Banner Graphic, Volume 18, Number 8, Greencastle, Putnam County, 16 September 1987 — Page 8
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THE BANNERGRAPHIC September 16,1987
South wins 6th,7th The South Putnam High School volleyball team lost its first game of the season Tuesday, but still improved its record to 7-0 with a pair of match victories over West Central Conference foes. THE EAGLES GOT by Cascade in their first match of the night, winning 15-8, 11-15, 15-10; before North Putnam was also a victim, 15-5,15-0. Cascade earned a split on the night by defeating the Cougars in the three-way match, 15-2,8-15,15-4. “We kind of went through a mental lapse against Cascade,” said SPHS coach Becky Brothers. “We were ahead 11-0 in that first game against them and had to hold on for the win. Then, we also kind of quit in that second game and got beat and were down in the third before we finally came back to life.” THE EAGLES WERE down, 10-9, in the deciding third game against the Cadets before Darla Parker tied the game at 10-all with a service point. Julee Hassler - in the next service turn - wrapped up the win with five points in a row. “One of our strong points on Saturday (in the Putnam County Tournament) was one of our weak spots against Cascade,” Brothers said. “We had a lot of trouble with our service and missed nine. We’re the type of team where if we are serving well, it seems to pick up the rest of our game. We struggled with that against Cascade, but came out and did a much better job against North Putnam.” In the Cascade match, Karla Hutcheson led the SPHS scoring with 12 while Hassler finished with nine. Micki Carpenter added seven, Parker five, Jill Wells five and Robyn Whitaker three points. AGAINST NORTH PUTNAM, Whitaker led the way at the service line with nine, Hutcheson tacked on eight, Wells had eight, Hassler three, and Carpenter and Lisa Bright both had one point. At the net, Carpenter and Hassler had four kills apiece against Cascade to lead the way while Bright had two. Against the Cougars, Bright registered four kills, while Hassler had two and Carpenter one. IN THE SETTING department, Wells continued her perfect season for the Eagles by going 17-of-17 in the first match and 15-of-15 in the nightcap. She is 92-of-92 on the season. Parker was 17-of-17 against the Cadets as South was 53-of-53 in setting on the night. North Putnam was led by Darci Deßoer at the service line. She picked up eight points, all against Cascade. Julie Porter had five points, again all against Cascade while Julie Strader picked up for in all. Susan Games and Jennifer Greenburg both netted three points, Dawna McGaughey had two and Amy Lashley picked up one. Games had four kills against Cascade to lead the way at the net, while Lashley had the only two kills against South Putnam. “THIS WAS OUR worst hitting night of the year,” said North coach Ron Price, who is now 2-6 on the season. “I felt like every match this year we had been improving, until Tuesday. We took giant strides backward Tuesday and just didn’t show up in the right frame of mind. We lacked composure and did not force the other team to beat us.” Price was encouraged by the play of Games, who - only a sophomore -- is the brightest spot for the Cougars thus far this season. “I’m pleased with the overall play of Games,” Price said. “She’s a tremendous player and a super talent. She’s doing a lot of good things for a program that is struggling right now.”
Bloomington North outshoots GHS
BLOOMINGTON - For the second straight afternoon, the Greencastle High School girls’ golf team shot its season average. For the second straight afternoon, it was not enough. TUESDAY, THE Tiger Cubs took on Bloomington North at Cascades Golf Course and received another stellar effort from senior Jil Gossard. However, she was the only GHS linkster to come through with a round in the 40s, while three of the Lady Cougar golfers broke the 50stroke barrier as Bloomington North posted a 193-209 triumph. Gossard earned medalist honors over the par 36, front nine at Cascades with a seven over par 43. But teammates Pam Mourouzis and
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Freshman Lisa Condon of Greencastle (front) pushes to keep up with Dani Hamilton of Southmont during the 200-yard freestyle competition of Tuesday's swim meet
Cougars, Tiger Sharks run into stiff competition
Both North Putnam and Greencastle ran into some pretty stiff competition in the pool Tuesday as both the Lady Cougars and Lady Tiger Sharks were defeated in high school action. NORTH - ON THE road for the first time this season in three meets -- was beaten by Danville, 111-54; while Greencastle -- at home for the first time this season in two meets -- lost to Southmont, 96-68. The setbacks were the second of the season for both Putnam County schools. North did not register a first-place finish on the day and only had five No. 2 finishes. Both relay teams, Amy Weddle, Tami Evans and Cari Jones touched the wall second for NPHS while seven Cougars registered third place showings. GREENCASTLE HAD TOP placings by Carrie Nealon in the 200 individual medley, by Kim Black in the 100 backstroke, and by its 400 freestyle relay team. Seven secondplace finishes were recorded by the Tiger Sharks, while three events had a No. 3 finish by GHS. At Danville, Weddle was clocked in 1:29.86 in the 100 butterfly for her runner-up finish. The winning time
