Bry- ant. An out later Alyssa Lee walked followed by a walk to Jolene Whitehead. Stone scored on a passed ball and Nicah McFarland walked. Peyton Ruppel singled in a run and Abbott had a single in her second at bat in the in- ning to score a run. Sydney Brooks doubled in two runs to put the Lady Chargers on top 8-0. The Lady Chargers in the third frame as Bryant singled, followed by an er- ror that put Scott on base. Lee sacrificed in one run. Whitehead and McFarland singled, scoring the second run. two; McFarland one for two; Ruppel one for two; Lee had an RBI; Stone a triple and an RBI; Bryant a single and Ab- Whitehead was two for bott a single and an RBI. The Lady Chargers B Team also won 11-0 over the Lady Hatchets in a game featuring all of the remain- ing players. The Lady Chargers jumped on top 4-0 in the bot- tom of the first inning with Whitehead, Hendrixson, Jalah Barnes and Croak scoring runs. Whitehead started the inning with a double with Hendrixson and Croak singling and Barnes hitting a run scoring singles. A single by Erika Hendrix- son scored a run and Shanae Fulcher had an RBI. White- Continued on Page B4 added three more runs in the third frame as Abbott singled, Brooks walked and Stone was hit by a pitch. One run scored on a passed ball, another on an error that put Madison Scott on first and the third on a single by Lee. Five runs scored in the fourth frame as McFarland walked, Ruppel walked, and Abbott walked. McFarland scored on a passed ball and Brooks singled in a run. Bryant walked and Brooks scored on a passed ball. Stone singled in a run and Lee singled in another run. Lee was the winning a good throw to first baseman Presley Bryant against Washington last week. It was good for an out. Second baseman Jolene Whitehead gets off Erika Hendrixson lays down a bunt in the first inning of the B Team game against Washington. pitcher for Pike Central. Ab- bott was three for four with a double and three runs scored; Brooks was two for three with a double, two runs and one RBI; Bryant walked twice and scored twice; Stone had a triple, a single and was hit by a pitch and had two RBIs; Scott had an RBI; Lee had two hits, a walk and two RBIs; White- head was two for two with a walk and a double; Mc- Farland walked twice and scored twice; Ruppel had a single, a walk and scored twice. had four runs in its two in- nings against Southridge. Abbott and Shelby Hen- The Pike Central B team drixson scored in the first in- ning with Demi Croak hav- ing an RBI. Alexis Halbrader and Jordan Montgomery scored in the second inning. Alyx Abbott was the pitcher going two innings al- lowing three runs and strik- ing out four in getting the win. much tougher time in beat- ing the Washington Hatch- ets 5-0 last Thursday in a home game. Alyssa Lee was the winning pitcher going all four innings striking out three and allowing just two hits. The Lady Chargers had a one run in the opening frame as Brooks was safe on an error. She scored on a triple by Stone. Stone was left standing. Two more runs came in during the second inning. The Lady Chargers had What's Wrong with this picture? $145,031.50 A 'Stop the Bleeding' No money for an Ambulance? for Commissioner Davis' own road, and still counting... LDRIDGE KERRY FOR COUNTY COUNCIL AT LARGE Paid for by Kerry Aldridge for Democratic County Council at Large, Racheal Brown, Treasurer 612 E. Main St., Petersburg, IN 47567