Banner Graphic, Volume 13, Number 119, Greencastle, Putnam County, 26 January 1983 — Page 9
Eagles keep bucket with victory over Greencastle
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor South Putnam built an 11-point halftime lead with a delay tactic, tflen held off Greencastle in the fourth quarter for a 4644 West Central Conference high school basketball victory Tuesday night at McAnally Center. The win not only allowed South to retain possession of the Putnam County bucket, but also moved the Eagles into second place alone behind Cascade in the WCC with a 4-1 record. The Eagles take a 7-6 overall record to 4-8 Avon Saturday night. GREENCASTLE dropped to 8-5 overall and 3-2 in conference play. The Cubs are now tied with Cloverdale for third place in the WCC and the Clovers come to McAnally Center Feb. 1. The Tiger Cubs travel to Terre Haute South Friday and to Monrovia Saturday. “The thing that pleases me most of all is we played them here, this is their home court, they shoot extremely well here. We’ve been off now... I don’t remember the last time we played a basketball game and we played only one half and lost it in The last seconds. We came in here under adverse conditions and the kids just came up with a super effort,” coach Bill Merkel said of the Eagles. South essentially limped into McAnally Center. Starting forward Brian Christy missed this game and maybe Saturday's with Avon because of a severe ankle sprain. Starting center Sean Pack has been out of school and practice with the flu and starting forward Mike McHugh was playing on a heavily taped ankle. "THEIR OFFENSIVE and defensive game plan worked almost to perfection in the first half and consequently they led by 11 points at halftime,” Greencastle coach Doug Miller admitted. South's game plan was based upon getting the early lead. “The way I saw their game plan, as soon as they got the lead, go into the delay plan and try to spread us out defensively,” coach Miller said. “I thought the delay game was able to control the
South 15-2 after win over Bruins LIZTON-Scoring 11 consecutive points. South Putnam High School’s girls basketball team rallied to tj,e host TriWest, then went on to win its eighth consecutive game 45-43 Monday night. The 15th victory in 17 games was also the Eagles’ seventh conference win, assuring them no less than a share of second place in the league. Unofficially, Cascade leads the West Central Conference without a loss, but must play at Tri-West Thursday night. SOUTH PUTNAM will play its final home game of the season Thursday night Danville. In a special offer to fans, an entire family can attend Thursday’s game for only $2 if the ticket is bought in advance from either coach David Flora, or one of the varsity basketball players. Single adult tickets are $1 and students 50 cents. Tri-West jumped out to a 13-2 lead on South Monday night before coach Flora called for the full court press. The Eagles scored 11 consecutive points for a 13-13. Tri-West led 18-13 when the second period started but South was up 29-28 at halftime. The Eagles took a 37-36 edge into the period. T WAS A GOOD game in e proved we could come nd win,” coach Flora ■ronik led the balanced 'ense with 15 points, consecutive doubleme. Lea Ann Toney . in her fifth straight game and Debbie -eached double figures Q first time in the last =S>games with 10 points, ilia also passed out three j£ rlc ,. made seven steals and T 1 down six rebounds. ronik led the 30-25 South abound advantage with 12. i .Tri-West won the junior var- * sity game 23-22. •SOUTH PUTNAM <4s> Zrronik 7 1-5 4 15, Toney 6 0-0 2 12, l.andes 2 ■ 2-5 1 fi, Gould 4 2-5 2 10, Flora 1 0-1 0 2, Williams 0 0-1 0 0, Staley 0 0-0 0 0-Totals FG 20 FT 5-17. PF 9. TKI-WKST (43) Woodall 10 0-1 5 20. Schultz 1 0-0 2 2, C oons :i ;t-5 3 9, Chaney 2 2-3 3 6, Nelson 3 0-0 3 6. Kenhaek 0 0-0 1 0. Kussell 0 0-0 I 0, Alexander 0 0-0 0 0, Woods 0 0-0 I 0-Totals FG 19 FT 5-9 PF 17. Score by quarters South Putnam 13 29 37 45 Tri-West 18 28 36 43
tempo in the first half.” Greencastle never led. After a brief tie at 2-2, Bob Hendrich scored a field goal and Sean Pack canned two free throws for a 6-2 Eagle lead. Once ahead four. South went into what coach Merkel called a “layup offense” and it netted more than a couple of bunnies for the obviously quicker Eagles. AT THE SAME time South was controlling the tempo and getting good shots, it was also taking Greencastle’s offense apart mentally. “From our standpoint, their patience on offense was reflected by our impatience on offense. I thought we took the shot a little too quickly,” Miller said. With Brett Meek’s six first period points leading the way. South led 12-5 when the second period opened. The Eagles then started changing offenses several times on each possession, a tactic that forced Greencastle to constantly change its defense and opened up more inside shots. Hitting six-of-seven second quarter shots South led 26-15 at halftime. “We’re not going to lose the basketball game to Greencastle. We’ll do anything that is humanly possible, and that includes myself,” Merkel told