Banner Graphic, Volume 12, Number 82, Greencastle, Putnam County, 12 December 1981 — Page 4

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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, December 12,1981

Cubs tame Wildcats to even mark

CLINTON--Greencastle chased South Vermillion up a tree in the first half and survived second-half foul trouble for a 7163 non-conference high school basketball victory Friday night over the host. Greencastle evened its record at 3-3 with the win and plays its first regular season home game next Friday night against the Rockville Rox. “I’m very pleased with where we are at this point in the season." first-year coach Doug Miller said of the Tiger Cubs’ 500 record thus far. GREENCASTLE LED 36 22 at half by playing the Wildcats 84 feet of basketball. Miller said, the Cubs would do this season. “The first half we completely dictated the tempo of the ball game,” Miller said. Applying combinations of zone presses and man-to-man presses, as against Tri-West, Greencastle took a 14-8 first quarter lead and by halftime the Cubs had the margin up to 14. However, the press had its draw back. By halftime 6-7 Cub center Jon Lamar and 6-4 forward Brian Richards each had three fouls and both fouled out during the second half. Because of the foul situation Greencastle had to back off and be a little more conservative defensively in the last 16 minutes. “THE SECOND HALF they were able to dictate the tempo,” Miller said. “We didn’t apply as much pressure in the second half and South Vermillion hit the bucket.” South Vermillion center Brad Hammersley was the reason the Wildcats stayed in the game, came back in the second half and the two Cub big men fouled out. “They did a very nice job of attacking our big people when our big people were in foul trouble,” Miller

Tri-West prevails 66-62 as Cougars press issue

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor BAINBRIDGE-North Putnam’s third-quarter fullcourt press was fuel for Tri-West’s fire Friday night and the Bruins just hung on in the fourth quarter to post a 66-62 West Central Conference high school basketball game victory over their host. North Putnam, now 2-3 for the year and 0-1 in conference play, will host Crawfordsville Saturday night. The Athenians defeated West Lafayette 61-39 Friday night. AFTER TRAILING 26-25 at halftime North opened the second half in a fullcourt zone press. “Everytime I thought they should have had a travel call on them they would come up with a bunny out of it. So they got four, or five layups that were 100 per cent shots,” Myers said. And despite Tri-West’s 60 per cent (28-46) shooting night the Cougars lost by only four points, which was as close as they ever got in the second half. Both teams opened in zone defenses, however after Hank Lawson tied the score 2-2 the Bruins were able to shut down the hobbled Courgar center and pressure Mark Bryan and Craig O’Hair enough they couldn’t get a clean shot off. The Bruins moved into a 6-2 lead before Brian McFarland cut the margin to 6-4. ALTHOUGH THE Bruins led through the period the Cougars were never far behind and trailed only 14-12 when the second quarter opened. North played almost three minutes of scoreless basketball with Lawson on the bench resting his sore ankle. When Myers put the center back into the action he went to work, cutting the Bruins’ 20-12 lead to 20-17 just one minute after walking on the court. Lawson, who finished the night

said of Hammersley’s 27 point night. The 6-5 Wildcat center scored 17 points from the free throw line in 20 attempts. Greencastle led by 10 points (51-41) when the last quarter opened and managed to hold off the host during the last eight minutes, despite having to play cautious defense. “THIS IS THE first ball game we’ve really had good, balanced scoring,” Miller said praising the Tiger Cubs. “Rex Harbison had his best ball game tonight, scoring 15 points and playing an excellent floor game. Led by Tracy Pursell’s 16 points three Cubs reached double figures. Lamar scored 15 points to equal Harbison’s offense. Greencastle shot 49 per cent (23-47) from the floor, while South Vermillion was harried to a mere 33 per cent (20-60) shooting night by the Cub defense. However, coach Miller was not totally satisfied with the shooting statistics. “We’re getting out shot every ball game. We have a goal, we want to out shoot our opponent. We’re not getting enough shots at the basket,” Miller said. "IT WAS A REAL good team effort on the boards,” the coach said of Greencastle’s 32-20 rebounding advantage. Lamar and Brad Sellers, who came off the bench to contribute nine points, each pulled down eight boards and Pursell yanked in another seven. South Vermillion won the junior varsity game 43-40. GREENCASTLE (71) Shuee 2 0-0 5 4, Sellers 3 3-4 2 9. Richards 2 0-0 5 4. Rushing 0 0-0 10, Lamar 6 3-4 5 15. Duncan 0 0-0 0 0. Pursell 5 6-6 2 16, Hess 0 00 1 0, Harbison 4 7-9 2 15, Inman 16-6 4 8. Totals-FG 23 FT 24-32 PF 27. SOUTH VERMILLION (63) Sims 3 2-2 2 8, Frazier 5 0-0 3 10, Hammersley 5 17-20 5 27, Karanovich 1 2-2 2 4, Maguire 1 0-0 3 2, Milan 2 0-1 3 4. Sutliff 3 0-1 3 6. McLeish 1 0-1 1 2. Totals-FG 21 FT 2131 PF 22. Greencastle 14 22 15 20—71 South Vermillion 8 14 19 22-63

