Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 376, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 October 1985 — Page 8

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The Putnam County Banner Graphic, Tuesday, Oct. 22,1985

Greencastle finishes up at No. 7

Tourney to decide true champ

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Warren Central, Hobart and North Judson, ranked No.l the entire season, were unanimous choices today atop their respective classes in the final Associated Press high school football polls for 1985. The first round of the state playoff sectionals begins on Friday night. Warren Central, the defending Class 4A champion, moved up to the new 5A class this season and, for the first time, got unanimous support for No.l from AP’s statewide board of sports writers and broadcasters. With a loss in the regular-season finale by Bloomington South, which had received the only dissenting first-place vote in 5A last week, Warren got a clean sweep in the final balloting, polling all 16 votes for No.l and a perfect 320 rating points. Hobart, the tourney runner-up to Warren Central last year, again was unchallenged in the 4A rankings, getting all 15 first-place votes and a perfect 300 rating points. North Judson, the Class A runner-up last year and winner of eight straight shutouts this season, had all 11 first-place ballots and a perfect 220 points to lead the voting in that class. Lawrenceburg remained No.l in Class 2A, while Indianapolis Roncalli broke a fir-st-place tie with West Lafayette and climbed to No. 1 in Class 3A. Last year, three of the four playoff tournaments were won by the No.l-ranked teams. The N 0.2 team won the other playoff class. In the final 5A poll, the top four teams were unchanged from last week, with Warren Central a clear favorite over N 0.2

Sharks beat T.H. South for 11th win Led by record performances from Carrie Nealon, Cristina Opdahl and the 400-yard freestyle relay team, the Greencastle High School girls swimming team remained undefeated Monday night with a 94-78 victory over Terre Haute South at McAnally Pool. Greencastle takes an 11-0 dual-meet record and 12-0 overall mark into Wednesday night's showdown at South Vermillion. A challenger in the SouthmontIHSAA sectional, South Vermillion is also undefeated, according to coach Paul Bretscher. NEALON SET SCHOOL and McAnally Pool records in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle events and joined Kristi Gould, Kim Hinkle and Opdahl for a school and pool record in the 400-relay. Opdahl also broke her own school record in the 100backstroke. “This was a very exciting meet, much closer than the final score indicates,” coach Bretscher said. The record times were needed against the powerful Braves, as the meet was tied 31-31 after four events and the Tiger Sharks trailed 40-38 after the diving. It was tied again at 55 and at 63 with three events remaining. BUT AS IN other tough challenges, Greencastle’s superior depth prevailed. Paced by Opdahl’s record 1:06.25 time the Sharks swept the 100-yard breaststroke, Lori Combs taking second and Erika Greenawald third. Dina Duncan and Jodi Gould followed that up with a one-two finish in the 100yard breaststroke, Duncan turning in a 1:15.44 first place time. Those two events sent the Sharks into the final event, the 400freestyle relay, with an 86-72 lead. Gould, Hinkle, Opdahl and Nealon turned in a 3:55.06, breaking the two-week old mark of 3:56.47, and winning by two seconds. NEALON AND OPDAHL were doubleevent winners. Nealon broke the 55.40 second 100-yard freestyle record she set in September with a 54.83 time and topped the 1:58.33 200-yard freestyle record, also set in September, with a 1:57.50. Nealon holds four individual records and is part of both record holding relay teams. In addition to winning the backstroke in record time, Opdahl also took the 200-yard individual medley (IM), turning in a 2:24.20. Jodi Billman and Kim Hinkle also turned in firsts for the Sharks. Billman won the diving competition with a 183.10 score, while Hinkle took the 500-yard freestyle in 5:45.72. Greencastle M, Terre Haute South 78 200-medley relay-2:04.72, Greencastle (Lori Combs. Dina Duncan. Jodi Gould, Amanda Myers); Terre Haute South; Greencastle. 200-freestyle-1 :57.50, Nealon, G; Causey, THS; Littlejohn, THS: Drada.THS: Black, G. 200-IM-2:24.20, Opdahl, G; Chreno, THS; Mayor. THS; J Gould, G; Porter, THS. 50-freestyle-26.45. Wlllock. THS; Oswald, THS; Hinkle, G- Combs, G; Myers, G. Divlng-183.10, Billman, G; Gelder, THS; Foy, THS; McVev THS; Jones, G; Lancaster, G. 100-butter Hy-1.03.67, Causey, THS; Greenawald, G; Duncan, G; Dixon. THS; Porter, THS. 100-freestvle-54.83, Nealon. G; Oswald, THS; K. Gould, G- Varble THS; Myers,G. 500-freestyle -5:47.72. Hinkle, G; Littlejohn. THS; Drada. THS; Black, G; Card. THS. 100-hackstroke-l :06.25, Opdahl, G; tombs, G, Greenawald, G; Mayor. THS; Bringman. THS. 100-breaststroke— l:ls.44, Duncan, G; J. Gould, G, Chreno THS; Varble, THS; Davis, THS. 400-freestyle relav-3;55.06 Greencastle (Kristi Gould. Kim Hinkle. Cristina Opdahl, Carrie Nealon); Terre Haute South; Ter ’-ute South.

