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Greencastle's Steve Penley (32) pulls away from two Cloverdale defenders and eyes the end zone during Wednesday night's 51-18 season finale victory. Penley ran for 219 yards and three Tiger Cub touchdowns, doing most of his damage to the Cloverdale cause in the first half. Penley had 208 yards and three touchdowns at halftime, including one for 80 yards and another for 68. (Ban-ner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).

Cougars blank Falcons in finale; record stands 2-8

By CHRIS KNAUER Banner-Graphic Sports Writer ROACHDALE-“It was an excellent job all the way around,” North Putnam High School football coach Bruce Lake said of his team’s 33-0 victory over the visiting North Vermillion Falcons Wednesday night. “I think the confidence is in the kids,” a happy coach Lake continued. “In the past two games we have scored 61 points, which is more than in our seven previous games combined.” THE COUGARS WERE able to pick up 14 points early the second quarter. A quarterback sack by Craig Asher followed by an incomplete pass by the Falcons gave the Cougars the ball on their own 10. A 1 Gray found the right path for a 12yard run to the endzone two plays later. The extra point kick by Eric Griffin set the score at 7-0 at 10:34. North Putnam controlled the ball again when Falcon kick off receiver DiLowell Mott fumbled the ball into the hands of Mike McGaughey. On first down, Cougar quarterback Terry Judy delivered a 26yard pass to Andy Woods for North Putnam’s second touchdown in less than a minute. The foot of Eric Griffin again added one more. FOURTEEN CONSECUTIVE PLAYS after the Falcons had left their own 16 they had reached the Cougar 24. This only serious scoring attempt by the Falcons came to a close when an incompleted pass on fourth down gave the ball to the Cougars late in the quarter. An interception by the Falcons of a Judy

Eagles lose time and last game

By BILL SEIBOLD Banner-Graphic Sports Writer ROCKVILLE-Where’s the time? That was the question on the minds of the South Putnam Eagles as two clocks differed by as much as 25 and 11 seconds on the last two plays of their high-school football game against sixth ranked Rockville Friday night. Whichever clock was correct, the Rox pulled out a 21-14 victory on a last-ditch touchdown by the state’s leading rusher John Barrett. AS THE PUBLIC address system announced 11 seconds remaining in the game, the officials walked from the field declaring the game over. The stunned Eagles saw a major upset in the making slip away in the confusion. Barrett, the 200-pound senior fullback, carried 37 times for 188 yards and the winning touchdown. Tony Lewis, the state’s Class A leading passer, countered with 12-of-24 passing for 159 yards ar.d two touchdowns for the Eagles. THE ROX TOOK the opening drive 69 yards in 12 plays. After 11 straight rushing plays, quarterback Ben Gilmore threw a 13-yard pass to Todd Bartlett who shook three tackles as he carried the ball in for the score. Barrett kicked the extra point. The Eagles were unable to move the ball and punted after three plays. The Rox mounted another drive and moved to the Eagle 15-yard line. Barrett fumbled the

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ALGRAY Two touchdowns pass was answered by the third quarterback sack by Craig Asher with less then a minute to play. “Craig has been there all throughout the season offensively and defensively,” coach Lake said of his defensive tackle. “He stands out above the rest in tackle points.” The Cougar offense had a hard time going anywhere in the opening minutes of the second half, having been set back by three sacks and a 15 yard penalty. However lady luck soon smiled for the Cougars. A 42-YARD PUNT by Tim McAfee from the Cougar 13 was fumbled by Falcon punt receiver Tony Morson into the hands of

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ball and Rolland Vickrey recovered for South. Following one first down, the Eagles again punted. Another big turnover stopped the next Rox drive as Greg Phillips intercepted a pass and returned the ball 10 yards to the Rox 46-yard line. LEWIS THEN THREW passes of 13, 5 and 14 yards to Chris Sullivan, Brian Meek and Phillips. With the ball on the Rox 11yard line, Lewis found state-ranked receiver Meek in the end zone for the first Eagle touchdown. A two point conversion pass to Sullivan gave the Eagles a 8-7 lead with 5:30 left in the first half.

