Banner Graphic, Volume 12, Number 41, Greencastle, Putnam County, 24 October 1981 — Page 8
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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, October 23,1981
Olivet first of 2 Tiger road games
DePauw takes its 5-1 football record to Kankakee. Illinois Saturday to face Olivet Nazarene College (1:30 p.m., WORE 91.5). ONC is 3-4 on the year, having defeated Concordia 26-0, Eureka 16-10 and Illinois Benedictine 26-17. They have tost to Carthage 35-6, Millikin 17-13, Evangela 22-7 and RoseHulman 14-0. “THEY’VE BEEN ON the road for two weeks,” DePauw coach Nick Mourouzis said, “so they'll be emotionally read for us because they are playing at home, and especially because we did so well against them last year." Last season, the Tigers walked off with a 42-20 win. "We must keep in mind that two years ago. DePauw lost up there 21-0,” Mourouzis said. “We don't want any mental letdowns, we want to have total concentration If we’re emotionally ready, it will (hereby decrease our chances of making silly mistakes that stop a drive or keep us from scoring, or cause a major breakdown on the defensive
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Hey, folks, Cadets are contenders for WCC and playoffs By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor When I think of Cadets, I think of loud marching. However, the Cascade Cadets have been doing some quiet marching toward a possible West Central Conference football title and potentially an IHSAA football playoff berth. The two kind of go hand-in-hand at this point in the season and the Cadets do need help. ENTERING FRIDAY NIGHT’S game with rival Monrovia, Cascade stands 5-1 in the conference and 5-3 overall. A victory could send them into Wednesday night’s season finale with Edgewood playing for the conference championship. If Edgewood beats South Putnam Friday, the Mustangs will enter the season finale with one league loss and a possible playoff berth on the line. The key for Cascade though is Tri-High in Henry County, the only team the Cadets can beat out of a playoff berth. Tri-High has to win all of its games to make the playoffs and they play at Eastern Hancock (5-3) and at Centerville on Wednesday night. “The playoff position is a surprise to me because for one thing I didn’t know we scratched Plainfield, so therefore with three losses ..you pretty much can count your chickens out anyway,” first year coach Steve McLean said. Plainfield was scratched by Mike Parks before he was relieved of the head football coaching position last spring. "I NEVER REALLY started thinking about the playoffs at all until we were 3-1, then I thought if we get Plainfield we may be on our way to some playoffs,” McLean recalled. However, Plainfield was one of the three teams that got the Cadets, Danville and Cloverdale are the other two. McLean is not surprised at Cascade’s success this season even if the other conference coaches are. “No, it’s not a surprise to me because I believe in winning. I believe in winning and I don’t accept anything short of winning,” the Hamilton Southeastern High School and Indiana Central University graduate said. “We’re going to be winners.” But McLean is a first year coach, only 23 years old and only in : his second season of coaching. First year coaches are supposed to go for a .500 season and look to the future, not win their first year. BUT McLEAN IS ANOTHER Dave Enright of Hamilton Southeastern product like former Monrovia and now Terre Haute North coach Wayne Stahley and Tri-West coach Jim Gillin and that has contributed to Cascade’s success. Cascade went right to the preseason football camp, where the kids live in the gym for a week and eat, sleep and do nothing but football. Then there is the proven offense. “I started working out with them in July,” McLean said of his weight lifting program initiated as soon as he was hired. “I came in with a set offense which works well in small high schools. I know this for fact because Monrovia runs it, Tri-West runs it and 1 get it from Hamilton Southeastern (currently undefeated and ranked second in the class A poll). We all run the same offense, basically.” The offense is a simple “I-formation” designed to use the small quick football players most class A schools get. “We know it works well in small schools because you’re not going to get a halfback that runs faster than all get out, or a big quarterback every year. When you get on that’s great. And you’re going to
side of the ball.” The ONC offense seems to be a maze of walking wounded. Quarterback Steve Auch pulled a hamstring this week and is not expected to see much action. Auch had completed 46 of 117 passes for 682 yards, 14 interceptions and 3TD’s. The probable replacement is freshman Butch Stafford, who has seen little action this year. THE SAME situation exists elsewhere in the backfield. Tailback Mitch Combs, ONC's leading rusher with 378 yards in 72 carries, has a leg injury and will be limited to spot duty. ONC could be hard-pressed to find a suitable replacement. Receiver Dino Deßose will be healthy, regardless of who throws to him. Deßose is ONC’s top receiver with 16 catches on the year. “We’re still planning on Auch being the quarterback,” Mourouzis said. “We realize it’s difficult for a freshman quarterback to step in. Pressure on the quarterback is a key this week anyway. We also want to contain Deßose and control the
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line of scrimmage. We are hoping to force a lot of turnovers.”
