Banner Graphic, Volume 10, Number 40, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 October 1979 — Page 7
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Now Comes The test for Cascade, for Saturday the Cadets, winners of the Greencastle IHSAA cross country sectional a week ago, travel to the Terre Haute regional at Rea Park. The meet begins at 11 a.m. and three area
Like Cougars, Royals may watch
Being 10-0 is not playoff guarantee
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor North Putnam can finish 9-1 and not make the IHSAA football playoffs in 1979. But Hamilton Southeastern, ranked third in the state, can finish the season 10-0 and still have to buy a ticket at the gate. Is that injustice or pot? “Well, yeah, but we’re still not out of it. There is still the possibility we could make it,” Hamilton Southeastern coach Dave Enright said. “But I don’t think that ‘possibility’ ought to exist.” ENRIGHT DOESN’T THINK it should be an “iffy” situation for his team if the Royals win their last two football games. “If a team is undefeated, then they’ve done everything possible to make the playoffs.” Hamilton Southeastern and North Putnam basically have the same problem-District 11 is overloaded with good football teams. The IHSAA didn’t help District 11, but did help District 10 class A teams when*it assigned Oak Hill and Eastern Howard to this district. The way it stands right now, if Oak Hill and Eastern of Howard County win their final two games, and at the same time Indianapolis Ritter win its last two, then Hamilton Southeastern would finish fourth. It sounds a little bit like the AFC Central Division of the NFL with Pittsburgh, Houston and Cleveland. NORTH PUTNAM WOULD finish about fifth and maybe lower, because Sheridan enters into this, even though it, like Hamilton Southeastern and the Cougars, is out of the playoffs. Should the top five playoff contenders from District 11 win all of their remaining games, Eastern would make the playoffs with a 3.44 average and Oak Hill would be the opponent at 3.40. Hamilton Southeastern, with its perfect 10-0 record, would be behind Indianapolis Ritter’s 3.22 at 3.20. North Putnam, at best, would be behind Sheridan (3.20) and the Royals at an even 3.0. It gets down to district assignment as made by the IHSAA. Oak Hill and Eastern, both of which were class AA schools until about two years ago, dropped to A and were assigned to District
South Putnam relay teams rally for victory over West Vigo
The South Putnam 400-yard freestyle relay teams came from behind Thursday night at West Vigo High School to finish first and third, giving the Eagles an 85-03 victory over the Vikings. The victory was the second this week, along with an 88-81 loss to Southmont, leaving the Eagles with a 5-5 record. AFTER SWIMMING three straight meets this week South Putnam gets a full week off before traveling to Terre Haute North on Oct. 30, then closing
Tiger Sharks put bite on Wildcats
Greencastle won nine of the 11 events Thursday night to defeat host South Vermillion 100-53 in girls high school swimming. Anne Meyer was Greencastle’s only double event winner as the firsts were spread around the team. Meyer won both the 200-freestyle and the 100-backstroke. Meyer’s 200 free was completed in 2:23.1 with Lisa Hanlon earning third for the Tiger Sharks. Meyer won the butterfly in 1:20.8 and teammate Mary Anderson finished third. THE TIGER SHARKS took first and second in four events, but did not get a sweep. Margaret Jones and Polly Bergen were one and two,
the regular season, Nov. 1 with visiting Greencastle. “When our second swimmer dived off I was ready to kiss it goodbye,” said South Putnam coach Paul Krack of the Eagle 400 free relay. “But they came back.” The team of Margee Cooper, Robin Liechty, Melody Smithies and Paula Toney won the event and the second Eagle relay team of Tina Bridgewater, Shelly Broadstreet, Sara Williams and Jenny Buis finished third, which pulled out
respectively, in the 200Individual Medley. Jamie Bemdt and Miss Wainman were onetwo in diving, while Lisa Hanlon and Margaret Jones were onetwo in the backstroke. Cathy Cannon and Bergen took the first two places in the breaststroke. 200 Medley relay—2:23.l, Meyer, G; Cloud, SV; Hanlon, G 200 1M—2:55.8, M. Jones, G; Bergen, G; Sills, SV 50 freestyle—27.B, Annen, G; Cheesewrlght. SV; Wainman, G. Diving—ls4.os, Berndt, G; Wainman, G. 100 Butterfly—l:2o.B, Meyer, G; Cheesewrlght, SV; Anderson, G. 100 freestyle-1:12.3, L. Jones, G; Sills, SV; Kovarik, SV. 500 freestyle—o:3B.4, Cloud, SV; Hedrick, G; Clock, G. 100 backstroke—l:lß.l, Hanlon, G; M. Jones, G; Banks, SV. 100 breaststroke—l:33.4, Cannon, G; Bergen. G: Wilson, SV. 400 freestyle-5:22.1, South Vermillion; Greencastle.
