Banner Graphic, Volume 12, Number 80, Greencastle, Putnam County, 10 December 1981 — Page 9

Heavy WCC schedule on Friday night

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor If any team in the West Central Conference is going to mount a serious challenge to defending champion Cloverdale we ll find out this weekend, and more specifically during Friday night's high school basketball action. After two weeks off the North Putnam Cougars return to the court against Tri-West (3-1) in a Friday night conference game before hosting Crawfordsville Saturday. SOUTH PUTNAM TAKES a two-game winning streak to Cascade (. 3-1 > Friday and finally gets to play another game at home Saturday, hosting Van Buren. Will Greencastle ever play in McAnally Center again? The Tiger Cubs travel about as far away as possible in their lone weekend contest to play the South Vermillion Wildcats. And the defending WCC champion Clovers have another tough one for their lone weekend exercise-Eminence? i THINK THE players are looking forward to it,” North Putnam coach Phil Myers said of the Cougars’ first game since Nov. 28, the championship game of the Putnam County tournament. Although the Cougars have

Cards escape Boilers' upset bid; Virginia wins

By LARRY SIDDONS AP Sports Writer Two things upset Louisville Coach Denny Crum about the shot by Derek Smith: There was too much time left on the clock, and the wrong player had the basketball. That’s when Wiley Brown jumped in and solved both problems. Brown rebounded a missed free throw by Smith, then went back up to score a short jump shot with four seconds remaining and give the thirdranked Cardinals a 73-71 victoryover Purdue Wednesday night. Smith had gone to the line after being fouled by the Boilermakers’ Mike Scearce on a baseline drive with seven seconds left. “We had a play set up for the last shot. We couldn’t get it to the man we wanted and Derek Smith ended up with the ball,” said Crum. “I didn’t object to Derek taking the shot. It was just I didn’t want him to take it with seven seconds left. That

Cougars almost caught Eagles

BAINBRIDGE- Outscoring North Putnam 16-4 in the third quarter the South Putnam Eagles broke open a close high school girls basketball game Tuesday night and scored a 4328 West Central Conference victory over the host Cougars. South Putnam, now 5-2 overall and 3-0 in conference play, travels to Greencastle Thursday night. North Putnam, now 1-6 counting Monday night’s non-conference 42-26 loss to Danville, takes the rest of the week off before traveling to Fountain Central Monday. “I THINK WE caught them a

Boruff's school record wasn't enough

BAINBRIDGE-After suffering two opening losses, the South Putnam High School men’s swimming team recorded its first victory of the season Tuesday night, defeating host North Putnam 107-33. The Eagles are now 1 -2. South Putnam lost its opening

Cubs beat Eagles After three losses, the Greencastle High School freshman boys basketball team won its first game of the season Wednesday night, defeating South Putnam 42-27 at McAnally Center. Jay Hopkins paced Greencastle with 13 points, David Murphey had 11, John Williams six, Rob Alex and Dean Robertson four each and Jack Bedwell and Tom Chadd two each. Joe Lundy led South Putnam with eight points, Todd Branson and David Varvel scored seven each, Scott Renner had four, Brian Fisher two and John Wilkerson one. The next game for the now 1-3 Tiger Cubs is Monday night at West Vigo. South Putnam, now 1-2, travels to Monrovia Monday night.

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had two weeks to work the bugs out Myers doesn't know just how much, if any, they have improved because of the break. Actually, the first home game of the year and opening conference game will be like starting the season anew. Tri-West is coming into North Putnam inserious trouble as far as the conference is concerned. The Bruins dropped a double overtime contest to the surprising Tiger Cubs last week and are now 1-1 in league play. They were picked by most conference coaches to be Cloverdale’s primary competition, but now it looks like any and everybody in the league is waiting for the Clovers to slip. "I THINK WE’RE capable of beating them and 1 think there are other conference schools capable of beating them.”

