Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 343, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 September 1985 — Page 9

Tiger Sharks score big victory

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor If there was any question about how hungry the defending sectional champion Greencastle High School girls swimming team was, Tuesday night’s 96-76 victory over Southmont should have answered it. Four record performances, some career highs and a little strategy made the second victory in as many starts possible for the Tiger Sharks. They put that 2-0 record on t he line again Thursday night when Plains teld comes to McAnally Pool. CARRIE NEALON SET records in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle events, Cristina Opdahl in the 100-yard backstroke and they were joined by Kristi Gould and Kim Hinkle in a record-setting 400-yard freestyle replay performance. “This year they knew what they were up against, so it made a big difference,” coach Paul Bretscher said, recalling last year’s regular-season loss to the Mounties. “I’m pleasantly surprised because I didn’t think there was any way we could stay with these guys in a dual meet. “I knew we had more depth than them, it’s punching through the first place where we did a lot better than I expected us to.” GREENCASTLE WON SEVEN firsts and the depth battle by taking three of the five scoring positions in six different events. The coach had something to do with the seven firsts and at the same time showed how involved in the meet he was. The 200-yard freestyle, second event, showed Bretscher how the Sharks could beat the Mounties. Nealon broke her own McAnally Pool record of 2:02.01 set last year with 1:58.58 performance, a time still short of the 1:58.33 school record she set in the opening meet at Terre Haute North. “Carrie’s usual event is to go to the 500 freestyle, but Kim Hinkle was swimming really well and took second to Carrie in the 200, so my guess was she could win the 500 as well,” Bretscher said of his prize freshman. AND THE COACH was right, Hinkle turning in a 5:52.88 first place time with Kim Black finishing third and Amanda Myers fourth, outscoring Southmont 11-5 ir. the event and tying the meet score 63-63 But that was only part of the move. Counting on Nealon’s versatility, Bretscher switched her to the 100-yard freestyle and she came through with another school and pool record. The sophomore turned in a 55.40 second time, breaking Leah Schoenfeld’s school record of 56.93 seconds and the five-year-old pool record of 56.12 seconds established by Brownsburg’s Paris Oliver. • The only real question after those events was about Myers. “Amanda had to go the 500 freestyle and then come back and breaststroke with only the 100-yard backstroke to rest. She had to come back with about five minutes rest,” Bretscher said.

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“I KNEW THAT was going to hurt her performance, it was whether she was still going to place where she would have placed and she did. It paid off.” In addition to getting Myers’ fourth in the breaststroke, Greencastle got a record from Opdahl and a one-two finish in the backstroke, as well as a signal from Dina Duncan in the breaststroke. Opdahl turned in a pool record 1:07.31 time, breaking the three-year-old record of 1:07.51 set by Terre Haute North’s C. Massey. Lori Combs took second place and Erika Greenawald fourth for a 12-4 Greencastle scoring advantage in the event. DUNCAN, WHO SET the school 100-yard breaststroke record as a freshman, turned in her fastest time since that Nov. 13,1982 meet at 1:15.58. “She hasn’t gone that fast since she was a freshman. She’s decided she’s going to do something this year,” Bretscher noted. Gould, Hinkle, Opdahl and Nealon capped the meet with a school and pool record in the 400-yard freestyle relay. They turned in a 3:57.64 time to top the four-year-old pool record of 4:01.54 set by Plainfield’s Howard, Brown, Lansberry and Howard. Their time topped the week-old school record of 3:56.76. Gould for Combs was the only lineup change there. Southmont’s freshman sensation, Erika Cottrell, set two McAnally Pool records. She swam the 200-yard individual medley in 2:11.81, breaking the 2:13.27 standard set by Crawfordsville’s Sally Johnson in 1977 and later turned in a 1:00.31 record time in the 100-yard butterfly, surpassing Johnson’s time of 1:01.46 in that same 1977 meet. Greencastle 96. Southmont 76 200-medley relay- 2:04.01, Southmont; Greencastle: Southmont: Greencastle; Greencastle. 200-freestyle- 1:58.58, Nealon. G; Hinkle, G; Wright.S; Black. G; Dyer, S; Bradley, S. 200-IM 2:11.81, Cottrell, S; Opdahl. G: Hamilton, S; J. Gould, G: A. Huekstep, S; Ferrlss, G. 50-freestyle- 26.83, K. Huekstep, S; TTiomas. S; Combs, G; K. Gould. G; Wilkins. S; Crawley. G. Diving- 172.50, Billman. G; Jones, G; Taylor, S: Cunningham, S; Lancaster, G. 100-butterfly- 1:00.31, E. Cottrell, S: A. Huekstep. S: Greenawald, G; Duncan, G; Ferriss.G; Wilhite, S. 100-freestvle-55.40, Nealon, G: K. Huekstep, S; Thomas. S: K. Gould. G; Hedrick, S; Crawley, G. 500-freestyle- 5:52.88, Hinkle. G: Wright. S; Black, G; Myers, G; Dyer, S; Long, S. 100-backstroke- 1:07.31, Opdahl, G; Combs, G; Coudret. S; Greenawald, G; Hedrick. S; Taylor, S. 100-breaststroke- 1:15.58, Duncan. G; Hamilton. S: J. Gould. G; Myers, G: Bradley,S: Taylor. S. 400-freestlye relay- 3:57.64. Greencastle (Kristi Gould. Kim Hinkle. Cristina Opdahl. Carrie Nealon); .Southmont; Gregpcastle: Southmont; Greencastle.

