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The Putnam County Banner Graphic, December 1,1979

Clovers stand tall in victory

BySTU STEELE Banner-Graphic Sports Writer CLOVERDALE - Size was the key Friday night as Cloverdale moved its record to 2-2 with a sound 87-63 victory over the Eels of Clay City. The Clovers out rebounded their opponents 42-20 with 6-4 sophomore dim Price leading the way with 17. Trading baskets early, both teams kept the score close throughout the first quarter. With 3:06 left in the period the Clovers started to build a lead on baskets by Dave Isaacs and tony Hacker At the 5:23 mark Hacker hit a jumper to make the score 17-10 in favor of the Clovers. Hustle on the part of guard Bill Watts kept the Eels off the offensive end of the court. Still Watts couldn’t do everything and Clay City’s Barry Dyer pumped in a basket to pull the score to 19-12 Cloverdale. Brad Tucker hit a shot with 15 seconds to go. to make the first quarter margin 21-12. DYER CAME OUT gunning as the second quarter started, putting in two quick shots to make the score tight. His baskets with 4:59 to go and another 30 seconds later, followed by a free throw, made the score 31-28 Cloverdale. Clay City baskets by senior Tim Duncan and junior Greg Woodruff again pulled the score within four, but with 21 seconds to go in the half Cloverdale’s Price advanced the lead to nine. 39-30. Following an Eel basket, Tucker hit a 25-footer at the buzzer to make the halftime score 41-32. Clay City’s Dyer did all he could to make it an even ball game, but the shooting of Isaacs and Eddie Rosengarten and Price's nine first-half rebounds made it all Cloverdale. THE SECOND HALF opened with two baskets by Watts 30 seconds apart, the first coming only half a minute into the period. With 6:40 to go, the Clovers’ Rosengarten made it 47-34. Buckets by Watts and Clay City’s McQuearv made it ' 49-38. Yet Watts was hot, his four

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points along with two bv Price, made it 55-42 in favor of the Clovers with three minutes left in the quarter. The Eels Mike Persinger made it 55-44 For the rest of the quarter it was all Cloverdale. Baskets by Hacker. Walts and Rosengarten made it 61-44 with 36 seconds remaining. After trading buckets the teams walked off the floor at the end of the third period with the score 63-46. THE FOURTH QUARTER remained fairly even as Clay City just couldn’t gain any ground. Tucker hit a shot followed by two baskets from Rosengarten. as Cloverdale pulled to a 22-point lead. Three quick shots by the Eels cut the lead to 16. Both teams put in baskets, one by Watts, one by McQuearv to make it 75-55 with four minutes to go. Another shot exchange made it 77-57, but three quick ones by the Clovers moved it to 83-59 with a minute to go in the ball game. A two-pointer by Dyer followed by baskets from Cloverdale’s Jim Dean and Dan Henson made it 87-61. The Eels got the last hurrah though as Dyer hit a swisher at the buzzer to make the final 87-63, Clover dale CLOVERDALE COACH A! Tucker summed it all up saying, “It was the type of game, against the type of team, where our frontline had a lot of success because we had them outsized.’’ Tucker also cited Rosengar ten’s shooting touch, and Price’s job of cleaning the board’s as keys to the team’s victory. Cloverdale tries to go over .500 Saturday at Avon CI.OVERDAI.E (X7> Isaacs 5 2-2 2 12. Middleton 2 0-1 2 I. Rosengarten 7 :t-t I 17. Tucker 2 0-0 2 t. Watts 7 2-2 116. Dean 4 0-0 2 S Hacker 10-1 I K. Henson 2 0-0 04. Whitakero 0-1 20. Price 5 2-:t :t 12. Totals: Ft’. :»!* FT 9-11 PF 22. CI.AY CITY (63) Duncan 2 2-20 6. Dyer X 2-0 I 19. Heffner 0 0-0 :t 0, McQuearv 6 0-00 12. Miller :t 1-6 2 10. Persinger :t 2-2 2 0. Vansickle I 0-9 2 2. Woodruff 2 (Ml I I. Rentschler 0 1-5 I I. Totals: FC. 24 FT 15-22 PF 15. REBOINDING ( I.AY CITY (20) Duncan 2. Dyer I. Heffner 2. McQuearv 2. Miller 2. Persinger 5. Rentschler I, Woodruff I. CI.OVERDAI.E (12) Isaacs 5. Middleton I. Rosengarten 2. Tucker I, Watts 2. Dean 2, Hacker 7, Price

