Banner Graphic, Volume 22, Number 116, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 January 1992 — Page 4
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THE BANNERGRAPHIC January 18,1992
sports
North Putnam, Cloverdale games postponed Friday
North Putnam and Cloverdale did not play their scheduled high school basketball games Friday night because of the hazardous travel conditions for their opponents. North Montgomery was scheduled to play at North Put-
Team Dean now 8-0
Team Dean remains the only undefeated team left in the Greencastle Park and Recreation Department Co-Ed Volleyball league. Team Dean is 8-0 after defeating the Nazarenes 15-5, 15-9 Tuesday night at Greencastle High School.
County’s scoring history
Following is a list of the high school basketball players that have scored 1,000 points or more while playing in Putnam County. The player, school, graduation year and point total is listed. Player, school Grad Points Jeff Blue, Bainbridge 1960 1,798 Wayne Bright, Fillmore 1966 1,766 Larry Steele, Bainbridge 1967 1,648 Troy Greenlee, South Putnam 1987 1,556 Mike Troyer, Greencastle 1967 1,550 Craig Sibbitt, South Putnam 1974 1,401 Rick Ford, Cloverdale 1968 1,386 Ron Rossok, Bainbridge 1967 1,383 Chad Tucker, Cloverdale 1983 1,338 *Daniel Johnson, North Putnaml992 1,278 Mike Cooper, Greencastle 1985 1,266 Bill Steele, Cloverdale 1970 1,261 Jerry Neese, Cloverdale 1983 1,259 Ron Wallace, South Putnam 1970 1,222 Ron Blotch, Greencastle 1965 1,211 Jim Price, Cloverdale 1982 1,112 Rod Hervey, Cloverdalel966 1,105 Brett Hecko, Greencastle 1988 1,077 Bill Leer, Greencastle 1970 1,077 Glen Logan, North Putnam 1981 1,041 Jim Chadd, Greencastle 1966 1,033 Robin Moore, Cloverdale 1972 1,028 Chad Wehrman, North Putnam 1991 1,028 Mike Steele, Cloverdale 1973 1,010 *Damon Slaton, South Putnaml992 1,003 ♦ Active player Putnam County Sports Saturday West Central Conference high School basketball (6:30 p.m. JV, 8 p.m. varsity): Greencastle at Eminence North Putnam at Rockville South Putnam at Southmont Cascade at Brownsburg Edgewood at Eastern Greene Owen Valley at Martinsville Sheridan at Tri-West Monday DePauw at Eastern Illinois, 7 p.m., swimming. West Vigo at Greencastle, 6:30 p.m., swimming. Greencastle at Northview, 6:30 p.m., wrestling. Rockville Jr. High at Greencastle Middle School, 6 p.m., basketball. Southmont girls at North Putnam, 6:30 p.m., basketball. North Putnam eighth grade at Southmont, 6 p.m., basketball. South Putnam girls at Cloverdale, 6:30 p.m., basketball. Cloverdale seventh grade (A&B) at South Putnam (Central Elementary), 6 p.m., basketball. Cloverdale eighth grade (A&B) at South Putnam, 6 p.m., basketball. Tuesday Anderson women at DePauw, 7 p.m., basketball. Greencastle at Fountain Central, 6:30 p.m., swimming. Danville freshmen at Greencastle, 6:30 p.m., basketball. Greencastle girls at Crawfordsville, 6:30 p.m., basketball. Greencastle Middle School eighth grade at Crawfordsville Tuttle, 6 p.m., basketball. Cascade at South Putnam, 6 p.m., swimming. Southmont at Cloverdale, 6:30 p.m., wrestling. West Central Conference high school basketball (6:30 p.m. JV, 8 p.m., varsity): Cloverdale at North Putnam Wednesday Rose-Hulman men at DePauw, 7:30 p.m., basketball. Owen Valley freshmen at Greencastle, 6:30 p.m., basketball. Tri-West freshmen at North Putnam, 6:30 p.m., basketball. Northview girls at South Putnam, 6 p.m., basketball. South Putnam freshmen at Northview, 6:30 p.m., basketball. Thursday Greencastle girls at Cloverdale, 6:30 p.m., basketball. Owen Valley at Greencastle, 6:30 p.m., wrestling. Greencastle at Bloomington North, 6:30 p.m., swimming. Greencastle Middle School seventh grade (A&B) at Owen Valley, 6 p.m., basketball. Owen Valley eighth grade (A&B) at Greencastle Middle School, 6 p.m., basketball. North Putnam Junior Varsity Boys and Junior Varsity Girls at Cascade, 6 p.m., basketball. South Vermillion at North Putnam, 6:30 p.m., wrestling. Tri-West Jr. High at North Putnam, 6:30 p.m., basketball. North Putnam freshmen at Turkey Run, 6:30 p.m., basketball. South Putnam eighth grade (A&B) at Danville, 6 p.m., basketball. Danville seventh grade (A&B) at South Putnam, 6 p.m., basketball. South Putnam at South Vermillion, 6:30 p.m., swimming. Cloverdale freshmen at Cascade, 6 p.m., basketball.
