Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 82, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 December 1984 — Page 4

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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, December 8,1984

Greencastle now 5-1

Tiger Cubs top South Vermillion

By DAN STEVENS Banner-Graphic Sports Writer Friday night’s game between the Wildcats of South Vermillion and Greencastle’s Tiger Cubs was everything a high school basketball game is cracked up to be. The Cubs finally pulled it out, 56-49, to increase their record to 5-1, but not before the evening was almost halted before the first shot was taken. The tension came in the form of a fallen hereo. With only 10 secones elapsed in the ball game, Greencastle’s Mike Cooper and David Smith both dove for a loose bail, only to have Cooper escorted to the trainer’s room with a twisted knee. IN ADDITION TO losing their leading scorer, the Cubs were faced with a scrappy half-court trapping defense by the Wildcats, which forced five steals in the first quarter alone. But the Wildcats had problems of their own. Namely, an aggressive 2-3 zone by Greencastle which kept the Wildcats outside and made them shoot a meager 29 per cent from the floor in the opening period. Cooper returned with a knee brace to finish, the game after missing onnly three minutes of the contest, but Greencastle’s normally high-scoring offense could net only a 14-12 first-quarter advantage. IN THE SECOND period neither defense let up, however South Vermillion’s Rhys Helt was able to keep his team alive by putting in all seven of his points. With three minutes left in the half and a one-point lead, the Wildcats turned to a stall. The strategy backfired, producing three straight steals for the Cubs, and enabling Greencastle to take a slim 28-25 lead into the half. In the third quarter Greencastle countered the Wildcat press by spreading out their high offense and letting Cooper and David Rushing work backdoor plays. South Vermillion altered its game plan by posting the quickness of Jim Kendrick and Mike Shew inside against the size of Greencastle’s David Murphy. Both strategies worked as Cooper and Rushing combined for 12 of the Cubs thirdquarter points while Kendrick and Shew accounted for all by two of the Wildcats’

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Rebounding is rough and sometimes dangerous work, for one never knows when a Jay Hopkins might come flying into the battle. David Murphey (53) and Rhys Helt (24) might have thought this battle was between them as-

16. the difference gave Greencastle a fivepoint advantage going into the final period, 46-41. IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, the talent of the Tiger Cubs finally started to wear upon the spirit of the Wildcats. Smith hit Rushing on a well executed fast break that increased the Cubs’ lead to nine with only 1:48 to play, but South Vermillion simply wouldn’t give up. “I thought South Vermillion played a really fine basketball game,” Greencastle

Yankees chasing deal for Henderson

HOUSTON (AP) The New York Yankees will go into extra innings today trying to get Rickey Henderson from the Oakland A’s. For the rest of the majorleague teams, baseball’s winter meetings are over. “We’re still in the process,” Yankees spokesman Joe Safety said shortly after 1 a.m. CST today, explaining that New York needed more time in its efforts to obtain Henderson. The week-long winter meetings were supposed to end at 5 p.m. CST Friday and the supposed final day was filled with a flurry of activity. Free-agent pitcher Steve Trout resigned with the Chicago Cubs; free-agent outfielder Lee Lacy joined Baltimore; and Milwaukee dealt pitcher Don Sutton to Oakland in the biggest of the day’s four trades. In Atlanta, meanwhile, free-agent pit-

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ter Kris Nelson (21) backed out, but Hopkins came flying into the fray from behind. (Banner-Graphic photo by Tracy Proctor).

coach Doug Miller said. “We were worried about the intensity we showed last weekend, but I was really happy with the game.” Rushing and Cooper led all scorers with 18 and 14 respectively, while Shew and Kendrick were tops for the Wildcats with 12 and 10. The next game for the Cubs will be Saturday night at home against Plainfield. GREENCASTLE (56) Hopkins 2 0-114, Smith 4 1-3 4 9. Cooper S 4-

