Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 417, Greencastle, Putnam County, 3 December 1985 — Page 7

Ditka says loss going to help Bears in long run

MIAMI (AP) The so-called unbeatable team had just been beaten by a team that a year ago had itself been called unbeatable. So how did the Chicago Bears feel about having their 12-game winning streak ended by the Miami Dolphins? “Nobody’s invincible, nobody’s perfect,” Chicago Coach Mike Ditka said after his team suffered its first National Football League loss of 1985, 38-24 to the Dolphins Monday night. “We’re going to bounce back. It will be good for us.” Indeed, Monday’s game was more like something from a year ago, when the Dolphins began 11-0 en route to a 14-2 regular season record and a berth in the Super Bowl. Consider: Miami scored on all five possessions in the first half, and had 31 points at intermission more than Chicago had surrendered in the previous six games, in which it outscored opponents 170-29. Dan Marino looked like the Marino who in 1984 had the best season any National Football League quarterback ever had. His stats weren’t brilliant —l4 of 27 for 270 yards and three touchdowns but he was sacked just three times by a ferocious rush that had racked up 50 entering the game. And he constantly made the big play, passing for first downs on third-and-18 and third-and-19 to keep Miami’s first two touchdown drives alive. The defense, bolstered by the return of defensive end Doug Betters from a knee injury and the heady play of linebacker Bob Brudzinski, registered six sacks on Steve Fuller and Jim McMahon. It was Miami’s fourth straight win after an injury-plagued 5-4 start and moved the Dolphins into a three-way, first-place tie at 9-4 with New England and the New York Jets in the AFC East. The victory also struck a blow for the Miami old-timers, preserving the record of the 1972 Dolphins, the last NFL team to go

South Putnam tickets on sale

South Putnam High School basketball season tickets, as well as, two other ticket packages are now on sale in the high school principal’s office, according to Athletic Director Jim Huter. Boys varsity basketball season tickets are sl2 for adults and $lO for students. Admission at the gate will be $2 for everyone above pre-school age. There will be a pregame ticket sales for elementary students to purchase their ticket for sl. ADMISSION TO ALL other high school athletic events $1.50 for adults and $1 for students and $1 across the board for home junior high events. A family of four persons or more will be admitted for $4.

Eagles to be honored

The South Putnam Fall Sports Awards program has been rescheduled for Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria, according to Athletic Director Jim Huter. Players, coaches, managers,

Cubs defeat Clovers

Outscoring Cloverdale 20-3 in the fourth quarter, the Greencastle eighth grade boys basketball team pulled away for a 55-29 victory Monday night in the Downtown Gym. The seventh grade score was not available. Bob Moore led now 2-0 Greencastle with 14 points, followed by Tom Baker and Joe Hafley with eight each, Jeff Porter and Chris Covert six points

Greencastle freshmen open

CLINTON—Taking two games at South Vermillion High School Monday night, the Greencastle High School freshman basketball team got off to a positive start. Greencastle won the AGame 48-43 and the B-Game 49-19. The Tiger Cubs rallied from a 21-17 halftime deficit to win the A-game. Todd Lancaster paced Greencastle’s scoring with 14 points, followed by Mike Chadd and Ron Sutherlin with nine each, Chris Hutchings seven, Joe

Cougar freshmen beaten

ROACHDALE-Taking control in the first half of both games, the Monrovia Junior High basketball teams defeated host North Putnam Monday night at the Roachdale Elementary School Gym. Monrovia won the seventh grade game 40-35 and the eighth grade game 52-37. North Putnam trailed just 20-17 at halftime of the seventh grade game Brock Barnhart led the Cougars with

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through an entire season unbeaten. “That was important for us older guys,” said Coach Don Shula, who also coached that 1972 team. “But what’s really important is that it keeps us tied for first place.” “I only have one wish,” Ditka said. “I hope they go as far as we’re going to go (in the playoffs) and we’ll play them again.” Chicago got a morale boost of its own from Walter Payton, who carried 23 times for 121 yards to break a league record with his eighth straight 100-yard game. It was hard coming, though. Chicago used three timeouts in the last two minutes of play to allow Payton, who was stuck at 98, to get the three carries he needed to set the record. Miami took over from the start, stopping the Bears without a yard on the first series, then going 56 yards in just five plays for a 7-0 lead. The drive was culminated by a 33-yard TD pass from Marino to Nat Moore, who made the catch in the flat at the 25 and cut back for the score. A key play was Marino’s 30-yard completion to Mark Duper on third-and-18. Chicago came right back, going 80 yards in four plays to set up a 1-yard TD sneak by Fuller. Sixty-nine of the yards came on a bomb from Fuller to Willie Gault Fuad Reveiz kicked a 47-yard field goal

Huter said the “Winter Sports Special” and “Eagle 10” ticket packages are also available. The “Winter Sports Special” admits the holder to all home girls and boys basketball games, grades seven through 12. This ticket is available for S2O to adults and sls students. THE “EAGLE 10” is valid for any combination of 10 athletic eventsbasketball, swimming or wrestling. It’s on sale for sls to adults and $lO students. Season tickets are not valid for tournaments held at South Putnam, such as the Putnam County Girls Basketball Tournament or the Junior Varsity Boys Basketball Tournament.

statisticians and cheerleaders participating in football, volleyball, cross country and swimming in grades nine through 12 will be honored at this time. Team awards will also be presented and all South Putnam patrons are invited

each, Randy Pettit and Adam O’Hair four each, Josh King and Jason Luken two points each and Rob Osborn one. Jacob Sipe paced Cloverdale with 16 points, followed by Marvin Whaley and Steve Kaufman with four each and Jeff Bell and Canull at two. Mark Johnson capped the effort with one point.

