The Press-Dispatch
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Spring Street, Otwell On the curve in Otwell Mon.-Fri.: 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM, Sat.: 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Sun.: CLOSED OTWELL MERCANTILE YOUR HOMETOWN HARDWARE HWY. 57 SOUTH, PETERSBURG, IN Phone: (812) 354-8542 WYATT SEED COMPANY, INC. 703-½ E. Main, Petersburg www.americannursingcare.com Pictured above are members of the 2016-17 Pike Central High School girls' tennis team. They are, first row, left to right: Hannah Beane, Cheyenne Hughes, Cass Conder, Emilee Halderman, Gretchen McCrary and Jadyn Ashby. Second row: Emma Russell, Shelby Vaughn, Meredith Benson, Maggie McDonald and Grace Smith. Third row: Head Coach Brent Beck, Kalin Brock, Lexi Miller, Adair Kabrick, Kirsten Jensen and Assistant Coach Emily Howes. Not pictured: Audrey Keepes, Anjelina Ruiz and Assistant Coach Jill Keepes. Andy Heuring photo GOOD LUCK AT SECTIONALS The Pike Central Middle School boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams ended their season with a swim/pizza party and awards banquet recently. Receiving awards were, front row, left to right: Payton Readle (Academic Award and Most Improved Award), Emma McKinney (Academic Award) and Madison Riley (Most Improved Award). Second row: Jenna Meyer (Academic Award, Most Valuable Diver Award and Pocket Athletic Conference Champi- on - Diving), Charlotte Dudenhoeffer (Most Versatile Swimmer Award), Jack Tegmeyer (Most Valuable Diver Award) and Nolan Nelson (Academic Award and Most Versatile Swimmer Award). Back row: Michael Burkhart (Academ- ic Award), Jillian Bailey (Academic Award and Mental Attitude Award) and Colton White (Mental Attitude Award). Not pictured: Draven Readle (Most Improved Award) and Isaac Burdette (Academic Award). Submitted Photo The Pike Central Middle School boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams ended their season with a swim/pizza party and awards banquet re- cently. The two teams' eighth graders received a towel embroidered with their names. Pictured above are, front row, left to right: Charlotte Dudenhoeffer, Jenna Meyer and Alyx Powers. Back row: Chelsie Lester, Colton White and Brienna Smith. Not pictured: Cody Davis and Zoey Curtis. Submitted Photo Lady Charger netters drop losses to Tecumseh, Heritage Hills The Pike Central High School girls' tennis team dropped a 3-2 loss at Tecum- seh on Wednesday, May 10 and a 5 -0 loss at Heritage Hills on Thursday, May 11. With the losses, the Lady Chargers fell to 1-16 overall and 0 -8 in the Pocket Athlet- ic Conference. Tecumseh 3, Pike Central 2 At No. 1 singles, Pike Cen- tral sophomore Meredith Benson lost to Lady Braves senior Meghan Tooley 6 -0, 6 -1. At No. 2 singles, Pike Cen- tral freshman Shelby Vaughn defeated Lady Braves fresh- man Breah Bailey 3-6, 6 -1, 6 -3. At No. 3 singles, Pike Cen- tral junior Cass Conder de- feated Lady Braves fresh- man Layne Pemberton 6 -7, 7-6, 6 -4. At No. 1 doubles, the Pike Central duo of junior Kirsten Jansen and freshman Audrey Keepes lost to Lady Braves seniors Cierra Brown and Darian Meyer 6 -2, 6 -1. At No. 2 doubles, the Pike Central duo of junior Jadyn Ashby and sophomore Grace Smith lost to Lady Braves sophomores Allie Lock- muller and Melinda Munday 6 -3, 6 -3. Heritage Hills 5, Pike Central 0 At No. 1 singles, Pike Cen- tral sophomore Meredith Benson lost to Lady Patriots junior Kate Kaetzel 6 -0, 6 -0. At No. 2 singles, Pike Cen- tral freshman Shelby Vaughn lost to Lady Patriots junior Kyla Dilger 6 -0, 6 -0. At No. 3 singles, Pike Cen- tral junior Cass Conder lost to Lady Patriots sophomore Carly Sabelhaus 6 -4, 6 -2. At No. 1 doubles, the Pike Central duo of junior Kirsten Jansen and freshman Audrey Keepes lost to the Lady Patri- ots' team of junior Sydney Ru- be and senior Caroline Guth 6 -3, 6 -3. At No. 2 doubles, the Pike Central duo of junior Jadyn Ashby and sophomore Grace Smith lost to the Lady Patri- ots' team of senior Emma Buechlein and sophomore Sydney Hoffman 6 -1, 6 -1. • The Lady Chargers closed out the regular season by participating in the Heritage Hills Invitational on Satur- day, May 13. Pike Central placed fourth in the four-team event with seven points, trailing South Spencer (20 points), Heri- tage Hills (18) and Mount Vernon (10). At No. 1 singles, Lady Chargers sophomore Mer- edith Benson lost to South Spencer's Mallory Damin 6 - 1, 6 -0, and lost to Mount Ver- non's Emily Duckworth 6 -2, 6 -1. At No. 2 singles, Lady Chargers freshman Shelby Vaughn lost to Mount Ver- non's Bryley Harns 6 -1, 6 -1, and lost to South Spencer's Brittany Payne 6 -0, 4-6, 10 -4. At No. 3 singles, Lady Chargers junior Cass Cond- er defeated Mount Vernon's Ella Sims 7-5, 6 -1, and lost to South Spencer's Lydia Chord 6 -2, 6 -1. At No. 1 doubles, the La- dy Chargers duo of junior Kirsten Jansen and fresh- man Audrey Keepes lost to the Heritage Hills team of Sydney Rube and Caroline Guth 7-6, 6 -2, and lost to the Mount Vernon team of Cara Epley and Jackie Godinez 6 - 1, 7-5. At No. 2 doubles, the Lady Chargers duo of junior Jadyn Ashby and sophomore Grace Smith lost to the South Spen- cer team of Baylee Kirch- gessner and Bailey Manis 3- 6, 6 -0, 10 -6, and lost to the Mount Vernon team of Maci Selke and Janelle Schirtzing- er 6 -3, 6 -0. "We went three sets in a couple of our matches against a pretty strong South Spen- cer team," Pike Central head coach Brent Beck said. "We play hard and are getting bet- ter. We just need to continue to improve our technique in multiple areas. This is where we sometimes like a little fo- cus. We need to work hard and smart, not just hard." The Lady Chargers will open sectional tournament play at Jasper at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, when they will take on Forest Park in a semifinal match. The winner will advance to the fi- nals – at 4:30 p.m. on Thurs- day, May 18 – against the winner of the sectional's oth- er semifinal match between Jasper and Southridge.