Sports schedule

WEDNESDAY

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In or out of the water, everyone was involved with the Greencastle High School girls swimming team victory over rival Southmont Tuesday. Seconds, or even tenths of seconds, were important, as Dina Duncan finished the 100-yard breaststroke with teammates, managers and all

Eagles run by Cougars, Bruins

ROACHDALE- Danny Trivett set a course record and South Putnam took five of the top seven positions Tuesday to defeat Tri-West and host North Putnam in a three-way high school cross country meet. South scored 22 points with five scoring runners finishing within 36 seconds of one another. Tri-West took second place with a 42 and North Putnam finished third with 66 points, despite a second-place finish and near record performance by Kent Jones. TRIVETT NOW HOLDS the North Putnam course record, finishing the flat,

Cloverdale remains undefeated

Cloverdale ran its record to 6-0 and South Putnam slipped to 1-2 in Tuesday night high school volleyball play. The Clovers handled Terre Haute South for the second time this season 13-15,16-14, and 1510, while the Eagles dropped their home opener to Cascade 15-6,11-15,15-7. Terre Haute South’s strong defense gave Cloverdale some early problems. “Their defense was incredible and it teaches us we have to place it better,” coach Mandy Farlow said. “They were just picking things up everywhere. I thought it was by far the best match we’ve played in a long time as far as hitting and picking things

I igei Cubs ’ttpiovinc each week

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor The last Greencastle High School football team to start 3-0 finished 9-1. Coach John Fallis had questions about that team when the season opened, later felt it could have been better, but was never surprised by what it accomplished. It was easy to get the impression Fallis, if he had any strength left, could have played poker against a stacked deck and won after Friday night’s doubleovertime victory over Danville. REALLY FALLLIS HAD only three worries about this team when the season opened - offense, defense and kicking game. Butnone of those were related to the line, all depended upon skill people. Now that’s a switch. David Pettit, Rick Stewart and John Hecko have somewhat answered many of the questions, rising to the occasion during the first three games. The lines have given them the opportunity and they’ve met the challenge. The most improved of that trio might be Pettit. The sophomore kicked what turned out to be the game winning field goal during the second overtime Friday night, his second boot of the year. He nailed a 30-yarder at Monrovia. “THERE WAS A point during two-a-days when I was seriously considering going for two (points) everytime (after a touchdown) this year and not kicking the extra point,” Fallis said of Pettit’s early problems. “If we had done that we would have been in trouble in a couple of games.” Pettit went to kicking camp this summer, according to Fallis, but didn’t have a kicking shoe when he took the position. “He had a strong enough leg, but he was inconsistent. I think between getting his timing, getting his kicking shoe, that at first he was spraying the ball all over and even the ones he was making weren’t long, they were just clearing. “He’s just progressed and gotten a little better and a little better each week.” HAVING A CONSISTENT field goal kicker provides a psychological advantage in a tight game, both offensively and defensively. The offense knows all it has to do is get within range for their kicker, if not score a touchdown. The defense steps on the field knowing there are points to protect, or a better opportunity for the offense to score after stopping the opponent. “Even at Monrovia, where we won by 10 (points),” Fallis recalled, “to have that little bit of cushion where you knew they weren’t going to beat you 15-14. I'm sure

friends cheering her best performance in three seasons. Greencastle set four pool or school records and Southmont set two in its first loss of the season. (BannerGraphic photo by Steve Fields).