schools will compete. Joining Cascade from Putnam County are Greencastle and South Putnam. Mooresville and Crawfordsville also advanced from the Greencastle sectional. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).
11, despite being right on the border between the two districts geographically. ACCORDING TO COACH Enright, who is the region Eight director for the Indiana High School Football Coaches Association, the IHSAA should have moved Oak Hill and Eastern Howard to District 10, for balance alone. As it stands right now there are 20 teams in District 10 and 26 teams in District 11. The word getting around is that both Oak Hill and Eastern Howard are to be moved into District 10 next year. But that is little compensation to North Putnam, Hamilton Southeastern, Indianapolis Ritter or Sheridan this year. Out of the top 10 teams in this week’s Associated Press writer’s poll--which according to Enright is more accurate than the coaches’ poll-seven were from District 11. Ranked in this district are Hamilton Southeastern (3rd), Sheridan (4th), Oak Hill (sth), Eastern (6th), North Putnam (7th), Seeger (Bth) and Fountain Central (9th. Add the honorable mentions of Indianapolis Ritter, Monrovia and Clinton Prairie, and there is some pretty select company. But all this may change, he says with a hearty laugh. THE IHSAA VOTES Nov. 5 on expanding the present 24-team
the victory. South Putnam would still have lost if not for the third place finish. THE EAGLES TOOK only five firsts for the entire meet, but managed a first and second in diving and the 50-yard freestyle. Kandi Arnold, who also won the 100-yard freestyle in 1:03.1, won the 50-freestyle in 28.2 seconds with teammate Michelle McConahay finishing second. Shelly Broadstreet broke her own South Putnam school diving record with a 180.15 first place performance and topping it all off was Tamara McConahay’s second place finish. McConahay’s score was her best ever also. AT TERRE HAUTE 200 medley relay—2:l3.6, SP (Arnold, M. McConahay, T. McConahay, Nichols); WV. 200 freestyle—2:ls.2, Miller, WV; Liechty. SP;Gauer. WV.
DePauw kickers tie, but hockey team not as lucky
The DePauw soccer and field hockey teams salvaged a tie and a loss in away games Wednesday. The soccer team tied an aggressive Purdue team, 1-1, while the field hockey lost a 3-0 decision at Indiana State. The soccer team salvaged a 11 tie with Purdue in a nonconference game Wednesday at Lafayette.
Fields' Findings
fM—2:54.4, Junker. WV: Beach. WV; Cooper, SP 50-freestyle—2B.2, Arnold, SP; M. McConahay, SP; Bard, WV. Diving—lßo.ls, Broadstreet, SP; T. McConahay, SP; Ennis, WV. 100 butterfly—l:l7.s, Caplsick, WV; Cooper, SP; Bridgewater, SP. 100-freestyle—l:o3.l, Arnold, SP; Bard, WV; Blair, WV. 500 freestyle—s:s2.3, Miller, WV; Liechty, SP; Gauer, WV. 100 backstroke—l:lß.s, Roberts, WV; Nichols. SP; Toney, SP 100 breaststroke—l:lo.B, Caplsick, WV; Junker, WV; M. McConahay, SP. 400 freestyle relay—South Putnam (Cooper, Liechty, Smithies, Toney); West Vigo; South Putnam. SOUTHMONT MEET 200 medley relay—2:l6.l, Southmont; South Putnam; Southmont 200 freestyle—2:2l.o, Calhan, S; Liechty, SP; Smithies, SP 200 1M—2:44.3, Coudret, S; Sauoldi, S; Cooper, SP 500 freestyle—27.3, Arnold, SP; Jones, S; Toney, SP Diving—lsl.2, Broadstreet, SP: T. McConahay, SP; sills, S 100 butterfly—l:l3.B. Coudret, Sauoldi, S; Cooper, SP 100 freestyle—l:oo.B, Arnold, SP; Calhan, S; Broadstreet, SP 500 freestyle—6:24.l, Liechty, SP; Service, S; Brown,S 100 backstroke-l; 17.2, Sills. S; Nichols, SP; Toney, SP 100 breaststroke—l:23.3, Jones, S; T. McConahay, SP; Taylor, S. 400 freestyle relay—4:4s.B, South Putnam (Arnold, Cooper, Liechty, Nichols); Southmont; South Putnam.