Fort Wayne Snider. Snider totaled 282 rating points, well ahead of N 0.3 Valparaiso’s 232 and N 0.4 Richmond’s 221. Warren, Snider and Richmond were the only unbeaten 5A teams during the regular season. Elsewhere in SA. Carmel rose one spot to fifth, changing places with Bloomington South; Martinsville climbed one place to seventh, dropping Kokomo one place to eighth; and Terre Haute North jumped one spot to ninth, putting Merrillville in 10th. Hobart and N 0.2 Brownsburg which won the 3A championship from the N 0.2 ranking last year were the only 4A teams to keep the same ranking as last week. South Bend Adams, Indianapolis Washington, Hammond Noll and Jasper each rose one spot to third-through-sixth, respectively. Indianapolis Chatard, which lost to Terre Haute North, dropped four spots to seventh. New Haven rose one place to eighth, and newcomers Fort Wayne Dwenger and DeKalb were picked ninth and 10th, respectively. Out of the final Top 10 were Shelbyville, which was eighth last week, and Logansport, which was 10th. Hobart and Brownsburg were the only unbeaten4A teams. Except for Roncalli edging West Lafayette for No.l, the final 3A poll was the same as last week. Roncalli, also the pre-tourney No.l team in 3A last year, had seven of 15 first-place votes and 278 of a possible 300 rating points. West Lafayette had four votes for No.l and dropped from last week’s tie with Roncalli to second in the final poll with 264 points.

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Junior Pat Archer leads the way through a ball handling exercise with Tammy Wood right behind in the opening basketball practice for the Greencastle High School girls. Monday was the first legal day of prac-

Tigers have best season ever

The DePauw University women’s field hockey team completed its regular season over the weekend compiling the winningest season in the program’s history. Coach Judy George’s team racked up an impressive 14-4 record while easily outscoring their opponents 57-16. While the team only scored 18 goals the entire season last year, sophomore Colleen Konicek equalled that total herself this season The squad will participate in the six-team NAIA District 21 State Tournament at Franklin this Friday and Saturday. “I AM VERY PROUD of the way we played this year,” coach Judy George said. “We just played extra aggressive the entire season and played offensive minded hockey.” The Tigers captured four victories on the weekend as they traveled to Transylvania and Centre College. In four games DePauw never trailed. Friday afternoon DePauw battled Transylvania and came away with a 3-2 victory. The Tigers outshot their opponent 19-12 as Kim Edgar gave them an early lead. The score was tied at halftime but goals by Konicek and Dana King helped DePauw to its first of four wins. FRIDAY EVENING THE Tigers easily defeated Berea by the score of 3-1. The talented Konicek continued to dominate her opponents, as she scored all three of the team’s goals. “Colleen has played well for us all season,” said George. “It’s odd when you get so much scoring from your forward links position, but Colleen is a very aggressive player.”

