Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 359, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 October 1985 — Page 6
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The Putnam County Banner Graphic, Friday, Oct. 4,1985
Tigers' home-field streak on line with 4-0 Big Red
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Most colleges schedule a pushover opponent to insure a happy homecoming, not one of the nation’s powerhouses. Not DePauw University. For Saturday afternoon the Tigers seek their 26th consecutive Blackstock Stadium victory in the 2 p.m. Old Gold Game against 4-0 Denison University and the nation’s only single-wing offense. Fans should note the game begins 30 minutes later than usual. •‘THAT’S THE TYPE of offense where you may stop a couple of plays, then they’re going to break a long one because they do have power in their offense; they have deception and they have trickery,” DePauw coach Nick Mourouzis said of the Big Red. Although considered a dinosaur,coach Keith Piper has used the single-wing of-
North only county team openingtourneyat home
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Greencastle and North Putnam drew the only rematches Friday for the 13th annual IHSAA football playoffs. North Putnam, however, will be the only Putnam County team playing at home when the five-class open tournament begins Oct. 25. Greencastle drew a rematch with West Central Conference rival Monrovia and North Putnam will see the same Cascade team it plays Friday night again in three weeks, only on a different field. No. 2 ranked Tri-West plays host to Seeger and Danville will host Southmont also in 2A sectional No. 29 games. SOUTH PUTNAM AND Cloverdale drew long road trips in Class A sectional No. 37. South Putnam travels to North Vermillion (located on highway 63 north) and Cloverdale journeys to Covington. Rockville will host Attica and Turkey Run entertains Fountain Central in the other two sectional No. 37 games. Ranked No 9 in Class 2A with a 5-0 record, Greencastle has already defeated Monrovia there once this year 17-7. ‘‘No matter who we drew it was going to be somebody a second time,” Greencastle coach John Fallis said. “Monrovia and us have had a super series over the year. We’ve played each other six times and it’s 3-3. It’s just been a super series,” Fallis said, obviously happy just to be in the state tournament for the first time. NORTH PUTNAM IS the only Putnam County team ever to make the playoffs under one of the systems previously used by the IHSAA. However, the Cougars have to take the field tonight (Friday) knowing they play the Cadets again in three weeks. “We’ll do the same things we’ve been doing all along,” coach Bruce Lake said, denying any change of approach. There is potential yet for some secondround remathces. If Greencastle wins the first round it would play the winner of the North Putnam-Cascade game for the second time. Tri-West and Danville, favorites in their respective games, have a new first-round foe, but could meet for a second time. South Putnam would not have a rematch with an opponent until the championship game of sectional No. 37. Cloverdale and Rockville are the only teams the Eagles
Cubs enter sectional on Saturday At first glance the final 4-5 record of the Greencastle High School boys tennis team is unimpressive. But considering the Cubs have won four straight they can’t be counted out of Saturday’s CrawfordsvilleIHSAA sectional. Greencastle plays Fountain Central at 10:30 a.m. Saturday on the Wabash College courts. The winner of that match meets either North Montgomery or Danville at 2 p.m. Western Boone, Turkey Run, Southmont, Brownsburg and Crawfordsville are in the upper half of the bracket. A 3-2 VICTORY over Rockville Thursday and a 3-2 win over Avon Wednesday completed the Greencastle season after a 0-5 start. Mike Wells and Drew Brattain scored single wins for Greencastle against Rockville. Wells, playing No. 1, defeated Rockville’s Jason King 6-0, 6-3, while Brattain scored a 6-0, 6-1 win over Joe Miller at No. 3. Dave Schwartz and Corey Stinnett wrapped up the team victory with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Chris Wilson and Mark Tucker at No. 2 doubles. GREENCASTLE’S TWO LOSSES came at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles. Mike Opdahl was defeated 6-3, 6-3 by Dan Jacob and Ken Gustavsson and Ray Nealon took a 6-2, 6-0 loss to Tim Clarey and Matt Merica.
