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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, December 6, 2017 B-1 SPORTS Submit sports items: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: sports@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg PCHS girls' swim team paddles past Boonville, Gibson Southern Junior Natalie Bohnert won two individual events as the Pike Central High School girls' swim team placed first in a tri-meet hosted by Boonville on Thursday, Nov. 30. Bohnert placed first in the 200 -yard freestyle with a time of 2:07.17 and in the 100 -yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.70. Also placing first in indi- vidual events for the Lady Chargers were freshman Jenna Meyer in diving with a six-dive score of 156.45 points; and senior Brittany Young in the 100 -yard but- terfly with a time of 1:17.28. In addition, Bohnert and Young teamed up with se- niors Quin Bailey and Cass Conder to place first in the 200 -yard medley relay with a season-best time of 2:08.75 and in the 400 -yard freestyle relay with a time of 4:23.37. Placing second in indi- vidual events for the Lady Chargers were Bailey in the 500 -yard freestyle re- lay with a time of 6:38.51; Conder in the 200 -yard in- dividual medley with a sea- son-best time of 2:52.06 and in the 100 -yard breast- stroke with a season-best By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Stephan Wilkerson scored a game-high 27 points to lead Princeton to a 66 -52 victory over Pike Cen- tral in high school boys' bas- ketball action on Saturday, Dec. 2. Wilkerson, a 6 -foot-3 ju- nior, made 11 of 20 field goal attempts – including four of 10 tries from beyond the three-point arc – while hitting just one of four tries from the free throw line as the Tigers improved to 4-0. "At the high school lev- el, he's just hard to guard," Chargers head coach Hunt- er Elliott said of Wilkerson. "He shoots it real well and he's real athletic. "If you get up on him, he's going to go around you, and if you play off of him, he's going to shoot it," Elliott continued. "So that makes him a match-up nightmare." "He's a heck of a play- er," said Pike Central se- nior Bryant Nalley, who led the Chargers (0 -2) with 22 points. "He's tough to guard. We tried our best but, I mean, he was on." Pike Central jumped out to a 3-0 lead on a three-point- er by senior Kyson Western By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net A Pike County man will be one of 40 amateur mixed martial arts fighters battling for $250,000 in profession- al contracts during the King of the Cage World Amateur Championships 4 at Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Dec. 9. Cody "Lightning" Schieve, 22, of Winslow, will com- pete a bantamweight bout against Joshua "The Marine" Oxendine, 23, of Pembroke, N.C., in a two three-minute round exhibition at the Reno Events Center. The 6 -foot tall Schieve, who won the bantamweight ti- tle at Tru-Form Entertainment: Primal at Sullivan, Ind., on Saturday, July 29, currently has a record of 6 -8. The 5 -foot-9 Oxendine enters Saturday's fight with a record of 0 -3-1. "As far as I can tell, he's bigger than I am, like, size- wise," said Schieve, who graduated from Southridge High School in 2013 after transferring from Pike Cen- tral High School following his junior year. "He's short- er but he's more muscular than I am, but I'll have more reach on him. His ground game's not too great from what I've seen. Two of his losses have been from being taken down and being submitted." "If I need to take him to the ground, I'm super com- fortable on the ground, and I'm comfortable standing up," Schieve continued. "So I'll take him to the ground and finish him there if I have to. But I want to stand up and trade punches with him. I want to make it as excit- ing as possible." Schieve will be competing for one of five profession- al contracts – one for $100,000, two for $50,000 and two for $25,000 – with KOTC. Winners will be determined based on the following criteria: skill level, personality, athleticism, level of excitement at which they fight, and marketability. Winners for the event – which will be broadcast live to more than 50 million U.S. households on MAV T V – will be determined based on a formula which includes the fight judges' scores as well as online voting by both the live event audience and the T V viewing audience. "Usually, you'll