Banner Graphic, Volume 17, Number 27, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 October 1986 — Page 6

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC. October 2,1986

County rivalry on tap

By KEITH E. DOMKE Banner-Graphic Sports Editor According to both head coaches, South Putnam has never beaten Greencastle on the football field. But the question running through the minds of both mentors this week is: Will that change on Friday? THE EAGLES (3-2) and the Tiger Cubs (4-1) come into the Putnam County showdown from opposite directions. South is coming off a 14-0 loss to Class 2A’s tenth-ranked Monrovia while Greencastle is fresh off a 20-0 whipping of Cascade. “The players have been ready for Greencastle for a while,” said SPHS coach Mark Wildman. “This is a big game between a couple of good teams. I think we have as good a chance as ever to win it.” Wildman had said last week that the GHS game is part of a two-game package his Eagles wanted to successfully unwrap this year as Monrovia and Greencastle were the two squads that handed South its only back-to-back losses a year ago. BUT THE EAGLES failed to put any points on the board last Friday and suffered the loss that dropped them out of Class A’s top 10 rankings. They don’t want to suffer that second straight setback. But, the atmosphere is a little different at the GHS camp. “WE DON’T TALK about that here,” Fallis said of the fact that his team has never lost to its county rival to the south. “But, I know other people talk about that. Really, what we did against them back in 1978 has little to do with today’s players as far as we’re concerned, but I suppose the fact that South has never beaten us would give them a little extra incentive.” The defenses may hold the key to victory this week as both coaches said the other team’s offense is dangerous and capable of moving the ball and putting points on the board. “They are capable of scoring,” Fallis said. “They have so many ways of exploding with their offense. We’ve been trying like crazy this week to concentrate on as many things as we can because if you just concentrate on either the run or the pass, South will do the other and do it successfully against you.

Probable starters Greencastle (4-1) at S. Putnam (3-2) OFFENSE Joe Buis (5-8,120, So.) SE-SE <O-1,147, Sr.) Chris Sullivan BUI Newgent (5-11,105, Jr.) T-T (0-3,107, Sr.) Ron Timm Dennis Campbell (5-8,150, Sr.) G-G (5-10,153, So.) Jerry Teipen Todd Hendershot (5-8,105, Sr.) C-C (0-0,170, Jr.) Chris Bombei Travis Mundy (5-11,200, Sr.) G-G (5-10,107, Sr.) Kevin Raisor Robert Wright (0-0,105, Jr.) T-T (0-0, 253, Sr.) Tony Cash Jeff King (0-4,180, Jr.) TE-TE (5-11,147, So.) Mike Trusty BUI Neumann (5-10,180, Sr.) HB-FL (0-1,174, Jr.) Brian Bridgewater Scott Dunn (0-1,175, Sr.) HB-TB (0-1,170, Jr.) Bruce Bridgewater Rick Stewart (5-10.170. Sr.) FB-FB (5-10,100, Jr.) Brooke Cash Todd Sutherlin (0-2,105, Sr.) QB-QB (8-0,158, Sr.) Chris Arnold Joe Mazur (8-0,155, So.) K-K (0-1,170, Jr.) Brian Bridgewater DEFENSE Jeff King (0-4,180, Jr.) E-E (8-1,170 Jr.) Bruce Bridgewater Stacy Irwin (8-0,175, Jr.) T-T (8-3,107, Sr.) Ron Timm Chris Miller (8-2,205, Jr.) T-T (8-0,253, Sr.) Tony Cash Matt Bowen (8-3,150, So.) E-E (84,178, Jr.) Chris Bombei Scott Dunn (8-1,175, Sr.) LB-NG (5-10,187. Sr.) Kevin Raisor Bill Neumann (5-10,180, Sr.) LB-LB (5-11,183, Sr.) Rolland Vickrey E* k t t 5 w * rt »»• Sr-> LB-LB (5-11,150, So.) Tege Lewis Mike Blye (5-10,170, Jr.) CB-CB (0-1,147, Sr.) Chris SuUivan Dennto Campbell (5-8,150, Sr.) CB-CB (8-1,178. Jr.) Brian Bridgewater Mike Hudklns (54,135, Jr.) S-S (5-10,137, Sr.) Tim Porter Todd Sutherlin (8-2,105, Sr.) S-S (0-0,158, Sr.) Chris Arnold Joe Mazur (84,155, So.) P-P (8-!, 170> j r .> B ruce Bridgewater

