Banner Graphic, Volume 10, Number 204, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 May 1980 — Page 9

Eagles need only one big run to beat Cloverdale

CLOVERDALE-South Putnam climbed back to .500 and Cloverdale dropped to a 0-9 for the season Wednesday afternoon, as the visiting Eagles slipped by the host Clovers 8-7 in a county and conference baseball game. The victory left the Eagles at 4-4 going to Tri-West for another conference game Thursday night, while Cloverdale is 0-9 and visits powerful North Putnam at the same time. TOM ROBINSON and Jeff Long gave South Putnam a 2-0 in the first inning with RBI singles. Robinson’s single scored Chip Kessler and Long’s single pushed Robinson home. Cloverdale jumped back into the game with four runs off winning pitcher Greg Nichols, now 3-1, in the bottom of the first. Chambers and Belcher came through with first inning hits to account for the Clover hitting Airing the four run first. But South Putnam went right back on top with three more runs in the second inning. Chip Kessler doubled to chase home Mike Callecod and Robinson brought Kessler across the plate with a single for the only RBIs of the three runs scored. HENSON SINGLED in

Patriots top Clovers

Cloverdale lost its eighth straight game of the season Tuesday night to Owen Valley 71. That loss, coupled with a 7-5 and 6-0 setback to West Vigo left the Clovers at 0-8 for the season. trouble continued to be hitting, or the lack of it. Danny Henson’s two singles and Jim Price’s double were the only three Clover hits against Mel McHaley and Jeff

Cloverdale takes 11 first places

CLOVERDALE - Van Buren, the same team from which Greencastle escaped with a mere two-point victory was jumped by Cloverdale 73-32 Wednesday night. The Clover girls won *.'l but two events in the two-tean meet on the Clover track. The victory gave Cloverdale a 10-1 record in dual competition this season with the next meet being Monday against visiting Tri-West.

Logan's 40 not enough to beat Cubs Glenn Logan’s 40 was the best score Tuesday, but Greencastle took the meet, defeating North Putnam by two strokes, 174-176, in one of the closest meets between the two teams in recent years. Logan led North Putnam with a 40, but his nearest teammate held was Tony Harbison’s 42, while Greencastle’s Brent Atwell and Doug Sunkel each fired a 41, to offset the Cougar two stroke advantage in the number one position. Atwell and Sunkel were followed by Jeff Noak with a 45, Matt Headley at 47 and Brad Sellers at 49 for Greencastle. Following Logan and Hirbison was Pat Purdue at 46, David McGaughey at 48 and Tom Purdue at 53. Greencastle now stands at 12-1 for the season. * Eagles lose on court The South Putnam High School girls tennis team stands 2-3 after losing 4-3 last Friday at West Vigo. First seeded Eagle Jamie Cable lost 6-1 and 6-0, while second seed Charisse Arnold was beaten 6-1 and 6-1. Third seeded Carol Hoopengarner was ousted 6-2 and 6-0. FOURTH SEEDED Jamie Briones was the only winner for I South Putnam in singles, taking her match in three sets 6-4,1- • 6 and 6-4. Fifth seeded Kim Arnold lost 6-2 and 6-3. I According to coach Alan Raines, “our doubles have really been playing well lately,” South Putnam’s number one team I of Teresa Oney and Tina Kessler had little trouble winning 6l 3 and 6-2. The second team of Susan Ozment and Janet Sutherlin ran into a little tougher match, but won 6-5 and 7-5.

DePauw golf team comes from behind to win Wittenberg title

The DePauw University men’s golf team captured the coveted first place trophy at the -Wittenberg Invitational Meet capping one of the most successful seasons in DePauw history. The meet featured 14 of the finest Division 111 teams in the