nam. The game will be made up on Feb. 22. Southmont was scheduled to play at Cloverdale. The game will be made up on Jan. 28. Saturday night, North Putnam will travel to Rockville. Cloverdale will play at North Putnam on Tuesday.
Rokicki State Farm Insurance is 7-1 after outlasting the Geeks 15-13, 15-13. The Geeks are 44. Midland Co-Op is 5-3 after shutting out Gobin 1115-0,15-0. Team Hayes is also 4-4 after beating Gobin 116-14,15-11.
Slaton scores I,oooth point
Eagles get tough against Eels
By GARY HAZLETT Banner-Graphic Sports Writer CLAY CITY The state of Indiana has been hit with a recent cold snap, but one place on Friday night was hot, the basketball gym at Clay City. The South Putnam Eagles were on fire in a 67-59 non-conference victory over the Clay City Eels. THE EAGLES SHOT 65 percent from the floor, hitting 24-of-37 shots to improve their record to 5-4 heading into today’s (Saturday’s) game at Southmont. The Eagles missed only four shots in the second and third quarters to break open a close game. “We keep putting together the pieces each week. And now we’re getting enough pieces to play well. Our kids played really well tonight,” South Putnam coach Kieth Puckett said. DAMON SLATON, South’s senior forward, went over the 1000point mark for his career in the fourth quarter. Slaton went into the game with 974 points, and averaging 25.1 points a game. Scoring his average would have put him just one point away from what he would need to reach the milestone. With 5:36 left in the fourth quarter the 6-foot-4 Slaton converted the first of two free throws for his 1000th point. He finished with 29 points. “I’d be remiss if I didn’t say how proud I am of Damon Slaton. For him to get a 1000 points the way we play is really a remarkable achievement. We’ve only averaged about 60 points a game in his four
Tiger Cubs not offensive at Edgewood
By STEVE FIELDS
Banner-Graphic Sports Editor ELLETTSVILLE Greencastle’s Tiger Cubs played enough defense to beat Edgewood’s Mustangs Friday night, but lacked the offense to get the job done. Greencastle rallied from a 15point deficit in the second half, but fell short of Edgewood 53-51 in the West Central Conference contest. The Tiger Cubs take a 4-5 record to Eminence tonight (Saturday) for a non-confercnce game. THE TIGER CUBS shot just 36 percent (12-33) from the floor through three quarters of the basketball game, 33 percent (7-21) in the first half, yet trailed only 23-18 halftime and only 41-30 going into the fourth quarter. “If we could have put together any kind of offense the first half we probably would have won the ballgame in double figures. But defensively we were as good as we could be,” Greencastle coach Doug Miller said. Clark Chafin, a 6-foot-4 center, accounted for 28 of Edgewood’s 53 points, as Greencastle shut down the perimeter shooting of Aaron Hancock, who was l-for-8 from the floor and l-for-7 from three-point land. “THE WAY EDGEWOOD is set up with their perimeter players, we weren’t going to get any help (on defense) from our perimeter people. We were basically one-on-one inside. So Chafin did what he had to do. But defensively I couldn’t have been happier with the way we played the game,” Miller said. “We couldn’t take away everything they had.” And Greencastle played with forward Bryan Murray and center Reid Snellenbarger in foul trouble most of the night. Snellenbarger, who scored eight points, picked up two fouls in the first quarter and Murray, who scored 10 points, was called for his second less than a minute into the second period. Both had three fouls by halftime and both fouled out of the contest. “YOU KNOW ME, I don’t usually say anything (about the officials). There were two of those offensive fouls (on Bryan Murray) that were absolutely ridiculous,” Miller said. With Murray and Snellenbarger spending as much lime on the bench as on the floor, the scoring load was spread among the Tiger Cubs. Brad Resner was 4-of-5 from three-point land for 14 points. Brian Branagin came off the bench to score eight points and pull down a game-high eight rebounds. And Monye Steadmon, scored seven points and may have found a new position at point guard. “I thought Monye did a great of of running the point for us. That may be something we have to consider, is putting him at the point and letting him beat people,” Miller
