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B-2 Sports Wednesday, May 17, 2017 The Press-Dispatch All five of Tell City's runs were scored with two outs. "Again," McDonald said. "Again." Junior pitcher Travis Bur- chett picked up the win for the Marksmen, allowing one run – which was earned – on three hits while walking six and striking out seven in four innings. Sophomore Tretter Lyons pitched two innings, allow- ing three runs – only one of which was earned – on one hit while walking two and striking out three. Sopho- more Ryan Morgan pitched the final inning for the save, allowing no runs on one hit while walking one and strik- ing out two. "The first kid threw the ball hard, but he was a little wild, and we'd get runners on, but we couldn't get that hit," McDonald said. "The second kid, we hit the ball. We just took too many called strike threes on his curve- ball. He was throwing a lit- tle curveball or a cutter that we just couldn't figure out. I couldn't figure out what pitch he was getting us out on, but it wasn't a very good one." "And then the last kid there, he's a sophomore they brought in, and he's pretty decent," McDonald added. "They beat Boonville with him, and Boonville's pretty good this year." Tell City took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Bur- chett led off with a single, stole second base, advanced to third on a grounder by Smith and scored on a two- out single by Lyons. However, the Chargers would rally with one out in the bottom of the inning when senior centerfielder Colton O'Neal belted a drive toward the left-centerfield gap that got past Marksman junior centerfielder Bryon Reid – who tried to make a diving catch – and rolled all the way to the fence as O'Ne- al circled the bases for an in- side-the-park home run that tied the score at 1-1. The score would remain tied until the third inning, when Burchett reached on an error with one out, stole second and third bases, and scored on a two-out single by Smith to give Tell City a 2-1 lead. Sophomore Tyler Bailey, serving as a courtesy run- ner for Smith, stole second and third bases, then scored to give the Marksmen a 3- 1 lead when a pickoff throw by Rice sailed into left field. The Chargers threatened to score in the bottom of the third inning when the Char- gers loaded the bases – with one out – on a walk by Colton O'Neal, a single by senior first baseman Chase Davis and a walk by and to soph- omore shortstop Brennon Benton. Rice, however, took a called third strike, and Church popped up on the infield to end the inning. Pike Central would mount another scoring threat in the fourth inning, when soph- omore second baseman Race Britton, senior pitch- er Colton White and Colton O'Neal drew three consec- utive two-out walks to load the bases. However, Davis would ground out for the third out of the inning. Then, after White retired Burchett and junior right- fielder Preston Hendershot to start the fifth inning, Smith doubled and scored when Lyons belted a home run to left field, extending Tell City's lead to 5 -1. "There's nothing you can do about that," Mc- Donald said. "The kid hit a first-pitch fastball. He just turned, hit it down the line and hit it out." In the bottom of the fifth, Benton drew a leadoff walk from Lyons, advanced to second on a throwing er- ror by Smith, and scored on a two-out single by Church to pull the Chargers to with- in 5 -2. A pair of errors by Bur- chett – playing shortstop af- ter being relieved by Lyons – and a walk to Colton O'Ne- al loaded the bases for Pike Central with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. Benton struck out looking for the second out of the in- ning, but Rice followed with a two-run single to center- field, pulling the Chargers to within 5 -4. A fter Lyons was called for a balk, putting runners on second and third for Pike Central, Church popped up to Hendershot to end the in- ning. In the home half of the seventh inning, sophomore left fielder Troy Rickard drew a two-out walk before White struck out to end the game – the Chargers' 12th strikeout. "I felt like, after the third inning, we settled down, and really played well in the field," McDonald said. "I felt that the first couple of innings were a little shaky, but I'm switching some stuff around, so that's going to be a given. But, if we have better at-bats, we win the game." "I don't really think our approaches were awful," McDonald added. "We just have to swing the bat. We have to be selective when we swing the bat, because when we swung the bat, we swung at bad pitches and popped up a few times. I can think of at least three or four times when we had runners on that we swung at a bad