Banner Graphic, Volume 21, Number 33, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 October 1990 — Page 7

Regular season ends with all-county night

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor It has become a Putnam County football tradition. The final Friday night of the high school football season, the four Putnam County teams play one another North Putnam at Greencastle and Cloverdale at South Putnam this year. AND IN THIS case both 7:30 p.m. games carry enough meaning that next week’s sectional openers won’t be distractions. North Putnam, 6-1 and ranked No. 6 in Class A, is playing fra- a share of the West Central Conference championship, as well as trying to take the Putnam County Bucket into basketball season. Monrovia, 6-1, played its final WCC game last week and clinched a share of the title. Danville, 6-1, can also win a share of the conference title by beating Tri-West. GREENCASTLE, 5-2 overall and 2-2 in the WCC, is trying to do something it has not accomplished since 1986 beat all three Putnam County opponents. That was the last time the Tiger Cubs were county champs. Cloverdale, 3-4, is shooting for its first .500 season since the early 1980 s. The Clovers are also still looking for that elusive first victory against a West Central Conference team. South Putnam, 2-5, will be trying to avoid having the worst record in Putnam County, something that has not happened since at least 1983 or hpfnrp NORTH PUTNAM AT GREENCASTLE The embers of this long-time rivalry turned red again a year ago and have burst into full flame this season. “They have to go hard and we have to go hard and it will be a hard-fought football game,” North Putnam coach Herb King predicted. “I think it will be a well fought football game whoever wins.” EVEN THOUGH BOTH will like up in an I-formation offense, North and Greene as tie are teams of great contrast North’s offense is built around the drop-back, passing of quarterback Daniel Johnson. Greencastle’s offense is built around option offense, led by Brad Resner. “We have to stop the fullback trap, the (quarterback) option and the deep passes they throw,” North coach Herb King said. Greencastle, on the other hand, must stop Johnson. “He is more elusive and has better footwork this year and I see a lot of people missing tackles on him in films, where they’ll rush on and he’ll give them a little side-step, a little juke, and he’s back able to throw the ball,” Greencastle coach John Fallis said.

QBs successful, but different

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Daniel Johnson and Brad Resner the starting quarterbacks in Friday night’s 7:30 p.m. high school football game at Greencastle High School, are like individuals leading their respective teams to excellent records with outstanding individual performances. Johnson leads North’s 6-1 Cougars into Greencastle High School Stadium as the state’s sixth leading passer with 1,285 yards and 11 touchdowns. Resner leads Greencastle’s 5-2 Tiger Cubs into the final regular season home game with 1,220 yards of total offense for the year and has either passed or run for 21 of Greencastle’s 27 touchdowns. BOTH JUNIOR quarterbacks are quiet individuals more concerned about winning the game than who receives credit for the victory. The nature of football to credit the quarterback for an offense’s success goes against the nature of these two athletes. Both are reluctant recipients of credit for their team’s accomplishments. The numbers the two athletes have put together this season and their quiet natures are where the similarities end. For they are two very different quarterbacks. Johnson is a 6-foot-4, 180-pound drop-back, pocket passer, where as Resner is a 5-foot-9, 160-pound signal caller who runs more often than he throws. “THEY BOTH FIT into their respective systems real well,” South Putnam coach Mark Wildman said. “That’s why they have both been real effective. “I don’t know that Brad Resner could run North Putnam’s offense as good as Daniel Johnson and I

