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JODIBILLMAN: Dives for best score of year

Steelers win first, Oilers now 3-0

The Steelers worked overtime for a 6-0 victory against the Lions and the Oilers squeaked by the Rams 8-0 Saturday in Greencastle Youth Football League play. Trent Cooper scored the game’s only touchdown on a quarterback sneak, giving the Steelers their first victory of the season. The game was locked in a scoreless tie after four regulation quarters. LEE YOUNG, Monye Steadman and Steve Graham led the Steeler defense, while Bryan Branagin, Perry McQuire and Jae Billingsley paced the Lion defense. Three, 15-yard runs by Branagin and a 20-yard run by Robbie Hayes paced the Lion offense. David Duff scored from the one-

Sports schedule

Thursday North Putnam girls at Greencastle, 6:30p.m., volleyball Edgewood at Greencastle, 4:30 p.m., cross country Rockville at Greencastle, 4:30 p.m., tennis Greencastle Jr. High at Monrovia, 6 p.m., football Cascade Jr. High girls at Greencastle, 6 p.m., volleyball Owen Valley and Tri-West girls at South Putnam, 6:30 p.m., volleyball Tri-West girls at South Putnam, 6:30 p.m., swimming Tri-West Jr. High girls at North Putnam, 6 p.m., volleyball Owen Valley Jr. High at Cloverdale, 6

Bullough to coach Bills

ORCHARD PARK, NY. (AP) - Hank Bullough, the son of a Pennsylvania coal miner and steelworker, was brought up believing that “a day’s work for a day’s pay.” The new coach of the Buffalo Bills said he will demand that his players live by that principle. “If we play hard all the time, we will win,” said Bullough, who replaced the fired Kay Stephenson on Tuesday as coach of the winless Bills. “Consistency, that’s what I’m asking for.” Stephenson, who was unavailable for comment, got coasistency out of the Bills, but not the kind he wanted 6- and 11-game losing streaks and only two victories in the last 20 games.

yard line in the second quarter and Jamie Cox made an end zone tackle in the fourth quarter to give the Oilers a 3-0 record. The Rams are now 2-1. DUFF ALSO HAD a 21-yard run and Randy Stewart a 12-yard run in the Oiler offense, while John Henderson led the defense with eight solo tackles and two assists. Randy Stewart had seven solo tackles and two assists. Cox blocked a Ram punt. Penalties hurt the Rams. Tim Manion broke away for runs of 35 and 20 yards, but both efforts were called back because of flags. The Ram defense heid the Oilers to just one touchdown. Kurt Kyle stripped the ball away from the Oiler back to stop one Oiler drive and Brad York made a touchdown saving tackle.

p.m., football Cloverdale girls at Northview, 6:30 p.m., volleyball Avon girls at Cascade, 6 p.m., volleyball Friday South Putnam at Greencastle, 7:30 p.m., football North Putnam at Cascade, 7:30 p.m., football Cloverdale at North Central (Sullivan), 7:30 p. m., football Speedway at Danville, 7:30 p.m., football Owen Valley at Tri-West, 7:30 p.m., football Monrovia at Edgewood, 7:30 p.m., football

Many presumed Stephenson would be fired at the end of last season, when the Bills had the worst record in the National Football League at 2-14. In fact, Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. did offer the job to former Cleveland Browns Coach Sam Rutigliano at the end of the season before deciding to retain Stephenson. But Wilson also brought Bullough in at considerable expense. Along with his duties as defensive coordinator, Bullough was given the title of assistant head coach. “I feel bad for the way I’ve received the job because of the dismissal of Kay Stephenson,” said Bullough, who nonetheless added, “I have waited a long time for an opportunity to coach in the NFL.”