Greencastle, Cloverdale have different court days
Both Greencastle and Cloverdale headed west Tuesday for volleyball matches and came back to Putnam County with different results. THE TIGER CUBS defeated Riverton Parke, 15-11, 15-2, to improve their season record to 6-3, while the Clovers were beaten by Terre Haute South, 15-9,15-13, to fall to 1-7 in 1987. Greencastle had a good night at the net against the Lady Panthers as the Purple and Gray were 31-of-39 in the hitting department. Michelle White was 7-of-7 at the net while Angie Archer and Alison Spencer were both 5-for-5. Katherine Emery was 4-of-5 in hitting, while Natalie Porter was 4-of-6. Archer, Emery and Porter all had one kill. “This is a good bounce back from the (Putnam) county tournament on Saturday,” said GHS coach Trish Arthur, whose team was beaten by South Putnam in the championship match Saturday. “We changed some position places and concentrated on our passing.” ARTHUR SAID THE Cubs had set an 85 percent passing rate goal for the season in every match, and that they hadn’t reached that so far in the season. The percentage was 72 percent at the county tourney Saturday, so the team worked on that aspect of its game during practice early this week. Tuesday, GHS was 84 percent
Kristie Dean struggled in with 53s and Courtenay Crawley posted a 60 to give Greencastle its 209 team strokes. Lori Newsom paced BNHS with a 46, while Melissa Newcomb and Teresa Goldman fired a 47 and 49. respectively. Jamie Price needed 51 shots. “JIL PLAYED extremely well,” said Cubs' coach Steve Paquin. “Of course, that’s obvious by looking at her score and at the fact that she was medalist again. We’re just not getting low enough scores from the other three counters. We’re shooting our average (54 strokes per girl), but to be competitive against these better opponents, we need to do better. ’ ’
was 1:20.05. Evans needed 7:03.35 to finish the 500 freestyle in second place, which was about 36 seconds slower than the winning time. Jones - - in the 100 backstroke - was timed in 1:25.07, just under three seconds over the winning time. Chris Martin, Shelly Riggen, Wendy Martin and Shannon Smeelink combined for a No. 2 showing in the 200 medley relay, while Jones, Evans, Michelle Smith and Weddle did the same in the 400 freestyle relay. "IT REALLY WASN’T one of our better nights,” said NPHS coach Ken Boruff. “Maybe that was because we were away from our pool for the first time this season and we weren’t used to the surroundings, or maybe it was due to the fact that some of our times were off. We didn’t have too many best times in this meet and Danville swam better than we thought they would.” In the McAnally Pool, Nealon was clocked in 2:26.13 in winning the 200 individual medley. In that race, three swimmers were disqualified, meaning only Nealon and one participant from Southmont finished the race. Black won the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:15.60, while Kim
in the passing department. “We turned it around,” Arthur said. “We were like a whole different team against Riverton Parke.” Spencer was the serving leader for Greencastle with six while Porter and Nancy Claar both added five. Emery and Mindy Nicholson were good for four points while Angie Archer had two. Kim Archer tacked on one point. SPENCER WAS 25-OF-25 in setting the ball to teammates while Nicholson was 11-of-12. Cloverdale ran into a size problem at Terre Haute South as a much taller squad of Lady Braves had little trouble in getting past CHS. Trista Heatley had four kills for the Clovers while April Sutherlin recorded one. “WE PLAYED SOME good volleyball, but were just up against a much taller team,” said Clovers’ coach Denise Weinhoeft-Renfro. “Our height is a big disadvantage for us, even though we looked decent out there in the match.” Cloverdale averages only about 5-foot-6 throughout its lineup. Mendy Parker led the way scoring-wise for CHS with six, while Michelle Osment added five. April Sutherlin and Missy Evans had three points apiece while Susan Rupe and Krista Fritz both had two.
The loss dropped GHS to 4-4 on the season. Owen Valley is next on the Tiger Cubs’ agenda Thursday at Windy Hill Country Club. The golfers are scheduled to tee off beginning at 4:30p.m. In junior varsity action, Holly Schopmeyer and Leslie McManama fired 59s and freshman Kelly Layton came through with a 60 as Paquin brought along his entire roster of girls. No team scores were kept, but all of the GHS performers shot 65 or better. Bloomington North 193, Greencastle 209 Greencastle - Gossard 43. Mourouzis 53, Dean 53.Crawley 60, (Mays 62 Bloomington North - Newsom 46. Newcomb 47. Goldman 49, Pricesl, (Allens4). GHS jayvee scores Schopmeyer 59. McManama 59, Layton 60, Gorham 61, Kiger 62, Stewart 65.
