Banner Graphic, Volume 20, Number 51, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 November 1989 — Page 7

South plays for sth sectional crown at North

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor South Putnam has never lost a high school football sectional game. The Eagles are among state’s elite in the playoffs with four sectional and regional championships. They have played in four straight semistates and won the state championship in 1986. North Putnam, on the other hand, is a new kid. The Cougars, new to the Class A tournament after four years in Class 2A, won their first ever high school football playoff games the last two weeks. NOW THE COUNTY and West Central Conference (WCC) rivals collide at 7:30 p.m. Friday at North Putnam High School for the Class A Sectional 39 championship. The winner advances to the regional against the winner of the Sectional 40 title game Springs Valley (10-0) at Tecumseh (3-7). The only way the regional could be played in Putnam County is if South Putnam (the visiting team in Sectional 39) and Tecumseh (the home team in Sectional 40) advance. To correct some information published last week, the winner of Sectional 39 would be on track to play defending state champion Sheridan in semistate. Due to offseason realignments, it was incorrectly believed that could not happen until the state finals. FIVE WCC TEAMS are still alive in the state tournament. In Class 3A, Danville (9-1) is home against Indianapolis Roncalli (7-3). In Class 2A, Tri-West (10-0) travels to Indianapolis Ritter (8-2) and Monrovia (7-3) goes to Sullivan (73) and of course the last two are in Class A. In previous years, the tough conference schedule has worked to South’s advantage. The Eagles played both Tri-West and Monrovia, as well as Sectional 38 finalist South Decatur (9-1 at 6-2 Tri-High). But this year, North has played just as tough a schedule. The Cougars’ first five opponents of the season, including South, arc still alive in the state tournament That list includes Class 2A Southmont, 6-4 going into the Sectional 28 final at Western Boone, 9-1 and the defending state champion. CALL THIS “South-North II.” South beat North 13-12 at North in the second game of the regular season. Brad Toney scored the winning toucheown on a one-yard run with 39 seconds left in the game. But in those final 39

Hobart

By STEVE HERMAN AP Sports Writer Hobart, already with more playoff victories than any other school in the 17-year history of the state football tournament, will try for its 11th consecutive sectional championship Friday night, a record no other team approaches. THE BRICKIES, RANKED fourth in Class 4A and carrying a nine-game winning streak since their season-opening loss to Gary Wallace, take on South Bend Clay for the Sectional 10 title. Hobart, the state runner-up a record five times between 1979 and 1985, shed its perennial tourney jinx by winning the 4A title in 1987. The Brickies lost an overtime regional game to Hammond last year but appear poised to go even farther this time. Six of their nine victories have been shutouts, including their first two sectional tourney games against Gary Wirt and N0.5-ranked South Bend Washington. “1 can’t keep saying this team surprises me, because they’ve done it so many times,” says Coach Don Howell, whose 33 tourney victories with the Brickies is two more than the total won by four-time state champion Carmel. “I THINK THIS group has come the furthest with the least amount of experience of any I’ve had,” said Howell. Hobart will be going without its top rusher, Malcolm Johnson, who injured his knee in the Brickies’ 210 victory over South Bend Washington. “We dedicated the game to Malcolm,” said Howell. “Maybe that’s why we played a lot harder in the second half.” The Brickies’ 10 sectional championships is a state record. Lawrenceburg, already eliminated from the tourney this year, is next with nine sectional titles, and Carmel and Sheridan can each win for the ninth time on Friday. What’s most impressive about Hobart’s 10 titles, however, is that they are consecu-

