Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 138, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 January 1986 — Page 6
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The Putnam County Banner Graphic, January 22,1986
Scouting report wrong; Lewis hitting open shots
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor When the 45-second shot clock was put into college basketball, coach Mike Steele predicted DePauw University would see a lot of zone defenses. Teams are adjusting to the clock and playing some man-to-man, but the Tigers have seen a lot of zones. Teams play those zones differently, of course, just as DePauw does, depending upon the opponent’s personnel. Who knows how lUPUI will play the third ranked Tigers Wednesday night when the two meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Natatorium in Indianapolis. THE SCOUTING REPORT on DePauw has to say Tim Vieke and Joe Vanderkolk are the team’s top perimeter shooters. Leading scorer David Galle (15.6 points per game) and sophomores Dan Falotico and Mike Connor (both at 11.5 per game) call for respect from 15 to 18 feet. Point-guard Phil Wendel is obviously more effective penetrating and passing off, evident by 89 assists this season and 500-plus for a career at DePauw. Again, this calls for zone. A tight zone. Although shooting 52 per cent from the floor though 15 games the Tigers can’t shoot 42 per cent against a zone and continue winning. They beat Washington University from St. Louis Saturday by rebounding, making just eight turnovers and caused the Battlin’ Bears to make about 15 errors. BLASTING A TEAM out of a zone doesn’t necessarily mean shooting from downtown. Patience and ball movement will open up the good 15 to 18-foot shot even with a 45-second clock. But opponents apply pressure on the ball differently with each person that touches it. Vieke is going to get more perimeter pressure than Wendel. And Wendel may get more perimeter pressure than Scott Lewis. Despite the 6-2 guard’s 52 per cent shooting from the floor and 67 per cent at the free throw line, opponents have chosen to give him the 15 to 18-foot shot. “THE SCOUTING REPORT on us is Scotty can’t shoot that shot,” Steele said. “What he does so much, he’s so concerned about getting the ball to other guys and things, he doesn’t shoot unless he’s wide open. But if he’s wide open he can shoot it.” I Lewis’ concern with and success at passing has led to 67 assists, second only to Wendel. He’s also managed to make a team-leading 31 steals on the defensive end and average just under three rebounds a game. “Just game situation, that’s how you measure a ball player. What they do in a game,” Lewis said. “One day you might have a bad game, the scouting report says you’re not a good shooter and another day you have a good game and the scouting report says you have to guard this guy. ” SATURDAY LEWIS HIT five of eight from the floor and Steele called on him to take the last shot from the floor to try to
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AARON STEINER Leads 200-f ree sweep
Bears' Fencik not your everyday NFL player
c. 1986 N.Y. Times News Service NEW ORLEANS For 10 years, Gary Fencik has been hearing the same question: “What is a nice Yale boy like you doing playing football for the Chicago Bears?” Somehow, his background would not appear to have prepared him to become a Monster of the Midway, a starting free safety in Sunday’s Super Bowl XX here. At Yale, he was an all-Ivy League wide receiver who caught 11 passes in one game against Harvard. He took seminars with a guest instructor named Howard Cosell and earned a bachelor of arts degree in history. The Miami Dolphins chose him in the 10th round of the National Football League’s 1976 draft, but injuries and illness set him back in training camp and he was cut. That appeared to be the end of all the childishness. He seemed ready to step into the business or academic world and get his exercise by working out at the Yale Club. Instead, the Bears from his native city of Chicago claimed him, and John Gary Fencik has never been the same. He became a professional football player who seemed to do everything with a flair. The first of his 35 pro interceptions came against Joe Namath. Though a comparative lightweight at 6 feet 1 inch and 196 pounds, he became one of the sport’s most jarring tacklers. He led the Bears this season with 118 tackles. He has played in two Pro Bowls. “I guess I confuse people,” he said. “I get the yuppie thing: What is a whitecollar guy like you doing in this game? And
Vikings are Sharks' 7th victim
Defending its Bloomington South-IHSAA sectional title against the likes of BedfordNorth Lawrence, Bloomington North and South, Indian Creek, Martinsville, Terre Haute North and South, South Putnam and West Vigo may be the next real challenge the Greencastle High School swimming team faces. It could be more difficult to do when they’re all in one meet, but Greencastle has already beaten Terre Haute South and North, Martinsville and as of Tuesday night, West Vigo-by a 113-55 margin. South Putnam is the only other sectional entry remaining on the schedule and its program reportedly has only four swimmers this year. AS WITH MOST of its seven victories, Greencastle made it look easy at McAnally Pool, sweeping first, second and third places in three events, taking seven of the nine individual firsts and winning both relays. There really was nothing coach Brad Hayes could say.
