Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 306, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 September 1984 — Page 4
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Cloverdale coach Garry Deßossett (left) sends Mark McLean in with a plan to get through Linton's defense. The firstyear Clover coach is still looking for his first victory following Friday night's 22-0 setback against the Miners. (Banner-Graphic photo by Tracy Proctor).
Clovers see light at end of tunnel in 22-0 loss to Miners
By CHRIS KNAUER Banner-Graphic Sports Writer CLOVERDALE-“We have no place to go but up,” Cloverdale High School football coach Garry Deßossett said after his team’s 22-0 loss to the Linton Miners. “It’s not going to be overnight but I am seeing improvements.” Statistics would seem to say different but several things must be noted. Most of the big yardage gained by Linton came on two of their three touchdowns. Some key sacks by Linton ate away the yardage Cloverdale had gained. This was despite an almost even number of first downs (Cloverdale 19, Linton 18). THIRTEEN POINTS IN the last minute of the first half sealed the win for Linton. “We gave two touchdowns away because of missed tackles,” Deßossett said. The opening minutes of the first half went badly for the Clovers soon after Jim Markus started the game with a 40-yard kickoff. A pass from Linton’s Jon Stockrahm to Rob Niebrugge on their own 42-yard line resulted in a 58-yard touchdown. An extra point, courtesy of Chuck Wilkes, brought the score to 7-0. A fumble on first down by Cloverdale’s Scott Novak resulted in a loss of 20 yards. Another fumble on the next play got away from Novak and was picked up by Jeff Suthard of the Miners. SEVERAL PLAYS LATER Cloverdale got another scare when Stockrahm completed a 23-yard pass from the Clovers’ own 24 to Niebrugge on fourth down. However, Linton turned the ball over to the Clovers on downs. At the one-yard line. Cloverdale back Rick Sawyer was tackled in the end zone two plays later, resulting in a safety and two more point for the Miners. Linton was able to control most of the first part of the second quarter with the exception of four plays by the Clovers. By 4:21 Linton had worked its way to Cloverdale’s 14 when Stockrahm threw a pass toward the end zone. HOWEVER, RICK SAWYER intercepted it in the end zone and ran the ball back 17 yards. Cloverdale wasn’t able to get a solid drive going and Linton took over late in the second quarter, resulting in their touchdowns.
Only a moral victory for Cougars
ROSEDALE-As far as North Putnam coach Ron Price was concerned the Cougar volleyball team scored a moral victory if nothing else Thursday night. Rosedale defeated North Putnam 14-16, 16-14 and 15-9 in a surprisingly well played game. “For this early in the season it was an extremely good match to watch,” Price praised. “Rosedale has a good team. I think they have five starters back from a winning team last year.”
Monrovia vents its frustrations on outmanned North Putnam club
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor ROACHDALE-It was a frustrating week for Monrovia High School football coach Jim Kaiser. He watched his Bulldogs play well last week, better than can be expected for a season opener, and lose in triple-overtime to Mooresville. “I’ve never been more frustrated as coach,” Kaiser explained. “But I think our kids bounced back better than the coaching staff.” and THE BULLDOGS vented their frustrations on North Putnam Friday night opening IHSAA Class A Cluster 61 competition with a 34-3 victory. “This is a good one to have. We wanted to get a good start in our cluster,” Kaiser said. And the Bulldogs did it without playing nearly as well as they did against Mooresville. With North Putnam committing six turnovers Monrovia didn t have to be at its best. The final score more accurately
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The Clovers were able to regain control of the ball soon into the third quarter. Beginning on Linton’s 48-yard line the Clovers quickly reached the 30 as result of a 15-yard carry by Novak and six yards courtesy of Rusty Baker. Although they got as close as the 20 soon afterward, tackles behind the scrimmage line diminished Cloverdale’s chances of scoring. By the end of the fourth quarter Rick Sawyer led the Clovers in rushing with 44 yards. “THEY ARE DEFINITELY going to win some (games),” Linton head coach Charlie Karazsia said.