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DAMON SLATON ‘Remarkable achievement’ years. We’ve also had other good scorers in the past,” Puckett said. THE EELS LED the entire first quarter. The Eagles turned the ball over six times against the Clay City press and Chris Booe scored eight of his 15 points to lead the Eels to a 17-12 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Eagles began to handle the pressure and score easy baskets in the second quarter. South used a 16-2 run to turn a 24-15 deficit into a 31-26 lead. Clay Gasway nailed two jumpers within 25 seconds of each other, one of them a threepointer, to lead the charge. “Clay hit the three, gave us a nice lead and gave us the momentum going into the third quarter, ”
WCC Standings West Central Conference Boys Basketball at a Glance School WCC Pct. Total Pct. Cascade 4-1 .800 4-4 .500 Owen Valley 3-0 1.000 7-2 .778 Tri-West 3-1 .750 3-6 .333 Edge wood 2-1 .667 6-3 .667 Nonh Putnam 1-1 .500 5-4 .555 Cloverdale 1-1 .500 4-4 .500 South Putnam 1-2 .333 5-4 .555 Monrovia 1-4 .200 1-9 .100 Greencastle 0-2 .000 3-5 .375 Danville 0-4 .000 0-9 .000 Friday’s Games Edgewood 53, Greencastle 51 North Montgomery at North Putnam (postponed Feb. 22) South Putnam 67, Clay City 59 Southmont at Cloverdale (postponed Jan. 28) Tri-W'est 78, Cascade 63 Owen Valley 75, Monrovia 62 Avon 51, Danville 48 Saturday’s Games Greencastle at Eminence North Putnam at Rockville South Putnam at Southmont Cascade at Brownsburg Owen Valley at Martinsville Sheridan at Tri-West Edgewood at Eastern Greene * Denotes conference games noted. Edgewood led 23-18 at halftime and scored the first 10 points of the second half to take a 33-18 lead with 4:21 remaining in the third period. “The bailgame was almost out of touch,” Miller admitted. JARROD DUFF KNOCKED in a three-point shot and at the same time Edgewood’s Chafin was called for a foul away from the ball, which meant Greencastle got the ball again. Resner hit another threepointer from the baseline for sixpoint swing that cut the Mustangs’
Parish tops 20,000 points as Celtics top Philadelphia
By The Associated Press Il’s been a season of milestones for Robert Parish. The 38-year-old center, who earlier this season grabbed his 12,000 th rebound, notched his 2,000 th steal, played in his 1,200 th NBA game and blocked his 2,000 th shot, became on Friday night the 16th player to score 20,000 points. MORE IMPORTANT to the Boston Celtics, Parish played a key supporting role in a 98-95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers that snapped a three-game losing streak. While Larry Bird and Kevin McHale, the other two-thirds of Boston’s Big Three, remained on the injured list, Parish returned after missing two games because of a twisted left ankle. Parish scored 14 points, pushing his career total to 20,011, and grabbed 10 rebounds in 36 minutes. “IT’S A NICE milestone, but I haven’t thought about it, especially because I’m the last option on offense,” Parish said. “I’m honored to be in such company. It shows my longevity to be able to get up there with all those great old players. “It’s even more amazing because
Puckett said. THE EAGLES HIT 8-of-11 shots and held Clay City to just 4-of-12 shooting to take a 35-30 lead to the lockeroom at halftime. “I think the key was we didn’t come to play. I could see the handwriting on the wall. The last few weeks our intensity has been slipping,” Clay City coach John Church said after his team dropped to 8-6. The Eagle defense turned it up a notch in the third quarter. South held the Eels to just three field goals in the quarter and forced eight turnovers. “With our defense we’re really hard to play against when we’re ahead, but when we are behind we don’t get quite the same effect,” Puckett said. BELIEVE IT OR not, the Eagles shot even better in the third period. South converted 9-of-ll shots from the floor, as Slaton scored 13 points, including two buckets from three-point range in the last minute. The Eagles headed into the fourth quarter leading 5738. “Our kids had some problems recognizing defenses,” Church said of the Eagles switching defenses. The Eels fought back into the game behind Jason Sinders 3-of-4 shooting from three-point range. South slowed the tempo and ClayCity fought back, but the Eagles converted 8-of-10 from the free throw line to preserve the victory. “WE GOT EXACTLY what we deserved. Credit South Putnam for coming in here with a lot of hustle