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GARY FENCIK Smart football player
I get the cheap-shot thing: How can a guy like you hit people like that? How can I be both a yuppie and a cheap-shot artist? “But really, it’s not incongruous. Not everybody in this game comes from Nebraska or the Big Ten. There are enough Ivy League players in the NFL today, so it’s not that unusual, though you don’t go to an Ivy school aspiring to be a pro football player. All Yalies don’t go to med school or law school or business school. Still, I have an unusual occupation.” When Fencik was in college, he planned to go to law school. Then he decided he was tired of school. He would work two years and then enter business school.
Fields' Findings
win it. The 20-footer from the baseline corner bounced off the rim into Neal Ogle’s hand and he, of course, won the game with a free throw. “The bigger the game the better he plays,” Steele said of Lewis after beating Wabash. “If you put a gun to my head and said pick a guy to shoot a 15-foot shot, we’ve got a lot better shooters than Scott, but he’d be the guy I’d pick because he’s just a great competitor. He’s a winner and you can just go on and on about the kid.” Lewis, the other brother of Purdue University scoring leader Troy Lewis, falls in Steele’s recruiting mold-the second or third best player off his Anderson High School team that made it to the final four. Known more for his defense, the communications major will probably start getting some respect Division 111 top 20 1. Potsdam State, N.Y. 15-0 2. Wisconsin Whitewater 13-0 3. DePauw University* 14-1 4. Clark University, Mass. 12-0 5. LeMoyne-Owen, Tenn. 13-1 6. Otterbein College, Ohio* 16-2 7. Wittenberg University, Ohio* 16-1 8. Scranton University, Pa. 12-2 9. Jersey City State 13-2 10. Washington College, Md. 13-2 11. Nebraska Wesleyan 12-3 12. Moravian College, Pa. 12-3 13. Centre College, Ky. 12-3 14. Upsala College, N.J. 11-2 15. Trenton State, N.J. 14-3 16. Beloit College, Wis. 9-3 17. New York University 16-2 18. Hartwick College, N.Y. 10-2 19. Calvin College, Mich. * 12-2 20. Tie: Augustana University, 111. 12.3 and St. John’s, Minn. jj.£ * Great Lakes Region Teams
Aaron Steiner, Ron Pitcock and Quentin Oliver led sweeps for Greencastle. Steiner won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:01.26, followed by teammates Oliver and Paul Christiansen. Pitcock took the 200-yard individual medley in 2:13.62 with David Brown finishing second and Ray Nealon third. And Oliver won the 500-freestyle in 5:40.44, followed by Ken Gustafsson and Brown. After three events, Greencastle led this meet 36-10. With just three events remaining, Pat Condon and Mark Frisbie pulled a one-two finish in the 100-yard backstroke and Bill Newgent nearly made it another sweep, but had to settle for fourth place. THE CROWNING GLORY to this 58point dunking though came with a one-two finish of Greencastle’s two 400-yard freestyle relay teams. Oliver Condon, Bob Nealon and Chris Haymaker turned in a 3:37.56 first place time with Steiner, Brown, Pitcock and Newgent taking
Pro football interfered, and it took six years before he got around to business school. Then, in the offseason, he studied at Northwestern. Last year, he earned a master’s degree there in business administration, concentrating on finance and marketing. He hopes to work this offseason in real estate or investment banking. Meanwhile, he has a job Sunday against the New England Patriots. He says that he and the other Bears are better prepared psychologically for this Super Bowl than they were for last year’s conference championship game, a 23-0 rout by the San Francisco 49ers. “We had a ‘happy to be there’ attitude,” he said. “I think we got caught up in the media hoopla. When you get that far, it’s a matter of taking