Banner Graphic, Volume 13, Number 110, Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 January 1983 — Page 4
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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic. January 15,1983
Slippery Eels escape Eagles
By PAT REILLY Banner-Graphic Sports Writer In the first half of Friday night s high school basketball game, South Putnam missed only eight field goal attempts. But Eminence didn't change anything during the second half and came from behind the last 16 minutes to defeat the Eagles 69-67. “We didn’t shoot well in the third quarter,” South Putnam coach Bill Merkel said. “We had early foul trouble. The kids rocked back and play was a little tentative. The shots wouldn't fall.” "THE LAW OF averages is going to catch up,” Eminence coach Kelly Simpson said. The Eels hit 50 per cent from the field in the second half. The first quarter gave the lead to the Eagles as they outscored Eminence 20-14. Brian Christy produced six points for South Putnam with Bob Hendrich, Mike McHugh and Brett Meek each hitting four. The scoring for Eminence came primarily from Jim Porter who produced nine for the quarter and 31 for the game. The two teams played even in the second quarter. The Eagles went to the halftime break with '■a 39-33 lead. • ONLY TWO FIELD goals fell Tor South Putnam in the third quarter, the first coming at the 4:40 mark. The Eels had closed The gap and taken a one-point 4ead. • McHugh hit the first field goal for the Eagles to regain the lead. But that was the end of the South Putnam scoring until the last minute of the period. The Eels led 46-41 before Sean Pack went to the line to hit the first of a two-shot foul. Hendrich added another two points with a field goal, but John Kukman countered for the Eels to keep the four-point lead. Pack went to the line to shoot a one-and-one with 11 seconds left on the clock and collected two points. Porter hit another
North Montgomery makes Cougars 0-9
By MIKE OWENS Banner-Graphic Sports Writer LINDEN-Turnovers and cold shooting dealt North Putnam its ninth straight defeat 77-40 in Friday night’s high school game at North Montgomery. Ryan Wehrman hit a lay-up to get the Cougars off to a quick two-point lead, but North Putnam committed five turnovers in the next four minutes and the Chargers took the lead 9-4. THE 7-4 CHARGERS forced North Putnam out of its offense, holding the Cougars to three free throws the rest of the quarter to lead 15-7 after the first eight minutes. North Putnam, now 0-9, continued to throw the ball away in
Plenty left in reserve as Tigers end losing streak
' It was reserve night at Gaumy Neal Fieldhouse Friday night as DePauw put 14 players in the scoring column en route to a 83-55 victory over Washington University of St. Louis. The win put the Tigers’ record at 4-5 going into Saturday’s 3 p.m. home contest against Maryville. THE GAME was one-sided all the way as DePauw jumped to an early 24-13 lead, stretched it to 44-22 at halftime, and never looked back, leading by as much as 32 points at one time. The margin gave coach Mike Steele a chance to see all of his players in action. Everyone who dressed got at least five minutes of floor time and it’s doubtful any of the starters played more than 20 minutes. “I was pleased with how everyone played, particularly since it was the first varsity time for some of the freshmen. They played aggressive ball and did a lot of things well,” Steele praised. Freshman guard Tim Vieke came off the bench early to register 13 first-half points on his way to a game-high 17. Vieke also had four rebounds and four steals in a good all-
field goal with only one second left to play and the quarter ended with Eminence on top 50-46. THE EELS INCREASED the lead to eight before the Eagles scored again. "We made a super effort with 1:15 to go,” Merkel said. By then the Eagles were down 6256. Pack started the comeback by hitting both shots on a one-and-one. But Pack followed Christy to the bench with five fouls at the 1:07 mark, while Porter converted both free throws into points. Brad Gore was sent to the line for the Eels only four seconds later. Gore hit both shots, but collected his fifth foul at the 1:01 mark. HENDRICH continued the comeback with a field goal and Adam Hull added two more before the Eels scored again. Chris Leonard hit both of his free throws with 23 seconds to play to put the Eel lead at 68-62. McHugh scored a field goal for the Eagles, but time was called. It was the sixth request by the Eagles, one more than allowed, and resulted in two free throws for the Eels. Leonard hit the first to put the Eminence score at 69. McHugh was fouled on the inbounds play and went to the line before time had resumed. He hit both shots to bring the score to 69-66. WITH ONLY FOUR seconds to play in, McHugh was fouled while shooting and attempted to add two more to the South tally. He connected on only one. It proved to be a double loss night for the Eagles as the junior varsity was defeated 37-33. EMINENCE (69) Andersen 44-55 17. Kukman 4 IM)3X. links 0 0-0 50. Porter 11 9-1 1 0 31. Gore 4 5-7 3 13. Leonard 0 3-10 3. Greene 0 0-0 5 0, Tudor I 0-1 3 2, Kidler 0 0-2 I 0. Totals-FG 24 FT 2129 PF 27. SOUTH PUTNAM (67) Meek 4 3-5 3 11. Christy 5 4-4 5 14. Park I 7-9 5 9. McHugh 7 3-5 0 17, Hendrich 5 0-14 10. Van Horn 2 0-0 2 4. Schrock 0 0-0 0 0. Hull I 0-2 2 2. Totals-KG 25 FT 17-26 PK 21. Score by quarters Eminence 14 23 50 69 South Putnam 20 39 16 67