State girls top twenty INDIANAPOLIS <AP) - The Indiana High School Girls Basketball Coaches Association Top 20 teams: 1. Manon 2. Anderson 3. Evansville Reitz 4. Gary Roosoevelt 5. Ft. Wayne Luers 6. Columbia City 7. Rushville 8. Bedford-N.Lawrence 9. Evansville Bosse 10. Warren Central 11. Noblesville 12. New Albany 13. Columbus East 14. Jasper 15. Portage 16. Merrillville 17. Wawasee 18. Indpls Brebeuf 19. Twin Lakes 20. Lafayette Jeff with 21 points and 10 rebounds despite little practice because of a sprained ankle, scored seven straight points inside. He then dumped a pass to teammate Todd Strader for a basket, bringing North within one, 2221. North led only twice during the contest, the first coming with 54 seconds left in the first half when Brian McFarland hit both ends of a bonus situation. However, Tri-West scored the last points of the half and led 2625 at the second stop. TRYING TO FORCE the Bruins out of their patient halfcourt style offense, North opened the second half with what proved to be a fatal zone press. It caused a couple of turnovers and those brought Bruin coach Mike McAllister off the bench, for which he received a technical foul. Not only did the technical result in two Cougar points and 31-30 lead when O’Hair hit both free throws, but also gave North possession. The Cougars didn’t capitalize on their big opportunity for a three-point lead and Tri-West moved back in front to stay on the next trip down court. The Bruins, now 4-1 overall

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Chris Stitzle (left) knocks the ball free and gives chase for the South Putnam Eagles Friday night at Cascade. Stitzle scored 10 points as the Eagles won their second conference game of the season and

Clovers get exercise for everyone in 29-point rout

CLOVERDALE-Remember what happened to the Egyptians when they tried to follow the Israelites across the Red Sea? They were drowned. Cloverdale drowned Eminence in two and a half quarters of play, and then toyed with the Eels for the last 12 minutes of an 86-57 non-conference high school basketball victory Friday night. CLOVERDALE tucked its seventh straight win, fourth by 20 or more points, of the season away in the first four minutes of the third quarter with a halfcourt press, allowing coach A 1

and 2-1 in the WCC, took a 46-36 lead with a minute left, staying in the zone defense. A Lawson field goal cut the margin to eight, 46-38, as the final period opened. TRI-WEST’S sagging zone defense was geared to contain Lawson. When O’Hair got the ball on the perimeter he was pressured. When Bryan came outside the shot was there and he hit an 18-footer during the final quarter. “Mark is probably our second best outside shooter,” Myers said, explaining the senior normally won’t take the shot. Not taking the open baseline and wing shots hurt the Cougars in the final quarter and forced O’Hair to shoulder most of the offensive responsibilities. The senior guard scored 11 of his 19 in the final eight minutes. “We’ve only got two players looking to score from outside,” Myers said. “We’ve got to get more scoring out of our people off the bench.” LAWSON AND Tri-West center Scott Cole, the leading scorer in the WCC, offset each other, both scoring 21 points and pulling in 10 rebounds, but after that Tri-West had the advantage. O’Hair finished with 19 points and Bryan 10 for North. The Cougars shot 44 per cent (26-59) for the night. Tri-West owned a 29-23 rebounding advantage, including an 8-3 third quarter edge. Tri-West won the junior varsity game 36-35. NORTH PUTNAM (62) Bryan 4 2-3 5 10, Kays 0 0-0 0 0, Lawson 10 I--2 4 21, McFarland 1 4-4 3 6, O'Hair 83-7 3 19, ('opner 10-0 0 2, Slrader 2 0-05 4, Mcßride 0 0-0 0 0. Totals-FG 26 FT 10-16 PF 19. TRI-WEST (66) Newton 7 3-5 2 17, Hagan 4 0-1 3 8, Scott Cole 8 5-6 2 21, Wiles 2 1-2 2 5, Hitch 6 1-4 I 13. Wilson MM) 2 2, Mitchell 0 0-0 10, Shawn ( ole 004) I 0. Totals-FG 28 FT 10-18 PF 14. REBOUNDING NORTH PUTNAM (23) Lawson 10, McFarland 4, Bryan 3, Strader 3, O'Hair 2, Copner I. TRI-WEST (29) Scott Cole 10, Newton 7, Hagan 6, Wilson 2, Shawn Cole 2, Wiles I, Hitch I. Tri-West 14 12 20 20-66 North Putnam 12 13 13 24-62

