Banner Graphic, Volume 22, Number 223, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 May 1992 — Page 7
Plainfield takes GHS sectional
By STEVE HELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Doug Scamahom ran the final lap of the 1600-meter relay in under 50 seconds. He ran right out the skin on his feet. He burned flesh making up the ground. He was right there, nearly an arm’s length away from catching Plainfield’s anchor runner as the two closed on the finish line. Scamahom was at an arm’s length when the event ended, too. THE 1600-METER relay was a summary of the Tiger Cubs’ effort Thursday in the Greencastle-IH-SAA Track and Field Sectional. Plainfield got too big of a lead early for Greencastle to catch. Despite championship performances by Scamahom in the 400meter dash, Jason Gibbs in the high jump, Monye Steadmon in the long jump and the 400-meter relay team’s near-record run, Greencastle took third place with 82 points. Plainfield, also with four firsts plus a stadium record shot put of 52 feet, B'/i inches by Eric Hartman, won the sectional with 103 points. Danville, with one champion and seven seccond places, finished second with 90 points. “WE HAD SOME good performances. It’s tough to have two
Clovers’ Lewis wins sectional
BLOOMINGTON Cloverdale High School’s Chris Lewis captured his second sectional championship in the pole vault Thursday afternoon at Bloomington North Boys track Bloomington North-IHSAA Boys Track and Field Sectional Thursday at Bloomington Team Scores Bloomington North 120 H, Bloomington South 8514, Edgewood 8214, Martinsville 48, Owen Valley 39, Mooresville 3414, Cloverdale 18, Monrovia 16, Bloomfield 12, White River Valley il, Eastern Greene 8. Individual Events Six places scored points in the Bloomington North-HISAA Boys Track and Field Sectional on Thursday and the first four places in individual events and relays advance to the regional. Discus E, Fleming, BN; Ellett, WRV; White, Mooresville; Hudson, BS. SP E; Nathan, Martinsville; Ellett, WRV; Munson, BS. PV BN; Krothe, BN; tie: Bullock, Mooresvile, and Merry, E. lIJ 6-4, Meyer, E; McKinney, E; Stahl, Mooresville; Mills, BS; Pinkerton, OV; tie: Mikolon, BN, and Merrifield, BS. LJ Joe Zimmerman, C; Mills, BS; Strunk, OV; White, Mooresville. 110-1111 Conard, E; Millenthin, OV; Dawes, Mooresville; Joe Zimmerman. C. 300-LH lenthin. OV; Higginkem, BN; Burton, BS; Bill latum, C. 100 Bf; Hall, E; Cathozzi, BS; York, WRV. 200 Wensell, BS; Cathozzi, BS; Smith, BN; Brown, Bf. 400 Crawford, BN; Jolly, BN; Johnson, Martinsville; Thurmond, Martinsville. 800 tinsville; Temple, BS; Lanam, Martinsville; Viles, Mooresville; Swafford, E. 1600 Morris. BS; Corbin, Martinsville; Van De Venter, Martinsville; Myers, BS. 3200 rovia; Van DeVenter, Martinsville; Cornelius, Bf; Hillenberg, BN; Sellburg, Martinsville. 400-relay Bloomington South; Owen Valley; Edgewood; White River Valley; Bloomfield. 1600-relay Mooresville; Martinsville; Edgewood; Bloomington North; Owen Valley.
