Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 296, Greencastle, Putnam County, 21 August 1984 — Page 6

The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, August 21,1984

'Thunder and Lightning' on Lincoln Park track

PUTNAMVILLE-Larry Taylor and Jeff Donelson were the spotlight names Saturday night at Putnamville’s Lincoln Park Speedway, but Wednesday night they’ll step aside when the USAC ‘Thunder and Lightning’ Division visits for the third time. Sheldon Kinser, who won the last USAC feature at Lincoln Park, and Ken Schrader are expected to resume their national points championship battle Wednesday night. Other contenders expected to be on hand include Lincoln Park regulars Dave Peperak, John Andretti and Jack Hewitt, along with the likes of Tom Bigelow, Larry Martin, Danny Milburn and Rich Vogler. GATES WILL OPEN at 5 p.m. Wednesday night with qualifying starting at 7 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m. There will be four heat races, a semi-feature, a last chance race and the 30-lap main event. But Saturday night Larry Taylor was in the spotlight with his third consecutive late model feature victory at Lincoln Park Speedway. Taylor took the lead from Don Duncan on the eighth lap of the 20-lap race. Duncan finished second, followed by Sonny

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Trosper, Ernie Barrow and Greg Eldridge. Donelson won the 25-lap sprint car feature just ahead of veteran Bob Kinser. Through the first 13 laps Kinser led before the two began trading the lead. On the 18th circuit Donelson took sole possession of first and never gave it up. KINSER FINISHED SECOND, Peperak third, Tim Bookmiller fourth and John Sharp fifth. Kenny Carmichael won the thunder car feature and the figure-eight. SPRINT CARS-25-lap feature: 1. Jeff Donelson.

Kokomo; 2. Bob Kinser. Bedford; 3. Dave Peperak. Clinton; 4. Tim Bookmiller. Kokomo; 5. John Sharp. Bloomington; Heat Race Winners: Bob Breneman, Terre Haute; Kenny Haynes, Bourbonnais, III.; Mark Owsley, Kokomo; Trophy Dash: Jeff Donelson; Fastest Qualifier: Tim Bookmiller, 13.570; Semifeature winner: Jim l.ipky, Kokomo. LATE M()DELB-20-lap feature: I. Larry Taylor, Indianapolis; 2. Don Duncan. Brazil; 3. Sonny Trosper, Danville, III.; 4. Ernie Barrow, Bloomington; 5. Greg Eldridge, Farmersburg; Heat Race Winners: Ed Griffin, Brazil. George Kopetsky, unknown; Larry Taylor; Trophy Dash: Brian Boiler, Bainbridge; Fastest Qualifier: Ernie Barrow, 14.575. THUNDER CARS-15-lap feature: 1. Kenny Carmichael, Terre Haute; 2. Kurt Nahre, Indianapolis; 3. Chuck Travis, Brazil; 4. Harry Shepherd, Terre Haute; 5. Kevin Snow, Terre Haute; Heat Race Winners: Steve Smith. Indianapolis; Jim Walker. Terre Haute; Kevin Snow; Trophy Dash: Ernie Smith; Fastest Qualifier: Ernie Smith, 17.109; Semifeature: Kurt Nahre. Indianapolis. FIGURE-EIGHT-1. Kenny Carmichael, Terre Haute; 2. Gary Hall. Eminence; 3. Harry Shepherd, Terre Haute.

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North Putnam will host Turkey Run at 5 p.m. Thursday night in the opening high school volleyball match of the season for both teams. The starting time for the junior varsity match was moved up from that originally announced. Playing on the Cougar varsity this year will be:

Penn takes backseat to Elkhart Central

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) tradition that surprises even Coach Tom Kurth, the Elkhart Central Blue Blazers are ranked No.l ahead of defending Class AAAA playoff champion Penn going into the 1984 high school football season. ‘You know how polls are early in the year,” Kurth said after he was told of the statewide vote by The Associated Press board of sports writers and broadcasters. “I m surprised Penn isn’t No.l. Usually, the state champ is No.l. But we probably deserve it because we do have a good nucleus back.” The poll, released Monday night, marks the first time Elkhart Central has been No.l in football since 1971. The Blue Blazers, apparently, got the nod in this year’s pre-season voting because of the return of state’s top AAAA quarterback and a good, fast corps of receivers, while Penn suffered heavy graduation losses after its 14-0 campaign a year ago. Central’s only defeat in 10 games last year was in overtime to Penn, which was picked N 0.2 going into its season opener on Friday night. The state’s three other tourney champions were picked No.l in their respective polls Fort Wayne Dwenger in Class AAA, Indianapolis Chatard in Class AA, and Fountain Central in Class A. ‘‘lt’s always nice to be ranked No.l, but as I told the kids, the most important thing to be No.l on the field,” said Kurth. who starts his 26th season as coach on Saturday. The Blue Blazers return quarterback David Schnell, who completed 61 percent of his passes for 1,882 yards and 19 touchdowns last year and was named first-team All-State by the AP. Terrance Larkin, who caught 35 passes for 587 yards and nine touchdowns a year ago, heads the speedy receiver corps. ‘‘We’ve got the most speed I’ve had in 26 years of coaching,” said Kurth. ‘‘Also, we depend on our interior linemen we call them the ‘no-name bunch.’ Our offense starts with the front five. And probably this year we have one of the most sophisticated offenses we’ve ever run. A lot of these kids are in their third year of varsity.” Central, which finished in the N 0.6 ranking last season, did not qualify for the playoffs because of the regular-season loss to Penn in the tough AAAA Cluster 5. Only the cluster winner advances to the tourney. Fort Wayne Dwenger received eight of 14 first-place votes and 264 rating points to head the AAA rankings. Indianapolis Roncalli, tourney runner-up to Dwenger, had five votes for No.l and 248 rating points for second place. South Bend St. Joseph’s had

Franklin seventh in final race

When you’re running in a fast crowd you have to be your fastest all of the time. One second can make a big difference in your final place. That was how Joe Franklin finished seventh Saturday in the 400-meter dash finals of the AAU-USA Junior Olympic Games in Jacksonville, Fla. THE GREENCASTLE HIGH School junior ran in the fast heats through all of the qualifying race§ to make the main events. Due to electronic problems times were not made available for runners finishing below third. However, the race winner finished in 49.5 seconds. All of the runners were informed prior to the final that their semifinal times were a

front row, from left, Diane McMurtry, Heidi Blocher, Jennifer Purdue, Julie May and Connie Stranger. Back row, from left, coach Ron Price, Sarah Griffin, Nicole Glass, Jannetta Sinnet and manager Robin Hacker. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).