third straight overall. Stitzle has been in double figures in all six South Putnam games so far. (Banner-Graphic photo by Tracy Proctor).

Tucker to mix and match his squad into platoons the rest of the way. “It was the best effort we’ve had with a 20-point lead,” Tucker said of what was unofficially his 211th career varsity coaching victory. The Clovers pretty well had the game won before it started. Not only were the Eels playing without point-guard Brad Gore, out with a broken arm, but another of their top seven men was hampered by an injury, so it was not going to be a pretty site. THREE MINUTES into the

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North Putnam's Mark Bryan (31) battles inside Friday night, catching a Barry Newton elbow, but getting a jump ball out of the struggle. Bryan contributed 10 poin-

Winters comes in from the cold to warm Bucks

MILWAUKEE (AP)-Brian Winters isn’t happy about the prospect of spending the rest of the season as a reserve, but he’s determined to make the most of his playing time. He did Friday night. WINTERS, IN his second game back after having missed 10 of Milwaukee’s previous 11 because of a groin injury, poured in 27 points. They included three long jumpers in overtime as the Bucks rallied for a 103-100 National Basket-

game Cloverdale led 10-0. Eminence didn’t just roll over though, as the Eels outscored the Clovers 14-11 in the last five minutes of the period to get within seven, 21-14, at the first stop. With 2:40 remaining in the first half the Clovers nearly doubled the score, 42-22, and led 46-25 at halftime. Coach Tucker talked about how the Clovers have got to play hard with .a 20-point lead to improve and earlier talked about getting goals to accomplish this. “We wanted the score to be 60-30 after the first four

ts and three rebounds to the cause, but the Cougars came up short against Tri-West. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).

ball Association victory over Indiana. Sidney Moncrief, who will continue to start in place of Winters at guard, scored what proved to be the winning basket on a layup with 1:58 left in overtime. The Bucks came from 13 points behind in the third quarter to win their sixth successive game. “I was going to start Brian, but the way Sid has been carrying the club I just couldn’t do it," Bucks’ Coach Don

Eagles continue to put act together

CLAYTON-The West Central Conference basketball championship might be settled right here in Putnam County. South Putnam improved its conference record to 2-0 and overall mark to 4-2 Friday night when Gary Nichols hit two free throws with a minute left to play, giving the Eagles a 49-48 victory over host Cascade. “IT WAS A GAME the kids felt a little pressure on and it put us in good standing in the conference,” coach Bill Merkel said of the third straight Eagle victory. “And playing over there, I’m glad to win anyway.” Things didn’t look so good with 3:49 left in the game. The Eagles were down five and Nichols was playing on guts after sitting out the second quarter ill. Regular first-line substitute Tom Cooper was also sitting with the flu and Gary Strahl was beside him with two sprained ankles. All of these are the primary reasons Merkel used only six players in a loosely officiated game. Even the coach thought it was just about over for the Eagles. South cut the margin to three with about three minutes left and finally got it down to one point. With about a minute left

minutes,” Tucker said of the Clovers’ third-period objective. COMING OUT IN its usual halfcourt trap Cloverdale hit eight of its first nine shots, most of them layups from steals on defense, to take a 60-25 lead just three-minutes into the second half. That’s when Tucker, so to speak, called off the dogs. During the last 12 minutes of the game Tucker split his top six players with the rest of his bench, using a platoon system. Cloverdale led 73-35 when the final quarter opened and could have named its own score.

