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The Press-Dispatch Sports Wednesday, May 24, 2017 B- 5 By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Senior Amy Chastain signed a national letter of in- tent to run track at Green- ville (Ill.) College during a ceremony held at Pike Cen- tral High School on Friday, May 19. Chastain, the 18 -year-old daughter of Carrie Hurt, of Stendal, plans to study sports management – with an emphasis in adult fit- ness – at Greenville Col- lege, which is located 45 miles east of St. Louis, Mo. "It seemed like a real- ly good school, and they gave me a scholarship to go there," Chastain said. "They'd been sending me stuff to play soccer, but their roster got full. So then I chose to run track." The Greenville College women's track and field team recently won the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athlet- ic Conference (SLIAC) title, and placed sixth out of 21 teams at the National Chris- tian College Athletics Asso- ciation (NCCA A) Champi- onships in Sewanee, Okla. 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PIKE CENTRAL OF THE WEEK Mac's Heating and Air Conditioning recognizes the Pike Central seniors who are involved in athletics. run. "She got her hands ex- tended, and just went with the pitch, because (Mangis) was pitching everybody out- side. And, I mean, it took off! " The Lady Chargers, how- ever, were not quite done, as junior catcher Lexi Halbrad- er and junior centerfielder Shelbi Pipes followed with back-to-back singles. Halbrader would score on a single by Scott – giv- ing Pike Central a 11-3 lead – as Pipes advanced to third base. A fter Scott stole second base, a wild pitch by fresh- man pitcher Camryn Stemle allowed Pipes to score while Scott advanced to third base. When the throw from ju- nior catcher Harlee Zehr got past Stemle, Scott raced home, extending the Lady Chargers' lead to 13-3. Pike Central would add two more runs in the fifth inning – on a run-scoring groundout by Scott and a one-run single by Brooks – to take a 15 -3 lead. Northeast Dubois scored one run – which was un- earned – in the fifth inning and had runners on second and third with two outs be- fore Sorgius got Mangin to ground out to end the game. A fter giving up four runs – two of which were earned – on four hits in the first in- ning, Sorgius held the La- dy Jeeps to one run – which was unearned – on four hits while striking out one over the final four innings. "I don't think I came pre- pared," said Sorgius, who threw 43 out of 58 pitches for strikes. "I just had to get focused and know that my defense was going to back me up." "We've got to get her kind of working the ball down in the strike zone," Weisman said. "If she keeps the ball at the knees and jump ahead on the count, then you can get some of these borderline pitches that are away or in- side. It's up to the discretion of the umpire whether he's going to call them or not. And, after you see where your strike zone is, that's where you stay with it. You just keep it right there on the knees." Sorgius went 3-for-3 for the Lady Chargers with a double and a home run, scored one run and drove in five, while Brooks, Halbrad- er and Stone had two sin- gles apiece. Brooks, Scott and Vaughn drove in two runs each. With the win, Pike Cen- tral ended the regular sea- son 15 -5 overall and – fol- lowing an 8 -3 win at Tell City on Wednesday, May 17 – 6 -2 in the Pocket Athletic Conference. The Lady Char- gers opened sectional play at Jasper on Monday, May 22, against the host Lady Wild- cats. "There's a few looking back we'd like to have back," Weisman said. "We've got a game coming up Monday that's going to mean a lot. From what I gather, from what I feel from the kids, they're ready for it. They're wanting to go with it." The game also marked the final regular-season home game for the Lady Chargers' two seniors – Madison Scott and Sydney Brooks. Scott, who has signed to play softball at Wabash Valley Community College in Mount Carmel, Ill., has 36 hits in 79 at-bats for a .456 batting average and is 11-for-11 in steal attempts while scoring a team-high 27 runs this season. Brooks, who has signed to play soccer at Oakland City University, has 20 hits in 67 at-bats for a .295 batting av- erage. "We've got some gaps we're going to have to fill at the top of the lineup next year, with those two out of here," Weisman said. In the junior varsity contest, freshman Alizé Padgett threw a three-hit- ter as Pike Central defeat- ed Northeast Dubois 13-0. Sophomore first baseman Hannah Carnahan collect- ed three doubles in as ma- ny at-bats, scored three runs and drove in three, while her twin sister, sophomore third baseman Emily Carnahan, scored two runs and drove in four while going 1-for-3 at the plate. SORGIUS Continued from page 2 Pike Central High School senior shortstop Madison Scott catches the throw from junior catcher Lexi Halbrader on a steal attempt by Northeast Dubois right fielder Mackenzie Zehr (right) during game action on Thursday, May 18. Lehr was ruled safe on the play. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Amy Chastain (center) prepares to sign her national letter of intent to run track for Greenville College during a cere- mony held on Friday, May 19. Also seated, from left to right, are Amy's moth- er, Carrie Hurt, and Pike Central High School head girls' track and field coach Ryne Biesterveld. