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B-2 Sports Wednesday, September 6, 2017 The Press-Dispatch PAST Continued from page 1 SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 PIKE COUNTY YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 4U Division Indianapolis Power & Light vs. Whitehead Motors, 9 a.m. Jefferson Township Ruritan Club vs. Nana's Coun- try Cookin', 10 a.m. Tractors for Trenton vs. Solar Sources, 11 a.m. 6U Division Indianapolis Power & Light vs. Infinite Indoor Sports Center, 9 a.m. Holder Consulting vs. Dutchtown Homes, 10 a.m. 8U Division Cradles and Crayons vs. MCF House Movers, 9 a.m. Shoultz Eye Care vs. Vanmor Agency, 10 a.m. Boyd Realty vs. Harting Studio, 11 a.m. 12U Division Pride Farms Trucking vs. Dunigan Dental, 9 a.m. Velpen Disposal vs. Jasper Pet Clinic, 10 :30 a.m. UPCOMING SPORTS SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 High School Boys' Tennis: Pike Central at South- ridge, 4:30 p.m. Middle School Girls' Soccer: South Knox at Pike Central, 5:15 p.m. Middle School Boys' Soccer: South Knox at Pike Central, 5:15 p.m. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 High School Boys' Tennis: Pike Central at Tell City, 5:30 p.m. High School Girls' Golf: South Spencer at Pike Central, 5:45 p.m. High School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central at North Posey, 6 p.m. High School Girls' Soccer: Princeton at Pike Cen- tral, 6 p.m. High School Volleyball: Southridge at Pike Cen- tral – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:15 p.m. Middle School Boys' Tennis: Pike Central at Southridge, 5:30 p.m. Middle School Girls' and Boys' Cross Country: Pike Central and South Spencer at Southridge, 6 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Volleyball: Pike Cen- tral at South Knox, 6 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Volleyball: Pike Central at South Spencer, 6 p.m. Middle School Football: Pike Central at Gibson Southern, 6:30 p.m. Middle School Boys' Soccer: Washington Catho- lic at Pike Central, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 High School Football: Tell City at Pike Central, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 High School Girls' Golf: Pike Central in Pocket Athletic Conference Tournament at Oakland City Golf Course, 8 a.m. High School Volleyball: Pike Central in Evansville Central Tournament, 10 a.m. High School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central at Evans- ville Central ( junior varsity only), 10 a.m. Middle School Girls' Soccer: Pike Central at Boonville, 9:30 a.m. Middle School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central at South Spencer (A & B), noon. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 High School Boys' Tennis: Forest Park at Pike Central, 5 p.m. High School Volleyball: North Posey at Pike Cen- tral – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 7:45 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Volleyball: Pike Central at Barr-Reeve, 6 p.m. Middle School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central at For- est Park, 6 p.m. Middle School Girls' Soccer: Gibson Southern at Pike Central, 6 p.m. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 High School Girls' Soccer: Pike Central at South Knox, 5 p.m. High School Girls' and Boys' Cross Country: Pike Central at Princeton Invitational, 5:30 p.m. High School Volleyball: Pike Central at Princeton – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 7:45 p.m. High School Boys' Soccer: Jasper at Pike Central ( junior varsity only), 7:30 p.m. Middle School Boys' Soccer: Washington Catho- lic at Pike Central, 5 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Volleyball: Pike Cen- tral at Francisco, 5:30 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Volleyball: Tecumseh at Pike Central, 6:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Middle School Girls' and Boys' Cross Country: Pike Central at Vincennes Clark, 5 p.m. Middle School Girls' Soccer: Washington at Pike Central, 5 p.m. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 High School Boys' Tennis: Boonville at Pike Cen- tral, 5:30 p.m. High School Boys' Soccer: Heritage Hills at Pike Central, 6:30 p.m. Middle School Boys' Tennis: Pike Central at Te- cumseh, 5:30 p.m. Middle School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central at Northeast Dubois, 6 p.m. Middle School Football: Heritage Hills at Pike Central, 6:30 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Volleyball: Pike Central at North Posey, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 High School Football: Pike Central at Forest Park, 7 p.m. Middle School Girls' Soccer: Pike Central at Jas- per, 7 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 High School Volleyball: Pike Central in 4-Way Round Robin at Washington, 9 a.m. High School Girls' Golf: Pike Central in Sectional Tournament at Country Club of Old Vincennes, 10 a.m. High School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central at North Knox, 10 a.m. High School Cross Country: Pike Central at South Knox Invitational, 10 :30 a.m. Middle School