the second period. Jeff Eaton hit the only field goal of the period for the Cougars at the 6:35 mark and North Montgomery began to pull away with the non-conference game Brad Lighty hit on three straight from the floor as the Chargers’ lead was 22-11 with five minutes to go in the half. The Cougars could only get a free throw each from Kerry Kurtz and Dan Nelson in the last five minutes and went to the lockerroom at halftime behind 28-13. FOR THE FIRST half, North Putnam hit 3-of-13 from the field for 23 per cent, compared to the Chargers' 35 per cent, 12-of-34. The Cougars also con-
round performance. Juan Aponte was the only other doublefigure scorer for DePauw with 10 points. THE DEVELOPMENT of Vieke couldn’t come at a better time as far as the Tigers are concerned. Starting guard Gregg Notestine was out of the DePauw lineup for the first time in 2V 2 years with tendinitis in his knee. Steele says his senior sharpshooter will be out at least a week. In addition, sophomore center Craig McAtee, who made his first college start against Washington, went down early in the second half with a twisted knee. McAtee has a history of serious knee trouble and his loss would be a blow to the Tigers’ inside scoring and rebounding. Although Steele obviously would rather not see any injuries, he expressed confidence in his reserves. “We have 10-11 players who I can put into a tight game and have them do the job. Players like Vieke, Phil Wendel and Brent Ehrman have shown they can contribute and being able to bring in a shooter like Dave Hathaway from the bench is always a good feeling.” LOST «IN THE shuffle of
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Tracy Pursell (33) takes a look at the basket as Edgewood's Jay Brown finds himself out of defensive position during Friday night's basketball game at McAnally Center. Pursell scored 11 points in Greencastle's sixth straight victory and Brown netted a team-high for the now 2-7 Mustangs. (Banner-Graphic photo by Rick Combs).
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nected on only 7-of-17 free throws. The Chargers completely dominated the second half If the Cougars had any hopes of making a comeback, they were quickly put aside as their shooting continued to be as cold as the weather outside. Tom Young’s 16 points and 11 points from Greg Pierce led the Chargers in the last two periods. North Montgomery hit 60 per cent from the floor the last half, compared to 22 per cent for the Cougars. “TOO MANY turnovers and missed shots did the damage to us tonight. You just cannot give the ball away as many times as we did tonight and expect to be
reserves was starting forward Joe Dixon, who scored eight points and grabbed a game-high six rebounds in addition to holding Washington’s highscoring Fred Amos to his lowest output of the season. Amos, who had been averaging 23 points per game, shot only 1-for-ll and did not score a point while Dixon was in the game. Cloverdale High School product Bill Chestnut saw his first varsity action for DePauw and scored one point to go along with two steals and rebounds. DePauw will continue its homestand against Manchester College Tuesday night. Tip-off time is 7:30 p.m. Admission is free to everyone. DePAUW OKI) Dixon :i 2-2 I 8, Aponte 2 4-4 I 10, McAtee 4 0-0 I 8. Rutan :i 2-11 2 8, Wendel II 0-0 0 6, Hathaway I 3-3 05, Khrman I 0-0 12, lluser I 0-0 :i 2, Vieke 8 1-1 I 17, Van Pelt 1 0411 2, Vandcrkolk 14-0 4 0, Ogle 0 4-4 1 4. Strup 2 041 I 4. C hestnut 0 1-2 1 l.Totals-K(; 31 KT 21-25 PK 18. WASHINGTON (55) Steffen 304)4 0, Mayberger 0 54! 3 17, Amos I 2-4 4 4. Sparrow I 041 I 2. Weeks 3 041 2 0, Pflugger 2 04) I 4, Knox I 0-0 2 2, McDonald 3 4-4 3 10, Joseph I 2-2 2 4, Teter 0 04) I 0. Totals-KCi 21 FT 13-10 PK 23. Rebounding DePAIIW (35)-Dixon 0, Vieke 4. McAtee 3, Ogle 3, Wendel 3, Aponte 2, Hathaway 2, Khrman 2. lluser 2, Strup 2, Chestnut 2, Rutan 1, Vanderkolk I, Team 2. WASHINGTON (21)-Mayherger 4, Amos 4, Steffen 3, Sparrow 2, Knox 2, Miller 2, Weeks I, Pflugger I, Team 2. Halftime Score: DePauw 44, Washington 22. Technical Fouls-Amos. Steffen.
