The Independent-News, Volume 121, Number 36, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 January 1996 — Page 4

- INDEPENDENT NEWS — JANUARY 18, 1996

SPORTS NEWS

Falcons Win Two Games Over Weekend The John Glenn Falcons were the winners of two basketball games over the weekend. On Friday night the mighty Falcons took on the Knox Redskins, at Knox, for a victory score of 74 to 58. On Saturday night the Falcons hosted the Panthers from North Wood and came out of that one by a score of 68-62. In Friday night action the Brian Lyle story was seen as he scored 23 points for the night. Nick Medich had 13 and Dan Walter added 11 for the Falcons. This improved the Falcons record to 7-3 overall and they are 4-0 in Northern State Conference action. The Redskins were led by Joey Eskridge who put in 20 points followed by Tim Rose with 14 and Tony Smith with 12 points. SCORE BY QUARTERS Glenn 25 43 56 74 Knox 14 26 38 58 In JV action the Redskins won by a score of 38-34. The Panthers from North Wood came to town on Saturday night for a close fought basketball game seen by those in attendance. The Falcons were led by Jake Neiswender who had 19 points. Brian Lyle added 17; Nick Medich had 14 and Ernie Clark added 12 points for the Falcon victory. The final score was 68-62 in favor of the Falcons. Matt Swihart had 14 points for the Panthers. The JV game was also won by the Falcons, 41-38 in overtime. SCORE BY QUARTERS Glenn 15 22 47 68 North Wood 13 32 50 62 JR. VARSITY IMF ROVES WITH THREE WINS Glenn’s Lady Falcons junior varsity improved to 10-4 with three basketball victories last week. The Falcons topped a much improved Westville team 31-19 Tuesday night and then stopped New Prairie 37-29 on Thursday night in games played on the local hardwood. On the road Saturday, the locals rolled over the Bethany Christian jayvees 40-23. In the Falcons vs Blackhawks game Lexia Drews led all scorers with 10 points. Others scoring were Holly Legge and Danielle Ludwig each with seven points to their credit; Ojeta Oke with five and Becca Strahm with two. The Lady Falcons fought a hard battle to take the win over the Cougars. Jennifer Traub and Holly

Legge led the Falcons with 10 and eight points, respectively. Lexia Drews added seven markers followed by Becca Strahm and Tammy Wasteney with four points apiece. Lynna Potts and Ojeta Oke closed out the scoring with two points each. The Falcons came out strong against the Bruins to win the game on Saturday. Jennifer Traub again led the local girls with 10 points followed by Legge with six; Strahm and Fuentes each with five; Wasteney and Jessica Traub each with four points and Potts, Flaugher and Hathaway each with two points apiece. LADY FALCONS DOWN O-D The Lady Falcons struggled to a 53-39 triumph at Oregon-Davis in first round action of the BiCounty girls basketball tournament, on Monday night. The Falcons will carry a fine 11-4 record into tonight’s semi-final game against Bremen (12-4) on the Lions court with a scheduled tipoff set for 6:30 p.m. Coach Scott Hostetler’s charges worked their way to a 15-9 lead at the first stop and at times looked like they would blow the game open. But the scrappy Bobcats would just not go away as they managed to stay close mainly on the sloppy play of the Falcons. Glenn enjoyed a 30-13 lead at halftime and were on top 40-22 at the end of three periods of play. The Bobcats, behind 11 fourth quarter points by sophomore standout Erin Parrish, closed to within 10 at 49-39 with just over two minutes remaining in the contest. But that was as close as the Bobcats would get as the Falcons scored the final four points to seal the victory. Angel Dietrich with 14 points and Heidi Wasteney with 10 tallies paced the Falcon attack. Parrish took game scoring honors with 23 points for the Bobcats. GIRLS 81-COUNTY SCORES Culver 45, CGA 38 N. Prairie 44, Argos 40 Bremen 51, LaV 23 Glenn 53, O-D 39 JV ADVANCES Glenn’s junior varsity advanced to the semi-final round of the Bi-County tourney with an easy 42-9 trashing of Oregon-Davis in the Bobcats den. Glenn led at all stops: 131; 19-3; 38-5 & 42-9. The