Football sectional draw Friday

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor

It’s a good thing Greencastle and South Putnam are playing one another Friday night. At least two Putnam County teams should have little trouble concentrating on one another. Coaches at North Putnam and Cloverdale may have a problem in this department There are three games left in the regular high school football season and the West Central Conference title is far from being decided For that matter the Putnam County championship remains unsettled, although Friday’s contest at Greencastle High School should go a long way toward deciding the issue. THE INDIANA HIGH School Athletic Association (IHSAA) is going to throw a distraction into the field Friday morning when it conducts the first annual Indiana High School Football Tournament drawing Just like basketball, every football team in the state plays in the five-class tournament, all hoping to make the state championship Nov. 28 and 29 at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis. It’s set up like the basketball tournament format (only with classes), except there is only one game per round after the sectional. Sectional play opens with games Oct. 25, the second game being Nov. 1 and the sectional title game Nov. 8. Regional play is Nov. 15 with the semistates set for Nov. 22. The class A, 2A and 3A state championship games are Nov. 28 and the 4A and 5A title contests are Nov. 29. The first team drawn in each pairing at IHSAA headquarters is the home team After the first round of the sectional host honors alternate, depending upon who was host the prior round and where the teams are located in the official Bracket. In other words, if North Putnam is drawn first it will host whoever it is paired with. However, in the second round the Cougars would (if they win) travel, unless the second round opponent also was a first round host. In that instance, officials look at the bracket to see which is higher. GREENCASTLE(S-0) AND North Putnam (0-5) are in 2A sectional No. 29 with Danville (2-3), Tri-West (50), Monrovia (4-1), Cascade (1-4) Southmont (1-4) and Seeger (1-4). The Cubs and Cougars could play one another two weeks in a row at North Putnam, as they close the regular season against one another. South Putnam (3-2) andCloverdale (1-4) are in A sectional No. 37 with Attica (4-1), Covington (4-1), Fountain Central (2-3), North Vermillion (1-4) Rockville (14) and Turkey Run (3-2). Again, the Eagles and Clovers could play each other on back to back Fridays. Sectional No. 29 is going to get a lot of statewide media attention the way things stand now. There are three games left and a lot can happen, but No 2 ranked Tri-West and No. 9 ranked Greencastle are in this sectional. The Bruins must play Owen Valley, Monrovia

Greencastle swimmers flat during sixth victory

Winning isn't everything, which is why Greencastle High School girls swimming coach Paul Bretscher was disappointed after Tuesday night’s 123-44 victory over Crawfordsville. The Tiger Sharks improved their record 6-0 and will be off the remainder of the week. Bloomington North comes to McAnally Pool Oct. 7 at 6:30 p m and Bretscher hopes they have a strong team "MAYBE IT’S JUST a lack of competition, but we are not performing close to the level we showed in our first three meets,” Bretscher said “Jodi Billman had her best score in diving and our North defeated by Athenians ROACHDALE- Paced by Joe Wilkinson’s 17:13 winning time, Crawfordsville turned out to be too strong for the North Putnam High School cross country team Tuesday afternoon. North Putnam runs at South Putnam at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. CRAWFORDSVILLE CAPTURED the first four places before Kent Jones crossed the finishline in 18:32 and Mike Dockery finished in 18:34. North could only get two runners within a one-minute pack of one another though, as eighth place Danny Leeke’s 19:42 performance was next. Russ Evans was the fourth Cougar at 19:43 and Tom Crosby rounded out the scoring with a 20:01. Crawfordsville 17, North Putnam 38 1. Joe Wilkinson, C, 17:13 2. Kevin Kellerman, C, 18:11 3. Derrick Hutson, C, 18:11 4. John Pickerill.C, 18:21 5. Kent Jones, NP, 18:32 6. Mike Dockery, NP, 18:34 7. Troy Cook, C, 19:22 8. Danny Leeke, NP, 19:42 9. Russ Evans, NP, 19:43 10. Tom Crosby, NP, 20:01

Winning volleyball teams continue pace

Cloverdale and Greencastle improved their records on the volleyball court Tuesday night, but South Putnam continued to have problems. Cloverdale defeated host Clay City 15-7, 15-7, while Greencastle struggled by visiting Rockville 14-6,15-10 and 15-3. South Putnam fell 17-15,12-15,15-10. All four Putnam County teams play Thursday night. Greencastle will host North Putnam, South Putnam will play host to both Owen Valley and Tri-West and Cloverdale goes to Northview for a rematch. Results of Tuesday’s North Putnam at Monrovia match were not reported CLOVERDALE COACH Mandy Farlow is trying to develop some bench strength and between playing at Clay City and playing without senior Debbie Mann, who was out ill, she got the opportunity Tuesday. Shari Craig and Julie Gray step-