North at Greencastle Cougars (6-1) vs. Tiger Cubs (5-2) Offense D*md Johraon (6-4.180. Jt) QB-QB (5-9,160, Jt) Bud Resner Glen Runnell* (6-0,195, St) FB-FB (5-10.175, Sr.) Ry*n Pucodt Chad Weturnan (6-2,180. St) TB-TB <5-10.155, So.) Wide Berry Michael Johnson (5-11,160, Sr.) FDSB (6-4,185, It) Justin Homier Kevin Mendenhall (6-1,190, Jr.) C-C <5-8.170, Sr.) Chris Jones Scott Richardson (6-1.180, St) G-G .(5-10.180. St)troy Durham Jason Schubert (6-0,195, Jt) G-G (6-3,215, Jt) Imie Ccs Chad Richardsc*i (6-1,175, St) T-T (5-10,165, Jt) Mike Ckdt JJt Hd'.bum (6-1,205, Jr.) T-T (frl, 190, Jt) John Amis „ T-T (6-1,200, Jr.) Steve Graham Brock BanAart (6-4.190, St) E-TE (6-6,200, St) Matt Amis Eric Pipes (6-2.170, St) E-SE (6-1,180, Sr.) Jason Jellison Defense Randy Lamb (6-1.175. St) DE-DE (6-6,200, St) Matt Amis Chad Richardson (6-1,175, Sr.) DT-DT (6-1,200, Jt) Steve Graham Scott Richardson (6-1,180, St) DE-DT <5-8,170, St) Chris Jones Glen Runnells (6-0,190, St) LB-DE (6-4,185, Jt) Justin Homier Jason Schubert (6-0,195, Jt) LB-LB (5-10,180, Sr.) Troy Durham Kevin Mendenhall (6-1,190, Jt) LB-LB (5-10.175, Sr.) Ryan Pitcock Chad Wehiman (6-1,180, St) LB-LB (6-1.190, Jt) John Amis PaulLindSey (5-11,160, Jr.) . LB-CB {5-11,145, So.) Jarrod Duff Michael Johnson (5-11,160, St) CB-CB (5-10,165, Sr.) MikeClaik Pat Payton (6-0, 160, Jt) CBS (5-10,165, St) Mike Clark Daniel Johnson (6-4.190, St) S-S x (5-9,160, Jt) Brad Resner Cloverdale at South Clovers (3-4) vs. Eagles (2-5) Offense Ryan Ford (6-0,160, So.) QB-QB (6-2, 176, Sr.) Robert Priest Brian Spence (5-11,164, St) FB-FB (6-1,171, Sr.) Matt Macy Chris Lewis (5-8,150, So ) TB-TB (5-7,140, Jr.) Mark McKay Brent Branneman (5-7* 140, Sr.) SB-FL (6-2,171, St) Cory Robinson Jason Hoffa (5-9,180, Jr.) C-C (6-1,186. St) Dan McKee ChriaCteea (5-11,175, Jr.) G-G (5-11,148. Jr.) Chris Sparks Jim Wills (5-8.180, 50.).,... G-G . „ (5-10,150, St) Don Schilling John Sterchi (5-11,175, Ft) T-T (6-2,213, St) Allen Bonney John partin (6-0,155, Sr.) T-T (6-3,206, Jr.) Adam Bonney Larry Hall (5-11,150. Sr.) TE-TE (6-3,166, St) Jim Collins Brad Gerlach (5-8,135 Sc,) SE-SE (6-0,150, Sr.) Troy Glare Defense Jason Jordan (6-0,185, So.) DE-DE (6-3,161, St) Dan Glaze Jason Hoffa (5-9,180, Jt) DT-DT (6-3.206, Jr.) Adam Bonney Jim Willis (5-8,180, So.) DT-DT (6-1.186, St) Dan McKee John Partin (6-0, 155, St) DE-DE (5-10,134, Jt) Russell Williams Brian Spence (5-11,164, Sr.) LB-NG (5-10,150, Sr.) Don Schilling Joe Zimmerman (5-11,160, Jt) LB-LB (6-2,176, Sr.) Robert Priest Michael Nee* (5-8,160, Sr.) LB-LB (5-7,148, Jt) Chris Sparks Larry Hall (5-11.150, Sr.) SS-SS (6-2,171. Sr.) Cory Robinson Chris Lewis (5-8,150, So.) CB-CB (5-7,140, Jt) Mark McKay Brad Gerlach (5-8,150, Jr.) CB-CB (6-3,166, St) Jim Collins Brent Branneman (5-7,140, St) S-S (6-0,150, St)Troy Glaze

JOHNSON’S SCRAMBLEING usually opens a receiver. Last week against Cloverdale, Johnson side-steped a couple of would-be sackers and threw a 30-yard pass to end Brock Barnhart to set up the final touchdown in the 42-15 win. Danville, the only team to beat North, controlled Johnson by blitzing on every down, and coach King admits Greencastle has the best defensive front North has faced since that loss. ‘They will probably blitz us this week,” King predicted. “Everybody else has.” The Tiger Cubs’ defensive front of linemen Justin Homier, Steve Graham, Chris Jones, Matt Amis and Jamie Cox and linebacker John Amis, Troy Durham and Ryan Pitcock plays to control the run more than going for the sack. PLUS, THE TIGER Cub