Nelson said. BILLY KNIGHT, who led the Pacers with 19 points, sank an 18-foot baseline jump shot with two seconds left in regulation play to tie at 93-93 and force the overtime. But Winters came back to sink three long jumpers - one after the Bucks had stolen in inbounds pass by Indiana’s Louis Orr -- to lead 99-93 with 2:56 left in overtime. The Pacers closed to within 99 98 with 2:09 left on a hook

to play Nichols scored the last two of his game total 12 points and the final score was set. SOUTH HAD TWO chances at insurance points in the closing seconds, but two missed layups and free throws made it a white knuckler. “I thought our man-to-man defense was second to none,” coach Merkel said, praising his Eagles, “especially in the second half. I thought that was the secret to the ball game. After being tied 14-14 at the end of the first quarter and trailing 28-27 at halftime, South switched from a zone to man-to-man with Dan Cash guarding high-scoring Cadet Dennis Wallen. After scoring 10 points on five first-half field goals, Wallen was limited to only two field goals and two free throws in the second half. “Danny (Cash) isn’t scoring much, but he’s doing a lot of things for us,” Merkel said. “He’s got the lowest turnover average on the team and he’s drawing the toughest defensive assignment every game.” South trailed 36-35 when the final eight minutes of action started. SEAN PACK LED a trio of Eagles in double figures with 17

As usual, Cloverdale shot over 50 per cent. Hitting 36-62 shots from the floor the Clovers finished at 57 per cent. NEESE LED THE Clovers with 23 points, along with passing out six assists. Chad Tucker followed with 17 points and seven rebounds. Jim Price scored 13, yanked in another seven boards and dealt seven assists. And Billy Chestnut scored 10 points and passed out a team-leading nine assists. Cloverdale will have to wait a week for victory No. 8. The

Dakich rewards Knight's faith

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP)One of the very few bright spots for Indiana in its drubbing by Kentucky last week was the play of freshman Dan Dakich. That’s why Coach Bobby Knight decided to star the 6-foot-5 swingman in the Hoosiers’ Indiana Classic. DAKICH HIT five of nine field goal attempts for 10 points and made several big steals and assists as the lOth-ranked Hoosiers rolled over Colorado State 82-41 Friday night. They play for the championship Saturday night against Penn State, a 65-53 first-round winner over Southern Methodist. “Dakich played real well against Kentucky, and that’s why he got the start,” said Knight, whose teams have never lost in the eight-year history over the tournament. “And he played very well again tonight. He plays hard while he’s in there, and he plays with his head.” Dakich was second in scoring for the Hoosiers behind junior forward Ted Kitchel’s 25 points. “WE STARTED out strong defensively, and I think that had a lot to do with the outcome of the game,” Knight said. “We were able to apply some defensive pressure that they weren't used to. The thing that pleased me the most was our strong

shot by Tom Owens and a threepoint play by Mike Bantom, but Moncrief made it 101-98 with his layup on a lob pass from Quinn Buckner. A LANE JUMPER by Knight brought Indiana to within 101100 with 1:36 left, and the Pacers had another chance when Milwaukee’s Junior Bridgeman was called for traveling with 44 seconds to go. However, Winters tied up Johnny Davis in the Pacer front court with 21 seconds left. Win-

points. Chris Stitzle scored 10 and Nichols finished with 12. True to form, they took turns at carrying South offensively. Nichols scored eight of his 12 points in the first quarter and when he sat down ill in the second period Pack scored nine of his game total. Stitzle scored most of his 10 during the second half. When the Eagles went into the man-to-man defense in the second half, Pack was matched with Dennis Hogan, who played away from the bucket. Pack pulled down all seven of his rebounds in the first half, and when he was away from the basket in the second half 6-0 junior Brett Meek pulled down all five of his boards. SOUTH MUST be ready again Saturday night when the Van Buren Blue Devils come calling for an 8:15 p.m. game. South Putnam won the junior varsity game. SOUTH PUTNAM (49) Nichols 52-2 112, Meek 4 0-2 18. Stitzle 5 0-1 1 10, Pack 7 3-4 3 17, Cash 1 0-0 2 2, Van Horn 00-000. Totals-FG 22 FT 5-9 PF 8. CASCADE (48) Hogan 9 0-0 2 18, Brown 1 0-0 0 2, Weatherman 0 0-0 0 0, Mink 1 0-0 0 2, Hunter 5 0-1 1 10, Wallen 7 2-2 3 16, Brewer 0 0-0 5 0, Stephenson 0 0-0 2 0. Totals-FG 23 FT 2-3 PF 13. South Putnam 14 13 8 14-49 Cascade 14 14 8 12-48