Cloverdale’s half of the second and came home on Belcher’s double for a 5-5 ball game. Neither team scored in the fourth inning but in the fifth, Cloverdale failed to match South Putnam’s three runs in the top of the inning, scoring only two, setting the final score. Steve Renner, who had two doubles for South Putnam, scored Greg Nichols and Robinson with his second two-base hit of the game for the big blow of the inning. CHAMBERS PICKED up one RBI in the fifth inning with a single to score Neese, who reached on a double for the Clovers. While Greg Nichols was South Putnam’s winning pitcher for the third time, Neese took the loss for Cloverdale, relieving starter Price, who returned to the mound for the sixth and seventh innings. The eight runs by the Eagles didn’t surprise coach Randy Ragsdale at all. “We’ve been averaging almost eight runs per game. Our pitching and defense is there, we’re just not holding the other team down,” the Eagle coach said. South Putnam 203 030 0-O-9-4 Cloverdale 410 020 x-7-8-4 WP-Greg Nichols and Callecod. LPNeese (3), Price and Whitaker

Wrightsman of Owen Valley, one of the conference coleaders. Cloverdale got its only run in the fourth inning when the Patriot pitchers walked four straight. Owen Valley 001 410 1-7-10-3 Cloverdale 000 100 0-1- 3-2 WP - Wrightsman (4), McHaley and Miller. LP - Price. Neese (5) and Whitaker.

KELLY CHAMBERS was the only double event winner for the Clovers and as a team, Cloverdale took two of the three scoring psoitions in 10 events. Cloverdale won first and second in the 400-meter run with Donna Praed taking first place in 65.8 seconds and Karen Simpson finishing second. Chambers won the shot put at 32 feet, one inch with Bev Riley taking third place for the Clovers. The discus was also

midwest. The second consecutive Wittenberg Invitational title concluded DePauw’s season with a wonlost mark of 80-19 including a perfect 34-0 slate against Division 111 and NAIA competition. DePAUW COMPLETED the

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taken by Chambers at 84 feet, ll 1 /-. in., with Simpson finishing third. LAURA ROACH WON the long jump at 15 feet, five and a half inches with Lisa Evans finishing third. Evans also won the hurdles in a 17.1 time, not a good time for her according to coach Rita Garrett. Dawn Tucker turned in a 6:23 mile for first place and Shannon Carroll finished third. Julie Sublett took the 800 meter run for the

North Putnam shows depth to win track meet

MARSHALL - When Chet Clodfelter gets help, the North Putnam track team can be a terror and Tuesday he got all the help he needed from Rouie Skinner and Scott Mason, as the Cougars defeated Turkey Run and Montezuma on the cinders of Turkey Run. North Putnam finished with 88V2 points, Turkey Run 59M> and Montezuma 7 for the meet totals. NORTH PUTNAM WON 10 of the 15 events, four by Clodfelter alone. Skinner won two events and Scott Mason won two, while Kevin Hartman took one first and the Cougar mile relay team of Kayes, Liphart, McCloud and Kevin Hartman won in 4:10.4. Clodfelter won the long jump at 19 feet, seven inches, qualifying him for the IHSAA sectional in a third event. He also won the pole vault at 11 feet, leading a North Putnam sweep with Perry Mason and David Lawhorn finishing second and third. Clodfelter won the high jump at five feet,

54-hole competition with a score of 1136, eleven holes better than runnerup Capital University’s 1147. Steve Daly took third place in the overall individual standings with scores of 77-69-76-222 with his round of 69 being the lowest in tournament competition.

Clovers with teammate Vicki Query finishing third. Van Buren’s only two firsts were by Lisa Gerber in the 100 and 200-meter dashes. Gerber won the 100 in 12.8 seconds and the 220 in 25.9 seconds. Tuesday night Gerber beat the reigning WCC sprint champion Lisa Allen from Greencastle in both events. Gerber also finished second in the long jump for the Blue Devils. SP - 32 ft. II In., Chambers, C; Wells, VB: Rilev.C

10 inches with Perry Mason finishing second and took the high hurdles in 18.5 seconds with Lawhorn finishing third for the Cougars. AT THIS POINT, Clodfelter has already qualified for the high jump, long jump and pole vault for the IHSAA sectional. He could still qualify in the high hurdles, but rules permit an athlete participation in only three events during the sectional. Assistant Cougar track coach Bruce Boling said if Clodfelter did qualify for the sectional in high hurdle he would not run it. Scott Mason won the discus at 111 feet, one half inch for the Cougars with brother Perry finishing third. Scott also won the low hurdles in 46.7 seconds with Todd Crosby finishing third. Rouie Skinner won the mile and two mile runs for North Putnam. Skinner won the mile with a slow 5:14, but appeared to have saved some for the twomile run, which he also won in