A goal by freshman midfielder Dwight Burgess put the Tigers ahead, 1-0, midway through the first half before the Boilermakers rallied to tie the game in the second half. ONE TEN-MINUTE overtime was played before the game was called because of an electrical storm. Ted Crowe earned the tie in
Three things can happen with a pass, two are bad
The DePauw football team will need a big day on pass defense Saturday as the Tigers travel to Olivet Nazarene College in Kankakee, 111. The game will be broadcasted on WGRE-FM beginning at 1:30 p.m. DePauw, coming off a 6-0 loss to Division II Valparaiso, will be facing a Division 111 team that threw 61 passes last Saturday in a 24-19 loss at RoseHulman. DePauw, 2-3 overall, is seeking to snap out of a threegame losing streak against 3-3 Olivet. The Tigers have their work cut out for them as they prepare for Saturday’s Olivet homecoming. The two teams are playing for the first time at Ward Field. STARTING AT quarterback for the Olivet Tigers will be Jeff Habedank who has already completed 101 of 179 passes for 1285 yards in six starts. The 6-2, 190-pound junior has thrown
playoff system to 48. This plan was proposed to the Football Coaches Association years ago by Enright. His proposal has been modified and improved upon since it was originally put before the association, but it has taken more than two years to reach the IHSSA voting stage. Enright believes this will be the last expansion because it should get all of the undefeated teams in the state into the playoffs. “This will probably be the limit. Illinois and Ohio have a four-game tournament already,” he said making the comparison. The present system is better than the original 12-team system--one from each district. As a sports writer I was covering the 9-0 Linton football team of 1976 and felt at the time the Miners should have made it. North Putnam should be in the playoffs, but my opinion doesn’t count for playoff points. YEAR IN AND YEAR out, there are 10 undefeated football teams total in Indiana. Going into this eighth week of the season there are 13, according to Enright. Some final games around the state could change that. Enright believes the Royals’ last shot at the playoffs is this week when Cass, honorable mention class AA, meets Eastern of Howard County and Taylor, both of which Oak Hill should win, according to record. Coach Enright thinks a lot of the job that Gene Roe has done at North Putnam High School. The coach is also pretty proud to look around the district and see some of his former assistants are now head coaches. Wayne Stahley at Monrovia and Mike Gillan of Tri-West were both his assistants at one time. Gillan and Enright played together for the Indianapolis Capitols. HAMILTON COUNTY, incidentially, could easily be called the hotbed of Indiana High School football. Last year the county was represented in all three classes of the playoff-Carmel AAA, Noblesville AA and Hamilton Southeastern A.