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“IF THERE’S SUCH a thing as a balanced defense, that’s what we’ll try to use.” For Wildman, the big problem may be defensing Greencastle’s wishbone offense. “We don’t see it at any other time during the year,” the SPHS mentor said. “And it’s tough to learn how to defend that in one week of practice. We’re mainly concerned with the option Greencastle runs off of it and we’ve had to adjust some. “BUT, ANOTHER THING with their offense is that it’s consistent. They’ve put points on the board against all their opponents while we’ve scored four or more touchdowns in three games but have been shut out twice. So, our defense has to do the job. We blanked both Monrovia and Tri-West for a half and those are two pretty good teams. Our defense has kept our offense in games all year but the key will be for the offense to take advantage of what the defense gives them.” And in order for that to happen, Wildman said his Eagles will need to use some ball control and consistency in his offense. “We’ll mix it up, but stay consistent at the same time,” he said. “We’ll have to have successful possession-type passing so we won’t be able to afford too many incomplete passes. And we need to put the ball into the end zone. Last week, we moved the ball some but didn’t put any points on the board. We’ve been working hard this week on scoring.” GREENCASTLE JUST doesn’t want to be predictable. “We’D try to run all our backs out of the wishbone and throw to all our receivers out of the passing offense,” Fallis said. “We’D try not to be predictable or top heavy in one way or another. “I feel certain it will be a close

Cascade. Greencastle has another big game on tap this Friday when it travels to county rival South Putnam to take on the Eagles. (Banner-Graphic photo by Keith E. Domke)

game.” KICKOFF ON THE South Putnam field will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The Eagles will also celebrate their homecoming. Cloverdale also has homecoming plans this Friday as the 1-4 Clovers play host to winless North Central (Farmersburg). “North Central, like us, has struggled this year,” CHS coach Mike Parks said. “I expect them to be able to compete with us.” THE THUNDERBIRDS are winless in 1986, but have played two Class A ranked teams in No. 7 Linton and No. 9 North Vermillion. “Basically, they are a runoriented team,” Parks said. “They rarely pass. So, if we can’t stop the run, it could be a very long night for us.” For the third week in a row, Cloverdale will face an eight-man front as Central operates out of a straight 5-3 defense. “YOU’D THINK WE’D know how to handle that kind of defense by now,” Parks said. “We’D try to establish a better scheme of running the ball against it, but we’ll need some good passing as weD.” North Putnam (0-5) also will have to stop the run at Cascade (2-3) Friday. “Their strength is in their running game,” Cougars’ coach Rick Malone said of the Cadets. “And their defense sets up their offense with turnovers and good field position. They come at you and they will also try to stop your running game. “WE NEED TO come out and play footbaD.” Last week, against Danville, North did just the opposite of what it wanted to as a fumbled opening kickoff turned into seven quick Warrior points en route to a 55-0 shellacking of the Cougars.

Local sectionals should be interesting

By KEITH E. DOMKE Banner-Graphic Sports Editor The regular season ends on Oct. 17 but the footballs will be flying locally on the 24th as all four Putnam County high school grid teams will try to take that first step toward a Thanksgiving Weekend in the Hoosier Dome in familiar surroundings. THE INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL Athletic Association announced its sectional pairings Wednesday with some interesting draws taking place. And some of those interesting draws should transform into exciting matchups in this area when the football edition of Hoosier Hysteria begins its second annual run, climaxing in Indianapolis on Nov. 28 and 29. The two sectionals of interest here, Nos. 29 and 37, feature promising contests as the two county schools in Class 2A - Greencastle and North Putnam - drew each other and will play at North on the 24th. Danville at Cascade constitutes the other Sectional 29 upper bracket pairing while Southmont at Seeger and Tri-West at Monrovia, two teams that are presently ranked in the top 10, make up the lower bracket. IN CLASS A Sectional 37, South Putnam - which has been ranked as high as sixth this year in the Associated Press poll - plays host to current No. 9 North Vermillion, while Cloverdale entertains Attica. The other pairings are Turkey Run at Fountain Central and Covington at Rockville. The North Putnam-Greencastle game has a special twist to it because the two teams will have already squared off the week before in the season finale. The back-to-back games also raise questions as to what the two teams will show

