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South Putnam center Chris Stitzle gives Owen Valley's Keith Mcßeath (32) a little head fake before going up for one of his three field goals. Stitzle scored six points as

Streaking Fourth win in five starts for Eagles

By ROLF RICKER Banner-Graphic Sports Writer A Brett Meek layup with two seconds left in the game gave South Putnam an exciting homecourt finish Friday night as the Eagles won their fourth game of the season, squeezing by Owen Valley 60-58 in West Central Conference high school basketball. The win was the Eagles’ second in conference play, taking them out of the WCC cellar. It guarantees them eighth place and a shot at seventh if they can win their last conference game at Edgewood Feb. 20. MEEK. ALONG with backcourt Gary Nichols, scored half of South Putnam’s 60 points, netting 15 each to give the Eagles their fourth win out of the last five games and set their

Muncie South is culprit Madison Heights streak ends

By STEVE HERMAN AP Sports Writer Top-ranked Anderson Madison Heights’ 19-game winning string is over, but Friday night’s 61-59 loss to unrated Muncie South might not be all that bad, says Pirates’ Coach Phil Buck. “Unless a team is exceptionally strong individually, it’s impossible to go through the whole season unbeaten,” said Buck, whose squad plays its next-to-last regular-season game tonight against Indianapolis Chatard. “This floss to Muncie South) will get the monkey off our back. Let somebody else be N 0.1,” Buck said. That somebody else could be N 0.2 South Bend LaSalle, which raised its record to 18-1 with Friday night’s 74-72 victory over Michigan City Elston. Or it could be N 0.3 Marion, which went to 17-2 with a 67-57 victory over N0.20-ranked Muncie Central. Whoever it is, Buck says the Pirates didn’t deserve to win against Muncie South. * “It would have been a shame to win the way we played,” he said. “We know how to play to win, and we know we can’t play this way to win.” Madison Heights was beaten badly on the boards and managed to hit only 22 of 53 shots for a mediocre 42 percent from the field, the Pirates trailed 19-12 after one quarter, 31-24 at halftime and 43-38 going into the final period. South’s victory, after Madison Heights finally tied the game on a basket by Winston Morgan with 30 seconds to go, came on a basket by Derek Childress with four seconds remaining. After Childress’s go-ahead basket, the Pirates had one more chance but a 35-foot desperation shot by Stew Robinson was off the mark at the buzzer . The Vi- n ] ■ <i Muncie South to 13-6 for the season and gave

season record at 4-13. For Meek, it was the fourth time in his eight varsity starts he’s scored in double figures. The 15 points are an individual scoring high for the year. The Eagles lead by as much as nine points early in the third period, but could not put the game away. FIRST-QUARTER actior began poorly for both teams as neither could find the shooting range. The Patriots attacker first, taking a 8-4 lead within the four minute mark. However the Patriots went scoreless the rest of the quarter. Back-to-back buckets b\ Nichols and Meek with only 3( seconds left in the period tied il at 8-all. The Eagles jumped to a 16-1 ( lead on a hoop by Sean Pack at 4:34 in the second period. Pack

South Putnam won its fourth game of the season Friday night. The victory was also the second WCC win. (BannerGraphic photo by Tracy Proctor).

was the high scorer of the game with 18. THE PATRIOTS cut the lead to two on a 15-footer by David Thomas but it wasn’t enough tc stop the Eagles’ run. Playing a man-to-man defense, South Putnam held off the Patriots to take a five-point, 2318, margin into the locker room at halftime. Tim Vest of Owen Valley scored the opening basket on the tipoff to start the second half, making it 23-20 lead for the Eagles. SOUTH PUTNAM came back with its biggest lead of the night, scoring six straight for a score of 31-22. Meek came up with four of the six points, while Dan Cash hit the other two. The Patriots came back with eight points of their own making it a 31-28 ball game in favor of

the Rebels a tie with Madison Heights for the Olympic Conference championship. Morgan led Madison Heights with 28 points and Brad Duncan added 12. Childress topped South with 15 points, while Travis Mills and Robert Cates added 14 apiece for South. Marion’s third-ranked Giants clinched the North Central Conference championship with thier victory over Muncie Central. Ron Peters scored 21 points for Marion. Central’s Bearcats fell to 13-7 for the campaign. LaSalle’s narrow victory came on an 18-foot basket by Reggie Bird with eight seconds to go. That was the third time this season that a basket by Bird in the closing seconds won a game for LaSalle. The Lions, who take on East Chicago Roosevelt tonight, trailed by 15 points late in the first half but rallied for a 52-53 lead after three quarters. Bird led LaSalle with 19 points, while Michael Watts scored 14 and Demetrius Buchanan 10. Elston, which shot over 60 percent from the field, was led by Don Walters with 19 points, his brother Ron with 18 and Michael Mack also with 18. The loss by Madison Heights left only one unbeaten team in the state—No. 10 Argos, which smashed Glenn 86-62 for its 19th victory of the season. The victory also stretched Argos’s state record regular-season winning string to 68 straight games. Evansville Bosse raised its record to 15-2 with the victory over Terre Haute South. The game was tied at 56-56 but Gary Miller and Myron Christian combined for 10 points in the final 2V 2 minutes to earn the victory for Bosse 67-64. Christian finished with 19 points and Miller added 18. David Conrady topped all scorers with 22 points for South, now 15-4.

