Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 80, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 December 1984 — Page 9
Putnam County teams playing taller opponents
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Very few high school basketball teams pass up a fastbreak opportunity. But to get that opportunity a team must rebound and that will be a major factor Friday and Saturday nights for Putnam County teams. Friday night there is a loaded schedule, topped by the West Central Conference game between Cascade and host South Putnam. North Putnam travels to Tri-West for another WCC contest, while Greencastle is host to South Vermillion in a nonleague game and Cloverdale visits Eminence. EVERYONE BUT SOUTH Putnam plays Saturday night. Greencastle entertains a quick 3-1 Plainfield team, North Putnam is host to a very tall 3-1 Crawfordsville squad and Cloverdale takes a trip to 2-2 Danville, a team that has just recently discovered how to use its size. Plainfield, Crawfordsville and Danville all play Friday night. Cascade brings a 2-3 record into South Putnam, but both victories have come in WCC play. The Cadets beat Cloverdale and Monrovia and lost to non-conference foes Northview, Avon and Plainfield. Second-year coach Rick Ford has a very balanced team, headed by Doug Collier with a 10.8 scoring average. Just behind him is guard Doug Smyth at 10.2 points and David Cox at 9.6. “WE CAN’T LET them get out on the fastbreak and get easy buckets,” Ford said of the Eagles. “They’re running a little more this year since they have a little more size than Bill (Merkel) is used to, so we can’t let them get easy buckets on us.” South has to rebound to run, according to Merkel “I’ve just not been satisfied with our rebounding,” the coach said, obviously recalling Danville’s 41-29 board advantage last weekend.
WCC boys basketball
Total Record WCC Record Greencastle 4-1 2-0 Owen Valley 4-0 1-0 Danville 2-2 1-1 South Putnam 2-2 1-1 Cascade 2-3 1-0 North Putnam 1-4 0-1 Tri-West 0-1 0-1 Edgewood 0-2 0-0 Monrovia 0-4 0-2 Cloverdale* 1-3 •No* included in ISB4-85 WCC race
Weekend basketball schedule
Friday South Vermillion at Greencastle North Putnam at Tri-West* Cascade at South Putnam* Cloverdale at Eminence Rockville at Attica Owen Valley at Danville* Monrovia at Eastern Greene West Vigo at Northview (Brazil)
Jackson leads Senators
By The Associated Press N 0.3 East Chicago Washington, paced by senior center Wayne Jackson with 26 points, pounded Whiting 86-45 in Indiana high school basketball. The Senators, now 4-0, had five players in double figures Wednesday night. Whiting slipped to 1-3. Gary Roosevelt scored nine straight
If Yankees can sign Henderson he's theirs; father, son together?
C.1984N.Y. Times HOUSTON Wheeling and dealing in a style unparalleled at baseball’s winter meetings, the New York Yankees reached agreement with the Oakland A’s Wednesday on a trade for Rickey Henderson, and sent Rick Cerone to the Atlanta Braves for a minor league pitcher. They also were said to be seriously discussing a trade that would send Steve Kemp to Pittsburgh and bring Dale Berra to New York to play for his father. The Henderson transaction was dependent on the Yankees’ being able to sign the base-stealing leadoff hitter, who can be a free agent at the end of the 1985 season. There was no immediate announcement of the deal, but a source familiar with it said it was concluded in midafternoon, after the Cerone deal had been made. The source would not disclose the names of the five players the Yankees agreed to give the A’s, but another source said he thought the group included Jay Howell, the Yankees’ N 0.2 relief pitcher; three minor league pitchers Jose Rijo, Tim Birtsas and Eric Plunk, and Stan Javier, a minor league outfielder. The second source also said he believed the Yankees would receive a minor league player from Oakland. The talks between the Yankees and the A’s had reached a temporary impasse Tuesday because the A’s did not want to give the Yankees permission to speak to Henderson before they agreed to the trade. The A’s changed their stance Wednesday, however, believing the Yankees would be able to sign Henderson in the 72-hour period they are permitted to talk to Henderson under the commissioner’s rules. Richie Bry, Henderson’s agent, was at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, site of the meetings, and was prepared to negotiate immediately. “We spoke with Rickey last night about