Daugherty becomes richest player in Cavs" history

RICHFIELD, Ohio (AP) The money, says Brad Daugherty, is not important. “I’ll tell you, very honestly, that I’m not a very materialistic person,” the 7-footer said Wednesday after he became the richest player in Cleveland Cavaliers’ history. “I have other things in my life that are very important to me, and money’s not one of them.” Soccer clinic This Saturday, Oct. 4, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., the DePauw University soccer team will provide a clinic for anyone interested in learning anything about soccer. THE CLINIC, at Boswell Field on the DPU campus, is aimed primarily at youngsters but is open to all ages. The Tiger players will be at various stations and will instruct those interested in different phases of the game.

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Drew Brattain, No. 1 singles player for the Greencastle boys' tennis team, can't get his racket on a line-drive return from his opponent during Wednesday's match with Avon at Robe-Ann

Avon slips by Tiger Cub netters as 3-of-5 matches go the distance

Three matches went the full route to three sets Wednesday, but the Greencastle High School tennis team came up just short as Avon handed the Tiger Cubs a 4-1 defeat. THE ONLY WINNER for GHS was at No. 2 singles, where Corey Stinnett turned the tables on Steve Daugherty and won 6-3,1-6,6-0. “That was a nice turn-around,” said GHS coach Dan Layton. “He came back nicely after being trounced in that second set. That shows a little composure on his part. ” But no other Tiger Cub could come

each other that first week in preparation for the do-or-die battle the following Friday. “That sectional game could really be a good one,” said North Putnam coach Rick Malone. “Since we’re playing each other two weeks in a row, there will be a revenge factor involved from the first week and it will be interesting to see how coach (John) Fallis and I prepare for that first game to set up the second. ” “IT WILL SAVE us sending scouts out that last week,” GHS’s Fallis said. “I don’t think it’s ever happened to us before where we’ll play the same team two weeks in a row. But, we’ll approach it like we want to win that last game of the regular season no matter who it’s against and want to win that opening game of sectionals, also no matter who it’s against. “You just have to kind of ignore the fact that it will be the same team on the agenda both times.” Fallis believes the Sectional 29 draw is well balanced with Danville and Cascade in the upper bracket along with the two Putnam County schools while Monrovia and Tri-West are in the lower bracket with Southmont and Seeger. MALONE ALSO SAID he thought the draw was a pretty good one and should provide excitement all the way through it. But in Sectional 37, South Putnam coach Mark Wildman may not feel quite the same way. “Maybe the two best teams of the sectional will meet right away,” he said of the matchup between his Eagles and North Vermillion’s Falcons, who have three sectional foes remaining this month on their regular-season schedule. “That will make for an exciting first game, but you’d rather see that in the final game.”

Daugherty, the first player chosen in last June’s NBA draft, signed a six-year guaranteed contract worth a reported $6 million with Cleveland on Wednesday. “The money is something that is being thrust upon me. I have to go about life as I’ve always gone about it,” he said. “I’ve reached a goal here. As an athlete, all kids want to eventually be professionals. The whole situation of signing and money and what-not was not that important tome.” Daugherty, a four-year starter at the University of North Carolina, will be paid $500,000 in the first year of the deal and will get a raise each year until his salary reaches $1.5 million in the final year. Cleveland’s highest-paid player previously was center Melvin Turpin, who is in the third year of a fouryear contract worth an estimated $2.5 million.

