Banner Graphic, Volume 11, Number 149, Greencastle, Putnam County, 25 February 1981 — Page 9

Sectional opens Wednesday night

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Rest up those lungs, beware of tourney show, and get out that old high school letter sweater, it’s sectional time. The Indiana High School Athletic Association state basketball tournament opened Monday night in Ft. Wayne, but gets underway locally Wednesday night at Greencastle High School’s McAnally Center. COMPLETE STORIES and information on the six participating teams are featured in today’s Banner-Graphic sports section South Putnam and Cloverdale open tournament play at 7 p.m. Wednesday night at McAnally and Rockville meets North Put-

Shooting leads to Tiger loss Cold shooting from the floor helped spell defeat for DePauw University’s women’s basketball team. The Tigers dropped their regular season finale to Indiana Central. 61-39, Saturday. The loss leaves DePauw at 8-13. “The final score does not indicate the type of ballgame played,” coach Mary Freeland, “we just could not hit the entire game.” DePauw trailed only by two at the half, 21-19, but were outscored, 40-20. in the second half. Laura Haas led the Tigers with 12 points, Becky Ragsdale had 11 and Ginny McCracken chipped in nine. The Tigers will be in district competition this weekend at Marion College. DePauw will face Anderson College Friday evening at 7 p.m. Both teams are tied for the number four seeding in the tournament. The winner will go against num-ber-one seed Marion at noon Saturday. DePauw will have some extra incentive going against Anderson. The Tigers were downed in overtime by the Ravens, 70-67, in Anderson last week. “We shouldn’t have any trouble getting up for the game,” said Freelan J. Girls need coaches The Greencastle Girls Softball League needs coaches or anyone willing to help. Anyone interested in coaching or helping with an instructional league team (7-9 years old), a junior team (10-13 years old) or a senior league team (14-18 years old) should contact either Donna Mahoney at 653-3040 or June Tilley at 653-3313. Coaches from last summer willing to take a team again this year should confirm this by telephone.

DePaul rips Butler 89-64

Beavers chew Huskies with defense

By WILLIAM R. BARNARD AP Sports Writer It was the best of times and the worst of times for top-ranked Oregon State, whose blitzkreig defense made sure that was enough to keep the Beavers the only major unbeaten college basketball team in the nation. Ralph Miller’s powerhouse squad made only 36 percent of its shots in the first half, then came back with a more characteristic 73 percent in the second to whip the Washington Huskies 89-63 for its 23rd straight victory this season. ; “We missed a lot of easy shots in the first half, so we were down at about out lowest half of the season,” said Beavers Coach Ralph Miller. “But what’s wrong with .545 at the end of the game? “It wasn't one of our better games but the second half was close to our best half.” In other games involving teams in the new Associated Press Top 20, fourth-ranked DePaul manhandled Butler 89-64 and N 0.20 Louisville, making its first appearance in the national rankings in nine weeks, won its 11th game in a row with an 81-67 decision over Cincinnati. For most of the season, Oregon State has been ahead of Missouri’s NCAA team record pace of 57.2 percent set in 1979-80. But while the Beavers struggled to find the basket in the first

Football playoffs may be 64 teams, 4 classes by 'B2

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana high school football playoffs would double in size to 48 teams this year and be revamped entirely to include 64 teams in four enrollment classes starting in 1982, according to a special study committee recommendation to the Indiana High School Athletic Association. The proposal is designed alleviate inequities in the ourrent system under which some teams are penalized for playing smaller schools and can go unbeaten and still not qualify for the post-season tournament. - South Bend St. Joseph’s, the most prominent example, went unbeaten in 1979 and 1980 but did not make the Class AAA playoffs either year A lengthy report by the study committee was presented to the

nam at 8:30 p.m. in game two. Greencastle and three-time defending champion Van Buren play at 7 p.m. Friday night and winners of the two Wednesday night games play at 8:30 p.m. The sectional championship game is Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. TICKETS HAVE BEEN on sale at all six participating schools. Season tickets are $4.50 for all three sessions and may be purchased at the McAnally Center ticket office only on opening night. Single session tickets are $2.25. Prices are established by the IHSAA. As in past years, there will be a shuttle bus service between the IBM parking lot and McAnally Center. Greencastle

IHSAA executive committee on Monday. The IHSAA said it would conduct a series of 10 area meetings around the state in March before any action is taken on the recommendations. The state playoff format has been under scrutiny by the study committee since last fall. It was noted that the present formula of awarding points for each victory during the season, with fewer points awarded if the opponent is in a lower enrollment classification, penalizes nearly a third of the state’s 322 teams. “It would be safe to say that 90-100 teams in Indiana start at a disadvantage before the first game is played each season,” said study committee chairman Guenther Herzog, principal of Fort Wayne Concordia, in the report to the IHSAA.