win was the eighth in the Falcons last nine starts and 11th in 15 outings this season. Jennifer Traub paced the local attack with 11 points. Tammy Wasteney added eight. Others scoring were Jessica Traub, Becca Strahm, Danielle Ludwig and Holly Legge each with four points apiece; Lexia Drews with three and Lynna Potts and Alissa Fuentes each with two points apiece. The Lady Falcons return to tournament action on Saturday morning at 9 o’clock at Bremen against the host Lions in semi-final round action. The championship game of the girls junior varsity tourney is set for a 12 noon tip-off. LADY FALCONS RACK UP THREE MORE VICTORIES The Lady Falcons racked up three victories last week to guarantee their first winning cage campaign in over a decade. The wins upped the locals overall record to 10-4 and 4-2 in Northern State Conference play. The Falcons of Coach Scott Hostetler started the week off with a record breaking 85-27 victory over visiting Westville Tuesday night, then Thursday night knocked off a tough New Prairie quintet 51-43 in NSC action at home before escaping with a narrow 3230 win at Bethany Christian on Saturday afternoon. The 85 point total against the Blackhawks set a new high mark for a Glenn girls team on the local hardwood. The old record was 81 points scored against New Prairie in 1978. The most points scored in a game for a Lady Falcon team is 89 points which the Lady Falcons did against Culver Girls Academy in 1977. Pound Westville The local gals left little doubt to the outcome against the outmanned Lady Blackhawks as they raced to a lopsided 26-8 lead at the end of one period of play. The Falcons enjoyed a huge 43-19 bulge at the intermission and were on top 64-23 to start the final eight minutes. Glenn placed four players in double figures in the rout, led by Heidi Wasteney with 18 points followed by Tracey Futa with 17, Bridget Honaker 15 and Angel Dietrich 10. Win NSC Tilt The Falcons found themselves in a real physical battle with NSC foe New Prairie. The Falcons fought their way to a 10-8 advantage over the much improved Cougars at the first stop. Glenn pumped in 18 points in the second frame to build a seven point cushion at the half, 28-21. The Falcons could not shake the Cougars in the

third segment as they led by only six, 39-33. New Prairie narrowed the gap to five in the final period but could get no closer as the Falcons hung on for the win. Tracey Futa was the offensive spark plug for the winners with 14 points. Lindsay O’Connor knocked down two long range treys to chip in with 11 tallies. Beth Honaker hauled down nine rebounds for the locals. Freshman Janice Belzowski led all Cougar scorers with 11 points and nine rebounds. Squeeze By BC Coach Hostetlers squad could not get untracked in their Saturday afternoon encounter with the Bruins of Bethany Christian. The black clad locals fell behind early as they could not buy a bucket in the first eight minutes and trailed 10-3 at the end of the first quarter. The Falcons found the range in the second and went on a 22-8 run over the next 16 minutes to lead 1514 at the intermission and 25-18 at the third stop. Sheila Delagrange hit two free throws with 19 seconds left to pull the Bruins even at 30 all in the final period. Angel Dietrich was fouled with three ticks left in the game and calmly stepped to the line and sank both tries to pull out the victory for the Falcons. Heidi Wasteney and Dietrich paced a balanced scoring attack for the locals with eight and seven points, respectively. BASKETBALL SPRING TOURNEY North American Youth Basketball wili be holding the first of their three annual spring tournaments, March 15-17, in the Gary-Hammond-South Chicago area. The main tournament site will be at Highland High School and there will be competition in four different age brackets. They include sth-6th grade boys, sth-6th grade girls, 7th-Bth grade girls and 7th-Bth

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grade boys. The entry fee is $75 and guarantees each team a minimum of two games. Half of the teams will receive at least three games. The entry deadline is Feb. 29, or when the tournament fills. The tournament is open to the first 16-teams in each bracket. For an entry form or for questions call Ron Divjak, at 219-365-3010 during the evenings or at work at 219-294-4281. Entry forms can also be obtained from the NAYB national office toll free at 1-800-787-3265. PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST WINNERS The 19th state’s love affair with basketball is highlighted as the Indiana Historical Society presents a display of entrants in its annual photography contest opening on Friday, Jan. 19 through Friday, March 15. The exhibition features approximately 30 black and white and color photographs from the contest, including prize winners and selected entrants. Conselected entrants. Contestants had to follow the theme “Hoosier Hysteria,’’ with photographs attempting to capture the Hoosier state’s fascination with basketball. Entries were judged on how closely they followed the theme and the technical quality of their work. Capillary blood vessels that carry blood between veins and arteries were discovered by Italian anatomist Marcello Malpighi in the mid-1600’s. Grover Cleveland was the only president who served two non-consecutive terms of office. He was our 22nd and 24th president. The first vice president to preside at a cabinet meeting in the absence of the president was Thomas Riley Marshall, vice president under Woodrow Wilson.

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