the Eagles at halftime. LED BY DAVID SMITH, Greencastle charged back to within five, 26-21, with 4:16 left in the third quarter. Smith scored six of his varsity career high 11 points during the third period. However, Meek and McHugh countered by South, boosting the lead back to nine, 30-21 a minute later. The Eagle lead bounced between seven and nine points through most of the remaining three minutes of the third quarter, but did hit 11, 35-24, once during that period. The respective big men, Greencastle’s Brian Richards and South's Sean Pack took four fouls into the final period. Both were out of the game during the final two minutes of the third period, but back on the floor when South started the final period leading 35-28. PLATOON SUBSTITUTIONS, scrappy
GENE CATO: New IHSAA commissioner
Cato picked to follow Brown
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Gene Cato, who spent 31 years as a coach, athletic director, principal and superintendent, takes over July 1 as the fourth commissioner of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Cato, 52, assistant commissioner seven years, was named Tuesday to succeed Ward Brown, who is retiring. Cato was selected commissioner by the IHSAA executive committee. About two dozen applications were received for the job, and the IHSAA interviewed seven candidates last week. Cato started as a high school teacher and coach at Chandler. He later taught and coached at Boonville, was basketball coach, vice principal and athletic director at Zionsville and became principal at Huntingburg in 1968. Cato became superintendent of schools at North Harrison in 1970, then became superintendent at Jay County in 1974 before joining the IHSAA two years later. “This is certainly a deep honor and
Taylor is still in first place
By The Associated Press Tom Granitz’ two free throws with 17 seconds left assured Taylor’s 56-51 college basketball victory over Anderson and kept the winners in first place in the Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conference. Granitz’ free throws lifted Taylor to 52-51 in the game at Upland Tuesday night. Mike Springer led Taylor with 14, Mark Wright added 13 and Scott
full court pressure and a lot of physical contact were all part of the final period. The more physical style of play was definitely to Greencastle’s advantage and led to nine South turnovers, many of which coach Merkel believed should have been fouls But it came right down to Greencastle’s inability to use those errors. At one point the Cubs forced four consecutive Eagle errors, but scored only two points. “I thought our kids did an excellent job of getting themselves back into position to win the contest,” Miller said “That was one of the bright spots in the ball game for us.” WHEN GREENCASTLE fouled to get possession though, Rich Schrock delivered in the clutch for South. The junior guard canned a pair of free throws with 46 seconds remaining to give the Eagles a fourpoint lead. Smith turned a Richards steal into two points and the final score with 23 seconds left. Terry Van Horn put up a shot just as the buzzer sounded and was obviously fouled, but since it did not affect the game’s outcome and did not fall in, no foul was called or free throws shot. Meek led all scorers in the game with 18 points and also pulled down a game-high eight rebounds for South. Hendrich added 10 points and seven rebounds to the effort. RICHARDS LED Greencastle with 13 points, while Smith finished with 11. Tracy Pursell and Todd Inman each pulled down five rebounds for the Cubs. Greencastle won the junior varsity game 44-35. SOUTH PUTNAM (16) Meek 8 2-2 4 18, Van Horn 0 2-4 2 2. Pack 2 2-2 5 6, Hendrich 4 2-3 1 10, McHugh 4 0-0 2 8. Hull 0 0-0 I 0. Schrock 0 2-2 0 2. TOTALS-FG 18 FT HM3PF 15. GREKNCASTI.K (44) Pursell 2 2-2 1 6. Shuee 0 2-4 3 2, Richards 5 3-3 4 13, Inman 2 0-0 3 4. Duncan 1 0-0 0 2. Smith 5 1-10 11. Judy 2 2-2 1 0. Hess 0 0-0 0 0. TOTAI.S-FG 17 FT 10-15 PF 12. Rebounding SOUTH PUTNAM (301-Meek 8. Hendrich 7, Pack ti. McHugh 5, Van Horn 3. Hull I. GRFFMASTI.K (2I)-Pursell 5. Inman 5. Richards 4. Shuee 3, Smith 2. Judy 2. Score by quarters South Putnam 12 2* 35 40 Greencastle 5 15 28 44
privilege,” Cato said of his selection. “I’ve always held a deep regard and respect for our association. We have an outstanding organization, and I want to continue in that direction. “I would hope that the IHSAA will always be firm, fair and friendly. We want to be friendly with our member schools and with the media. We want to be approachable and accessible we want to keep all avenues of communication open toallagenies.” Cato said he would meet with each of the other three assistant commissioners, Charlie Maas, Pat Roy and Mildred Ball. “Certainly one of our first big decisions will be a selection of someone to fill my slot. Before that, I want to talk to the other three assistants. I’ve always said a good administrator has to surround himself with good people.” Cato said he did not anticipate any immediate changes in IHSAA policy. Cato, a 1952 graduate of Oakland City College, lives in Zionsville.