Whybrew four, Scott Rehlander three and Pete Huber two. Greencastle raced to a 32-8 halftime lead in the B-game and never looked back. Nick York led the Cubs with 10 points, Darby King had nine, Matt Bowen eight, Tony Mitchell seven, Chad Resner six, Wes Trout three and Joe Mazur, Tim Hood and Marty Hanks two. Greencastle will host Southmont Dec. 9 at McAnally Center.

12 points followed by Chad Wehrman with seven and Shawn Jones, Matt Lake, Brandon Ferrand and Glenn Runnels with four each. The Cougars slipped into a 35-16 halftime hole and never recovered in the eighth grade contest. Max Pipes netted 16 points to lead North and Justin Galford had 11. Rob Davis tossed in six and Doug Parent and Brian Cole chipped in a duce each.

gave Miami a 10-7 lead, then the Dolphins zoomed out to a 31-10 halftime margin with three touchdowns in the second quarter, two in a 40-second span at the end of the half. The first score came on the first play of the quarter on Ron Davenport’s 1-yard plunge. For the next 8:20, the Bears controlled the ball, taking 15 plays to drive 56 yards. But a sack of Fuller by Betters forced Chicago to settle for Kevin Butler’s 30yard field goal. Miami made it 24-10 on its next possession, going 79 yards in eight plays in a drive marked by Marino’s 52-yard connection with Mark Duper on a third-and-13 play. Davenport again took it in from the one with 1:57 left in the half. Twenty-nine seconds later, after three quick timeouts, William Judson blocked a Maury Buford punt to give the Dolphins the ball at the Chicago six. From there, Marino again hit Moore and it was 31-10 at halftime. Fuller snuck over from the one to cut it to 31-17 after Richard Dent recovered a Mark Clayton fumble in the third period. After the Dolphins recovered an attempted onside kick at the Chicago 46, Marino connected for his third TD, a 42-yarder that deflected off the helmet of the onrushing Dan Hampton and into Clayton’s hands.

All-County team Clovers and Cubs lead way and all schools represented

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Between Cloverdale and Greencastle there were 33 victories, 11 losses and two tournament titles during the high school varsity volleyball season. Now there are also four All-Putnam County Volleyball Team selections. The four varsity volleyball coaches selected three seniors and three juniors to the six-player team and all four schools are represented. However, All-West Central Conference honors did not guarantee an All-County selection. CLOVERDALE’S TRACI SHARP and Debbie Mann, Greencastle’s Tawnya Pierce and Carol Braden, South Putnam’s Wendy Ratcliff and North Putnam’s Jannetta Sinnet make up the 1985 All-Putnam

South Putnam wrestlers open with strong tourney showing

ELLETTSVILLE—Brian Hayden and Richard Fox opened the high school wrestling season with four victories Saturday for South Putnam in the Edgewood Invitational. It was scored as four dual meets for the Eagles and they managed to beat perennial West Central Conference powerhouse and host Edgewood 49-21. However, after that the Eagles lost three in a row, including a 42-34 decision to No. 20 ranked Owen Valley. “WE DID PRETTY good. We started out behind 24-0 and they ended up beating us 34-42, so we came back and held our own against them,” coach Mark Wildman said of the Owen Valley match. Hayden, the Greencastle sectional champ at 155 last year during an 18-6 season, tied a South Putnam school record his first time on the mat this season. Hayden pinned Edgewood’s Devin Doty in just 10 seconds. He went on to score first period pins over Evansville Central’s Ed Anderson and Bedford-North Lawrence’s Joe Chaney. He also scored a second period pin over Owen Valley’s Larry Smith. Fox, the 185-pound sectional champion last year, had trimmed down to 167-pounds this year and already it’s paying off. Fox scored three first period pins over Edgewood’s Tony Kassissich, Owen Valley’s Terry Spies and Bedford-North Lawrence’s Rob Herr. He received a forfeit from Evansville Central. PAT THIBODEAU, John Stigler and Dan Smetzer opened the season with 3-1 records. Thibodeau won two matches by first period pin and another by decision and became South’s second victim of the new technical fall rule. If a wrestler builds a 15-point margin at anytime during the match he will be declared the winner, regardless of

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Greencastle High School's No. 2 all-time scoring leader Mike Cooper (15) is now playing basketball for Rice University. The freshman son of former Greencastle residents Dennis and Janet Cooper scored two points,