5,000-meter run in 18:33, just one second ahead of North’s Jones. Pat Thibodeau took third place for the Eagles, Zac Clark fifth, Mitch Trusty sixth and Troy Greenlee seventh. Steve Trout finished fourth as Tri-West’s first runner, crossing the finishline in 18:49 Jones’ second place performance received little support in the team scoring. North’s second runner was 12th place Mike Dockery, and 15th place Donnie Leeke was the third Cougar Rounding out North’s scoring was Tom Crosby 21st and Russ

up. DENISE SCHWOMEYER served up 19 of Cloverdale’s points, followed by Debbie Mann with 10. Sandy Bixler had six, Stacy Receveur and Brenda Rupe four each and Traci Sharp 1. Cloverdale attempted 75 spikes for the match, 38 going over the net (.506 per cent), led by Mann with 13 unreturned spikes out of 22 attempts. Sharp had nine unreturned in 13 attempts and Tammy Price had seven unreturned in 18 attempts. South Putnam couldn’t get into its offense because of a passing problem that won’t pass. “It wasn’t the fault of our set-

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glad he’s come along.” Since Pettit’s emergence, Fallis has also discovered Mike Blye can kick fairly well, so there is also a little depth. THERE HAS NEVER been a doubt about the offense with Steve Penley at fullback and a veteran line. Greencastle is averaging 230 yards rushing a game and Penley has 364 yards in just 42 carries (8.7 yards per carry). “Last year we made a committment that we had to start throwing the football and it’s carried over to this year,” Fallis said. “The other night maybe was a make up for the first two games when we didn’t throw it quite as well. Some place in between those first two games and the other night is where our real pass offense lies.” Of course, Hecko tjirew for a varsity-career high 166 yards against Danville, including four touchdown passes to split end Joe Franklin. But in the first two games Greencastle went to the air for just 88 yards. "I DON’T KNOW as we’ll always have the big home run type pass like we threw last week, but we have to throw the ball short and we have to have a percentage that helps control the football,” Fallis explained. Franklin caught passes of 16, 45 and 48 yards for touchdowns from Hecko, in addition to a 34-yarder and a six-yarder. “They certainly have to respect Joe for what he did last week,” Fallis said of this week’s oppponent, Northview. Hecko has become the second senior in a row to step into the quarterback position for one year after serving as backup for two or three. So far the righthander has completed 18 of 40 passes for 261 yards and has been intercepted just twice. "HE SHOWED SIGNS of that even as early as this summer, as far as leadership. He’s a very capable quarterback,” Fallis praised. One of the reasons Fallis wanted to control the football, and in a way he still does, was because of weak

Wednesday, Sept. 18,1985, The Putnam County Banner Graphic

Evans 22nd. South Putnam 22, Tri-West 42, North Putnam 66 1. Trivett, SP, 18:33 2. K. Jones, NP, 18:34 3. P. Thibodeau. SP, 18:39 4. S. Trout, TW, 18:49 5. Z. Clark, SP, 18.53 6. M. Trusty, SP, 19:02 7. T. Greenlee, SP. 19:09 8. M. Richards. TW. 19:11 9. B. Hofford. TW, 19:12 10. P. Schubert, TW, 19:17 11. A. Snoberten, TW, 19:26 12. M. Doekrey, NP. 19:32 13. B. Broadstreet, SP, 19:37 14. T. Nichols. SP. 19:43 15. D Leeke, NP. 19:56

ters we just weren't getting the passes up there,” coach Becky Brothers said. IN FACT, SETTER Wendy Ratcliff led the Eagle hitting with three kills. They had just seven for the three-game match and attempted only 25. Jill Wells led South with eight service points, followed by Micki Carpenter with seven, Ratcliff four, Jenny Merkel and Kim Hood each with three, Karla Hutcheson two and Kim McKinney had one. Cascade won the junior varsity match 15-7,18-16. Cloverdale will host Monrovia Thursday and South will entertain Edgewood.

