Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 173, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 March 1986 — Page 4

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The Putnam County Banner Graphic, March 1,1986

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DPU advances to title game

The DePauw University Tigers stopped Wittenberg College 69-55 Friday night to earn a berth in the championship game of the NCAA Division 111 Great Lakes Regional Basketball Tournament at Westerville, Ohio. DePAUW WILL MEET Otterbein in Saturday night’s title game. The Tigers shot 62 per cent from the field in the first 20 minutes Friday night as they ran to a 34-24 halftime lead. Wittenberg got no closer than eight points throughout the remainder of the game. As a team, DePauw hit 22 field goals and 25 of 39 from the foul line, while Wit-

Up, up and over... Sergei Bubka soars 19-6% to new record

NEW YORK (AP) What started out as a pole-vaulting summit meeting between the United States and Soviet Union turned into a Russian family affair at the USA-Mobil Indoor Track and Field Championships. With American stars Billy Olson and Joe Dial falling by the wayside, Sergei Bubka took the spotlight with a recordbreaking performance while his brother, Vasily, finished second in the heralded event at Madison Square Garden Friday night. “Now I can go to the Soviet Union in high spirits,” said Sergei Bubka after eclipsing the world indoor best by clearing 19 feet, 6V4 inches, cracking the mark of 19-5% he had set a week ago in the Los Angeles Times Games at Inglewood, Calif. “This was the most important event for me in America, and a good memory for me to take back home.” It was one of several record-shattering performances at the Garden. Sprinter Marita Koch of East Germany smashed a world indoor best in the 220-yard dash with a time of 22.89 seconds and Heike Drechsler of East Germany registered the farthest indoor long jump ever in the United States, at 23-0%. Among the most glittering American showings, Lynn Jennings of Durham, N.H., stripped more than three seconds off the world indoor best in the women’s two-mile race, clocking 9:28.15, and Jim Heiring of Colorado Springs, Colo., set a world indoor best in the men’s two-mile walk with a time of 12:05.9. Furthermore, Teresa Vaill of Boston set an American record of 6:53.58 in the women’s mile walk. Another outstanding performer was Mike Conley. He won the men’s long jump and triple jump for the second consecutive year the first time since 196970, when Norm Tate did it, that such a “double-double” had been accomplished. The conditions for the pole vault competition were much calmer and safer for the jumpers than in the last Garden meet, the Wanamaker Millrose Games on Feb. 14. At that time, Bubka threatened to withdraw, after Olson and Dial had been given extra jumps when they claimed interference along the runway by photographers and meet officials. After several heated arguments, Bubka was pacificed by being given another chance. But it didn’t help. He failed to clear a height, while Olson won at 19-OV4. It was the only loss for Bubka in the four meets in which he competed in the United States. There was better protection for the performers and no incidents Friday night and Bubka said, “everything was much

Broad Ripple, Lafayette Catholic perfect into tourney

By HANK LOWENKRON AP Sports Writer Top-ranked Indianapolis Broad Ripple and No. 6 Lafayette Catholic are taking undefeated marks into next week’s opening round of the Indiana boys’ high school basketball tournament. Both completed their regular season with victories Friday. Broad Ripple downed Gary Roosevelt 82-60 to bring its record to 22-0, becoming the first Indianapolis Public School basketball squad to finish the regular season with an unbeaten record since Washington did it in 1969. Lafayette Catholic climbed to 20-0

tenberg connected on 21 shots from the field and 13 of 18 at the stripe. PHIL WENDEL, David Galle and Joe Vanderlolk led a balanced DePauw attack with 14 points each. Galle had 10 rebounds to share the team lead in that department with Dan Falotitco, who also had 10. Wendel contributed five rebounds and six assists. Tom Weller and Rodney Littlefield each had 14 points for Wittenberg. Friday night’s win pushed DePauw’s record to 26-1. Wittenberg finishes the season at 22-5.