South Putnam at North Putnam Eagles (8-2) vs. Cougars (4-6) Offense Robert Pnest (6-1,176, Jr.) QB-QB (6-3, 175, So.) Daniel Johnson Brad Toney (5-11, 177, Sr.) FB-FB (5-11,165, So) Paul Lindley Tad Christy (5-9, 140, Sr.) TB-TB (5-11, 155, Jr.) Michael Johnson Mari Dunlap (5-11,168, St) FL-FL (5-11,170. Sr.) Dan Carmichael Mike Hanis (5-10, 175, Sr.) C-C (5-11,175, So.) Kevin Mendenhall James Neace (5-8, 172, Jr.) G-G (6-1, 175, Jr.) Scott Richardson Buddy Tanner (5-9, 172, Jt) G-G (5-li, 180, So.) Jason Schubert Adam Bonney (6-2,194. So.) T-T (6-2, 225, So.) Dale Lucas Jeremy Sadler (6-4, 225, Sr.) T-T ... (5-11,160, Jr.) Chad Richardson Jim Collins (6-1, 156, Jr.) TE-TE (6-4,185, Jr.) Brock Barnhart Troy Glaze (5-11, 147. Jt) SE-SE (6-0.165, So.) Eric Pipes Defense Jeff Poynter (5-10, 150, St) DE-DE (5-11, 170, Sr.) Dan Carmichael Jim Shaw (6-3, 242, Sr..) DT-DT (6-2, 225, So.) Dale Lucas Bryan Stevens (5-11,238, St) DT-DT (5-4, 160, St) J.C. Mandeville David Wallace (6-1, 213, St.) DE-DE (5-7,160, Sr.) Bnan Cole Buddy Tanner (5-9, 192, Jr.) NG-ILB (5-11, 180, So.) Jason Schubert Brad Toney (5-11. 177, Sr.) ILB-OLB (5-11,165. So.) Paul Lindley Mike Harris (5-10, 175, Sr.) ILB-ILB (5-11.175, So.) Kevin Mendenhall Jeff Stinson (5-9, 151, Sr.) SS-OLB (5-11,180. Jr.) Glen Runnells Tad Christy (5-9, 140, St) CB-CB (5-11. 150, So.) Pat Payton Mark Dunlap (5-11,168, Sr.) CB-CB (6-0,165, So.) Eric Pipes Cory Robinson (6-0, 153, Jt) FS-S (5-11,155, Jr.) Michael Johnson

South Putnam Record 8-2 SP Team-Class Opp. 6 at Tri-West (2A)* 39 13 at North Putnam (A)* 12 37 Cascade (2A) 0 20 South Decatur (A)* 14 7 Monrovia (2A)* 6 21 at Greencastle (2A) 14 22 Owen VaUey (3A) 33 19 at Cloverdale (A) 0 lIISAA STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Sectional 39 19 at Rockville 2 31 North Vermillion 20 • Still in state tournament

seconds. North reached the South 4-yard line before the game ended. That game left both teams wanting a rematch. “We played each other real close and tough during the regular season and that was partially because they (Cougars) thought they had something to prove and they did,” North coach Herb King said. “They proved what they wanted to prove.” COACH MARK WILDMAN says the desired rematch goes beyond that one-point game. “We feel like we haven’t earned their respect,” Wildman said. “We beat them by one point, but in the history of the school (South Putnam) I think the series is 13-5 in their favor.” Both teams have gone though

after 11th straight title

Sectional Championship Pairings

Indiana High School Football ’ 17th In 21-Indpls RoncaUi (7-3) at Danville (9-1) 22—Hamilton SE (5-5) al New Palestine (9-1) liana High School Athletic Association football ZJ-Creensburg (4-6) at Salem (9-1) CLASS S 4 —Ev Memorial (16-0) «t Charlestown (10-0) I —Lake Central (6-4)at Gary Wallace(lo-0) p. * 3“ rteerft s)*t 25—Rensselaer (5-5) at N.iudson (9-1) L JrffLn 26-FW Luers (8-2) at Fairfield (9-1) re’l I 6—Richmond (9-1) at fawrence Sordt (10-0) IL^riWtaUlOri) at'l^XT.u^fg^) 9 ’ * -Castle (8-2) st Ev Central (7-3) 31 -Monrovia (7-3) at Sullivan (7-3) CLASS 4A 32 S Spencer (10-0) at Ev Mater Dei (4-6) 9 Andrean (5-5) at Munster (7-3) ci its i 10— SB Clay (4-6) at Hobart (9-1) n.3).t'whitm ß (8-2) II -DeKalb (9-1) at Columbia City (4-6) c .rj rXl (5-41 12- Laf.Harrison (1(M)) at Bellmont (4-6) « (613- Pike (7-3) at Franklin Central (9-1) 35 Carroll (Carroll) (8-2) at at Tn-County (6c2^ts ( (6-3) 36 Southwood (5-5) at Wes-Del (8-2) (£2ln(t ?i 37—Shendan (9-1) at Lafayette Catholic (6-4) 16— Mt Vernon (Posey) (7-3) at Evßeuz (8-2) ~ i« ia 39—S.Putnam (8-2) at N.Pulnam (4-6) 17— Griffith (10-0) at Hammond NoU (9-1) 40—Springs VaUey (10-0) at Tecumseh (3-7)