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DANIEL JOHNSON Passing quarterback don’t think Daniel Johnson could run an option offense the way Brad Resner does.” Statistically the difference between the two shows up under the category of total offense. All of Johnson’s positive yards come through the air because he usually, but not always this season, finishes with negative rushing yards. He has completed 73 of 153 passes for 1,285 passing yards to his credit, and averages less than one interception a game. AND FITTING INTO North’s system, which has gone from a run-and-shoot early in the year to an Iformation attack lately, Johnson has run the football just 37 times, or 5.3 times per game. In fact, Johnson has yet to score a touchdown himself, usually handing the ball off to fullback Glen Runnells or tailback Chad Wehrman or throwing to a variety of receivers. Resner’s 1,220 yards of total of-

defense should be playing with a renewed intensity after giving up 34 points and 405 yards of total offense to Edgewood last week. “(We) certainly have to be more physical on defense,” Fallis said. “As we looked at the film, that was really our one letdown. We still pursued pretty well, we were able to score some points. We just weren’t physical enough on defense. We have to be tougher defensively.” As for North’s defense, watch closely because it could a little each down. Because of non-football related disciplinary action, defensive tackle Dale Lucas will not play. North will intially show five linebackers Paul Lindley, Glen Runnells, Jason Schubert, Kevin Mendenhall and Chad Wehrman. But before the ball is snapped one

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BRAD RESNER Option quarterback sense breaks down to 906 passing and 314 rushing. He has completed 56 of 112 passes for 12 touchdowns and averages 1.1 interception per game. And fitting into Greencastle’s option I-attack, Resner has run the ball 108 times, averaging a deceiving 2.9 yards per carry and nine touchdowns. “I’M GOING TO sit on the fence here because they are both difficult quarterbacks to prepare for, but for different reasons,” Cloverdale coach Mike Parks said. “With Johnson it’s like you have this deep (field), from the line of scrimmage and wide. With Resner it’s more lateral,” Parks explained. “It wasn’t any picnic preparing for either one of them.” Monrovia coach John Kaiser likes both. “As far as defending both, you have to do different things,” Kaiser said. “With a kid like Resner, you’ve got to be a little

or two, probably Runnells or Mendenhall, will be at tackle position. CLOVERDALE AT SOUTH PUTNAM South Putnam’s Eagles will not be overlooking Cloverdale Friday night History means little in this contest. “This year all you have to do is look at the records. They have three wins and we have two,” South coach Mark Wildman said. “I THINK IT points to a pretty good game where both teams can look at it as kind of a season savior. It would make Cloverdale 4-4 and it would show us that we did improve during the year and we got a win and can play against single A teams before going into the sectional,” Wildman added. South has had trouble scoring while losing four straight games to No. 3 ranked South Decatur, Monrovia, Greencastle, Owen Valley. However, those four have just five losses between them. “We did everything against Owen Valley except win the ball game. I think that helped our confidence, plus we moved the ball more than the last two weeks and that’s one thing that has helped,” Wildman said. SOUTH’S PERFORMANCE against Owen Valley concerns Cloverdale coach Mike Parks. “Their game against Owen Valley, I felt they played pretty good,” Parks said after seeing the film. “The longer I study them, the more impressed I am with their outing.” South’s team play worried Parks. Cloverdale’s defense can not key on one individual. “It may be easier to keep them corralled as a team, but it’s harder to keep track of them,” Parks said. AND ONE OTHER thing worries Parks. “Mark Wildman does a good job of coming up with something new each week. I’m sure it won’t be any different Friday night,” Park said. For his part, Wildman is worried about Cloverdale’s offense. The Clovers moved the ball and put 15 points on the scoreboard against North Putnam last week and put 30 up against Linton and 44 against North Central. “With (Brian) Spence and (Chris) Lewis in the backfield, they’ve got speed there,” Wildman said. “They’ve got speed at receiver in (Brent) Branneman. “IF WE TRY to get into a ball control game, drive the ball down the field, make it into the end zone, they’ve got the potential to get it (touchdown) right back and they’ve done that with teams.” ‘They’ve just been able to score points in a hurry at times this year and that’s one thing that has hurt us all year,” Wildman added.

