Banner Graphic, Volume 17, Number 12, Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 September 1986 — Page 7
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South Putnam meets its goals
CLAYTON - South Putnam High School cross country coach Kieth Puckett set four goals for his team prior to Saturday’s annual Cascade Invitational meet. “WE WANTED TO be in the top five teams, beat all the other county schools, beat all the conference schools except for Owen Valley and cut down the point gap between us and Owen Valley from our meet earlier in the year,” the coach said. “We thought that if we did all those, the meet would be a success for us.” The meet was indeed a success for the Eagles as they ran to a fourth place finish as a team and placed two runners in the top 10. They outran all the other county schools and had Owen Valley the only conference squad ahead of them. The 15-team invitational was won by Mooresville as the Pioneers accumulated 48 points to finish first. Owen Valley was second with 64 points, Brownsburg was next with 103 before South Putnam placed fourth with 150. North Vermillion rounded out the top five with 154. North Putnam finished sixth with 176 points, while Greencastle was 11th with 261. Cloverdale placed 12th with 275. “FINISHING FOURTH was one better than I thought,” Puckett said. “And, I really thought we struggled out there on Saturday. After our top three, we did poorly. But, it’s nice to struggle and still meet your goals.” Todd Messer placed sixth for the Eagles with a time of 17:13. Teammate Zac Clark was 10th in 17:35. For North Putnam, the sixth-place finish was encouraging to coach Tom Roach, but finishing behind South Putnam wasn’t.
Gateway Conference debut a success for Indiana State
By The Associated Press Indiana State had a successful debut in the new Gateway Conference, thanks to an impressive debut by freshman quarterback John Sahm and a big break. Sahm came off the bench to complete 6 of 9 passes for 104 yards, including a 66-yard scoring aerial in the fourth quarter that boosted the Sycamores over Southwest Missouri State 14-10 Saturday. The visiting Bears held a 10-7 lead after David Jackson’s 3-yard touchdown run early in the final quarter. Indiana State returned the ensuing kickoff to its own 34-yard line before Sahm, playing in his first collegiate game, threw to Gary Cannon for the winning score. DePauw, Evansville, Hanover, St. Joseph’s, Taylor and Wabash were winners in action involving Indiana’s small colleges. DePauw rolled over Denison, 20-0; Evansville got four touchdown passes from sophomore Andy Benes to top Lincoln, 47-19; Hanover beat Rose-Hulman, 21-19, as Jeff Smith made a game-saving interception with 20 seconds to play; St. Joseph’s came up with a school-record eight interceptions in knocking off Illinois Benedictine, 35-0; Taylor defeated Earlham, 40-7; and Wabash opened its season by running over Ohio Wesleyan, 52-0. Grand Valley State outscored Butler 30-28; Heidelberg beat Anderson 27-8; Olivet shutout Manchester 24-0; Saginaw Valley State defeated Franklin 41-22; and Valparaiso fell to WisconsinOshkosh 16-15. Benes completed 17 of 30 passes for 303 yards for Evansville. He had scoring strikes of 38 yards to Phil Peach, 9 to Rick Ebel, 23 to Jerry Johnson and 14 to Jeff Willman. Jon Pennick threw two touchdown passes, including a 10-yard strike to Mike Luker with 1:25 to play, as Hanover edged Rose-Hulman. Pennick’s 34 of 53 completions netted 379 yards for Hanover’s season-opening win. Rose-Hulman, l-l, had driven from its 22 to the Hanover 20 before Smith picked off a Jason Duff pass. The winning touchdown by Luker came after Hanover’s Joe Kinnett recovered a fumble by Tony Broadway at Rose-Hulman’s 10-yard line with 1:33 to play. Joe Helmer had four of the eight St. Joseph’s interceptions as the Pumas posted their first shoutout since 1982. Mark Booth’s touchdown on the
“THAT WAS PROBABLY the highest placing ever for North Putnam at that meet,” he said. “But, the kids were disappointed because South Putnam did better. What that means is that South Putnam is the key for us for the rest of the season. In the county, they are in our way. In the conference, they are in our way. In the sectional, they are in our way. They are in our way all year and it’s up to us to get past them.” Bill Martin’s 25th-place finish was tops for the Cougars. Teammate Kent Jones was 26th while the other NPHS runners placed in the 40s. “Our times are grouped together well,” Roach said. “The pack sticking that close together is pretty good.” FOR GREENCASTLE, Bob Chandler had the highest finish, coming in 18th overall. Jerrod Kendall was 22nd. Jeff Mannan and Chuck Haywood placed 27th and 28th, respectively, for Cloverdale. Cucade Invitational Team scores Mooresville 48, Owen Valley 64, Brownsburg 108, South Putnam ISO, North Vermillion IS4, North Putnam 