NORTH GOT ITS power game into order, attempting 52 spikes and committing only eight errors. “I was really pleased with how we hung in when we got down at the end on the scoreboard,” Price said of the Cougars. Diane McMurtry served five points each game to lead North with 15 points for the evening. Nikki Glass drilled in seven, Julie May five and Heidi Blocher and Jennifer Purdue three each. Blocher led the power game with eight of
describes the second half rather than the first. The Cougars trailed only 6-0 after one quarter and 14-3 at halftime. And although the Bulldogs led 21-3 going into the final period they were not in total command of the game. “WHAT WAS IT, 14-3 at halftime? We were still in the game. We still had a chance to win,” North Putnam coach Bruce Lake said. Everytime the Cougars got something going they either turned the ball over via one of four pass interceptions or fumbled the ball away, twice for the night. Monrovia, on the other hand, hit the Cougars with the expected backfield duo of Tim Selvia and Kurt Everett. Selvia carried the ball 11 times for 59 yards, but his only touchdown came on a 64-yard pass interception return. Everett ran the ball 11 times for 62 yards and two touchdowns. BUT IT WAS Bulldog quarterback Darryl Clements who hurt North the most. The 5-11 junior did more than just hand the
off a Linton pass behind the goal line and returning it 17 yards to start a Cloverdale march. (Banner-Graphic photo by Tracy Proctor).
Cloverdale will have another chance next week as it hosts cluster opponent Monrovia. SCORE BY QUARTERS Cloverdale 0 0 o 0-0 Linton 9 13 0 0-22 First Quarter LHS-Niebrugge, 58 pass from Stockrahm (Wilkes kick) 11:29. LHS-Cloverdale’s Sawyer tackled for safety, 7:01. Second Quarter LHS-Suthard, 2 run (kick fails), 1:01. LHS-Niebrugge, 39 pass from Stockrahm (Wilkes kick) :44. STATISTICS CHS I,HS First Downs 19 19 Rushing Yards 23 145 Passing Yards 8 177 Passes 1-5-2 8-18-1 Total Yards 29 322 Fumbles-lost 3-1 Penalties 3-22 4.50
North’s 15 total kills. McMurtry each had three and Purdue one. BY IHSAA RULES the Cougar varsity and junior varsity must count the Alumni on their record, so officially the varsity is now 2-1. North Putnam’s junior varsity won also in three games, 15-7,10-15 and 15-7 and also stand 2-1 for the year. The Cougars travel to Brownsburg Sept. 11.
ball off to Everett and Selvia, this night connecting on 5-11 passes for 53 yards and one touchdown, in addition to running for a 46-yard six-pointer himself. “I think the big play for us was when we called dive action pass play and had a guy deep and Darryl cut up,” Kaiser said of the touchdown that put Monrovia ahead 21-3. “Up until then it was pretty tight. That’s just the point. The final score does not indicate the effort put forth by North Putnam. Monrovia drove to the North nine-yard line and it appeared Everett and Selvia were just going to pound the ball into the end zone going straight up the middle on their first possession. BUT NORTH’S DEFENSIVE line dug in and the drive ended on the nine when a faked field goal pass play was stopped on the five-yard line. It was a big stand by the Cougars and it appeared to be just the thing to march them toward the end zone “I did to,” Lake said, agreeing the stand should have ignited the Cougars. “We just
Sullivan dumps Cubs
SULLIVAN-Four turnovers and one play that couldn’t be stopped led to a 24-7 Sullivan victory over Greencastle Friday night in Class AA Cluster 40 high school football play. After Greencastle assumed a 7-6 lead in the second quarter Sullivan scored on the final play of the first half and never trailed again. ‘‘l FELT BETTER at halftime than I did when they took the opening kickoff and went right down and scored,” Greencastle coach John Fallis said of a night that went from bad to worse. “I felt we were right with them and the game could go either way.” After returning the opening kickoff 51 yards, Sullivan scored in just five playsall running. Greencastle recovered a fumble to get inside the Golden Arrow 10-yard line in the opening period, but couldn’t put any points on the scoreboard until the second period. Steve Renschen, playing for the injured David Smith, pulled in a 17-yard pass from Pat Meyer and Kelly Lewis kicked the PAT to give Greencastle its only lead at 76. And it appeared that lead would hold up at halftime. “THE THING THAT hurt us more than anything were those quick little pop passes. It seemed like anytime they were in a tight situation they would hit that little pop pass to the tight end over the middle.
