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B-2 Sports Wednesday, Januar y 17, 2018 The Press-Dispatch Call us at 812-354-8500 or email sports@pressdispatch.net GOT SPORTS NEWS? UPCOMING SPORTS SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 Middle School 6th Grade Girls' Basketball: Pike Central at Princeton, 6:30 p.m. THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 High School Girls' Basketball: Princeton at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. High School Girls' and Boys' Swimming: Pike Central in Pocket Athletic Conference Championship preliminaries at Tecumseh, 6 p.m. High School Freshmen Boys' Basketball: Wash- ington vs. Pike Central at Old Petersburg Gym, 6 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Boys' Basket- ball: South Knox at Pike Central, 6 p.m. Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Girls' Basket- ball: Pike Central at South Knox, 6 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Boys' Basketball: Her- itage Hills vs. Pike Central at Otwell Community Cen- ter, 6:30 p.m. Elementary School 5th Grade Boys' Basketball: Huntingburg at Petersburg (A & B), 6 p.m. Elementary School 5th Grade Girls' Basketball: Petersburg at Huntingburg (A & B), 6 p.m. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19 High School Boys' Basketball: North Knox at Pike Central – Varsity, 6 p.m.; Junior Varsity, 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 High School Girls' Basketball: Barr-Reeve at Pike Central (varsity only), 1 p.m. High School Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at Washington – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. High School Freshmen Boys' Basketball: Pike Central at Tell City, noon. High School Girls' and Boys' Swimming: Pike Central in Pocket Athletic Conference Championship finals at Tecumseh, 10 a.m. High School Wrestling: Pike Central in Pocket Athletic Conference Championship at Heritage Hills, 10 a.m. Middle School 6th Grade Girls' Basketball: Pike Central in Fort Branch Tournament, TBA. MONDAY, JANUARY 22 High School Freshmen Boys' Basketball: North Knox at Pike Central, 6 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Boys' Basketball: Jas- per (Gold) vs. Pike Central at Otwell Community Cen- ter, 6 p.m. Elementary School 5th Grade Girls' and Boys' Basketball: Oakland City at Winslow, 5:30 p.m. TUESDAY, JANUARY 23 High School Girls' Basketball: Tecumseh at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. Elementary School 5th Grade Girls' and Boys' Basketball: St. Joe at Petersburg, 6:30 p.m. Elementary School 5th Grade Girls' Basketball: Winslow at Holland, 6 p.m. Elementary School 5th Grade Boys' Basketball: Holland at Winslow, 6 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24 Middle School 6th Grade Girls' Basketball: Washington vs. Pike Central at Otwell Community Center, 6 p.m. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25 High School Girls' Basketball: Pike Central at Heritage Hills – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. High School Girls' and Boys' Swimming: Evans- ville Mater Dei at Pike Central, 6 p.m. Middle School 8th Grade Boys' Basketball: Pocket Athletic Conference Tournament – Pike Cen- tral at Heritage Hills, 7:45 p.m. Middle School 8th Grade Girls' Basketball: Pocket Athletic Conference Tournament – Pike Cen- tral at Heritage Hills, 6:30 p.m. Middle School 6th Grade Boys' Basketball: Fort Branch at Pike Central, 6 p.m. Elementary School 5th Grade Girls' and Boys' Basketball: Winslow at Oakland City, 5:30 p.m. Elementary School 5th Grade Boys' Basketball: 10th Street at Petersburg (A & B), 6 p.m. Elementary School 5th Grade Girls' Basketball: Petersburg at 10th Street, 6 p.m. FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 High School Boys' Basketball: South Spencer at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6:30 p.m.; Varsity, 8 p.m. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 High School Boys' Basketball: Barr-Reeve at Pike Central – Junior Varsity, 6 p.m.; Varsity, 7:30 p.m. High School Wrestling: Pike Central in Sectional Tournament at Southridge, 10 a.m. Middle School 6th Grade Boys' Basketball: Barr-Reeve at Pike Central, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, February 3 8am-4pm (CST) Sunday, February 4 8am-2pm (CST) Warrick County 4-H Center 133 E. Degonia Road, Boonville BRING THIS AD AND RECEIVE $ 1 OFF Admission Doors Open at 8am For more information or table rental, contact Tammy at; 812-897-3844 UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Southern Indiana Gun Collectors Association GUN SHOW SPORTS BRIEF Red Ryder BB gun shoot set for Jan. 20 The Sons of the Amer- ican Legion's Red Ryder BB Gun Shoot will be on Saturday, Jan. 20, starting at 1 p.m., at the American Legion Post 256 in Oak- land City. The entry fee is $2 per round. Cash or meat priz- es will be awarded for ev- ery round. No pellet or better quality guns will be permitted. Loaner guns will be available for use. Admission is free for spectators. Concessions will be provided on site by the Ladies Auxiliary. By Ed Cahill Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Junior Tyanna Graber scored a game-high 21 points to lead Loogootee to a 50 -29 victory over visiting Pike Central in high school girls' basketball action on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Graber, who also grabbed a game-high seven re- bounds to go along with a game-high six steals, scored 10 of her points in the first quarter as the La- dy Lions – ranked No. 6 in Class 1A – roared to a 19 - 0 lead. Pike Central, which missed eight field goal at- tempts while turning the ball over three times on its first 10 possessions, finally got on the scoreboard when senior Demi Croak hit a jump shot with 1:09 left in the