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B-2 Sports Wednesday, September 13, 2017 The Press-Dispatch SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 UPCOMING SPORTS SCHEDULE 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 – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:15 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: Round Robin at Washing- ton: Pike Central vs. South Knox, 9 a.m.; Pike Cen- tral vs. Washington, 10 a.m.; Pike Central vs. Eastern Greene, 11 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. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 High School Girls' Soccer: Pike Central at North- east Dubois, 5 p.m. High School Boys' Tennis: Heritage Hills at Pike Central, 5:30 p.m. High School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central at North- east Dubois, 7 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Volleyball: North Knox at Pike Central, 6 p.m. Middle School Girls' Soccer: South Spencer at Pike Central, 6 p.m. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 High School Girls' Soccer: North Posey at Pike Central, 6:30 p.m. High School Cross Country: Pike Central at Barr- Reeve Invitational, 5:30 p.m. High School Volleyball: Pike Central at Vincennes Rivet – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:15 p.m. Middle School Girls' Soccer: South Spencer at Pike Central, 6 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Volleyball: North Knox at Pike Central, 6 p.m. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 High School Boys' Tennis: Washington Catholic at Pike Central, 4:30 p.m. Middle School Girls' Soccer: Washington Catho- lic at Pike Central, 5 p.m. Middle School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central at Boon- ville (A & B), 6:30 p.m. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 High School Boys' Tennis: Vincennes Lincoln at Pike Central, 5 p.m. High School Girls' Soccer: Gibson Southern at Pike Central, 5:30 p.m. High School Volleyball: Pike Central at South Spencer – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 7:45 p.m. High School Boys' Soccer: Gibson Southern at Pike Central, 7:30 p.m. Middle School Cross Country: Pike Central at Barr-Reeve Invitational, 5:30 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Volleyball: Pike Central at Holy Trinity, 6 p.m. Middle School Football: North Posey at Pike Cen- tral, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 High School Football: South Spencer at Pike Cen- tral, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 High School Cross Country: Pike Central in Pike Central Invitational, 10 :30 p.m. High School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central vs. Evans- ville Reitz at Coke Fields ( junior varsity only), 11 a.m. Middle School Boys' Soccer: Pike Central at Her- itage Hills (A & B), noon. PIKE COUNTY YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 6U Division Indianapolis Power & Light 3, Infinite Indoor Sports Center 0 Holder Consulting 2, Dutchtown Homes 1 8U Division MCF House Movers 1, Cradle and Crayons 0 Shoultz Eye Care 3, Vanmor Agency 0 Boyd Realty 6, Harting Studio 0 12U Division Pride Farms Trucking 5, Dunigan Dental 0 Velpen Disposal 4, Jasper Pet Clinic 3 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 4U Division Whitehead Motors vs. Jefferson Township Ruritan Club, 9 a.m. Tractors for Trenton vs. Indianapolis Power & Light, 10 a.m. Solar Sources vs. Nana's Country Cookin', 11 a.m. 6U Division Dutchtown Homes vs. Indianapolis Power & Light, 9 a.m. Infinite Indoor Sports Center vs. Holder Consult- ing, 10 a.m. 8U Division MCF House Movers vs. Shoultz Eye Care, 9 a.m. Harting Studio vs. Cradles and Crayons, 10 a.m. Vanmor Agency vs. Boyd Realty, 11 a.m. 12U Division Pride Farms Trucking vs. Velpen Disposal, 9 a.m. Jasper Pet Clinic vs. Dunigan Dental, 10 :30 a.m. when Deffendoll – stationed in front of the goal – took a cross from sophomore Adair Kabrick and sidekicked the ball over Key with 32:40 re- maining in the second half. However, the Lady Tigers would battle back, pulling to within 3-2 on a goal by junior Keona Louis with 17:31 left, and tying the score at 3-3 on a goal by freshman Clara Heldt with 10 :28 to play. Pike Central had sever- al scoring opportunities in the game's final three min- utes, including one on a cor- ner kick by Roy with 2:45 re- maining that appeared to strike a Princeton player in the hand right in front of the goal, but the handball viola- tion was not called. "At the end of the day, you're always going to have games that you're going to have bad calls," DeCrane said. "You just rise above it and keep moving on from it, and our girls took the high road. That, to me, was the win right there." The Lady Chargers would mount one final scoring threat in the match's clos- ing seconds, when Roy – with only Key between her and the goal – tried to kick the ball past Key into the up- per left corner of the net. Roy's shot, however, struck the front edge of the goal's crossbar and caromed in the air toward Deffendoll, whose header attempt sailed high over the goal and out of bounds with 20 seconds left. DeCrane described the game-ending play as a "heartbreaker." "But, look at how many shots we had at the end," DeCrane said. "They picked themselves up again and they went right back at it again. To me, I couldn't be prouder. It's hard to be up- set by that, because they got right back up, they got an- other shot at the goal." DeCrane said he was pleased with the way his team kept the pressure on Key, who had nine saves. "I think that we're turning a leaf and, hopefully, we're just going to turn it around from the other games," De- Crane said. "I think this is a positive trend and I think we'll do well for the remain- ing part of the season." "It was just a fun soccer game to watch," DeCrane added. "In my mind, we won this one." Pike Central, which played at South Knox on Tuesday, Sept. 12, will trav- el to Northeast Dubois on Monday, Sept. 18, before re- turning home to host North Posey on Tuesday, Sept. 19, and Gibson Southern on Thursday, Sept. 21. BATTLE Continued from page 1 Pike Central High School senior Taylor Deffendoll (8) goes airborne after kicking the ball toward the goal as Princeton senior Aleni Brewer (12) and freshman Caleigh Cates (6) pursue during a girls' soccer match on Thursday, Sept. 7. Deffendoll scored two goals as the host Lady Chargers tied Prince- ton 3-3. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School freshman Kenley Beck (34) takes control of the ball during a girls' soccer match against visiting Princeton on Thursday, Sept. 7. Ed Cahill photo Above: Pike Central Middle School's Devin Carlisle (left) tries to outrace a Washington Catho- lic player to the ball during boys' soccer action on Thursday, Sept. 7. Carlisle scored one goal in the host Chargers' 3-0 victory. Ed Ca- hill photo Right: Pike Central Middle School's Joey Ridao (center) tries to keep a Washington Catholic player from getting to the ball as Ridao's teammate, Nolan Nelson (background, left) looks on during boys' soccer action on Thursday, Sept. 7. The host Chargers won the contest, 3-0. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central Middle School's Grif- fin Boyd takes control of the ball during boys' soccer action against visiting Washington Catholic on Thursday, Sept. 7. The Chargers won the match, 3-0. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School sophomore goalkeeper Jen- na Horrall (right) clutches on- to the ball as Princeton fresh- man Clara Heldt (14) closes in during a girls' soccer match on Thursday, Sept. 7. The host La- dy Chargers and Princeton fin- ished the match in a 3-3 tie. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School ju- nior Kelsey Barrett (5) gets in position to take possession of the ball during a girls' soccer match against visiting Prince- ton on Thursday, Sept. 7. Ed Ca- hill photo PCHS boys' soccer team stays unbeaten in PAC with 2-0 win at North Posey Seniors Tyler Meadors and Kyson Western both scored first-half goals as the Pike Central High School boys' soccer team defeated host North Posey 2-0 on Thurs- day, Sept. 7. "Against North Posey, we played two of the best halves we have played all year," said Chargers head coach Chad Western. "North Posey is a great defensive team that does not allow many goals at all." "The second half, we still played well and had a lot of chances, while limiting North Posey on offense," Chad West- ern added. "I thought all 14 of our players played well, and it was a great team win." Junior Austin Holder had one assist in the win as the Chargers improved to 8 -1-1, including 3-0 in the Pocket Athletic Conference. On Tuesday, Sept. 5, Kyson Western and sopho- more Ethan Scott scored two goals each while senior Bri- ar Meadors added another to lead Pike Central to a 5 -0 vic- tory over visiting South Knox. Scott, Kyson Western, Bri- ar Meadors and senior Brey- ton Booker had one assist each. "A lot of our kids played well, including (senior Tyler) Tormohlen in goal, our de- fense of (seniors) Quade and Kaleb Claridge, Gavin Boyd, and Cam Henson." "Juniors Christian Benson, Austin Holder and Jacob Vest have played huge roles in the last couple of matches," Chad Western added. "We must continue to try things and im- prove to be the team we want to be, as we are not there yet." The junior varsity, mean- while, battled the visiting Spartans to a 0 -0 tie. "The team played well and just couldn't finish a goal to get the win," Chad Western said. "Several of the jayvee players played well, including our defense of (sophomore) Jersey Mills, ( junior) Austin Dixon, (sophomore) Andrew Clark, ( junior) Jaden Mont- gomery and (sophomore) Coleman Henson." In a junior varsity contest played on Saturday, Sept. 9, freshman Connor Young scored two goals to lead Pike Central to a 4-0 victory over host Evansville Central. Junior Austin Dixon and sophomore Sam Henson scored one goal each, while sophomore Jacob Barber and freshman Garrett Boyd both had an assist. "The defense was led by (sophomores) Jersey Mills and Carson Johnson," Char- gers assistant coach Jacob Western said. Pike Central, which hosted Jasper in a junior varsity con- test on Tuesday, Sept. 12, will host defending PAC champi- on Heritage Hills on Thurs- day, Sept. 14. A junior varsi- ty match will begin at 6 p.m., which will be followed by the varsity contest at approxi- mately 7:15 p.m. The Chargers will then travel to North Knox on Satur- day, Sept. 16, and Northeast Dubois on Monday, Sept. 18, before returning home to host Gibson Southern on Thurs- day, Sept. 21. Willis nets seven goals in PCMS Lady Chargers' 10-1 win over South Knox Seventh grader Kennedy Willis scored seven goals to lead the Pike Central Mid- dle School girls' soccer team to a 10 -1 victory over visiting South Knox on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Sixth grader Wren Kabrick had two goals while eighth grader Alli Holder added one. The Lady Chargers will host Washington at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, before traveling to Jasper on Friday, Sept. 15. Pike Central will host South Spencer at 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 18, and Wash- ington Catholic at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20. PCMS Boys Soccer vs. Washington Catholic