lead to 33-24. Edgewood pushed its lead back to 13 points in the quarter, but a Resner layup and Branagin’s putback sent the Cubs into the fourth period trailing just 41-30. Three-point buckets by Resner and Steadmon cut Edgewood’s lead to 41-36 early in the period. A Snellenbarger putback kept it there. Snellenbarger tipped out an Edgewood miss, Resner picked up the ball and raced to the other end of the floor where he banked in a running three-pointer that pulled Greencastle to 43-41 with 4:23 to playCHAFIN SCORED A field goal and free throw and Edgewood beat Greencastle’s press once to take a 49-43 lead with 3:16 to play. The Mustangs kept trying to use the clock, but the Tiger Cubs’ pressure defense forced them into eight turnovers in the fourth quarter. And at the free throw line, Edgewood was just 2-of-7 in the final 2:14 of the contest. Murray put back an offensive rebound that lifted Greencastle to within two again, 51-49. Hancock hit two free throws with 29 seconds remaining and Murray added another two points for Greencastle with 12 seconds left. “I WAS VERY proud of us in the second half the way we battled back and got ourselves in position to win the ballgame,” Miller said. The loss left the Tiger Cubs 0-2
I don’t get to shoot the ball a lot. I don’t get 25 shots a night. I just want to do my best to keep things up until Kevin and Larry get back.” Parish said that after missing 2 1 /? games, “I played a lot of minutes. I was winded, tired, had a headache and my ankle hurt, but otherwise I was glad to be out there. It was refreshing to see us maintain the defensive intensity to the end of the game.” ELSEWHERE IN the NBA, it was Orlando 127, Indiana 120; Chicago 102, San Antonio 96; Milwaukee 90, New York 85; Phoenix 134, Sacramento 94; Portland 120, Charlotte 104; and the Los Angeles Clippers 111, Atlanta 107 in overtime. Philadelphia trailed by eight points with 1:48 left, then scored five consecutive points to close to 96-93. Parish was fouled while grabbing a loose ball with 13 seconds left. He sank the two free throws and the Celtics held on for their fifth consecutive home victory over the 76ers since Dec. 22,1989. Kevin Gamble and Reggie Lewis carried the scoring load with 30 and
and intensity,” Church said. David Steward led the Eels with 17 points. Booe scored 15 points and Sinders added 12 for Clay City. The Eagles were led by Slaton’s 29 points, 1,003 for his career now, and Todd Carter chipped in 11 points. “We’re going to be a team nobody wants to draw in the sectional. I was really pleased with the win tonight,” Puckett said. Clay City won the junior varsity game 54-39. Friday at Clay City South Putnam Eagles 67, Clay City Eels 59 Eagles FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Slaton 11-16 5-8 3 4 29 Haltom 3-6 2-2 16 9 Carter 3-3 5-7 3 6 11 McKay 3-6 1-2 1 1 7 Gasway 2-3 2-3 2 3 7 Foxx 1-1 0-0 2 2 2 Medina 1-2 0-0 3 0 2 Reynolds 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Gregory 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Team 0-0 0-0 0 4 e Totals 24-37 15-22 15 24 67 Eels FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Steward 6-13 4-4 3 7 17 Ratcliff 0-6 2-2 2 2 2 Owens 4-8 1-3 19 9 Booe 6-14 0-0 4 3 15 Sinders 4-9 1-1 5 2 12 Defore 0-0 2-4 3 0 2 Neiswinger 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 Sellers 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Rector 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Totals 21-53 10-14 19 24 59 SCORE BY QUARTERS SOUTH PUTNAM 12 35 57 67 CLAY CITY 17 30 38 59 3-Point FG: South Putnam 3-5 (Slaton 2-4, Gasway 1-1), Clay City 7-18 (Booe 3-5, Sinders 38, Steward 1-5). Turnovers: South Putnam 12, Clay City 16. JUNIOR VARSITY Clay City 54, South Putnam 39. South Putnam Gardner 11, Wells 10, Robertson 7, Van Sickle 4, Rossok 4, Medina 2, Jordan 1. Clay City Nemeth 18, Groover 12, Royer 10, Katopodis 10, Booe 4.