Fields' Findings

and Danville and the Cubs must meet South Putnam, Edgewood and North Putnam. IT’S NO LOCK, but should these two enter the playoffs unbeaten and ranked among the 2A top 10, press clippings will be found from one end of the state to the other. Anytime Tri-West has played in this area our phones have been busy answering questions and now the questions are starting to come about Greencastle. Although both are 5-0, their records extract different attitudes from opponents. The Bruins have a near unbeatable appearance with such dominating scores as 55-8 over Cascade and 69-0 against Edgewood. Until No. 10 ranked Indianapolis Scecina played them to a 2010 score (and lost), South Putnam’s 20-7 losing effort was the best by a Bruin opponent. Greencastle, on the other hand, has not left an unbeatable opinion on any field. The Cubs have played well enough to win, their most impressive effort being a 33-12 victory over 4A host Northview, but obviously haven’t scared an opponent. Last Friday they held on to a 27-18 victory, beat Danville in two overtimes 31-28 and held off Monrovia and Cloverdale. “I DON’T THINK it would anyway,” Fallis said of Greencastle’s record being intimidating. “I assume this will be just like it is in basketball, where the records go out the window. We’re going to be excited and anxious. I think it’s going to be a big, big deal.” .Just like basketball, it’s going to offer a second season to teams who didn’t have such a good first one. In years past teams that came on the second half of the year often were eliminated from the playoffs during the first three or four games. Look at Cascade right now, a 1-4 team that played better than that record might indicate against Greencastle ‘‘l feel at this point of the season, right now, we can play with anybody on our schedule and when playoff time comes around we’re going to be alive,” Cadet coach Mike Costlow predicted after last week’s game. “If they 're going to take us lightly we’re going to knock them off. We re going to be ready. SOUTH PUTNAM AND Cloverdale are in a different

younger swimmers are improving, but the performance of most of the rest of the team is flat. We need to be much better next Monday for Bloomington North.’’ Billman, a state meet entry last year, scored a 183.10 during the diving competition, including one inward dive, pike position, where she received scores ranging from 64 to 74. The latter score is also a season-high Cristina Opdahl, Kim Hinkle and Carrie Nealon were all double event winners for the Sharks. Opdahl led a sweep with her 2:11 44 first place time in the 200-yard freestyle, teammates Kim Black and Jen-

Moving the feet is the key to playing good volleyball defense, but sometimes a dive is necessary. Terri Mahoney (front) and Tawnya Pierce had to get down on the hardwood after this ball during Tuesday night's

ped in to keep the Clover power game intact with good passing and setting. Traci Sharp benefitted from the pair. “She was jumping better than she has in the two years I’ve coached here.” Farlow said of Sharp’s seven kills in 11 attempts. The Clovers converted 16 of 37 attempts into kills. Brenda Rupe led the Clover service scoring with 11 points, followed by Craig with eight, Stacy Receuver five, Denise Schwomeyer three, Sharp two and Sandy Bixler one. Cloverdale also won the junior varsity match in three games “IT WASN’T PRETTY, but we won.” Greencastle coach Trish Arthur said after the three-game struggle against Rockville. After losing the first game, Greencastle fell behind 5-1 in the second. Between Tawnya Pierce’s net play and Rockville

nie Ferriss finished second and third, respectively. Opdahl later won the 100yard backstroke in 1:07.11 HINKLE. ONE OF those improving young swimmers, turned in a 26.95 second first place 50-yard freestyle time and a 1:00.08 winning 100-yard freestyle time. Nealon continued to make it look easy, pacing a 200-yard individual medley iIM) first in 2:23.80 and a 5:22.95 first in the 500yard backstroke. Greencastle’s only other individual first came from Dina Duncan with a 1:15.74 breaststroke performance.

Greencastle victory over Rockville. The Cubs improved their record to 9-2 and will host North Putnam Thursday (Banner-Graphic pheto by Steve Fields).

errors, the Cubs tied the game 10-10, a Pierce spike off a Terri Mahoney serve creating the knot. Mahoney had the Cubs in a 12-10 lead before her service turn ended, but that lead was extended to 13-10 off a Rockville penalty point for an illegal timeout. When a Pierce spike got the serve back, Kristie Maguire served out the game. MAGUIRE SERVED TWO aces and Pierce hammered two kills to give Greencastle a quick 6-0 lead in game two. Rockville never got closer than 6-2, four of the last five points in the match coming on Pierce kills or dinks with Michelle Archer serving. Archer led the Cubs with 13 service points for the night, followed by Maguire with 11 Mahoney finished with seven, Carol Braden six, Pierce five and Kim Richards one.

