Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 110, Number 41, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 9 October 1991 — Page 9

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Here are the mighty Bulldog seventh graders from Nappanee Middle School. Front, from left, Gary Schmucker, Nate Dale, Donny Black, Amos Frye, Clint Andrews, Jerry Schmucker, Michael Sanders, Ryan Detwiler and Brandon Potts. Second row, Shawn Persing, manager; Mark Shipley, Jeff Steiner, Jason Yoder, Wes Burnworth, Todd Coffin, manager; Josh Bitting, Matt Weldy, Ben Linville, Eric Oglesbee, and Eric Bowers, manager. Third row, James Gonzales, Mike Reaker, Bart Shaw, Bart Stoud-

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Seventh Bulldogs

The Nappanee Middle School seventh grade Bulldogs moved to 3-0 with last week’s win over Fairfield, 33-24. Shown in recent action for the Bulldogs are Wes Dodson (32) and Matt Hahn (80). Nappanee plays at Goshen Wednesday, and at Plymouth Saturday morning. (AN photo by Sheri Bradway)

Fall slow pitch action

by Cliff This week’s action started with Family Fare blasting First State Bank 13-8, behind three hits of Dale Eash. Mike Willey had two hits for the defeated team. First State Bank lost their second of the night to Bomtragcrs, 17-3. Randy Schweitert led the winning team with four hits while Jay Huff and Don Chapman led the opposition with three hits. The real downfall was the 12 errors the loosing team made. Borntragers defeated First Brethren in their second win, 10-8. Jason Boley led the winners with three hits while Todd Newcomer also had three hits for First Brethren. First Brethren turned their loss around as they beat S&D Installations, 7-4. Todd Newcomer led the winners while Dennis Overmyer led Sports this week... Thursday, October 10 Middle school volleyball, Bremen, there, 4pm. Freshman football, St. Joseph, there, 4:3opm. Volleyball, Wawasee, there, 6pm. Swimming, East Noble, here, 6:3opm. Friday, October 11 Varsity football, Warsaw, there, 7:3opm. Saturday, October 12 Tennis, semi-state, South Bend. JV football, Warsaw, here, 10am. Cross Country, NLC Meet, Ox Bow, 10am. Volleyball, Fairfield, there, Ipm. 7th grade football, Plymouth, there, 9am. Bth grade football, Plymouth, there, after 7th grade game. Monday, October 14 Middle school volleyball, Jimtown, here, 4:3opm. Volleyball, Elkhart Center, there, 6pm. Slo-pitch softball: 6pm-First Brethem vs Borntragers; 7pmFamily Fare vs First State Bank. Tuesday, October 15 Slo-pitch softball: 6pm--McCarthy Leasing vs Yoder & Stutzman; 7pm-Bremen Bait & Tackle vs North American. Swimming, Elkhart Memorial, there, 6:3opm. 7th & Bth grade football, Wakarusa, at North Wood, 6:3opm. Wednesday, October 16 Freshman volleyball, Bremen, there, 4:3opm.

Seventh grade gridders

the losing team. Tuesday, night action started with North American beating Bremen Bait & Tackle, 9-8. Mike Hethcr led the winners with three hits while John Hale led the BBT. North American captured their second win by overcoming YoderStutzman, 14-5. Mark Farrer, Don Obacz and Gary Vance had three hits for the winners. McCarthy Leasing also finished, 9-7, over YodcrStutzman. The last game was shortened by the mercy role as McCarthy Leasing pounded KH, 17-2, behind the three hits of Rob Baker and Brian Larson. Wednesday night started with Borntragers behind the three hits of Michelle Hollar and Earl Stutzman. Family Fare came out ahead of S&D Installation, 17-5. Ric Nissley had three hits for the winning team. S&D came back to win over First State Bank, 11-10, in eight innings. The losing team out hit the the winners, 18-12, but also out errored the competition, 9-4, leading to their downfall. The final game was not completed. JV netters split North Wood’s junior varsity volleyball team split in last week’s action, defeating Jimtown 15-9, 15-6, while losing to Warsaw 7-15, 18-20. Kara Schcumann and Betsy Myers led serving, with 9-9 and 13-14 respectively, while Angie Comer was tops in passing, nailing 100% of her attempts. Nikki Stump went 6-8 in sets, with one assist; Tracy George was good on 9-9 spikes, with three kills, and 2-2 blocks. The team fell to 7-4 on the season with the Warsaw loss. Michele Hollar was 11-11 in serving, and George went 9-11 in passing. Myers led in sets, at 24-28, and Slump in spikes, at 12-15 with three assists. The team will participate in the Plymouth JV Invitational, Saturday, October 19, 9a.m.

