The Press-Dispatch
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B-4 Sports Wednesday, April 18, 2018 The Press-Dispatch Yellow beams of morn- ing sunlight shoot through the forest like headlights on a foggy night, causing the tree leaves to glow with greenish-yellow light. The woods come to life as small forest birds fly from branch to branch, hunting for small bugs. The singing birds fill the forest with whistles, chirps and trills. There is a slight chill in the air, so I pull my shoul- ders down a little further into my insulated hunting shirt. I scan the woods for movement before noise from the upper reaches of a tall hickory tree draws my atten- tion. I see a large bird walk- ing along a limb, rustling its wings and making soft calls that reverberate through the woods in crisp clear tones. I continue to watch the bird, my shot gun held com- fortably on my camouflaged knee, until it stretches its wings and dives down from its perch into the forest. It glides right over the top of my father-in-law, Mark, and I with outstretched wings and spread tail. "Was that a tom? " Mark whispers. "No, it was a hen," I whisper back. A fter the woods are quiet again, I pick up my slate call and scratch out a few yelps. I pause and wait for the cut- ting eruption of a gobble to answer. But nothing hap- pens, and our hopes of con- necting with a tom on a sun- drenched Saturday morn- ing begin to fade. "I wonder where he is this morning? " Mark asks. I look over at him and reply, "I don't know, but he's definitely not here." Last Saturday, we watched a tom strut along the ridge we are sitting on for close to an hour. We were set up out of shooting distance, and while the gobbler would re- spond to calling, he wouldn't leave his ridge. So we sat and watched his puffed-up body, fanned tail and white head move in a 25 -yard line back and forth along the ridge like a turkey pendulum with a never-ending battery. 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Also placing first in indi- viduals events for the Lady Chargers were eighth grader Jade Kammon in the 400 -me- ter dash with a time of 1:18.15; eighth grader Erika Vinnedge in discus with a throw of 74 feet, 1 inch; seventh grader Kennedy Willis in the 800 -me- ter run with a time of 2:35.20 ; and eighth grader Kenzie Woodland in long jump with a leap of 12 feet, 5 -1/2 inches. In addition, Willis teamed up with eighth graders Quin- lan Teague and Kendall Rada- baugh and seventh grader Lil- lian Thompson to place first in the 3,200 -meter relay with a time of 12:25; the team of Kammon, Radabaugh, Wood- land and eighth grader Kya Leighty placed first in the 400 -meter relay with a time of 1:00.53; the team of Kam- mon and seventh graders Em- ily Krieg, Sarah Siggers and Kahle Young placed first in the 1,600 -meter relay with a time of 5:15.81; and the team of Krieg, Radabaugh, Sig- gers and Kahle Young placed first in the 400 -meter sev- enth grade relay with a time of 1:01.53. Placing second in individu- als events for the Lady Char- gers were Leighty in the 200 -meter dash with a time of 29.91 seconds; Thompson in the 1,600 -meter run with a time of 6:54; eighth grad- er Morgan Anderson in the 300 -meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.26; and eighth grader Jaize Mills in the 400 -meter dash with a time of 1:18.82. Placing third in individu- al events for the Lady Char- gers were Anderson in the 100 -meter hurdles with a time of 20.47 seconds; Leighty in high jump with a leap of 4 feet, 2 inches; Woodland in the 200 -meter dash with a time of 30.18 seconds, and in the 100 -meter dash with a time of 14.21 seconds; Kah- le Young in long jump with a leap of 11 feet, 6 inches; and eighth grader Ashton Catt in shot put with a throw of 23 feet, 3 inches. Placing fourth in individual events for the Lady Chargers were Krieg in high jump with a leap of 4 feet, 2 inches; and sixth grader Anna Whitehead in the 1,600 -meter run. Also, the team of White- head, Michaela Gray, Ash- lynn Kirk and Athalee Love- less placed second in the 1,600 -meter seventh grade relay with a time of 5:58.31. As a team, Pike Central scored 72 points. Tecumseh was second with 41 points while North Posey finished third with 30 points. BOYS: Eighth graders Wyatt Frasure and Reming- ton Gideon