it rather than falling into it. Last week, against the Rams, we took it.” The Sunday before last, the Bears trounced the Los Angeles Rams for the conference title and a Super Bowl berth. That raised the Bears’ record this year to 17-1, including playoff shutouts against the Giants and the Rams. “The big difference this year,” Fencik said, “is that we have a more explosive offense. We have a great deal of confidence that our offense will put points on the board and that our defense will make it hard for the other team to move the ball downfield.” Fencik says he knows what the Bears’ defense must do to win the Super Bowl. “We have to control their running game,” he,said, “and put Tony Eason in those uncomfortable third-and-long
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second over a minute ahead of West Vigo’s third place squad. Now 7-0, Greencastle’s next four meets are in the friendly confines of McAnally Pool. North Montgomery comes to town Monday, Danville is here Jan. 29, Crawfordsville Feb. 4 and Avon Feb. 6. Greencastle 113, West Vigo 5$ 266-medl«y relay-1:48.64, Greencastle (Bob Nealon. Mike Opdahl, Pat Condon, Ron Pitcock); West Vigo; Greencastle. 266-freestyle-2:61.26, Steiner, G; Oliver, G; Christiansen, G; Sutliff, WV; Seniig, WV; Chin. WV. 200-1M—2:13.62, Pitcock. G; D. Brown. G; R. Nealon, G; Wallace, WV; Kane. WV; Lane, WV. SMreestyle-28.17, Baker, WV; Schefke, WV; Berger. G; Bouslong, G; Christie, WV; Mowrer. G. Diving-112.1t, Silver, G; Bridgewater, WV; Neumann, G. IM-butterfly-l; 62.84, Haymaker, G; Chin, WV; Christiansen, G; Newgent, G. 100-freestyle~ss.2o, Opdahl, G; Baker, WV; Wallace, WV; Berger, G: Bridgewater, WV; Mowrer, G. 566-freestyle-5:46.44, Oliver, G; Gustafsson, G; D. Brown, G; Sutliff, WV; Lane, WV; Chin, WV. 166-backstroke-l: 63.45, G; Condon, G; Frisbie, G; Schefke, WV; Newgent. G; Seniio, WV; Christie, WV. 106-breasUtroke-l: 12.64, Chin, WV: Bouslong. G; R. Nealon, G; Kane, WV; Lowe, WV; Carrel, G. 466-freestyle relay-3:37.56, Greencastle (Quentin Oliver, Bob Nealon, Chris Haymaker, Pat Condon); Greencastle; West Vigo.
situations. He has been throwing highpercentage completions to his backs and tight ends, but he hasn’t thrown over 100 yards in his last two playoff games. They haven’t asked him to carry the team, and I think once he took that pressure off himself, he has been much more comfortable with himself. “I’ll be surprised if he doesn’t test us with those speed receivers downfield. But they’re not going to rely on that to win the game. They would have to be able to establish the run on us and get good yardage on first downs.” Win or lose this Sunday, Fencik, at age 31, realizes his football career is winding down. “It’s getting to a point,” he said, “where I have to start making decisions. I’m not going to play football forever. It’s pretty much year to year. My contract is up Feb. 1.1 definitely want to come back and play next year, maybe two more years. “In a few weeks, I’ll talk to Buddy Ryan. If he thinks I’m good enough to play another year, I will.” Stephenson picked NEW ORLEANS (AP) - All-Pro center Dwight Stephenson of the Miami Dolphins was named the 1985 Lite NFL Man of the Year. The award is presented annually to an NFL player who combines outstanding community service and playing excellence. It is sponsored by Lite Beer and administered by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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DePauw University guard Scott Lewis is known more for his hustle and defense than his shooting. However, his 52 per cent shooting from the floor this year and recent performances against Washington University of
St. Louis and Wabash College may draw more attention when the No. 3 ranked Tigers play at lUPUI Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).
