The Independent-News, Volume 120, Number 44, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 March 1995 — Page 6

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- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS — MARCH 16, 1995

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The John Glenn 1994-95 girls junior varsity basketball team won the 12th annual Bi-County JV tournament and went undefeated in Northern State Conference action enroute to a sparkling school record 17-2 campaign. Coach Dan Hutton’s quintet became ther first Glenn team to win the junior varsity Bi-County affair in the 12 year running of the tournament. The locals eliminated Bremen in the opening night of play ending a five year domination of the tourney by the Lions. The Falcons then clipped Argos 44-28 in the semi-final round before dowing New Prairie 30-22 in the championship tilt. The Cougars won their semifinal contest by forfeit and rested while Glenn played the Dragons at 9:00 a.m. and then returned to play New Priaire for the crown at noon. Glenn has been tourney runner-up twice in 1993 and 1988. The Falcons 17 victories is also a school best as well as their .895 winning percentage. Coach Hutton’s club averaged 31.9 tallies a game while giving up only 20.1 points for a winning margin of 11.8 markers a game. The young Falcons, nine freshmen and one sophomore, scored 46 points against Westville for a season high offensively while holding the Blackhawks to a defensive low of eight points. Defensively, the Falcons held 10 of the 17 opponents to 20 or less points. The team’s only losses came at the hands of South Bend Riley in overtime and Plymouth. Both losses came early in the season before the Falcons reeled of 12 consecutive wins to closeout the season, another team record. The Falcons defeated Bremen for the first time since 1984 to snap a E-Z STUMP REMOVAL REASONABLE RATES Bill Etlinger 586-2167 Walkerton FULLY INSURED < ?s

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13 game stranglehold by the Lions. This year’s team is the only group to defeat Bremen twice in a season. Glenn has only defeated the Lions three times in 19 meetings at the JV level. Coach Hutton’s charges breezed through NSC competiton with an unblemished 7-0 mark. The local gals averaged 30.7 points per game in league play to just 19.4 points an outing for their opponents for a fine 11.3 winning margin. It marked the first time a local JV team had defeated all seven schools in the league in a season. Glenn is now 53-20 over the last four years at the junior varsity level for a very impressive .729 winning percentage. The Falcons have posted four straight winning seasons, another JV record. During the last four campaigns coach Hutton’s teams and players have nearly rewritten the local girls junior varsity record book. Individually, the locals were led in scoring by Heidi Wasteney and Bridget Honaker with 135 and 132 points, respectively. Holly Legge also topped the century mark with 106 tallies. This marked the first time three players have scored more than 100 points in a season, and all three are freshmen. Legge led the team from the 15-foot stripe with a .625 percentage and Ojeta Oke was the leader in the field goal department with an outstanding .525 shooting percentage. JoHanna Hathaway also shot well from the field with a .477 mean. Honaker also led the team in rebounding and steals with 92 and 68, respectively. Share Oke was a close second in the rebounding department with 87 retrives. All the girls improved over the course of the season but coach Hutton thought Hathaway showed the most improvement. This year’s team possessed all the ingredients that make up a championship team, according to their coach. The group was very talented, hard working, had a lot of heart, loved each other and the game and were very coachable. They were extremely close as friends on and off the courts. Coach Hutton felt this was without a doubt, the best defensive team he has had. As the old