and seventh grad- er Xavier Shoultz all won two individual events as the Char- gers also finished first. Frasure placed first in the 100 -meter dash with a time of 12:34, and in long jump with a leap of 14 feet, 6 inches; Gide- on placed first in discus with a throw of 96 feet, 8 inches, and in shot put with a throw of 36 feet, 10 inches; and Shoultz placed first in the 1,600 -meter run with a time of 5:33, and in the 800 -meter run with a time of 2:33.65. Also placing first in an in- dividual event for the Char- gers was seventh grader Cole Parks in the 400 -meter dash with a time of 1:03.18. In addition, Parks and Shoultz teamed up with eighth grader Devin Carlisle and sev- enth grader Nolan Nelson to place first in the 1,600 -meter relay with a time of 4:36.18; Nelson and Parks teamed up with Griffin Boyd and Peyton Howald to place first in the 400 -meter seventh grade re- lay with a time of 56.18 sec- onds; and the team of Ry- an Gladish, Kaden Goodrid, Dallas Reutpohler and Jack Tegmeyer placed first in the 1,600 -meter seventh grade re- lay with a time of 5:04.03. Placing second in indi- vidual events for the Char- gers were eighth grader Ev- an Conder in the 110 -meter hurdles with a time of 19.56 seconds; and eighth grader Gunnar Earley in discus with a throw of 88 feet, 6 inches, and in shot put with a throw of 22 feet, 1-1/2 inches. Placing third in individ- ual events for the Chargers were Ryan Gladish in the 1,600 -meter run with a time of 5:58; Peyton Howald in the 300 -meter hurdles with a time of 54.91 seconds; and Nolan Nelson in the 400 -meter dash with a time of 1:08. Placing fourth in individ- ual events for the Chargers were Conder in the 300 -me- ter hurdles with a time of 57.47 seconds; Peyton How- ald in the 110 -meter hurdles with a time of 21.53 seconds, and in high jump with a leap of 4 feet, 6 inches; and Parks in long jump with a leap of 13 feet, 4 inches. In addition, the team of Carlisle, Reutpohler, Shoul- tz and seventh grader Will Wright placed second in the 3,200 -meter relay with a time of 10 :26.13. As a team, Pike Central scored 67 points. North Posey was second with 43 points. Te- cumseh finished third with 34 points. "We started the season off right, winning our opening tri-meet versus Tecumseh and North Posey," Pike Cen- tral head coach Jeremy How- ald said. "We were pleased with our performance along with the effort put forth by our athletes. They are a pret- ty young group overall and we have asked them to step up and fill the shoes of last year's eighth graders. That is not an easy task but, so far, so good." "Our coaching staff – con- sisting of Chastity Sanders and Ryan Coleman (throw- ing), Clint Shoultz (hurdles), Will Teague (distance) Jer- emy and Amanda Howald (sprints) have been work- ing hard, alongside our stu- dent-athletes, to get the most out of this season. We believe hard work pays off and we are looking forward to anoth- er fun, exciting season." PCMS boys' track team breezes past Southridge, 100-23 Seventh graders Peyton Howald and Xavier Shoultz won two individual events each as the Pike Central Middle School boys' track and field team defeated vis- iting Southridge 100 -23 on Thursday, April 12. Peyton Howald placed first in the 300 -meter hur- dles with a time of 55.90 sec- onds, and first in high jump with a leap of 4 feet, 6 inch- es, while Shoultz placed first in the 1,600 -meter run with a time of 6:06.2, and first in the 800 -meter run with a time of 2:44.09. Also placing first in indi- vidual events for the Char- gers were eighth grad- er Samuel Coleman in dis- cus with a throw of 97 feet, 8 inches; eighth grader Ev- an Conder in the 110 -meter hurdles with a time of 21.43 seconds; eighth grader Wy- att Frasure in the 200 -meter dash with a time of 26.10 sec- onds; eighth grader Reming- ton Gideon in shot put with a throw of 40 feet, 7 inches; seventh grader Cole Parks in the 400 -meter dash with a time of 1:05.81; and sev- enth grader Jack Tegmey- er in pole vault with a leap of 7 feet. In addition, the team of Shoultz, eighth grader Devin Carlisle and seventh graders Dallas Reutpohler and Will Wright placed first in the 3,200 -meter relay with a time of 11:39.49; the team of Conder, Frasure, eighth grader Darian Herrera and seventh grader Fenn Mc- Crary