Tri-West trips Eagles
Bv BILL SEIBOLD Banner-Graphic Sports Writer For the third straight year the seventhranked Tri-West Bruins built up a large fir-st-half lead over the South Putnam Eagles and then coasted to a 32-12 win in the first class A cluster game for each team. Tailback David Clark carried the ball 21 times for 133 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Bruins in a ground attack which netted 22 yards. Quarterback Andy Cooper threw for 204 yards and one touchdown to round out a 441 total yardage barrage. THE FOURTH QUARTER gave the South Putnam fans their only chance for joy, as the Eagles rallied for two touchdowns. Junior quarterback Tony Lewis put his passing game back together to cap two successive drives of 48 yards and 62 for the scores. “We just jumped on them the first half,” declared Bruin coach Mike Giliin following the game. “But they get a lot of credit because they didn’t lay down.” Giliin admitted his team’s last score came on a busted play as quarterback Cooper “turned the wrong way on a trap play” and broke away for a 29-yard touchdown. Coach Gaddis agreed, “They stuck it to us the first half. We just weren’t ready.” THE BRUINS TOOK THE opening kickoff and needed only six plays to move 63 yards for the first score. Clark carried for all but three of those yards and capped the drive with a two-yard run up the middle. Craig Glazier kicked the extra point. After the Eagles were unable to move the ball the Bruins mounted another drive which died with a missed nine-yard field goal attempt. Five plays later the Eagles fumbled the ball on their own 27. This time it took the Bruins just six plays. Cooper kept the ball and scored from the nine-yard line. The next series was even worse for the Eagles as Lewis threw an interception on the second play. The Bruins capitalized by driving 32 yards in four plays. Cooper found Kip Robinson in the left corner with a nine-yard pass for the score. THE EAGLES WERE unable to move the ball in three pass plays and punted. This time it took the Bruins nine plays from scrimmage to move 47 yards for their fourth touchdown in the first half. A 36yard pass from Cooper to Ted Giliin on a fourth-and-seven situation set up the touchdown. Clark carried it in from the two. Glazier kicked the extra point.
Fumbles and interceptions highlighted the first four series in the second half. The Bruins fumbled and Eagle John Bridgewater recovered. Then a long drive
didn’t execute again. We had mental lapses.” Taking possession on their own five, the Cougars went backward with a fumble, delay of game penalty and a couple of good plays by Monrovia’s defense. Tim McAfee punted the ball 33 yards, his longest of the night, from his two-yard line and Monrovia was able to start its first scoring drive from the Cougar 22. IT TOOK ONLY THREE plays for Everett to leap into the end zone. A fake PAT kick was stopped by the Cougar defense. Donnie Stranger started North Putnam’s only scoring drive of the night, recovering a Monrovia fumble on the Cougar 42. Quarterback Terry Judy, who left the game in the third quarter with an injury, hit Andy Woods for an eight-yard gain, then carried the ball himself for another four. Monrovia was worried about A 1 Gray, and the junior showed why, going up the
We just weren’t able to stop that,” Fallis said. Anthony Thompson, a 6-3, 200-pound tight end, pulled in John Shorter’s quick hit and turned it into a 23-yard touchdown, along with a 12-7 halftime lead on the final play of the second quarter. “We came right out in the third quarter and played them tough again, we just didn’t get the points on the board,” Fallis said. GREENCASTLE TOOK the opening kickoff of the second half and picked up three quick first downs before fumbling the ball away. Fullback Steve Stafford scored touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters, as Sullivan ate up Greencastle’s precious time with a ground attack that compiled 175 yards for the night. However, they were mostly short yardage gains, the longest Golden Arrow run from scrimmage covering only 18 yards. “So they didn’t really chew us up too bad,” Fallis said. Sullivan also committed two turnovers. Travis Mundy recovered a fumble in the first quarter, starting the Cubs on an illfated march that resulted in a wide field goal attempt. Robert Sedlack intercepted one of Sullivan’s 15 passes during the second period, but nothing came of it. SULLIVAN PLAYED turnover-free football the second half en route to its
