Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 92, Greencastle, Putnam County, 20 December 1984 — Page 8
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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, December 20,1984
Eagles fall because ball won't; Athenians next
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor LINDEN-There are certain uncontrollable things about the game of basketball on any level. Officiating is the most common complaint, but the one that more often decides basketball games is shooting. South Putnam just couldn’t buy a basket during the final 1:39 Wednesday night and took a 60-55 loss to host North Montgomery in the opening game of the North Montgomery Holiday Tournament. Lafayette Central Catholic edged Crawfordsville 5352 in the second game. THURSDAY NIGHT’S games of the three-day round-robbin tournament matches now 3-5 South Putnam against a very tall 5-3 Crawfordsville team and an impressive, but young 5-3 Central Catholic squad plays now 5-2 North Montgomery. Game times are 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. and all tickets at the door are $2.50. “I thought it was a good hard basketball game. We played pretty well offensively and defensively,” South Putnam coach Bill Merkel said. “They shot very well from the floor the second half and we didn’t buckle under.” No, South Putnam represented Putnam County very well, holding a 24-23 halftime lead and a 45-44 lead going into the final quarter. ESSENTIALLY IT WAS a ball game of spurts. One would spurt into a three- to five-point lead, then the other would return the favor. South Putnam just finished on the wrong end of a North Montgomery spurt. And there wasn’t as much difference as the final five-point margin would have fans believe. With 10 seconds left in the game the Chargers led only 57-55. The final margin was the result of the Eagles’ last efforts. North Montgomery’s zone defense prevented the Eagles from getting an inside game going during the first quarter. Guards Troy Greenlee and Mark Sutherlin scored all of the South points in the period, Greenlee opening a team-leading 17-point
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Free throw shooting has been a specialty of the DePauw University basketball team for the last four years and with the help of Brent Ehrman (10) and Craig McAtee (26), Larry Dickerson hopes to be able to contribute more to his team's efforts in the Special Olympics. The DePauw basketball team worked with the Putnam Coun-
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night with five. BUT THE SECOND PERIOD South started getting the ball to center Greg Phillips at the free throw line and the 6-4 junior was facing up to the basket and looking for his shot. Phillips tossed in seven down the lane, including a threepoint play at the seven-minute mark to give the Eagles a 10-9 lead. At the other end of the court though the Chargers did an excellent job of moving the basketball against the Eagle zone and spurted into a 17-12 lead. It was back to the guards where Greenlee netted two baskets to bring South within a point, 17-16, and finally into a 20-19 lead with 1:11 to go in the half. The one-point Eagle lead held up through halftime and the frontline wasn’t really punching yet. Forwards Todd Branson and Brian Meek netted the first six points of the second half for South and Greenlee tossed in another bucket, sending the Eagles into a 32-27 lead with 5:14 left in the period. JUST AS QUICKLY Rich Jones scored three quick baskets as part of his 20-point night to send North Montgomery into a 3534 lead and it was back and forth for the remainder of the quarter. Meek scored just seconds before the buzzer to send the Eagles into the final eight minutes with a 45-44 edge. North Montgomery scored the first five points of the fourth quarter by commanding the offensive boards, taking a 4945 lead. But Greenlee found another pair in the nylon and Sutherlin stole the ball from
ty Comprehensive Services, Inc. Special Olympics basketball team Wednesday afternoon at Neal Fieldhouse. The Special Olympics are in February, but the team will practice through the month of January. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).