Indianapolis Cathedral, which beat Bloomington South last week, remained third but picked up three votes for No.l and 254 points. Western had the remaining first-place vote and stayed fourth with 193 points. Elsewhere in 3A, Clarksville Providence remained fifth, followed again by N 0.6 Zionsville, N 0.7 Evansville Memorial, No.B North Wood, N 0.9 Tipton and No.lo Yorktown. The only unbeaten 3A teams were West Lafayette, Western and Zionsville. Lawrenceburg received eight of 12 firstplace votes and 230 of a possible 240 rating points to claim No.l in 2A. Tri-West had three votes for No.l and remained second in the final poll with 214 points. Mishawaka Marian rose three spots to third; Shenandoah jumped one spot to fourth; Hagerstown and Fort Wayne Luers (which had the remaining vote for No.l) dropped two spots apiece to fifth and sixth, respectively; Greencastle remained N 0.7; Tippecanoe Valley rose one place to eighth, exchanging places with Beech Grove, and North Miami remained 10th. Lawrenceburg, Tri-West, Shenandoah, Hagerstown, Greencastle and Beech Grove were the unbeaten 2A teams. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The final Associated Press Indiana high school football polls for the 1985 season, with first-place votes in parentheses, regular-season records and rating points: Class 5A 1. Warren Central (16), 8-0,320 2. Ft. Wayne Snider, 8-0, 282 3. Valparaiso, 7-1,232 4 Richmond, 8-0,221 5. Carmel, 7-1,193 6. Bloomington South, 7-1,122 7. Martinsville, 7-1,121 8 Kokomo, 7-1,120 9 Terre Haute North, 6-2,92 10 Merrillville. 6-2.82

tice for girls and boys, but county teams didn't have many players available as most are still involved in cross country and football. (BannerGraphic photo by Steve Fields).

The first thing Saturday morning (8:30 a m.), the Tigers captured their third win in less than 24 hours as they shutout Asbury 5-0. “We really played well all weekend,” commented George. “We just seemed to outpower our opponent.” Once again George’s squad didn’t have much time to rest as they faced Centre College at 11:00 a.m. Again the Tigers recorded a shutout, this time 3-0. Goals by Crews, Konicek, and Julie Thompson gave DePauw a commanding 3-0 lead at halftime. As the DePauw defense continued to shut down Centre, Denise Knight added the Tigers fourth goal in the final half. DEPAUW UNIVERSITY’S soccer team suffered a frustrating weekend as they competed in the Wheaton Tournament on Friday and Saturday. Coach Page Cotton’s team entered play on Saturday with only two losses and a chance of upsetting defending NCAA Division 111 national champion Wheaton College and strengthening their bid for a playoff berth. Instead of improving their postseason chances the Tigers played to a 2-2 tie with Denison and fell to a strong Geneva team 5-2. Cotton’s team still holds a strong 9-3-1 record and a shot at the conference crown. Friday the Tigers took a 1-0 lead against Denison as junior Ed Holub scored on an assist from Brad Benshop midway through the opening half. Denison scored on a penalty kick minutes later as the two squads ended the first half deadlocked in a 1-1 tie. “I FELT WE outplayed them but just couldn’t take advantage of our scoring opportunities,” Cotton said. “We missed