Cub freshmen on roll
One Greencastle High School freshman basketball team extended a three-game winning streak Tuesday night, while the other won its second straight at McAnally Center against Danville. The Greencastle A-Team defeated Danville 45-36 for its third straight win, while the B-Team won its second straight 38-27. Greencastle defeated Cloverdale 55-33 Monday night in an A-Game. PETE HUBER SCORED 13 points and Chris Hutchings 12 to lead the now 7-4 A-Team against Danville. Mike Chadd and Eric Twigg each netted six, Ron Sutherlin four, Joe Whybrew and Scott Rehlander two each.
Acupuncture okayed
CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Bears have decided to let an acupuncturist treat quarterback Jim McMahon and several other players in a sudden turnaround from the team’s previous refusal to allow the procedure. Bears president Michael McCaskey said Tuesday night that he would allow acupuncturist Hiroshi Shirashi to treat McMahon, Walter Payton, Willie Gault, Dennis McKinnon and Jay Hilgenberg, the Chicago SunTimes reported today. The Bears are in New Orleans preparing for Sunday’s NFL championship game aginst the New England Patriots. McCaskey’s switch came after the Illinois State Acupuncture Association announced it was sending Shirashi to New Orleans to treat McMahon. Gault’s agent, Wesley Buford, said he did not know who would pay for the treatments or the trip to New Orleans for Shirashi, but he said he would send the bill to the Bears. McCaskey changed his mind after a conversation with McMahon Tuesday.
Chicago enjoying success
CHICAGO (AP) Baroque music shipped to a Samurai; a sale on alligator meat; a giant headband draping Picasso; hotel clerks dressed like quarterbacks, and footballs selling for SI,BOO. It isn’t the “Twilight Zone.” It’s Chicgo Bears Super Bowl fever. The City That Works, is turning into the City That’s Nuts for the Chicago Bears this week as football fans brandish all manner of totems, urging their team to victory against the New
Matt Bowen led the 6-2 Greencastle B-Team with 16 points, followed by Darby King with seven, Marty Hanks five, Tim Hood four, Chad Resner three, Joe Mazur two and Nick York one. Chadd and Hutchings scored 10 points each to pace the Cubs against Cloverdale. Huber and Rehlander tossed in eight each, while Todd Lancaster had six, Whybrew five, Sutherlin four, Mazur and Bowen two each. ROB THOMPSON and Todd Shew led Cloverdale with 12 each, followed by Scott Haywood with four and Troy Martin three.
“We’re going to welcome him (Shirashi) with a brass band,” the Sun-Times quoted McCaskey as saying sarcastically. “We’ll give him a royal reception, then get him over to our quarterback as soon as possible...” The state acupuncture association was upset about the Bears earlier lack of enthusiasm over the tretments. “We’re really upset with the Bears for denying McMahon ... the kind of treatment he wants,” Bill Anderson, legislative liaison with the Illinois State Acupuncture Assocaition said Tuesday at a news conference. “The Bears made a statement that it’s no time now, during Super Bowl week, to experiment with acupuncture,” said Anderson, a practicing acupuncturist. “This is no experiment.” So Anderson, an acupuncturist himself, spoke later to Steve Zucker, McMahon’s agent, who said the quarterback wants Shiriashi, who treated him Monday for a bruised backside, to treat him again before the Super Bowl on Sunday, according to ISAA spokeswoman Marti Ahern.
Englnd Patriots on Sunday. The famed Picasso sculpture in Duley Plaza was to be draped with a white headband with the words “Go Bears” this morning. The headband is inspired by one made famous by Bears quarterback Jim McMahon. At the Palmer House hotel, registration clerks are wearing Bear jerseys nd caps. C.D. Peacock Jewelers is selling little mink Bears, with the largest going for S2OO and sporting a headband.