saying goes offense wins games but defense wins championships and this team adopted that motto. Coach Hutton feels girls basketball is on a definite upswing at John Glenn because in addition to this year’s results on the varsity and junior varsity, the eighth grade team is currently 11-1 and is tall and talented. Hoever, he warned that all the returning players must continue to work hard in the off season in order to get to the next level and to be competitive at that level. Congratulations on a great year. 1994-95 Scores We Opponent They 30 LaSalle 23 30 Knox 24 30 Riley (OT) 34 33 Argos 23 35 Bremen 20 24 Bethany Christian 22 18 Plymouth 24 38 Oregon-Davis 13 34 Jimtown 17 37 South Central 13 29 New Prairie 16 29 Triton (OT) 26 24 Culver 19 46 Westville 6 Bi-Country Tournament 32 Bremen 19 44 Argos 28 30 New Prairie 22 34 La Ville 14 29 S.B. St. Joe 16 UREY BTH GRADE GIRLS SLIDE BY GOOD KNOX TEAM •The Urey Middle School eighth grade took a hard fought 29-23 decision from Knox in girls junior high basketball action Tuesday on the Redskins’ hardwood. The victory enabled the Falcons to improve to 10-1 on the year while Knox suffered only its third defeat in 13 outings. After a 4-4 deadlock at the first stop, the black clad locals took a 12-10 edge to the dressing room at the intermission. The Falcons led by only two at the third stop, 17-15, but then outscored their hosts 12-8 in the final six minutes to preserve the victory. Beth Honaker took game scoring honors with 14 points. Jennifer Traub added six tallies to the winners cause followed by Lynna Potts with four, Tammy Wasteney three and Becca Strahm two. B-Team Falls 26-22 Urey’s eighth grade B-team sufferedd a 26-22 loss in the preliminary contest. The locals played well in a close game but trailed 8-4 at the first stop, 13-11 at halftime and 20-16 at the end of the third quarter. Jessice Ellis topped the scoring for the Falcons with 10 points. Other scoring for Urey were Jenny Newcomb five, Jen Shaw three, Korey Whitmer two and Jennifer Robertson two. IVY TECH ANNOUCNES DEAN’S LIST Several area students have been named to the Dean’s List at Ivy Tech State College for the Fall Semester, 1994, college officials recently announced. The honor is bestowed on full-time students who acheive a grade point of 3.5 or above. Area students are: Fred F. Marek and Justine M. Shetler, both of North Liberty; Charlene Sinn and Kathleen M. Stiegal, both of Walkerton. 25 Yeers Os Profession! & Person! Service • UPHOLSTERY ; ’ CARPETING MO • BOATS 1 ram : S ES W (219) 586-2745 Call 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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Ray & Kenny’s Educational Advantage program contributed to the John Glenn High School Band for their annual trip. Pictured is Kenny Chapman, owner of Ray & Kenny’s, presenting a check to Mr. Dan Fortlander and Miss Cathy Austin, of the John Glenn Music Department. FALCONS HAND NEW PRAIRIE 37-27 SETBACK The Lady Falcons of Urey Middle School handed New Prairie’s Cougars a 37 - 27 setback in girls eighth grade basketball play Thursday in the Falcon’s nest. Ilie local handled the Cougars 30-18 just five days earlier in Urey Tournament action at North Liberty. The victory was the seventh against no losses in games involving Northern State Conference foes and 11th win in 12 starts for the Falcons. New Prairie falls to 6-6 on the year. After trailing 10-8 at the end of the initial period, the Falcons shutout the visitors in the second six minute segment enroute to a 20-10 halftime advantage. The locals built their lead to 30-15 after

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three quarters. The local eagers were led in scoring by Becca Strahm and Jessice Traub with eight points each. Beth Honaker added seven tallies followed by Tammy Wasteney with five, Alissa Fuentes five and Lynna Potts four. Coach Dan Hutton praised his team for their outstanding defensive hustle and offensive effort. B Team Wins 34-25 The Falcons B-Team recorded their second win in five outings by a 34-25 score over the Cougars. The two teams battled to a 6-6 tie at the end of period one before the winners jumped to a 20-12 lead at the half. The Falcons increased their advantage to 26-16 at the third stop. Jessie Ellis poured in 14 points to pace the Urey attack. Jenny Newcomb, Jen Shaw and Mellisa Craig added six points apiece and Korey Whitmer two for the Falcons cause. George Washington was the only president to run unopposed, in 1788 and 1792. James Monroe also ran unopposed in 1820, but one elector cast his ballot for John Quincy Adams so that Washington’s record would not be matched.