gave Purdue time to get down and score if he missed. ” The Boilermakers called timeout with two seconds left, but Louisville, 3-0, intercepted the ensuing inbounds pass as time expired. “I think you’re going to see that Louisville is going to beat some great people before the year is over,” said Coach Gene Keady of Purdue, 3-2. “All we’ve got to do is keep our heads together and learn from each game and come back and be mentally tough.” Louisville had the only close call among the four members of The Associated Press Top Twenty in action Wednesday night. N 0.5 Virginia, with 7-foot-4 center Ralph Sampson coming back from a broken finger to help key a second-half rally, beat Duke 92-83. N 0.7 DePaul downed Gonzaga 69-56. And N 0.20 Georgetown crushed St. Leo 83-37. Top Twenty Purdue led Louisville through

little off-guard,” North Putnam coach Lloyd Blubaum said of playing the Eagles with in two, 17-15, in the first quarter and staying close as three points, 2724, at halftime. “I was real pleased with the girls. We came out and played basketball after coming off our worst game of the season Monday night. ’ ’ South Putnam took off in the third quarter when forward Kim Zeronik was able to stay in the game. The junior picked up three first half fouls. “She came out in the third quarter and just dominated,” South Putnam coach Audrey Satterblom said.

meet with Crawfordsville 111-56 and slipped under to Danville 99-71. DESPITE KENNY Boruff’s North Putnam school record time in the 500-yard freestyle, South Putnam took nine of the 11 firsts. Boruff won the 500yard freestyle in 5:43.57 and

Myers said of the Bruins. Crawfordsville is supposed to be one of the better shooting ball clubs around. However, the Athenians have been hot and cold so far. Guard Mike Reath is still the guy to watch and the one who makes them go. North Putnam shook off the flu just before the county tournament, but now 6-4 center Hank Lawson suffered a sprained ankle late last week and just got back on it Tuesday night. As of Wednesday coach Myers was listing him as a doubtful starter for Friday’s game and didn’t know how effective the senior would be if he played at all. SOUTH PUTNAM is playing its fifth game on the road in six outings Friday night, ‘‘l don’t cherish going over there. They have the reputation of being

most of the first half as Keith Edmonson and Russell Cross scored 14 points apiece. The Cardinals grabbed a 43-42 edge just before intermission, but had to rally from a five-point deficit in the game’s closing minutes to stay unbeaten. Virginia also remained undefeated by coming back from a 59-53 deficit with 13:28 to play against Duke. Sampson, who broke his finger in the Cavaliers’ season opener, had been expected to miss the game after aggravating the injury- in practice Tuesday. But Coach Terry Holland said circumstances altered the situation. “We had not planned to play Sampson,” said Holland, “but he wanted to play so badly we thought, ‘Well, what the heck, let’s let him give it a try. ’ It took a while to get his shooting down but he was a factor.” Sampson, the college Player of the Year last season, scored eight points, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked two shots

The Eagle coach was glad to see her squad win without sharp-shooting forward Darla Ellis having a strong night. “It was nice to see we could pull out a victory without a hot hand from Darla. Even Isiah Thomas has an off night,” Satterblom said. Ellis, who entered the game with a 20 point average, scored 14. LORI LANDES picked up for Ellis. “Landes was open more and took her shots,” Satterblom said of the guard normally reluctant to put the ball up. Landes scored 15 points to pace the Eagle attack.

also accounted for the only other Cougar first when he won the 200-yard individual medley with a 2:22.57. David Smithies and Rob Tilford led South Putnam’s win with two firsts each. Smithies won the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events, while Tilford won the diving competition and 100-yard butterfly. Smithies also accounted for two firsts against Danville, winning the 200-yard freestyle and the 100yard freestyle. South Putnam’s next meeting is Thursday night when Martinsville comes to the Eagle waters. North Putnam will host Greencastle on Dec. 14. 200-medley relay-2:03.58, South Puli (Wick. Oliveira, Tilford. Gibson); No North Putnam entry. 200-freestyle-2:20.13, Choate, SP; Marstellar, NP; Chadd,.SP. 200-IM--2:22.57, Boruff, NP; (.oilld. SP; No third. 50-freestyle-26.38, Smithies, SP. Wick, SP; Oliveira SP.

tough to beat at home,” coach Bill Merkel said of Cascade. Coach Jim Sharp’s team is off to a surprising 3-1 start, the lone loss being a conference setback to Cloverdale. In the traditional Sharp mold, Cascade is about the same size as South Putnam on the frontline, quick and aggressive. South Putnam’s biggest advantage might be in the backcourt, provided Gary Nichols is healthy. The senior point-guard hurt a knee against Monrovia and didn’t help it any against Danville. MERKEL WORKED WITH Athletic Director Jim Huter to get conference games on Friday night this year. “The kids are thinking a little more in terms of the conference this year than in the past. This is a crucial game for us. If we beat