176, Shakamak 206, Eminence 220, Plainfield 226, Cascade 235, Greencastle 261, Cloverdale 275, Tri-West 304, Danville 330, Edgewood (no score) Individual Top 16 1. Risk, Mooresville, 16:37 2. Shearer, Owen Valley, 16:41 3. Viehe, Plainfield, 16:42 4. Morgan, Mooresville, 16:57 5. Collins, Owen Valley, 17:01 6. Messer, South Putnam, 17:13 7. Holllingsworth, North Vermillion, 17:14 8. Bray, Shakamak, 17:20 9. Baysinger, Owen Valley, 17:25 10. Clark, South Putnam, 17:35 County finishes South Putnam - 6. Messer, 10. Clark, 20. Glaze, 49. Kidd, 65. Nichols. North Putnam - 25. Martin, 26. Jones, 40. Leeke, 41. Evans, 44. Trivet. Greencastle - 18. Chandler, 22. Kendall 53. Brown, 80. McCaffrey, 88. Krogh. Cloverdale - 27. Mannan, 28. Haywood, 64 Smith, 73. Baxter, 83. Allee.
first play started Taylor to its victory over Earlham in a nonconference season opener for both teams. Bill Kaiser ran for 181 yards and three touchdowns on 31 carries for Wabash. Kaiser scored on runs of 48, 4 and 10 yards, while Tom Vandergriff caught scoring passes of 23 and 43 yards for the Little Giants. Quarterback Guy Schuler threw for one touchdown and rushed for two others, including a gamewinning, 3-yard dash with 37 seconds to play for Grand Valley State. The junior quarterback completed 23 of 38 passes for 293 yards. Mike Lee threw touchdown passes of 24, 17 and 7 yards to Mike Newborn for Butler. Lee also had a 28-yard scoring toss to Paul Page. Shane Folton threw for 251 yards, including a pair of touchdowns, for Heidelberg. Quarterback Mark Snyder passed for 152 yards and two touchdowns as Olivet snapped a 13-game losing streak at the expense of Manchester. Tailback Chris Clark rushed for three touchdowns and wide receiver Joe Noha scored twice as Saginaw Valley evened its record at 1-1. Franklin fell to 0-2 despite a 19-for--33,190-yard passing assault by quarterback Dannv Newbroueh. Quarterback Jeff Peterson’s lyard plunge gave WisconsinOshkosh its victory, while Valparaiso was hurt when Erik Peck missed two conversion kicks.
Lewis in backup role at ONU
ADA, OHIO - Tony Lewis, a graduate of South Putnam High School this past spring, is a member of the 1986 Ohio Northern University football team. Lewis is listed as the No. 2 quarterback on the depth chart for the Polar Bears, who are being guided by first-year coach Tom Kaczkowski. LEWIS, A freshman, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lewis, Rural Route 1, Box 22, Cloverdale. Ohio Northern is a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference, which is the third oldest intercollegiate athletic conference in the nation, predated by only the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Big Ten. The University exemplifies the Division 111 philosophy of em-
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DePauw University running back Jim Hebert looks to the sideline and the chains Saturday to see if his rushing attempt was
Tigers manhandle Spriggs, Denison
By JIM HORVATH DePauw University Sports Information Director GRANVILLE, Ohio - When DePauw University football coach Nick Mourouzis was preparing his Tigers for Saturday’s game at Denison University during practice last week, he emphasized the need to contain the Big Red’s fabled single wing offense in order to pull out a second consecutive road win. AFTER THE TIGER defense finished with the Ohio school Saturday afternoon, the single wing may have gone from the endangered species list to just plain extinct. DePauw rolled to an impressive 20-0 victory in winning its second game in as many tries, avenging last-minute losses to its Ohio rivals in the last two previous meetings. Though the defense held Denison’s All America running back Chris Spriggs to only three - yes three - net yards rushing, the offense was credited with a big assist as the usual air attack was shelved for a more time consuming ground game. The Tigers attempted only 15 passes the entire game and ate up the clock with 58 rushing plays for 213 yards. Leading the way was sophomore fullback Mark McAuliffe, who carried the ball over, through and around the Big Red defense for 99 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Fellow sophomore Jim Hebert, a last minute replacement for injured senior Bart Denning, also made a big contribution with 71 yards, while junior reserve Brendan Anderson churned out 39 yards to ice the game in the final minutes. MEANWHILE, THE TIGER defense was taking advantage of a fairly young Denison offensive line in holding Spriggs, who last year gained 1,049 yards on the ground. DePauw’s quickness negated Denison’s misdirection plays and strung out most of the rest as the Big Red managed only 132 total net yards. “I think we have a pretty good, solid defense,” said Mourouzis, who had some concern over his defenders since only two starters from 1985 are back this year. “I really liked our play today.