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the Tiger goal after saving an almost sure goal late in the game. “It was a fairly even game,” commented coach Page Cotton. “Both teams had their chances to win the game but the two teams were unable to play to their abilities due to the wet ground.” The tie evened the Tigers’
nine interceptions and nine touchdown passes. Last week against Rose-Hulman Habedank completed 30 of 55 passes for 332 yards and two touchdowns. Habedank has three excellent receivers to go to when he opts for the passing attack. Tight end Phil Zell, split end Dino Deßose and wide receiver Craig Dillman have been doing the bulk of the pass receptions. Deßose presently leads the squad in pass receptions with 28 catches for 326 yards and three touchdowns. “We could see a lot of footballs in the air on Saturday,” said coach Jerry Berndt. “We’re going to have to pressure their quarterback and take their passing game away from them.” Although Olivet may opt for the run only 30 per cent of the game, it is well-equipped to do so behind the running of fresh-
overall record to 4-4-2 with three games remaining.. DePauw travels to Earlham this Saturday before hosting ISU-Evansville and Wabash the following Saturdays. THE HIGHLY REGARDED Indiana State women’s field hockey team won a 3-0 defensive battle over a stubborn DePauw squad Wednesday at
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man tailback Bill McElroy. McElroy has carried the ball 85 times for 272 yards and one touchdown. Olivet also has a strong defensive attack led by linebackers Phil Link and Jeff Nessier. The pair has combined for 76 solo tackles and % assists. Their two defensive ends, Jess Souila and Jeff Killions, could also pose problems for the Tigers. “THE GAME could be won on a couple of big plays Saturday,” said Berndt. “We will need to run more and hope to have some of our running backs ready to play again.” Five Tiger running backs are out with injuries following last week’s game against Valparaiso. Matt Bray, Don Cefali, Tom Kleinschmidt, Adam Morris, and Don Popravak are all coming off injuries with Bray the only back expected to see action at Olivet. Moving to the starting
Cubs extend streak Greencastle enters its own volleyball sectional with a 14-1 record as a result of winning the final match of the regular season 15-10 and 15-7 at Avon Thursday night. The victory stretched the Tiger Cub winning streak to 13 and coach Valerie Jones says team balance is the reason. “My bench is as strong as our starting six, that’s our asset for sure.” Only three girls served for Greencastle in the opening game, as Beth Saathoff, who served out the contest, had nine in the game. For the match Saathoff had 12 points to lead the Cubs, followed by Rose Moore with seven, Allison Leer with three, Liz Mundy two, Sandy Fox two, Marcia Spencer two, Tammy Clark and Susan Whaley each had one. Avon won the JV contest in three games, closing the Tiger Cub junior varsity season at 7-8. “We’re having a good practice today and tormorrow, then we’ll be ready for Monday,” predicted coach Jones. Greencastle opens defense of its sectional title at 6:30 p.m. Monday evening with Rosedale. Brazil and South Putnam play in the second match of the evening, approximately 20 minutes after the first match. Victory still eludes Tiger ladies The DePauw women’s volleyball team is still searching for its first win after Vincennes University put a damper on the Tigers’ home opener Wednesday night at Bowman Gymnasium. The visitors took a quick start by winning the first two games, both by 15-2 scores, before DePauw bounced back to win the third one, 15-12. Vincennes clinched the win with a 1512 triumph in the decisive fourth game. . DePauw, winless in ten matches, hosts a four-team tournament on Oct. 24 at Bowman. Teams from Butler, Indiana Central and Marian will be the opponents as each squad faces the other in a best-of-three match. The tournament begins at 6 p.m. and will be the Tigers’ final set of matches at home.
song, "We Are Family." "The Family" returned to its home in Pittsburgh Thursday and the celebration was going strong. (AP Wirephoto).
Terre Haute. The Sycamores fired 38 shots on freshman goalie Suzanne Van Hove as the Tigers were forced to play defense throughout most of the game. Sharon Kolarik did all the scoring for Indiana State, tallying a pair of goals in the first half and converting on a penalty shot in the second half.
tailback position Saturday will be Scott Welch with freshman Rick Lindlow slated to start in the fullback slot. Kevin Perkins will remain at the flankerback position. THE DEFENSIVE injury situation remains basically the same as last week with only Pharez Whitted questionable for a repeat starting role as rover. Olivet has split its first six games with victories over Ulinois Benedictine., 31-7, Eureka, 14-0, and Lakeland, 170. The losses have been to Alma, 24-18, Hope, 35-7, and RoseHulman, 24-19. In addition to snapping a three-game losing streak, the Tiger squad will be out to break a string of 20 consecutive losses on the road. The last time a DePauw team won an away game was in 1975 when the Tigers defeated Ohio Wesleyan, 32-14.
“DESPITE THE loss, we played one of our strongest games of the season,” said coach Judy George. “We played tough defense in the circle and had an excellent day passing.” The Tigers, now 2-10-1, play three away games in the next four games. DePauw travels to Eastern Kentucky Friday.
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