Donny Stranger. A 42-yard sprint to the end zone gave the Cougars touchdown number three at 6:39. The extra point kick attempt by Griffin failed. Several Falcon downs later an interception by Gray set up the next touchdown starting on the Cougar seven. Twelve plays later a short one yard run by Gray followed by another extra point kick by Griffin gave the Cougars seven more points for a score of 27-0 two minutes into the fourth quarter. Freshman Tom Teal gave the Cougars their last touchdown of the year with 1:44 left in the game as a result of 26-yard run. The kick failed setting the final score at 330. GRAY LED THE Cougars in rushing with 10 carries for 38 yards. Kevin Kays was just behind with six carries for 37 yards. North Putnam’s final record stands at 28. SCORE BY QUARTERS North Putnam 0 14 6 13-33 North Vermillion 0 0 0 0-0 Second Quarter NP-Gray, 12 run (Griffin kick), 10:34. NP-Woods, 26 pass from Judy (Griffin kick), 9:47. Third Quarter NP-Stranger, 41 return of NV fumble (kick failed), 6:39. Fourth Quarter NP-Gray, 1 run (Griffin kick), 10:24. NP-Teai, 28 run (kick failed), 1:44. STATISTICS NP NV First downs / 15 16 Rushing yards 97 71 Passing yards 95 51 Passes 4-10-2 4-14-1 Total yards 192 122 Punts-Avg 7-32.7 2-16.5 Return yards 93 36 Penalties-yds 7-75 4-30

The Rox drive which followed racked up four first downs in 11 rushing plays. But the Eagles stalled the drive, leaving the Rox facing a fourth-and-goal from the fiveyard line. Rockville called a time out. The Eagles called timeout. The Rox called another timeout. Barrett stepped back to kick a 22yard field goal attempt, but quarterback Gilmore grabbed the snap, rolled right and hit Bartlett in the end zone for the touchdown. A double reverse conversion attempt fell short and the Rox went to the locker room leading 13-8. AN INTERCEPTION STOPPED the first Eagle drive of the second half. But Rodney Hutchison returned the favor by recovering a Barrett fumble four plays later. After an Eagle punt, the Rox mounted another long drive, moving 32 yards to the Eagle 13-yard line. Facing fourth-and-six, the Rox were unable to convert. The Eagles took over deep in their own territory. Lewis went into his passing game, throwing three straight first-down passes. The third was to Brian Meek for a 35-yard gain. Then, after missing three straight pass attempts and facing a fourth-and-10 situation, Lewis threw an 11-yard strike to Phillips at the three-yard line. Two plays later Lewis kept the ball and dived across the goal line to give the Eagles a 14-13 lead

Cubs trap Clovers for 3rd straight winning season

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor What seemed like an impossible task for the Greencastle High School football team just a few weeks ago was successfully completed Wednesday night with a 51-18 season-ending victory over county rival Cloverdale. The win-despite all of the rebuilding, all of the adjustments to graduation and in-jury-gave Greencastle a 6-4 record, its third consecutive winning season under fifth year coach John Fallis. “I THOUGHT IF everything went right it might be better, but I could easily see us being worse too,” Fallis said of his preseason thoughts. “But if they had told me at the start of the year they were going to take Kelly Lewis and David Smith away from us, then it would have seemed very difficult. We played as well as we could in most games.” And if Greencastle had played much better Wednesday night Cloverdale would have been in far more trouble. Steve Penley scored three first half touchdowns and ran for 208 yards to give the Tiger Cubs a 29-6 halftime lead. The score never got closer. “They did some really good blocking inside on our tackles and we couldn’t stop that trap for a while,” coach Garry Deßossett said after his first Cloverdale team finished 2-8. “By that time they had scored two or three (touchdowns) off the stupid thing.” THE TRAP PLAY and the blocking of the guards and centers that spring the fullback have become as much a trade mark of the Greencastle football program as the student-body offense and the tailback at USC. Penley broke the trap for an 80-yard touchdown gallop and a 68 yard scoring run. The 6-1, 205-pound junior scored a touchdown from the 12-yard line on a pure exhibition of power, breaking tackle after tackle and keeping his balance with one hand. “He’s a good back, 32,” Deßossett said. “He’s no slouch. He got in the open field, he’s hard to bring down.” Penley was as hard to bring down as Cloverdale’s Scott Novak was to contain. Nearly everytime quarterback Chris Hoffa sent a pass to the split end, the junior was able to overcome Greencastle’s double-cover-age to make the match. “HE’S A GOOD quick receiver and they hit him a few times,” coach Fallis said. “They picked up yards and scored some points.” Novak picked up 138 yards in six catches, making touchdown pass receptions of 18, 5 and 11 yards as the Clovers came within a point of matching their seasonhigh scoring effort. Cloverdale’s effort was not only hurt by Greencastle’s outstanding and timely defensive plays, but also by turnovers. The Clovers turned the ball over five times, two by fumble and three by pass interception. The only Tiger Cub fumble of the night led to Cloverdale’s only shot at taking the lead. “INSTEAD OF THEM scoring first we should have scored first,” Deßossett said of the drive mounted after the Cubs fumbled on the Clover five yard line. “We hurt ourselves down there. They got a blitz on us, then a beautiful trap block inside and the guy is gone.” A Chris Gilbert sack prevented the Clovers from using the Greencastle turnover, but the big play came just minutes later. In fact it was a series of big plays, both offensively and defensively. Taking possession on their own 31 yard