Leonard, Johnson earn world boxing titles

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - Sugar Ray Leonard is just what he said he was going to be a welterweight champion of the world. Now if promoter Bob Arum has his way, Leonard could get a chance to expand that world in his next fight. “To make a long story short...you’re looking at the welterweight champion of the world,” Leonard said at a prefight press conference. Friday night he backed up his words by stopping Wilfred Benitez in the 15th round of the richest non-heavyweight fight in history to win the World

Ball, Ball Who wants the basketball? That leather oval is surrounded by Eagles and Bulldogs, but nobody, but no-o-o-body wants to claim it. Monrovia did claim victory,

Happy ending Strong finish pulls Cubs through again

By KIETIt PUC KETT Banner-Graphic Sports Writer LIZTON - The Greencastle Tiger Cubs came through with another strong finish Friday night at Tri-West to defeat the Bruins 66-63. The Cubs trailed by as many as five points during the fourth quarter before Brent Shuee and Brent Atwell took command. Shuee scored all of Greencastle’s field goals in the fourth period, while leading the Cubs in rebouding with nine. Atwell’s steals, penetration, and clutch free throw shooting enabled him to pace the Cubs with 17 points. GREENCASTLE got off to a slow start. While Tony Robertson was back in the starting lineup from an injury, Shuee did not start. Cub coach Roger Tuggle explained, “Shuee didn’t practice all week because

Boxing Council welterweight title. The 23-year-old Leonard said he would be happy to give the 21-year-old Benitez a rematch. But Arum said “My recommendation to the Leonard people will be that they go fight Pipino Cuevas next. I have reason to believe he (Cuevas) will accept.” Cuevas is the power-punching World Boxing Association welterweight champ. Also looming in Leonard’s future is former lightweight champion Roberto Duran. There’s no doubt that the unbeaten Leonard’s 21st television appearance in 26 fights was an

DePauw moves into tourney finals

COLUMBUS, Ohio - It wasn’t really impressive, but it was a victory and a ticket into the championship game of the Capital City Classic Friday night for DePauw University. The Tigers defeated firstround opponent Muskingum 4946 in the tournament opener and now meets Capital in the championship game Saturday night Capital advanced with a 91-77 rout of Thomas Moore. “WE LACKED intensity. We didn’t approach the game with the right attitude,” coach Page

61 proves to be Cascade's lucky number

AVON - “You have to score 62 to beat us,” Cascade coach Jim Sharp chirped after the Cadets won their second game of the season 61-54 over the Avon Orioles Friday night. The 61 points matched the Cadet offensive show against Cloverdale in the season debut. The Cadets take their 61 point average to Monrovia fora West Central Conference game

of the flu. We couldn’t play him much due to that fact.” The Cubs held a slim 16-15 lead at the end of the first quarter. Starting off the second period, Robertson connected on three consecutive jump shots to give the Cubs a 22-19 lead with seven minutes remaining. However, the Bruins came back to take their first lead 23-22 with five minutes left. Heavy fouling and the resultant free throws dominated the rest of the half for both teams. The score was 32-32 at halftime. Despite Atwell’s steals, TriWest took temporary control of the game in the third period. The Bruins used Bob Woodall’s hot hand to forge a 49-45 lead at the end of three quarters. THE FOURTH quarter belonged to Shuee and Atwell. Tri-West had built their biggest lead 54-49 with 5:07 left to play.

artistic success. But the 1976 Olympic hero had to share the national television spotlight with middleweights Vito Antuofermo and Marvin Hagler and light heavyweight Marvin Johnson. “As I said before the fight, I could punch with him, and he knew I could,” Johnson said after his victory Friday night. “But I didn’t just go into him and punch, I boxed, too. I’m an all-around fighter.” Johnson knocked Galindez out with a looping left 20 secon ds into the 11th round and now holds the World Boxing Association version of the light heavyweight championship. Me held

