The Independent-News, Volume 108, Number 32, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 13 January 1983 — Page 3

Falcons Win Seventh Straight Over Triton

The John Glenn Falcons visited a winless Triton team Friday night and the effect of three weeks layoff was definiately noticed. The Falcons just didn't look sharp in moving to their seventh straight victory of the season and now have only one more game, a contest at Westville with a 2-8 Blackhawk team Saturday night before the annual Bi-County Tourney. The loss was Triton's 10th straight this season. Very often a team will look as good as their opposition, and perhaps this was partially the case Friday. A lot of missed easy shots, some very loose play with frequent turnovers, some of the very careless nature, kept the Falcons from looking like an undefeated team, but their competition for the night made the seventh straight victory one that was not seriously questioned most of the game although the Falcons couldn't pull away from the Trojans. Mark Jacobson scored first in the game, hitting the second of two free throws after just nine seconds had elapsed. Then Triton’s Curt Anders, the best player on the Triton team by far and as good as was on the floor Friday night, hit first from the right corner and then the left for a 4-1 lead before Rick Hardesty got Glenn’s first basket after three minutes had passed. Mike Arnett hit his first of the night from 16 foot out on the side, but a 9 footer by Gary Flenar put Triton back on top 6-5. Scott Pontius scored next for Glenn on a lay-in, but Anders hit his third basket of the game from 16 foot with 3:31 left in the opening stanza for what was to be the last Trojan lead of the night. Pontius tied it with the second of two free throws and Jacobson put

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Glenn ahead to stay with a short jumper. Arnett and Pontius each added baskets on lay-ins from fast breaks and Spencer Wilcox put in a short turn-around shot from the right baseline for a 16-8 lead before Triton broke the drought with the last five points of the first quarter, making it 16-13 after one. Pontius hit first in the second stanza and the Falcons, after a Jav Montalbano 9 footer, hit three free throws and a basket by Steve Dreessen on a rebound, to jump ahead by eight, 23-15. The Trojans never gave up however, and on three different occasions pulled to within four in the second period before Hardesty’s 22 footer at the buzzer gave Glenn a 33-27 halftime lead. Triton still managed to hang in the contest for the next quarter and first couple of minutes of the i final quarter. They never were closer than four until the final basket of the third period, a short shot from the lane by Ryan • Meister, cut the Falcon lead to 46-43, the way the third quarter ended. Pontius had three of Glenn’s baskets in this quarter and Arnett two. Arnett opened the final stanza i with a rebound lay-in, Glenn's, fourth straight shot from under as I they were controlling the boards most of the night. A dry spell for both teams followed before Gary Neff connected from 13 foot with t 5:43 left, to again trim the lead to t three, 48-45. However, Triton was i only to get two more baskets and I three free throws the rest of the t way as Glenn finally put a little i margin between them and the Troi jans. Jacobson hit two free throws as Triton was getting in some serious foul trouble. Arnett then popped two in a row and Pontius

finished an eight point streak with an 8 footer from the side. This took the clock to under four minutes before Flenar hit a rebound shot on which he was fouled and he made it a three point play. Play was rather ragged and loose from here on out, as Hardesty hit next with two free throws before Matt Zahm hit Triton’s final basket with just 1:08 left to play. Free throws were the rest of the scoring in the 59-52 Falcon victory. The Falcons points were pretty well spread around with Pontius ending up high for the night with 15 on 7 baskets and one free throw. Arnett had 14, all from the floor, Jacobson 12, half from the floor and half from the line, and Hardesty 10, two baskets and six of 10 from the charity stripe. Anders finished with 15, seven baskets and one from the line, despite having foul trouble and setting out part of the game and playing a lot with four fouls. He had no double figure help. Glenn actually won the game from the foul line with Triton outscoring them 46-44 from the floor, but 15 of 24 for Glenn at the line outdistanced Triton’s 6 of 11. Box Score Glenn tg ft ft* p Jacobson 3681 Pontius 7 12 1 Wilcox 2 12 1 Arnett 7 0 0 4 Hardesty 2 6 10 2 Singleton 0 0 0 0 Dreessen 1122 Bottorff 0 0 0 1 Gouker 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 22 15 24 12 Triton Meister 3 0 0 0 Anders 7 114 Methany 3 2 3 1 Montalbano 2 12 4 Smith 0 0 0 3 Flenar 4 111 Klingerman 0 0 0 2 ' Neff 10 0 0 ’ Zahm 3 14 2 TOTALS 23 6 11 17 Score By Quarters Glenn 16 33 46 59 Triton 13 27 43 52 B Team Wlm Fifth Game The John Glenn Junior Varsity defeated Triton 46-38. Mark Cain and Brett Gouker scored 15 points each. Gouker also had eight rebounds and four steals. Darren Skiles hit two of two from the field and Damon Groves had three assists. Cain hit five of six free throws to help ice the game in the fourth quarter. The win gives the JW a 5-2 record and the team will play Westville Saturday night. The following Monday the Junior Varsity will play LaVille at New Prairie in the B-Team portion of the Bi-County Tourney. The winner of the game will play Tuesday against the winner of the Oregon-Davis and New Prairie game. Box Score Glonn U * P Cain 5 5 1 Gouker 6 3 2 Skiles 2 2 4 Groves 3 1 2 Fisher 0 3 3 Totals 16 14 12 Triton Lender 035 Shively 0 2 4

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Senff 71 4 Wanemachcr 6 0 1 Stouder 3 0 I Sommers 0 0 1 Heath 0 0 1 TOTALS 16 6 17 Score By Quarters Glenn 6 19 26 46 Triton 8 17 26 38 WHITE RIVER PARK STATE GAMES OFFICIAL Governor Orr on Thursday. January 6, officially announced the first White River Park State Games will take place in July of this year. The White River Park State Games is the first of many recreational activities evolving from the development of the White River Park. The Games will involve thousands of Hoosiers from across the state, representing all ages and levels of athletic skill. Ten sports were announced for the first Games and include. Athletics. Boxing. Basketball. Cycling, Diving. Gymnastics, Softball. Swimming, Tennis and Wrestling. In years to come, the number of sports could reach 30. An estimated 15,000 - 20,000 Hoosiers will participate in regional competitions statewide. More than 4.000 will qualify for the finals. Indianapolis will host the finalists July 2-4. The White River Park State Games is a pilot project designed to allow the maximum number of participants, whether they are involv-

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ed in organized sports or not It will allow the finalists to use world class facilities in Indianapolis and serves as a training ground for future competitions. The Games are co-sponsored by the White River Park Commission and the Governor s Council for Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine. Jim Rogers, Vice-President of Public Relations of Indianapolis based Hook’s Drug Stores, announced their participation as the Official Corporate Sponsor for the Games. Hook's support of the White River Park State Games includes financial and promotional backing. Hook's is hoping for a long and rewarding association with the project. The Governor's Council for Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, an advisory group to the State Board of Health, sees the Games as an encouragement for Hoosiers to stay physically fit. The group's goals are to educate and encourgae people in Indiana to maintain their health with the help of physical activity. The White River Park State Games is patterned after the Florida Sunshine State Games and New York’s Empire State Games. The first edition of the White River Park State Games is expected to create an amateur athletic tradition for all of Indiana. Winter driving presents surprises. Most geologists believe the * Great Lakes were once river valleys enlarged by glaciers during the Ice Age.

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