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Wrestling fundraiser Saturday

LEOPOLD – A TSW wrestling event fundraiser will be held Saturday at Perry Central High School. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and bell time will be at 7 p.m.

Commodores outhit Mitchell

MITCHELL—Hannah Edwards had three hits and Lexi Aders drove in three runs as Perry Central beat Mitchell 7-4 in PLAC girls softball Thursday.
The Commodores scored five runs on four hits in the first inning.
They built their lead to 7-0 in the top of the fifth.
Mitchell got its hitting going late, though several were “little bloops,” said Perry Central Coach Mark Rothgerber.
The Commodores outhit Mitchell 13-10 despite their swings being “way out front” of Mitchell’s slower than usual pitches, Rothgerber said.

Community Events, May 16

The Perry County News is pleased to announce events of local interest as a service to our readers and the community. Information should be sent to The News at P.O. Box 309, Tell City, IN 47586. Information can also be faxed to 547-2847 or e-mailed to lifestyles@perrycountynews.com. Please include a telephone number.

GOPerry Club breakfast Saturday
TELL CITY – The GO-Perry Club will sponsor a breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Ponderosa in Tell City.

Runner’s Club finale run

The Perry Central Runner’s Club, under the coaching of Holly Clark and Amber Hubert, hosted their grand finale race May 7.

Peter wins twice in girls track sectional

By LARRY GOFFINET
Sports Editor

LEOPOLD—Cathryn Peter won two events to lead Perry Central to fourth place in its 10-team girls track sectional Tuesday.
Jasper won with 142.5 points, 46.5 ahead of runner-up Forest Park.
Perry Central scored 87 and Tell City was seventh with 40. Cannelton, with just one girl competing, finished 10th with two points.
Peter won the 3200-meter run in 12:05.51 and teamed with Megan Thomas, Grace James and Marie Schwartz to win the 3200 relay in 10:09.91.

INDOT awards contract for work at Bretzville junction in Dubois County

DUBOIS COUNTY – Construction will soon begin at a busy intersection in Dubois County. The Indiana Department of Transportation recently awarded a contract to improve the intersection of Indiana 64 and Indiana 162 in Bretzville.
Lutgring Brothers Inc. of Tell City was the low bidder on the $1 million contract, which adds dedicated left turn lanes for north- and south-bound traffic on Indiana 162 as well as a traffic signal.

Commodores outrun Rangers to win relay meet at Dubois

DUBOIS—Last year Perry Central’s boys track team faced Forest Park several times but did not beat the Rangers until the Northeast Dubois Relays, their last meeting before the sectional.
Friday the Commodores won six of the 14 events to win the Northeast Dubois Relays and again beat Forest Park for the first time this season, 134.5 to 126.5. So Perry Central Coach Jason Barnett hopes that is a good omen for the sectional again.
Strong distance running propelled the Commodores to victory.

Brown propels Marksmen to triangular win

TELL CITY—Elliott Brown won four events to lead Tell City past Boonville and Jasper in boys track Thursday.
Tell City scored 70 points, Boonville 53, and Jasper 44.
Brown won the 100-meter dash in 11.16 seconds, which was close to Kyle Kessinger’s school record. Kessinger’s record is 11.17 with fully automatic timing, which is slower than Thursday’s hand-held timing.
Brown also turned in his best performances of the season as he won the 200 in 23.22 and the long jump at 19 feet, 6 inches.

Corydon shuts out Tell City

CORYDON—Tell City cut its errors but remained offensively challenged in an 11-0 girls softball loss to Corydon Wednesday.
The Marksmen committed just two errors, their lowest total in their last seven games.
But they had only two hits as they were shut out for the ninth time in their last 13 games.
Infield singles by Stori Beard and Sydney Goffinet were the Marksmen’s only hits.
But they struck out only four times.
Bailey Sandage pitched the first 3 1/3 innings for Tell City to take the loss. She walked four and struck out two.

New business zipping along

By VINCE LUECKE

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