Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 186, Greencastle, Putnam County, 12 April 1984 — Page 12

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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, April 12,1984

Cloverdale opens its junior high boys track season Friday as host to South Putnam. Members of the Cloverdale squad are: front row, from left, Chuck Haywood, Matt Bran, David Johnson, Robbie Thompson, Tim Bowman and Scott Haywood. Second row, from left, Greg Bean,

Illinois lands Blab of its own

By The Associated Press A 7-foot German center signed up to play college basketball at Illinois while lowa snared two blue-chip prospects from the Deep South as Big Ten schools got busy on the first

Hall defensive player of year SCHAUMBURG, 111. (AP) Purdue senior guard Ricky Hall, a standout on the Boilermakers’ 1984 Big Ten cochampion basketball team, has been honored with the conference’s first “Defensive Player of the Year” award. Hall received 20V 2 points of a possible 30 to finish ahead of Illinois sophomore Doug Altenberger, who tallied 19. Altenberger received five first-place votes to Hall’s three, but the Purdue backcourt ace was named on more second-and thirdplace ballots. A first-place vote was worth three points, a second-place vote was worth two points and a third-place vote was worth one point. Voting was conducted by the Big Ten Radio Association, 23 radio announcers who do play-by-play coverage of Big Ten football and basketball games. Each Big Ten head basketball coach was asked to nominate a player to receive consideration for the yearly award. Hall, Purdue’s starting point guard the last 2M> seasons, was a second-team, All-Big Ten selection by The Associated Press. He averaged 10.8 points a game, shot 49 percent from the field, 79 percent from the free throw line and averaged 3.1 rebounds a game during his career. Hall also led the Boilermakers in steals, and was second in assists. His best game of the 1983-84 campaign was a 24-point performance in Fhirdue’s 90-83 overtime victory over Louisville. But it was on defense that Hall was noted. Said Purdue Coach Gene Ready, “The best thing you can say about Ricky’s defense in the conference is to look at some of the people he guarded and look at what they did against him. Twice last year he guarded the league’s top scorer Steve Alford when we played Indiana and Scott Skiles the first time we played Michigan State. “Alford got four points on him and Skiles got four points,” continued Ready. “That says a lot right there. “Ricky went out and played defense for 40 minutes a game where a lot of other players would only give you five,” Ready said.

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legal day for written commitments from high school and junior college stars. The Illini on Wednesday signed Jens Rujawa, a towering pivot man who led Taylorville, 111., to a 21-6 record in 1983-84.

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Rujawa averaged 17 points and 11.4 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, Indiana Coach Bobby Rnight wrote a recruitment letter to Joe Hillman, a 6-2 guard from Glendale, Calif., who averaged a whopping 41 points a game. Hillman had verbally committed to Indiana in December and was going to join the team as a walk-on, but a scholarship then became available with the departure of Tracy Foster. Tim Hanson of Prior Lake, Minn., and hot-shooting Texas guard Todd Alexander signed letters Wednesday pledging to join Minnesota, Coach Jim Dutcher said. Dutcher said Hanson, a 6-foot--6 forward who averaged 25 points a game, will be a swing man in the Gophers’ offense. Alexander, a 5-11 guard from Waxahachie, Texas, was considered one of the top3o or 35 high school seniors nationwide by some rating services. Meantime, Donny Harris, a 510 point guard from Indianapolis, signed a letter of intent to play at Wisconsin, Coach Steve Yoder said. Harris, who averaged 20 points a game for Broadripple High School last season, will be the quickest player on the court for the Badgers next season, Yoder said. lowa announced it had agreed to signing terms with Michael Morgan, a 6-3 guard from Haughton, La., and Michael Reaves, a 6-3 guard from Milledgeville, Ga. Morgan notched 23.5 points

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and 10.1 rebounds per game. His team was runner-up to the Louisiana state champion and he was named outstanding Class 3A player by the Louisiana Sportswriters Association. Reaves posted 16 points per game and was firstteam all-state in Georgia’s Class 4A circuit. Northwestern announced the signings of Bo Cucuz, a 6-10 center, and Milan Petrovic, a 6-4 guard, both from Lake Central High in St. John, Ind. Cucuz and Petrovic led their team to a 24-4 record during their senior season and into Indiana’s state semifinals. Cucuz averaged 13.5 points and 10 rebounds per game, while Petrovic averaged 19.4 points per game and won an award as the top student athlete in Indiana. The two natives of Yugoslavia joined Shon Morris, a 6-9 forward from Southeast Polk High School in Runnells, lowa, who was signed last November. Co-champion Purdue and Michigan did not add any players Wednesday to the list of recruits they signed last November. Michigan said it was not expected to sign any more for at least 10 days. Indiana and Ohio State, who got commitments from four players and two players, respectively, last November, also did not announce new signings Wednesday. Michigan State, so far, remained shut out in the talent sweepstakes.

Two big men sign with Schellhase's Sycamores

By STEVE HERMAN AP Sports Writer Lee Moore, a 6-foot-8, 190pound forward from Fort Wayne Elmhurst, has signed a national basketball letter of intent with Indiana State University. Except for a brief early signing period last November, Wednesday was the first day for colleges to get written commitments from high school and junior college players. Moore averaged 20 points and 12 rebounds a game and led the Trojans to a 24-5 record. The Sycamores also recruited Dean Oliphant Wednesday. The 6-11, 220-pound center from Jay County High School in Jay, Okla., averaged 24 points and 13 rebounds a game last season. “I think Lee Moore is quite possibly the best big man in the state this year,” said Sycamore Coach Dave Schellhase, who did not sign any players in November. “He has unlimited potential. “Dean has good athletic

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definitely help us to do that.” Indiana and Purdue, which also signed four players apiece last fall, did not have any signings Wednesday but expected to announce some the next few days. The University of Evansville also planned to release a list of signees today or Friday. Besides Wesley, a 170-pound guard who averaged 28.1 points a game, the other recruits for Ball State were Steve Dziatczak, 6-9, 205-pound center who averaged 19.7 points and 11.9 rebounds a game at Mott High School in Warren, Mich., and two transfers from South Plains Junior College in Levelland, Texas, 6-3 Larry Reed and 6-7 Jon Luedke. Butler plans to sign three other players besides Jones, a 190-pound forward who averaged 12 points a game for Gary West. Besides Rekeweg and Rias, Valparaiso signed 6-7, 220pound Brian Taylor, who averaged 10 points and 8

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