One of the keys to Danville’s board domination was Brian Meek’s foul trouble. The 6-3 junior forward sat out most of the second and third quarters before picking up a quick fifth foul early in the fourth quarter. But Ford doesn’t think Meek is the key to South, believing too many other players are capable of big games. After four games, four of South’s starters are carrying doublefigure averages. Sophomore guard Troy Greenlee leads the way with a 14.7 average, followed by Meek at 13. Senior forward Todd Branson is averaging 11.7 and guard Mark Sutherlin is scoring at a 10.7 clip. Junior center Greg Phillips is averaging eight points. AT GREENCASTLE, COACH Doug Miller has been able to prepare his 4-1 Tiger Cubs for two very similar ball clubs. Both South Vermillion and Plainfield like to run and press. South Vermillion brings a 2-1 team to Greencastle, having beaten Shakamak and West Vigo, taking its loss from Rockville. Second-year coach Tim Wolf will have 6-5 junior Kenny McMasters at center with 6-2 senior Jim Kendrick and 6-2 sophomore Mike Shew at forwards. Jody Magee, a 5-10 senior, and Brett Gilman, a 6-0 senior, will open at guards. He’s also got Rice Helt, a 6-1 senior, who led the Wildcats in scoring last year. “It should be a quick tempoed ball game as both teams like to get up and down the floor,” Miller predicted. SATURDAY SHOULD BE no different, as Plainfield coach Larry Bullington has mixed veterans and rookies into a 3-1 club. The Quakers have beaten Cascade, Avon and Brownsburg and lost to Center Grove. They host a Mooresville team coached by Greencastle High School graduate Terry Ross Friday night. Carl Archer, “just a very good all around player,” according to Miller, is the primary returnee from last year’s outstanding ball club. The 6-2 senior starts at guard with 5-10 senior Mike
Saturday Plainfield at Greencastle Crawfordsville at North Putnam Cloverdale at Danville Western Boone at Southmont Cascade at Speedway Edgewood at Northview (Brazil) Brown County at Owen Valley
points to rally from a 42-37 deficit and hand N 0.16 Gary Wallace a 46-42 defeat. Roosevelt guard James Scott, who finished with a game-high 17 points, made five straight free throws down the stretch. Roosevelt is 4-1. Wallace, which got 11 points from Vince Beckwith, is 3-1.
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RICKEY HENDERSON May become Yankee
the possibility of a trade, and we have a specific proposal to make,” said Bry, who said he could not confirm the trade. Nor would Bry discuss his proposal, but it figured to be somewhere in the area of $2 million a year for five years. Last year Henderson rejected an Oakland offer of seven years for between $lO million and sl2 million and, instead, gained a $950,000 salary for 1984 in salary arbitration. “Rickey is the best at what he does,” Bry said. “He’s the best leadoff man in baseball. That gives you some idea of what we would want.” Henderson would be the answer to the Yankees’ center-field problems. He has played left for the A’s but only because Oakland has Dwayne Murphy in center. Henderson, who will be 26 Dec. 25, has stolen 100 or more bases three times and hjs 130 stolen bases in 1982 is the major
Tigers haven't learned lines yet
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor There are any number of ways to look at DePauw University’s 2-2 start on the basketball court. The most obvious angle, of course, would be to say the Tigers aren’t as good as they were last year. That comparison may be wrong. Being compared to last year’s all-time great DePauw season could become a nightmare to this team, one which it has to live with considering there are eight “regulars” returning. THIS TEAM ISN’T the same basketball team though. Coach Mike Steele has a team of role players, exactly as last year. Everyone took home an Academy Award for best supporting player. But as all the world is a stage and the people in it players, the Tigers haven’t learned their lines. This is especially true of the front-line players. DePauw hasn’t established an inside game yet. David Galle’s 23 points at Huntington is the best frontcourt effort. Joe Vanderkolk got his 14 points at Butler shooting from 17- and 18-feet out on the baseline and the Tigers got very little inside against Illinois Wesleyan. IF YOU BREAK DePAUW’S team down into sec tions, or by positions, the forward spots and the front court in general got hurt the most and is doing more rebuilding than one might think. Not only did three senior forwards graduate, but the Tigers also lost assistant coach Chris Benetti, a 6-7 frontline player in college himself. Now DePauw has a goal of 20 inside-feed passes a game. They came nowhere near that figure at Butler. Are the guards to blame since that is supposed to be the team’s strongest position? Not really because if the front-court players were successful, the Tigers would see a lot of zone defenses as they did last year. Right now teams are coming out after perimeter shooters like Tim Vieke, Joe Vanderkolk and even Phil Wendel. If there is an inside
