Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1962 — Page 7

MONDAY, JANUARY IS. Mi

Berne Wins Third County Title In Row

Bears Down Adams Central Greyhounds In Final Game Saturday Night, 72 To 50

By PETE REYNOLDS The Berne Bears captured their third consecutive Adams county high school basketball championship Saturday night, defeating the Adams Central Greyhounds, 72-50, in the final game of the annual tourney at the Adams Central gym. The Bears won their way to the final round with a 60-52 victory over the Monmouth Eagles in Saturday’s first semi-final game, and the Greyhounds eliminated the Pleasant Mills Spartans, 48-36, in the second semi-final. Champions Start Slowly Coach Amzie Miller’s Greyhounds electrified their fans and chilled the Berne partisans as Adams Central rolled up a 13-4 advantage in the first eight minutes of play. The Greyhounds grabbed a 10-0 lead on two field goals by Dick Habegger, another by Bob Heyerly and four free throws by Don Sharp before Gary Habegger finally broke the scoring ice for the Bears with a brace of foul tosses with 2:45 to play in the first quarter. Ed Hirschy added an Adams Central field goal and Heyerly a free throw before Dick Smith hit the Bears' first field goal with 30 seconds to go. Berne finally worked into a 15-15 tie at the 5:40 mark of the second period on Jerry Fosnaugh's first fielder of the tilt Then Erv Inniger hit three from the field and Gary Habegger one and the Bears were on top, 23-15, at 4:10 to play, and rolled from there on in. The Greyhounds scored only five points in that second bracket, and Berne had piled up a 17-point margin, 35-18, * at the long rest period. The Bears increased their advantage to 53-32 at the third period. Erv Inniger topped all the scorers with 21 points, Gary Habegger counted 19 and Bob Stahly 14. Dick Habegger counted 13 for the Greyhounds, Don Sharp 12 and Bob Heyerly 11. Eliminate Eagles Don Brown's 22 points and fine all-around play was not- enough for Don Elder’s Eagles as the Bears, playing the entire game without a substitution, eliminated Monmouth in the first semi-final, 60-52. Gary Habegger and Bob Stahly, guards on Bruce Smith’s champtons, more than offset the onefojjfn show of Brown, with the Btrne back-liners each contributing 18 points to the triumph. Monmouth led only twice in the ball game, both in the first quarter at 8-6 and 12-1, but the Bears held a three-point «ige, 15-12, at the end of the period. Balanced scoring by the Bears upped their advantage to 10 points, 30-20, as the teams went to the dressing rooms at half time. The Eagles outscored their opponents in the third quarter, 21-16, but Berne carried a five-point advantage, 46-41, into the final eight minutes of action. Twopointers by Gary Habegger, Stahly! and Erv Inniger in the first 70: seconds of the closing stanza boosted Berne's advantage to 11 points, and the Bears kept the game under control the rest of the way. Brown led all the scorers with his 22 points, but none of his Eagle mates could get into double figures. Gary Habegger and Stahly topped the Bears with 18 each, and Erv inniger added 13. Spartans Ousted The second semi-final was a close struggle for three quarters, but the Greyhounds took charge in the final period to oust Tom King’s Spartans, 48-36, and qualify for the championship encounter. The Greyhounds led throughout the first quarter until Marv Luginbill hit his third fielder of the period to forge a 10-10 deadlock

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ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Mayer School Position Erv Inniger Berne Forward Bob Heyerly Adams Central Dennis Braun Monmouth •” Forward Steve Blythe Commodores Forward Marv Luginbill Pleasant Mills Center 1 Dean Schieferstein Monmouth Center Don Brown Monmouth Guard Gary Habegger Berne Guard Bob Stahly Berne Guard Don Sharp Adams Central Guard

after the first eight minutes. A pair of two-pointers by Gary Clouse and another by Luginbill boosted the Spartans into a 16-10 lead after 80 seconds had elapsed of the second period. But the Greyhounds regained the lead on two field goals and a free throw by Don Sharp and a two-pointer by Lloyd Knittie, playing his first game in weeks because o 4 an injured knee. The lead switched hands twice after that, with the Spartans holding a slim 20-19 lead at the half. Greyhound fans moaned when Sharp fouled out with 5:24 to go in the third period, but the Greyhounds went back into the lead at 29-28 on Knittie’s second bucket and Adams Central was not headed again, although Knittie reinjured his knee with a minute to play in the third stanza and could not return to action. Adams Central i held a 35-30 bulge at the end of toe period, and steadily increased its margin in toe final eight minutes of play as the Spartans scored only six points the rest of the way. Each team had only oner player in double figures. Marv Luginbill was the game's top scorer with 16 points, and Bob Heyerly led Adams Central with 14. Berne FG FT TP Smith 3 1-1 7 E. Inniger ——s 3-3 13 Fosnaugh 2 0-0 4 G. Habeggerß 2-5 18 Stahly a9 0-1 18 Monmouth FG FT TP Braun 4 1-3 9 Scheumann 12-4 4 Schieferstein 4 0-0 8 Singleton 4 1-4 9 Brown 8 6-6 22 Koltero 0-0 0 Boerger — 0 0-0 0 , TOTALS 21 10-17 52 Officials: Wiley, Meyers. Adams Central FG FT TP Heyerly 6 2-2 14 Workinger 3 2-2 8 Habegger 2 2-4 6 Hirschy 0 3-10 3 Sharp 4 1-4 9 Egley 2 0-0 4 Knittie 2 0-0 4 Schlickman ... 0 0-0 0 Owens 0 0-2 0 TOTALS 19 10-24 48 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Ohler 2 2-3 6 Clouse 2 5-8 9 M: Luginbill T 2-4 16 Currie 0 2-3 2 McMillenl 1-2 3 Beer ....... 0 0-0 0 R. Lu gin bill 0 0-1 0 Daniels 0 0-0 0 Burkhart 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 12 12-21 36 Officials: Meyers, Wiley.