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by the Eagles was stopped by an interception. After the Bruins gave the ball up on fourth down, the Eagles quickly gave it back with another interception. This time the Bruins took advantage and took only two plays to score. Quarterback Andy Cooper turned the wrong way on a broken play, had to scramble, broke loose, and ran 29 yards for the final Bruin score. THE FOURTH QUARTER started with a bang for the Eagles. Brian Meek recovered a Bruin fumble on the second play. Although the Eagles were unable to move the ball and gave it up on four downs, the Bruins had the same problem. Following four short grounds gains, Tony Lewis threw a 24-yard bomb to Greg Phillips at the goal line. A pass interference call was declined by the Eagles and their first touchdown went up on the scoreboard. Five plays later the Bruins coughed up another fumble which Phillips recovered
middle on three straight carries and North’s first earned first down of the night. “We were concerned in practice with Gray all week.” Kaiser said. JUDY WENT BACK to the air again, finding Gray open for a four-yard pick up on a screen. Catching Monrovia in a blitz, Judy fired a 15-yard-pass to McAfee that put North on the Bulldog 21. It was right back to Gray for another four yards and then the drive stalled. With four minutes left in the half Ed Lasley hotted a 35-yard field goal to bring the Cougars within three. But things went wrong for the Cougars from there until the final buzzer. On Monrovia’s next play from scrimmage a face-masking penalty against North gave them a free 15 yards and a first down. Clements then saw Jon Davis slip by a Cougar linebacker for a 20-yard pass play and after one more Everett nine-yard gain it was right back to the air game. SOPHOMORE SCOTT EVERETT
second win of the year. To cap a bad evening for the Tiger Cubs, fullback Kelly Lewis was injured in the fourth quarter and taken to Sullivan County Hospital. Coach Fallis did not know the extent of the injury. Before he left, Lewis gained 23 yards in eight carries, followed by Renschen with 13 yards in eight carries and Steve Penley 32 yards in eight carries. Penley also caught three of Meyer’s five completed passes for 47 yards. GREENCASTLE, NOW 1-1, will host North Knox next week in another cluster game. North Knox plays host to South Vermillion Saturday afternoon. Edgewood defeated Northview (Brazil) Friday night in another cluster 40 contest. SCORE BY QUARTERS Greencastle 0 7 0 0-7 Sullivan 6 6 6 6-24 First quarter SHS-Shorter, 14 run (kick failed). Second quarter GHS-S. Renschen, 17 pass from Meyer (Lewis kick) SHS-Thompson. 23pass from Shorter (kick failed) Third quarter SHS-Stafford, 3 run (pass failed). Fourth quarter SHS-Stafford. 4 run (kick failed) STATISTICS GHS SHS First downs S 12 Rushing yards 64 175 Passing yards 79 144 Passes 5-15-2 5-15-1 Total offense 143 289 Punts-Avg. 3-25.0 4-29.3 Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-1 Penalties-yards 2-10 7-60
Hazlett (21) provided protection. The junior quarterback threw for 197 yards, completing 13 of 32 passes, two for touchdowns. (Ban-ner-Graphic photo by Tracy Proctor).
on the 38-yard line. Throwing passes of 33, 15, five and nine yards, Lewis hit Brian Meek with the last one in the end zone for South’s second score. The Eagles host county rival North Putnam next Friday in another cluster match. SCORE BY QUARTERS Tri-West 7 19 6 0 32 South Putnam 0 0 0 12 12 First Quarter T.W -Clark, 2 run (Glazier kick), 10:05 Second Quarter T.W.-Cooper, 9run (kick fails), 10:30 T.W.-Robinson, 9 pass from Cooper (pass incomplete), 6:17 T.W.-Clark. 2run (Glazierkick), 2:46 Third Quarter T.W.-Cooper, 29run (kick fails), 1:55 Fourth Quarter S.P.-Phillips, 24 pass from Lewis (pass incomplete), 5:22 S.P.-Meek, 9 pass from Lewis (pass incomplete), 2:17 STATISTICS TW SP First downs 17 13 Rushing yards 222 10 Passing yards 219 197 Passes 13-26-0 13-32-4 Total yards 441 207 Return yards 25 130 Punts-Avg. 1-24 4-28 Fumbles-lost 2-1 5.3 Penalties-vards 9-105 5-80
pulled in a nine-yard touchdown pass and Davis caught another Clements strike for the 14-3 halftime score. “We can’t get down now,” Lake said after going around and talking to each of the Cougars. “It’ll be interesting next week down at South Putnam. We’ll get ’em up again.” SCORE BY QUARTERS Monrovia 6 8 7 13-34 North Putnam 0 3 0 0-3 First quarter MHS-K. Everett, * run (run failed) Second quarter NP-Laslev, 35 field goal. MHS--S. Everett, 9 pass from Clements (K. Everett pass from Clements). TTilrd quarter MHS-Clements. 46run (Davis kick) Fourth quarter MHS-K. Everett, I run (Davis kick) MHS-Selv la, 64 pass interception retum(klckwlde) STATISTICS MHS NP First downs 11 7 Rushing yards 189 15 Passing yards 81 gg Passes 7-13-1 9-19-4 Total offense 270 84 Return yards 143 70 Punts-Avg. 3-28.3 4-20.75 Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-2 Pena|tleg-yaids 7-75 8-87