THE ONC DEFENSE will be led by linebacker Bruce Brown and rover/cornerback Jeff Killion, who has seven sacks on the year. “We are impressed with Killion,” Mourouzis noted. “He looks to be a good player. " Looking to the DePauw side of the field, Mourouzis points out that “our injury list is the lowest it’s been since preseason.” Rob Doyle will again direct the DPU offense, with his favorite target, Kevin Perkins. Tailback Rick Lindlow will be looking for his second straight 100-yard performance after an average first half of the season. Dave Finzer was ranked third in NCAA Division 111 punting after five games. Defensively, Alan Hill is ranked fifth in interceptions after five games, and his electrifying performance on the special teams against Denison continues to establish him as a constant triple threat.
STEVE McLEAN: Believes in winning
have smaller linemen, so what you do is bring in an offense that will utilize the type of people you expect to have year in and year out and that’s what we’re doing,” McLean explained. WITH THAT EXCEPTION of the line Cascade is the normal small high school football team. Senior quarterback Dennis Wallen (5-11,163 pounds) has thrown to a variety of receivers for 1,070 yards and leading rusher senior Paul Utley (5-4,130 pounds) has 486 yards rushing in five games, his best performance being a 114 yard night against North Putnam Wallen’s targets are senior Darrell Mink (5-11, 180 pounds), and juniors Tim Hunter (6-1,170 pounds) and David Chambers (5-7,133 pounds). Although Hunter leads the team in receptions and Mink is second, Chambers is the guy who lights up the scoreboard. He has scored five touchdowns in 11 catches. Although Wallen is a roll out, or sprint out style passer, he does have a bigger than average sized frontline to operate behind. Five seniors protect the righthander. Brian Stephenson (5-9, 170 pounds) is the center, guards are Rick Fisher (5-8, 159 pounds) and Chad Brown (5-10,191 pounds) and are tackles Phil Thomas (6-3,2oopounds) and Bill Lillard (6-1,165 pounds). NOW ANY TEAM THAT shuts down Tri-West’s offense to two points has got to be playing some defense. That is where playing the same offense as the Bruins’ came in handy for McLean’s game plan. Knowing that Tri-West did not use certain pass route, Cascade blitzed its linebackers all night to sack all-WCC quarterback Greg Hitch five times. Along with that, Shannon Weatherman (6-2,175 pounds) practically shutout Tri-West’s No. 1 receiver Greg Cole playing him man-to-man while the rest of the secondary played zone. Hitch completed only six passes for 60 yards against Cascade. “I’ve got some kids that are really quick on the defensive line,” McLean praised. The offensive line is the defensive line also, as in most class A high schools. When Cascade committed eight first game turnovers against Cloverdale in a 19-6 loss, a lot of people wrote off the Cadets. But they came back for a 27-12 win over South Putnam, then stunned North Putnam 26-16. “That’s our best game to date,” McLean admitted. BUT A KEY INGREDIENT in Cascade’s success is hunger. Prior to this season Cascade’s seniors never played on a football team that won more than four games. “They’re tired of losing. For the first time this senior group has a shot at winning something,” McLean said. The conference title is Cascade’s goal and if the Cadets don’t get into the playoffs they won’t be upset or disappointed. “We’re in the picture. We could lose the next two games and be 5-5 and look mediocre again. I don’t think it’s going to happen, I think we’re going to win our next two, we’ll win the conference outright at 7-1 in the conference and if the playoff spot happens, it happens,” McLean said.