opening period. Loogootee, which im- proved to 15 -1 with its 13th straight victory, would score the first six points of the second period – on bas- kets by Graber, senior Ju- lianne Bell and freshman Brooklynn Jones – to ex- tend its lead to 25 -2 with 3:21 left in the first half. A fter a free throw by senior Erika Hendrixson pulled the Lady Chargers to within 25 -3 with 2:45 re- maining in the second quar- ter, a basket by sophomore Chelsie Sutton stretched Loogootee's lead to 27- 3 with 1:35 left in the first half. Pike Central finished out the second period with a 3- 0 scoring run – on a basket by Hendrixson and a free throw by senior Brook Nal- ley – to close to within 27-6 at the intermission. The Lady Chargers would get no closer than 20 points – at 35 -15 with 3:56 left in the third period and at 40 -20 with 7:34 left in the fourth quarter – during the second half. "I don't know if we thought we were better than we are or what, but we came out flat, mentally and physically," said Pike Central head coach Kyle McCutchan, whose team slipped to 8 -8 overall with its third consecutive defeat. "Loogootee came out con- fident. They've had a fan- tastic start to their season. They're confident, they're aggressive, and they beat us any which way you can get beat on a given night." "They wanted it more," McCutchan added. "They beat us in every facet that they could beat us – they out-rebounded us, they outshot us, and they out - worked us. That's a combi- nation that's never going to be successful." Hendrixson paced Pike Central with nine points. She also led the Lady Char- gers with six rebounds and three steals. Croak added seven points while junior Hailey Marchino and soph- omore Lauren Vaughn net- ted four points each. Rounding out the scoring for Pike Central were senior Natalie Burkhart (3 points), junior Becca Crow (1 point) and Nalley (1 point). For the game, the Lady Chargers made 12 out of 38 field goal attempts – a 31.6 percent – and hit three of six tries from the free throw line while turning the ball over 16 times. Jones added 10 points for Loogootee. Bell tallied seven points while fresh- man Kalea Fleming netted six points and dished out a game-high seven assists. For the game, the Lady Lions made 22 of 39 field goal attempts – a 56.4 per- cent average – and were 3-for-3 from the free throw line while turning the ball over 14 times. "If you come out, ready to play mentally and phys- ically, you're going to com- pete," McCutchan said. "We were not and they just out- worked us from the tip – lit- erally, from the tip – and that's what's disappointing. It's one thing to get beat, but it's another thing just to get beat in every facet of the game. We've got to get back to practice tomorrow and do something about it." In junior varsity action, freshmen Adie Nolley and Makenzie VanHoy scored 10 points each to lead Loo- gootee to a 39 -34 victory over Pike Central. Junior Hannah Carnahan and freshman Mallory Hicko- ry paced the Lady Char- gers with seven points each, while junior Kelsey Barrett pitched in six points. Pike Central was sched- uled to play at North Posey on Saturday, Jan. 13, but, due to in- clement weath- er, the game has been post- poned to Mon- day, Jan. 22. A game at Evans- ville North scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 16, was also postponed, but no make-up date had been set as of press-time. Weather-permitting, the Lady Chargers will re- turn to action on Thursday, Jan. 18, when they will host Princeton. Pike Central is also scheduled to host Barr-Reeve in a varsity-only match-up on Saturday, Jan. 20, and Tecumseh on Tues- day, Jan. 23. Lady Chargers fall behind 19-0 in 50-29 loss at Loogootee Pike Central High School sophomore Jayln Nelson (20) goes up for a shot while Loo- gootee junior Tyanna Graber (left) and freshman Brooklynn Jones (right) defend during var- sity girls' basketball action on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School freshman Mallory Hickey (with ball) prepares to go up for a shot as Loogootee fresh- man Adie Nolley (34) defends during junior varsity girls' bas- ketball action on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Hickey scored seven points in a 39-34 loss to the host La- dy Lions. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School se- nior Demi Croak (43) fires up a shot over Loogootee fresh- man Kalea Fleming (1) during varsity girls' basketball ac- tion on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Croak scored seven points in a 50-29 loss to the host Lady Lions. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School ju- nior Hannah Carnahan (42) is fouled while going up for a shot by Loogootee freshman Adie Nolley during junior var- sity girls' basketball action on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Carnahan scored seven points in a 39-34 loss to the host Lady Lions. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School ju- nior Becca Crow (11) is fouled by Loogootee senior Julianne Bell (33) during varsity girls' basketball action on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Crow scored one point in a 50-29 loss to the host Lady Li- ons. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School ju- nior Kenzie Dunn (21) goes up for a shot during junior varsity girls' basketball action at Loo- gootee on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Dunn scored two points in a 39-34 loss to the Lady Lions. Ed Cahill photo Pike Central High School senior Erika Hen- drixson (23) puts up a shot as Loogootee soph- omore Chelsie Sutton (left) and freshman Kalea Fleming (1) look on during varsity girls' basket- ball action on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Hendrixson scored nine points in a 50-29 loss to the host Lady Li- ons. Ed Cahill photo