The Press-Dispatch
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B-6 Sports Wednesday, September 13, 2017 The Press-Dispatch Cyrus Boyd (26) prepares to run a play for the Wood Memorial 5th and 6th grade football team's offense while Ricky Culbertson (75) lines up across from him for the Pike County defense in the first quarter of last Saturday's game at Wood Memorial. Earlier in this drive, Boyd ran the ball to the Pike County one-yard line before the Pike County defense stiffened, holding the Trojans out of the end zone. Pike County held off the Trojans 13-0, after turning the Trojans away pointless three times during the game on drives deep into the red zone. Culbertson had 12 tackles and a forced fumble. Submitted Photo State tournament pairings shows moving exclusively to IHSAAtv.org Beginning this school year, all IHSA A state tour- nament pairings shows – including several new ones – will air exclusively on the Association's video portal, IHSA Atv.org. For 2017-18, the IHSA A will stream a total of nine sectional pairings shows. A fter successfully produc- ing and streaming pairings shows in softball and base- ball last May, the IHSA A will expand its schedule to include shows for boys' and girls' soccer (combined), boys' tennis, volleyball, football, girls' basketball, boys' basketball, girls' ten- nis, softball, and baseball. The football, girls' bas- ketball and boys' basket- ball pairings shows will no longer air on Fox Sports In- diana as they have in recent years, but instead will be replaced with tournament preview shows featuring highlights of the top teams and players as well as inter- views with various coaches from around the state. "We are excited to pro- vide pairings shows for ev- ery sport that has a tour- nament draw," said Heath Shanahan, director of broadcast operations at the IHSA A. "This is anoth- er way for teams to get to- gether, have a team bond- ing experience, create a tradition, and learn their sectional match-up all at the same time. Thanks in part to our great partners at Indiana Farm Bureau In- surance, we now have the ability to do this on a state- wide scale." Upcoming fall pairings shows are scheduled as follows: Boys' and Girls' Soc- cer: Sunday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT. Boys' Tennis: Monday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT. Football: Sunday, Oct. 1, at noon ET/11 a.m. CT and simulcast on the IH- SA A Champions Radio Network. Volleyball: Monday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT. Dates and times for the winter and spring sports will be announced at a lat- er date. Immediately following each show, all sectional pairings will be available online at IHSA A.org. Pike Central Youth Football Lady Chargers go 0-4 in Evansville Central tourney The Pike Central High School volleyball team suf- fered four losses while com- peting in a tournament host- ed by Evansville Central on Saturday, Sept. 9. During pool play, the La- dy Chargers lost 25 -23, 25 - 21 to Washington, 25 -19, 18 -25, 15 -12 to Evansville Central, and 25 -21, 25 -13 to Evansville Bosse. Then, in the single-elim- ination portion of the eight- team tournament, Pike Cen- tral lost 25 -23, 25 -23 to Per- ry Central. "During the Bosse game, ( junior setter) Becca (Crow) turned her ankle pretty bad and was out for the rest of the game and the Perry Central game," Lady Char- gers head coach Tonya Wal- ton said. "We did a great job adapting to positions some of the girls haven't played before. Saturday, it felt like we were right there with ev- ery team but just couldn't finish the win." Against Washington, se- nior Brook Nalley scored five points on four kills and one block, while Crow and junior Alyssa Jenkins al- so had four kills. Crow led the Lady Chargers with 10 set-assists while senior Mor- gan Whann had a team-high 15 digs. Crow and senior Peyton Sorgius – who had the team's only ace serve – both had nine digs. Against Evansville Cen- tral, Crow scored six points on two ace serves and four kills while Jenkins led Pike Central in kills with five. Ju- nior Alex Traylor also had two ace serves, and Nalley and junior Taylor Lamey – who registered three kills – had one block each. Se- nior Shelbi Pipes had a team-high four set-assists and Whann paced the Lady Chargers in digs with 19. Traylor also reached double figures in digs with 10. Against Evansville Bosse, Nalley scored a team-high six points on two ace serves and four kills while Lamey and junior Kylie Dawson had three kills apiece. Ju- nior Kenzie Dunn also had two ace serves. Crow led the Lady Chargers with six set-assists while Pipes had four. Whann had a team- high four digs. Against Perry Central, Nalley scored a team-high eight points