High School Athletic Director Doug Miller asked that as many fans as possible use the shuttle because of limited parking area at the school. The shuttle service begins at 6 p.m., or one hour before the first game, and continues through the end of the last game in each session. FANS ARE ALSO reminded the IHSAA prohibits balloons, signs, posters or banners, confetti. cow bells and any other mechanical noise makers. Pom poms are allowed, but without sticks only. These rules not only apply to the Greencastle sectional, but for the entire state tournament. School fans in violation of these rules can be penalized by the IHSAA.

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Oregon St. back in saddle

By TOM CANAVAN Associated Press Writer Oregon State regained the top position in The Associated Press college basketball poll today as Virginia, No.l last week but the latest in a long line of teams to have a major winning streak snapped by Notre Dame, slipped to N 0.3 behind runnerup Louisiana State. Oregon State, 23-0 and the only major unbeaten college team, collected 54 of 60 firstplace votes and 1,193 of a possible 1,200 points in the nationwide balloting by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters. The Beavers, N 0.2 last week, were replaced in the No.l slot by Virginia three weeks ago after holding the top spot alone for two weeks and sharing it with the Cavaliers another week.

half, they still led 37-27 at intermission because the hoop was nearly invisible to the Huskies. They scored on only 25 percent of their shots in the first 20 minutes and finished the game connecting at a 34 percent clip. “We couldn’t shoot the ball worth beans and I suppose that has something to do with their defense,” said Washington Coach Marv Harshman. “A team like ours has to put the ball in the hole pretty regularly to cause any problems. When we stayed in there at the first of the game, they were shooting about as poorly as we were. “After they started getting the ball inside, they had no problems.” The man inside for Oregon State was center Steve Johnson, who scored 21 of his game-high 24 points in the second half. He played only four minutes in the first half because of foul trouble, then returned after halftime to score six of eight straight points by the Beavers to put them firmly in control. Washington led 16-14 midway through the first half before the Beavers scored 13 points in a row over a 4 1 i>-minute stretch to take the lead for good. The DePaul and Louisville starters gave their teams huge leads before going to the bench.

The report said that in 1980 there were 74 schools which, if undefeated, could not reach a 3.00 average, the maximum possible if each game involved an opponent in the same classification. Thirty schools participated in classes above their actual enrollment, either because of conference requirements, location, economic reasons or other scheduling problems. Nine schools were affected by both problems, being penalized in points and playing above their level, the report said. The study committee said a complete format change could not be put into effect by the coming season, so it recommended only extending the season one week and doubling from 24 to 48 teams in the threeclass playoffs. That would set

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LSU, which now holds the nation’s longest major winning streak at 25, jumped two notches in taking over the N 0.2 position. The Tigers, 26-1, garnered four first-place votes and 1,087 points in edging both Virginia and DePaul, which dropped a notch to fourth. Virginia, which saw its 28game winning streak shattered by Notre Dame, 57-56, last Sunday, was tabbed No.l by one voter and picked up 1,079 points. DePaul, which raised its record to 24-1 with an 89-64 victory over Butler Monday night, was five points farther back and had the final first-place vote. Arizona State, which was N 0.7 a week ago, claimed the N 0.5 position this week with 856 points Dame, which leaped five places following its upset of Virginia.

up a sectional round of eight games each in Class AAA, AA and A, a regional round of four games in each of the three divisions, a semistate round of two games in each division and the three championship games. The “cluster plan” would go into effect in 1982, expanding the total playoff field to 64 teams in four classes, AAAA, AAA, AA and A. “Each school shal be required to play every school assigned to their respective (geographic) cluster and these games will be the only games counted toward earning a playoff berth,” the report recommended. There would be 16 clusters in each of the four enrollment classes, with five or six teams within each cluster. The playoff representative from each

Utah, ranked ninth last week, edged both lowa and Kentucky for the N 0.7 slot with 739 points. The Hawkeyes, who defeated Big Ten rivals Indiana and Purdue last week, had 725 points for eighth, 10 more than the Wildcats, who posted victories over Florida and Vanderbilt last week. The AP Top Twenty By The Associated Press 1. Oregon St. (54) 23-0 1,193 2. Louisiana St. (4 ) 26-1 1,087 3. Virginia (1) 23-1 1.079 4 DePaul (1) 24-1 1,074 5. Arizona St. 20-3 856 6. Notre Dame 20-4 831 7. Utah 23-2 739 8. lowa 19-4 725 9. Kentucky 20-4 715 10. Tennessee 19-5 647 11. North Carolina 21-6 586 12. Wake Forest 21-4 552 13. UCLA 17-5 533 14. Illinois 18-5 456 15. Brigham Young 20-5 326 16. Indiana 17-9 193 17 Maryland 17-7 147 18. Arkansas 20-6 136 19. Wichita St. 20-4 132 20. Louisville 17-8 106