South opens The South Putnam High School girls swimming team is going to open its season earlier than expected. Due to a conflict, the meet with Southmont has been moved up to Sept. 24, the Eagles swimming their opener on the road. After visiting Southmont, South Putnam will host Terre Haute South Sept. 26. Nothing yet NEW MARKET- Although the final score was 4-1 and the record dropped to 0-4, Greencastle High School boys tennis coach felt optimistic after the loss at Southmont High School Tuesday afternoon. “We played our closest tennis match of the year against Southmont. I’m still trying to find us some doubles combinations that will win,” Layton said. MIKE WELLS, PLAYING No. 2 singles, was Greencastle’s only winner, defeating Kevin Fruits 6-4,6-1. Greencastle’s No. 1 player, Mike Opdahl, fell 6-0,6-1 to Nathan Poynter and Drew Brattain “lost a heartbreaker” 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, according to coach Layton. Corey Stinnett and Dave Schwartz fell 6-1, 6-3 to Southmont’s Chris Cox and Kent Yahnke at No. 1 doubles and the No. 2 doubles team of Tom Catanese and Ken Gustavsson fell 6-2, 6-2 to Eric Murphy and Brett Bradley. GREENCASTLE NOW enters a series of four consecutive home matches, all set for Robe-Ann Park. The Cubs host Crawfordsville Wednesday and North Montgomery Thursday. Cubs beaten BLOOMINGTON- The putting improved and three players dropped their scores into the 50’s Tuesday, but Greencastle was still defeated 181-223 by Bloomington North on the Cascade Golf Course. “We played a little better today than we did yesterday (Monday) when we lost to Terre Haute South,” Greencastle girls golf coach Bill Ross said, “nine shots better, mainly because our putting improved by seven shots.” JILL GOSSARD led the Tiger Cubs with a 51 and Missy Collins shot her best round of the year at 53. Janet Torr was the third Cub in the 50’s, carding a 55, but from there the scores dropped off dramatically. Beth Wheeler finished at 64, Kristy Mays 68 and Kristie Ward 72. “We still need that fourth score in the 50’s to have a team score around 215,” Ross said. “Hopefully we can get that kind of play out of our less experienced players.” GREENCASTLE WILL host Owen Valley Thursday at Windy Hill Country Club. Fans are welcome for the 4:30p.m. meet.

linebackers. The coach pointed out five of the seven players lost to graduation last spring were linebackers. Stewart is one of the better ones, right along with Shawn Gobert. Against Danville Stewart set a Greencastle record for most initial tackles with 17. Now Fallis quickly pointed out Danville rushed nearly 60 times and because they controlled the ball during the second half it gave the Cubs more tackling opportunities. “RICK STEWART HAS emerged,” Fallis praised. “He is just doing a great job. We’ve played better linebacker than I first though we would early in the year.” If Greencastle is going to move into the Associated Press (AP) 2A top 10, Friday’s game with 2-1, 4A Northview is a must win. The schedule to date, regardless of how the hometown fans feel, shows the Cubs beating a struggling Cloverdale program, a respectable but not great Monrovia team and an 0-3 Danville team. Records and final scores are the bottom line when it comes to polls, as well as who a team beats. Danville is better than it’s record indicates, but it’s that record that hurts Greencastle. Now if Danville had come in 2-0 and Greencastle had won in double overtime it would be a different story. A win at Northview might just do the trick. *** SOUTH PUTNAM FANS might ask why their team hasn’t gained a mention in the polls. The opening loss at Tri-West and the 20-7 margin will haunt South all season, not to mention the fact the game was reported statewide because of the Bruins’ success last year. Had the Eagles scored before the final seconds, had they lost only by one touchdown, then you might see them among the class A mention. ’ Another factor that will hurt South this year is the coaching change. There is a natural inclination to believe a program will slip a little with a change, even though, as in South’s case, a good assistant moved up. The final factor will show up this week - The IHSAA compiled statistics. Quarterback Tony Lewis and tight end Brian Meek, two regular names among those leaders last year, will be missing. Lewis has thrown for just 437 yards and Meek has caught only eight passes for 88 yards. This was one way the Eagles gained some recognition last year. FOR SIX YEARS now I’ve heard coach Fallis say he didn’t care much for the individual statistics only team statistics and the one that counts most - the final record. Maybe that is the rating Eagle fans should wait for.