in the game. We forced some shots and our concentration at the free throw line was as bad as it's been all year,” North Putnam assistant coach Bill Brothers said. For the game, the Cougars hit on only 8-of-36 from the floor for 22 per cent, compared to 30-of--64 for 47 per cent for the Chargers. North Putnam took 44 free throws and hit on 24 for only 55 percent. The Cougars ended the night with 34 turnovers to 18 for the Chargers. The Chargers outrebounded North Putnam 47-to-30, despite 14 rebounds bv JohnCopner. NO PLAYER REACHED double figures for North Put-
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Tim Vieke fires up two of his team-high 17 points during DePauw University's BBSS rout of Washington University Friday night. The freshman from Vincennes
Same old winning script okay with Tiger Cubs
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Anyone who can watch a movie four times and appreciate it the fourth time as much as the first time can appreciate Greencastle’s 8-3 record. The Tiger Cubs hit seven-of-nine fourth-quarter free throws Friday night to defeat Edgewood 51-47 in a West Central Conference high school basketball game. THE SIXTH consecutive Greencastle victory, and third in conference play, came from the free throw line Just as in victories over Owen Valley, West Vigo, South Vermillion and Tri-West, Edgewood outscored Greencastle from the floor by six points. The Cubs hit 11-of-17 free throws and Edgewood half of its two. On paper this appeared to be a mismatch and the first quarter led many of those attending the “Elementary School Night ” to believe the difference in records was obvious. Edgewood entered with a 2-6 mark. "They gave us everything we wanted.” GHS coach Doug Miller admitted. “John Holmes does a very good job with them and they played very aggressively and we’re glad to get out of here with a victory.” GREENCASTLE bolted to a deceiving 17-10 first-quarter bulge. The seven-point margin
nam Wehrman and Eaton paced the Cougars with eight points each North Montgomery swept the night as its junior varsity won, 48-40. NORTH MONTGOMERY (77) I’im'f fi 3-4 :i IS. Young 6 4-5 2 18. ( ox 5 l-:i 5 11. Warren I 2-2 4 1, Eighty S :t-5 2 111. Harmon 2 2-2 :i fi. McDonald I 1-2 5 :i, Webster 4 l-l :i !l, (.rrman II <l-1 I (I. Totals-FG :io FT 17-25 PF 211. VORTII FI TN AM (401 Copner 2 2-2 2 B. Kurtz 0 2-1 2 2. Strader 0 I--12 :l t. Nelson I l-x :l B, Wehrman I fi-ll ll 8, Katon 2 l-fi I X, ( oh in 2 2 2- 5 fi. Fnsor 0 0-0 I 0. Horton 0 0-0 0 0. Totals-FG X FT 24-44 PF 21. Rebounding NORTH MONTGOMERY < 47)-Pierce 7. Young X. Cox 6. Warren 4, l ights X. Webster X. (ierinan 2. McDonald 2. Harmon 2. NORTH PI'TNAM 0101-Copner 11, Kurtz :|, Strader 5, Nelson 2. Wehrman I. Katon 2. Colvin 2. Score by quarters North Montgomery is 2X 4X 77 North Putnam 7 i:i 2» 40
scored 13 points in the first half and hit eight of 11 shots to help the Tigers snap a five-game losing streak. (Banner-Graphic photo by Rick Combs).
