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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, May 18, 2016 B-1 SPORTS Submit sports items: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: sports@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Vincennes Lincoln scored three un- earned runs in the top of the seventh in- ning to snap a 2-2 tie, then held off host Pike Central for a 5 -4 victory in a high school baseball game on Friday, May 13. Charger freshman Braxton Rice start- ed and pitched six strong innings, allow- ing two runs – both earned – on just four hits while walking one and striking out one before being relieved by junior Chase Davis at the start of the seventh. Davis retired the first batter he faced – second baseman Tate Schuckman – on a pop-up to Chargers junior first baseman Kane Osgatharp before issuing back-to- back walks to left fielder Braeden Field and center fielder Graham Toole, putting runners on first and second bases. The next batter, shortstop Brayden Seger, laid down a sacrifice bunt that Da- vis fielded in front of home. However, his throw to first base sailed high and out of Osgatharp's reach, allowing Field to score the tie-breaking run while Toole and Seger advanced to third and second bases, respectively. Vincennes Lincoln catcher Grant Oex- mann then hit a grounder to Pike Cen- tral junior shortstop Colton White, who threw Oexmann out at first base while Toole scored – giving the Alices a 4-2 lead – and Seger moved over to third base. With Vincennes Lincoln third baseman Treven Madden at the plate, Seger scored on a wild pitch – extending the Alices' lead to 5 -2 – before Davis retired Mad- den for the final out. "He came in cold," Pike Central head baseball coach Josh McDonald said of Davis. "He wasn't used to the umpire's strike zone and he wasn't getting his curveball across for a strike, which is his best pitch." "You walk two and you start pressing," McDonald added. "He probably would have gotten out of the inning with only one run scoring if he'd of made a good throw to first. But instead of being down By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Eighth grader Sam Theis- ing placed first in the 110 -me- ter high hurdles as the Pike Central Middle School boys' track and field team finished second in the Pocket Athlet - ic Conference Junior High Championships on Saturday, May 14, at Tell City. Theising – entering the event with the best seeding time of 18.30 seconds – won the boys' 110 -meter high hurdles with a time of 18.68 seconds, just three-tenths of a second ahead of North Posey seventh grader Thom- as Turner, who posted a time of 18.98 seconds. Theising, who finished ninth in the boys' 400 -meter dash with a time of 1:04.33, also teamed up with sev- enth grader Ethan Huck and eighth graders Andrew Claridge and Tyler Kirby to place second in the boys' 8th grade 400 -meter relay with a season-best time of 51.69 seconds, and with seventh graders Sam Jones and Con- nor Young and eighth grader Nate Woolery to place fourth in the boys' 3,200 -meter re- lay with a season-best time By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Junior Jared McCord successfully defended his title in the 300 -meter intermediate hurdles while sophomore Gavin Boyd took first place in the 200 -meter dash as the Pike Central High School boys' track and field team finished seventh in the Pocket Athletic Conference Championships at Tell City on Thursday, May 12. McCord won the 300 -meter hurdles with a sea- son-best time of 42.05 seconds, more than eight- tenths of a second ahead of North Posey junior Josh Wiggins, who placed second with a time of 42.87 seconds. McCord's time was more than seven-tenths of a second faster than his winning time of 42.77 sec- onds a year earlier. "It was good to see Jared defend his title in the 300 -meter hurdles," Chargers head coach Chris Kramer said. "He started off with a good lead over the first few hurdles and held onto that lead through the finish." McCord also placed second in the high jump with a leap of 6 feet – matching his season-best jump – and in the 110 -meter high hurdles with a season- best time of 16.27 seconds. Boyd, meanwhile, placed first in the 200 -me- ter dash with a time of 23.10 seconds. Tell City ju- nior Cameron Kessinger was second with a time of 23.37 seconds, while North Posey junior Isaac May- er was third with a time of 23.39 seconds. "Gavin was really excited to win the 200 -meter dash, and to do that as a sophomore is great," Kram- er said. "Just like Jared in the 300 -meter hurdles, he had a good start and continued through the fi- nal stretch to hold on and finish first. We are look- ing forward to continued success at sectional with these two, and the rest of the team." In addition, the team of Boyd, sophomore Adam Wilkison, junior Jaylon Owens and senior Dalton Riley placed second in the 400 -meter relay with a season-best time of 44.97 seconds – just four-hun- dreths of a second off the school-record