Drivers don’t like new yellow-flag rule
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The U.S. Auto Club has set a 100 mph speed limit for pit road during caution periods in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. The Indy-cars generally drive along the pit lane at speeds up to 150 mph, but the speed limit has been imposed to help keep a new caution flag rule from turning into a disaster. WHEN A YELLOW flag is displayed Sunday for an accident or some other dangerous situation on the 216-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, pit road will immediately be closed. It will remain that way until the field bunches up behind the pace car, which will slow the race cars to about 80 mph. Pit road will be opened after the packup and the drivers are expecting virtually all the cars to hit the pits at the same time. Bobby Rahal, the 1986 Indy winner, is among the numerous members of the 3 3-car starting field who have expressed concern over the situation. “I UNDERSTAND WHAT they’re trying to do,” Rahal said, “I understand they want to slow the cars down on the racetrack. I understand they want to improve the safety of the pit procedures. God knows, no driver ever wants to hit anybody. I can think of nothing worse than to hit a crew member. “I think it was well meant, but I think they missed the boat a little bit. I don’t agree with closing the pit. I do agree with a speed limit in
outstanding performances in a row and I would rather have the WCC (Meet title),” Greencastle coach Charlie Dobson said. North Putnam, led by sectional champs Roger Busch and Jeremy Butler, finished fourth with 47 points. The Cougars also got two surprising regional qualifying performances in the 400-meter relay and 1600-meter relay. Hurdlers Tim Swanson and John Furby led South Putnam to 15 points and an eighth place finish. THE FIRST FOUR places in each event, individual and relay, advance to the Lafayette Jeff Regional on May 28. They will compete with athletes from sectionals at Carmel, Lafayette Jeff and Seeger. Scamahom not only ran one of the fastest splits of his 1600-meter relay career, but also won the 400. He tied a Greencastle Stadium record of 50.8 seconds set by Wes Trout of Greencastle in 1988. The record-tying time was shocking because Scamahom ran the first leg of Greencastle’s 400relay just 10 minutes earlier. Scamahom, Anjuan Hughes, Brad Resner and Gibbs won in 44.7 seconds.
High School. Lewis and Cloverdale teammate Joe Zimmerman will return to Bloomington North May 28 to compete in the regional with hopes of going on to the state meet. Zimmerman qualified for the regional with a third place in the long jump. BLOOMINGTON NORTH won its own sectional with 12016 points. Among the West Central Conference teams in the sectional, Edgewood finished third with 82 A points, Owen Valley was fifth with 39 points, Cloverdale was seventh with 18 points and Monrovia took eighth place with 16 points. Cloverdale’s Lewis won the Bloomington Sectional championship with a vault a 13 feet. Once he had the sectional title won, Lewis had the bar raised to 13 feet, 8 inches, one inch above the Cloverdale High School record he set last Friday while winning the West Central Conference championship. “He was ahakey warming up but once he started vaulting, he did quite well,” Cloverdale coach Jim Glenn said. “He cleared 13 feet easily.” ONLY A JUNIOR, Lewis won the Terre Haute Sectional pole vault title as a freshman. That year he qualified for the IHSAA State Championship Meet with a vault of 13 feet, 6 inches. The first four places in each event, individual arid relays, advance to the regional. Zimmerman finished third in the long jump and wasn’t far out of second. He jumped 19 feet, 1114
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Bobby Rahal toasts his pit crew Thursday after it the annual “Carburetion Day” competition. Rahal's winning pit crew included Mike Tzouanakis (far right) of Greencastle. Rahal’s pit crew won the $25,000 presented by their spon-
the pit. I do agree if someone is going too fast through an accident scene or on a yellow, they should be penalized because there are people out there who think the yellow is a good way to make time on the field. “If you’re going to pit on the lap that goes yellow and then you can’t pit for two laps, if you’re out of fuel, then what? You would have