in his 13-minute stint as the Cavaliers, 6-0, roared back. Freshman Jimmy Miller led Virginia with 26 points and sophomore Othell Wilson added 18. DePaul trailed 14-9 in the early going in its game against Gonzaga before scoring nine of the next 11 points for a lead it never relinquished. Terry Cummings and Bernard Randolph led the Blue Demons, 3-0. Cummings hit all seven of his field-goal attempts and wound up with a game-high 26 points. Georgetown had by far the easiest time among the Top Twenty teams, routing St. Leo behind the scoring of freshmen Bill Martin and Anthony Jones. The Hoyas, 4-2, raced to a 14-0 lead and didn’t allow St. Leo a shot in its first nine times down the court. After the Monarchs finally got on the scoreboard, Georgetown scored 20 of the next 22 points for a 34-4 lead with 6:23 remaining in the first half.

Ruthie Pickel recovered from an off-game against Danville to score 15 points against the Eagles and was the only Cougar in double figures. South Putnam won the junior varsity game 20-18. SOUTH PUTNAM (55) Ellis 6 2-12 14 Perkins 01-4 31. Woolums 2 2- 3 6, Zeronik S 0-7 3 10. Gould 0 0-1 4 0, Landes 7 1-2 3 15, Ratcliff I 1-3 0 3. Toney 1 3- 25, Flora 0 1-2 01. Mathews 0 0-0 00Totals KG 22 FT 11-37 PF 19. NORTH PUTNAM (37) Farrow 2 3-4 5 7, Pickel 7 1-4 5 15, Blocher 3 0-2 4 6, Speas 0 0-0 2 0, Hartman 2 2-10 5 6. Greeneoo-0 1 0. Crodian 01-21 I, Neumann 1 0-0 0 2, Beck 0 0-0 2 0, Plunkett 0 0-0 2 0Totals FG 15 FT 7-24 PF 27. South Putnam 17 10 16 12-55 North Putnam 15 9 4 9-37

Diving-130.5, Tilford, SP; Merkel, SP; Knapp, SP. 100-butterfly-1:07.25, Tilford. SP; Only place given. 100-lrrestyle-58.86, Smithies, SP; Choate. SP; Gibson, SP. 500-freestvle-5:43.57, Boruff. NP; Gould, SP; Chadd, SP. 100-backstroke-l: 10.47, Wick, SP; Stevens, NP; Knapp, SP. 100-breaststroke-l; 19.67, Oliveira, SP: Hayes, SP; Mostellar, NP. 100-freestyle relay-4:08.46, South Putnam (Gould. Smithies. Gibson. Choate); North Putnam; South Putnam. SOUTH PUTNAM VS. DANVILLE 200-medley relay-1:57.34, Danville; South Putnam; Danville. 200-freestyle-2:08.43, Smithies, SP; Emerich, D; Boles, D. 200-IM-2:31.34, Janneck, D; Gould. SP; Lewis, D. 50-freestyle-26.16. Ban. D; Choate, SP; Wilson, SP. Diving-190.50, Kolumhus, I); Tilford, SP; Malicoat, I). 100-butterfly-l 01.77. Tilford, SP; Huff, I); Davis, I). 100-frcc■ Smithies, SP; Ban, D; Gibson, 590-freestj 4>:07.94, Boles, I); Choate. SP; Emerich,D. tno-barkstroke-t; 10.24, Gould. SP; Wick, SP; Davis, I). 100-hrraslstroke-l: 11.94, Janneck, D; l-ewis, I); Stoutenour, D. 400-freestyle relay-4:10.68, South Putnam (Gould. Wick, Smithies, Gibson); Danville; Danville

Cascade we come back home against Tri-West next week undefeated in the conference,” Merkel said.

The Eagles haven’t even thought about 2-2 Van Buren yet. The Blue Devils, by record only, appear to be down from their level of play in recent years. Rob King, 6-4 centerforward, leads Van Buren. “King is probably one of the finest people in this area. As King goes, I think that’s how Van Buren goes,” Merkel said. While South Putnam concentrates on Cascade, Van Buren will have to worry about Rosedale. Blue Devil coach John Memmer last saw South Putnam in its season opener against Staunton, a double overtime win for the Eagles. CLOVERDALE, 6-0, IS IN a precarious situation. Eminence looks like a tattered punching bag compared to the smooth Clovers. The Eels opened the season in impressive fashion, scoring a triumph over Staunton. but since has lost to Monrovia, Indian Creek and Owen Valley. The Eels don’t lack for size. Senior lettermen Rick Wilson and Doy Everage are both 6-3 and juniors David Anderson and Jim Porter stand 6-1. Tim Green, a 6-3, 230-pound junior, should be in the middle.

