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B-2 Sports Wednesday, May 18, 2016 The Press-Dispatch MCCORD TENNIS Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 SPORTS SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, MAY 18 High School Boys' Golf: Pike Central at North Daviess, 4:30 p.m. High School Softball: Tell City at Pike Central, Varsity 6 p.m.; Junior Varsity, 7:30 p.m. High School Girls' Tennis: Pike Central in Sec- tional Tournament at Jasper, TBA. Middle School Softball: Pike Central at Jasper, 5:30 p.m. THURSDAY, MAY 19 High School Baseball: South Spencer at Pike Cen- tral, 6 p.m. High School Softball: Pike Central at Northeast Dubois, 5 p.m. High School Boys' Track and Field: Pike Central in Sectional Meet at Princeton, 6 p.m. Middle School Softball: Vincennes Clark at Pike Central, 6 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 21 High School Boys' Golf: Pike Central in Washing- ton Invitational at Country Oaks Golf Course, 8 a.m. MONDAY, MAY 23 High School Softball: Sectional Tournament at Pike Central – Southridge vs. Washington, 6 p.m.; Jas- per vs. Vincennes Lincoln, 8 p.m. TUESDAY, MAY 24 High School Girls' Track and Field: Pike Central in Regional Meet at Evansville Central, 6 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 High School Softball: Sectional Tournament at Pike Central – Southridge-Washington winner vs. Jas- per-Vincennes Lincoln winner, 6 p.m.; Pike Central vs. Princeton, 8 p.m. High School Baseball: Sectional Tournament at Jasper – Southridge vs. Jasper, 6 p.m.; Washington vs. Pike Central, 8 p.m. THURSDAY, MAY 26 High School Boys' Track and Field: Pike Central in Regional Meet at Evansville Central, 6 p.m. High School Softball: Sectional Tournament at Pike Central – Championship game, 6 p.m. MONDAY, MAY 30 High School Baseball: Sectional Tournament at Pike Jasper – Southridge-Jasper winner vs. Washing- ton-Pike Central winner, 11 a.m.; Vincennes Lincoln vs. Princeton, 1 p.m.; Championship game, 8 p.m. High School Boys' Golf: Pike Central at Barr- Reeve, 3:30 p.m. Jenna Meyer, 12, end- ed her gymnastics com- petition season on Sunday, May 15, at the American Classic National Qualifier – hosted by USA Gymnas- tics – in Franklin, Ind. Jenna, a seventh grad- er at Pike Central Middle School, finished second in vault with a score of 9.4 points, third in uneven par- allel bars with a score of 8.6 points, second on balance beam with a score of 9.25 points and fourth in floor exercise with a score of 9.275 points. Jenna placed second overall with an all- around score of 36.525 points. Jenna qualified for and competed in the USAG In- diana State Championships meet in early April in Mar- ion, Ind., where she placed seventh in vault with a score of 9.3 points, and be- came the state champion on the balance beam, ty- ing for first – out of a total of 25 Level 6 (Senior A Di- vision) gymnasts – with a score of 9.55 points. Jenna's younger sister, Kylie, also ended her sea- son on Saturday, May 14. She placed sixth in vault with a score of 8.775 points, 12th in uneven parallel bars with a score of 8.125 points, fifth in balance beam with a score of 8.775 points, and eighth in floor exer- cise with a score of 9.15 points. Kylie, a first grader at Petersburg Elementary School, placed eighth over- all with an all-around score of 34.825 points. Jenna and Kylie – a Level 2 gymnast – both compete for Hodgini Gymnastics of Jasper. They are the daugh- ters of Candy and Tim Mey- er, of Petersburg. Local gymnasts close out season Jenna Meyer, the 12-year-old daughter of Can- dy and Tim Meyer, of Petersburg, placed second in all-around with a score of 36.525 points at the American Classic National Qualifier hosted by USA Gymnastics in Franklin, Ind., on Sun- day, May 15. Photo courtesy of A.J. Crawford Pike Central High School sophomore Gavin Boyd competes in the boys' 200-me- ter dash during the Pocket Athletic Con- ference Champion- ship meet at Tell City on Thursday, May 12. Boyd placed first with a time of 23.10 sec- onds. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Dalton Riley competes in the boys' 400-meter re- lay during the Pock- et Athletic Conference Championship meet at Tell City on Thursday, May 12. Pike Central placed second with a season-best time of 44.97 seconds. Ed Ca- hill photo Pike Central High School sophomore Baron Earley clears the crossbar while competing in boys' pole vault during the Pocket Athletic Conference Championship meet at Tell City on Thursday, May 12. Ear- ley placed third with a leap of 11 feet. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School soph- omore Caden Armstrong com- petes in the boys' 3,200-meter relay during the Pocket Athletic Conference Championship meet at Tell City on Thursday, May 12. Pike Central placed seventh with a time of 10:04.95. Ed Cahill pho- to Pike Central High School senior Earl Townsend competes in the boys' 3,200-meter relay during the Pock- et Athletic Conference Championship meet at Tell City on Thursday, May 12. Pike Central placed seventh with a time of 10:04.95. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School sophomore Adam Wilkison competes in the boys' long jump competition during the Pocket Athletic Conference Championship meet at Tell City on Thursday, May 12. Wilkison placed 16th with a leap of 15 feet, 6 inches. Ed Cahill photo Kylie Meyer, the seven-year-old daughter of Can- dy and Tim Mey- er, of Petersburg, placed eighth in all- around with a score of 34.825 points at the American Clas- sic National Qualifier hosted by USA Gym- nastics in Franklin, Ind., on Saturday, May 14. Photo courte- sy of A.J. Crawford a time of 3:58.90. Also: • Earley finished 15th in the 300 -meter intermediate hurdles with a time of 49.17 seconds. • Owens finished ninth in the 100 -meter dash with a time of 12.00 seconds. • Wilkison finished 12th in the 100 -meter dash with a time of 12.34 seconds, and 16th in long jump with a leap of 15 feet, 6 inches. • Freshman Colton Car- penter finished 15th in the 400 -meter dash with a sea- son-best time of 59.66 sec- onds. • Freshman Andrew Krieg finished 15th in shot put with a season-best throw of 34 feet, 11 inches. • Junior Cole Leighty fin- ished 16th in discus with a throw of 83 feet. • Sophomore Zach Pan- cake finished 12th in dis- cus with a throw of 96 feet, 9 inches, and 13th in shot put with a throw of 35 feet, 6 inches. • Senior Adam Send- meyer finished 15th in the 200 -meter dash with a time of 25.49 seconds. • Freshman Jacob Vest finished 17th in the 400 -me- ter dash with a season-best time of 1:01.87. • Sophomores Ca- den Armstrong and Jacob Bohnert set season-best times of 5:04 and 5:41, re- spectively, in the 1,600 -me- ter run but did not place. Armstrong and senior Earl Townsend also set season- best times while not placing in the 3,200 -meter run, with Armstrong and Townsend posting times of 11:28 and 13:12, respectively. Freshmen Christian Ben- son and Jade Johnson com- peted in the 800 -meter run but did not place. As a team, Pike Central scored a total of 60 points, trailing Tell City (113.5 points), Gibson Southern (112), North Posey (91), Southridge (74), Forest Park (63.5) and South Spen- cer (63). Heritage Hills was eighth with 43 points, fol- lowed by Tecumseh (3). "Overall, I feel like we had a good meet," Kramer said. "We had some guys do better than what they were seeded but we also had some that didn't do as well as what they were seeded. We fin- ished seventh as a team, but we were only 3.5 points out of fifth and 14 points from fourth place, so I feel like we did a good job of competing. The guys are definitely look- ing forward to our sectional meet at Princeton." Pike Central will com- pete in the sectional meet on Thursday, May 19, at Princ- eton. The top three finish- ers in each event automati- cally advance to the regional meet, which will be held on Thursday, May 26, at Evans- ville Central. In addition, the next best four finishers in each event – regardless of what sectional they compet- ed in – will also advance. then lost to Mount Vernon's Miranda Fisher and Emily Keitel 6 -2, 6 -2 in the consola- tion finals. Graves and Dors- ey ended the regular season with an overall won-loss re- cord of 4-10, including a 2-8 mark at No. 1 doubles. "Overall, it was a great day," Lady Charger head coach Lisa Hohler said. "The girls are showing much im- provement heading into sec- tional." Pike Central will take on Southridge in the semifinals of the sectional meet at Jas- per at 4:30 p.m. on Wednes- day, May 18. The Lady Char- gers defeated Southridge 4- 1 during the regular season. The Pike Central-South- ridge winner will advance to the finals at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, against the winner of the other semi- final match between Forest Park and the host Lady Wild- cats. Left: The Pike Central Middle School girls' ten- nis team held its annual awards banquet on Mon- day, May 16. Pictured above are the award win- ners. From left to right, they are Emma Leighty (Most Improved Award), Kalin Brock (Team Play- er Award), Emma Russell (Varsity Most Doubles Wins Award), Lexie Miller (Varsity Most Singles Wins Award), Shelby Vaughn (Most Valuable Play- er Award), Shelby Fox (Varsity Most Doubles Wins Award) and Chloe Roy (Junior Varsity Best Re- cord Award). Submitted Photo The Pike Central Middle School girls' tennis team held its annual awards banquet on Monday, May 16. Pictured above are the Lady Chargers' Academic Award winners. From left to right, they are Emma Russell, Shelby Vaughn, Shelby Fox and Chloe Roy. Submitted Photo