pitch and grounded out or flew out." White started and pitched five innings, allowing five runs – three of which were earned – on six hits while walking two and striking out three. Colton O'Neal held the Marksmen scoreless in the sixth and seventh innings, allowing just one hit while walking one and striking out two. At the plate, Colton O'Ne- al went 1-for-1 with an in- side-the-park homer and drew three walks while scor- ing twice for the Chargers. Pike Central, which de- feated host Wood Memori- al 15 -0 on Saturday, May 13, and lost 9 -8 at Northeast Du- bois on Monday, May 15, will host Tecumseh at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, be- fore traveling to South Spen- cer on Thursday, May 18. The Chargers will close out the regular season when they host Evansville Bosse on Tuesday, May 23, at 6 p.m. SPORTS BRIEFS Petersburg Little League announces closing day parade, ceremony After inclement weath- er forced the Petersburg Little League to cancel plans for an opening day ceremony on Saturday, May 6, league officials are now planning on hav- ing a closing day parade and ceremony on Satur- day, June 17. Lineup for the clos- ing day parade will start at 6:30 p.m., on Walnut Street in front of the Old Petersburg Gym, with the parade scheduled to start at 7 p.m. The parade will take South 9th Street to Main Street, then follow Main Street westward and turn left onto South 5th Street for the final leg toward the Petersburg Little League Park. A closing day ceremo- ny – during which tro- phies and awards will be presented – will immedi- ately following the end of the parade. Youth football sign-ups set for May 30-31 The Pike County Youth Football program will be having sign ups on Tues- day, May 30, and Wednes- day, May 31, at the Pike Central Middle School Office from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The sign up cost is $55 per player. For more information, contact Anthony McHar- gue, Youth Football Pres- ident, at (812) 403-0884. Pike Central Boys' Basketball Camp set for June 5-8 The 2017 Pike Central Boys' Basketball Camp – for boys who will be en- tering first through eighth grades this fall – will be held Monday, June 5, through Thursday, June 8, at the Pike Central Middle School gymnasium. The cost of the camp is $25 per child. The cost for two campers from the same family is $40. Each camper will receive a Pike Central Basketball T-shirt. The camp, which will be conducted by Pike Central coaching staff and players, will feature five hours of instruction time. The camp is designed to assist and enhance bas- ketball fundamentals, fo- cusing on the fundamen- tals of dribbling, passing, shooting, ball handling, team strategies and de- fense. The camp will be split into two sessions. The session for campers en- tering first through fourth grade will be held from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. each day, while the session for campers entering fifth through eighth grade will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. each day. Registration forms, which are available at ar- ea school offices, can be mailed to Jason Roach, Pike Central High School, 1810 E. State Rd. 56, Pe- tersburg, IN 47567. Make sure to indicate the T- shirt size on the registra- tion form, as well as what grade the camper will be entering this coming fall, and be sure to make checks payable to "Pike Central Boys Basketball." For more information, call the Pike Central High School Athletic Of- fice at 812-354-8478, or e- mail Coach Jason Roach at jroach@pcsc.k12.in.us. Lady Charger Basketball Camp set for June 26-29 Girls who will be enter- ing third through eighth grades this fall will have a chance to improve their skills and learn more about basketball during the Lady Chargers Bas- ketball Camp, which will be held from Monday, June 26, through Thurs- day, June 29, at Peters- burg Elementary School. Pike Central High School head coach Kyle McCutchan and his staff will be conducting two separate camps. The first will be for incoming 3rd through 5th graders from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. The second will be for incom- ing 6th through 8th grad- ers from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. The cost is $20 per play- er, or $35 for two players, and includes a camp t- shirt. Forms are available at each school's office. Completed registra- tion forms, along with checks made payable to Kyle McCutchan, should be mailed to: Kyle Mc- Cutchan, 410 S. 8th St., Pe- tersburg, IN 47567. Please be sure to note each play- er's incoming grade and their shirt size. Dubois County Bombers announce youth skills camp dates The Dubois County Bombers have announced the dates of their upcom- ing youth skills camps. The Bombers' coach- ing staff and players will provide valuable baseball instruction to area youth from 6 to 15 years of age at camps in Huntingburg and Jasper. The first camp will take place June 26 -28 at League Stadium in Hunt- ingburg. The second camp will take place Ju- ly 10 -12 at the JYSC Little League Fields in Jasper. Each camp will be di- vided into two sessions by age, with ages 6 -9 years reporting from 9 a.m.