Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 111, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 January 1985 — Page 6

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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, January 11,1985

Cubs beat Bruins to get back in WCC contention

LIZTON-They need help from another team or two, but with Thursday night’s 4836 victory at Tri-West the Greencastle High School girls basketball team is back in position to gain a piece of the West Central Conference title. Sparked by Kim Sheldon’s 21 points, Greencastle raised its WCC record to 6-1 with a Jan. 24 trip to Edgewood being the only conference game left to play. Cascade leads the league with a 4-0 record, but must still play Edgewood, North Putnam, Monrovia and Tri-West. Edgewood is 3-1 after hammering Monrovia 61-36 Thursday night. “TAWNYA PIERCE AND Dale Gossard on defense the second half was probably

Greencastle tourney set

Terre Haute South is the defending champion and host Greencastle plays Rockville Saturday in the 9:30 a m. opening game of the Greencastle Invitational Girls Basketball Tournament at McAnally Center. ROCKVILLE AND Greencastle play the first game with Terre Haute South bringing one of central Indiana’s strongest teams to McAnally

North view too deep and experienced for Greencastle

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor There is no team Greencastle High School wrestling coach Dan Layton would rather beat than Northview, or what was Brazil before the consolidation. To be more precise, there is no coach Layton would rather beat than Larry Stuckey. The rivals go back a long way. For a while Thursday night it appeared Layton would get his wish, but it was Northview and Stuckey who came out a 36-30 winner at McAnally Center. The Knights won seven of the 12 wrestled matches, both teams forfeiting the 98-pound match. “TO BE AS close as we were to beating a good team is frustrating,” Layton said. “We wrestled well. It’s just a frustrating loss. It’s not a mad-type loss, because we’re still a good wrestling team.”

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WCC girls standings Cascade 4-0 Greencastle 6-1 Edgewood 3-1 Tri-West 3-2 Owen Valley 3-4 North Putnam 2-3 Danville 2-1 Monrovia 1-4 South Putnam 0-5

the key,” coach Doug Rose said after the Tiger Cubs improved their overall record to 10-2. The 5-10 Gossard and the six-foot Pierce held All-WCC guard Julayne Chaney to

Center for the 11 a.m. second game against North Montgomery, winner of the 1983 tournament title. The two first-round losers play in the 2:30 p.m. consolation game, while the first-round winners meet at 4 p.m. in the championship clash. ADMISSION IS $2 per session, the doors opening at 8:15 a m. for the morning session and at 1:15 p.m. for the afternoon session.

Greencastle got victories from now 13-2 David Singer at 105 pounds, the fastest pin of the night (34 seconds) from now 9-6 Tom Catanese in the 119-pound match, a second-period pin from Mike Catanese in the 138-pound match and first period pins from Kerry Bullerdick and Tom Shuee in the 145-pound and heavyweight matches, respectively. After Bullerdick’s 10th victory in 15 matches at 145 pounds Greencastle had a ninepoint lead. But Northview won the next four matches and three by pin. Shuee stepped on the mat with Greencastle trailing 36-24, knowing there was no way the team could win, but he still got the first period pin. “SUSPENSIONS OR NOT, they’ve still got a tough team and a deep team,” Layton said. Northview wrestled without

just one point the second half after she scored 10 the first. Greencastle broke to a 12-6 first quarter lead, but Tri-West spurted into a 14-12 advantage early in the second period. By halftime the Tiger Cubs had reclaimed the edge 20-18 and led 39-28 going into the fourth period. The Cubs led by 18 points at one time in the final period. LED BY SHELDON’S 10-of-14 shooting, Greencastle shot a season high 53 per cent (22-41) from the floor. “Better shot selection, more patience,” Rose said of the effort. Led by Pierce, Gossard and Sheldon with six rebounds each, Greencastle won the boards 27-23. Amy Tucker came off the bench to grab five boards. Pierce also passed out five assists and blocked two shots and Gossard had four steals. GREENCASTLE WON THE junior varsity game 28-22 behind an 18-point performance by Shelley Crawley. GREENCASTLE <4Bl Gossard 3 0-4 3 6. Sheldon 10 1-2 1 21, Pierce 2 0-0 5 4, Braden 4 0-0 2 8, Maguire 1 1-2 1 3, Tucker 2 2-4 0 6, Duncan 0 0-010, Emerv 0 0-0 0 0. Swihart 0 0-0 0 0, Allee 0 0-0 0 0. Totals-FG 22, FT 4-8, PF 13. TRI-WEST (36) Chaney 51-4011, Russell 22-426, Coons 33-4 29. Nelson 0 0-0 0 0. Woods 10-0 12, Hartley 0 0-0 10, Williams 10-012, Bush 1 0-0 0 2, Harris 2 0-0 14. Totals-FG 15, FT 6-15, PF 8. QUARTERSCORING Greencastle 12 8 19 9-48 Tri-West 6 12 10 8-36