Cotton said after the second Tiger victory in as many games. “We were just fortunate to win.” The game started with a nibble here and a nibble there. It was close for the last time in the first half at 6-6 before DePauw rocketed to a 30-16 halftime lead. With the score knotted 6-6, DePauw reeled off six straight unanswered points in the tur-nover-riddled basketball game. There were 35 turnovers between the two teams, 19 by

Saturday night. IT WAS MORE Cascade’s free throw shooting and Avon’s foul trouble that decided the game. Cascade hit just 18 field goals and Sharp said the Cadets didn’t shoot too well “You get away from home and hit only 18 field goals you feel lucky to win,” Sharp said. It was like playing against themselves for the Cadets. The

however, over South Putnam Friday night in the West Central Conference classh. (Banner-Graphic photo by Beth Robinson).

Then Shuee scored two quick hoops inside, and Atwell canned two free throws to tie the score at 55-55 with 4:20 left. After an exchange of baskets, Shuee came through with what coach Tuggle called “the play that won the game.” With the score tied 57-57 and 3:10 left, Shuee blocked a layup attempt by Rusty Bruce of TriWest. He not only blocked the shot, but recovered the ball in mid-air to give Greencastle possession. The Cubs immediately went to their spread offense. Quick penetration enabled guard Greg Nicholson and Atwell to draw fouls down the stretch. Nicholson’s two free throws gave the Cubs’ their biggest lead 62-59 with 1:27 left. Atwell hit four consecutive charity tosses to nail down the victory. DESPITE THE WIN, coach

the World Boxing Council’s title for five months and vowed he’d have it back from Matthew Saad Muhammad. “I’m going to get him,” Johnson said. “I owe him. He knows it. He was up to my room prior to the fight, trying to tell me what to do. I told him that what he should be doing is thinking about where he wanted to fight me. I shouldn’t have lost to him in the first place.” But first, he said, he plans to offer Galindez a chance to win his title back, adding, “I’m a fair man. If Victor Galindez was kind enough to give me a shot, I’ll give him a return, if he wants it.”

DePauw and 16 bv Muskingum. NEITHER TEAM stalled much. During the last two minutes DePauw put the ball on ice to hold off rallying Muskingum. DePauw shot 52 per cent for the first half, but a tight 2-3 Muskingum second-half zone cut that to 47 per cent (24 of 51) for the game and got the eventual losers back into the contest. DePauw’s biggest lead came a minute into the second half at 32-16. JEFF BIBBS led the balan-

Orioles played an aggressive, quick-reacting defense to stay with the Cadets. Cascade led lilt) at the first stop and 27-24 at halftime. THE ORIOLES applied tight, fullcourt pressure throughout the second half and the Cadets hit their free throws. After three quarters Cascade held an eight point, 39-31 advantage.

Tuggle was not pleased with his team’s defense. “We can’t start a game reaching and grabbing on defense. We have got to learn to play good, solid defense the first two to three minutes of a ball game.” However, he was happy with his team’s play later in the game. “We work hard on holding the lead and setting the tempo when we have the lead. We did a real good job of that tonight. We really got our tails in gear the last five minutes. <;HKK\( ASTI.E (66) Atwell 2 I l-l I 2 17. Nicholson 2 2-2 2 6. Hampton 2 5-7 2 11, Shuee 6(MI 2 12. Fields 1 (Ml I 2. Robertson 4 1-2 2 9. Ruis I 5-7 I 7. Black I II I) I 2. Totals: F(i 21 FT 24-22 PF 21 TP 66. TRI-WEST (62) l.ee 7 2-6 2 17, Woodall 5 1-2 I 11, Bruce I 7-9 2 9, Newton 6 1-2 I 12. Flater 2 1-2 2 7, Rife 2 0-1 I I, Mayinan I (1-0 I 2. Totals: EG 26 FT 12-22 PF 16 I P 62. REBOI NDING GREEN! ASTI.E (331 Fields I, Black 2. Atwell 4. Nicholson I, Shuee9. Buis 5, Robertson 5. Hampton 2. TRI-WEST (20) Woodall 2, Bruce 2. Mavinon 2, Newton 5. Baumgardner I. Gregory I. Rife 2.