in the WCC with league leader Cascade coming to McAnally Center next Friday night. “We just want to finish 7-2 now and whatever happens, happens in the conference,” Miller said. Edgewood also won the junior varsity game 60-44. Friday at Ellettsville Edgewood Mustangs 53, Greencastle Tiger Cubs 51 Tiger Cubs FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Murray 5-11 0-0 5 4 10 Steadmon 3-10 0-0 15 7 Snellenbarger 4-5 0-0 5 0 8 Duff 1-5 0-0 2 0 3 Resner 5-9 0-2 4 5 14 Branagin 3-7 2-2 2 8 8 Clade 0-1 1-2 0 0 1 Dobson 0-0 0-0 10 0 Manion 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Phillips 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Team 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Totals 21-48 3-6 21 23 51 Mustangs FG-FGA FT-FTA PF R TP Fisher 0-3 0-0 17 0 Hancock 1-8 4-5 0 4 7 Chafin 11-16 6-7 3 7 28 Fleming 1-5 0-3 3 2 2 Schoonover 5-9 0-1 1 4 10 Raper 1-2 0-1 3 4 2 Bruns 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 Slcssinger 2-2 0-0 2 0 4 Ramsey 0-1 0-0 0 10 Team 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 Totals 21-46 1 0-17 14 33 S 3 SCORE BY QUARTERS GREENCASTLE 6 18 30 51 EDGEWOOD 10 23 41 53 3-Point FG: Greencastle 6-11 (Resner 4-5, Duff 1-4, Steadmon 1-2), Edgewood 1-11 (Hancock 1-7, Fleming 0-2, Schoonover 0-2). Turnovers: Greencastle 16, Edgewood 17. JUNIOR VARSITY Edgewood 60, Greencastle 44 Greencastle Phillips 15, King 13, Paris 5, Bonebrake 4, Peterson 3, Brown 3, J. Clark 1. Edge wood Brinson 16, Dallas 14, Swafford 6, McGlocklin 6, Kriete 4, Englert 4, Ramsey 3, Hostetler 2, McKenny 2, Hamilton 2, Sanders 1.
24 points, respectively. The 76ers were led by Hersey Hawkins with 20 points and Armon Gilliam with 19. Bulls 102, Spurs 96 Michael Jordan was elbowed in the jaw by teammate Scottie Pippen early in the game, but came back to score 20 of his 31 points in the third quarter against San Antonio, lifting Chicago to its eighth consecutive victory. The Bulls, who trailed by nine points at halftime, improved their home record to 18-2 as Horace Grant added 19 points and Pippen 17. The Spurs were led by David Robinson with 20 points. Magic 127, Pacers 120 Scott Skiles scored a career-high 41 points as Orlando won for the third time in 28 games, overcoming a 14-point deficit in the second half to win at Indiana. Chuck Person led the Pacers with 29 points, while Rik Smits scored 23 and Reggie Miller 22. Jerry Reynolds had 17 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter for the Magic.