Tom Lynch completed rounds of 75-75-77-227 for a sixth place finish while teammates Greg Lewis and Scott Welch finished with totals of 230 for a ninth place tie. BILL SCHLOTZ and Brad Collins rounded out the DePauw scoring with 12th and 18th place

U -15 ft. 5' j in.. Roach, C; Gerber, VB; Evans, C Discus - 84 ft. ll*/i in.. Chambers, C; Wells, VB; Simpson, C Hurdles - 17.1, Evans, C; Abernathy. VB; Weist,C 100 - 12.8, Gerber, VB; Roach, C; Carroll, C 800 Relay - 1:57.0, Cloverdale (Hughes, Swearingen, L. Evans, C. Evens) 400 - 65.8. Praed, C; Simpson, C; Smith, VB 440 Relay - 54.4, Cloverdale (Hacker. Chambers. Guerrettaz, Roach) 800 - 2:39.0, Sublett, C; Sampson, VB; Query. C 200 - 25.9. Gerber. VB; Hacker, C; Medley Relay - 2:06.0, Cloverdale (Praed, Roach, Tucker, Guerrettaz) HJ - 5 ft., Weist. C; Stearley, VB: Monds, C

11:12.9. Gene Winnings took third in both the mile and two mile runs. KEVIN HARTMAN WON his first 800 meter run of the season at 2:20 for the Cougars. Hartman opened the season running the longer distances, but was just moved back to 800 during the previous meets. Discus - 111 ft. 44 in., S. Mason, NP; Overpeck, TR; P. Mason, NP; Rivers, TR U - 19 ft. 7 In., Clodfelter, NP: P. Mason. NP; Gayle, TR; Newnum, TR SP - 40 ft. 7 In., Overpeck. TR; S. Mason, NP; Rivers, TR: Newcomb, TR HJ - 5 ft. 10 In., Clodfelter. NP; P. Mason, NP; Newnum, TR; Lawhorn, NP HH - 18.5, Clodfelter, NP; Johnston. TR; Lawhorn, NP; Reynolds, TR 100 yds. -11.2, Whltford, TR; Kelly, NP; Page, NP; Overpeck, TR Mile - 5:14.0, Skinner, NP; Bevebeake, M; Winnings, NP; Reynolds, TR 400 meters - 57.6, Hoover, TR; K. Hartman, NP; Liphart, NP; Newnum, TR 400 Relay - 48.1, Turkey Run; North Putnam LH - 46.7, S. Mason, NP; Johnson, TR; Crosby, NP; Miller. TR 800 meters - 2:20, K. Hartman, NP; Hudson, M; Hoover,Tß; Reynolds, TR PV - 11 ft.. Clodfelter, NP; P. Mason, NP; Lawhorn, NP 200 meters - 24.9, Whiteford. TR; Kelly, NP; Bauman, TR; Falls, M 2 Mile - 11:12.9, Skinner, NP; Carpenter, TR; Winnings, NP; B. Hartman, NP Mile Relay - 4:10.4, North Putnam (Kayes, Liphart, McCloud, K. Hartman),,

finishes, respectively. The first place finish by DePauw was the second such finish by the Tigers, the first being the Hanover Invitational Meet. DePauw also racked up third place finishes in the DePauw Invitational at Windy Hill Country Club and the

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Cubs top Cougars; game is protested

Greencastle remained alive in the West Central Conference baseball race and North Putnam suffered its first loss of the season, as the Tiger Cubs defeated the Cougars 7-3 on the Greencastle field. Prior to the game, North Putnam coach Roger Jeffers lodged a protest with the home plate umpire based on the condition of the pitcher’s mound. “That’s the worst I’ve ever seen for a pitcher’s mound,” Jeffers said. IHSAA ASSISTANT commissioners Charles Maas told the Banner-Graphic Thursday morning that a game cannot be protested on playing conditions, or facilities, once the decision has been made to play. Maas said the only protest that can be lodged in Indiana High School baseball is on the use of an ineligible player. But Jeffers didn’t blame the playing conditions for the loss. “I don’t want to use the protest of the pitching mound, or the playing conditions or the umpire’s judgment as any excuse for the-loss,” Jeffers said. “We were beat at our own game. They outpitched and outhit us.” Greencastle hammered out 10 hits to North Putnam’s five for the game, as the Cougar’s bats were silenced by Tiger Cub Mark Braden. “You know, 7-3 is not that bad a score, but it’s kind of demoralizing to us because they just took our bats out of our hands,” Jeffers said. Coach Stan Ward wasn’t surprised by the Tiger Cubs’ play. “This was not an unexpected performance by Greencastle High School. I still say North