with 55 seconds left in the game. The Eagles were able to generate two first downs but were forced to punt. THE ROX THEN mounted the gamewinning drive. Facing a fourth-and-six-inch situation on the one-yard line, the Rox needed two tries. Then, with first-and-goal from sue inches, it took another two plays before Barrett nosed the ball over the goal for the final score. A two-point conversion pass from Gilmore to John Tucker gave the Rox a 2114 lead with 21 seconds on both the officials’ field watch and the clock in the scorer’s booth, as announced. The Eagles took the kickoff and immediately called for a timeout, but the officials walked from the playing field, declaring time had run out. SCORE BV QUARTERS South Putnam 0 8 0 6-14 Rockville 7 6 0 8-21 First Quarter RHS-Bartlett, 13 pass from Gilmore (Barrett kick), 6:32. Second Quarter SP-Meek, 11 pass from Lewis (Sullivan pass from Lewis), 5:30. RHS-Bartlett, 5 pass from Gilmore (run failed), 1:01. Fourth Quarter SP-Lewis, 1 run (run failed), 9:55. RHS-Barrett, 1 run (Tucker pass from Gilmore), :21. STATISTICS S.P. RHS First downs 15 24 Rushing yards 10 297 Passing yards 149 18 Passes 12-24-2 1-5-1 Total Yards 159 315 Return yards 37 39 Punts-avg. 4-23 0-0 Fumbles-lost 1-0 4-3 Penaltles-yds. 3-35 8-80

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SCOTT NOVAK Three touchdowns line, Cloverdale moved right to the Greencastle seven with one play - Mark McLean pulling in a Hoffa pass over the middle for a 62-yard pick up. Bob Reynolds and Rick Sawyer got the Clovers to Greencastle’s two but that was where the Tiger Cub senior theme began to appear. JACK BEDWELL, PRESSED into a starting role earlier this year because of Lewis’ injury, shot through the Clover line to sack Hoffa for a six-yard loss on third down. Jarrad Hughes attempted a 26-yard field goal, but it was wide, giving the Cubs possession on their own 20. One play, “a beautiful trap-block inside” as Deßossett so accurately described it, set Penley free for an 80-yard touchdown run. Lewis kicked the PAT and Greencastle led for good. Senior Randy Blye sacked Hoffa for a 12yard loss and senior Robert Sedlack batted down a pass to end Cloverdale’s next possession and it was off to the end zone again for Greencastle. SEDLACK PULLED IN a 17-yard pass from his quarterback classmate Pat Meyer and five plays later Penley scored from 12-yards out. Penley put Greencastle ahead 19-0 with 7:56 left in the first half with his 68 yard run out of the trap. “The kids were overrunning it sometimes and the linebackers, instead of stepping up in the hole, they were going too deep,” Deßossett said of Cloverdale’s defensive efforts. But by that time Penley had become a one-man wrecking crew. After already putting three touchdowns on the board he came up with a fumble recovery. ON THE FIRST play from scrimmage Meyer threaded the needle to split end Joe Franklin for a 15-vard touchdown play. Cloverdale’s McLean was right there, batted the ball toward the ground, but the quick-handed Franklin got under the football before it hit the turf. Lewis’ kick made it 26-0. Brian Robins recovered Cloverdale’s next fumble, but the Cubs couldn’t capitalize on it. However, when Sedlack picked off a Hoffa pass and returned it 11 yards to the Clover 20, Greencastle did score and it is now a school record. Cloverdale appeared to have stopped the Greencastle drive, a holding penalty contributing to the cause. However, Lewis came on to kick a 42-yard field goal that is not only the longest ever for a Cub, but second longest in West Central Conference history. TO THAT POINT Greencastle had limited Cloverdale to negative one net rushing yards, so Hoffa went back to the air. He found Novak for a 17 yard gain,