live. The closest any other teams come to that mark are the five in a row won by Fort Wayne Luers from 1983-87 and Indianapolis Chatard from 1982-86. CLASS A’S NO. 7 ranked South Putnam can join the list of fivestraight winners with a victory over North Putnam on Friday in Sectional 39. Gary Wallace, ranked N 0.2 and one of three unbeaten Class 5A teams, can get its first sectional championship with a victory over Lake Central. The Hornets don’t expect to lose. “This is one great football team,” said Coach Dave Templin. “I don’t know erf any weaknesses. We’re a quality team.” LAKE CENTRAL COMES into the Sectional 1 game with a 64 record. A victory by Wallace (10-0) would keep the Hornets on course for a possible meeting in two weeks against top-ranked and unbeaten Penn. The Kingsmen, also 10-0, play at home against Fort Wayne Snider in Sectional 3 and would also have to beat the MarionLafayette Jeff Sectional 4 winner in the regional to reach the semistate round. The Lake Central-Wallace win-

North Putnam Record 4-6 NP Team-Clan Opp. 10 at Monrovia (2A)* 21 12 South Putnam (A)* 13 8 at Southmont (2A)* 14 0 Tri-Wcn (2A)‘ 34 14 Danville (3A)* 19 15 at Cascade (2A) 6 7 at Cloverdale (A) 6 14 Greencastle (2A) 24 lIISAA STATE TOURNAMENT Class A Sectional No. 39 6 at Turkey Run 0 35 at Cloverdale 6 * Still in state tournament

personnel changes, for one reason or another, since that contest. Robert Priest will be making his second start at quarterback for South and Eric Pipes will be North’s split end for only the fourth week. Each team has battled colds and flu a little this week. North quarterback Daniel Johnson missed Wednesday’s practice ill. TWO OTHER FACTORS have changed since that last contest. Coach King’s offensive strategy was new to the area then and Tad Christy was making his first start of the season for South after a preseason injury. Christy ran for just 51 yards in that game, but has piled up 766 yards for the year, including 181

ner will play the Sectional 2 champion, either Valparaiso or Mishawaka, in the regional. CARMEL, MEANWHILE, HAS a nine-game winning streak since its season-opening loss to Indianapolis North Central and will play underdog Indianapolis Broad Ripple, which has never won a sectional championship. The CarmelBroad Ripple winner in Sectional 5 will meet either N0.3-ranked, unbeaten Lawrence North or Richmond, which has won nine in a row since a season-opening loss to Fort Wayne Northrop. In Sectional 7, Columbus North is at Terre Haute North, and in Sectional 8, Castle plays at Evansville Central. Four of the eight 5A sectional winners are still alive Mishawaka, Manon, Lawrence North and Evansville Central. IN OTHER SECTIONAL championships Friday night, three games match a pair of ranked teams. two games involve rematches of last year’s sectional finals, and one game involves two former state champions. In Class 3A, N 0.2 Tipton plays at N 0.5 Crawfordsville, and No.l Evansville Memorial is at N 0.4 Charlestown. All four teams are

yards in the sectional semifinal. North opened the year with a big-play offense built around the passing of quarterback Daniel Johnson. The 6-3 sophomore has thrown for 1,373 yards and six touchdowns, his brother Michael (37 catches, 411 yards) and tight end Brock Barnhart (30 catches, 410 yards) being the two main targets. NOW THOUGH, NORTH has a running game. The Cougars that ran the ball just 27 times against the Eagles ran it 38 times against Cloverdale in last week, 43 times against Turkey Run and 39 times against Greencastle. In fact, Glen Runnells made his debut at fullback last week and ran for 105 yards, the most by a Cougar this season. To coach Wildman North is still unpredictable. “This is something where we can’t just go through the last game (film) and say this is how it’s going to be,” Wildman said, noting the Cougars used a new offense against Cloverdale. “WE PROBABLY KNOW a little bit more about them defensively because they haven’t changed that much as the year went on. There are a lot of different things they can do Friday night, but there are a lot of different things we’ve seen.” South was still tuning its defense in the earlier meeting and Wildman feels the Eagles can now adjust easier to opposing tactics. “We’ve improved a lot since that game and I think South Putnam has improved,” Nath’s King said. “They’ve started to do some things well that nobody thought they would be able to do. “Christy is running the ball much better. They had the one kid (Priest) come in and fill in at quarterback this last game and did a great job for the.” THAT FIRST GAME may have been the real start of South’s season. Coach Wildman had a long meeting with the Eagles on North’s field and he wasn’t talking about how well they had played either. “Early in the season we saw a lot of things we weren’t very good at and they’ve really worked hard on improving and here we are 8-2 at this point,” Wildman said. “To me this team is deserving to get some kind of recognition for what they’ve done. The sectional title, they’re really deserving of it right now,” the coach added. That will be decided Friday night at North Putnam.