the Cubs built with a running game triggered by an aggressive man-to-man defense, does not exactly reflect the commanding position the home team held. Greencastle got good shots in the first quarter by running. Although they didn’t run as much in the second period because the Mustangs battled to a 10-10 draw on the boards, the Cubs still got a lot of inside shots, missing most. The Cubs’ 3-of-13 secondquarter shooting allowed the Mustangs to get within four, 2521, at halftime. “Tonight we executed well in the first half,” Miller said, comparing it to the one-point escape at Owen Valley. THE THIRD QUARTER could have turned into Greencastle’s Waterloo. The Cubs turned the ball over on six of their first eight possessions and missed the two shots they did get. "I don’t know what the stats are for the third quarter, but 1 know we got outscored and outplayed," Miller said. "It wasn’t what they did in the third quarter, it was what we didn’t do,” he continued. "Our defensive aggressiveness was not there and our offensive aggressiveness was not there. We came out flat and there is really no excuse for coming out flat because we knew we were in a check of a basketball
Cloverdale just too 'Tucker-ed' out
NEW MARKET-For the third time this season Cloverdale lost because of foul trouble. Southmont defeated Clover dale 65-64 in a non-conference high school basketball game Friday night when 6-6 Chad Tucker fouled out of the contest with five minutes remaining arid his team up by five. “SIMILIAR situation to the Cascade and South Putnam games,” coach A 1 Tucker said, comparing three of the five losses. Cloverdale led through 3' 2 quarters and had two 15-foot shots in the final nine seconds for a chance to win the basketball game. The Clovers held a 21-14 lead at the end of the first quarter and led by 11 with four minutes left in the second period when Tucker picked up his third foul. With Jerry Neese doing the bulk of the scoring. Cloverdale manage to hold a 41-35 halftime
game.” Through the end of the second period until the 3:32 mark of the third quarter, Edgewood outscored Greencastle 10-0 to lead 31-25. David Smith took a Brian Richards’ pass down the lane for a basket and free throw finally at that point for the first Cub points of the second half. EDGEWOOD took a 37-34 lead into the final eight minutes. Bill Shuee’s two free throws got the Cubs within one, 37-36, and the Mustangs managed to hold that edge until the 5:10 mark. With six minutes remaining, Greencastle went into a full-court press and Miller felt that decided the basketball game. "I felt like the turning point for us was when Jeff (Miller) and Stan (Ward) said ‘let’s get into some full-court pressure,”’ Miller said of the advice given by assistant coaches. “We went to the man-to-man full-court press, not so much to hurt Edgewood, as it was to get us going. We did that, and I felt like from there on the tempo was back to where we wanted it.” Shuee’s second field goal of the night came off the only turnover the press created, giving Greencastle a 40-39 lead with 5:10 remaining. Since Edgewood is a zone team, once in a one-point advantage Greencastle tried controlling the basketball game.
edge. When Tucker and Neese were reunited on the court to start the second half, Cloverdale jumped back out to a 12point advantage. But Tucker picked up his fourth foul and the Clovers led only 55-54 when the final eight minutes started. LEADING 61-56, the Clovers found themselves without leading scorer Tucker with five minutes left. Neese scored all nine of Cloverdale's fourthquarter points. “Chad had the worst game he has ever played," the coach said of his son. “Jerry did a good job. but he didn’t have any help.” Neese finished with 25 points and Tucker had 19, but neither shot well. Cloverdale shot 44 per cent (27-61) as a team and Southmont connected for 51 per cent (26-50). “OVERALL WE played poorly,” coach Tucker said.