er, Dan Rouch, Tom Potter, Dan Bontrager, Ross Martin, Brandon Hollar and Cory Mote. Fourth row, Coach Keith Foley, Mikal Berger, Aaron Martz, Matt Hahn, Larry Swank, Kyle Young, Kory Geyer, Nick Yoder, Brian Nolan, Wes Dodson and Coach Steve Shively. Back, Kurt Young, manager; Justin Hershberger, Jason Unsicker, Mitch Walters, Jerry Carroll, Matt Hollar, Jason Ulery, Toby Troyer, Mike Hochstetler, and Jon Stutsman. (AN photo by Sheri Bradway)

Panther League sign up begins for sth graders

This season begins the second year for North Wood’s sth grade basketball league. The Panther League. Varsity Basketball Coach Kcm Bough and his staff were encouraged by the success of this program last year and feel that the Panther League is an important part of the Panther Basketball program. Any sth grader who is currently enrolled in the Wa-Nee school system is eligible to participate. All students who sign up will be placed on a team. There are no cuts. Tryouts will be Tuesday, October 15, and Thursday, October 17, from 6.30-Sp.m. in the Activity Center, North Wood. Coach Bough has recruited adult volunteers to coach the teams. More help is always welcomed. Any parent wishing to assist with coaching should contact Coach Bough. Tuesday and Thursday evenings will be practice nights. Teams wdl practice from 5-6:30p.m. or 6:30-Bp.m. South, Central, Union

Freshmen volleyball team zooms to 19-0

North Wood’s freshman volleyball team improved its perfect Heritage falls The Nappanee Middle School seventh grade Bulldogs improved their record to 2-0, with last week’s 28-14 win over Heritage. Scoring touchdowns for Nappanee were Dan Rouch, on a 16-yard run; Wes Dodson, with a 42-yard run; Toby Troyer, on a 19-yard run, and Kyle Young, on a 41-yard scamper. Troyer and Mike Hochstetler each scored two extra points. Dodson totaled 73 yards in seven carries for the Bulldogs, while Rouch totaled 109 in six, Gary Schmucker, 25 in seven; Hochstetler, 21 in four; Troyer, 28 in feber Jerry Schmucker, 10 in four, and Kyle Young, 41 in a single tote. Defensively, Kory Geyer had eight hits, Justin Hershberger six, Jason Unsicker and Dan Rouch, five each; Kyle Young, four, and Larry Swank, three. Geyer and Young also recovered fumbles. The Bulldogs host Fairfield today (Wednesday). Goshen Black defeated Both the seventh and eighth grade middle school volleyball teams earned wins over Goshen Black last week. In the eighth grade contest, the girls won 15-1, 7-15, 15-10. Megan Newcomer led serving with 11 points, while Becca Lape was setting leader at 10, and Kelly Finnigan, Lape and Amber Hutsell each had eight passes. Spiking was led by Newcomer with eight. Captains for the game were Renee Hauptli and Toni Huff. The seven grade team won 15-6, 16-14, with Cassi Middaugh and Kasee Speicher as leading scorers. Steph Wagar had four spikes, with Yolanda Benavidez and Timi Wcgmiller leading in passing. Captains were Stacy Will and Steph Wagar.

and Harrison will be used as practice facilities. Most games will be played on Saturdays in the AC at North Wood. Game times are 12:30-l:30p.m. There are two games played during the week. These games are on Tuesday, November 12, and Thursday, January 16. They will start at 6:30p.m. There will be 10 games a season ending single elimination tournament. The season starts on November 2, and will end January 25. There will be no practices during holidays. Each student will need to pay $9 to cover the cost of a team T-shirt. Anyone needing to register or ask questions, contact Coach Kern Bough, North Wood, 773-4127, or home, 773-2769. Registration forms can be turned in at any of the elementary schools or mailed to Head Basketball Coach Kern Bough, North Wood High School, by Friday, October 11. You may register at the tryouts.