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four starters because of disciplinary action Two close losses Layton had on his mind were the 126-pound and 177-pound matches. “There is no question he had that (pin),” Layton said of Frank Wehrheim’s loss to

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Northview’s Terry Wilson. “He was trying to pin him. He made a mistake with that move and I’m not taking away from his aggressiveness.” TRAVIS MUNDY GOT beat on experience in the 177-pound match. “Travis almost pinned his man and he got pinned.

Connor is one of those special college freshmen

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Al Maguire once said, “the best thing about a freshman is he becomes a sophomore.” It’s funny how recruiting efforts sometimes work out for college basketball programs. Sometimes you don’t know who the prize catch is for four seasons. LAST SPRING CHICAGO Catholic League MVP Dan Falotico was supposed to be DePauw University’s prize recruit. He was one of the first Mike Steele called when he decided to stay in Greencastle instead of moving on to Dartmouth. Falotico is going to be a good basketball player for DePauw. He’s having an average freshman year and adjusting to college basketball and tougher competition on the junior varsity, the one that hammered Wabash College 94-52 Wednesday night. But through 12 basketball games Mike Connor has joined the likes of Phil Wendel, Tim Vieke, Neal Ogle and Scott Lewis as the exceptional freshman. The 6-5 Indianapolis Pike High School product scored 15 points and pulled down 11 rebounds Wednesday night to lead DePauw to a rare 81-66 victory at Wabash. IT WAS THE SECOND game in a row Connor has led DePauw in scoring and rebounding. He had 16 points and seven boards against Manchester and played as well as anybody else on the team during the post-holiday slump. “What happened the other guys came up to his level,” Steele joked said after Wednesday’s victory. “He played as well as anybody and everybody else played pretty well also. ” Imagine though, a freshman playing nearly every minute of such an intense rivalry as DePauw-Wabash and in a game that means a great deal to the seasons of both teams and making only three turnovers. WABASH COACH MAC PETTY was more disappointed than surprised. “No, I recruited the dickens out him,” Petty said. “I thought I had him. Indiana Central told me they thought he was going to Wabash.” When practice opened Steele was saying things like “I think Mike Connor is going to help us some.” For a freshman that translates into three or four minutes while an upperclassman catches his breath. After Wednesday’s 67th victory over Wabash though Steele was saying, “Mike’s got a chance to be a real good player because he’s a tough kid and he listens and he wants to be a good player.” THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN now and when Steele was recruiting Connor is seeing him play day-after-day, game-after-game. The coach has started him four times now. “He’s bigger and stronger than I though he was, that’s the biggest thing,” Steele noted, “and you never know how tough kids are and he’s thougher than I thought he was going to be.” Connor comes from the same high school program that produced DePauw’s all-time leading scorer, Jeff Bibbs. “He’s had a good coach in Ed Siegel at Pike and played against good people,” Steele noted. AND HE PLAYED just about everywhere on the floor for Siegel’s 9-12 club. Against zones Mike moved out to play pointguard. He may be slow for a guard, but with his size he could see over and pass over a lot of zone defenses. Until his senior season Mike drew interest from some bigger colleges. But when the dust cleared from a 12 points and four

the final match of the dual meet and the visitors having the team victory wrapped up. But he still came through with a first period pin for the 8-4 Tiger Cubs. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).