“IT TAKES A lot out of me. If I didn’t have to do that I might be a lot faster. But I’m happy doing that. It’s fun,” the senior said. Steadmon and Gibbs, who won the high jump at 6-feet-6, pulled off a one-two finish in the long jump. Steadmon jumped 20 feet, BV4 inches on his final attempt That took first place away from Gibbs, who was second at 20 feet, 6 3 /a inches. North’s Busch and Butler were not as surprising as the 400- and 1600-meter relays. Busch, who spent the final three hours of school in the nurses office ill, won the 1600 in 4:34.1 and finished second in the 3200 in 10:13.1. Butler practically blew away 800-meter run field the field with a 1:59.0 time. Greencastle’s Brad Resner took second in 2:02.4. North’s 400-meter relay team of AJ. Friars, Kevin and Jason Mendenhall and Butler took third in 46.3 seconds. The 1600-meter relay team of Shawn Walton, Jason Mendenhall, Busch and Butler advanced to the regional with a fourth-place photo finish against Southmont. Greencastie-IHSAA Boy* Track and Fields Sectional Thursday at Greencastle Stadium Team Scores Plainfield 103. Danville 90, Greencastle 82,
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CHRIS LEWIS: Sectional pole vault champion
inches, or less than three inches behind second place. Bloomington North’s De Vane jumped 21 feet, 8 3 A inches for the sectional title. COACH GLENN believes Zimmeman can get more distance. “I think he can probably jump 20-and-a-hglf without much problem,” the coach said. Zimmerman also scored sixth place points for Cloverdale in the
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made it under normal conditions, now you’re on the back straight out of fuel and your race is ruined. “THEN, OF COURSE, they’ll say you have to have a strategy, but anybody who can figure out when the yellows are going to fall, we’re going to go to Las Vegas.” Danny Sullivan, the 1985 race winner, said, “Maybe having everybody pack up behind the pace
North Putnam 47, Southmont 46, Cascade 30, TriWest 27, South Putnam 15, Western Boone 14, Rockville 7, Crawfordsville 4. Individual Events Six places scored pointe in the Greencastie-IH-SAA Boys Track and Field Sectional on Thursday and the first four places in individual events and relays advance to the regional. Discus Kevin Mendenhall, NP; Morris, P; King. D; Carpenter, P. SP Brad Cormican, G; King, D; Thompson, Sm. PV Lewis, G; Ethington, Cr, AJ. Friars. NP; Miller; D. HJ 6-6, Jason Gibbs, G; Ferrell, P; Friend, P; Wilson, TW; Tim Swanson, SP; Chandler, D. LJ Gibbs, G; Craft, TW; Helton, D; Tim Swanson, SP; Bogess, R. UO-HH Mcßride, Ca; Tim Swanson, SP; Dinineer, P; Gordon, TW. 6 300-I,H John Furby, SP; Wes Duggins, G; Dietz, Ca; Helton, D. 100 Boggess, R; Gnrca, P; Dietz, Ca. 200 Anjuan Hughes, G; Farmer, WB; Gruca, P. record by Trout, Greencastle, 5-10-88); Hopper, Ca; MacLaughlin, D; Farmer, WB; Butterfield, P, Clouse, Sm. 800 G; Devlin, TW; Briggs, P, Ross, D; Kluge, P. 1600 Boulware, P, Kunz, D; Gearhert, WB; Schubert, NP. 3200 Gearhert, WB; Ragan, P, Boulware, P, Nathan Jordan, SP. 400-nelay Scamahom, Anjuan Hughes, Brad Resner, Jason Gibbs); Danville; North Putnam (A.J. Friars, Kevin Mendenhall, Jason Mendenhall, Jeremy Butler); Southmont; Rockville; Cascade 1600-relay (Wes Duggins, Ryan McCarty, Brad Resner, Doug Scamahom); Cascade; North Putnam (Shawn Walton, Jason Mendenhall, Roger Busch, Jeremy Butler); Southmont; Danville
110-meter high hurdles. According to the eletric eye of accu-track, Zimmerman ran the hurdles 16.0 seconds in the preliminaries, but a 16.39 in the finals. Bill Tatum finished sixth in the 300-meter low hurdles with a time of 43.1 seconds. Monrovia’s Gerry Emerson finished second in the 3200-meter run with a time of 9:48.0.
car and then having 15 or 16 cars come in at 100 mph creates a scenario that might be worse than having four cars coming down the pits at 140 mph. You’ll not only have them pitting at the same time, they’ll be exiting at the same time. I’m not so sure the exit’s not more dangerous than the entrance because on the entrance everybody’s tires are pretty hot. On the exit, you’ve got pretty cold tires.”
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Monye Steadmon looks down the long jump runway as teammate Jason Gibbs watches during Thursday’s high school track sectional at Greencastle Stadium. Stead-
DePauw to play games in Europe
Bill Fenion’s first opportunity to coach the DePauw University basketball team will come during an eight-day tour of Eastern Europe. Fenlon and the Tigers will have an opportunity to get to know one another while playing seven games in Czechoslovakia and Hungary, June 10 through 16. “THIS IS A tremendous cultural experience for our players,” DePauw coach Bill Fenlon said. “And certainly one which they will cherish the rest of their lives.” While in Czechoslovakia, the Tigers will play games on four consecutive evenings. They will play in Kitra on June 10, in Svit on June 11, in Bratislava on June 12 and on June 13 in another city yet to be determined. SIXTEEN PLAYERS, including graduated seniors Moose
Cubs in sectional action
The Greencastle High School girls tennis team plays North Montgomery at 10 a.m. Saturday in the opening round of the Crawfordsville-IHSAA Tennis Sectional. Greencastle and North Montgomery will play on the Wabash College courts, located across the street from the Wabash gym. Greencastle defeated North Montgomery 4-1 in the regular season.