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“I can’t say any weekend is going to be easy,” coach A 1 Tucker said of the only Cloverdale contest this weekend. “Eminence won’t be one of the better teams we go against, but they are definitely a team we don’t want to get slipped up on.” GREENCASTLE IS IN pretty good position entering its game at South Vermillion. The Tiger Cubs are 2-3 after last weekend’s split and could come out of this single-game schedule with a .500 record. That would give the Cubs a good shot at 6-3 before the Christmas break with Rockville, North Vermillion and Owen Valley being the last three games before the break. The way coach Doug Miller describes South Vermillion, Greencastle will be playing a carbon copy of itself. “They are quick and balanced. They have a small lineup with the exception of Hammersley, their center. He’s 6-4'/ 2 ,” Miller said. “We’re not going to have the size problem we had a week ago with Terre Haute North. Going into the game Miller expects the Wildcats to do a lot of the same things as Greencastle, change defenses and press. “We’re matched up pretty well with South Vermillion,” Miller said.

December 10,1981, The Putnam County Banner-Graphic

WCC notes Clovers still lead

Cloverdale South Putnam Greencastle Owen Valley North Putnam Tri-West Cascade Edgewood Monrovia

Cole tops scoring

Scott Cole, Tri-West Craig O’Hair, North Putnam Jim Price, Cloverdale Tim Vest, Owen Valley Rick Miller, Monrovia Kevin Loudermilk, Monrovia Chad Tucker, Cloverdale Barry Newton, Tri-West Jerry Neese, Cloverdale

Where the action is Friday Tri-West at North Putnam South Putnam at Cascade Greencastle at South Vermillion Eminence at Cloverdale Eastern Greene at Monrovia Owen Valley at Brown County Saturday Crawfordsville at North Putnam Van Buren at South Putnam Brazil at Edgewood

Tiger Sharks find Quakers have too many swimmers

Plainfield is one of the better high school men’s swimming teams on Greencastle’s schedule and the Quakers showed it Wednesday night in the first home meet of the season for the now 1-3 Tiger Sharks. Plainfield defeated Greencastle 106-57, taking seven of the 11 possible firsts. Greencastle’s next meet is Monday night at North Putnam. IT LOOKED like Greencastle would get shut out of first place the way the first half of the meet went. But Todd Watkins, Greg Brummett, Todd Gray and the 400-yard freestyle relay team won four of the last six events in the second half of the meet. “It may not look it right now, but we’re swimming real well for the numbers we’ve got,” Tiger Shark coach Paul Bretscher said of his 10-man squad. Todd Watkins and Todd Gray put together Greencastle’s most successful event. Watkins won

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WCC Total 1-0 64) 1-0 3-2 1-1 2-3 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-2 1-1 3-1 1-1 3-1 0-1 0-4 0-2 1-3

GP TP Avg. 4 94 23.5 4 88 22.0 6 122 20.3 4 77 19.3 4 75 18.7 4 66 16.5 6 96 16.0 4 62 15.5 6 86 14.3

the 100-yard butterfly in 1:01.48 and Gray finished second. Gray came back two events later to win the 100-yard breaststroke, his speciality, in 1:10.40. GREG BRUMMETT won the 100-yard backstroke in 1:03.91, approximately six seconds faster than Plainfield’s top swimmer. Watkins joined Chris Barr, Mark Marley and Jim Kenyon to form the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team. The Sharks clocked a 4:06.92 time. 200-medley relay-2:00.00. Plainfield; Greencaslie; Plainfield 200-freestyle-2:01.0, McLush, P; Fulley, P; Watkins, G. 200-IM-2;23.0, Nichols, P; Brummett. G; Rushing, P. 50-freestvle-25.0, O’Haver, P; Jones. P; Crowe, P. Diving-213.50, Mueat, P; Barr, G; Smotherman, P. 100-butterf!v-l:01.48, Watkins, G; Gray, G; Herdy.P. lt)0-freestyle-58.45, O'Haver, P; Crowe, P; Dollinger, G. 500-freestyle-5:36.44, McLush. P; Fuller, J*; Kenyon, G. 100-backstroke-l :03.94. Brummett, G; Turner, G; Cassidy. P. 100-breaststroke- l: 10.40, Gray, G; Maloney, P; Jones, P. 400-freestyle relay-4;06.92, Greencastle (Watkins, Barr, Marley. Kenyon); Plainfield: Plainfield.

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