more assignment oriented. With Johnson, the way they spread their offense out, it puts a lot more pressure on your ability to defend the entire field. ‘They’re both capable players. That’s going to be an interesting matchup (Friday night at Greencastle),” Kaiser added. WHILE HE WAS South’s defensive coordinator, Wildman said it was tougher to prepare for a running quarterback. But as he looks at a potential rematch with the Cougars in the Sectional 39 title game, Wildman believes Johnson makes North a more difficult opponent to prepare for. Wildman pointed out that Johnson’s passing eats up yardage in large chunks, 17.6 yards per catch. “I don’t consider Daniel Johnson a running quarterback. He’s very good at avoiding being sacked,” Wildman said. “I think he scrambles to throw. Some quarterbacks scramble to run and that’s real tough to defend in high school. Where Daniel Johnson hurts us so much, he can scramble until somebody gets open then he hits them (with the pass). That’s what I mean by taking yardage in chunks. “WHEN WE PLAYED Greencastle, we prepared more for their offense and not necessarially an individual,” Wildman added. “We would have had to defense Greencastle the same way no matter who they played at quarterback. North Putnam, they take Daniel Johnson out of quarterback, we’re going to prepare for them differently.” The two quarterbacks may be reluctant stars, but neither will be reluctant to shoulder the responsibility on a big play Friday night. And win or lose, they will receive either the glory 0r...