sense 32 seasons, compiling a 159-109-16 record through last weeks 63-10 victoryover Ohio Wesleyan. Last year Denison slipped by DePauw 21-20, compiling 349 yards of total offense en route to an 8-2 record. “This outfit, they go to a conventional offense and they’re a formidable football team,” defensive coordinator Ed Meyer said Wednesday while explaining the offense few in the crowd had ever seen. "If the center can not make a perfect snap, all the timing is fouled up after that.” BUT WITH 18 OF 22 players back who started against DePauw last year, the Big Red have made very few mistakes. They defeated Kalamazoo 49-6 the first week and Allegheny 16-14 the second. Among those veterans is the entire offensive backfield, and a couple of receivers. Tailback Jeff Mase leads the deceptive offense, currently eighth among
play in that sectional and both are in the upper bracket, which could decide the host school in the second and third rounds. Because South is in the very bottom bracket, the Eagles may not have a home playoff game until the sectional championship. ELSEWHERE AROUND THE West Central Conference, Owen Valley goes to Lebanon in 3A sectional No. 21 and F.dgewood travels to Greensburg in 3A sectional No. 23. Also in sectional No. 21, it’s South Vermillion against West Vigo, Western Boone against Crawfordsville and surprising Zionsville meeting North Montgomery. Northview (Brazil) will host Indianapolis Pike in 4A sectional No. 13 and will play the winner of the Indianapolis Washington-Brownsburg game. Terre
Powerhouse draw
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) First-round sectional toumev opponents Oct 25 for teams currently ranked in the weekly Associated Press Indiana high school football polls (Sectional number listed in parentheses): Class SA 1. Warren Central vs Indpls Ben Davis (6) 2. Martinsville vs Terre Haute North (8). 3. Ft. Wayne Snider vs Elkhart Central (3) 4 Terre Haute North vs Martinsville (8). 5. Valparaiso vs S Bend LaSalle (2). 6. Carmel vs Lawrence North (5). 7 Elkhart Central vs Ft. Wayne Snider (3) 8. Richmond vs Indpls Tech (6). 9. Merrillville vs Gary Roosevelt < 1). 10. Kokomo vs Muncie Central (4) Class 4A 1. Hobart vs S.Bend St. Joseph’s (10). 2. Brownsburg vs Indpls Washington (13). 3. Indpls Washington vs Brownsburg (13) 4 Jasper vs Vincennes (16). 5. Indpls Chatard vs Lafayette Harrison (14). 6 S Bend Adams vs Gary Wirt (10). 7. Shelbyville vs Seymour (15). 8 Vincennes vs Jasper (16). 9. Hammond Noll vs E.Chi.Roosevelt (9). 10. Noblesville vs Muncie South (14) Class 3A 1. West Lafayette vs Northwestern (19) 2. Indpls Cathedral vs Indpls Roncalli (22). 3. Indpls Roncalli vs Indpls Cathedral (22).
State statistic leaders
IndianaHighSchoolFootball State Leaders ThroughFourGames RECEIVING Name. School Rec Yds TO David Haugh, N.Judson 29 497 6 Kevin Ely, Brown Co. 22 480 5 Troy Vigar, Northfield 34 471 5 Kip Koonce, Warren C. 27 445 6 Duke Stroup, Oak Hill 31 445 6 P.K.Williams, Tri-West 32 438 5 Larry Kunkel, N.Mntgomery 21 436 4 Denny Bland, Bloomntn S 28 423 4 Rob Turner, Chatard 22 421 8 Andy Benko, SB Riley 22 406 2 Joe Franklin, Greencastle 19 393 6 Phil Parke, Southridge 15 391 4 Greg Pace, Martinsville 21 382 3
MIKE WELLS: No. 1 Cub player wins finale
“It’s the first time we’ve beaten Avon in the four years we’ve played them. A real pleasant victory,” Layton said of the 3-2 win. Drew Brattain won the match for Greencastle, defeating Steve Daugherty 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 while the remaining members of both teams watched The third set was tied 3-3 and the team scores were even at 2-2 before Brattain won the final three games of the set. A RARE SWEEP in the doubles ac-
NCAA Division 111 ball carriers. The 6-1, 195-pound senior displayed tremendous passing skill though while hitting 13 of 17 aerials for 107 yards and two touchdowns against DePauw last year. Denison can also use 6-1, 175-pound junpor Chris Spriggs at tailback, as he started there against DePauw last year. He ran for 65 yards in 13 carries against the Tigers, but wingback Mark Marston, a 6-2, 205-pound sophomore, led the Big Red ground attack with 71 yards in 10 carries. WITH EITHER MASE or Spriggs, Denison sweeps right or left and many times runs a reverse. “What happes in that type of offense, they (the defense) want to find the football too soon, before they read their keys and they could get lost, so to speak and that’s what we’re hoping to prevent,” Mourouzis said. Many of the Tigers played against this offense last year and while Mourouzis ad-
Haute North, ranked No. 4 among 5A schools, drew a home game with No. 2 ranked Martinsville, while Terre Haute South must travel to Castle also in sectional No. 8. Top ranked 5A Warren Central meets Indianapolis Ben Davis in the first round. No. 1 4A Hobart drew into St. Bend St. Joseph’s while No. 1 3A West Lafayette takes on Northwestern. LAWRENCEBURG PUTS ITS No 1 2A ranking against Brownstown and North Judson, No. 1 in Class A, meets Breman. Sectional play opens Oct. 25 with the champions being decided Nov. 8. Regional games are Nov. 15 and semistate round contests are Nov. 22. Class A. 2A and 3A championship games are Nov. 29 and 4A and 5A Nov. 30, all five at Indianapolis at the Hoosier Dome.