time of 44.93 seconds. North Posey placed first in the 400 -meter relay with a time of 44.47 seconds. "Our 4x100 -meter relay team came very close to beating the school record," Kramer said. "We still have a little room for improvement on hand- offs, so we are hoping to get those things correct- ed by Thursday." Sophomore Baron Earley placed third in pole vault with a season-best leap of 11 feet, while Boyd placed fourth in the event with a season-best leap of 11 feet. Riley, meanwhile, placed seventh in long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 6 inches. In addition, the team of Armstrong, Benson, Bohnert and Townsend placed seventh in the 3,200 -meter relay with a time of 10 :04.95, and the team of Benson, McCord, Riley and senior Noah Scott placed eighth in the 1,600 -meter relay with See SECOND on page 5 PCMS track teams both finish second in PAC meet Three runs in seventh inning boost Alices to 5-4 win over Chargers See MCCORD on page 2 See BOOST on page 3 See TENNIS on page 3 MCCORD DEFENDS PAC TITLE IN 300-METER HURDLES; BOYD TAKES FIRST IN 200 Pike Central High School junior Jared McCord competes in the boys' 110-meter high hurdles during the Pocket Athletic Conference Championship meet at Tell City on Thurs- day, May 12. McCord placed second with a time of 16.27 seconds. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School ju- nior catcher Chase Davis (23) prepares to swing at a pitch during game action against vis- iting Vincennes Lincoln on Fri- day, May 13. The Alices won the game, 5-4. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School seventh grader Lily Willis competes in the girls' 3,200-meter relay during the Pock- et Athletic Conference Championship meet on Saturday, May 14, at Tell City. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central to host softball sectional Pike Central High School will host the softball sectional tournament, which gets underway on Monday, May 23, with a pair of quarterfinal contests. In the opening game, slated to start at 6 p.m., Southridge will take on Washing- ton. The nightcap – scheduled to start at 8 p.m. – will feature a matchup between Jas- per, currently ranked No. 2 in Class 3A, and Vincennes Lincoln, currently ranked No. 18 in Class 3A. Sectional tournament will resume on Wednesday, May 25, with the Southridge- Washington winner playing the Jasper- Vincennes Lincoln winner at 6 p.m., fol- lowed by a semifinal contest between Pike Central and Princeton at 8 p.m. The championship game is scheduled for Thursday, May 26, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $ 6 per session, or an all-ses- sion pass may be purchased for $10. Only team buses, handicapped patrons and officials will be permitted to park in the parking lot located off County Road 50. Spectator parking will be located in the main parking lot behind Pike Central High School. The Pike Central High School placed second in the Heritage Hills Invita- tional on Saturday, May 14. Pictured left, from left to right, are junior Maya Frederick – who finished first among the invitation- al's No. 3 singles players – and junior Kallie Da- vis and sophomore Cass Conder, who finished first among the invitational's No. 2 doubles teams. Sub- mitted Photo Lady Chargers place second in Heritage Hills Tennis Invitational The Pike Central High School girls' tennis team finished second in the Her- itage Hills Invitational on Saturday, May 14. The Lady Chargers scored a total of 17 points, tying host Heritage Hills for the most points. How- ever, the Lady Patriots took top honors on the tiebreak- er, having lost – as a team – one fewer set than Pike Central. Junior Maya Frederick placed first in No. 3 singles, defeating Heritage Hills' Carly Sabelhaus 6 -3, 6 -0 in the first round, then beat- ing South Spencer's Lydia Chord 6 -1, 6 -1 in the finals. Frederick ended the regu- lar season with a won-loss record of 12-3. In addition, the team of ju- nior Kallie Davis and soph- omore Cass Conder placed first in No. 2 doubles, defeat- ing South Spencer's Bailey Manis and Baylee Kirch- hessner 6 -0, 6 -0 in the first round, then beating Mount Vernon's Madison Cross and Taylor Mattingly 6 -1, 3- 6, 10 -8 in the finals. Davis and Conder ended the reg- ular season with an overall won-loss record of 10 -5, in- cluding an 8 -3 mark at No. 2 doubles. At No. 1 singles, senior Hope Waltz defeated Mount Vernon's Emily Duckworth 6 -0, 6 -1 in the first round, then lost to Heritage Hills' Kate Kaetzel 6 -2, 6 -2 in the finals. Waltz ended the reg- ular season with a won-loss record of 10 -6. At No. 2 singles, fresh- man Natalie Bohnert defeat- ed Mount Vernon's Bryley Harms 6 -1, 6 -3 in the first round, then lost to Heritage Hills' Kyle Dilger 6 -4, 6 -4 in the finals. Bohnert end- ed the regular season with a won-loss record of 13-3. At No. 1 doubles, the team of senior Kylee Graves and junior Madison Dorsey lost to Heritage Hills' Krystal Schmidt and Caroline Guth 6 -0, 7-5 in the first round,