league record. This past season he stole 66 bases and batted .293, two points higher than his career average. By late afternoon, the Yankees had been involved in all of the trades that had been consummated at the December meetings two announced and one unannounced. They sent Ray Fontenot and Brian Dayett to the Chicago Cubs Tuesday for four players, including Ron Hassey. Although Clyde King, the Yankees’ general manager, said that deal was not made with any other in mind, the Yankees talked to the Braves about Cerone Tuesday and finished the deal Wednesday. In giving up the popular catcher, who had lost out to Butch Wynegar, the Yankees received Brian Fisher, a 22-year-old pitcher, whom they placed on the Columbus roster. Cerone was a pleasant surprise when he batted .277 in 1980, the season. There was no word from either the Yankees or the Pirates on the deal a Pittsburgh source said they were negotiating. If completed, Kemp and Tim Foli, who has demanded a trade, would go to the Pirates for Berra and Mike Bielecki, a 25-year-old left-handed pitcher, who had a 19-3 record with Hawaii of the Pacific Coast League last season. The Yankees have been trying to trade Kemp but have found it difficult because of his contract, which has three years left and, if he is traded, would bring Kemp a total of $4 million. The Pirates, who have been put up for sale, have said they have been losing a lot of money, but they desperately want a good-hitting outfielder and they would be subtracting Berra’s salary, which would total $2.18 million for the next four years. Berra has played shortstop for the Pirates, but he is said to be a better third baseman. If the Yankees get him, he could platoon with Mike Pagliarulo at third and the Yankees could trade Toby Harrah.
Smith. At center will be 6-4 Brian Hatfield with 6-0 senior Dan Homeier and 6-3 sophomore Ken VanWanzeele at forwards. “They're going to play a lot of people. Their first sub will be a freshman and their second sub a sophomore,” Miller said. AFTER A 4-0 START the Cubs were handed a 78-42 lesson at Terre Haute North (now 4-1) last Saturday. The Patriots were able to double-team leading scorer Mike Cooper, holding him to just seven points, a two-year low for the six-foot senior. While this was going on 6-8 junior center Chris Jewell dominated the middle. “We’re coming back off the Terre Haute North loss with the attitude we’re going to learn some things from it and we’re going to improve,” Miller said. Led by Cooper’s 19.2, four Cubs are carrying double-figure averages: junior guard David Rushing 15.6, senior forward David Smith 11.6 and senior forward Jay Hopkins 10. AT TRI-WEST, North Putnam will see a young Bruin team in terms of season play, as this will only be their second game. TriWest put 70 points on the scoreboard last week against Greencastle, but lost by eight. Chris Coll, a 6-3 senior, led the Bruins with a 21-point, 13 rebound effort and junior P.K. Williams netted 20. Saturday night at North Putnam the visitors will have a tremendous height advantage. Crawfordsville starts 6-9 senior Scott Balch at one forward with 6-2 Tom Barbee at the other. Bill Lee, a 6-2 junior goes at center with 6-3 senior Phil Luzader and 5-11 junior Ryan Sorrell at guards. Balch isn’t on the floor for decoration either, average 18 points and 10 rebounds through the first four games. Sorrell leads the Athenians with an 18.5 average and Barbee nets 15 a game. AFTER VICTORIES OVER Seeger, McCutcheon and Benton
Fields' Findings
game, opponents pack it in and it’s duck season. THROUGH THE BUTLER contest the Tigers were shooting 52 per cent from the floor. At Taylor though, they hit just 36 per cent and were outrebounded 26-23. That combination of figures doesn’t win too many games DePauw must rebound better “I really found out how much we miss Juan Aponte. He had a knack of getting offensive rebounds,” Steele said at Tuesday’s Tiger Talk. Vanderkolk could be the key for DePauw. Steele noted before the season the difference between Vieke as a scorer and Hathaway last year was size. At 6-1 Vieke must do nearly all of his scoring from the perimeter. Hathaway at 6-4 could shoot from the outside and if covered there could take his man inside. Like Hathaway, Vanderkolk can shoot it from the perimeter or post up. However, the junior from Lafayette Jeff High School isn’t as good handling the ball and has slower feet. If DePauw had a dominant center, Vanderkolk would be a good power forward. STEELE HAS CONTINUED playing a lot of people, his philosophy being they work as hard in practice as the starters and it wears the opponent down. It works, that is unless the opponent does the same.