Indianapolis loses game, Hogeboom
MIAMI (AP) When the Indianapolis Colts waltzed through the Miami defense for a touchdown on their first possession, the Dolphins could have folded. When the Colts took a quick 7-0 lead, most of the 51,848 fans in the Orange Bowl probably expected a replay of last week’s 50-28 drubbing by the San Deigo Chargers. They were about as wrong as they could be. The Miami defense held the Colts to one field goal the rest of the way,
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good for a first down. Hebert and teammate Mark McAuliffe combined for 170 yards rushing and McAuliffe scored two touch-
DePanw 26, Denison 9 DePauw 0 10 7 3 - 20 Denison 0 0 0 0 - 0 DePauw Denison First downs 18 8 Rushes/yards 58-213 22-52 Passing 7-15-1 9-18-0 Passing yards 121 80 Punts/average 3-37.3 6-39.8 Fumbles/Times lo?t 2-0 2-1 Penalties/Yards 6-50 600 Scoring summary DePauw - Downham 37 field goal DePauw - McAuliffe 3 run (Downham kick) DePauw - McAuliffe 1 run (Downham kick) DePauw - Downham 38 field goal Individual statistics RUSHING DePauw - McAuliffe 23-99, Hebert 23-71, Anderson 6-39, Gamble 2-3, Vanderkolk 4-1; Denison - O’Connor 3-29, Marsten 1-11, Stilwagon 1-7, Spriggs 12-3, Toler 5-2. PASSING DePauw - Vanderkolk 7-13-1-121, Becker 0-2-0-0; Denison - Spriggs 9-18-0-80. RECEIVING DePauw - Weaver 2-60, Werner 1-23, Evans, 1-18, Lafferty 2-14, Hebert 1-6; Denison - Mulligan 3-30, O’Connor 3-26, Greenleaf 222, Toler 1-2. Shutting down the single wing is no easy task. I think our defensive coaches (Ed Meyer, Tim Hreha and Scott Stetson) did a great job of preparing the kids. “The kids felt they had more or less a score to settle with Denison because of the close losses the past two years, so it looks like the third time was the charm for us,” he added. “We graduated all four of our starting defensive linemen last year, but we had some kids waiting in the wings, and now we have built up some depth there as well.” THAT DEFENSIVE LINE, along with strong support from the linebacking corps, made a few big plays that eventually took the wind out of the Denison game plan. Early in the first quarter, senior defensive end Kevin Morse recovered a Donis Toler fumble at the DPU 45 on the second play after Denison’s Dan Fechtel intercepted a Brett Vanderkolk pass. On the Red’s next possession, the defense held on fourth and seven from the Tiger 36 as both teams failed to score in the first quarter. After that, DePauw began an 11-play, 44-yard drive which was concluded with a 37-yard field
Colts' statistics are in scoreboard recorded seven sacks, recovered a fumble, intercepted a pass, limited Indianapolis to 3 yards per rushing attempt and rejuvenated one head coach in a 30-10 victory Sunday afternoon. “The worst thing we could have had happen to us was for them to drive down the field and score on their first possession,” Dolphins Coach Don Shula said after the game. “But instead of hanging our heads about it, we fought back. We didn’t do that last week. “Last week was a disaster. This week, we saw a lot of good things.” Most of the Dolphins’ improvement could be traced to young players. Lorenzo Hampton, a second-year running back starting only his second game, ran for touchdowns of 5 and 21 yards. Rookie James Pruitt returned one punt for a 71-yard touchdown and zipped 35 yards with another to set up Hampton’s second touchdown. The defense was led by two rookies linebacker John Offerdahl and defensive end T.J. Turner and second-year defensive end George Little. Offerdahl intercepted a pass, caused a fumble and made seven tackles. Turner recorded five tackles, while Little had four tackles and a sack. Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino had a normal day, completing 17 of