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New York Yankees' third baseman Graig Nettles robbed Steve Garvey of what was sure to be a triple with this sensation catch in game
Nettles, Jackson, Dent all injured
Yankees limp into game three
LOS ANGELES (AP) - With third baseman Graig Nettles joining slugger Reggie Jackson and shortstop Bucky Dent on the list of aching, the New York Yankees seem to be fighting a war of attrition in the 1981 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nettles, defensive hero of New York’s first game victory, is nursing a sprained left thumb that could keep him on the bench for tonight’s third game of the Series. Jackson, the Yankees’ celebrated “Mr. October,” missed the first two games because of a muscle strain in his left calf. Dent, hero of the 1978 Series, will not play in this Series because of an hand in-
two of the World Series. This catch is part of the reason the Yankees lead 2-0 going into Los Angeles, but it might have been his last one of
jury. Nettles’ injury jolted the Yankee camp on the eve of Game Three. The third baseman said he was hurt diving for a hit by Bill Russell in the sixth inning of Wednesday night’s game. Jackson has been available for pinch hitting but has been unused in the first two games. He worked out Thursday, jogging, stretching, shagging fly balls and taking batting practice. But Manager Bob Lemon said he would not play the slugger unless he was 100 percent healthy. “Otherwise, you risk losing him completely for the remainder of the Series,” Lemon said. Larry Milbourne has filled in
Volleyball regular season ends; sectional to begin
The seasons are all complete and all four Putnam County high school girls volleyball teams enter the GreencastleIHSAA sectional to be played Saturday, Monday and Tuesday at McAnally Center. Matches begin at 6:30 p.m. each night. Greencastle, who opens sectional play at 6:30 p.m. Saturday with Eminence, closed a 126 regular season with a 16-14,15-4 win at Avon. Cloverdale, the defending sectional champion who meets North Putnam in match two Saturday night, also closed a 12-6 season with a 15-2, 15-1 victory at Staunton. NORTH PUTNAM lost its finale in three games, 7-15, 15-4 and 15-7 to end the regular season 2-12. South Putnam, who plays Van Buren at 6:30 p.m. Monday night, picked up right where it left off at Brazil Wednesday night, losing the first game 15-0 to host West Vigo,
Manchester still seeks first win
By STEVE HERMAN AP Sports Writer There’s only one Indiana college team still winless for the season, and Manchester’s 0-5 Spartans don’t figure to change their fortunes against Hanover on Saturday unless they “play that perfect football game,” says Coach Jerry Lasko. Midway through his second season at Manchester after serving a year as assistant coach at Rose-Hulman, Lasko is still looking for his first triumph on the field. The Spartans were beaten in all nine games last year, although they were later credited with a forfeit victory when it was learned Bluffton (Ohio) had used an ineligible player. This year, Manchester is 0-4 in the Hoosier-Buckeye Conference and winless in five games overall. Only Bluffton, 05 and 0-6, has a worse record. Hanover, a loser to Wilmington last week, is'3-1 in the league and 3-1-1 for all games. “It probably will be a good football game,” said of the Spartans’ clash with Hanover at North Manchester.
for Dent for the last six weeks and was one of the heroes in New York’s 3-0 victory in Game Two. That triumph put the Dodgers in a deep hole, down 0-2 in the best-of-seven series. Manager Tommy Lasorda, however, remained optimistic that his team could turn things around. He has plenty of evidence that it can be done and it’s firsthand evidence, too. Lasorda and the Dodgers know it can be done beca'ise, just three years ago, they were the victims as the Yankees performed that small-sized miracle. Los Angeles won the first two games of the 1978 Series here but then the Yankees went home to win three in a row and
then lost the second game 15-9. Greencastle attempted 48 spikes and had 18 go unreturned against the Orioles. Melanie Martin paced the spikers with eight aces, while Sandy Fox had seven. Fox led the service scoring with nine points, LaChelle Wells had seven, Marcia Spencer five, Tammi Sutherlin and Martin four each and Gail Poynter two. • The junior varsity won its finale, though scores were not available, and closed the season with an 11-4 record. CLOVERDALE had an easy time with a much weaker Staunton team. The Clovers attempted 23 spikes, got 21 over the net and 13 were unreturned. Jill Swearingen, still dealing the hot hand, hammered eight aces at the net. Swearingen also paced the service scoring with seven points, backed by Julie Sublett with
Hanover Coach Pete Compise “does a good job. I think they’ll come back. The conference is still pretty open, although Anderson is in the driver’s seat now.” Anderson’s Ravens lead the league with a 5-0 mark. Findlay, which lost to Anderson last week, is tied with Hanover for second place. “We say yes, we have a chance, if we go out and execute,” Lasko said of Manchester’s hopes of beating Hanover. “But we know it’s a bigger challenge. If we play that perfect football game, we can be in there. If we don’t, it can be a long afternoon.” Lasko, who served as assistant at St. Joseph’s before going to Rose-Hulman in 1979, said the Manchester football program “needs a lot of things. We came in here and the cupboard was pretty bare. Unbeaten Wabash, ranked N 0.3 in NCAA Division 111, is at Marietta, once-beaten DePauw is at Olivet Nazarene, and RoseHulman is host to Centre. Wabash will be trying to stretch its unbeaten string to 23 games.