unbeaten. In 2A, N 0.7 Luers is at No. 10 Fairfield, and N 0.2 South Spencer is at Evansville Mater Dei in a rematch of last year’s sectional championship won by South Spencer. In Class A, unranked Bremen is at Whiting in another rematch, won last year by Bremen, while topranked Sheridan, a four-time state champ and two-time defending state champion, plays at 1976 state winner Lafayette Catholic. SHERIDAN 2A’S NO. 4 Western Boone and 3A’s unranked Indianapolis Roncalli are the only defending state champions still alive. Class sA’s Indianapolis Ben Davis was beaten by Carmel last week, and 4A’s Goshen fell by one point to South Bend Clay two weeks ago. Other former state champions still alive are Valparaiso, Penn, Carmel and Castle in Class SA; Hobart, DeKalb, Franklin Central and Columbus East in 4A; Fort Wayne Dwenger and Hamilton Southeastern in 3A; Luer and Indianapolis Ritter in 2A; and Lafayette Catholic and South Putnam in A. LAFAYETTE HARRISON’S AJ. Rickard will become the 12th coach in Indiana high school football history with 200 career victories if the unbeaten, N0.2-ranked Raiders defeat Bellmont for the Sectional 12 title in Class 4A. Rickard goes in with a 199-63-2 record. Six of the other 11 who have already reached 200 victories are still active, but only two of them Carmel’s Jim Belden and Hobart’s Don Howell are still in the tournament. Martinsville’s Bill Siderewicz was the 11th to reach 200, doing it in the final game of the regular season before losing a first-round sectional game to Columbus North. BELDEN HAS A career mark of 215-63-2, while Howell is right behind at 214-52-2.

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County football leaders RUSHING Name, school Att. Yds. Avg. TD Tad Christy, SP 135 766 5.7 8 Trent Smaltz, GHS 79 602 7.6 5 Kevin Barnett, GHS 77 456 5.9 4 Randy Pettit, GHS 43 348 8.1 2 Chris Brotherton, SP 62 266 4.3 4 Philip Huber, SP 51 261 5.1 2 Jeff Poynter, SP 44 230 5.2 1 Steve Kaufman, CHS 79 227 2.9 3 Brad Resner, GHS 84 219 2.6 8 Brad Toney, SP 33 214 7.1 1 Brent Branneman, CHS 86 205 2.4 5 Mark McKay, SP 23 180 7.8 1 Rich Runnells, NP 44 167 3.8 0 Chris Phelps, CHS 39 160 4.1 1 Paul Lindley, NP 43 156 3.6 1 PASSING Name, school C-A-I Yds. TD 2Pt. Daniel Johnson, NP 102-202-17 1373 6 2 Brad Resner, GHS 37-92-7 547 5 1 Brent Branneman, CHS 47-126-16 445 1 3 Chris Brotherton, SP 31-89-9 401 2 0 Ryan Ford, CHS 16-34-5 199 3 0 Kevin Barnett, GHS 2-5-0 107 2 0 Robert Priest, SP 7-14-0 81 2 0 RECEIVING Name, School Recpt. Yds. Avg. TD Michael Johnson, NP 37 411 11.1 1 Brock Barnhart, NP 30 410 13.7 0 Joe Tucker, GHS 24 491 20.5 4 Max Pipes, NP 16 414 26.1 5 Mark Canull, CHS 16 226 14.1 1 Steve Kaufman, CHS 12 129 10.7 0 Jim Collins, SP 12 149 12.4 2 Kevin Barnett, GHS 10 151 15.1 2 Glen Cassida, CHS 7 38 5.4 0 SCORING Name, School TD PAT FG 2Pt. TP Kevin Barnett, GHS 10 0 0 0 60 Tad Christy, SP 9 0 0 1 56 Brad Resner, GHS 8 0 0 2 52 Randy Pettit, GHS 2 20 3 0 41 Chris Brotherton, SP 4 9 1 2 40 Max Pipes, NP 6 0 0 0 36 Trent Smaltz, GHS 5 0 0 1 32 Joe Tucker, GHS 5 0 0 1 32 B. Branneman, CHS 5 0 0 0 30 Mark Canull, CHS 3 0 0 1 20 Glen Runnells, NP 3 0 0 1 20