season mark to 19 straight wins last week, taking top honors in the Elkhart Memorial Invitational, and following with wins over Prairie Heights and Warsaw. In the invitational, the Panthers topped Goshen in the first round, 9- 15-3, 15-2, with Amy Slagle taking top serving honors, with 10Slagle also added 19-19 sets, while teammate Heather Weidcnhaft had 22-22 passes, 8-4 spikes with seven kills and 3-4 blocks with three stuffs. Jami Heckaman added 7-9 spikes with seven kills. Coach Shelly Sanders stated, “We started out with a lot of service errors, so we could not get our momentum. We started out really strong in the second game, and went on a good roll.” In the title matchup with Memorial, North Wood took it in two games, 15-7, 15-6. Jami Heckaman led in serving, at 12-12, and in passing, with 13-14. Amy Slagle added 13-13 sets, while Weidenhaft was 9-9 in spikes, with nine kills; Aimee Hershberger was 8-9 in spikes with seven kills, and Jade Adkins added 2-2 blocks with 2 stuffs. “We played a good match, used a whole new lineup for the second game, and all of that group did really well,” Sanders said of North Wood’s 15-4,15-5 win over Prairie Heights. Adkins was 10-10 in serves, with one ace; 7-7 in spikes, with one kill, and 3-3 in blocks. Weidenhaft added 16-19 passes, Slagle 9-9 sets, and Heckaman 7-8 spikes with four kills. North Wood improved its mark to 19-0 with a 15-2, 15-6 victory over Warsaw. Hershberger paved the way with 15-16 serves and 12-14 passes, while Heckaman added 11-11 sets, Adkins 4-4 spikes and 2-2 blocks, and Weidenhaft 4-4 spikes. “Our momentum from the Prairie Heights miltch carried us into this match,” reported Sanders. “The girls never looked back-good match!” North Wood travels to Bremen October 16, and hosts their own invitational, October 19.. Correction In last week’s sports section, the photo of the seventh grade volleyball team was incorrectly listed as sixth grade. The Advance-News apologizes for the error.

Nappanee Advance News Wednesday, October 9, 1991

Earn NLC tennis honors

North Wood varsity tennis players Bo Inthivong and Jason Evers have been named to positions on the AllNLC tennis team, according to an announcement made last week. Inthivong was named to the No. 3 singles position, and Evers to an atlarge spot. Scott Miller, Goshen, was named No. 1 singles, and Michael Edison, Plymouth, No. 2 singles. Plymouth took both the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles positions, and one at-large selection, while Warsaw received

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Varsity drops Jimtown

North Wood’s varsity volleyball team dropped Jimtown, 13-15, 15-13, 15-7 in last week’s action, followed by a 7-15, 1-15 loss to Warsaw. In the win over Jimtown, Nicci Miller nailed 23-25 serves with two aces, while Nicki Heckaman went 13-14 with one ace. Passing leaders were Keri Speicher, Nicki Lengacher and Sara Lape, with eight, 12 and 10 digs respectively. Missie Bcmillcr had 48-51 sets with nine assists, while Annisa Blosser added 30-31 with three assists. Blosser also had 24-28 spikes with nine kills, Julie Traub added 15-17 with one, and Steph Reed went 13-14 with six kills. Traub added 8-13 blocks with a