29 passes for 254 yards. He tossed a 4yard touchdown pass to Nat Moore, but he also threw one interception. Miami’s other score was a 27-yard field goal by Fuad Reveiz, who missed one of four extra point attempts. For the Colts, 0-2 in the season and 0-12 in their last 12 meetings with the Dolphins, there weren’t many bright spots. Quarterback Gary Hogeboom was having a good day —l3 of 20 for 188 yards with one interception until he was knocked out of the game in the third period. He suffered a shoulder separation on a rough tackle by Miami’s Lyle Blackwood after running 50 yards with a fumble recovery. “We were a little overmatched,” said Colts Coach Rod Dowhower. “We couldn’t stand up ... between our mistakes and the job the Dolphins did. Right now, we’re a team that’s struggling.” The Dolphins, 1-1, were in the same situation prior to Sunday’s game. They were devastated by San Diego for 500 yards in total offense while the Miami offense was turning the ball over four times in the season-opener. Shula said he saw improvements in every phase of the game Sunday. “We just decided we were going to line up and start our season today,” Hampton said. “We’re going to try to put it together each week like we did today.” Indianapolis scored first on a 1yard run by Albert Bentley at the end of a nine-play, 80-yard drive. But
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downs as the Tigers moved to 2-0 on the season with a 20-0 win at Denison. (BannerGraphic photo by Jim Horvath)
goal by junior place kicker Tom Downham. Downham, who had missed a 47-yard attempt on the Tigers’ second possession of the game, also tagged a 38-yarder in the fourth quarter with 7:17 left. IN BETWEEN, IT was McAuliffe and Hebert running the ball with Vanderkolk completing an occassional pass for good measure and keeping the single wing offense of Denison on the sideline. One of those passes was a 16 yarder to senior receiver Tim Weaver, who tipped the pass into his own hands at the Denison 24 yard line. That second quarter play was followed five plays later by McAuliffe’s three-yard run for a touchdown. Downham added the extra point and the Tigers led, 1(H). DePauw scored on their second Dossession of the third quarter when McAuliffe’s one-yard plunge capped a nine-play, 64-yard drive that was aided by a pair of Denison penalties. “This was a big challenge for our defense, because the first week (against Franklin) we had to prepare them for a passing oriented game, and this week for the single wing,” said Mourouzis, who notched his 40th win at DPU against only 12 defeats. “Our offense made some mistakes with some penalties, but in all the running game kept the single wing on the bench. “YOU HAVE TO stop that kind of offense that way -- keep it off the field,” he added. Though the Tigers are 2-0 heading into this Saturday’s home opener against Hope College, Mourouzis knows that DPU’s schedule doesn’t afford it to sit back and enjoy any one win for too long. “We’ve got as tough a schedule as there is in Division 111 football this year,” said Mourouzis. “But I saw some things out there today that make me feel like we have something going for us now. We were able to tire their defense, mostly because those kids were used to having the offense on the field so much. And I know Spriggs had a good season last year, but one man can’t do it alone. We controlled things up front, and that made the difference.”
the much-maligned Miami defense gaveup only a 23-yard Dean Biasucci field goal the rest of the way. Miami tied the score at 7-7 late in the first period with a 90-yard, eightplay drive which featured passes of 24 yards to Pruitt and 47 yards to Mark Clayton. Hampton swept the left side from 5 yards out for the touchdown with 18 seconds left in the quarter. Two series later, Marino completed passes of 18 and 20 yards to Clayton and 19 to Tony Nathan to set up the 4-yarder to Moore that made it 13-7 with 7:40 to play in the half. After the Colts failed to move and were forced to punt, Pruitt went into action. The rookie from Cal StateFullerton dropped the ball twice, picked it up, ran left, cut back to the right, and zipped untouched for the 71-yard touchdown that made it 20-7. Indianapolis cut it to 20-10 when George Wonsley ran 60 yards with a swing pass to set up Biasucci’s field goal with 22 seconds left in the half. Pruitt nearly broke another punt return in the third period, going 35 yards before being pushed out of bounds at the Indianapolis 21. Two plays later, Hampton swept the right side and ran through two tackles to score. An interception and 14-yard return by Offerdahl started a 20-yard drive which led to Reveiz’s field goal and a 30-10 lead with 4:36 left in the third period.
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