get your fighter information and then you'll go based off of how he usually fights," Schieve said. "But for this one, I want to stand up and trade punches because I want to make it as exciting as possible. A lot of people don't like to watch people just sit there and wres- tle. Seeing people getting punched in the face is more ex- citing than watching people roll around on the ground." "It's possible that we could have the most exciting fight that night, and I could lose, but I can still win that profes- sional contract – even though I lost – just because I had By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Senior Erika Hendrixson scored a game-high 22 points – including 15 in the second half – to lead the Pike Cen- tral High School girls' bas- ketball team to a 64-31 victo- ry over visiting South Spencer on Monday, Dec. 4. A fter hitting two of six field goal attempts – including one of two tries from beyond the three-point line – and going 2-for-2 from the free throw line during the first half, Hen- drixson was 6 -for-6 from the field and 3-for-4 from the char- ity stripe in the final two pe- riods. "They were doing a few different things defensive- ly to kind of help out on her, but she played a really good game," said Lady Chargers head coach Kyle McCutchan, Seniors Silas Goff, Dylan Jones and Jake Sisk placed first in their respective classes as the Pike Cen- tral High School wres- tling team finished third out of 10 teams in the Jor- dan Hill Classic hosted by Evansville Reitz on Satur- day, Dec. 2. Goff, competing in the 285 -pound weight class, went 4-0 in pool competi- tion – winning by pin over Esmond Morris of Mc- Cracken County, winning by pin over Darion Dunn of Ft. Campbell (Ky.), defeat- ing Hunter Wimpelberg of Evansville Reitz by a 9 -1 ma- jor decision and winning by pin over Andrew Scheideg- ger of Evansville Bosse – before winning by pin over Noah Uhde of Evansville Reitz in the championship match. Jones, competing in the 126 -pound weight class, went 4-0 in pool competi- tion – winning one match by forfeit, winning by pin over Kolby Koepp of McCrack- en County, winning by pin over Savannah Moody of Hopkinsville (Ky.) and de- feating Tommy Kelley of Mount Vernon (Posey) by a 9 -6 decision – before win- ning by pin over Brenton Myers of Evansville North in the championship match. Sisk, competing in the 220 -pound weight class, went 4-0 in pool competi- tion – winning by pin over Justin Wilson of Ft. Camp- bell (Ky.), winning by pin over Jimmy Earley of Jas- per, winning by pin over Caleb Brown of Evansville North and winning by pin over Gavynn Davis of Mc- Cracken County – before winning by pin over Luke Huggins of Evansville Reitz in the championship match. "Dylan Jones, Jake Sisk and Silas Goff all had great days on Saturday and were weight class champs and 5 -0 on the day," Pike Central head coach Billy Hewig said. "Jake had all five pins in the first period and looked very dominant. He wrestled a tough Reitz wrestler in the finals and put him away quickly." Hendrixson, Nalley lead Lady Chargers past South Spencer, 64-31 Goff, Jones, Sisk place first at Jordan Hill Classic LOCAL AMATEUR MMA FIGHTER TO COMPETE FOR $250,000 IN PRO CONTRACTS SATURDAY Cody "Lightning" Schieve, of Winslow, will be among 40 amateur mixed martial arts fighters battling for $250,000 in professional contracts during the King of the Cage World Amateur Cham- pionships 4 at Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Dec. 9. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Tyler Tormohlen (24) protects the ball while being defended by Princeton junior Drew Robb (14) during varsity boys' basketball action on Saturday, Dec. 2. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Brittany Young competes in the girls' 100-yard butterfly during a three-team meet hosted by Boonville on Thursday, Nov. 30. Young placed first with a time of 1:17.28. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Brook Nalley (13) puts up a shot over South Spen- cer junior Lexi Nix (12) during varsity girls' basketball action on Monday, Dec. 4. Nal- ley had 12 points along with six rebounds and six steals in the host Lady Chargers' 64-31 victory. Ed Cahill photo See PAST on 3 See SWIM on 4 See MMA on 3 See CLASSIC on 3 WE ARE PROFFESIONAL GRADE uebelhorgm.com 1-800-937-8721 Jasper, IN Chargers fall to 0-2 with 66-52 loss at Princeton See CHARGERS on 2