Timmons 10. Rick Lantz scored a game-high 30 points for Anderson and Greg Perkins added 10. Taylor rose to 14-6 for the season and 8-0 in the HBC. Anderson, which led 22-20 at the half, fell to 11-11 overall and 4-5 in the conference. In other games involving Indiana teams Tuesday night, Bethel beat Grace 60-51, Findlay toppled Manchester 76-67,
Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne edged St. Francis 63-60 in overtime, Indiana Tech drubbed Goshen 82-68, Rose-Hulman rolled over Greenville 94-64, Wabash defeated DePauw 57-55 and Huntington topped Marion 7775. Randy O’Dell scored a gamehigh 20 points to lead Findlay to its HBC victory over Manchester.
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South Putnam High School senior basketball players and the coach proudly show off the Putnam County bucket after defending it with a 46-44 win over Greencastle Tuesday night. Coach Bill Merkel hoids the symbol of county
Little Giants two better; Tigers play pair at home
CRAWFORDSVILLE-It wasn't in the script for DePauw University to win a basketball game Tuesday night, and despite Wabash's best efforts to make it t the script) wrong, the Little Giants emerged on top. 57-55 Wabash’s record rose to 87 while DePauw dropped to 7-7. Down by 11 at 54-43 after eight straight Wabash points, DePauw battled back to within one at 56-55 with 11 seconds left. A Wabash free throw made the margin two and a 20-foot jumper by the Tiger's Tim Vieke came up short in the last seconds IT WASN’T A MATTER of DePauw finally narrowing the score to where a final shot is needed to wan or tie. Wabash’s inability to hit free throws and the quick hands of Ted Rutan gave DePauw numerous opportunities in the final 14
North girls lose two close ones
Close is encouraging. Close is a sign of improvement. But close does not win a basketball game. The North Putnam High School girls basketball team is I- after playing Brazil and Cascade close in two losses. Brazil slipped by the Cougars 48-44 Monday night, while Cascade held off North’s fourth quarter rally for a 48-41 victory last Thursday night. JODI PICKED again showed flashes of the kind of basketball player she could turn out to be for North Putnam. The 5-11, sophomore scored nine points, pulled down 11 rebounds and blocked nine shots before fouling out of the game. “She played the best game I’ve ever seen her play by a ton,” coach Lloyd Blubaum praised. North had Brazil on the ropes II- at the end of the first quarter, but trailed 23-20 at halftime. The Red Devils stayed ahead by one, 33-32, going into the final period of play. Realistically, the Cougars lost this game at the free throw line. North hit only 12 of 25 free throws and outscored Brazil by a pair from the floor. JUNIOR LORI Plunkett continued her offensive charge with 12 points. North outscored Cascade 17-4 during the last quarter, but the 20-point hole the Cougars were in going into the final eight minutes was too much to overcome. Cascade, the WCC
minutes to give DePauw the ball game. It seems that usually in a frantic comeback effort, the trailing team’s shots fall like lead weights through the basket. Not so on Tuesday night for the Tigers. While a combination of good defense, and Wabash errors got the Tigers the ball, they couldn't put in the basket enough. After a close first 12 minutes that saw- eight ties on the way to 18-18, Wabash broke out to a 3426 halftime lead. Perhaps the key play, especially looking at the final two point margin, came at the buzzer when DePauw center Craig McAtee was called for a rebounding foul on a last«second shot. As the teams filed to their lockerrooms. Little Giant Merlin Nice sunk both ends of the one-and-one.