DePaul easily improved its record to 24-1, taking a 42-14 lead late in the first half against outmanned Butler and used substitutes to coast the rest of the way. Junior guard Skip Dillard scored all of his 18 points before intermission to pace the Blue Demons’ scorers. Louisville, the defending national champion that started the season 2-7, improved its record to 17-8 with a solid performance against Cincinnati. The Cardinals led 33-23 at halftime and outscored Cincinnati 21-4 to start the second period to build a 54-27 margin. Jerry Eaves finished with 21 points for Louisville. Elsewhere, Zam Fredrick solidified his national scoring leadership with 43 points as South' Carolina ended its regular season with a 106-69 triumph over Georgia Southern; Mike Ferrara, the N 0.2 scorer in the nation, scored 35 points to lead Colgate to a 75-66 decision over Army ; Villanova outlasted Connecticut 74-73 in double overtime behind John Pinone’s 23 points; Graylin Warner scored 23 points and Kevin Figaro added 22 as Southwestern Louisiana upset Lamar, then ranked 19th, 9781; Tulsa improved its record to 18-6 with a 63-47 victory over Indiana State; and Dennis Isbell scored 23 points to help Memphis State to a 75-67 victory over Penn State.

cluster would be the team with the greatest number of victories against other cluster opponents. However, only the games on IHSAA calendar week Nos. 10, 12,13,14 and 16 will be counted. If a cluster has only five teams, they could fill one of the IHSAA designated weeks with an opponent from outside their cluster. If two teams tie for first place within a cluster, the team that has won their regular-season game would be the playoff representative. If three or more teams tie for first place within a cluster, all of those teams would meet on the Tuesday following the last scheduled cluster game and participate in the tiebreaking procedure used in overtime games. The pairings would be determined by a blind draw.

Reggie talking business FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) Reggie Jackson, who would like to be the highest-paid player on the New York Yankees, may settle for getting the most respect. The slugging outfielder met with George Steinbrenner for two hours Monday and discussed a “lifetime” business deal with the Yankees owner. “George was very complimentary, very, positive,” said Jackson, who will be 35 in May. “He talked to me like a business associate. He really thinks something of my name, my drawing card ability, what I mean to the sport. I always thought I’d like for someone to say ‘We want you to be a part of us.’ Jackson said the only negative aspect of the wideranging deal he has been discussing with Steinbrenner is that his playing salary would be less than the $1.4 million per year Dave Winfield reportedly will receive from the Yankees, or the $1.3 million Fred Lynn is said have signed for with the California Angels.

The study committee heard reports on the plans to expand the present tournament and to adopt the cluster format in December. Last week, the cluster plan was presented in detail and adopted by the committee for recommendation to the IHSAA. Proposed sectional playoffs would be conducted this year on Nov. 6, with regionals on N0v.13, semistates on N0v.20, Class A and AA finals on N0v.27 and the Class AAA championship on N0v.28. If the cluster plan is adopted, the sectionals in 1982 would be on Nov.s, regionals N0v.12, semistates N0v.19, Class A and AA finals N0v.26 and Class AAA and AAAA finals N0v.27. The advantages to the cluster plan, Herzog said, include: —There are no points in-