the Eagles. The quarter ended in an even exchange of baskets with the score tied at 38. WITH 3:08 LEFT in the contest, Owen Valley took a 56-52 lead on the great efforts by Vest on an under-the-backboard shot. Tied at 58-58, South Putnam held onto the ball in the last minute to play before Meek put the game on ice with his basket at the mark. The JV game was won by South Putnam 47-42. SOUTH PUTNAM (60) Nichols 7 l-:tlt 15, Cash:)o-626, Meek 7 I 2 2 IS. Stitzle II 0-0 1 6. Pack 7 4-6 4 18. Williams 0 0-0 I 0, Christy 0 0-0 0 0, Rising 6 0-0 0 0, Huber 0 0-0 0 0, Cooper 0 0-0 0 0 Bronner 0 0-0 0 0. Totals - FC, 27 FT 6-1 F 111. OWEN VALLEY (58) Ewhank 6 2-2 2 14, Smith I 2-2 I 9, Vest 0-1 5 16, Brinson 8 0-0 2 16, Campbell I 0-0 I 2. Thomas 2 2-2 I 6. Mcßeath 0 0-0 10 Totals - FG 26 FT6-9 F 14. South Putnam 8 15 15 22-6 f Owen Valley 8 10 20 20 -54

Win is 15th straight Clovers continue to run rampant over foes

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor CLOVERDALE -Shooting 59 per cent from the floor and dominating the boards. Cloverdale cruised to its 15th consecutive victory of the season Friday night, defeating Shakamak 77-56 in a nonconference high school basketball game in the Clover Palace. Cloverdale goes for its 16th straight and 17th in 18 games Saturday night when Staunton comes calling. Senior citizens over 60 years old, Cloverdale Lions Club members and all former CHS letter jacket winners, red as well as green, will be admitted free. CLOVERDALE shot a sizzling 62 per cent in the first half and moved to a 20-point lead in the third quarter when Billy Chestnut made a diving midcourt steal that Dave Whitaker turned into a layup. An over zealous Shakamak defense trimmed the margin to 15 in the fourth quarter, but there was never a serious challenge from the now 10-9 Lakers. “We really never did have to work extremely hard to get a basket,” Clover coach A 1 Tucker said. “We shot extremely well in the first half. The only disappointing part about the first half was we gave them that 15-footer at the free throw line. Then we put them on the free throw line too many times and they scored points while the clock was dead. But other than that I thought we played pretty well overall. ” Cloverdale’s balanced attack came in individual spurts. Jerry Neese, who led the Clovers with 20 points, and Tony Hacker, who scored 11 and pulled down seven rebounds, scored six each in the first period. Cloverdale led 10-0 before Shakamak hit a 17-footer 4:20 into the game. LEADING 20-10 when the second period opened, the Clovers never allowed Shakamak inside eight points. Just when Hacker cooled off, Jim Price kicked into gear with eight of his game total 16. Neese kept pace with six points and Cloverdale led 38-22 at halftime. Gradually the Clovers pulled away as Neese netted another six in the third quarter and Whitaker canned four. After hitting 15 of 24 in the first half, Cloverdale got transition baskets in the third quarter to hit 9 of 15 shots and led 56-38 when the last eight minutes opened. Shakamak had nothing to lose and played like it in the final period. Cloverdale did not score until Price put an offensive rebound back up at the 5:59 mark. The West Central Conference champions hit 30 of 51 shots from the floor for 59 per cent. Neese, who got most of his nine field goals from the baseline

Johnson drops 12-6 decision INDIANAPOLIS--Keith Johnson gave it the old college try. but lost a 12-6 decision to Matt Clark of Seymour in the opening round of the IHSAA State Wrestling Championships Friday night at Market Square Arena. “He wrestled well,” Cloverdale coach Dave Kiley said of the 98-pound sophomore. “He got ahead early but wasn’t able to hold on.” JOHNSON PUT the 27-8 Clark on his back in the first quarter and led 6-2. Clark came back in the second period with a reverse and two back points to tie the score 6-6 entering the final three-minute period. Clark scored a near fall for a 9-6 lead and an escape and take down to set the final score. The difference in the match? “He had a lot of leverage and technique,” Johnson said of Clark. Already Johnson was looking forward to a second trip. “I learned a lot from it and I’d like to get up there again next year,” he said. Johnson closed his sophomore wrestling season with a 17-5-1 record. Meanwhile, Delta’s Eagles established themselves as a strong favorite for their first state wrestling championship Friday at two of coach Don Patton’s squad advanced through preliminary action. Victories by 112-pound Chris Ruble and 132-pound Don Heintzelman gave the Eagles five entries in quarterfinal action . Three of Patton’s wrestlers, all boasting undefeated records this season, had byes into the quarterfinals. Warren Central, the defending champion, also lost one entry in preliminary action and has four wrestlers still in the meet.