cher Bruce Sutter signed a six-year, $lO million contract with the Braves. And at 5 p.m., the meetings officially ended except for the Yankees and A’s. The two teams made a conditional trade Wednesday. Henderson and a minorleaguer would go from the A’s to the Yankees in exchange for five players provided the Yankees could reach agreement on a new contract with Henderson and his agent, Richie Bry. Oakland gave the Yankees permission to negotiate with the outfielder for 48 hours. That gave the Yankees until 5 p.m. Friday to finish their business with Henderson, one of the best leadoff men in baseball history. But after meeting Friday morning, more time was needed. The A’s granted a 24hour extension; the Yankees said they would know one way or the other by midnight. Once again, the deadline passed without any action. Finally, Safety emerged from the meeting room. “There was sufficient movement to extend our own deadline,” he said. “We need until noon. “There was enough movement that we felt we had reason to continue negotiating.” Bry, reportedly asking for more than $8 million for five years, said the only difference remaining was money. So, the wait for Henderson, who has come to Houston, continues. Meanwhile, Sutter already knows where he will be next season.

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4 6 14, Rushing 7 4-14 18. Murphy 3 3-1 8 9. Hendrick 1 0-0 0 2, Nelson 0 0-0 0 0 - Totals FG 22, FT 12-16. PF 13 SOUTH VERMILLION (49) Kendrick 5 0-0 0 10. Shew 4 4-5 8 12, Gilman 1 O 0 4 2. Magee I 2-2 I 4, McMasters 4 0-0 2 8. Helt 1 5-5 0 7, Farrington 2 0-114, Buker I 00 0 2, Scott 0 0-1 1 0 -Totals FG 19, FT 11-14, PF 14 „ REBOUNDING Greencastle (23) Murphy 8, Cooper 6. Rushing 4, Smith 4, Hopkins 1. South Vermillion (16) Shew 8, Gilman 4, McMasters 2, Magee I. Farrington 1. QUARTER SCORING Greencastle 14 14 18 10-56 South Vermillion 12 13 16 8-49 JV score: Greencastle 42, South Vermillion 34 OT

The relief pitcher who set a National League record and tied the major-league standard by saving 45 games last season for the St. Louis Cardinals said he was impressed with the commitment of Braves owner Ted Turner to his ballclub, along with the pleasant Southern surroundings. Cubs General Manager Dallas Green, who had previously re-signed free-agent pitcher Dennis Eckersley, also landed Trout. Trout, 13-7 last season, signed a fiveyear contract worth a reported $4.5 million. Green has now re-signed half of his freeagent pitchers. The two remaining are reliever Tim Stoddard and the biggest prize, NL Cy Young Award winner Rick Sutcliffe. Sutton, winner of 280 games, was sent from Milwaukee to Oakland in exchange for pitcher Ray Burris and a minorleaguer. In other deals, the World Series champion Detroit Tigers made their only trade of the meetings when they sent third baseman Howard Johnson to the New York Mets for pitcher Walt Terrell. The Chicago White Sox and Montreal Expos made two trades. In the first swap, the White Sox sent infielder Vance Law to Montreal for reliever Bob James, a hard thrower who has been plagued by control problems. In the second deal, reliever Bert Roberge was sent to Montreal for infielder Bryan Little, one of baseball’s best bunters.

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'Worst effort' dooms Eagles

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Effort was being discussed by both coaches Friday night after Cascade whipped host South Putnam 65-45 in a West Central Conference high school basketball game. For obvious reasons each coach had a different view of the subject, as the Cadets raised their overall record to 3-3 and conference mark to 3-0, while the Eagles dropped to 2-3 overall and 1-2 in league play. “YOU CAN QUOTE ME on this: This is the worst effort of a South Putnam basketball team I’ve had since I’ve been at South Putnam,” coach Bill Merkel blasted. “We didn’t go after loose balls, we didn’t go aggressively to the boards. We just had no intensity, no desire and if you don’t have that, you can’t cover up for some of the mistakes.” South Putnam had 21 mistakes and 39 per cent (16-41) shooting to cover up. “We didn’t run the offense one time, particularly in the first half,” Merkel said. But some of the credit should go to Cascade’s effort, as the Cadets shot 46 per cent (26-56) from the floor, committed just 13 total turnovers, only six of them in the second half, and outrebounded South Putnam 35-26. “WE PLAYED HARD. That’s one of the things we haven’t done well all year,” coach Rick Ford praised. “We’ve had one or two kids that have and tonight every kid that went in there played hard and played well most of the time. That’s what it takes.” After rallying from a 9-2 deficit in the first quarter, the Eagles stayed with the Cadets until the last two minutes of the first half. During those final 120 seconds South committed three turnovers and missed two shots, allowing the Cadets to take a 36-27 halftime lead. Defensively, we were pretty good in the first half,” Merkel said. “We just did not execute.” SOUTH’S DEFENSE WAS the only thing that kept the U.S. 40 rivalry from becoming a blowout early. Cascade stole the ball twice to open the game and David Smyth turned each into a layup. Jo Poteet gave the Cadets 6-0 lead before Troy Greenlee scored for the Eagles. Cascade moved into a commanding 9-2 lead before Meek turned a Greenlee ally oop pass into a basket and Mark Sutherlin came up with a steal and two points, closing the gap to 9-6. Another Sutherlin steal and bucket brought the Eagles to within one. 10-9. “All we had the first half was garbage baskets. They were off steals, or off easy fastbreak buckets," Merkel said "They're not making the transition into the half-