Johnson relaxed after the fight, looking fresh and unruffled as he chatted with wellwishers and reporters. Galindez failed to show up in the post-fight interview room and pushed past reporters. “He never shook me up,” Johnson said. “A couple of times he threw a punch when I was off-balance and I slipped back and the crowd went ‘Ooh,’ but I wasn’t hurt. But I hurt him a couple of times.” Galindez, who turned professional in 1969, won the championship in 1974 and fought in 15 title fights, losing two. His overall record is now 52-7-1. Johnson is 24-3.

ced DePauw attack with 15 points, followed by backcourt mate Matt Holliday with 12. Jeff Collins led Muskingum with 14 points. Muskingum held a small 34-32 rebounding advantage on the Tigers. Kirk Kitzinger led DePauw board work with eight DePAIJW M9> Bibhs 7 1-2 15 Holliday 6 0-fl 12 Mundy 5 0o 6 Kitzingrr 4 i>-2 8 Mayor 2 0-0 4 McDmtgal 1 0-0 2 Kills I 0-0 2 ~ Totals FG 24 FT 1-4 MKSKINGI'M <461 Collins 6 2-2 14 Braidic 4 0-0 8 Pohjala 222 6 Kimberly 2 0-1 4 Clark 2 0-0 4 Thomas 2 0-0 4 Doudna 2 0-0 4 Shumaker 0 2-2 2 - Totals FG 20 FT 6-7.

then netted 22 points in the final quarter. “They hustled the way we hustled against Cloverdale. They did that to us tonight.” Sharp said. Terry Stephenson led the Cadets’ balanced scoring with 17 points. David Ogles and Kevin Doll each had 10, Rick Daugherty 11 and Terry Sim-

Bulldogs too hot to handle for Eagles

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports L^ditor When a team hits 78 per cent of its shots in the second half it’s unlikely that team is going to lose. Monrovia shot 78 per cent in the second half to overcome a 10-point South Putnam thirdquarter lead and defeat the Eagles 82-71 in a West Central Conference game Friday night The 0-4 Eagles try again Saturday night at Danville to earn coach Bill Merkel his first victory. SOUTH PUTNAM LED through the entire first quarter and with the exception of a brief 27-25 Monrovia dead in the second period, held command through the first half. The score was knotted at 1-1 in the first quarter, 25-25 in the second and 27-27 for the only ties of the first half. The Eagles jumped to a 5-1 lead on field goals by David Williams and Chuck Sears. But a serious problem was developing that would hurt South Putnam down the stretch. “It comes down to the same situation we’ve been in before.” coach Merkel said. “We got into early foul trouble and the people that have got some playing experience in the first three or four ball games we’ve had, they’re on the bench and we’re going with kids who have never been in the ball game under pressure conditions.” By halftime starting guard Troy Arnold had four fouls on him and starting forward David Williams had three. THE BIGGEST EAGLE lead in the first quarter W'as four points. 5-1, 17-13 and 19-15 v'hen the first eight minutes ended. A free throw by relief guard Mark Christy and a Johnny Briones basket stretched the home team lead to 22-16 and it went to eight when Christy tossed in another with 7:01 left in the first half. As quickly as South Putnam built that lead, the Bulldogs whittled it away. Rick Streiff and John Stanley hit unanswered baskets for Monrovia. After Chris Stitzle moved the Eagles up with one of his six first half free throws. 6-6, Bulldog center Brian Steward hit two fielders to knot the contest at 2525. A SOUTH PUTNAM turnover and a Don Courtney bucket gave the Bulldogs a taste of what it was like to lead. 27-25, but it didn’t stand as Sears countered for South Putnam and Christy tossed in another field goal to move the Eagles in front for the half. South Putnam shot a sizzling 14 of 21 in the first half while moving toward the 40-33 halftime lead. The Eagles didn’t back off in the early going of the third period The dogs were on the run early as Sears opened w ith a basket and Williams added a