better today. The conditions and facilities helped me to achieve the feat.” Bubka, however, had to overcome what he called “technical difficulties” to break his own record. “I had some problems with my running because of the wooden surface (on the pole vault track),” Bubka said. “I had to adapt. But it was very difficult for me.” Bubka showed little remorse for Olson’s failure to dear a height in Friday night’s event, missing three times at 184% after making 18-0%. “It didn’t make any difference to me,” said Bubka, who was prouder of his brother’s achievement of finishing second. Vasily Bubka finished second at 18-lOV4. Olson said he had “sinus and fatigue problems.” “I was seeing double,” he said. “I couldn’t even see the course and tried to make some vaults by memory of the course. I think it’s just fatigue from the entire track season just too many meets, too much travel and too many banquets. I’m just exhausted.” Meanwhile, the 29-year-old Koch added to her cache of world indoor bests and world outdoor records by capturing the women’s 220-yard dash, by breaking the mark of 22.95 established last year by triple Olympic gold medalist Valerie Brisco-Hooks of the United States. While Bubka and Koch have been breaking marks throughout their careers, the indoor best by Jennings was a surprise. More noted as a cross country run-, ner, Jennings won the women’s two-mile with a devastating kick, as she overtook veteran Cindy Bremser. “I felt like Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics in the fourth quarter give me the ball and I’ll put it in,” Jennings quipped about her brilliant stretch run. Conley’s winning performances were 27-1% in the long jump, which he reached on his final attempt, and 56-10% in the triple jump. Other men’s winners included: Jim Howard, high jump, 7-8, equalling the meet record; Marcus O’Sullivan, Ireland, mile, 3:57.27; Johnny Gray, 1,000 yards, 2:04.52, meet record; Antonio McKay, 440 yards, 47.60, meet record; Lee Mcßae, 60yard dash, 6.06; Mark McKoy, 60-yard high hurdles, 6.95; Doug Padilla, three mile event, 13:05.88; Elvis Forde, 600 yards, 1:06.28; Jud Logan, 35-pound weight throw, 77-IV4, meet record, and Greg Tafralis, shot put, 68-lIV4. The other women’s winners included: Maricica Puica, Romania, mile, 4:35.00; Jeanette Bolden, 60, 6.57; Stephanie Hightower, 60 hurdles, 7.44; Diane Dixon, 440, 52.52.

by routing Western Boone 74-31 with the help of 26 points from Chris Barrett, becoming the first Tippecanoe County team to go through the regular season without a loss. Five other members of the Top Ten in the latest Associated Press poll also tuned up for tournament play with victories Friday. No. 2 Noblesville downed Decatur Central 65-41, No. 3 Marion handled Fort Wayne Snider 73-58, No. 5 Warsaw overpowered Elkhart Central 60-41, No. 7 LaPorte trounced South Bend Clay 83-39 and No. 9 Lafayette Jeff defeated Terre Haute North 66-53.

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Greencastle's Todd Sutherlin goes up for two points Friday night as teammate Brian Durham blocks out Crawfordsville's Chad Fiedler. Sutherlin finished the

Athenians surge in second half

Cubs fall to Crawfordsville

Crawfordsville poured in 48 points in the second half Friday night to overcome a three-point halftime deficit and defeat the host Greencastle Tiger Cubs 86-70 at McAnally Center. For the Athenians, the game was two halves marked by diversely different offensive strategies. IN THE FIRST HALF, Crawfordsville relied on the deadly shooting of freshman guard Matt Petty, who hit nine of 10 shots over Greencastle’s zone defense. But over the final two quarters, it was the inside strength of 6-5 center John Jones and 6-3 forward Bill Lee that proved to be the difference. The opening period was tied at 8-8,12-12 and 14-14 before Jones scored back-to-back buckets to push Crawfordsville ahead 18-14. After Greencastle’s David Rushing scored to trim the deficit to two at 20-18 with 1:14 left, the Athenians reeled off six unanswered points to lead 26-18 after the first eight minutes. Petty had his hottest stretch in the opening eight minutes, bagging seven of

Top Turkey Run, 81-63

Cougars' win is second in row

Paced by Chris Colvin’s triple-double performance, the North Putnam Cougars roared past the visiting Turkey Run Warriors 81-63 Friday night in high school basketball action. COLVIN HAD 19 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists as North Putnam won their second consecutive game and improved their season mark to 8-12. The Cougars open sectional tournament play next Friday against Greencastle.

Other ranked teams finishing with victories were No. 11 Boonville, No. 14 Connersville, No. 15 Shelbyville, No. 16 Evansville Bosse, No. 17 Valparaiso, No. 18 Muncie South and No. 20 Woodlan. The only ranked team ending regularseason play with a loss was No. 13 Indianapolis North Central, a 70-42 victim of Anderson. Noblesville recorded its 38th consecutive home court triumph. The Millers got 18 points and 20 rebounds from Mark Roberts, while Larry Simmons added 15 to pass the 1,000-point mark for his career.