Others with 10 or more rating points, listed alphabetically: Crown Point, Elkhart Central, Ft. Wayne Northrop, New Albany, Penn. Class 4A 1. Hobart (15), 8-0,300 2. Brownsburg, 8-0,268 3. S.Bend Adams, 7-1, 225 4 Indpls Washington, 7-1,195 5. Hammond Noll, 7-1,168 6. Jasper, 7-1,158 7. Indpls Chatard, 6-2,155 8 New Haven, 7-1,98 9. Ft. Wayne Dwenger, 5-3,53 10. DeKalb, 7-1,37 Others with 10 or more rating points, listed alphabetically: Boonville, Griffith, Lafayette Harrison, Logansport, Noblesville. Class 3A llndpls Roncalli (7), 7-1,278 2. West Lafayette (4), 8-0,264 3. Indpls Cathedral (3), 6-2,254 4. Western (1), 8-0,193 5. Clarksville Providence, 7-1,167 6. Zionsville, 8-0,156 7. Evansville Memorial, 7-1,146 8 North Wood, 7-1,125 9. Tipton, 7-1,101 10. Yorktown, 7-1,64 Others with 10 or more rating points, listed alphabetically: Elwood, Plymouth. Class 2A 1. Lawrenceburg (8), 8-0,230 2. Tri-West (3), 8-0,214 3. Mishawaka Marian, 6-2,158 4. Shenandoah, 8-0,154 5. Hagerstown, 8-0,144 6. Ft. Wayne Luers (1), 5-3,115 7. Greencastle, 8-0,112 8. Tippecanoe Valley, 7-1,101 9. Beech Grove, 8-0,97 10. North Miami, 7-1,49 Others with 10 or more rating points, listed alphabetically: Indpls Ritter, Woodlan Class A 1. North Judson (11), 8-0,220 2. Eastern Hancock, 7-1,176 3. Indpls Park-Tudor, 8-0, 166 4 Springs Valley, 8-0,150 5. Jimtown, 7-1,129 6 x-Eastern (Howard), 2-6,122 7. Attica, 6-2,67 8 Covington, 7-1,62 9 Sheridan, 5-3, 59 10. Clarksville, 5-3, 50 x-Eastem record includes three victories later forfeited for using an ineligible player Others with 10 or more rating points, listed alphabetically: Adams Central, Churubusco, LaVille, Westfield.

Cloverdale tops South in two

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor CLOVERDALE- With the volleyball sectional opening Thursday night, the final matches of the regular season can be as much as a mental challenge as physical one. Cloverdale had a little trouble getting started Monday night, but picked up momentum in a 15-11, 15-4 victory over county rival South Putnam. North Putnam closed the regular-season with a 4-14 record Monday night, falling to Cascade 15-6.16-14. SOUTH PUTNAM JUMPED out to a 4-0 lead in game one, as Cloverdale didn’t receive Jill Wells’ service well. When the Clovers did get a pass to the setter the power game just wasn’t there. The Clovers closed up within 4-3 on Denise Schwomeyer’s serve, but the Eagles jumped back to an 8-3 edge on Kim Hood’s service. The margin hit 9-4 before the Clovers got it going. Brenda Rupe served seven consecutive points, getting a dink from Debbie Mann and plenty of help from South’s passing game, as the plovers rolled into an 11-9 lead and the margin never got closer. SHARI CRAIG SERVED nine consecutive points in game two as Cloverdale took a quick 9-1 lead on South Putnam and this margin never got inside eight points. Rupe led the Clovers with nine service points, followed by Schwomeyer and Craig with eight each. Julie Gray had three points and Traci Sharp two. Wells, Jenny Merkel and Hood led South’s serving with four points each and Kim McKinney had three. MANN LED THE Cloverdale hitting

several chances to score, especially in the second half.” In the second half the Tigers fell behind 2-1 after 10 minutes of play. DePauw didn’t give up and once again tied the game with 18 minutes to play on a Brad Benshop goal. Neither team was able to score the remainder of regulation play. After two, 10-minute overtimes the two clubs remained tied at two goals apiece. Although the game went into the record books as a tie DePauw and Denison were forced into a shoot off to determine who would advance in the tournament. The format was that both teams would alternate on five penalty kicks apiece. The Tigers came out on the short end as Denison made good on all five kicks and DePauw made four. “WE WERE A little dejected and down after the Denison game,” said Cotton, “and it showed in our play against Geneva. Plus Geneva is a very strong team.” Geneva had lost to powerhouse Wheaton by one, 2-1, the day before. The Tigers fell behind 3-0 in the first half before freshman Tim Graham finally put them on the board early in the second half. After Geneva increased its lead to 4-1, Benshop scored his team-high ninth goal of the season on an assist from Holub with 10 minutes left in the game. “We were flat,” Cotton added, “but I was pleased with our play in the second half. But for the most part we were not very sharp.” Denison increased their win streak to 40 games as they defeated Denison in the championship game 2-0.