Cross Country: Pike Central at South Knox Invitational, 9 a.m. could have learned," Roach added. In the girls' race, senior Halley Powers placed first out of 15 total runners with a time of 22:21 while fresh- man Lauren Young placed second with a season-best time of 23:07 to lead the La- dy Chargers to a 21-35 victo- ry over North Knox. "Halley Powers and Lau- ren Young did a phenome- nal job in this race getting out in front and never look- ing back," Roach said. In addition, senior Cailey Furman placed fifth with a season-best time of 24:32; junior Lillie Pancake placed sixth with a season-best time of 24:40 ; senior Brit- tany Young placed seventh with a season-best time of 24:58; and freshman Char- lotte Dudenhoeffer placed 10th with a season-best time of 26:19. Meanwhile, junior Er- in Craig placed 11th with a season-best time of 26:31; and freshman Jenna Mey- er placed 12th with a sea- son-best time of 26:41. "We asked the girls to fo- cus less on their times to- night and more on the race and the competition of the race, too," Roach said. "Just like in the boys' race, it seemed to pay off for their times just as much as for their places. We had four re- turning runners put up their best time this year, and all three freshmen put up their best time this year." "It's a lot of fun to watch us run that confident and that relaxed and still com- pete at a higher level than our last race," Roach added. "That shows huge signs of progress made and progress yet to come." Pike County High School senior Halley Powers goes to the lead while compet- ing in a girls' cross country dual meet with North Knox on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Prides Creek Park. Powers placed first overall with a time of 21:21. Ed Cahill photo Pike County High School freshmen Ijaa Chambers (right) and Colt Armstrong (left) compete in a boys' cross country dual meet with North Knox on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Prides Creek Park. Chambers placed sec- ond overall with a season-best time of 18:32 while Arm- strong was fourth with a season-best time of 19:16. Ed Cahill photo Pike County High School junior Lillie Pancake competes in a girls' cross country dual meet with North Knox on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Prides Creek Park. Pancake placed sixth over- all with a season-best time of 24:40. Ed Ca- hill photo Pike County High School freshman Charlotte Dudenhoef- fer (left) and senior Brittany Young com- pete in a girls' cross country dual meet with North Knox on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Prides Creek Park. Young placed sev- enth overall with a season-best time of 24:58 while Duden- hoeffer placed 10th with a season-best time of 26:19. Ed Ca- hill photo Pike County High School freshman Jen- na Meyer competes in a girls' cross country dual meet with North Knox on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Prides Creek Park. Mey- er placed 12th over- all with a season-best time of 26:41. Ed Ca- hill photo Pike County High School senior Garrett Manges competes in a boys' cross country dual meet with North Knox on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Prides Creek Park. Mang- es placed sixth over- all with a season-best time of 19:58. Ed Ca- hill photo Powers paces Lady Chargers upperclassmen to fourth-place finish in Alan Hopewell Invitational Senior Halley Powers placed third overall as the Pike Central High School girls' cross country team fin- ished fourth in the girls' ju- nior/senior division of the Alan Hopewell Invitational hosted by Gibson Southern on Thursday, Aug. 31. Powers completed the 3.1-mile course with a sea- son-best time of 21:18 – just two seconds away from her personal record time of 21:16 set one year earlier in the same race – to finish behind Boonville senior Haley Bark- er, who placed first with a time of 19:19, and Heritage Hills junior Caitlin Lueken, who placed second with a time of 20 :45. "Halley Powers had anoth- er strong race," Pike Central head coach Josh Roach said. "She finished about 30 sec- onds behind (Lueken) and had a lead on her halfway through the race. The last time we saw Caitlin, she was about a minute ahead of Hal- ley the whole race, so that's a huge improvement." In addition: • Senior Cailey Furman placed 13th with a season-best time of 23:20, a 14-second im- provement on the 23:34 she posted in the same race as a junior. • Junior Lillie Pancake placed 19th with a season-best time of 24:18, a 74-second im- provement on the 25:32 she posted in the same race as a sophomore. • Senior Brittany Young placed 22nd with a sea- son-best time of 24:28, a 53-second improvement on the 25:21 she posted in the same race as a sophomore. • Junior Erin Craig placed 30th with a season-best time of 25:44, a 25 -second improve- ment on the 26:09 she posted in the same race as a sopho- more. As a team, Pike Central scored 33 points, trailing Boonville (19 points), Evans- ville Central (22) and Gib- son Southern (25). Prince- ton (46) finished fifth, fol- lowed by Heritage Hills (48), Tecumseh (69) and Mount Vernon (Posey) (75). Castle, Evansville Harrison, Evans- ville