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Winning individual honors in the Greencastle Youth Bowling League and receiving trophies were: Front row, from left, Dawn Watson, Melanie Murray and Terry

Bradley Invitational. Coach Lee Schoenfeld’s squad also made its mark against Division I competition, compiling a 19-17 record. DePauw’s other two meets resulted in a fourth place showing in the Ball State Invitational and seventh place in

May 1,1980. The Putnam County Banner Graphic

Putnam has a good baseball team,” Ward said. WARD POINTED OUT that while Greencastle had 10 hits, six of them came with two strikes against the batter. J. D. Asbell, Greg Nicholson and Ronnie Secrest each came through with two-strike singles back-to-back during the one run sixth inning. Ward wasn’t surprised Greencastle hit North Putnam’s pitching well either. “We weren’t surprised by anything, they have a good pitching staff, but we’ve been hitting all pitching this year,” Ward said pointing out the Cubs hit Avon, South Vermillion and Cascade pitching well. While Greencastle ace Mark Braden wasn’t overpowering, he did manage to limit North Putnam to only five hits. Braden struck out four and walked only two, both free passes coming in the sixth inning when the Cougars scored a run with two outs on a David Evens single. NORTH PUTNAM’S BIG blow of the game was a solo home run by losing pitcher Randy Collier in the top of the seventh inning. That was the only extra base hit for the Cougars. Centerfielder Steve Tillotson, who made a made a strong throw to home plate in the second inning to prevent a third Cub run from scoring, had a single, as did Evens, Hank Lawson and Kevin Mannix. Greencastle’s attack was led by Dave Dewsnap and Jeff Mace with two hits each, while Mike Meyer, Chuck Johnson, J. D. Asbell, Greg Nicholson, Ron-

Bowling winners

Mahoney. Back row, Fayne Custis (left) and Todd Sutherlin. (Banner-Graphic • photo by Steve Fields).

the tough Indianapolis Intercollegiate Meet. The only teams that were able to edge out DePauw in the two meets were Division I powerhouses Purdue, Ball State, Notre Dame, Louisville, Indiana State and Cincinnati. DePAUW IS EXPECTED to

nie Secrest and Troy Remsbufg each had a single. Greencastle did not have an extra base hit in the eighth victory of the season. As for staying alive in the conference race, Wards said from the beginning of the season he didn’t believe anybody would go undefeated. “Every night you’ve got to play your best ball. There are too many strong teams in the conference and the schedule is so that each strong team is playing another strong team every night,” Ward said. NORTH PUTNAM’S LOSS left Owen Valley in sole possession of first place in the conference with an umiblemished record. The Patriots play at North Putnam Tuesday. Currently North Putnam, Greencastle and Cascade share second place with one league loss. Coach Jeffers said he believed the Cougars learned something from the loss and believes it will help in the long run. “We were just flat last night. We hit the ball hard, but most of them right at somebody. The weather didnjt help any and we had our prom and that didn’t help me either because they wouldn’t let me schedule a game for Saturday. We just never got back into trie swing of things after the weekend,” the Cougar leader said. i Jeffers was extremely pleased with the large conof Cougar fans that came out to the game. “I looked over there and thought we had one of the bleachers filled upp’ Jeffers said in appreciation, .o North Putnam 000 101 1-3- 5-1 Greencastle 002 023 x-7-18-2 WP - Braden and Black. LP - Colliar, Zimmerman (5), Adams (6) and Mcßride.

receive word May 12 on 4 probably NCAA Division 111 tournament bid. The squad has received a bid for the last four consecutive years and seven times in the past nine seasons. ! The 1980 tournament is being; held at Central College in Pella J lowa May 20-23.

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