Police log

The Nappanee Police Department received a call October 5, 8:10p.m., regarding several subjects in a car located in the 200 block of W. Lincoln St. The report indicated that the subjects appeared to be intoxicated. Sgt. Mike Anglin located the car on Randolph St., and followed it, stopping the vehicle at the intersection of CR1350 and CR7OO, for erratic driving. While talking to the driver, Anglin detected an odor associated with alcohol. The driver failed a field sobriety test, and also tested higher than .108 AC on a test. At the Nappanee Police Department, the subject took a breathalyzer test, but gave an inadequate sample, and was arrested for driving while intoxicated, and driving left of center. Arrested was Norman D. Lytle, 44, 165 Kirkwood, Springfield, Michigan. While officers had the vehicle stopped, a male and female passenger in the car began an argument with each other, and then with officers present. After being told several times to be quiet, Kay Cummings and Gary Freeze, 5386 CRI3SON, were arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. All three subjects were incarcerated in the Kosciusko County Jail, pending a Kosciusko County court date. Investigating with Anglin were Cpl. Tom Rouch, Ptl. Darrell Hartzler and reserve officer John Gaut. DWI Shortly after Bp.m. October 4, Officer Tim Stoudcr stopped a brown, 1980 Toyota which was being driven in an erratic manner on US6, near CRIOI, Nappanee. The driver, Gary L. Simon, Osceola, was found to be intoxicated. He refused to take a breathalyzer test, and was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated. Simon was taken to the Elkhart County Jail, on a bond of SI,OOO, with a court appearance set for October 9, in Nappanee City Court. PUBLIC INTOXICATION Officers Bruce Balasa and Dana Hollar, and reserve officers Tom Brock and Chris Sterling were summoned late October 4, to check on the welfare of a subject slumped over in a car parked alongside US6, near Delaware St., Nappanee. Upon arrival, officers found Donald T. Perry, 61, E 2 Sherbrook Apts., Cortland, New York, passed out in the vehicle. After several attempts to wake Mr. Perry, police finally got a response, and Perry was found to be intoxicated. He did not comply with the directions of officers at the scene, and was arrested, and transported to the Elkhart County Jail, on a charge of public intoxication, pending a SSOO bond. DISORDERLY October 4, 9:35p.m., the Nappa-: nee Police Department received a call from- personnel at the Rain

the other at-large spot. Mary Beth Hunter, Plymouth, was selected as the Northern Lakes Conference Mens’ Tennis Coach of the Year. Plymouth finished atop the conference standings, with a perfect 6-0 round robin record. Goshen placed second, at 5-1, North Wood and Warsaw were third and fourth, at 3-3, Northridge and Wawasee finished fifth and sixth, at 2-4, and Concord, seventh, at 0-6.

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single stuff. In the disappointing loss to Warsaw, Blosser was 5-6 in serves, with two aces, and added 15-19 sets with five assists, and 18-22 spikes with two kills. Miller was 7-8 in serves, 11-12 in - passing, and 3-3 in blocks, with a stuff, while Heckaman added 11-12 passes, Bemiller 33-35 sets with four assists, and Traub 10-11 spikes with four kills. North Wood was scheduled to take its 9-7 mark against Mishawaka Marion Monday, October 7, at home, and then hits the road for matches at Wawasee, Fairfield, Elkhart Central, Goshen and Triton, before entering sectional competition.

Barrel Restaurant, E. Market St, Nappanee, regarding a subject who was in the bar, disturbing others there. When officers Michael A. Anglin, Tim Stouder, and reserves John Gaut, Chris Sterling and Robert Davis arrived, they were requested by management to remove the subject, George K. Konopasek, 35, 2636 Lakeview Dr., Warsaw. Konopasek was arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting law enforcement, and refusing to provide identification. He was incarcerated in the Elkhart County Jail, on a $2,000 bond, and was scheduled to appear in Nappanee City Court October 8, 6p.m. LOCKED IN Officers Tim Stouder and Phil Hahn, along with reserve officer John Gaut, responded to an October 6 call to 468 E. Marion St., Nappanee. Upon arrival, officers discovered that Mario A. Barrera had locked himself in a bedroom of the residence, and refused the owners’ request that he leave. After repeated attempts to persuade the subject to come out, the door was forced open, and Mr. Barrera was removed forcibly and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement. He was taken to Elkhart County Jail, with a bond set at $1,500. A court appearance in Nappanee was set for October 9. WARRANT During the course of a routine traffic stop for an expired license plate on October 6, Officer Tim Stouder discovered that there was a warrant for the driver, Ruby L. Schooley, Nappanee. The contempt warrant, out of Elkhart County, carried with it a $ 1,300 cash bond. Ms. Schooley was taken into custody and then transported to Elkhart County Jail. Court news The following cases have been handled by the Nappanee courts. David Widmoyer is the judge. Gerry E. Stahly, Wakarusa, charged with speeding 44mph in a 25mph zone, paid total fine and costs of $72. Scott F. Logan, Nappanee, Charged with failure to yield, paid total fine and costs of SSB. SHERI BRADWAY has received five awards in three years (1988-1990) from the Hoosier State Press Association, for her Best Photo Series entries, including one first place, two second and two third-place awards. Sheri’s entries were judged in a class open to all weekly newspapers in Indiana. The Whole Town’s Talking About Nappa nee’s Winners. Join the fun at a community celebration at the library, Saturday, October 19. Call the library, 773-7919, and let the stalT know about your special award or achievement

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