County football leaders RUSHING Name, school Alt. Yds. Avg. TD Ryan Pitcock, GHS 59 464 7.9 1 Mark McKay, SP 89 369 4.1 5 Wade Berry, GHS 65 323 5.0 3 Brad Resner, GHS 108 314 2.9 9 Glen Runnells, NP 54 266 4.9 7 Brian Spence, CHS 49 243 4.9 2 Chad Wehrman, NP 28 221 7.9 2 Chris Lewis, CHS 47 220 4.7 4 Rich Runnells, NP 42 200 4.8 1 Matt Macy, SP 35 159 4.5 1 PASSING Name, school C-A-I Pet Yds. TD 2Pt, Daniel Johnson, NP 73-153-5 All 1,285 11 0 Brad Resner, GHS 56-112-8 .500 906 12 0 Robert Priest, SP ‘ 52-116-7 .448 714 4 0 Ryan Ford, CHS 42-107-13 .392 497 4 1 RECEIVING Name, School Recpt. Yds. Avg. TD Jim Collins, SP 26 387 14.8 2 Justin Homier, GHS 18 359 19.9 2 Brock Barnhart, NP 15 346 23.1 2 Michael Johnson, NP 14 314 22.4 4 Brent Branneman, CHS 20 233 11.6 1 Chad Wehrman, NP 10 201 20.1 2 Jason Jellison, GHS 13 177 13.6 4 Eric Pipes, NP 12 164 13.7 3 Matt Amis, GHS 11 146 13.3 3 Cory Robinson, SP 7 138 19.7 1 SCORING Name, School TD PAT FG 2Pt TP Brad Resner, GHS 9 0 0 1 56 Eric Pipes, NP 3 22 2 0 46 Glen Runnells, NP 7 0 0 0 42 Maik McKay, SP 6 0 0 1 38 Michael Johnson, NP 6 0 0 0 36 Brian Spence, CHS 6 0 0 1 36 Chad Wehrman, NP 5 0 0 1 32 Chris Lewis, CHS 5 0 0 0 30 Jason Jellison, GHS 4 0 0 2 28 Brent Branneman, CHS 4 0 0 0 24 Matt Amis, GHS 3 0 0 0 18 Wade Berry, GHS 3 0 0 0 18 Travis Heavin, GHS 0 18 0 0 18 High School Football Leaders By Tb« Associated Pres* State leaders for the 1990 season compiled by the Indiana High School Athletic Association (through seven games): RUSHING Att Yards TD Travis Hollingsworth, W. Boone 199 1572 30 Neal Harper, Frankton 137 1422 22 Brian Moline, Triton Central . 130 1330 17 Eric Gooch, Owen Vriley 127 1287 16 Denies Harris, Lawrence Central 127 1230 17 Jason Ed wards, Tri High 126 1172 19 Brent Biisland, Covington 183 1165 14 Brad Butler, Floyd Central 170 1108 11 Jason Martin, Auka ~ 142 1086 16 Scott Hall, Hagerstown 148 1083 13 Tony Cunningham, Pike 135 1047 7 Bryan Fuller, Garrett 135 1040 13 Michael Balts, Seymour 97 936 1 2 Bo Hundi, Bremen 132 932 16 Jeremy Lowery, Penn 132 919 15 PASSING C-AU Yards TD Eric Goebel, Ev. Mater Dei 140-247 1827 13 Ryan Fox, Pendleton Hts 109-207 1603 11 Shawn Blaich.S Decatur 101-175 1590 21 Scott Motz, Crawfordsville 118-197 1523 11 Daniel Johnson, N.Putnam 73-153 1285 4 Jeff McPherson, Marion 64-122 1231 15 Jermaine Leshore, FW South 71-144 1183 12 Troy Eck, Vincennes 65-128 1156 12 Chris Druin, Clarksville 65-150 1128 9 Mau Meier, Jennings Co. 86-200 1122 8 Chad Bowman, Elkhart Central 86-149 1110 14 Ryan Kirby, N. Montgomery 72-150 1095 8 Brad Crace, Charlestown 62-118 1022 10 Mau Pike, Huntington North 81-190 1021 6 Jim Verta, Whiting 53-118 1011 11 Ryan Hanlon, Madison-Grant 93-169 1006 10 Marc Long, Tipton 61-109 1001 11 RECEIVING C Yards TD Mas Dieterie, Ml Vernon (Posey) 37 769 6 Sergio Del Real, Whiting 33 746 10 Matt Williams, Martinsville 40 687 8 Brett McDurmon, Ev. Mater Dei 44 658 3 Andy Lock, Vincennes 26 647 9 Sean Martin, Charlestown 27 610 5 Phil Co», N.Montgomery 28 560 5 Matt Jackaon, Crawfordsville 35 551 5 Kasey Clevanger, Marion .* 30 550 7 Robby Fisher. Pendleton Hts 31 534 3 Nathan Warner, N. White 21 510 4 Sparky McCord, Elkhart Cent 33 501 8 Qtad Vincent. Clarksville 24 497 6 Travis Elbott, Salem 23 490 4 Troy McKinley. Pendleton Hts. 31 427 6 SCORING TD lxp 2xp FG S TP Travis Hollingsworth, W. Boone 35 31 2 0 0 245 Jtson Edwards, Tri 19 0 13 0 0 140 Neal Harper, Frankton 22 0 1 0 0 134 Jere Gladden, Carmel 2! 0 0 0 0 126 Jeremy Tully, W.Lafayette 14 23 1 2 0 115 Brian Moline, Triton Central 18 1 3 0 0 115 Bo Hundt, Bremen 19 0 0 0 0 114 Pat Huddleaoo. Spring* Valley 18 0 0 0 0 108 Derrick Harris. Lawrence Central 17 0 1 0 0 104 Mike Fannin, Mississinewa 17 0 0 0 0 102 Jason Martin, Attica 16 0 2 0 0 100 Eric Gooch, Owen Valley 16 0 1 0 0 98 Jeremy Lowery, Penn 16 0 1 0 0 98 Jason Wibbels. Jasper 16 0 0 0 0 96 Scott Han, Hagerstown 13 11 1 1 0 94 WCC football standings Teams WCC Total Off. Def. Record Record Pts. Pts. Monrovia 4-1 6-1 160 46 North Putnam 3-1 6-1 194 49 Danville 3-1 6-1 165 91 Owen Valley 3-2 5-2 217 51 Edge wood 3-2 3-4 148 155 Greencastle 2-2 5-2 186 129 South Putnam 1-4 2-5 79 142 Tri-West 1-4 1-6 39 133 Cloverdale 0-4 3-4 124 159 Cascade ' 0-4 0-7 19 262 Last Week’s Results North Putnam 42, Cloverdale 15 Edge wood 34, Greencastle 27 Owen Valley 21, South Putnam 8 Monrovia 32, Tri-West 0 Danville 39, Cascade 0 Friday Night’s Games North Putnam at Greencasde, 7:30 p.m.** Cloverdale* at South Putnam, 7:30 p.m. Monrovia at Cascade*, 7:30 p.m. Owen Valley at Linton, 7:30 p.m. Tri-West at Danville*, 7:30 p.m. ♦ West Central Conference game for designated team •• West Central Conference game for both teams

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