placed first in the 400 -meter relay with a time of 51.78 seconds; the team of Peyton Howald, Parks, Grif- fin Boyd and Nolan Nelson placed first in the 400 -me- ter seventh grade relay with a time of 55.25 seconds; the team of Carlisle, Nolan Nelson, Parks and Shoultz placed first in the 1,600 -me- ter relay with a time of 4:33.13; and the team of Re- utpohler, Tegmeyer, Ryan Gladish and Kaden Goodrid placed first in the 1,600 -me- ter seventh grade relay with a time of 5:02.71. Placing second in individ- ual events for the Chargers were Conder in the 300 -me- ter hurdles with a time of 57.16 seconds; Frasure in the 100 -meter dash with a time of 12.75 seconds and in long jump with a leap of 15 feet, 4- 1/2 inches; Gideon in discus with a throw of 89 feet, 9 -1/2 inches; Peyton Howald in the 110 -meter hurdles with a time of 21.75 seconds; No- lan Nelson in the 400 -meter dash with a time of 1:09.57 and in high jump with a leap of 4 feet, 4 inches; Re- utpohler in the 1,600 -meter run with a time of 6:39.1; and eighth grader Gunnar Ear- ley in shot put with a throw of 33 feet, 10 inches. Placing third in individ- ual events for the Char- gers were Carlisle in the 1,600 -meter run with a time of 6:46.6; Gladish in the 400 -meter dash with a time of 1:14.16; Fenn McCrary in the 200 -meter dash with a time of 29.22 seconds; Parks in long jump with a leap of 14 feet, 7 inches; seventh grad- er Braden Howald in pole vault with a leap of 6 feet; and eighth grader Blaine Pitcher in the 100 -meter dash with a time of 13.00 seconds. Placing fourth in indi- vidual events for the Char- gers were Coleman in shot put with a throw of 30 feet, 6 inches; and Reutpohler in the 800 -meter run with a time of 3:01.85. "The boys did fairly well," Pike Central head coach Jer- emy Howald said. "We still have some things to work on." GIRLS: Eighth grader Kya Leighty won two individ- ual events as the Lady Char- gers dropped a 74-35 loss to Southridge. Leighty placed first in the 200 -meter dash with a time of 30.96 seconds, and first in high jump with a leap of 4 feet, 6 inches. Also placing first in indi- vidual events for the Lady Chargers were eighth grad- er Erika Vinnedge in dis- cus with a throw of 85 feet, See PCMS on pg 6 See CLOSE on pg 5 PATOKA VALLEY OUTDOORS By Sam Whiteleather Close ... But Not Close Enough Jenkins leads PCHS girls' track team to win over North Posey Junior Alyssa Jenkins won two individual events to as the Pike Central High School girls' track and field team defeated visiting North Posey 67-57 on Monday, April 9. Jenkins placed first in shot put with a throw of 29 feet, 1 inch, and first in dis- cus with a throw of 92 feet, 9 inches. Also placing first in indi- vidual events for the Lady Chargers were senior Taylor Deffendoll in high jump with a leap of 5 feet; junior Lillie Pancake in pole vault with a leap of 7 feet; senior Hal- ley Powers in the 3,200 -me- ter run with a time of 13:37; and freshman Libby Stone in long jump with a leap of 13 feet, 11 inches. In addition, the team of Pancake, Powers, senior Cailey Furman and sopho- more Lily Willis placed first in the 3,200 -meter relay with a time of 12:20.9; and the team of Powers, Stone and freshmen Jenna Meyer and Lauren Young placed first in the 1,600 -meter relay with a time of 4:38.06. Placing second in indi- vidual events for the La- dy Chargers were Meyer in pole vault with a leap of 6 feet, 6 inches; Pancake in the 400 -meter dash with a time of 1:10.56; Stone in the 100 -meter dash with a time of 14.18 seconds; Willis in the 1,600 -meter run with a time of 6:29 and in the 800 -meter run with a time of 2:55; Young in the 100 -meter hurdles with a time of 17.84 seconds; and junior Storm Weisling in shot put with a throw of 21 feet, 6 inches. Placing third in individu- al events for the Lady Char- gers were Furman in the 1,600 -meter run with a time of 6:59 and in the 800 -meter run with a time of 3:15; Stone in the 200 -meter dash with a time of 28.93 seconds; Willis in long jump with a leap of 12 feet, 4-3/4 inches; and fresh- man Maddie Williams in the 400 -meter dash with a time of 1:18.39 and in high jump with a leap of 4 feet. In addition, the team of Deffendoll, Jenkins, Meyer and Powers placed second in the 400 -meter relay with a time of 57.00 seconds.