in McAnally Pool. Condon came up just short in the race with a 2:15.18 time, which was just over one second slower than Hamilton's clocking. The Tiger Sharks lost
Hinkle, Lisa Condon, Black and Nealon combined to post a 4:12.38 clocking to win the 400 freestyle relay. The 200 medley relay team from GHS placed second, as did Condon (200 freestyle), Hinkle (50 freestyle), Condon again (100 butterfly), Hinkle again (500 freestyle), and Nealon (100 breaststroke). BLACK TIED FOR the No. 2 spot in the 100 freestyle and Liz Napoli, Julie Sweet and another 400 freestyle relay team all touched the wall third to pick up Tiger Shark points. Greencastle is next in the pool on Thursday against Plainfield, while North Putnam is at Cascade on Thursday. Danville 111, North Putnam 54 200 medley relay - 1. Danville (Kimbley, Campbell. Roberts, Linson) 2:17.09; 2 North Putnam (C. Martin. Riggen. W. Martin. Smeelink); 3. Danville (Roof, Hardcourt, Hizer, Winkler) 200 free - 1 Morton (D) 2:23.45 , 2. Kimbley (D); 3. Evans (NP); 4. Hazelett (D) 200 IM - 1. Campbell (D) 2:5894; 2. Hackleman (D); 3 Weddle (NP); 4 W Martin (NP); 5 Riggen (NP) 50free- 1. Linson (D) 29:01; 2 Roberts (D); 3. Roof (D); 4. Smeelink (NP); 5. J. Rose(NP) Diving - 1. Winkler (D) NA; 2. Thompson (D); 3. C Martin (NP); 4. Smeelink (NP); 5. Smith (NP)
Players Association softens up
c. 1987 N.Y. Times News Service WASHINGTON A week before its scheduled strike, the National Football League Players Association moved away on Tuesday from its demand for unlimited free agency. The change, along with other modifications the union considered significant, appeared to have no immediate effect on the Management Council, the owners’ negotiating group. After only a 25-minute meeting on Tuesday, the three lawyers for the council “snapped their briefcases shut and left the room,” according to Mick Luckhurst, the Atlanta Falcons’ place-kicker, who is a member of the union’s executive committee. After leaving, the council’s executive director, Jack Donlan, said: “I have a strong preference not to say anything right now because I’m afraid I’d say the wrong thing.” It is difficult to tell just how much each side is posturing. The union has called for a strike, if there is no new contract, next Tuesday following the Monday night game between the Jets and the Patriots at Giants Stadium. Later on Tuesday, management said that Donlan would present its reply to the union offer during a news conference Wednesday The union contended that its proposals on Tuesday should have allowed some progress : —lnstead of demanding unfettered free agency, the union’s proposal would allow clubs to keep the right of first refusal for four years. Then, in the fifth year, a player would be free. Management’s proposal last weekend would have required a third-round draft pick for a fifthyear player earning the league’s average salary of about $226,000. —The union would allow clubs to discipline, and banish from the sport, repeated drug offenders with a program similar to the one used by the National Basketball Association. Management has proposed unscheduled testing. —The union originally asked that a rookie be guaranteed his entire contract if he makes the team. This has been modified to start with secondyear players. —The union dropped its demand for no-cut contracts for player representatives who ha- '' been cut or traded. Instead, the club would be fined and the player would receive
the meet, 96-68. (Banner-Graphic photo by Keith E. Domke)
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100 fly - 1. Roberts (D) 1:20.05 ; 2. Weddle (NP); 3 Riggen (NP); 4. Hinsel (D) 100 free - 1. Linson (D) 1:04.43 ; 2. Hizer (D); 3. Smith (NP); 4. Hardcourt (D); 5. T. Rose(NP) 500 free - 1. Morton (D); 6:27.08 ; 2. Evans (NP); 3. Roof (D) 100 back - 1. Kimbley (D) 1:22.15; 2. Jones (NP); 3. C. Martin (NP); 4. Hazelett (D); 5. Gierke (NP) 100 breast - 1. Campbell (D) 1:23.53 ; 2. Hackleman (D); 3. Livingston (NP); 4. W. Martin (NP); 5. Hinsel(D) 400 free relay - 1. Danville (Morton. Hackleman, Hazelett, Hizer) 4:49.49; 2. North Putnam (Jones, Evans. Smith. Weddle) Southmont 96, Greencastle 68 200 medley relay - 1. Southmont (Wright, Hamilton. Huckstep, Davis) 2:12.0; 2. Greencastle (Sweet. Paquin. Napoli. Newgent); 3. Southmont (Davis, Day, Richardson, Greene) 200 free - 1. Hamilton (S) 2:14.11; 2. Condon (G); 3. Renly (S); 4. Boone (G); 5. Richardson