High School Football Leaders By The Associated Press State leaders compiled by the Indiana High School Athletic Association through games of Oct 28: RUSHING AU Yards TD Brett I aw, Sheridan 218 2203 39 Travis Hollingsworth, W.Boone 241 1697 29 Shawn Wathall, Castle 277 1629 24 Richard I-anham, Charlestown 160 1445 19 Robbie Rodriguez. Whiting 283 1427 23 Tobi Kems, Crawfordsville 251 1415 23 Chad Lauer. South Spencer 158 1407 37 Floyd Brogden. Ev. Central 194 1404 23 Mike Meriwether, Jeffersonvlle 165 1388 17 Bill Dillon, Can-oil (Carroll) 286 1386 17 Pete Manowitz, Columbus East 230 1385 18 Bryan Raymond, Providence 204 1360 22 John Mercer, Frankton 172 1332 22 Todd Hartzog. FW Dwenger 222 1327 11 Brad Widner, Cass 205 1317 10 Sonny Labhart. Tell City 149 1309 13 PASSING C-Att Yards TD Travis Seel, Madison 146-263 2019 22 Andrew Cornell. Manchester 133-223 1917 23 Matt Pike, Huntington North 132-289 1915 17 Marty Noufer, Richmond 89-164 1886 24 Keith Smith, Seeger 100-183 1807 23 Jason Miskus, Hammond Noll 108-198 1766 15 Shawn Blaich, S Decatur 104-195 1691 15 Ryan Genth, Columbus North 96-156 1688 23 Jeff McPherson, Marion 113-225 1668 14 Allen Cornett, Ben Davis 101-195 1612 8 Chris Conkling, Wawasee 147-281 1576 Matt Pinnick, Franklin 83-163 1535 1 2 Jason Stahl, Seymour 90-164 1525 19 Phil Reimer. Carmel 83-161 1471 Chad Distler, E.Central 99-186 1460 9 Jon McClain, Western Boone 93-175 1450 17 Matt Jones, MC Rogers. 116-244 1448 8 RECEIVING C Yards TD Brad Sexton, Seeger 50 975 16 Doug Holok, Richmond 41 948 14 Tony Carroll, Manchester 47 932 12 Dave Jennings, Portage 56 899 6 Travis Elliott, Salem 37 757 9 Scott Tribolet, Huntington 29 725 10 Tim Lilly. Wawasee 66 719 3 Jon Hill, Indpls Cathedral 41 691 Mau Williams. Martinsville 42 683 8 Jason Ervin, Cambridge City 44 678 Ryan Eaton, Perry Central 37 669 Harvey Kelley, N.Central 23 659 Scott Wunderlich. Ev. Mater Dei 32 641 3 Tun Nowatzke. MC Rogers 44 629 6 Richard Jordan, Franklin 26 629 6 Andre Kirtz. Richmond 21 624 7 Erik Coyne, Bloomington South 29 622 7 SCORING TD 2xp Ixp FG S TP Brett Law, Shendan 43 6 26 0 0 296 Chad Lauer, S .Spencer 37 0 1 0 0 223 Travis Hollingsworth, W.Boone 32 2 0 0 0 196 Richard Lanham, Charlestown 23 14 0 00 166 Floyd Brogden, Ev. Central 25 1 12 0 0 152 Shawn Wathall. Castle 24 3 0 0 0 150 Mike Pirtle, Sullivan 24 3 0 0 0 150 John Mercer. Frankton 24 3 0 0 0 150 Robbie Rodriquez, Whiting 23 4 0 0 0 146 Bryan Raymond, Providence 24 1 0 0 0 146 Tobi Kems, Crawfordsville 23 0 0 0 1 140 Ron White, Rockville 20 0 12 2 0 138 Erik Pearce, Tipton 22 0 0 0 0 132 Neal Harper, Frankton 20 4 0 0 0 128 Jeremy Dunker, Frontier 21 0 0 0 0 126

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