the season also. Nettles sprained his thumb when he dived, but missed, another shot down the third baseline. (AP wirephoto).
then returned to LA to take Game Six and the world championship. Lemon and Lasorda, back on opposite sides of the field again this year, remember. “My only comments then after losing the first two here were, ‘Well, boys, now we have them at home,’ ” Lemon said. “I imagine Tommy feels the same way.” Precisely the same way, in fact. “We’re in the same position they were in in 1978,” Lasorda said. “We’ve been down before. We’re better off now. We’re down 0-2 in the best of seven. Against Houston, we were down 0-2 in the best of five. In the best of seven, you’ve got to win four.
six, Vonda Hughes with five, Lisa Evans and Dawn Ferguson with four points each and Rhonda Hughes and Tracy Receveur with two each. Cloverdale closed the junior varsity season with a 15-0,15-12 win for an 8-5 final record. NORTH PUTNAM got off to the right kind of start, but slipped in the last two games and finished the conference season with a 1-7 record. Diane Greene paced the Cougars with seven service points, Lynn Harbison scored five, Robin Busch four, Donna Deßoer and Lee Harbison three each, Connie Speas two and Sharon Crodian and Linda Gordon each scored one. Sandra Farrow led the net game with two unreturned spikes and two unreturned blocks. North Putnam’s junior varsity finished with an 8-6 record,
Volleyball play opens CCI and D.B. Cooper's were reported winners in the opening night of the Greencastle Men’s Volleyball league. CCI scored a 15-5, 15-8 and 15-10 victory over Rokicki’s State Farm Insurance in the best of five match and Cooper's came back from a 15-11 first game loss, to defeat Central National Bank 15-10,15-7 and 15-11. No recreation at GHS Due to the Greencastle-IHSAA volleyball sectional Oct. 24, 26 and 27, there will be no public recreation or swimming, as previously announced for McAnally Center. However, McAnally Center will be open for public recreation on the following dates: Oct. 20; Nov. 2,9,16,17 and 23; Dec. 1,8 and 14. Coaches will ride America’s craziest and most unpredictable sport, Donkey Basketball, is coming to Greencastle High School's McAnally Center Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. featuring the varsity men’s basketball coaches from Putnam County against the Greencastle High School Faculty and Student Body. Already committed to ride in the game are Cloverdale head coach A 1 Tucker and freshman coach Kieth Puckett, South Putnam head coach Bill Merkel and assistant Dan Puckett, North Putnam head coach Phil Myers and assistant coach Bruce Bowling and Greencastle head coach and athletic director Doug Miller and assistant Jeff Miller. Skiers needed The National Ski Patrol Unit is taking applications for membership in the Ski Safety p atrol at Pleasant Run Ski area at Greencastle, according to director Jeff Barker. “We need good skiers in good physical shape with a desire to help other skiers,” Barker said Anyone interested should contact Mrs. Stamper at 653-5113 or after 6 p.m. at 653-6655.
They’ve only won two.” Pitching and defense have dominated the first two contests. Goose Gossage has saved both Yankee victories with four innings of airtight relief and the Yankee fielding has been flawless throughout. The pitching matchup tonight promises to be a dandy with two outstanding rookies going against each other. The Dodgers will use 20-year-old Fernando Valenzuela, whose two-hitter against Montreal nailed down the pennant last Monday. For the Yankees, it will be Dave Righetti, 22, winner of three postseason decisions.
defeating Monrovia 15-3,15-13. SOUTH PUTNAM lost 15-0. 15-1 on Wednesday night against Brazil and coach Becky Brothers had this nightmare of it going on a second night during the second game at West Vigo. After being shut out 15-0 in game one, the Eagles trailed 100 in game two before pulling it all together for a strong finish and 15-9 final score. Lea Ann Toney led the service scoring with five points, followed by Nicki Ratcliff with two, Carrie Hammond with one and Gina Williams with one. Hammond, who served the only point against Brazil, led the Eagle spikers with two unreturned, as coach Brothers made some adjustments. South Putnam attempted 20 spikes, got 17 over the net, but only four were unreturned for points. South Putnam's junior varsity closed a 4-11 season with a 15-1,15-6 loss.