behind then went for a game-tying layup. “They were overloading and shifting back on us,” Merkel said of the Chargers’ second-half offense with 6-4 forward Tom Young and 6-0 reserve David Bradshaw doing the damage. “I thought the kids adjusted well all night.” WHEN GREENLEE LED South with 17 points, Meek scored 10 in the second half and led the Eagles with 10 rebounds. “I thought our bench did come in and play pretty well,” Merkel said of contributions made by Wes Evans, David Varvel and Kevin Hutcheson. Evans came in to net two second-quarter points, while Varvel pulled down four rebounds. Hutcheson netted three points for the night, but in each case tied the game for South, hitting a free throw in the third period for a 35-35 tie, then powering up a bucket just a minute later for a 37-37 knot. North Montgomery shot 44 per cent (2659) for the game. SOUTH PUTNAM (55) Mf«k 4 2-3 3 10, Branson 4 0-0 3 8, Phillips 2 3-3 3 8. Groenle* 0 5-6 2 17, Sutherlin 4 0412 8, Varvel 0 0-1 00, Hutcheson 1 1-2 0 3, Evans 1 04) 0 2. Totals-FG 22. FT 11-15, PF 13. NORTH MONTGOMERY (00) Jones 0 2-2 4 20, Young 4 2-2 2 10, Mennen 10-13 2, Harmon 11-4 13, Horner 1 04) 1 2, SchUcher 2 04) 0 4, Reed 1 0-0 0 2. Grant 1 1-2 1 3, Bradshaw 5 1-1 0 11, Fentera 1 1-2 1 3. Totals-FG 20. FTB-14, PF 13. REBOUNDING SOUTH PUTNAM (32>-Meek 10. Phillips 8. Branson 4, Varvel 4, Greenlee 3, Sutherlin 1, Hutcheson 1, Evans 1, Team 2. NORTH MONTGOMERY <2B)-Jones 8, Young 5, Fenters 5, Harmon 2. Bradshaw 2, Mennen 1, Reed 1, Grant 1, Team 3. QUARTERSCORING South Putnam 7 17 21 10-55 North Montgomery 8 15 21 10-40 Turnovers: SP 14, NMB.
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South Putnam's Greg Phillips (22) gets a three-point play on this move to the basket, as North Montgomery's Dan Fenters (24) had little choice as to what to do. Phillips
Grimes bringing another good Marian team to DePauw tourney
DePauw University and Marian College are no strangers to each other on the basketball court. The Tigers and the Knights met on three occasions during the course of the 1983-84 season. DePauw came away with three hard fought victories. The two well-coached teams could face each other three times again this year. Marian will compete in the four team DePauw Invitational Tournament Friday and Saturday. DePAUW WILL HOST Knox College Friday night at 8 p.m. while Marian will take on The College of Wooster at 6 p.m. Tournament tickets can be purchased at the DePauw Athletic Department during the week or at the gate. Adult tickets are $3 a game or $5 for both nights. Junior and senior high students can buy tickets for $1 in advance good for the entire tournament.
Tiger Cub wrestlers get big win
Thanks to Travis Mundy the Christmas holiday break will be much nicer for Pat Meyer, David Singer and the rest of the Greencastle High School Wrestling team. Meyer has a 9-1 record and Singer a 9-2 record following Tuesday night victories over Rockville, but their wins went toward a 36-35 team victory over Rockville thanks to Mundy’s performance in the 185-pound class. ACCORDING TO COACH Dan Layton, entering the final two matches of the meet, Greencastle led by one point, 30-29. The Cubs needed to win only one of the two remaining matches and Mundy, a sophomore, pinned Rockville’s David Miller in the second period.
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scored seven second-quarter points to help the Eagles take a 24-23 halftime lead in the North Montgomery Holiday Tournament opener. (Ban-ner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).