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CHAMPIONSHIP Berne FG FT TP Smith 4 0-0 8 E. Inniger 8 5-7 21 Fosnaugh -.3 0-3 6 G. Habegger7 5-6 19 Stahly 7 0-0 14 F. Inniger .... 0 0-0 0 Schierling 0 1-1 1 Renner ————— 0 0-0 0 Baumgartner 0 1-2 1 Ringger 1 0-0 2 Bransteter 0 0-0 0 K. Habeggero 0-0 0 Kingsley 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 30 12-19 72 Adams Central FG FT TP Heyerly 5 1-1 11 Workinger 1 2-2 4 Habegger 5 3-5 13 Hirschy 0-0 6 Sharp 3 6-8 12 Knittie 10-0 2 Egly 0 0-1 —0 Dick ——_lo-0 2 Owens 0 0-0 0 Schlickmano 0-0 0 Ripley 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 19 13-17 50 Officials: Wiley, Meyers. Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams TUESDAY Hartford at Madison Twp. FRIDAY Yellow Jackets at Kendallville. Adams Central vs Hartford at — Pleasant Mills at Bryant. Geneva at Pennville. SATURDAY Monmouth at Berne <2 p.m.) Lancaster Centeral at Geneva

■' .. ■ . — J BOWLING Major League W L Pts. City News Agency 3 0 4 Teeple Truck Line ...2 1 3 Three Kings 2 1 3 Price Men’s Wear 2 13 ’ V. F. W. 2 1 3 Beaver's Oil Service.. 2 13 Midwestern Life Ins. 2 13 Preble Elevator 2 1 2 Burke Insurance .... 1 2 3 West End Rest. ...... 12 1 Lindeman Const. C 0... 12 1 Mirror Inn .. ■. 12 1 Hoagland Farm Equip. 12 1 Ideal Dairy ..._ T 1 2 1 Gene’s Mobil Service 1 2 1 Kelly Dry Cleaning ..0 3 0 High series: Ronnie Hakes 815, (186, 230, 199); Ralph Hobbs 611 ' (180, 216, 215). High games: D. Reidenbaeh 247, W. Petrie 211, P. Schroeder 233, H. Krueckeberg 204, C. Baker 211, D. Burke 215, L. Hoffman 215, A. Buuck 204, J. McCagg 205. J. Parent 210, R. Ladd 213, J. Meyer 201, W. Tutewiler 210, R. Hess 203, R. Ballard 211, R. Bolinger 211. Classic League Final First Half W L Pts. Leland Smith Ins. 34 20 47 West End Rest. “ 32 22 41 Preble Gardens .. 30 24 40 , Gerber Supermkt.. 29 25 40 Schrock Builders.. 27% 26% 37% Citizens Tel. C 0... 27 27 34 Evans Sales & Ser. 24% 29% 33% Decatur Farms .. 25 29 32 Leasing Inc. 21 33 28 The Heidelberg .. 20 34 26 High series: Dick Mies 655 (233, 235, 187); Pete Bleeke 635 (191, 230, 214); Bob Beauchot 631 (187, 224, 220>; Wilbur Petrie 626 <144, 237, 245); Al Buuck 615 (232, 177, 206). High games: J. Loshe 208, W. Snyder 201, J. Merriman 209, L. Cristman 203. J. Meyer 205, R v Ladd 203, C. Melcer 223, R. Hollmann 208, R. Lord 212, W. Schlaudraff 228, R. Hobbs 202, 211, C. Cook 203, F. Wilson 200, W. Call 211. ■ Note: The Leland Smith Ins. team won the first half of the ' Classic league.

