Today's Sports

In one of my columns last fall I wrote, “More than one person connected with their athletic program has told me that this entire school year could be the best ever for Perry Central sports.”
So far the Commodores have lived up to that billing.
Of the six Perry Central teams that have completed their seasons, five won Patoka Lake Athletic Conference titles and three won sectionals.
The boys cross country team won a regional title and the boys basketball team was the regional runner-up, both firsts for the school.

OAKLAND CITY—Andrew Huber and Austin LeClere each won four events as Perry Central cruised to victory in a boys triangular track meet Thursday.
Perry Central scored 91 points, Heritage Hills 53, and Wood Memorial 11.
Huber set a personal record as he won the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 41.67 seconds.
He won the 110 high hurdles in 16.28 and the high jump at 5 feet, 10 inches.
He teamed with Levi Hilgenhold, Abe Schwartz and LeClere to win the 1600 relay in 3:39.5.

ENGLISH—Freshman Nic Pierrard tied for medalist as Perry Central beat Northeast Dubois 202-234 in boys golf Tuesday.
Pierrard and Trey Foltz of Northeast Dubois each shot a 13-over-par 49.
Pierrard recorded Perry Central’s only par of the day on the ninth hole.
“It wasn’t a very good day for golf,” Perry Central Coach Bill Dickerson said of the cold, windy conditions.
Nathan Bashor shot 50, James Rogier 51, and Nick Edwards 52 to complete Perry Central’s scoring.

MARENGO—Crawford County had 10 hits, including four for extra bases, in a 12-2 baseball win over Cannelton Monday.
Griswold hit a two-run triple in the first inning as the Wolfpack scored three runs.
That proved to be all the runs they would need, but they later hit two home runs.
Larry Holman pitched the first four innings for Cannelton to take the loss. He gave up five runs on four hits and four walks and struck out eight.
“Larry threw real well,” said Cannelton Coach Mike Garrett. “He just had no help behind him.