County Volleyball Team Only Pierce and Sinnet were all-conference, as Cloverdale’s players were not eligible this year due to suspension Mann and Sharp led Cloverdale’s 17-5 season that included the Putnam County Tournament title. Both are seniors and received top team honors during the fall sports awards program. Voted the Clovers’ most valuable player, Mann started four years and served as team captain two. She played setter and middle-hitter for coach Mandy Farlow, with a 98 per cent setting accuracy per game and a 51 per cent spike-kill ratio. She also had the highest amount of saves per match (seven) for the Clovers. A THREE-YEAR starter, Sharp played outside hitter and many other positions for

whether its the first or third period. Stigler won his first match of the year by 15-4 major decision and took his second by technical fall in the third period against TEAM SCORES South Putnam 49. Edgewood 21 Evansville Central 45, South Putnam 27 Owen Valley 42, South Putnam 34 Bedford-North Lawrence 44, South Putnam 30 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 98-Nathan Sutherlin (0-1), SP, lost 9-6 dec., Jeff Kliendorf, E; lost first period pin, Shane Howell, EC; lost first period pin, Paul Lanti, OV; lost first period pin, Kerry Srygler, BNL. 105--Jeff Starks (0-4), SP, lost second period technical fall, Steve Hartman, E; lost first period pin, Ted Brace, EC; lost second period pin, Jon Owens, OV; lost first period pin, Curtis Ratliff, BNL. 112-South Putnam forfeits four matches. Il#-Pat Thibodeau (3-1), SP, won 15-12 dec., GregCupka, E; won first period pin. Curtis Chumley. EC; lost third period technical fall. Brad Trimble. OV; won first period pin, John Srygler, BNL. 12$--John Stigler (3-1), SP, won 15-4 maj. dec., Mike Jones, E; won by EC forfeit; won third period technical fall, O.T. Wright, OV; lost 3-2 dec.. Jay Roach, BNL. 132-Chad Showalter (1-3), SP, lost third period pin. Derrick Presson, E; lost U-lOdec., Matt Hauke. EC; lost second period pin, Phillips Trimble, OV; won by BNL forfeit.

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the Clovers. She had a 57 per cent kill ratio in hitting, and was a 55 per cent server. Defensively the senior’s best game came with 12 blocks at the net. She too was a team captain. Only a junior, Pierce set four school records while leading Greencastle to a 16-8 season The six-foot Pierce had 26 blocks for the season and three in a game (not a three-game match) for school records on defense. She hammered 112 kills for the year and 11 in one game, both school records. Pierce’s success at hitting could largely be attributed to Braden’s setting - as well as All-WCC selection Kristy Maguire. The junior was an 88 per cent setter before illness took her out of action near the end of the Greencastle season. She was also a

O.T. Wright. Stigler received one forfeit and lost by a narrow 3-2 decision. SMETZER WON TWO decisions and a pin. His loss came by third period pin. 1 38—Shannon Robinson (2-2), SP. won second period pin, Brad Cuttill, E; lost first period pin. Terry Green, EC; lost first period pin, Matt Morin, OV: won first period pin, Mike Daggy, BNL. 145-Dan Smetzer (3-1), SP, won first period pin. Matt Ferree, E; won 8-4 dec., Tim Hargett, EC; won 13-4 dec., Mike Shipley, OV; lost third period pin, Brian Ratliff. BNL. 155-Rrian Havden (4-0). SP. won first period pin, Devin Doty, E; won first period pin, Ed Anderson, EC; won second period pin, Larry Smith, OV; won first period pin Joe Chaney, BNL. 167-Richard Fox (4-0), SP, won first period pin Tony Kassissich, E; won by EC forfeit; won first period pin, Terry Sipes, OV; won first period pin. Rob Herr, BNL. 177-Kevin Raisor (2-2), SP, won first period pin. Dennis Lane. E; lost second period pin. Keith Dean, EC; won by OV forfeit; lost first period pin. John Kinder. BNL. 185-Ron Timm (1-3), SP, won by E forfeit; lost first period pin, Bernard Bartholome, EC; lost second period pin, Jav Temples, OV; lost second period pin, Doug Hensley, BNL. Hwt.-Tony Cash (2-2), SP, won third period pin. Matt Jeffers, E; lost first period pin. Doug McFarling, EC: won first period pin, Scott Worthington, OV: lost first period pin, Benny Pritchett, BNL.

December 3,1985, The Putnam County Banner Graphic

95 per cent server and although only 5-4 managed 10 blocks and 84 spikes for the season. SINNET IS A three-time letter winner at North Putnam and an All-WCC selection. She led the Cougars in nearly every' category this year, including a school record 70 blocks. The senior led North’s spiking, kills, and spikes in play. A junior, Ratcliff is somewhat of a surprise selection from South Putnam. She came on the second-half of the season to give South the element of surprise at the net with her setting. Ratcliff was an 80 percent passer and a 96 per cent setter While leading the Eagles in service points (94) Ratcliff got 89 per cent of her serves in play.

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