Clover fans can ride

CLOVERDALE-An adult fan bus has been planned for Cloverdale High School football fans wishing to attend Friday night’s Class A sectional No. 37 game at Covington, according to Athletic Director Jim Stewart. Fans may ride the bus for $2. This

Rams tie up Oilers

The Oilers are Greencastle Youth Football League champions, but the Rams have the satisfaction of knowing the record wasn’t perfect. The Oilers and Rams played three overtime periods Saturday morning but finished in a 6-6 tie. The Steelers closed the season on a positive note, shutting out the Lions 14-0 in the other finale. THE OILERS TOOK a 6-0 lead in the first quarter and that stood up until halftime. In the third quarter Brad York followed up a 20-yard run with a 35-yard sweep around the right side for the only touchdown allowed by the Oiler defense this season and a 6-6 tie. The Oilers did not submit a game

Dolphins unbeaten champs

The Dolphins scored on the final play of a triple-overtime game Saturday morning to close the season as 6-0 champions of the South Putnam Youth Football League. THE DOLPHINS AND Packers played four quarters and nearly three overtime periods without a score. Ryan Ford threw a pass to Nate Bowman on a sweep to give the Dolphins an undefeated season.

with five kills followed by Price with three Hood had three kills to pace South and McKinney two. Cloverdale won the JV match 1-15, 15-7, 15-7, South finishing up 7-6. North Putnam set a school record for blocks and had a season-high in kills, but it wasn’t enough to beat Cascade. “The same old problems came back to haunt us,” coach Ron Price said of the Cougar serving and service reception. THE COUGARS BLOCKED 20 Cascade spike attempts to break the old record of 16 set against Southmont in a three-game match last year. And paced by Jannetta Sinnet and Melanie Gough with eight and six kills, respectively, North had a 22 for

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For every spike there is an attempted block, so when South Putnam's Kim Hood (8) went up to spike the ball Monday night, Cloverdale's Denise Schwomeyer (33) and

does not include your game ticket, which can be purchased at Covington High School for $3 upon arrival. Fans may sign up for the bus until 3:30 p m Thursday in the high school principal’s office.

report. York also led the Rams defense with 13 tackles. Cary Hutchings scored from the five-yard line in the second quarter and Derek Rossok not only scored the two-point conversion, but added a fourth quarter touchdown for the Steelers. MICHAEL SCHIMPF HAD the longest run for the Steelers, a 22yarder, while the defense was led by Steven Graham, Lee Young, and Monye Steadman with seven tackles each. Perry McGuire’s 30-yard run and Brian Branagin’s 10-yarder topped the Lion attack.

The Packers finished in a 3-3 tie with Colts in the final standings. The Colts defeated the Cardinals 8-0. THE SOUTH PUTNAM and Greencastle Youth Football Leagues will play two all-time games against one another. The first game is Oct. 26 at 10 a m. on the Greencastle High School field and the second is Nov. 2 at South Putnam, at 10 a.m. Rosters for both teams will be announced later.

the match out of 44 attempts The Cougars committed 11 errors at the net game. After winning the first game 15-6, Cascade jumped out to a 14-6 lead in game two. However, the Cougars rallied and tied it 14-14 before falling 16-14. Sinnet paced the North service scoring with six points, followed by Nicole Glass and Rebecca Busch with five each and Chris Worland and Ronda Busch with two each. The junior varsity had a 3-12 season with a 15-11,15-13 victory over Cascade. NORTH PUTNAM OPENS play in the Greencastle-IHSAA sectional Thursday night at 7 p m. against defending champion Southmont at McAnally Center. The doors open at 6:15 p.m.

Debbie Mann (17) did their best to block it. Cloverdale won the meeting between the county rivals in two games. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).