Alford, Trojans claim shootout
By The Associated Press An estimated 9,500 high school basketball fans packed New Castle’s gymnasium to see fifth-rated Marion and No. 8 New Castle battle and two of the state’s top seniors gave them quite a show. Steve Alford of New Castle hit for 48 points and Marion’s James Blackmon, nearly matched him with 41 as the Trojans pulled away for a 103-79 victory in a game that was much closer than the final score indirates. “Alford had a better supporting cast than Blackmon did tonight,” said Marion Coach Bill Green after the Giants fell to 8-3, while New Castle lifted its record to 10-2. “Our inability to hit the outside shot hurt us, no one but Blackmon could hit from out there. I thought we could rebound with them but the second half they outrebounded us soundly. “Steve alford is an awful great player. But, so is James Blackmon We got beat by a real quick, offensive team tonight and we got beat real good.” New Castle broke the game open in the third quarter with Alford scoring nine consecutive points in a 10-put spurt that
The perimeter passing lured the Mustangs away from the basket and Tracy Pursell sneaked in for a wide-open shot and a 46-43 Cub lead. TRAILING, Edgewood had to foul, and Richards, Shuee, Inman and Smith hit their free throws. Inman went to the foul line to shoot a technical foul because Edgewood asked for a sixth timeout, one more than allowed. Those freebies accounted for the final two Cub points. Jon Duncan led the balanced Greencastle attack with 12 points, six in the first period. Richards and Pursell followed with 11. Jay Brown paced 2-7 Edgewood with 12 points. As important as his scoring, Richards pulled down a seasonhigh 15 rebounds, 12 in the first half when the Tiger Cubs were able to run. Edgewood won the junior varsity game 52-46. EDGEWOOD (47) Brown 6 9-0 4 12. Cage 3 0-0 2 6. Sexton 1 0-0 3 2, Jacobs 5 1-2 4 11. Dreher 3 0-0 0 6, Key 5 0-0 210, Krebs 0 0-0 00. Totals-FG 23 FT 1-2 PF 15. GREENCASTLE (51) Richards 5 1-4 0 11. Pursell 5 1-2 2 11, Shuee 2 2-2 0 6, Inman 1 2-2 3 4, Duncan 6 0-0 0 12, Smith 1 5-5 1 7, Hess 0 0-2 0 0, Judv 0 0-0 10. Totals-FG 20 FT 11-17 PF 7. Rebounding EDGEWOOD (27)-Brown 10, Sexton 6, Cage 3, Jacobs 3, Krebs 3, Key 2. GREENCASTLE (27)-Richards 15. Inman 4. Duncan 3. Pursell 2. Hess 2, Smith I. Score by quarters Edgewood 10 21 37 47 Greencastle 17 25 34 51
“Inconsistent play.” On the other hand. Southmont played well. Steve Simmons, a 6-7 junior, led Southmont with 25 points and sophomore Max Mercer scored 19. “Those two kids are playing real well.” Tucker complimented. “And their supporting cast did a better job than our supporting cast. Their two people did more than Chad and Jerry.” Cloverdale travels to TriWest Jan. 21 and goes to North Putnam Jan. 22. Both are West Central Conference games. I SOUTHMONT w on the junior varsity game 51-37. CKOVEKDALE (641 Kennedy 0 0-0 10, Welty 2 2-2 3 8. Tucker 7 5-5 5 19. Speedy 3 0-10 6. Neese 11 3-4 2 25. Samuels 0 0-0 10, Shrum 2 0-0 14, Wooldridge 10-0 12. Totals-FG 27 FT 10-12 PF 14. SOUTHMONT 1651 Fruits 4 3-4 2 11. Mercer 9 1-4 2 19, Simmons 9 7-11 3 25. Myers 0 0-0 2 0, Rice 2 0-0 2 4, Poynter 2 2-2 3 6. Totals-FG 26 FT 13-21 PF 14. Score by quarters Cloverdale 21 41 55 64 Southmont 14 35 54 65
began with Marion trailing 4236. “Tonight’s game was a good game for basketball,” said New Castle Sam Alford, the father of the 6-foot-2 senior who has already announced he’ll attend Indiana University. “ The fans got a real treat in seeing a shootout for Mr. Basketball with Steve Alford and James Blackmon.” In another Friday game matching two members of this week’s Associated Press Top 20, No. 18 Muncie Central rallied in the fourth quarter to top No. 7 Anderson 73-62. Top-ranked Indianapolis Cathedral, which travels to New Castle tonight, survived the slowdown tactics of Bed-ford-North Lawrence for a 43-33 victory. No. 4 Evansville North shook off a letdown from its first loss of the season to knock off Evansville Mater Dei 61-49. Five other ranked teams, including two that were in a fourway tie for the No. 20 position, lost Friday. Indianapolis North Central handed No. 6 Indianapolis Ben Davis its first loss of the season, 83-70, and Indianapolis Broad Ripple topped No. 14 Arlington 62-55.