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then for another 38, putting the Clovers at the Cub 18. As the final second of the half disappeared, Novak leaped up between two Greencastle defenders, pulled down the ball and dived into the end zone, setting the halftime score at 29-6. Franklin intercepted a Cloverdale pass to give the Cubs their second possession of the third quarter. Greencastle pounded its way to the 36-6 lead, a 24-yard strike to Franklin being the only pass in 58-yard touchdown drive. Rick Renschen capped the drive with a two-yard plunge into the end zone. Cloverdale got a handle on Greencastle’s trap at halftime, but there are other plays. MEYER WENT TO the air game for a 25-yard strike to Steve Renschen, a 35-yard dart to sophomore tight end Doug Hedrick and a 19-yard pass to Sedlack. The last catch of Sedlack’s career was a spectacular one, the 6-2 tight end diving behind the defender at the last possible second to put Greencastle on the Cloverdale five. From there Rick Stewart scored the touchdown and Lewis kicked the PAT, sending the Cubs into the final period leading 43-6. Cloverdale came right back though with its most impressive drive of the night, going 80-yards in 10 plays. The big one was a 42-yard pass from Hoffa to Kurt Beanblossom, moving the Clovers to the Cub 33. NOVAK’S FIVE-YARD reception in the back corner capped the scoring drive and just like Greencastle’s earlier touchdown against Cloverdale, the defender got a hand on the ball. It appeared John Hecko had successfully defended the play, but Novak latched on to the pass and stayed in bounds. Junior Troy Wilson capped Greencastle’s scoring, as coach Fallis pulled all starters, giving the seniors a special moment with an earlier timeout. However, the key play on the 46-yard touchdown drive was between Hedrick and Sutherlin, who was quarterbacking. On the third and six situation Sutherlin put a pass on the money over the middle for a 21-yard pick up to the Cloverdale 21. After Stewart and Neil Masten got Greencastle to the Cloverdale eight, Wilson took over. Masten ran in the twopoint conversion, giving the Tiger Cubs a season-high 51 points with 3:03 remaining. ALTHOUGH A VICTORY rally was unlikely with the Cubs ahead by 39 points, the Clovers kept coming. Novak pulled in a Hoffa pass for a 47 yard play, then freshman John Nees came off the bench to throw his first varsity touchdown pass, again to Novak in the corner of the end zone. SCORE BY QUARTERS Cloverdale 0 6 0 12-18 Greencastle 13 16 14 8-51 First Quarter GHS-Penley, 80run (Lewis kick). 3:42. GHS-Penley, 12 run (kick blocked), :03. Second Quarter GHS-Penley, 68 run (run failed), 7:56. GHS-Franklln, 15 pass from Meyer (Lewis kick), 7:32. GHS-Lewis, 42 field goal, 1:30. CHS-Novak. 18 pass from Hoffa, (pass intercepted), 0:00. Third Quarter GHS-R. Renschen, 2 run (lewis kick), 4:58. GHS-Stewart. 5 run (Lewis kick), 1:02. Fourth Quarter CHS-Novak, 5 pass from Hoffa (run failed), 9:12. GHS-Wilson, 8 run (Masten run), 3:03. CHS-Novak, 11 pass from Nees (pass failed), :17. STATISTICS CHS GHS First downs 12 18 Rushing yards 46 315 Passing yards 181 189 Passes 9-2-3 12-18-0 Total offense 227 515 Return yards 118 23 Punts-Avg. 6-31.0 1-28.0 Fumbles-lost 3-2 1-1 Penalties-yards 5-35 4-50

Cloverdale its first scoring opportunity during Wednesday night's season ending 51-18 loss. (BannerGraphic photo by Steve Fields).

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