on four ace serves and four kills while Pipes – who led the Lady Chargers in set-assists with nine – netted four points on three ace serves and one kill. Whann added a team- high nine digs. Junior Alyssa Jenkins scored a team-high 9.5 points and senior Shelbi Pipes added nine more to lead the Pike Central High School volleyball team to a 25 -21, 30 -28, 25 -22 victory over visiting Southridge on Thursday, Sept. 7. Jenkins had three kills and a career-high 6.5 blocks while Shelbi Pipes had five ace serves, three kills and one block as the Lady Char- gers improved to 4-8 overall and 2-0 in the Pocket Athlet- ic Conference. In addition, senior Brook Nalley scored 8.5 points with three ace serves, three kills and 2.5 blocks, and ju- nior Taylor Lamey netted seven points, all on a team- high kills. Junior Becca Crow led the Lady Chargers with 11 set-assists while Shel- bi Pipes added seven. Se- nior Morgan Whann had a team-leading 26 digs, Pipes had 16 digs, junior Alex Tray- lor had 11 digs and Crow and senior Peyton Sorgius – who dished out four ace serves – had 10 digs each. In the junior varsity match, Pike Central won 23-25, 25 -17, 15 -13. Sopho- more Alexis Englert scored eight points on six kills and two ace serves, while soph- omore Audrey Keepes net- ted seven points on four kills, two ace serves and one block. Sophomore Emma Rus- sell dished out 10 set-as- sists while Keepes and soph- omore Karsyn Pipes had 18 and 14 digs, respective- ly. Russell had 13 digs and sophomore Aubrie Dawson had 10. Englert and soph- omore Lily Frederick-Rice both had nine digs and soph- omore Shelby Sisk had six. On Tuesday, Sept. 5, the Lady Chargers dropped a 25 -12, 25 -19, 18 -25, 25 -23 loss at Wood Memorial. Nalley had a team-high nine points on two ace serves, six kills and one block, while Shelbi Pipes added eight points – six on a team-high ace serves and two on kills – and Lamey led the Lady Chargers with sev- en kills. Crow, meanwhile, dished out 11 set-assists and Shel- bi Pipes had seven. Sorgius had 17 digs while Crow had 15. Also reaching double figures in digs were Whann (11) and Traylor (10). In the junior varsity match, sophomore Aubrie Dawson scored a team-high nine points – on three ace serves and six kills – to lead the Lady Chargers to a 25 - 23, 25 -22 victory. Sopho- more Audrey Keepes add- ed seven points on five ace serves and two kills, while sophomores Alexis Englert and Emma Russell dished out three ace serves each. Russell paced the Pike Central junior varsity squad with six set-assists while sophomore Lily Fred- erick-Rice had three. Daw- son and sophomore Karsyn Pipes both had eight digs. Keepes had seven digs. Pike Central, which host- ed North Posey on Mon- day, Sept. 11, and played at Princeton on Tuesday, Sept. 12, will participate in a four- team round robin being hosted by Washington on Saturday, Sept. 16, before traveling to Vincennes Riv- et on Tuesday, Sept. 19, and to South Spencer on Thurs- day, Sept. 21. Lady Chargers suffer straight- set loss to North Posey Senior Brook Nal- ley scored 12 points – on two ace serves and a sea- son-high 10 kills – as the Pike Central High School volleyball team dropped a 25 -20, 28 -26, 25 -21 loss to visiting North Posey on Monday, Sept. 11. Senior Shelbi Pipes add- ed 10 points on four ace serves and six kills and dished out a team-high 13 set-assists while juniors Alyssa Jenkins and Taylor Lamey scored seven and six points, respectively, all on kills. "We came out very strong in all three sets and were leading at the begin- ning," said Lady Chargers head coach Tonya Walton, whose team slipped to 4-13 overall and 2-1 in the Pock- et Athletic Conference. "We played well, contended with them, but just couldn't pull out the win at the end." "The girls played awe- some, had some criti- cal hits by reading North Posey's defense and dug the ball all over the place – even out of bounds – and scored the points," Walton added. "We were moving well, hitting well and com- municated with one anoth- er." Walton noted, however, that the team's serve-re- ceive score for the match was 1.39 "which hurts the offense." "We came back and tied them several times in the second set, showing they weren't giving up," Wal- ton said. "I'm very proud of their perseverance to- night." Junior Becca Crow scored six points on four ace serves and two kills while also dishing out sev- en set-assists and compil- ing 12 digs. Senior Peyton Sorgius led the Lady Char- gers with 17 digs while se- nior Morgan Whann add- ed 15. In the junior varsity match, sophomore Audrey Keepes scored nine points – on eight kills and one ace serve – while sophomore Alexis Englert (five kills, one ace serve) added six more as Pike Central de- feated North