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pson 12 for the victors. Avon’s offense came mainly from Bates, who had 20 points and Leak who added 10. CASCADE (61) Ogles 4 2-2 2 10. Simpson 2 8-10 4 12. Doll 4 2-1 2 10. Daughters II 5-5 2 11. Stephenson 5 7-8 4 17. I.ong 0 0-0 I 0. Wallen 0 1-2 2 1. Totals: FG 18FT25-31 PF 16 AVON <541 Bates 0 2-1 5 20. Hayden 1 0-0 I 2. Bot/um 1 0-0 I 2. Burns I 0-2 I 8. l eak :i 1-5 5 It). Bodgerol-2 I 1, Ftienne I 0-0 I 2,ti Wilson 4 1-2 :i 7. Bail ley I (Ml I 2, Wilson 0 0-0 I 0. Ilindereroo-020. Totals: Fti 2:t FTB-15 PF

free throw for a 10-point Eagle lead THE LEAD jumped between eight and 10 points for the next two minutes. But like a cornered animal, the Bulldogs tur ned to fight. South Putnam fans saw a 45-35 lead disappear to a 59-59 tie score at the end of the third quarter. Monrovia tied the game 49-49 with about four minutes remaining in the period and took a four-point. 55-51. advantage before the Eagles rallied to tie. South Putnam came out freshin the early going of the fourth quarter, but never got more than three points away from the Bulldogs. With starters in foul trouble the Bulldogs had the Eagles on the run. Chris Huber came off the bench to score four quick points on a field goal and free throws, keeping the Eagles ahead in those early minutes. The sixfoot junior center game South Putnam its last lead at 65-62 with a pair of free throws. BRIAN STADER, in his first start of the season for Monrovia, cut South Putnam's lead to one. 65-64. and a free throw knotted the game 65-65. Steward put Monrovia ahead for good with a pair of free throws and gradually the Bulldogs pulled away. South Putnam was within striking distance going into the final minute. Monrovia led 75-71 with 54 seconds left in the game, but the Eagles never scored again. Chuch Sears led Eagle scoring for the third time this season with 20 points Troy Arnold pumped in 12. giving the South Putnam starting guards-a combined 32-point performance. Don Courtney led all scorers with 26 points for the 2-2 Bulldogs and received double figure support from mates Brian Stader with 15 and John Stahley with 14. AFTER SHOOTING 66 per cent in the first half the Eagles cooled to 49 per cent for the game, hitting 25 of 51 from the floor South Putnam hit 11 of 30 in the second half. South Putnam’s free throw shooting was more than solid at 72 per cent. 21 of 29 in the foul-riddled contest. Monrovia won the junior varsity game 43-41, leaving the young Eagles at 0-2. Smith Putnam (71) Scars 9 2-2 f 21) Arnold I 1-3 I 12 Stit/le I 6-X 1 X Briones 2 (1-2 I I Williams 2 1-2 1 5 Nichols (l (Ml 1 it Christy :| 5-6 2 It Renner 2 1-2 2 5 Huber 2 2-2 2 6 - Totals EG 25 FT 2129 PF 27 Monrovia (XI) Courtney lit 6-10 2 26 Strader 6 3-6 2 15 Steward 3 3-6 3 9 Harris 2 1-2 I 3 Stabler i 6XI 11 Cooper (12-2 0 2 Streiff 3 1-227 Koonce 2 (Ml 3 I ~ Totals FG 311 FT 22-36 PF 20 Rehoundin|> South Putnam (29) Sears 7. Stit/le 6. Briones 1, Williams 3, Renner 5. Huber 2 Monrovia (29) Courtney tt. Stader t. Steward I. Harris 3. Stahley 3. Streiff t. Koonce I

Blocks key for Pacers LANDOVER. Md. (AP> - The slumping Washington Bui lets now have lost five of their last six games and Coach Dick Motta claims he doesn't have a solution. “I’ve made all the line-up changes I can. I don't know what else to do." said Motta after the Bullets were beaten 99-91 by lowly Indiana Friday night. Motta shook up his ineffective backcourt by benching both Phil Chenier and Kevin Porter, but it failed to shake up his lethargic team, which made only 39 percent of its shots. The Bullets, who have lost five of their last six games anc matched their season's lowest point total, were led by Rogei Pheglev. who scored 25 points, and Bobby Dandridge. who con tributed 17. Coach Bob Leonard of In diana called the game one of his team's best defensive efforts of the season The Pacers blocked a whopping 19 shots, seven by James Edwards and five, by rookie guard Dudley Bradlev.