Grade school children will be admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Family passes are not acceptable for the tournament. Marian coach John Grimes, who usually brings a host of family and friends from the Greencastle area into Neal Fieldhouse to cheer on the Knights, begins his ninth season as head mentor of the Knights. Grimes’ team has compiled a record of 8-5 this season. In his first eight seasons, Grimes has racked up a record of 109-94. LEADING THE WAY for the Knights this season is 6-8 junior center Dave Mahurin, who leads the team in scoring with 18 points a game and in rebounds with 8.6. Other Knights who average in double figures are 6-2 junior guard Mike McKenzie, 14 and 6-0 freshman guard Tony Hines
It was an important victory for us since we’ve lost two in a row,” coach Layton said. “It was a strong team effort.” Singer improved his 105-pound record to 9-2 with the fastest pin of the night, ending his match with Mike Padan in just 23 seconds. Meyer scored a 9-5 decision over Rockville’s Shawn Skelton for his ninth victory. NEIL MASTEN, Jim Kern and Mike Catanese also won for Greencastle by pin. Kerry Bullerdick didn’t get the second period pin, despite having all the right combinations, according to coach Layton, but he did get a 13-11 decision in the 138pound class. Greencastle stands 5-3 with the final preChristmas match Thursday night at 6:30
Cubs want to play at night CHICAGO (AP) - If the Chicago Cubs are successful in their legal efforts to bring night baseball to Wrigley Field it would mean the destruction of “the most beautiful ballpark left,” say activists fighting to keep the last bastion of daytime baseball in the dark. “It wouldn’t seem natural,” Richie Ebeling, a bartender who lives within the shadow of park, said Wednesday night. “When the sun goes down, the stadium is as dark as the rest of the neighborhood. ” The Cubs filed suit Wednesday asking the Cook County Circuit Court to block enforcement of city and state laws designed to prevent night games at the stadium built in 1914. The action was filed by Lawrence Gunnels, vice president and general counsel for the Tribune Co., owner of the club. “I cannot comment because the case is in court,” Gunnels said. The lawsuit says the office of Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth on Tuesday ordered the Cubs to install lights at the park or risk having home playoff games elsewhere. “If we cannot play our normal League Championship Series and World Series games at night, baseball will be delinquent in its obligation to the fans across the country who are available in the greatest numbers at those times,” said a statement from the commissioner’s office. Night baseball at Wrigley became a major issue this fall when the Cubs qualified for post-season play for the first time since 1945. Night post-season games were first scheduled in 1971 to maximize the television audience. Not wanting to abandon the more lucrative nighttime TV audience, outgoing Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn altered the National League playoff schedule this year to fit in Chicago’s two daytime games. Kuhn also ruled that if the Cubs had advanced to the World Series they would have given up one of their scheduled home games to accommodate TV.
with 11 points per outing. The Knights will be looking for their first victory over the Tigers since the 1982-83 season. That year the two teams split with Marian winning the first match-up 69-65 and DePauw winning the second time around 63-57. The two teams may or may not face each other this weekend in the tournament but they are scheduled for two contests later in the season. Coach Mike Steele’s team will travel to Indianapolis on Jan. 16 and will host Marian Feb. 13. DePAUW ENTERS THEIR game with Knox College on Friday night with a 26 home game win streak. Last season the Tigers captured the first annual DePauw Invitational by defeating Ohio Wesleyan, 76-63, the first night and then Marian, 6150, for the championship.
p.m. against Tri-West. This is a makeup meet at McAnally Center. Greencastle 36, Rockville 35 98-Dave Beverly, R. by forfeit. 105-David Singer, G, first period pin over Mike Padan R. 112-Neil Masten, G, first period pin over Brandon Strohl R. 116-Bill Padan. R, 13-0 sup. dec. over Tom Catanese, G. 126-Mike Robinson. R, first period pin over Frank Wehrheim.G. 132-Jim Hem, G, second period pin over Steve Beverly, 138-Mike Catanese, G, first period pin over Todd l.ong, 145-Kerry Bullerdick. G, 13-11 dec. over Tom Mclntvre R. 155—Scott Shaw, R, first period pin over Brian Smiley, G. 167-Pat Meyer, G, 9-5 dec. over Shawn Shelton, R. 177-Mark Butler, R, first period pin over Jon Williams G. 185-Travis Mundy, G, second period pin over David Miller, R. Hwt.-Steve Stewart, R, second period pin over Tom Shuee, G.