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Reid Craig (seated, center) prepares to sign his national letter of intent to serve as a manager for the Oakland City University men's basketball team during a ceremony held on Friday, May 19. Also seated, from left to right, are Reid's parents, Cassi and Jon Craig. Stand- ing are Pike Central High School head baseball coach Josh McDonald and former Pike Central High School head football coach Dustin Powell. Ed Ca- hill photo By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Senior Reid Craig signed his national letter of intent to serve as a manager for the men's basketball team at Oakland City Universi- ty during a ceremony held at Pike Central High School on Friday, May 19. Craig, the 18 -year-old son of Jon and Cassi Craig, of Petersburg, plans to study business administra- tion with a concentration in sports management. Craig said that he be- came interested in Oak- land City University after talking with Pike Central High School physical edu- cation teacher Mary Sandif- er, whose husband, Mike, is the Oaks' head men's bas- ketball coach. "She was kind enough to talk to me about him, and he ended up hearing about me and invited me to come down for a visit," Craig said. "I went down and met him at one of their games and he seemed pretty interested in me and gave me an offer to go there. I thought about it and I accepted." Craig noted that he has been a longtime fan of the Indianapolis Colts, the St. Louis Cardinals and the In- diana Pacers, and that he hopes to work for a sports organization after he grad- uates from college. "This past Tuesday, I went up to go meet the IHSA A commissioner, Bobby Cox, and he was kind enough to show me the IHSA A office up there," Craig said. "So, hopefully, I'll be working up there one of these days." Craig signs as manager for OCU men's basketball team Chastain signs to run track at Greenville (Ill.) College All-PAC girls' tennis team announced The Pocket Athletic Con- ference's All-Conference selections for girls' tennis were announced on Mon- day, May 22. Named to the All-Confer- ence team were Kate Kaet- zel, of Heritage Hills, Mal- lory Damin, of South Spen- cer, Amanda Marshall, of North Posey, Rachel Jones, of Gibson Southern, and Em- ily Eckert, of Southridge, in singles; and Camille Green- well and Arielle Graper, of Gibson Southern, and Leah Diekhoff and Kenzie Lub- behusan, of Southridge, in doubles. Receiving honorable men- tion in singles were Shelby Braselton, of Gibson South- ern, Paige Uebelhor, of For- est Park, and Kyla Dilger, of Heritage Hills. Receiv- ing honorable mention in doubles were Katie Scott and Hayley Doty, of Gib- son Southern, Becca Ruth- erford and Allie Rutherford, of South Spencer, and Kam- ryn Brandenstein and Ken- nady Livers, of North Posey. Gibson Southern, which finished the regular season with a record of 15 -2, won first place in the PAC with a record of 8 -0. Southridge (14-1) was second in the PAC at 7-1, Heritage Hills (10 -5) and North Posey (9 -7) tied for third at 5 -3, South Spen- cer (10 -6) and Forest Park (6 -8) tied for fifth at 4-4, Te- cumseh (3-14) was seventh at 2-6, Tell City (1-12) was eighth at 1-7, and Pike Cen- tral (1-15) was ninth at 0 -8. TRACK Continued from page 3 of 96 feet, 3 inches. Gibson Southern junior Maria Hillyard placed first with a throw of 105 feet, 10.5 inches; Washington junior Hannah Shrieves placed second with a throw of 99 feet, 2.75 inches; and Gib- son Southern junior Jesika Mahoney placed third with a throw of 99 feet, 0.5 inches. "Alyssa finished fourth with not her best throw of the year, however, she threw consistently in the 90's to- ward the end of the sea- son," Biesterveld said. "She should have a promising next two years with her on- ly being a sophomore now." Also placing for the La- dy Chargers was the team of seniors Selana Carpenter and Kaitlyn Foster, junior Cailey Furman and fresh- man Lily Frederick-Rice, who finished seventh in the 3,200 -meter relay with a time of 11:54.57. Foster also finished ninth in the 800 -meter run with a personal record time of 2:48.57, besting her pre- vious PR time of 2:52.00 ; Powers finished 10th in the 300 -meter hurdles with a time of 55.12 seconds; se- nior Marissa Harrison fin- ished 15th in the 400 -meter dash with a time of 1:20.35; and sophomore Erin Craig finished 16th in the 300 -me- ter hurdles with a time of 1:03.89, while the team of Chastain, Craig, Deffen- doll and sophomore Kenzie Dunn finished 10th in the 400 -meter relay with a time of 56.91 seconds. In addition: • Chastain finished 14th during prelminaries for the 200 -meter dash with a time of 31.55 seconds, and was 17th during preliminaries for the 100 -meter dash with a time of 15.35 seconds. • Powers finished 10th during preliminaries for the 100 -meter hurdles with a time of 19.44 seconds. • Freshman Lexie Neese finished 20th during prelim- inaries for the 200 -meter dash with a personal record time of 33.18 seconds, best- ing her previous PR time of 36.50 seconds. Craig also posted a per- sonal record time of 6:56 in the 1,600 -meter run – best- ing her previous PR time of 7:08 – but did not place. As a team, Pike Central finished 10th out of 12 teams with 21.5 points. Vincennes Lincoln and Washington tied for first place with 102 points each, followed by Gib- son Southern (99 points), Barr-Reeve (78), Vincennes Rivet (65), North Knox (41), Wood Memorial (29), South Knox (28) and Princeton (23.5). Tecumseh was 11th with 17 points, while North Daviess was 12th with 15 points. The regional meet was scheduled to be held on Tuesday, May 23, at Evans- ville Central High School. Pike Central High School senior Selena Carpenter competes in the 1,600-meter run during the sec- tional meet on Tues- day, May 16, at Princ- eton. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Marissa Har- rison competes in the 400-meter dash during the sectional meet on Tuesday, May 16, at Princeton. Ed Cahill photo