Posey 25 -21, 25 -22. Sophomore Karsyn Pipes, who netted five points on three kills and two ace serves, led the La- dy Chargers in digs with 14. Keepes and sophomore Aubrie Dawson had 12 digs each, while sophomore Emma Russell dished out a team-high 10 set-assists. Sophomore Lily Freder- ick-Rice added four set-as- sists. PCMS 6th grade volleyball team splits with South Knox, defeated Wood Memorial The Pike Central Middle School sixth grade volleyball team fell to 2-2 with a 21-25, 25 -24, 15 -11 loss at South Knox on Thursday, Sept. 7. Karley Kavanaugh led the Lady Chargers with 16 service points. Eleven of Kavanaugh's service points came during the first set, including 10 straight that erased a five-point deficit and gave Pike Central a 24-19 lead. In the second set, the Lady Chargers took an early 6 -0 lead and led 12-6 before South Knox rallied to score 12 of the next 16 points to take an 18 -16 lead. Pike Central would go on a 4-1 scoring run to reclaim the lead at 20 -19, but the Lady Spartans an- swered with a 5 -2 scoring run of their own to take a 24-22 lead. The Lady Chargers subsequent- ly scored two straight points – in- cluding one on a serve by Haylie Fulcher – to tie the score at 24-24 before succumbing as South Knox forced the match to go to a third and decisive set. Things started poorly for Pike Central, however, as the Lady Spartans opened up an 8 -2 lead. The Lady Chargers – sparked by three service points by Fulcher – rallied to within 10 -9 before South Knox answered with a 4-1 scoring run to open up a 14-10 lead enroute to the third-set win. Fulcher had a total of eight ser- vice points for Pike Central while Madelyn Lansford added four. "The girls fought back to win the first set but then couldn't quite pull out another set to win the match," Lady Chargers head coach Steph- anie Shedd said. "Once again, Karley Kavanaugh serves helped us throughout the match. She is very consistent." "We were up and down the whole match," Shedd added. "We would have streaks of really great passing and communicating, and then we would fall apart. We are going to continue to work on com- munication and team work." In the "B" match, South Knox won in straight sets, 25 -22, 25 -19. Loren Huck and Athalee Loveless paced the Lady Chargers (1-1) with nine and eight service points, respectively. "Overall, I was pleased with the 'B' team's performance," Shedd said. "A lot of the girls got serves over. We have been working real- ly hard at practice on serving and passing." On Tuesday, Sept. 5, Kavanaugh dished out 34 service points – in- cluding all 25 points in the second set – to lead Pike Central to a 25 - 7, 25 -0 victory over visiting Oak- land City. In the "B" match, Jaidyn Gogel and Marley Ralston had 10 service points each in a 25 -16, 25 -11 vic- tory. "Our match against Oakland City was outstanding," Shedd said. "Both teams served extreme- ly well. Karley Kavanaugh served all 25 points of the second 'A' team set and closed out the win for us. She had great concentration and everyone was excited for her." "I am so proud of all the girls," Shedd added. On Wednesday, Aug. 30, Brailey Mills had a team-high nine service points while Macey Stilwell added eight more to lead the Lady Char- gers to a 17-25, 25 -17, 15 -12 victory over visiting South Knox. In the "B" match, Zarah Sal- lee had a team-high nine service points and Gogel added eight as Pike Central defeated the Lady Spartans 25 -22, 25 -21. "Both teams played excellent," Shedd said. "They worked really hard and played as a team. I am proud of the improvement each team has made so far." Pike Central, which played at Francisco on Tuesday, Sept. 12,will return home to host North Knox on Monday, Sept. 18. Jenkins, Pipes lead Lady Chargers past Southridge in three sets Pike Central Youth Football 3rd/4th grade team taking a knee while Coach Buck Seger (standing center), Mitch Wiscaver (Assistant Coach standing left) and Chad Van- Meter (Assistant Coach standing right) congratulate them on winning both games and defending their home turf. PCYF 3rd/4th won 33 to 6 against Jasonville and 38 to 0 against WRV on Saturday, Sept. 9. Matthew Haycraft photo Pike Central High School senior Morgan Whann gets low to receive a serve during varsity volley- ball action at Wood Memorial on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Ed Cahill photo Above: Pike Central High School junior Becca Crow sets the ball during varsity volleyball action at Wood Memorial on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Ed Cahill photo Left: Pike Central High School senior Shelbi Pipes passes the ball during varsity volleyball ac- tion at Wood Memorial on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Ed Ca- hill photo