situation than Greencastle and North. Like Southmont and Seeger in sectional No. 29, the Eagles and Clovers are away from their sectional No. 37 competition. “That’s why we thought the Rockville game was so important, because they play all of those teams,” South Putnam coach Mark Wildman said of the 48-18 win. “They played Attica close, they played Fountain Central close. I thought that might be a little bit of an indication.” If you want to compare scores, No. 8 ranked Attica slipped by Rockville 12-8 the opening week of the season. Covington is 4-1, but just by Rockville 14-12. South Vermillion defeated the Rox 42-14 and Fountain Central outscored them 32-20. “WE PLAYED WELL against them. We think we can play well against the rest of the teams,” Wildman said. “I like doing it this way because we’re playing a double-A schedule, then we’re in a single-A sectional. It’s a tough schedule for us, but it should make us better.” Another indicator for South Putnam and Cloverdale should be Friday’s game at North Central (Farmersburg). The Clovers play the Thunderbirds, a team that has traded hits with 3-2 Turkey Run and 1-4 North Vermillion. North Central defeated 3-2 Turkey Run 2410, but lost to 1-4 North Vermillion 13-12 in overtime. It may be just like basketball in the sense that all teams are in the tournament, great. However, there are going to be five champs and to me the 5A champion is the best team in the state. Now the IHSAA needs to work on getting the football draw on a day and hour where everyone can watch it on television-just like basketball. *** FORMER SOUTH PUTNAM High School running back Brian Christy scored the first touchdown of his varsity collegiate career Saturday for Taylor University. He’s been moved from wide receiver, back to running back this year, although he’s a backup in a oneback offense. So far Christy has carried the football 14 times for 51 yards. *** Jona Braden, a Greencastle High School graduate, has Butler University’s volleyball team off to a 10-7 start. She entered her third season as the Bulldogs’ coach with a 25-46 record. Saturday Butler defeated Western Illinois 17-15, 15-5, 15-10 (they play the best three out of five in college matches). *** St. Louis Cardinal baseball fans like Ken Myers, John Stevens and myself are finally getting some satisfaction out of the wire press. With the Mets playing in St. Louis all of the New York writers are there and finally people like Willie McGee and Ozzie Smith are getting some credit.

200-medlev relav - 2:97.55. Greencastle (Lori Combs, Dina Duncan, Erika Greenawald. Amanda Myers); Crawfordsville; Greencastle. 209-freestyle - 2:11.44, Opdahl. G: Black, G; Ferriss, G; Wickett, C: Rile.C. 200-1 M - 2:23.80, Nealon, G; Munro. C; J. Gould. G; Myers, G; Proffitt, C. 50-freestvle - 26:95, Hinkle, G; Combs. G; Brooks, C; K. Gould,G: Rile.C. Diving - 183.10. Billman, G: Kitchens, C: Jones, G; Lancaster, G. 190-butterflv - 1:04.54, Harmon, C; Greenawald. G; Duncan, G; Wickett. C; Napoli. G. 100-freestyle - 1 :00.03, Hinkle, G; K. Gould. G: Boone, G; Kitchens, C. 50-freestyle - 5:22.95, Nealon, G; Brooks. C; Black, G; Ferriss, G. 100-backstroke - 1:07.11. Opdahl, G; Munro. C; Combs. G; Greenawald, G. 100-breaststroke - 1:57.3, Duncan, G; Harmon, C; J. Gould, G; Myers, G. 400-freestyle relay Hinkle. Opdahl, Nealon); Greencastle; Crawfordsville.

Pierce had 14 of Greencastle’s 24 kills and the team attempted 58 for the night. Rockville surprised the Greencastle junior varsity 7-15, 15-8, 15-6. The young Cubs are now 9-2 for the year. “WE PLAYED POSSIBLY one of the worst game and matches of the entire year,” South Putnam coach Becky Brothers said of the loss at Avon. The Eagles had a season-high 40 spike attempts, but only 12 went for kills, as the Orioles kept the ball alive defensively. Kim Hood led South with six kills. Wendy Ratcliff led the Eagles with 11 service points, followed by Micki Carpenter with nine, Jill Wells and Kim McKinney with seven each, Jenny Merkel four, Karla Hutcheson and Hood one each. South Putnam defeated Avon 15-8.15-8 in the junior varsity match.