Reitz, Mount Carmel (Ill.), North Posey, Signature School and Vincennes Rivet also participated but did not have enough runners to qual- ify for a team score. In the girls' freshman/ sophomore division, fresh- man Lauren Young placed 11th with a season-best time of 22:40, besting her previ- ous season-best time of 23:07; freshman Charlotte Duden- hoeffer placed 25th with a sea- son-best time of 25:25, best- ing her previous season-best time of 26:19; and freshman Jenna Meyer placed 27th with a season-best time of 25:33, besting her previous sea- son-best time of 26:41. "Lauren Young ran a great race in a very fast freshman/ sophomore race to finish with her best time this year," Roach said. As a team, the Lady Char- gers placed fifth out of seven teams with 42 points, trail- ing South Knox (8 points), Mount Vernon (Posey) (24), Heritage Hills (30) and Gib- son Southern (34). Evansville Reitz (50) was sixth, followed by Tecumseh (74). Boonville, Castle, Evansville Central, Evansville Christian, Evans- ville Harrison, Mount Carm- el (Ill.), North Posey, Prince- ton, Signature School, South Spencer and Vincennes Rivet also participated but did not have enough runners to qual- ify for a team score. In the boys' junior/senior division, Pike Central junior Draven Huff placed 12th over- all with a personal record time of 17:58 – besting his previous PR time of 18:08 – as the Char- gers finished sixth out of 11 teams. In addition: • Senior Caden Armstrong placed 16th with a season-best time of 18:06, a seven-second improvement on the 18:13 he ran in the same race as a ju- nior. • Senior Jacob Bohnert placed 47th with a person- al record time of 20 :12, best- ing his previous PR time of 20 :20. Bohnert posted a time of 22:21 in the same race as a junior. • Senior Garrett Mang- es placed 53rd with a time of 20 :27, a 13-second improve- ment on the 20 :40 he ran in the same race as a junior. • Senior Lane Ridao placed 72nd with a season-best time of 22:14, a 24-second improve- ment on the 22:38 he ran in the same race as a junior. As a team, Pike Central scored 54 points, trailing Castle (12 points), Heritage Hills (28), South Knox (33), Gibson Southern (34) and Boonville (54). Mount Ver- non (Posey) (68) finished sev- enth, followed by Evansville Harrison (75), Washington Catholic (113), Mount Car- mel (Ill.) (126), and Tecum- seh (131). Evansville Cen- tral, Evansville Reitz, Signa- ture School and South Spen- cer also participated but did not have enough runners to qualify for a team score. In the boys' freshman/ sophomore division, fresh- man Ijaa Chambers placed fifth with a season-best time of 18:01, besting his pre- vious season-best time of 18:32; freshman Colt Arm- strong placed 12th with a sea- son-best time of 18:50, best- ing his previous season-best time of 19:16; freshman Sam Jones placed 36th with a sea- son-best time of 20 :27, best- ing his previous season-best time of 20 :27; sophomore A.J. Hill placed 41st with a time of 20 :59, a 210 -second improve- ment on the 24:29 he posted in the same race as a fresh- man; sophomore Sam The- ising placed 48th with a sea- son-best time of 21:27, a 42-second improvement on the 22:09 he posted in the same race as a freshman; and freshman Lane Potts placed 58th with a season-best time of 22:47, besting his previous season-best time of 23:27. As a team, the Chargers placed fourth out of 11 teams with 49 points, trailing Cas- tle (26 points), Gibson South- ern (27) and South Knox (34). Heritage Hills (54) was fifth, followed by Evansville Cen- tral (55), Princeton (64), Evansville Harrison (66), Evansville Reitz (79), Tecum- seh (89) and Mount Carmel (Ill.) (119). Boonville, Evans- ville Bosse, Evansville Chris- tian School, Mount Vernon (Posey), North Posey, Signa- ture School and South Spen- cer also participated but did not have enough runners to qualify for a team score. "Tonight's races made for a great way to head into the holiday weekend," Roach said. "All the kids took great to the challenge of having 20 schools in a race and had a lot of fun with the invite be- ing broken up between un- derclassmen and upperclass- men." Roach noted that two re- turning runners – Bohnert and Huff – set new PR times while 15 others, including all seven freshmen, set sea- son-best times during the event. "We had tried to take our focus off of our times while we race lately and just focus on our effort and competing to the best of our capabilities each day," Roach said. "Every- one battles through different stresses in life and no one is capable of being and giving 100 percent every day. But everyone is capable of giving 100 percent of what they do have every day. Even if they are only 70 percent one day because they may be sick or had a bad night's sleep, they are capable of giving all of that 70 percent." "That's what we have shift- ed our focus to," Roach added. "And we've been dropping our times while focusing on that." Pike Central, which hosted North Daviess, South Knox and Washington Catholic on Tuesday, Sept. 5, will partic- ipate in the Princeton Invita- tional on Tuesday, Sept. 12, and the South Knox Invita- tional on Saturday, Sept. 16.