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D-6 Wednesday, November 21, 2012 The Press-Dispatch H Boys Hoops Continued from Page B1 Werner has taken over as the JV coach and varsity assistant after serving as seventh grade head coach. Chris Kramer was named the new head track coach and will concentrate on that assignment along with being an assistant football coach. "I am very excited about games this year, and will be in several competitions during the dance season. They are coached by Stacy Hawkins. The dance team, front from left, includes: Mariah Loveless, Destinee McKinney, Emma Crow and Sarah Hopf. In back are: Jamie Earls, Tailor Green, Katelyn Vinnedge, Morgan Hudson and Sierra Branum. The Pike Central High School Dance Team will perform at the halftime of boys basketball home the opportunity to coach at Pike Central High School again. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me and I will take advantage of all my resources and experiences that I have ob- tained over the last 21 years of coaching," said Coach Mokris. "My future plans for the Chargers are to in- still fundamentals into each grade level. I also want to fo- cus on team defense. If you can play defense you can be in every game." "I am very confident in my abilities to motivate, communicate with and di- rect a school's basketball program," Mokris said. "I understand how important a feeder system with good quality coaches is to a pro- gram. I understand what it will take to become success- ful year in and year out." With that said Mokris season and could move into that spot as a regular. He also played JV, The other senior is new- comer Stefano Dalla Vecchi. One of the top reserves last season was Kegan Al- dridge, a 5-8 guard and lead- ing running back for the football team. He is a shoot- er and the junior could help in the scoring area. Another new guard this season is Garrett Elliott, looking to work on both the JV and varsity. The sopho- more is 5-11 and can do some scoring inside and out. Another post or big forward prospect is Chris Downey, a 6-4 sophomore center who will balance time between the JV and varsity to start the season. "Hopefully our overall senior leadership and some good quickness will be our strong points," said Coach Mokris. "We are trying to improve on our overall team defense. We cannot give up 60 points a game like last year's team did." Pike Central averaged said there are still a lot of questions to answer before this team becomes really competitive, even after the annual preseason scrim- mage against South Knox last Wednesday. "We just need to get bet- ter on lot of different things that I observed in the scrim- mage," said Mokris. "This will help us figure out what we need to concentrate on. I knew it was going to be slop- py early on. If you watched the scrimmage carefully, we got better as the night went on. The final two quarters they came out with a little different approach in the offense they played and we won the third quarter and were up in the fourth quar- ter until we subbed in some of the JV players." The returning players basketball games during the regular season this winter season. The Varsity Cheerleaders, front from left, include: Emily Workman, Kylee Claridge and Kendall Clerk. In back: Paige Bastin, Ashli Riley, Kari Lem- ond and Katelyn Vinnedge. Not pictured: Sam Baumgart and Becca Lee. The Pike Central Chargers varsity cheerleaders will be firing up the crowds for all varsity boys are going to play key roles on this team, which does not have a true big man to play and post. It will be a guard- forward concept. 44.7 points on offense and 60.6 on defense. The only win came over Wood Memo- rial on Jan. 6. The Chargers lost 46-64 to Heritage Hills in the Sectional first round. The last winning season or season with 10 wins or more was when they were 15-8 in 1998-99. Gibson Southern, Heritage Hills and North Posey are considered the top three teams in the Pock- et Athletic Conference this season with Forest Park pushing them. "We also want to cut down on our turnovers and take better care of the bas- ketball," added Mokris. "We had balanced scoring in the scrimmage and I saw bright spots on everybody. The kids are also learning about basketball and what I want as much as I am learn- ing from them. Sometimes I have to just sit back and look at what they have to of- fer before we can make any drastic changes. I am not sure who will be our scorers as they are all going to be learning their roles during the next couple of weeks. I am looking for a balanced at- Boys Schedule 6-7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 3o at Barr--Reeve 6:30-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1—Princeton forward is back. He aver- aged four points and four rebounds last season. He could be one of the key re- bounders and inside play- ers. Tyler Garland, 6-1 solid clude Trevor Claridge, 5-11, who averaged two points a game, but had a couple of much more productive games also. He can shoot from the outside as well as crash the boards. Shaine Eck will likely be The returning guards in- the man running the show. The 5-8 guard scored three points a game last season and two assists. He will be called on to direct the of- fense as well as provide some scoring. The third returning basketball games during the regular season this winter season. The Junior Varsity Cheerleaders, front from left, include: Destinee McKinney, Emma Crow, Jessica McQueen and Erica Gaines. In back are: Caroline Merter, Alissa Bottoms, Katherine Young, and Whitney Hartke. Not pictured is: Skyela Hughes. The Pike Central Chargers junior varsity cheerleaders will be firing up the crowds for all JV boys A FAN FAVORITE Pizza • Sandwiches • Salads • Carry-Out 350 W. 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