the remaining first-place vote and 168 points. Plainfield was fourth, followed by Jasper, Lafayette Harrison, Vinennes, Mooresville, McCutcheon and Concord. Fountain Central received nine of 11 fir-st-place votes and 208 of a possible 220 rating points to head the Class A poll. Jimtown, which was second in the final poll last year, had 166 points to remain in the N 0.2 spot. Tri-West, the No.l team a year ago, had one first-place vote and 159 points to get the N 0.3 pre-season spot. Sheridan also had one first-place vote and 151 points for fourth, followed by Winamac, North Judson, West Noble, Class A runner-up Churubusco, Mishawaka Marian and Westfield. The Associated Press pre-season Indiana high school football polls, with first-place votes in parentheses, last year’s final records and rating points (280 possible in AAAA, 280 in AAA, 260 in AA and 220 in A): Class AAAA 1. Elkhart Central (81,9-1,249 2. Penn (3), 14-0, 213 3. Hobart, 12-1,188 4. Castled). 11-1,170 5. Indpls Washington (1), 13-1,141 6 Indpls N Central, 10-2,125 7. Warren Central, 8-2,107 8. Carmel, 9-2,9679. Bloomington South, 12-1,90 10. Ft. Wayne Northrop, 9-2,72 11. Lawrence North, 8-3,66 12. Indpls Perry Meridian, 9-1,58 13. Martinsville (11,6-4,56 14 Jeffersonville, 8-2,46 15. Mishawaka, 7-3,38 Others receiving 10 or more rating points, listed alphabetically: Anderson Highland, Columbus East. Indpls Ben Davis, Indpls Northwest, Lafayette Jeff, Lake Central, Merrillville, Portage. Class AAA 1. Ft. Wayne Dwenger (8), 14-0, 264 2. Indpls Roncalli (5), 12-2,248 3. S.Bend St. Joseph’s (1), 10-3,168 4. Plainfield, 10-1,119 5. Jasper, 9-4,117 6. Lafayette Harrison, 9-1, 107 7. Vincennes, 9-2,97 8. Mooresville, 9-1,78 9. McCutcheon, 10-2,77 10. Concord, 9-2,75 Others receiving 10 or more rating points, listed alphabetically: Blackford, Delta, Evansville Bosse, Gibson Southern, Goshen, Mississinewa, Pendleton Hts., Peru, S Bend Adams, S.Bend Washington, Twin Lakes. C'ldss AA 1. Indpls Chatard (12), 14-0,254 2. Oak Hill (1), 11-1,190 3. Tippecanoe Valley, 10-2,138 4. Speedway,9-1,119 5. Clarksville Providence, 9-2,114 6. Ft. Wayne Luers, 9-5,108 7. Indpls Cathedral, 7-3,78 8. New Palestine, 10-1,75 9 Western, 9-2,57 10. Crawfordsville, 9-4,49 Others receiving 10 or more rating points, listed alphabetically: Angola, Batesville, Edgewood, Elwood, Evansville Mater Dei, Hamilton Southeastern, Indpls Brabeuf. Lakeland, Mitchell, Mt. Vernon (Hancock), North Wood, Southridge. Class A 1. Fountain Central (9), 13-1,208 2. Jimtown, 11-2,166 3. Tri-West (1), IC-1,159 4. Sheridan (1), 103,151 5. Winamac, 10-1,106 6. North Judson, 9-1,80 7. West Noble, 8-2,62 8. Churubusco, 11-3,61 9. Mishawaka Marian, 5-5,59 10 Westfield, 8-2,47 Others receiving 10 or more rating points, listed alphabetically: Bremen, Carroll (Carroll), Frontier, Hamilton Hts., Lapel. Linton, Springs Valley, N.Daviess.

second faster than previously announced, according to Franklin. So Franklin qualified for the finals with a time of 50.9 seconds, his best ever in the event. “If I would have run that in the final...” Franklin said Monday afternoon when he and his parents returned to Greencastle. “I was just too up-tight. There were TV cameras there and I just got kind of scared.” FRANKLIN WILL GET to see himself run (in Crawfordsville) on ESPN Cable TV at 4 p.m. Sept. 1. But right away Franklin will turn his attention to the Greencastle High School football team where he is a split end.

Clover fans can get ride CLOVERDALE--There will be a Cloverdale fan bus going to Cascade High School for Friday night’s seasonopening football game at 6:30 p.m. Anyone, adults or students, can ride the bus forsl. Physicals required CLOVERDALE-Boys and girls of the Cloverdale Junior High planning to participate in fall sports must have a completed IHSAA physical examination form completed before practicing, according to Athletic Director Garry Deßossett. The physical examination forms are available in the high school principal’s office. BusforGHS fans Friday There will be a free Greencastle High School student fan bus for the opening football game Friday at North Putnam High School, according to Athletic Director Doug Miller. The free ride to the game leaves the Greencastle High School parking lot at6:3op.m. SP plans registration All boys in South Putnam and Cloverdale school districts in grades four, five and six wishing to participate in the South Putnam Youth Football League this fall should sign up either Thursday night at 7 p.m. or Saturday at 9 a m. at South Putnam High School. There is a sls per child or $25 per family registration fee. Gossards in tourney Dale and Jill Gossard of Greencastle placed during the Mayor’s Cup Golf Tournament at Indianapolis’ Smock Golf Course. Dale earned third place in the 16-17-year-old age group with an 89 for the 18-hold tournament. Jill, competing in the 12-and-13-year-old age bracket finished fourth with a 120 for 18 holes. Tourney isopen Entries are now being accepted for a co-ed slow-pitch softball tournatnent Aug. 26, sponsored by the Putnam County Women’s Softball League. The entry fee is $65 and to enter contact Tim Smiley (653-8570), Wendall Barger (653-5920) or Bill Davies (6539550).