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South Putnam basketball coach Kieth Puckett (center) tells the Terre Haute Kiwanis Club and other West Vigo-IHSAA Regional coaches about the 16-7 Eagles. The Terre Haute Kiwanis Club annually holds the regional luncheon with the four participating coaches talking about their

Young Mount out to top Dad

By The Associated Press Rich Mount will never match his father’s high school career scoring total, but the Lebanon senior still has a chance for something neither his father nor his grandfather could do, win a state basketball championship. The youngest Mount, averaging 27.3 points a game, leads the Tigers into the Frankfort regional tournament on Saturday. Lebanon opens against Crawfordsville, a team the Tigers beat in the regular season. Upton, trying for its first regional title in 47 years, faces Mooresville in the other semifinal. “WE’VE GOT A REAL good shot at it, if we play our game,” says the 6-foot-3 Mount who, like his father, Rick, will play college ball at Purdue. “It’s a pretty tough regional, but we played Crawfordsville earlier this year and beat them by 13, so I’m pretty excited about it” Rich Mount’s career total stands at 2,094 points. With at most six more games in the tourney, his father’s 2,595, set in 1966 when he was Mr. Basketball, is far out of reach. But with some good performances, the younger Mount could climb among the top eight in alltime state scoring.

Illinois keeps title hopes alive

By The Associated Press No. 4 Illinois is holding fast to its slim Big Ten title hopes, while Minnesota sets its sights on going to the NCAA tournament for the first time in seven years as the regular basketball season winds to a close. The Illini moved closer to the top of the conference by downing 15thranked lowa 118-94 Wednesday night in Champaign, while Minnesota’s Gophers scored a 77-61 Big Ten triumph over visiting Michigan State. THE ILLINI, 13-4 in the league and 26-4 overall, need a victory over Michigan on Saturday to cap-

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Doug Archer bench presses while assistant football coach Russ Hesler spots for him during the Greencastle High School Lift-a-thon. Archer, a sophomore, was one of 90 student athletes to participate in the annual fund-raiser for the

teams, telling funny stories and meeting the Wabash Valley media. Coaches (from left) Steve Brett of 13-10 Bloomfield, Joe Hart of 21-2 Dugger-Union and (right of Puckett) Pat Rady of 21-1 Terre Haute South ail took their turns and a few goodnatured shots during the Hulman Civic

Rich already has been part of three sectional championship teams, one more than his father was. Two victories this week and two more next week would give Lebanon a semistate championship, something the Tigers never accomplished with Rick Mount And two more victories the week after that would give them the state crown, bettering Lebanon’s runnerup finish behind Pete Mount, Rich’s grandfather, in 1943. “MY FRESHMAN YEAR, we got beat in the sectional, and the last two years we lost in the first round of the regional, so I’m pretty pumped up about the tourney this year,” the younger Mount said. The only player still in the tournament with more career points than Mount is Damon Bailey, a Bedford North Lawrence junior who has taken the Stars to the tourney Final Four each of the past two years and already has 2,125 points with more than a year to go in high school. Bedford, ranked seventh, is one of three rated teams bunched together in the Seymour regional. The only unranked team there is New Albany (led by former Cloverdale coach Jim Miller), the only former state champion in that

ture the title and must hope that Indiana loses to Wisconsin (7 p.m., Thursday, WTTV Channel 4) and lowa in its last two games. Illinois finished the season 16-0 at Champaign in the last home game for seniors Kenny Battle and Lowell Hamilton. Nick Anderson, who led the Fighting Illini with 29 points and 10 rebounds, said the team was flying high because it was Seniors Night. “We made a few mistakes early in the game. But when everybody came down, we started playing much better,” said Anderson, who also had two steals and two assists.