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—• Team Standings W. L. Pct. Berne —- 11 2 .846 Monmouth , 9 4 .692 Yellow Jackets .... 9 4 .692 Commodores 6 6 .500 Adams Central .... 5 9 .357 Pleasant Mills 4 8 .333 Hartford 3 9 .250 Geneva 2 9 .182 Congratulations to coach Bruce Smith and the Berne Bears for their third consecutive county basketball championship. And the same congratulations to coach Don Elder and toe Monmouth reserve team for the second team championship. —oOo— With county tourney action ended, the teams return to their regular schedule this week, keeping one eye ahead toward the annual sectional, which will open only five weeks from Wednesday at toe Adams Central gym. All teams will be in action this week with toe exception of the Decatur Commodores. ( —oOo— Seven games are slated this week, one Tuesday, four Friday and two Saturday. Lone contest Tuesday night sends toe Hartford Gorillas to Madison township to Jay county. The Decatur Yellow Jackets who boosted their season record with a pair of resounding victories last week, take to the road Friday night, traveling to Kendallville to meet the Comets in a Northeastern Indiana conference contest. Other games Friday pit Adams Central against Hartford at the Geneva gym, Pleasant Mills travels to Bryant and Geneva goes to Pennville. Feature of Saturday’s two-game card will be the annual homecoming of the Berne-French high school. Hie Bears will meet toe Monmouth Eagles at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon as the homecoming highlight. In other Saturday action, the Geneva Cardinals will host the Lancaster Central

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New Haven Takes Wrestling Tourney

f New Haven copped the championship of its third annual, invitational wrestling tournament in the New Haven gym Saturday, piling up 68 points to finish well ahead of runner-up Peru’s 39 points. Howe Military finished with 33 points and Decatur totaled 25. Four of coach Gary Giessler's grapplers won morning matches in their respective divisions, but all four were defeated in the championship matches Saturday afternoon. Dave Adams pinned Taylor of Howe in the 95 lb. class, and Alan Kalver pinned Cassel of Peru in the 103 lb. division. Neil Butcher pinned Christianson of Howe in the 127 lb. class, and Dale Wass decisioned Jornod of New Haven in the 145 lb. division. All four lost in championship matches, but each was awarded a red ribbon for second place finishes. Steve Hazelwood of Decatur gave Gulyas of New Haven all he wanted in the heavyweight class, staying with the Bulldog veteran longer than any opponent he has faced this year, before finally losing to him. ; Third place winners for the Jackets included: Gary Myers, 112 lb. class; Sam Baumann, 133 lb. class, and Roger Conrad, 138 lb. division. The Yellow Jacket grapplers will travel to New Haven for a match with the tough Bulldogs Wednesday night at 7 o’clock. Saturday summary: 95 lbs. — Trexler (P) pinned Adams (D); 103 lbs.—Brubaker iNH) decisioned Kalver <D»; 112 lbs.—Ege <P) decisioned Voiget INH); 120 lbs. — Reiling (NH> pinned Petty IP); 127 lbs.—Loeffler (NH) pinned Butcher <D); 133 lbs. —Downey (NH) decisioned Green (HT); 138 lbs.—Holdren IP) decisioned Fisher (NH); 145 lbs.— Mcßrearty ’(H) pinned Wass ID); 154 lbs.—Lewis <NH) decisioned Hutchens (H); 165 lbs. — Hearn ,(NH) decisioned Buchard (HIjJWS, lbs —Osterink (H) decisioned Reidel (NH); heavyweight — Gulyas (NH) pinned Barnhill (P)i If you have something to sell or trade — use Democrat want ads — they get BIG results.

Bobcats at Geneva. —-000— The Bluffton Tigers still top the Northeastern Indiana conference standing with fife victories and no defeats. Elmhurst, the only team with only one setback, will meet toe Tigers at Bluffton Friday. Also on Friday, Decatur plays at Kendallville and Garrett at Columbia City. NEIC Standings W. L. Pct. Bluffton 5 0 1.000 Angola — 5 2 .714 Concordia 4 2 .6671 Elmhurst ..... 2 1 .667 Auburn 2 3 .400 Columbia City — 2 3 .400' Decaturs«. 2 3 .400 Garrett 2 4 .333 Kendallville 1 4 .200 New Havenl 4 .200 Don Brown, of Monmouth, scoring 48 points in two tourney games last week, boosted his scoring average to 18.9 points per game, to take over leadership in the: individual scoring race. The top 10 scorers, with games played, total points scored, and average per game, follow: GP TP Ave. Brown, Monmouth .. 12 227 18.9 M. Luginbill, Pl. Mills 11 199 18.1 BoUenbacher, Y. J. - 13 232 17.8 Walters, Y. Jackets .. 13 205 15.8 Braun, Monmouth .. 13 198 15.2 Blythe, Commodores 12 176 14.7 Smith, Berne 12 169 14.1 E. Inniger, Berne —l3 178 13.1 Eichenauer. Y. J. - 13 170 13.1 Habegger, Hartford . 12 151 12.6

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THIRD IN ROW— The Berne Bears pose behind their 1962 county tourney championship trophy, the third such trophy they have copper in the past three years. The Limber lost Bell is shown at the left. Members of the champs are, left to right, front; Gary Habegger, Chris Renner, Jerry Fosnaugh, Dick Smith, Erv Inniger, Marvin Bransteter, and Bob Stahly; rear row, left to right. Coach Bruce Smith, Kent Ringger, Dennis Baumgartner, Darrell Schierling, Karl Kingsley, Fred Inniger, Keith Habegger, and assistant coach Jerry Sprun^er.—(Staff Photo).

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