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All is fair in love, war and rebounding. South Putnam's Troy Greenlee served notice of it Friday night, going over a Cascade Cadet for a rebound. Greenlee got a little unknown protection from behind,

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court game and when you play a good team they’re going to take that stuff away from you. You’ve got to get into a halfcourt game. We get into a halfcourt game and they just want to play one-on-one like it was a fullcourt game and you just can’t do that.” TRAILING 15-13 WHEN the second period opened, South tied the game 17-17 on a Meek bucket off a Todd Branson pass. But that was also Meek’s last field goal of the game. Two Meek free throws gave South a brief 27-26 lead with 2:50 left in the half, but that was the last of South’s points. During the second half South’s three leading scorers for the season -- Greenlee, Meek and Branson -- netted just 10 points and took only eight total shots from the floor. Meek never took a shot from the floor. THE EAGLES NEVER got inside seven points of the Cadets during the third quarter and with 1:25 left in the period Cascade pushed the lead into double figures. “I think they got to standing,” Ford said of South. “When we were going zone they really didn’t have good movement and they missed a couple of outside shots. We got a couple of breaks and loose-ball baskets down here and we just opened it up to about 12 or 15 (points) there and tha< made the difference. ” Greenlee led South with 13 points anc » Sutherlin, with 10 first-half points, was tht ' only other Eagle in double figures at 11. CASCADE’S BALANCED ATTACK was led by David Smyth with 19 and center Doug Collier followed with 18. Forward Joe Poteet netted 10. South Putnam won its second junior varsity game of the season 63-43 over Cascade. While South is off Saturday night, Cascade plays a non-conference game at Speedway. South Putnam’s next outing is Dec. 14 at Tri-West. Cascadr (65) Poteet 4 2-2 2 16. Co* 3 6-1 2 6. Colttw 8 23 I 18. Smyth 7 5-6 I 16. Hllk<«iehb> 1 4-4 5 6. Perry 1 6-4 6 2. Hagllt I H I t Forte 6 6 0 1 6 - Totals FG 26. FT IS 16 PF 14 South Putnam i4s’ Meek 2 4-4 2 6 Itramoo J 6-4 J 6 > E 2 2 4. Grreuler 5 5-5 2 13, SMheNta 5 1-3 2 11 Variel 4 1-2 I 1 tTt*<M4 64 6 * Kautewa t 6 4 I 6. trnoM 4 64 6 4 Salto aa 4 64 4 4K* aaa 4 2-4 6 2- Totah EG 14. Ft 13-24, PF IS RFRtU MMNC Ca*c*de <33* Poteet 14. t olUer 6. M llkmitlih* V t o* t Sooth .V 11**4)11 2. Karla I, Team 1 South Putnam t2*> Phillip* 6 Greenke 4. Meek 4, ttraosim 6 Sutfcerttu 2. Varvel 2. Kvan* 2. Team 4. QU ARTER SCORING Cascade IS 21 14 15-43 South Putnam 13 14 9 645 Tumor era Cascade 13. South Putnam 21 JV score South Putnam 43, Cascade 43

as teammate Mark Sutherlin had another Cadet blocked out. Greenlee scored 13 points Friday night, but Cascade won the WCC basketball game 65-45. (BannerGraphic photo by Steve Fields).