4 Western vs Peru (19) 5 Evansville Memorial vs Washington (24). 6 Clarksville Providence vs Batesville (23) 7 North Wood vs Angola (18) ' 8 Zionsville vs N Montgomery (21) 9 Yorktown vs Winchester (20). 10. Tipton vs Maconaquah (19) Class 2A 1. Lawrenceburg vs Brownstown (31) 2 Tri-West vs Seeger (29) 3 Ft Wayne Luers vs Prairie Hts (26) 4 Mishawaka Marian vs Rensselaer (25) 5 Hagerstown vs Centerville (28) 6. Tippecanoe Valley vs Oak Hill (27) 7 Shenandoah vs Union Co. (28) 8 Evansville Mater Dei vsN Posey (32) 9 Greencastle vs Monrovia (29) 10 Indpls Scecina vs Speedway (30) Class A 1 North Judson vs Bremen (33). 2. Sheridan vs Lapel (38). 3 Jimtown vs Churubusco-Central Noble winner (34) 4 Eastern (Howard) vs Southwood-Adams Central winner (36). 5 Eastern Hancock vs Indiana Deaf (39) 6 Adams Central vs Southwood (36) 7 Clarksville vs Dugger (40). 8 Attica vs Rockville (37). 9. North Daviess vs Perry Central (40) 10. Churubusco vs Central Noble (34)
SCORING Name. School TD PAT Pts Jerry Allen, Park Tudor 16 0 96 John Story, G. Roosevelt 13 4 86 Brett Markel, N. Daviess 11 10 86 Brad Clark, Peru 14 0 84 Virgil Fulk, Churubusco 12 3 78 Anth. Thompson, TH North 13 0 78 Jay Smith, Fremont 12 l 74 Dan Cave, Tip. Valley 12 2 74 Joe Griffo, N Judson 8 22 72 Earl Carter, Evnsvl Harrs 12 0 72 Mark Schneider, Clarksvl 12 0 72 Steve Penley, Greencastle 12 0 72 Gregg Snyder, Adams Cent 11 1 68 Jim Hellmich, Greensbrg 11 0 66 Rich Seitz, Warsaw 11 0 66
counted for the other two Cub victories. Schwartz and Stinnett defeated Ron Mora and Shawn Baxter 7-5, 7-5 after trailing 5-2 in the first set. Tom Catanese and Gustavsson scored a 6-1, 7-6 victory over Ron Rader and Randy Thomas. The Greencastle losses to Avon came at No. 1 and No. 2 singles. Jon Copland defeated Wells 7-5,7-6 and Greg Pratt slipped by Opdahl 7-6, 6-2, the first set tie breaker going 36 points before the Avon players won 19-17.