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Central, Crawfordsville was nipped by Lebanon last Friday night in its own gym. Chris Colvin has been North’s most consistent scorer thus far, carrying a 14 point average. Ryan Wehrman is averaging 13.2 a game and Chris Lyons 10.8. AT EMINENCE, Cloverdale goes for its second win in a row against a 1-5 ball club. The Eels defeated Eastern Greene County for their only win and lost to Dugger-Union Wednesday night 117-58. At 6-5, Ed Webb is “probably their best player,” according to Clover coach Mark Barnhizer. Webb likes to post up low and 6-2 guard Mike Buis gets the ball inside to him. Eminence’s ball handling may be suspect though as DuggerUnion forced a lot of perimeter turnovers and scored a number of layups. AT DANVILLE THE Clovers run into real trouble. “We don’t match up with them at all,” Barnhizer said of a Warrior lineup loaded with players ranging from 6-5 to 6-0. “South Putnam is bigger than us and they didn’t seem to match up with them ’ The Warriors discovered their inside game after opening the season with losses to Lebanon and Greencastle, and have since beaten Brownsburg and South Putnam. “Against Danville the boards are definitely going to be a key,” Barnhizer said. The Clovers should be pretty optimistic after getting their first win last week against Clay City. “We’re playing better If our kids play with confidence I think we can stay in the ball game with them,” Barnhizer said. THE COACH STARTED the week thinking about setting up plays to isolate their strongest offensive players like Rob Mann. Bryan Scott and Craig Whitaker. But guard Sonny Stoltz is the only starter who hasn’t missed a day of school because of sickness and center Mark McLean missed the first three days.
So far Steele has changed the starting lineup every game. Wendel at point-guard and Galle at forward are the only Tigers who have started every game. After the Butler contest the coach said he may not have a set lineup this year. It sounds as though I’m defending a DePauw start. No, just pointing out the adjustments taking place. NOW SATURDAY DePAUW plays host to Millikin College at 3 p.m. It’s only the second home game of the season and considering the losses have come to an undefeated and well-coached Paul Patterson team and to 3-1 NCAA Division I Butler University, that record isn’t bad. Remember, Taylor beat Wabash College in Crawfordsville. Mount case leads to proposed change INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A committee of the Indiana Board of Education is expected to recommend a policy that bans “red-shirting” for elementary students, state officials said. The recommendation, expected to be made by February, would forbid students to repeat a grade in Indiana so they can mature physically for athletic purposes. The proposal to ban red-shirting would likely be modeled after those already adopted by other states. Associate State School Superintendent Ray Slaby said Wednesday. He said athletic eligibility standards could be altered or rules such as those of the Indiana State High School Athletic Association prohibiting red-shirting by ninth to 12th graders could be adopted. State School Superintendent Harold Negley told the state board’s committee on standards Wednesday that red-shirting should neither be condoned nor overlooked.
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