February 24,1981, The Putnam County Banner Graphic

Sports scoreboard

Monday's College Basketball Scores By The Associated Press EAST Cheyney St. 86, W.Chester St. 81 Colgate 75, Army 66 George Mason 98, Catholic U. 66 Niagara 123, King’s 66 St. Francis. NY. 78, Manhattan6l St. Francis. Pa. 87, Baltimore 74 Towson St. 57. George Washington 56 Villanova 74, Connecticut 73,20 T SOUTH Grambling 76, Southern 69 Jacksonville St. 74. Troy St. 55 Louisiana Tech 64. Arkansas St. 56 Louisville 81, Cincinnati 67 Marshall 87, The Citadel 79 Memphis St. 75. Penn St. 67 N.Carolina A&T 75, Texas Southern 67 N.C.Charlotte 91, Davidson 89,20 T N.C.Wilmington 64, Campbell 49 N.Georgia 86, Oglethorpe 70 NW Louisiana 91, Nicholls St. 84 South Carolina 106, Ga. Southern 69 SW Louisiana 97, Lamar 81 Stetson 54. South Florida 45 Texas-Arlington 100, McNeeseSt. 87 Virginia St. 129, St. Paul’s 108 W Carolina 68, Appalachian St. 61 W.Kentucky 69, N.lowa 64 MIDWEST DePaul 89. Butler 64 Illinois St. 62. Cleveland St. 53 SOUTHWEST Hendrix 76. S. Arkansas 59 Midwestern 110, Texas Wesleyan 97 Pan American 77, N.TexasSt. 73 Tulsa 63, Indiana St. 47 FAR WEST Nev.-Rcnoß2, Boise St. 69 Oregon St. 89, Washington 63 Puget Sound 76. St. Martin’s 68 W.Now M'‘x ;, 'oßo, Santa Fe 61 DEPAUI. (89) Aguirre 6 1-1 13, Grubbs 4 4-4 12, Cummings 3 3-4 9, Bradshaw 5 1-2 11, Dillard 9 0-1 18. Randolph 7 0-014, Moore 21-1 5, McMillan! 1-2.3, McGuireo 0-00, Manella2o- - Totals 39 11-16 89 BUTLER(W) Hutson 21-2 5. Mitchem 9 0-0 18. Miller 6 6-1018. Davis 2 0-0 4. Warren 1 0-0 2, Butler 2 2-2 6. Rogers 0 0-0 0, Mahurin 2 1-2 5, Mcßoberts 2 OO 4, Dale 1 0-0 2. Craft 0 0-0 0 Totals 27101664. Halftime Score DePaul 46, Butler 20. Fouled out Cummings Total fouls DePaul 20, Butler 12. Technical Butler, Miller. A -13,465 ap-na-02-23-81 2310 est uos9r sa czcwyfqyv PM-BKC-Collegeßkb Scores, Indiana High School Basketball Boys’ Sectional Tournament By The Associated Press Monday’s Games Fort Wayne I First Round FW South 53, FW Snider 39 FW Elmhurst 69. FW Luers 54 By The Associated Press The final Associated Press Indiana high school basketball Top 20 for 1980-81, with first-place votes in parentheses, regularseason records and rating points (240 possible): 1. Anderson Madison Hts (6), 21-1,219 2. S.Bend LaSalle (2), 20-1.212 3. Marion (1). 18-2.186 4. Indpls Howe, 20-2,135 5. Hammond Noll (1), 19-1,132 6. Jeffersonville (1). 19-1,118 7. Valparaiso, 18-2,100 8. Ft. Wayne North (1), 16-2.98 9. Andrean, 17-3,84 10. Argos, 21-0,68 11. Lafayette Jeff. 17-3,43 12. Bedford-N.Lawrence. 18-2,31 13. Kankakee Valley. 19-1.28 14. Clinton Central. 19-1,22 15. Gary Roosevelt. 17-4,21 16. Vincennes. 18-2,19 17. Ft . Wayne South, 16-5.17 18. Elkhart Memorial, 17-3,16 19. Ft. Wayne Harding. 16-4.14 20. (Tie) Highland, 16-4,13 New Albany, 18-4.13 Others receiving votes, listed alphabetically: Anderson Highland. Connersville. Covington, East Chicago Roosevelt. Evansville Bosse, Floyd Cen-

Brookins honored CHICAGO (AP) Vince Brookins of lowa’s first-place Hawkeyes has been selected Big Ten basketball Player of the Week. Brookins, a 6-5 senior from Cleveland, scored 19 points in a 78-65 victory over Indiana and came back with 16 points in a 67-62 triumph at Purdue. He made 15-of-20 shots from long range and was credited with forcing seven turnovers in the Purdue game. “The shooting of Vince Brookins in two pressurized games was unbelievable,” said lowa Coach Lute Olson. Brookins edged Indiana’s Ray tolbert for the honor. Tolbert scored a total of 36 points in games against lowa and Minnesota with 12 rebounds and seven blocked shots. Others nominated were Rod Roberson of Northwestern who had 35 points including 21 in a 74-70 upset of Michigan; Larry Petty of Wisconsin who scored 40 points including 25 in the 77-63 upset of Ohio State and Eddie Johnson who scored 32 points and had 18 rebounds in leading Illinois to victories over Michigan and Michigan State. Irish get Rowan SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Ron Rowan, a 6-foot-5 guard from Beaver Falls (Pa.) High School, has has announced he will attend the University of Notre Dame next fall. Irish basketball coach Digger Phelps has announced. Rowan currently is averaging 25.9 points, eight rebounds and three assists per game and is considered a good outside shooter. Phelps said. He is the first high school recruit to declare his intention to enroll at Notre Dame.