There is no question he was an experienced wrestler,” Layton said Greencastle travels to Owen Valley next Wednesday and will compete in the WCC Tournament Jan. 19 at Monrovia. Northview 36, Greencastle 30 98-Double forfeit. 105-David Singer, G. first period pin over Kirk Myers, N. 112-Dan Majoros, N, 4-0 dec. over Neil Masten, G. 119-Tom Catanese, G, first period pin over Ron Sutherlin, N. 126-Terry Wilson, N, second period pin over Frank Wehrheim. G. 132-Mike Boyd, N, second period pin over James Kern, G. 138-Mike Catanese. G, second period pin over Steve Liveoak, N. 145-Kerry Bullerdick, G. first period pin over Matt Switzer, N. 1 55—8i1l Messmer. N, first period pin over Brian Smiley, G. 167-Brian Gilbert, N, 5-1 dec. over Pat Meyer, G. 177-Brian Stiehl, N, first period pin over Travis Mundv, G. 185-Perry Dressier, N, first period pin over Jon Williams, G. Hwt.-Tom Shuee. G, first period pin over Dale Powers, N.

rebounds per game senior season DePauw and Wabash were about the only ones still interested. “Here I’m taking it more as fun,” Connor said. “In high school I put a lot more pressure on myself and I think that hurt me because I felt like I was a senior and I needed to do it all. Here I came in with an attitude I’m just going to have fun and my school (work) comes first and if basketball works out that’s great.” Going into Monday night’s 7:30 p.m. game with 5-7 Franklin College, at the Lilly Center, it’s been great for DePauw and the fun may only be starting. ♦♦♦ NOT ONLY IS Cloverdale High School graduate Chad Tucker leading Butler University with a 22.4 points per game average, but is also among the nation’s scoring leaders. The 6-6 forward is tied for 28th spot among the nation’s leading scorers. Through eight games Tucker is shooting .536 ( 75-140) from the floor and .882 (30-34) from the free throw line. A couple of noteworthy NCAA Division 111 basketball scores from Wednesday night include No. 1 ranked and undefeated Otterbein a 67-61 win at Mt. Union, No. 7 ranked Wittenberg won at Heidelberg 82-65 and Wooster topped Case Western Reserve 7263.

Burdge's 27 lead South to victory EMINENCE-It’s amazing the effect one victory can have on a girls high school basketball team. South Putnam is now 2-0 in 1985 after scoring a 55-42 non-conference win at Eminence Thursday night. “That win at Avon just made all the difference in the world,” coach David Flora said. “The practices have been much sharper and they went out knowing that Eminence had beaten teams that had beaten us. It’s just made all the difference in the world.” THAT AND THE play of Kim McKinney and Kim Burdge were the keys to Thursday’s victory. South shot out to a 17-2 first quarter lead and Burdge scored eight points and McKinney six. “Just excellent defense, good board work and patience on the offense,” Flora said of the first eight minutes. It was only the start of good things for Burdge and McKinney. Burdge scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. “We moved her into center and she responded with 27 points. It’s the first time she’s ever played there, but they didn’t have anybody strong there. She had a field day,” Flora said. McKINNEY FINISHED THE game with 12 points, three assists and three steals. Despite the 15-point first quarter lead South wasn’t out of the woods. With the aid of fouls, Eminence cut the Eagles cushion to three during the fourth quarter. “And we didn’t play well at all during that third quarter,” Flora said. But once Flora put the starters back on the floor South pulled back out to the double-figure lead. In addition to Burdge’s 27 points and McKinney’s 12, South also got 10 points and 11 rebounds from Wendy Swanson and 10 more rebounds from Wendy Ratcliff. South won the junior varsity game 39-24. SOUTH PUTNAM (55) Berry 1 0-4 4 2, Swanson 3 4-6 2 10, McKinnev 5 2-3 3 12, Burdge 10 7-10 1 27. Gould 01-2 31, Ratcliff 01-201, Moore 0 0-1 0 0. Young 10-0 12, Hassler 0 0-0 2 0, Miller 0 0-0 10. Totals-FG 20. FT 15-28, PF 17. EMINENCE (42) R. Goss 5 5-6 5 15, Ploughe 1 2-2 2 4, Fidler 2 1-3 2 5, K. Goss4 24 2 10, Alexanders 1-2 37, Wilsono 1-3 51. TotalsFG 15, FT 12-20, PF 19. QUARTER SCORING South Putnam 17 12 9 17-55 Eminence 2 18 13 9-42 John Thompson of Georgetown is the first man ever to coach an NCAA basketball champion and also play on an NBA title team.

Fields' Findings

High school basketball Friday Edgewood at Greencastle* Clay City at South Putnam North Putnam at North Montgomery Cloverdale at Southmont Cascade and Danville in Hendricks County Tournament Owen Valley at Monrovia* Saturday Cloverdale at South Putnam Rockville at North Putnam Hendricks County Tourney at Danville Indianapolis Baptist at Monrovia Eastern Greene at Edgewood North Montgomery at Southmont •WCC games