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Cloverdale guard Jerry Neese chases down the loose ball before Shakamak's Marty Mattox (10) can get to it Friday night. Neese chased down a lot of basketballs before the Lakers. He also hit 9 of 12 shots from the floor and two free throws

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corner, took only 12 shots for the night. LED BY PRICE’S seven rebounds, Cloverdale.enjoyed a 29-20 board advantage, as all 10 Clovers grabbed at least one carom. Without Eric Siepman Shakamak’s offense would have been in real Trouble. Siepman, 6-0 forward, scored 21 points and pulled in seven Laker rebounds. Shakamak won the junior varsity game 44-36. CI.OVERDAI.E (77) Price 7 2-4 2 16, Tucker 2 0-4) 2 6, Hacker 4 2-5 2 16. Chestnut 1 2-4 2 5. Neese 9 2-2 I 26. Dean 1 6-6 2 2. McCammon 2 5-6 2 9. Whitaker 2 6-6 6 6, Trumb»6 2-2 6 2. Jones 6 6-6 I 6. Totals - FC. 26 FT 17-24 PF 18. SHAKAMAK (56) Schlomer 2 1-4 2 5, Siepman I 6-6 6 2, Eavev 2 4-4 2 16. Mattox 4 6-1 5 8. F,. Siepman 8 5-6 I 18, Morris 6 6-6 2 6. Worth 1 6-1 I 2. Collins I 2-2 1 4, Rumple 1 2-2 2 4. Hamilton 6 6-6 2 6. Totals - FC. 21 FT 14-21 PF 26. Cloverdale 26 18 18 21 -77 Shakamak 16 12 16 18-56

for a Clover high 20 points. Neese, who entered the game averaging more than five assists, paved the way as Cloverdale won its 15th straight. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).

Cougars get their men this time

Bv JOE HORINE Banner-Graphic Sports Writer ROACHDALE-After the league races are over, and the season is winding down toward the state tournament, what could be better makings for a good game than a contest between teams from adjacent school districts with a little flavor of rivalry thrown in to make it interesting? Such was the case at North Putnam Friday as the Cougars avenged last year’s loss to the Southmont Mounties 71-68. THE FIRST HALF was all North Putnam. Both teams opened with and remained in zone defense for most of the game. Bad passing and poor ball handling by the Mounties gave the Cougars multiple opportunities to run away with it even before the second half tipoff. The only thing that kept Southmont within reach was its rebounding and the work of its big men underneath. Every time the Mounties would start a surge, turnovers would close the door on any hope of taking the lead. WHAT WAS initially a fastmoving game, slowed to a turtle’s pace when North Putnam was sent to the line for the bonus after all of the frequent Southmont fouls. In the second quarter, the Southmont coaches began yelling, “run, run. run,” from the bench. The Mounties did. pulling as close as two points before falling to six back at the half. The half ended with Glenn Logan of the Cougars and Robert Williams of Southmont holding the scoring honors at 12. Cougar Jerry McGaughev dished off eight assists as well

The second half began witji two turnovers and a missed layup in the first 30 seconds. Things picked up from there though as Southmont started hustling more, shooting better and looking sharper than in the first half, keeping within four points for much of the third quarter. THE CATALYST OF the im proved effort was senior Brian Howard who “shot the eyes out of the basket,” scoring eight points in four minutes, most of which came from around- 15 feet. “He hit probably six or So while standing on the sideline.” Cougar coach Phil Meyers said. “They did a fine job coming back from being down by 11 and I was pleased by the way my team kept its cool in the heat of their comeback.” Nearly every shot Southmont was able to get off went in the hole in both quarters of the second half. After the fourth quarter went without scoring for 1:30, the game became a grueling, physical, one-point affair. WHEN IT REALLY counted, however, the Mounties' shooting cooled off and with 31 seconds left. North Putnam’s Craig O’Hair iced the victory hitting both the front end and the bonus free throw as the Cougars chalked up their fourth victory in a row and their sixth out of seven. SOI'THMONT (68) Buck 1 0-0 I 2, Cash 2 0-016. Howard 7 <H 4 14. Griggs | 0-0 0 2. Williams 10 041 2 20 High 6 1-2 5 12. Oarev 4 1-2 1 9. Totals - Ft. 22 FT 2-4 PF 15. NORTH PI’TNAM (71 > Brvan 0 0-fl o 1. (lodfelter 2 04) 4 2 I.aw son 10 2-2 22 2. I ogan 7 1-2 13 } McGaughev 4 3-5 12 2. O’Hair 7 2-1 17 o Totals ~ FC. 27 FT 11-14 PF 11.