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Tell City ties Jeeps for first

DUBOIS—Tell City dominated the distance races as expected as it tied for first place in a boys triangular track meet Monday.
Tell City and Northeast Dubois each scored 67 points and Tecumseh tallied 24.
Tell City took first, second and fourth places in each individual distance race and won both distance relays.
Leo Simpson won the 1600-meter run in 4:48.93. Thomas Simpson was second in 4:49.25 and freshman Kaden Chestnut placed fourth in 5:08.02.

Bulldogs still building

By LARRY GOFFINET
Sports Editor

CANNELTON—Cannelton’s softball team has 13 players, two more than it started last year with, but the Bulldogs are still inexperienced.
There are six freshmen and only one senior on the roster. “Five or six of my girls have never played the game before in their lives and one of them is my senior,” said Coach Allicyn Garrett.

Perry Central third in triangular

ENGLISH—Perry Central improved its scored by 11 strokes from its previous match but finished third in a boys triangular golf match Tuesday.
Crawford County won with 176 strokes. Forest Park shot 192 and Perry Central 198.
Perry Central sophomore Garrett James finished second in the match with 43, five strokes behind medalist Dayton Pinter of Crawford County.
Other Perry Central scorers were Brennan Tucker with 48, Braeden Etienne 53, and Lain Knieriem 54.

Tell City girls 3rd in tri-meet

DUBOIS—Tell City won four events but finished third in a girls triangular track meet Monday.
Northeast Dubois won with 72 points. Tecumseh scored 47 and Tell City 41.
Tell City junior Kammie Jo Hayes set a personal record as she won the shot put with a 34-foot-10 throw. Teammate Cloey Pledger was second at 27-1.
Jana Lacy won the discus with an 85-foot-0 throw and Pledger was second at 70-10.
Freshman Valerie Kehl won the 100-meter dash in 13.85 seconds and placed second in the 200 in 28.97.

Oakwood to host trivia night, '50's themed volunteer recognition

TELL CITY – Oakwood Health Campus will host Wine & Trivia Night, Tuesday, April 17, at 6:30 p.m. Teams will consist of four participants. Call Polly Story or Whitney Zellers at (812) 547-2333 to preregister teams. Prizes will be awarded for the winning team.

The staff would also like to recognize community volunteers for all they do for the community. To do so, a 1950s theme volunteer recognition will be held Wednesday, April 25, at 2 p.m.

Tell City 2nd, PC 6th in invitational

By LARRY GOFFINET
Sports Editor

TELL CITY—Tell City’s depth was enough to earn second place in its own 10-team boys track invitational Friday. But it was not enough to beat Heritage Hills.
Tell City scored 101 points and Perry Central finished sixth with 64. Heritage Hills won with 136.
“Head to head Heritage Hills won about every battle, so they definitely earned it,” Tell City Coach Zac Hartz said. “We exceeded what we were seeded to go score, but head to head I thought we would’ve fared better.

PC girls 7th, TC 9th in Tell City invitational

By LARRY GOFFINET
Sports Editor

TELL CITY—Perry County athletes won the throwing events but didn’t fare as well in the running events at Tell City’s girls track invitational Friday.
Perry Central finished seventh in the 10-team meet with 46.5 points and Tell City was ninth with 37. Heritage Hills won with 96.
Tell City’s Kammie Jo Hayes won the shot put at 35 feet, 11 inches and Perry Central’s Claire Davis placed second at 34-10.

Harrison holds off Tell City

TELL CITY—Harrison built an 11-2 lead and held off a late Tell City rally to edge the Marksmen 11-10 in baseball Thursday.
“We started off slow and struggled to make adjustments at the plate the first five innings,” said Tell City Coach Trent Benningfield. “Once we made an adjustment we hit the ball very well, but it was too little, too late.
“Tretter (Lyons) came in and pitched four quality innings for us to keep us in the game.

Tell City outruns Rebels 83-48

TELL CITY—With its invitational coming up, Tell City held some top distance runners out of some races but still dominated those events in beating South Spencer 83-48 in boys track Wednesday.
Alex Ramsey won the 1600-meter run in 4:56.23 and the 800 in 2:17.65. Chase Beckort took the 3200 in 10:59.21.
The Marksmen swept all three places in each of those races and also won the 3200 relay in 9:39.23 and the 1600 relay in 3:47.08.
The Marksmen also swept all three places in both throwing events.

Davis, Noland lead Perry Central to triangular win

MARENGO—Claire Davis and Bree Noland each won two individual events to lead Perry Central to victory in a girls triangular track meet Thursday.
Perry Central scored 69.5 points, Crawford County 63, and Paoli 22.5.
Davis won both throwing events, throwing the shot 34 feet, 1 1/2 inches and the discus 99 feet, 7 inches.
Perry Central placed three times in each of those events, scoring 19 of a possible 22 points in them.
Noland won the 400-meter dash in 1:07 and the 200 in 29.38 seconds.