night with 11 points, but the Cubs fell 86-70 to the Athenians at McAnally Center. (Banner-Graphic photo by Carol Estes)

eight shots for 14 points. Rushing counted with 10 for the Cubs in the initial period. AN UNOFFICIAL 10 turnovers crippled the Athenians in the second period as Greencastle outscored their visitors 23-12 to take a 41-38 halftime advantage. The Cubs offset Petty’s hot hand with 13-of-15-shooting from the free throw stripe in the first half, while the Athenians converted the only two free throws they attempted. Crawfordsville scored eight points at the outset of the third quarter before Chris Hanson converted a steal into a layup to break the ice for Greencastle. Jones scored 11 points in the period on follow-up shots and eight-foot turnaround jumpers and Lee added five points as the Athenians built a 56-47 margin with 1:53 remaining. Jones’ three-point play pushed the lead to 62-48 before Scott Dunn hit back-to-back baskets for the Cubs, setting the score at 62-52 as the final period began. CHAD REMSBURG came off the bench to spark Greencastle with four fourthperiod field goals, but Crawfordsville con-

North Putnam led by three, 16-13, at the end of the first period, then steadily widened the margin the rest of the way, leading by as many as 10 points until increasing the gap in the final quarter. CHRIS LYONS led the winners with 27 points. Coach Bill Brothers had words of praise for his entire team, and singled out the “very good relief role” of Mike Spires,

Marion, the defending state champion, broke away in the final period to bring its record to 17-3. Snider was trailing by only four points after three quarters, but the Giants pulled away by scoring the first eight points of the last period. Snider went more than four minutes without a basket in the fourth quarter. The Giants had four players finish in double figures. Lyndon Jones led the balanced attack with 18 and Jay Edwards had 17. Warsaw, 18-3, also won with balanced scoring. Rick Fox was high with 15 for the Tigers. LaPorte, 16-4, got 25 points from Terry

verted Cub fouls into 12 free throws in the final eight minutes. Greencastle could get no closer than 66-56 with 6:20 remaining. Jones finished as the game’s high scorer with 28 points. The Athenians got double-figure scoring also from Petty with 24, Chad Fiedler with 13 and Lee with 10. * Rushing paced Greencastle with 22 points, followed by Dunn with 13 and Todd Sutherlin with 11. The victory evened Crawfordsville’s record at 10-10. The Tiger Cubs will take a 7-13 record into sectional tournament play next Friday against North Putnam. Greencastle won the junior varsity game Friday night, 46-28. CRAWFORDSVILLE (86) Lee 4 3-8 4 16; Fiedler 6 1-3 3 13; Jones 17 4-6 1 28; Arvln • 2-3 03; Gallagher 2 1-2 45; Bean 04-4 04; Petty 11 3-2 3 24. TOTALS 3516-2714 86. GREENCASTLE (70) Dunn 6 1-2 5 13; Sutherlin 4 3-4 5 11; Noll 1 3-3 2 5; Durham 10-0 3 3; Hanson 3 3-4 4 0; Remsburg 4 0-0 2 8; Rushing 8 6-6 4 22. TOTALS 27 16-10 24 70. SCORE BY QUARTERS Crawfordsville 26 38 62 86 Greencastle 18 41 52 70

who came off the bench to contribute seven points and five rebounds. NORTH PUTNAM (81) Lyons 12 3 2 27; Allen 1214; Marsteller 36312; Spires 230 7; Long 103 2; Greesonooso; Jones 3016; Gray 0 0 2 0; Colvin 0 1 2 18; Stokes 0 0 10; Carter 2 0 0 4. TOTALS 33 15 20 81. TURKEY RUN (63) Swaim 4 2 5 8; Llvetey 8 2 3 18; Spray 3147; Klger 3 3 30; Marclnko322B; Jon Cowart 3 238; Mershono2o2; Jerrv Cowart 110 3. TOTALS 25 13 20 63. SCORE BY QUARTERS North Putnam 16 33 51 81 Turkey Run 13 25 46 63

Stevens. Mark Jewell, who transferred from Terre Haute North after last season, returned to his former school to score 18 points and grab 13 rebounds in leading Jeff to its 16th victory in 20 starts. Senior forward Patrick Jelks topped the Broad Ripple Rockets with 26 points as his team snapped Roosevelt’s ninegame winning streak. Thomas Hayden, playing despite a sore knee, added 23, and Mark Lenoir pumped in 19 points. Roosevelt’s Panthers got 24 points from James Scott, their only senior starter.