Greencastle’s weight lifting program. Participants received pledges for $3,200, which will go toward improvements in the weight room. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields)

regional. New Albany, a 12-time regional winner, opens against No. B-ranked New Washington, which is looking for its first regional crown. THEN BEDFORD FACES N 0.9 Floyd Central in a rematch of a regular-season game won by Floyd Central. It also will mark a rematch of two future Indiana University teammates Bailey and Floyd Central’s Pat Graham, a senior who leads the state in scoring at 31.6 points a game. Bailey broke the little finger of his left hand his non-shooting hand in the sectional championship game but was expected to play in the regional. Including New Albany, three of the 16 sectional winners in each of the four semistate brackets have won at least one state tourney championship, but in reality, the distribution of power this week is hardly that precise. N 0.12 Lawrence North, for example, is the only ranked team among the 16 in the four regionals that feed into the Indianapolis semistate, and the Wildcats already have beaten two of their Indianapolis regional rivals this season. DOES THAT MAKE Lawrence

THE ILLINI, SEEKING to avenge an earlier 86-82 loss at lowa City, trailed by 10 points in the first half, and then let a 30-point lead be whittled down to 15 in the second half. “We were very concerned the entire ball game. A lot of the guys haven’t been around long enough to know you never let up,” said Illinois coach Lou Henson. Kendall Gill, returning after six weeks on the sidelines with a broken foot, added 15 points for the Illini. “HE OPENED IT up for a lot of good plays (inside). His presence you couldn’t overlook. He played

Center function. South Putnam plays Terre Haute South at 11 a.m. and Bloomfield meets Dugger-Union at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the regional round of the IHSAA state tournament. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields)

North, led by 7-foot junior Eric Montross, a shoo-in for a Final Four berth in two weeks? Not for a minute, according to Coach Jack Keefer. “We’re going to be in for a war,” says Keefer, whose Wildcats play Southport in a regional semifinal on Saturday. Lawrence North won their regular-season matchup 6654, but Southport “was one of the best-coached and toughest teams we played all season.” Franklin Central, which also lost earlier to Lawrence North, and Indianapolis Brebeuf, which upset N0.2-ranked Indianapolis Pike for a sectional championship, meet in the other regional semifinal. RICHMOND IS THE defending regional champion still alive among the Indianapolis semistate hopefuls. The Red Devils will play Connersville, one of the three former state champions in that bracket. The others are New Castle, which plays Muncie South in the New CasUe regional, and Franklin, which plays Columbus North in the Columbus regional. Muncie South is coming off a sectional victory over defending state champion Muncie Central.

good defensively. He did the things Kendall Gill can do,” said Anderson. Hamilton scored a career-high 24 points in his last home game, while Battle’s 21 gave the Northern Illinois transfer over 1,000 points in his two years at Champaign. The Hawkeyes were led by senior forward Roy Marble, who finished with a game-high 37 points, while Ed Horton added 21. lowa slipped to 21-9 overall and 9-8 in the conference. IN MINNEAPOLIS, Willie Burton’s 22 points helped clinch Minnesota’s 77-61 victory over Michigan State.

Honors and dishonors DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Evansville’s Scott Haffner was named Player of the Year Wednesday in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. Coach Jim Crews, who directed Evansville to a 23-4 record and the conference championship, was named Coach of the Year. HAFFNER WAS THE conference’s leading scorer and freethrow shooter, averaging 24.2 points per game and hitting 89 percent from the foul line. Haffner, a senior, scored 65 points in a 109-83 victory over Dayton in Feburary the sixthmost points ever scored in a Division I game. Crews also won MCC Coach of the year honors in 1987. ****** NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma guard Mookie Blaylock pleaded no contest to an amended charge of disturbing the peace and was placed on a six-month deferred sentence by a municipal court judge. Blaylock was arrested early Sunday on a complaint of public intoxication after police answered a call from a convenience store clerk about an argument

South Putnam plans caravan and pep rally

South Putnam High School basketball fans wishing to participate in a caravan to Terre Haute for the IHSAA Regional Saturday, should be at the school by 9 a.m. South Putnam, 16-7, plays Terre Haute South, 21-1, in the 11 a.m. regional openers. Bloomfield, 13-10, plays Dug-ger-Union, 21-2, in the 12:30 p.m. second game. The cham-

Youth Baseball League sets three sign-up dates; age groups structured

The Greencastle Youth Baseball League has set three sign-up dates for boys and girls ages 5 through 12 wishing to participate in the 1989 summer season. The first sign-up will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Wal-Mart. The second sign-up opportunity will be 6 to 9 p.m., March 15 and March 16 in the Greencastle High School THE LEAGUE IS open to boys and girls bom between Aug. 1, 1976 and July 31, 1983. A parent or guarding should bring a photocopy of the child’s birth certificate to the registration. There is a S2O registration fee for the first child and $lO for each additional child from the same family. The registration fee includes a treat for each player after each game. Players will be assigned to a level of competition according to age, ability and availability of a roster position. The age groups have been restructured this year, according to Ed Helmer, league president. Tee Ball will be for 5- and 6-year-old boys and girls; Coach Pitch for 7- and 8-year-olds;