-10 :30 a.m. daily and ages 10 -15 years report- ing from 10 :30 a.m. to noon daily. All camps cover throw- ing progression/pitching, hitting drills/bunting/ base running, and fielding position by position, plus a game to end the camp with a whole lot of fun. The cost of each three- day camp is $ 60 per par- ticipant, which includes – in addition to the great baseball instruction – a camp t-shirt and a ticket to a Bombers baseball game. Registration forms are available on the Bombers website at www.dcbomb- ers.com, by e-mailing dc- bombers@psci.net or by calling the Bombers of- fice at 812-683-3700. Reg- istration forms were due by June 10 to guarantee a t-shirt. However, enroll- ment will be taken after that date as well as at the door. Please arrive early for registration. LOSS Continued from page 1 SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 CHARGERS Continued from page 1 GOLF Continued from page 1 Above: Pike Central High School senior left fielder Sydney Brooks takes a swing at a pitch during game action at Gibson Southern on Satur- day, May 13. Ed Cahill photo Left: Pike Central High School senior shortstop Madison Scott follows through on her swing af- ter hitting a grounder during game action at Gib- son Southern on Saturday, May 13. Ed Cahill photo Above: Pike Central High School senior Colton White (12) delivers a pitch during game action against visiting Tell City on Friday, May 12. The Marksmen won the contest, 5-4. Ed Cahill photo Right: Pike Central High School senior first baseman Chase Davis (center) stands on sec- ond base while chatting with Tell City sophomore shortstop Tretter Lyons (left) and junior second baseman Bryson Naviaux (right) during a break in the action on Friday, May 12. The visiting Marksmen won the contest, 5-4. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior first baseman Kane Osgatharp (right) reaches for the ball as Tell City shortstop Tretter Lyons (4) dives back into the bag during game action on Friday, May 12. The visiting Marksmen won the contest, 5-4. Ed Cahill photo nine-hole round of 39 as the Chargers dropped a 152-174 loss to visiting North Posey in a match played at the Prides Creek Golf Course. Kabrick shot a 44, Onyett had a 45 and Mills added a 46, while Holder and senior Gabe Elliott both added 49s. "North Posey's Caleb Wassmer played out of his mind and shot a 32," Gideon said. "He missed a 10 -foot putt on the last hole for a 31." "Overall, we played pret- ty well," Gideon added. "We just met up with a very hot team." you're going to play the best to win it, don't let them get on a roll. Get on them right now, get on them early, and see what you can come up with – throw all the cards out there and go." The Pike Central-Jasper winner will advance to the semifinals to play the win- ner of the other first-round game between Princeton and Vincennes Lincoln at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24. The championship game is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 25. • In the junior varsity con- test, Gibson Southern scored seven first-inning runs while cruising to a 9 - 1 victory over Pike Central. Sophomore third base- man Emily Carnahan had two of the Lady Chargers' three hits, both singles. Sophomore second base- man Kelsey Barrett account- ed for the other hit, also a single. Sophomore short- stop Karsyn Pipes walked and scored Pike Central's lone run. Freshman pitcher Alizé Padgett took the loss for the Lady Chargers, allowing nine runs – none of which were earned as Pike Cen- tral committed five errors – on eight hits while walk- ing two and striking out one. Vaughn shoots 40 as Chargers beat South Spencer Junior Lincoln Vaughn shot a nine-hole score of 40 while sophomore Hayden Kabrick fired a 42 to lead the Pike Central High School boys' golf team to a 176 -229 victo- ry over visiting South Spen- cer on Tuesday, May 9, at the Prides Creek Golf Course. Sophomore Austin Hold- er and freshman Jaylon Mills both had scores of 47 while senior Gabe Elliott and junior Noah Onyett both shot a 49. "We have shown the abil- ity to shoot in the 160s as a team if everyone plays well on the same day," Chargers head coach Jarrod Gideon said.