North closes 9-8 season
ROACHDALE The North Putnam High School golf team closed the season with a 9-8 record and second place finish in a three-way golf meet Thursday afternoon at Deer Creek Golf Course. Cascade won the three-way meet with a 179 score, followed by North Putnam at 183 and South Putnam with a 206. Brent Fowler led North with a 44. Fowler had four pars for the nine holes, but got into trouble with a triple bogey on the second hole and a double on the eight.
Junior girls open softball season at Big Walnut
Rokicki’s State Farm Insurance, WJNZ, and HBG Insurance opened Junior League play with victories Wednesday in Putnam County Girls Softball League action at Big Walnut Sports Park. Rokicki’s defeated Brackney’s 15-5. Nikki Hoover hit a home run and double for Rokicki’s Hoover, Lindsay Kallner, Jenny Dill, Misti Scott, Meredith Greenawald and Jodi Clodfelter all had two or more hits for Rokicki’s. Kallner, Clodfelter, Dill, Scott and Greenawald all had doubles. Amber White hit two triples for Brackney’s. White and Erin Miller each had two or more hits.
May 22,1992 THE BANNERGRAPHIC
mon and Gibbs took first and second places in the long jump to help Greencastle finish third in the 11-team meet. (BannerGraphic photo by Steve Fields)
Hecko, David Ferrell and Mike Daniel, from the 1991-92 NCAA Division 111 tournament qualifying team will make the trip. DePauw Travel Roster Player lit Wt. Cl. Pos. Kirby Brafford* 6-6 215 Jr. C Eric Bruksch*** 5-11 165 Sz G Mark Burgher** 6-2 180 St G Geoff Dains 5-11 185 So. G Mike Daniel** 6-4 175 GD F Ron Danielson* 6-4 180 So. F Dave Ferrell**** 6-4 205 GD F Jim Giesen* 6-9 185 So. C Brady Harvey* 6-0 165 So. G Brett Hecko**** 6-5 210 GD F Patrick Huse* 5-11 160 Jr. G Travis Nelson** 6-4 185 Sr. F Chase Newsom 6-1 160 So. G Todd Seifferlein*** 6-2 174 Sr. G Scott Thompson*** 6-7 200 Sr. C Wayne Vaughan 6-2 195 So. F Coach: Bill Fenlon. Assistant coaches: Troy Greenlee, Mike McGrath. Team Doctor: Jeff Justus. Sports Information Director: Bill Wagner. * Letters earned “GD” indicates 1992 graduates
Southmont and defending champion Crawfordsville play in the other semifinal match at 10 a.m. The winner of the two morning matches will play for the sectional championship at 2 p.m. Saturday on the Tuttle Middle School courts. Tuttle Middle School is located on Chestnut Street (turn right at second stoplight) in Crawfordsville.
Jeff Flora paced South Putnam with a 48. Cascade’s Jeff Franklin was medalist for the meet with a 42. Because of conflicts with other school activities, North Putnam will not play in the IHSAA golf sectional. Thursday at Deer Creek G.C. (Par 35) Cascade 179, North Putnam 183, South Putnam 206 Cascade Jeff Franklin 42, Josh Garvey 43, James Arthur 45, Wes Mantooth 49, Wes Bumgardner 53, Andy Piersail 60. North Putnam Brent Fowler 44, Justin Barker 46, Michael Jackson 46, Bob Young 47, Denny Stranger 52, Andy Doll 62. South Putnam Jeff Hora 48, Josh Morris 49, Chad Evans 52, Matt Bumgardner 57, Gerrit Thompson 57, Justin Anderson 58.
WJNZ downed Hardees 12-1. Heather Lewis and Angie York each had two or more hits for WJNZ. York hit a home run and Jackie Newmann had a double to back up winning pitcher April Middleton. HGB outslugged McQuiks 17-14. HGB with two or more hits included Jenny Oliver, Athena Norman, Courtney Smock, Julie Black, Julie Green, Jami Billman, Andrea New, Sara Monnett, Kristin York, Erica Fox and Angiel Ellis. Oliver hit a triple for HBG and Norman and Smock each had doubles. Chasity Spencer hit a home run for McQuiks.
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