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Today's Sports

  • Tell City boys fourth in PAC

    TELL CITY—Nick Bower and Justin Peter each won one individual event and a relay to lead Tell City to fourth place in the PAC boys swim meet Saturday.

    Bower won the 50-yard freestyle in 24.44 seconds.

    Peter won the 100 backstroke in 1:01.49.

    They teamed with Trevor Nelson and Greg Clayton to win the 400 free relay in 3:44.53.

    Clayton placed second in the 200 free in 2:04.73 and the 500 free in 5:43.45.

    Nelson, Bower, Clayton and Jerry Ammon took second in the 200 free relay in 1:41.64.

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  • TC wrestlers 6th in PAC

    LINCOLN CITY—A.J. Flynn and Dylan Froehlich won individual titles as Tell City finished sixth in the PAC wrestling tourney Saturday.

    The Marksmen scored 131 points, one behind fifth-place South Spencer.

    They were shorthanded due to injuries to Eric Sabelhaus and Dustin Gould.

    Two other starters, Jessie Lawalin and Matt Sabelhaus, had to sit out because it was discovered they had too many weigh-ins for the season after competing in a reserve tourney at the start of the season.

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  • Cannelton girls win 2 of 3

    CANNELTON—Brooke Powers and Nakaa Myers each scored 11 points as Cannelton beat Portland Christian 57-41 in girls basketball Saturday.

    Sarah Powers, Payton Reed and Sammie James each added nine points to the Bulldogs’ balanced attack.

    James grabbed 10 rebounds, Myers nine, Brooke Powers seven, and Jaci Garrett and Whitney Nugent six apiece.

    Garrett also had four assists.

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  • Jeeps outshoot Commodores

    DUBOIS—Northeast Dubois hit its first four shots of the third quarter to pull away to a 66-48 girls basketball win over Perry Central Saturday.

    Perry Central trailed by only two points late in the second quarter but then committed a turnover that led to a basket for the Jeeps to end the half.

    “We lost a little momentum off that,” said Perry Central Coach Bill Dickerson.

    The Jeeps then came out hot to start the third quarter while the Commodores missed their first four shots of that period.

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  • Vikings shut down Tell City

    POSEYVILLE—North Posey held Tell City to two field goals in the second half and beat the Marksmen 62-31 in PAC girls basketball Saturday.

    Tell City trailed only 30-24 at halftime but went cold in the second half.

    The Marksmen hit 31.4 percent from the field for the game and took 21 fewer shots than the Vikings, who hit 46.4 percent.

    The Vikings outrebounded Tell City 35-20 and committed 10 fewer turnovers than the Marksmen to account for the difference in shot totals.

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  • Icy roads lead to postponements

    PERRY COUNTY—Most sports events involving Perry County teams Monday and Tuesday were postponed due to icy roads.

    Tell City’s boys basketball game with Hancock County, scheduled Tuesday, has been rescheduled for this Friday, with the junior varsity game starting at 6 p.m.

    The Tell City at Perry Central girls basketball game, postponed Monday for the second time, has been rescheduled for next Monday, Feb. 2, with the JV game starting at 6 p.m.

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  • PC’s turnovers key...

    ORLEANS—Orleans took advantage of its strong inside game and Perry Central’s 20 turnovers to beat the Commodores 65-53 in PLAC boys basketball Friday.

    The Commodores fell behind by 11 points in the first nine minutes and never led.

    But they battled back to tie the score three times late in the third quarter, the last at 34-34 on a driving basket by Alex Rogier with 1:44 left in the period.

    Then Orleans went on an 11-0 run to take control.

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  • Roach leads Rebels past Tell...

    TELL CITY—South Spencer center Samantha Roach scored 25 points as the Rebels beat Tell City 66-57 in PAC girls basketball Thursday.

    Roach, a strong 6-foot sophomore, hit 11 of 16 shots from the field and 3 of 8 free throws.

    She hit one 10-foot baseline shot but scored all the rest of her baskets inside.

    Three came on offensive rebounds, one on a nice pick-and-roll move, and the rest from strong low-post moves.

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  • Marksmen pounce on Panthers

    TELL CITY—Tell City jumped to a 31-8 halftime lead and beat Corydon 39-31 in freshman basketball Thursday.

    “Offensively we moved the ball real well against their 1-3-1 zone,” Tell City Coach Dan Lacy said of the Marksmen’s hot first half. “We hit shots, we got the ball inside, and we got some baskets off their 1-2-2 press.

    “In the second half they put a little more pressure on us and we were going into their traps with our heads down, not seeing the floor.”

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  • Commodores sink Wood Memorial

    LEOPOLD—Perry Central improved its free-throw shooting in the second half and beat Wood Memorial 40-36 in freshman basketball Thursday.

    The Commodores hit only 1 of 8 free throws in the first half but made 8 of 12 in the second half.

    Their point total was 10 points higher than their previous high.

    “We played well enough to win,” said Perry Central Coach Kevin Rogier.

    He said about half the Commodores’ field goals came inside and half came from the perimeter.

    Trent Brown led Perry Central scorers with 15 points.

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