Park. Both Brattain and GHS were defeated over the course of the afternoon. (Banner-Graphic photo by Keith E. Domke)

through with a win as the local boys dropped to 3-8 on the season with the sectional coming up this weekend. DREW BRATTAIN at No. 1 singles and the top doubles duo of Brian Jeffries and Curtis Lawrence pushed their opponents to three sets before falling. Brattain lost to Greg Pratt, 4-6,7-5,6-4, while Jeffries and Lawrence were beaten by Shawn Baxter and Randy Thomas, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. “Brattain took his match about as far as it can go,” Layton said. “And, he just came up short. Jeffries and Lawrence, after winning their first

Daugherty may compete with Turpin for playing time at center, although the rookie can also play power forward. “I’d rather play forward, actually, but either one’s fine,” Daugherty said. “I think I can play both positions.” Cleveland Coach Lenny Wilkens said he has not yet decided where Daugherty will play. The Cavaliers’ training camp opens Friday. The Cavaliers traded with the Philadelphia 76ers on draft day in June to obtain the right to choose Daugherty. They sent veteran forward Roy Hinson and SBOO,OOO cash tothe76ers. Daugherty averaged 14.2 points and 7.4 rebounds a game in four years with the Tar Heels, including 20.2 points and nine rebounds a game as a senior. He is the only one of Cleveland’s top four draft-day acquisitions to

set were ahead 3-6 in the second, but just ran out of gas. But, it was a good doubles match to watch.” Next action for GHS is tonight at Rockville. Avon 4, Greencastle 1 No. 1 singles - Pratt (A) defeated Brattain (G) 4-6,7-5,6-4 No. 2 singles - Stinnett (G) defeated Daugherty (A) 6-3, 1-6,6-0 No. 3 singles - Rader (A) defeated Nealon (G) 6-2,6-2 No. 1 doubles - Baxter/Thomas (A) defeated Jeffries/Lawrence (G) 5-7,6-4,6-1 No 2 doubles - Laughlin/Shanahan (A) defeated Weaver/Bennett (G) 7-5,6-1 Avon JV 3, GHS JVO Wenzel (A) defeated Lezotte (G) 6-3 Handion (A) defeated Rehlander (G) 6-3 Stansberry (A) defeated McDonald (G) 6-3

BUT, THE DEFENDING sectional and regional champion coach really isn’t sour about the draw at all. “Sooner or later, the good teams will be there on the other side of the football field against you,” Wildman said. “So, you have to beat them sometime if you want to keep playing. We’ll just need to play at our best from the start.” The Eagles waltzed through sectionals a year ago, defeating North Vermillion 41-6, Fountain Central 46-0 and Attica 26-15 before defeating Sheridan 7-6 in the regional. However, Eastern Hancock, the eventual Class A champ, was waiting in the semistate and handed South a 21-13 setback. “IT’S NEVER EASY,” Wildman said. For Cloverdale coach Mike Parks, the first thought that crossed his mind when he found out about the draw was a happy one because his Clovers are at home. Last year, the team had to make the trip to Covington, located northwest of Crawfordsville in Fountain County. “That was a long trip last year,” the mentor said. “So, we’re already one step ahead this year. And, it’s always good to play teams on your own level, which the sectional assures. Everyone will be Class A. We won’t have to worry about the big schools anymore.” PARKS ADMITTED HE knows little about Attica this season but does know they traditionally have a strong football program. “I guess I’ll have to find out about them now,” he said. “I’ll do what I can the next three weeks to learn all I can about them.” The sectionals continue for three weeks, with the 40 (in five classes) champions crowned on Nov. 7.

sign a contract so far. Ron Harper, the guard-forward from Miami of Ohio chosen by the Cavaliers with the eighth pick overall, said this week he expected to be signed by the start of camp. SPHS hog roast To help celebrate its homecoming Friday, South Putnam High School will have a hog roast prior to the game with Greencastle. BEGINNING AT 5 p.m. and lasting until 7, South Putnam and Greencastle fans are invited to pig out, so to speak, on a fresh pork barbeque sandwich, baked beans, cole slaw, dessert and beverage for $3 a plate. Items can also be purchased separately. The roast is sponsored by the SPHS quarterback club. The game between the Eagles and Tiger Cubs begins at 7:30.