mits this will help, he is concerned about the players who didn’t see action in the one-point loss. One of those is defensive end Rich Tull, one of last week’s defensive players of the week, as the sweeps put a great deal of pressure on his position. As always execution is the name of the game offensively for the Tigers. They appeared to establish something of a group attack against a big Albion team last week, but still managed only a 13-12 win because of a strong defensive effort. DePAUW DROVE THE football against Albion mixing the run and pass for the first touchdown. Later it took the no-huddle offense to put the winning touchdown on the board and Tom Downham’s PAT kick for the final edge. Gino Gianotti has led the Tiger ground game today with 170 yards in just 36 carries. While averaging 4.7 yards per carry, the fullback has been dropped for
Tri-West (5-0)* Oct. 25 Seeger (1-4) Danville (2-3)* Oct. 25 Southmont (1-4) Monrovia (4-1)* Oct. 25 Greencastle (5-0) North Putnam (0-s)* Oct. 25 Cascade (1-4)
Covington (4-1)* Oct. 25 Cloverdale (1-4) Rockville (1-4)* Oct. 25 Attica (4-1) Turkey Run (3-2)* Oct. 25 Fountain Central (2-3) North Vermillion (1-4)* Oct. 25 South Putnam (2-3)
Greencastle defeats North for ninth win; Clovers, Eagles lose
Greencastle was the only Putnam County volleyball team to record a victory in Thursday night high school play. The Tiger Cubs defeated county and West Central Conference rival North Putnam 15-2, 15-5 at McAnally Center. Cloverdale suffered its second loss of the year at Northview 7-15, 16-14, 15-10, while South Putnam dropped two matches at home in a tri-meet. Tri-West defeateed the Eagles 15-10,15-5 and Owen Valley downed them 15-10, 15-10, Tri-West handed Owen Valley its first conference loss and only the second of the entire season 15-13,15-4. TAWNYA PIERCE SERVED the now 93 Tiger Cubs into a 9-0 first game lead before Chris Worland stopped the streak with a kill that hit the back line. Worland served up two aces for North, but that was the last of the scoring as Carol Braden served out the game. North’s Rebecca Busch served the first point of the second game, but three Kristy Maguire serves that included an ace and two Pierce kills put Greencastle ahead for good. Kim Richards served the Cubs from a 4-2 lead into an 11-2 advantage with a little help from North coach Ron Price. When Price questioned an official’s judgment call, he received two penalty points. PIERCE LED THE balanced Cub ser-
only two yards in losses through four DePauw wins. “He’s a strong runner. We lose a little bit on his blocking, because we moved him from tailback to fullback and he doesn’t know the fullback blocking assignments, but he’s getting better on the blocking,” Mourouzis said. WITH BART DENNING as Gianotti’s backfield mate, DePauw has the potential for a big-play running attack. “We hope to break him loose because he’s very elusive, very quick. We’re just going to have to do a better job of breaking him away because he’s capable of making the long run,” Mourouzis said of the junior who has just 109 yards in 36 attempts. While quarterback Tony de Nicola will still be throwing the ball, Gianotti and Denning must run and get good holes from the offensive line this week. Offensive line coach Jeff Quinn noted that despite the
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ving with 10 points, followed by Richards with nine, Braden six, Maguire four and Debbie Danhour one. Dawn Watson served up three North points, Worland two and Jannetta Sinnett and Rebecca Busch one each. Greencastle attempted just 17 spikes for the night, but got eight kills, four from Price. North attempted 19 spikes, getting six kills, three from Worland and two from Sinnett. Greencastle also won the junior varsity match 15-2,15-0, Alison Spencer serving 12 straight points in the shutout. COACH MANDY FARLOW learned some things about her Cloverdale squad that is going to help in a critical situation down the road. “There are some people who will start playing more varsity time. There will be some small changes,” the coach predicted. The Clovers committed 20 hitting errors and were often tentative. For the match they got 25 kills out of 78 attempts, a percentage that is “the worst since I’ve been here,” Farlowsaid. “Our hitters just did not do their job last night. They played some very good defense. They just weren’t playing smart at the net at all,” Farlow said of not adjusting to the Northview defense. DEBBIE MANN AND Traci Sharp led
narrow victory, the line graded out 80 per cent against Albion. “We definitely are going to have to move the ball on their defense. We must, because the ball control will be a vital factor to our success Saturday in keeping their potent offense off the field,” Mourouzis said. SPLIT END TOM EVANS could be available for play this week after missing two games because of an ankle injury. While he has practiced this week, the junior who caught five passes for a teamhigh 169 yards and two touchdowns in the first two games has not been through contact yet. This is the second of four teams that defeated DePauw last year and threaten the current homefield winning streak. The Tigers defeated Hope earlier and still have home dates with powerhouses Dayton and Wabash.
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the Clovers service scoring with seven each, followed by Denise Schwomeyer with six, Brenda Rupe five and Sandy Bixler and Stacy Receveur four each. Northview also won the junior varsity match 15-4,1-15,16-14. Although the scores were closer against Owen Valley, coach Becky Brothers felt her South Putnam team played better against Tri-West. “Our first game against Tri-West we played really well. The score was tied 10-10 in the first game against TriWest,” Brothers said. THE EAGLES ATTEMPTED 33 spikes, committed just eight errors and got seven kills, three from Kim Hood. But against Owen Valley, south couldn’t get its power going consistently. The Eagles attempted just 26 spikes, but made only four errors, getting eight kills. Jenny Merkel, Mickie Carpenter and Kamela Moore with two kills each. Jill Wells led South with six service points against Tri-West, followed by Kim Hood with four, Kim McKinney three and Wendy Ratcliff two. Wells and McKinney scored six points each against Owen Valley. Ratcliff had three service points, Karla Hutcheson two and Carpenter, Kamela Moore and Hood one each.
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