Girls softball league has plenty of changes in ’B9; 19-year-olds are eligible

The Greencastle Girls Softball League is no more. The league has changed its name to Putnam County Girls Softball League and will be expanding and moving into a new home by mid-season, according to Jody Proctor, league president. THE FIRST registration session for the 1989 season will be held at Wal-Mart on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The second sign-up session will be held March 16,6 to 9 p.m. in the Greencastle High School Cafeteria. To be eligible, girls must be 6-years-old by Sept 1,1989 and under 20 by that same date. There is a sls registration fee for one child and $25 for families with two or more players in the league. YES, THE LEAGUE is including 19-year-old girls this year. The Amateur Softball Association (ASA), the national sanctioning body to which the league belongs, changed its age limits and the league followed suit “So the girls who thought last year was their last year, have

Greencastle lifters raise $3,200 in pledges for program in lift-a-thon

Kim Archer, Lisa McCullough, Ray Hoover and Joe Buis took top honors Wednesday night in the annual Greencastle High School lift-a-thon at McAnally Center. In the girls competition, Archer, a junior, lifted the most weight, a total of 585 pounds in the various exercises. In the percentage of body weight category, Lisa McCullough lifted 585 pounds for top honors. In the boys competition, Ray Hoover, a senior, lifted a total of 780 pounds. Joe Buis, also a senior, lifted the best percentage of body weight, weighing in at 127 pounds and lifting 483 pounds.

pionship game between the first winners starts at 8:15 p.m. Saturday. Season-ticket sales for the tournament ended at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Single-session tickets will be on sale at Hulman Center for $4 Saturday. South Putnam has scheduled a pep rally for 2:40 p.m. Friday and adult fans are welcome to attend.

Minor League for 9-10- and 11-year-olds; and Major League for 10- 11- and 12-year olds. The Minor League and Major League assignments will be based up age, ability and availability of a roster position. THE TEE BALL and Coach Pitch seasons will ran from Memorial Day weekend to approximately July 4. The Major and Minor seasons will open May 6 through June 30. Teams from Bainbridge and Roachdale will play in the Greencastle Youth Baseball League again this year. Players from elsewhere in the county are eligible to play in the league individually, not as a team, as members of a Greencastle team. Tryouts will be held April 8 at the Greencastle Youth Baseball League diamond, located behind the National Guard Armory on North Arlington Street The rain date is April 10. Players will be drafted or assigned the week of April 10-14. Team practices being April 24 with the opening day festivities May 6. Regular season play ends June 30 and league tournament play runs July 5-8.

another year,” Proctor said. Girls will be divided into age groups: Ponytail for girls ages 6 through 10; Juniors for 11 through 13; and Seniors for 14 through 19. THE DRAFT WILL be held April 22 at the Heartland Field on 10th Street The rain date is April 29. The opening day parade will be June 3. Proctor said the league has been told it could begin playing at the Big Walnut Sports Park in July. The sports park, presently under construction, is located directly south of Sherwin-Wil-liams’ plant Indianapolis Road. Until that time though, the league will play at Heartland Field on 10th Street. Proctor said the league needs umpires, as well as coaches for teams. Umpires are paid on a per game basis and should be at least 16-years-old. Anyone interested should contact Jody Proctor at 653-2383. OFFICERS FOR the Putnam County Girls Softball League are: Proctor as president; David English as vice-president; Randy Jones as treasurer, and Dorinda Emberton as secretary.

According to John Fallis, head football coach and lift-a-thon sponsor, out of the 200 Greencastle student athletes that use the weight room, 90 participated in the fund-raising event Funds raised annually in the lift-a-thon go toward improving or maintaining the weight room. This year participants received $3,200 in pledges and the collected funds will go toward a new floor in the weight room. Fallis said anyone wishing to donate to the lift-a-thon or the weight program should send a check to the Greencastle High School Athletic Department