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that fine. Management has proposed a three-part board, including a neutral observer, to look into claims of discrimination for union activity. —On basic pay minimum salaries for players, for rookies on up the union is demanding about 50 percent more than mariagement has offered. The union wants a starting salary of $90,000, rising in increments so that a 13-year veteran would earn $320,000. Management has proposed a starting salary of $60,000, with a cap of $200,000. Gene Upshaw, the union’s executive director, arrived here on Tuesday after taking an overnight flight from San Francisco, where he met for two and half hours on Monday with the 49ers, and for 45 minutes with Joe Montana, their quarterback. Montana, who is not a
Eagle runners win again
LIZTON -- Neither rain nor shine seems to make a difference to the South Putnam High School cross country team as the Eagles - in a downpour - ran past North Putnam and Tri-West in a triangular meet Tuesday. SOUTH NEEDED ONLY 20 points on the day in keeping its perfect season intact. North needed 47 points and Tri-West 69. Todd Messer was the individual winner as the SPHS harrier crossed the finish line of the 3.1-mile course in 15:50 to better North Putnam’s Bill Martin by three seconds. But, Messer had far better team supped than Mar*’ •> did as Eagle runners also crossed the finish line third, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth,
(S) 200 IM - 1. Nealon (G) 2:26.13; 2. Byers (S) 50 free - 1. Huck (St 26.20; 2. Hinkle (G); 3. Compton (S>; 4. Davis (S); 5. Newgent (G) Diving - 1 Harrington (S) 180.6; 2 Greene (S); 3. Cunningham (S); 4. Lancaster (G) 100 fly - 1 Huckstep (S) 1:09.63 ; 2. Condon (G); 3. Napoli <G); 4. Cassida (S) 100 free - 1. Wright (S) 1:02.07 ; 2. (tie) Compton (S); 2 (tie) Black (G); 4. Davis (S); 5. Newgent (G) 500 free - 1. Wright (S) 5:14.77; 2. Hinkle (G); 3. Napoli (G); 4. Boone (G); 5. Richardson (S) 100 back -1. Black (G) 1:15.60; 2. Cassida (S); 3. Sweet(G); 4. Hanlay(S); 5. Harrington (S) 100 breast - 1. Hamilton (S) 1:17.42; 2. Nealon (G); 3. Byers (S); 4. Davis (S); 5 Lancaster (G) 400 free relay - 1. Greencastle (Hinkle, Condon, Black. Nealon) 4:12.38; 2. Southmont (Compton, Cassida, Hanlay, Cottrell) ; 3. Greencastle (Paquin, Boone, Sweet, Lancaster)
union member, has been quoted as having criticized the union. Upshaw said that Montana told him he was misquoted. Upshaw seemed distressed after Tuesday’s meeting with management’s non-committal reaction to the proposal. He described it as “significant movement and a great step forward to bring a fair conclusion to the collectivebargaining process.” The council has recommended that clubs prepare to field a strike team in the event the players walk out. But the president of a key union involved in telecasting NFL games said his workers would “probably not cross” any players’ picket lines. Arthur Kent, president of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians, said: “I certainly would give that very serious consideration.” The players’ union said that some of its retired players would also join a picket line, and pointed out that at a meeting in Denver Monday night, such former stars as Doak Walker and George Ratterman voted to support the union’s strike stance. The reality of the league’s present setup would hardly matter to teams if they accepted the union’s proposal for unfettered free agency in the first four years since virtually all top draft picks are tied up in four-year contracts. And free agency would most likely affect only the top players. However, management has proposed that rookies be signed to two-year contracts.
ninth and 10th; while Russ Evans was the only other Cougar in the top 10, placing sixth. TRI-WEST WAS shut out of the top 10. Zac Clark finished in the No. 3 spot for South with a 16:30 time, while John Glaze was fourth (17:31) and Steve Blaydes fifth (17:31). Other top 10 finishers for South were Artie Dwiggans in seventh, Aaron Hacker in eighth, Randy Kidd in ninth and Brian Pershing in 10th. Brian Ellerman of South Putnam won the junior high race with a time of 12:50 over the 1.9-mile course. South Putnam 20, North Putnam 47, Tri-West 69 Individual top 10 1. Messer (SP) 15:50; 2. Martin (NP) 15:53; 3. Clark (SP) 16:30; 4. Glaze (SP) 17:31; 5. Blaydes (SP) 17:31; 6. Evans (NP) 17:33; 7 Dwiggans (SP) 17:56; 8. Hacker (SP) 18:10; 9. Kidd (SP) 18:17; 10. Pershing (SP) 18:35.