volve’, therefore no advantages or disadvantages. —Conferences with schools in various classes can co-exist. —Schools can schedule traditional rivals in another class. Travel can be reduced. —All undefeated teams will be in the playoffs. —Schools may schedule nine or 10 games with no disadvantages if you start later. —More teams are in the playolifs (64). Chances are one in five or one in six will participate. —lt would seem that scheduling for independent schools in non-cluster games would be easier. —All schools play in their class. —Winners are determined on

tral, Gary Wirt, Heritage Hills. Homestead, Indianapolis Broad Ripple. Indianapolis Washington, Loogootee, Manchester, Michigan City Rogers. Muncie Central, Shenandoah, Terre Haute South. Whiting. Whitko. National Basketball Association . At A Glance By The Associated Press Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W . L Pel GB. Philadelphia 52 13 .800 - Boston 49 15 .766 2*z New York 40 24 .625 IHz Washington 30 35 .462 22 New Jersey 20 45 .308 32 Central Division Milwaukee 46 18 .719 Indiana 36 29 .554 10'z Chicago 32 34 485 15 Cleveland 25 39 .391 21 Atlanta 24 39 .381 21** Detroit 15 52 .224 32'z Western Conference - T Midwest Division San Antonio 42 24 .636 Kansas City 32 34 . 485 in Houston 31 33 .484 10 Denver 25 38 .397 15' z Utah 24 42 .364 18 Dallas 9 55 .141 32 Pacific Division - Phoenix 49 19 .721 Los Angeles 42 21 .667 4'z Portland 33 32 .508 14'-> Golden State 32 32 .500 15 San Diego 28 35 444 IB' -. Seattle 28 36 438 19 Monday’s Game Houston 106, Utah 102 Tuesday's Games ... „ New York at Atlanta Seattle at Dallas Golden State at San Antonio Los Angeles at Chicago New Jersey at Denver San Diego at Portland Wednesday’s Games Cleveland at Boston New York at Washington Los Angeles at Milwaukee Indiana at Houston New Jersey at Utah Philadelphia at San Diego National Hockey League At A Glance By The Associated Press Campbell Conference Patrick Division W L. T. GF. GA Pis NY. Islanders 36 16 10 277 205 82 Philadelphia 34 17 10 240 183 78 Calgary 29 21 12 240 223 70 N.Y. Rangers 23 30 9 244 254 56 Washington 19 26 15 214 237 53 Smvthe Division St. Louis 36 13 12 270 210 84 Chicago 26 26 10 245 248 62 Vancouver 21 23 17 223 226 59 Edmonton 19 30 10 234 248 48 Colorado 17 33 10 201 262 44 Winnipeg 7 43 11 190 292 25 Wales Conference Norris Division Montreal 34 18 8 259 177 76 Los Angeles 32 20 9 255 228 73 Pittsburgh 21 30 9 223 265 51 Detroit 18 30 12 191 244 48 Hartford 16 29 16 231 289 48 Adams Division .' . Buffalo 29 12 19 239 181 77 Minnesota 29 19 14 227 196 72' Boston 27 23 10 237 217 64 Quebec 21 28 13 235 257 55 Toronto 22 29 10 248 281 54 Monday's Game ,' New York Islanders 4, Minnesota 1 Tuesday's Games Montreal at St. Louis Edmonton at Los Angeles Philadelphia at Vancouver Wednesday's Games Minnesota at Hartford Buffalo at New York Rangers Winnipeg at Pittsburgh St. Louis at Detroit Boston at Quebec Colorado at Toronto „ Washington at Chicago New York Islanders at Calgary Philadelphia at Edmonton

the field, —Continued interest during the season for the playoff can increase attendance. The IHSAA executive committee has scheduled meetings with principals, athletic directors, coaches and news media at Jasper High School, 10 a.m., March 9; New Albany High School, 7 p.m., March 9; Greensburg High School, 10 a m., March 10; Muncie Central High School, 7 p.m. March 10; IHSAA headquarters in Indianapolis. 10 a m., March 11; Greencastle High School, 7 p.m., March li; Frontier High School;, lo a .m„ March 17; Valparaiso High School, 7 p.m., March nGoshen High School. 10 a. m . March 18. and Huntington Nor-, th High School. 7 p.m.. March 18.

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