leader, led 44-24 going into the fourth quarter. THE YOUNG frontline of junior Plunkett and sophomores Pickel and Heidi Blocher led the way for North. Plunkett scored 16 points and pulled down six rebounds. Pickel grabbed 10 rebounds, blocked four Cadets shots and came up with three steals. Blocher scored four points and pulled in six rebounds. Laura Ferguson, a 5-10 senior, came off the bench to a team high 14 points for Cascade. Cindy Bridges, a 5-10 junior, contributed another 13 points. Brazil and Cascade won both the junior varsity basketball games. BRAZIL (48) DeCamp 4 0-0 18. Brown 0 1-2 2 1, Chavis 1 3-4 4 5. Thomas 7 7-10 3 21. Culler 2 0-0 3 4, Redenbarger 0 1-2 0 I, Lawson 0 0-0 1 0, Harrison 10-112, Wickware 0 6-10 4 6~ Totals FG 15 FT 18 29 PF 19. NORTH PUTNAM (44) Plunked 5 2-5 2 12, Urodian 0 0-0 0 0, Pickel I 1-2 5 9, Greene I 0-0 2 2, >peas 2 4-7 2 8, Blocher 1 0-0 5 2, Hartman 1 4-7 2 6, Beck 1 0-1 2 2, Neaumann 0 1-2 0 1, Horton 1 0-0 0 2, McMurtry 0 0-1 0 o~Totals FG 16 FT 12-25 PF 20. Score by quarters Brazil 9 23 33 48 North Putnam 11 20 32 44 CASCADE (48) Bridges 5 3-7 2 13, Birdsall 0 0-0 0 0, Weatherman 3 3-7 4 5, Woods 3 0-3 2 6. Putnam 0 (Mi 2 0, Milhous 0 0-1 1 0. Etheringlon 0 0-0 0 (I. Mickley 0 0-0 2 0, Humean 2 0-0 3 4, Ferguson 4 6-6 2 14. Higgins 1 0-0 1 0-Totals FGIBPT 12-24 PF 19. NORTH PUTNAM (41) Plunked 6 4-5 2 16. Blocher 0 4-7 4 4, Pickel 0 0-1 1 0, Speas 1 6-6 3 8, Greene 1 0-0 I 2, Neumann I 2-2 2 4, Beck 1 1-2 I 3, Horton 1 0-0 0 2, Crodian 0 0-0 0 0. Buser 10-0 12, McMurtry 0 0-0 1 0-Totals FG 12 FT 17-23 PF Score by quarters Cascade 9 28 44 48 North Putnam 10 18 24 41
January 26,1983, The Putnam County Banner-Graphic
rivalries backed by (from left) Terry Van Horn, Sean Pack, Brett Meek and Bob Hendrich. The Eagles will put it on the line again Feb. 4 at North Putnam. (Banner-Graphic photo by Rick Combs).
AS WAS TO become the pattern in the second half, DePauw quickly closed the gap to 36-35 on two baskets by Dave Hathaway and a three-point play by Joe Dixon. Wabash stretched the lead back to 42-35 before DePauw streaked back tomakeit*46-43. "I’m really proud of the way the guys kept coming back in the second half. Where we lost the game was in the first half when we let them break away before half,” coach Mike Steele praised. Hathaway led DePauw in scoring with 18 points, 10 in the second half. But as was the case with the rest of the team, his shots with the game close either didn’t hit or he was hit. No other Tigers were able to score over six points as the Little Giants’ pressure man-to-man defense often forced DePauw to take
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Terry Van Horn (10) leaves Greencastle's Tony Judy on the floor, then flies into Tracy Pursell while scoring a layup for South Putnam during Tuesday night's high school basketball game. The Eagles won the game 46-44. (Ban-ner-Graphic photo by Rick Combs).
shots they wouldn't otherwise have taken. MCE LED WABASH with 16 points, seemingly everyone coming in time to squash a DePauw rally. Mark Lee came off the bench to score 10 points. The DePauw junior varsity beat the Wabash JV’s in the preliminary game, 65-57. John Daerr from Bloomington North High School led DePauw with 14 points. Cloverdale product Bill Chestnut scored six points and pulled down three rebounds. DePauw returns this weekend to face Blackburn Friday (7:30 p.m.) and Mac Murray Saturday (3p.m.) DePAUW (55) Dixon 21-13 5, Hathaway 90-0 5 18. Huser 2 2-2 0 fi. Kutan 2 0-1 4 4. Wendel 3 0-4 16, Vieke 2 0-0 2 4. Aponte 2 0-0 2 4, McAtee 3 0-0 2 6. Ehrman 1 0-0 2 2. Strup 0 0-0 0 0-Totab FG 26 FT 3-1 PF 22. W ABASH (57) Robertson 4 0-0 18, Nice 5 6-7 2 16, Beagle 2 1-3 25. Elo 3 0-0 06. Haviley 2 2-2 06. Denari 3 0-0 2 6.1.ee 4 2-2 1 10. Clark 0 0-110. Mills 0 0-3 2 0-Totals FG 23 PF 11-18 PF 11.
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