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Today's Sports

  • PC girls overtake Southridge

    LEOPOLD - Perry Central survived a 2 for 24 field-goal shooting start and beat Southridge 36-30 in girls basketball Monday.

    The Commodores trailed 14-5 with 18 seconds left in the first half before Alie Schroeder scored on her own rebound for just their third field goal of the game.

    They still trailed 26-24 with 4:40 left in the game. Then they started working the ball inside to Schroeder, who began posting up strongly.

    She scored two consecutive baskets from the low post to put the Commodores up 28-26 with 3:48 left.

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  • Tell City goes 0-6 in wrestling...

    NEWBURGH - All six Tell City wrestlers who competed in the Castle regional Saturday lost in the first round.

    Greg Batie fell to eventual champion Brad Niemeier of Mater Dei in the heavyweight class.

    Joey Woznicki lost to eventual second-place finisher Danie Schweizer of Mater Dei in the 130-pound weight class.

    A.J. Flynn lost to Dylan Hall of Harrison in the 112 class.

    Andy Kast (125) lost to Joseph Hoehn of Mount Vernon.

    Justin Kleemann (152) lost to Kyle Sandwith of Memorial.

    Dylan Froehlich lost a close match to Zack Ruggeri of Mount Vernon.

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  • Tell City girls beat Rangers in...

    TELL CITY - Tell City hit 20 of 26 free throws to beat Forest Park 37-33 in PAC girls basketball Saturday.

    The victory enabled the Marksmen to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the nine-team conference with Forest Park and North Posey, each at 6-2.

    Gibson Southern won the conference title at 7-1, with its only loss coming against Tell City.

    Forest Park outrebounded Tell City 37-23 Saturday and outshot the Marksmen from the field 28.9 percent to 24.2 percent.

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  • Three Tell Citians champs at...

    JASPER - Cameron Kessinger, Devon Casebolt and Jordan Lloyd of the Tell City Wrestling Club won titles in Jasper's folkstyle tourney Jan. 27.

    Kessinger (midget 80-pound weight class) went 3-0 with two pins and a 16-1 technical fall.

    Casebolt (bantam 45) and Lloyd (peewee 50) each went 1-1 plus a bye.

    Trevor Jennings (peewee 45) placed second and Tretter Lyons (bantam 65) placed third.

    Mason Dean (midget 75) and Justin Alvarez (schoolboy 84) each placed fourth.

    Tell City also competed in tourneys at Jeffersonville Jan. 20 and Princeton Jan. 12.

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  • Threat of severe weather brings...

    All seven sports events involving Perry County teams Thursday and one Friday were postponed due to the threat of icy roads.

    Tell City's home boys basketball game with Pike Central, postponed Friday, has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 14, with the junior varsity game starting at 5:30 p.m.

    Perry Central's home girls basketball game with South-ridge, postponed Thursday, has been rescheduled for tonight, with the JV game starting at 5:30.

    Tell City's girls basketball game with Forest Park, also postponed Thursday, was rescheduled for this past Saturday.

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  • Hornets outshoot Cannelton girls

    HAWESVILLE, Ky. - Hancock County held Cannelton scoreless the first quarter and beat the Bulldogs 53-29 in girls basketball Friday.

    The Hornets jumped to a 26-0 first-quarter lead as they hit 10 of 18 shots from the field, including 3 of 8 from three-point range, and 3 of 3 free throws.

    Cannelton was 0 for 12 from the field that period and committed eight turnovers.

    The Hornets did not use a full-court press but did a good job playing the passing lanes in their 2-3 zone defense. Some of their steals led to easy baskets at the other end.

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  • PC overtakes Senators

    LEOPOLD - Perry Central made 7 of 9 free throws in the last 3:42 to defeat West Washington 71-64 in PLAC boys basketball Friday.

    The Commodores had four starters score in double figures.

    Nick Huber made a basket and free throw to put Perry Central up 57-56 with 3:42 left, their first lead since the second quarter.

    West Washington's Josh Green then made a three-point play inside to give the Senators their final lead.

    On the Commodores next possession Wes Linette was fouled. He made his first free throw and missed his second.

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  • Hornets nip Cannelton

    HAWESVILLE, Ky. - Hancock County took advantage of some interesting foul calls to overcome Cannelton's 22-point third quarter lead and edged the Bulldogs 81-80 in boys basketball Friday.

    There were 28 fouls called on each team, though Hancock County played more physically on defense.

    A huge majority of the block/charge calls went against Cannelton.

    On three of them a Cannelton player was called for a blocking foul when he appeared to be set, including one on which the offensive player lowered his shoulder and forearm into the defender.

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  • Severe weather threat brings...

    All seven sports events involving Perry County teams Thursday and one Friday were postponed due to the threat of icy roads.

    Tell City's home boys basketball game with Pike Central, postponed Friday, has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 14, with the junior varsity game starting at 5:30 p.m.

    Perry Central's home girls basketball game with Southridge, postponed Thursday, has been rescheduled for tonight, with the JV game starting at 5:30.

    Tell City's girls basketball game with Forest Park, also postponed Thursday, was rescheduled for this past Saturday.

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  • Girls sectional pairings...

    INDIANAPOLIS - Tell City will have a rematch with a recent opponent but Perry Central and Cannelton will face teams they have not played this year in the girls basketball sectionals.

    Sectional pairings were drawn by the IHSAA Sunday.

    Tell City will host a six-team Class 2A sectional and will face North Posey in the second game Tuesday at approximately 7:45 p.m. That follows South Spencer vs. Forest Park at 6 p.m.

    Perry Central and Mater Dei drew into the bye bracket and will face each other Friday, Feb. 8, at 7:45 p.m., after Tuesday's winners meet at 6 p.m.

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