Eagles' record now 15-5 By DEREK DOEHRMANN Banner-Graphic Sports Writer For a coach preparing a sectional contender, South Putnam mentor Bill Merkel certainly would have rather played a team that was slightly more competitive than Edgewood, a team with just one win all season. Despite the mismatch, the Eagles improved to 15-5 Friday night with a sluggish 75-64 win over the visiting Mustangs in the final regular season West Central Conference game for both teams. “WE JUST STOOD AROUND the whole night,” said Merkel. “The kids knew that they were playing a team that had problems all year and they showed that tonight on the floor.” Both teams started out slowly before a high-scoring second quarter, as the Mustangs trailed South by seven, 38-31, at halftime. Edgewood stayed close on 15-of--18 free throw shooting as sloppy South defense enabled the guests to visit the charity stripe early. The Eagles used some crisp shooting in the second half to move away from the Mustangs. South managed 16-of-25 shooting for a 64 per cent mark while Edgewood could only connect on nine of 22. “They made a couple of runs at us,” said Merkel. “However, when we wanted to put it away, we did. We subbed freely tonight and really just went through the motions.” SOUTH WAS LED by junior star guard Troy Greenlee with 24 points and steady senior Brain Meek with 22. Kent Yocom was the only other South player in double digits as he tallied 14 points. The Eagles will open sectional action Wednesday night against Rockville and Merkel hopes his club does not repeat Friday’s sluggish performance. “Rockville is perhaps the most fundamentally sound club we will have played all season long,” said Merkel. “There’s no question we have to be ready to play them or we will be in trouble.” SOUTH PUTNAM <75) Sutherlin • 2-3 2, Greenlee 12 M 24, Bridgewater 0 441 0, Meek • 4-4 22, Yocom 7 0-0 14, Pickens 2 2-4 0. Phillips 1M 2, Lewis 01-21, Evans 10-1 2, Arnold 10-0 2.-Totals FG 33 FT 0-10. EDGEWOOD (04) Kale $ 6-810, Perry 23-5 7, Wickens 5 8-018, Cravens 0 0-0 0, Towder 4 13-14 21, Cowden 0 0-0 0, Sloan 0 04 0, Dorm 100 2. Pyle 004) 0-Totals FG 17 FT 30-37. REBOUNDING South Putnam (25) Meek 8, Yocom 5, Greenlee 4, Sutherlin 2, Pickens 2, Phillips 2, Lewis 2, Bridgewater 1, Evans 1. Edgewood (10) Kale 6, Perry 3, Towder 2, Wickens 1, Cravens 1, Pyle 1, Team 2. SCORING BY QUARTERS South Putnam 10 22 18 21-75 Edgewood 8 22 14 10-04 JV: South Putnam 35-26. Clovers bow to Pioneers A disastrous second quarter proved too much for the Cloverdale Clovers to overcome Friday night as they lost a 51-46 high school basketball decision to visiting Mooresville. The Clovers, now 2-17, will meet Owen Valley in the opening game of the Greencastle Sectional Wednesday night. TRAILING ONLY by two points, 8-6, at the end of the first quarter, Cloverdale could manage only six points in the second period while Mooresville was scoring 22 to take a 34-22 lead at intermission. The Clovers regrouped in the third quarter to outscore Mooresville 12-10, then put on a stretch drive in the final eight minutes, outscoring the Pioneers 2013. But it was too little, too late. Cloverdale coach Jim Stewart, who has expressed frustration at his team’s inconsistency throughout the season, said Mooresville’s 22-6 advantage in the second period was just too much to overcome. Still, the first-year coach credited his team for playing tough in the second half. “I DEFINITELY THOUGHT we did a very good job defensively in the second half,” Stewart said. “Mentally, we played better tonight than perhaps at any other time the entire season.” Mooresville’s margin of victory came at the foul line, where they hit on 13 of 18 attempts. Cloverdale was good on eight of 11 free-throw attempts. Both teams hit 19 shots from the field, Mooresville in 40 attempts, the Clovers in 43. Cloverdale finished with a 21-19 rebounding edge, but had 15 turnovers, five more than Mooresville. Darin Price led Cloverdale with 18 points, while Hugh Patton and Larry Jinkins added 10 each. Henderson paced Mooresville with 17 points. MOORESVILLE (51) Henderson 0 5-6 4 17; L. Stout 504 2 14; RootlM22; Sumner 3 4-4 3 It; Long 20404; A. Stout 664 I 0: Klnnlck 02-212; Sanborn 2 2-030. TOTALS It 13-1815 51. CLOVERDALE (48) Whitaker 2 0-1 5 4; Price 6 6-7 1 18; Patton 5 04 4 It; McLean 1 OO 1 2; Ford 1 Ol 1 2; Jtnktn. 3 4-4 3 10; Mann 10012. TOTALS Itß-U 1040. SCORE BY QUARTERS Mooresville t 38 31 31 Cloverdale g 14 36 40