Clovers travel to Monrovia for a WCC game next Friday night, before entering the Christmas break. Eminence won the junior varsity game 36-23. CLOVERDALE (86) Chestnut 3 4-4 3 10, McCammun 5 1-2 1 11, Price 4 5-6 2 13, Craig 2 0-0 0 4, Denny 0 0-0 1 0, Neese 10 3-4 1 23, Trumbo 0 0-110, Samuels 0 0-3 2 0, Tucker 8 1-1 2 17, Welty 3 0-0 2 6, Wooldridge 10-13 2, Jones 0 0-0 10. Totals-FG 36 FT 14-22 PF 19. EMINENCE (57) Kukman 5 2-4 112, Stout 10-012, Everage 4 5-7 5 13, Wilson 0 0-0 2 0, Greene 2 4-4 3 8, Saucerman 0 0-1 1 0, Anderson 6 0-0 I 12, Porter 3 0-3 3 6, Leonard 1 2-2 1 4. TotalsFG 22 FT 13-21 PF 18. Eminence 14 11 10 22-57 Cloverdale 21 25 27 13-86

play in the second half.” Indiana built a 37-17 halftime lead and kept up its intensity in the final period, even with reserves playing most of the period. A BASKET BY Dakich started a string of 10 straight points that blew the game open just before halftime. Kitchel added a pair of free throws. Randy Wittman hit a basket and two free throws and 7-2 freshman Uwe Blab scored a field goal just ahead of the halftime buzzer. Kitchel, a 6-8 junior, had 16 points in the first half and scored Indiana’s first nine points of the second half before retiring to the bench. Minutes later, with reserves in the lineup, the Hoosiers racked up 15 unanswered points for a 40point lead at 63-23. The biggest lead was at 43 points, 80-37, in the closing minutes. Blab and Wittman added nine apiece for the Hoosiers, now 3-1. COLORADO STATE (41) Semin 3 0-0 6, Murphy 2 2-2 6, Steele 5 2-2 12, Bromley 11-2 3, Hughes 0 0-0 0, Mann 3 1-3 7. Lego 0 0-0 0, Bland 0 2-2 2, Prins 0 0-0 0, DeLavallade 0 0-10, Benn 11-2 3, Myles 1 04)2. Totals 169-15 41. INDIANA (82) Kitchel 10 5-6 25, Flowers 2 04) 4, Bouchie 1 4-5 6. Dakich 5 04) 10. Wittman 3 3-5 9, Blab 41-5 9, Thomas 2 2-2 6, Morgan 2 04) 4, Franz 0 0-2 0, Brown 3 1-2 7, Cameron 0 2-2 2. Totals 32 18-29 82. Halftime-Indiana 37, Colorado St. 17. Fouled out-None Total fouLs-Colorado St 24, Indiana 16. Technicals-Oolorado St., bench. A-l 1.823.

ters tipped the ball to Bridgeman, who sank two free throws for the final points with 2 seconds left. INDIANA (100) Banton 4 3-4 11, Williams 4 2-2 10, Owens 6 5-617, Buse 3 2-2 8, Davis 2 6-810, Orr 4 2-4 10, Knight 7 4-4 19, C. Johnson 2 1-1 5, McGinnis 4 0-0 8. G Johnson 0 24 2. Townsend 00-0 0 Totals 36 27-35 100 MILWAUKEE (103) Cummings 4 0-0 8, Mi Johnson 5 2-2 12. Lanier 6 2-3 14, Buckner 2 2-2 6. Moncrief 5 4-6 14. Bridgeman 7 6-6 20, Lister 1 0-0 2. Winters 10 7-8 27, Catchings 0 0-0 0. M. Johnson 0060. Totals 40 23-27103 Indiana 24 29 23 17 7-100 Milwaukee 20 22 29 22 10-103 Three point goal-Kmght Fouled outnone. Total fouls-lndiana 31, Milwaukee 33 Technical-Lanier A-tO. 782