Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 112, Number 35, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 7 September 1994 — Page 8

Nappanee Advance News Wednesday, September 7, 1994

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SEASON OPENER-NorthWood’s varsity football squad gets fired up prior to Friday night's home opener at Andrews Field. In spite of a horrible first half, the Panthers overcame a 10-0 deficit

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PANTHER LEADERSHIP-The 1994 football season is underway and the Panthers are looking for another successful season under the supervision of a verteran coaching staff. Pictured front, from left: Assistant Coaches Steve Neff, Jay

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to take the Northern Lakes Conference contest, 14-10, over Concord’s visiting Minutemen. (AN photo by Ron Keiser)

Olson, Jon Andrews and Jim Snider: Back: Assistants Tom Zercher and Ken Larson, Head Coach Rich Dodson, and Assistant Rob Slagle. (AN photo by Merrie Chapman)

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Panthers manage NLC win

Ay Bar* Keiser Editor North Wood’s football Panthers managed a win in their Northern Lakes Conference opener at Andrews Field Friday night, 14-10, over a fired-up Concord team. In spite of a host of first-half turnovers, which left Panther fans shaking their heads over a 10-0 disadvantage after two quarters, Coach Rich Dodson’s gridders came out ready in the third, and made a contest of it after all. A pair of touchdowns, one each by Andy Roeder and Nate Andrews, and two good PAT kicks by Wes Dodson, was all it took to get the hosts their second straight win of the young season, and a possible No. 1 rating in Class 3A state polls when they come out this week. Dodson stated, “We survived. I told the kids-now you know why coaches have heart surgery. We did everything we shouldn’t do in the first half. Fortunately, we came back and responded in the second half.” Concord opened the scoring at 2:03 of the first quarter, when Calhoun went in from the 11, and Johnson booted a successful PAT. The Minutemen scored again in the second, on a 22-yard field goal by Johnson, at 6:50, and the Panther home win streak was in jeopardy. However, it was all North Wood in the second half, with senior QB Andy Roeder recovering from three first-half interceptions to lead the Panthers to the win. Roeder kept the ball eight times on option plays in that half totaling 76 yards, including a3l -yard TD run that brought the Panthers to within three points of the leaders. The score highlighted a 56-yard drive late in the third, with tailbacks Andrews and Chad Newcomer chomping away the yardage between North Wood and the goal line. In the final stanza, Andrews gave the Panthers uieir winning points off a two-yard scamper to paydirt. That 44-yard drive to score included three Rocder-keepers good for 25 yards. Concord had one final chance to pull out the win, but linebacker Matt Bunch tipped a Minutcman pass, with Andrews snagging the ball and setting up the clock-eating series for the home team. On the night, Roeder was the leading ground gainer with 75 yards on 8 keepers, followed by Andrews at 62 in 13, Newcomer at 58 in 15, and Bunch at 39 in 5. Roeder was good on 3-9 passes, hitting John Markham (18 yards), Andy Blosser (8) and Brad Baker (3) each once. Dan Rouch and Andrews each returned a punt for four yards, and Andrews, Bunch and Newcomer each returned a kickoff, for 17, 17 and 12 yards respectively. Newcomer punted once for 25 yards, and Sam Reschly kicked off once for 56. The Black Crunch defense was led by Tom Duncan with an impressive 13 tackles, followed by Brad Baker with 11 and Bunch and Reschly, each 8. Andrews had 6, to go along with the interception, with Newcomer and Adam Bontrager also totaling 6 hits. The Panthers sacked the visiting QB four times, with Bunch (1), Yoder (1), Geyer (1-1/2) and Reschly (1/2) doing the honors. The Panthers were guilty of two fumbles, losing both, and four pass interceptions. “We can’t afford to play like this in the NLC,” stated Dodson. “If we

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GOING THE DISTANCE-The girls’ cross country team at North Wood High School is going the distance this season. The girls will travel to Tippy Valley, September 10, for competition at 9a.m., and will host Northridge, September 13,

do, we’ll get beat. There’s a lot of good teams in this league. Concord is improved and showed that” The win moved the Panthers to 2-0 on the season (1-0 in NLC), while Concord slipped to 1-1 (0-1). North Wood heads to rival Goshen this Friday night Kickoff is set for 7:30p.m. NW C First Downs 13 6 Rushing Yads 234 57 Passing Yanis 29 50 Passes 9-3-4 11-4-1 Punts 1-25.0 5-33.2 Fumbtes-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalty Yads 1-5 2-10 Scoring C-Calhoun, 11-yard run, Johnaou kick. C-Johnson, 22-yard Add goal. NW-Roeder, 31-yard run, Dodson kick. NW-Andrews, two-yard run, Dodson kick. Score By Quarters North Wood 0 0 7 7-14 Concord 7 3 0 0-10

Walters cards hole-in-one at home

Freshman Panther linkster Jodi Walters carded a hole-in-one on the No. 3,105-yard hole in a high school golf match played Thursday, September 1, at McCormick Creek, Nappanee. According to Coach Jim Rice, it was the first hole-in-one in a competitive situation in North Wood High School history, as well as a rarity in

North Wood offers water exercises

Wa-Nee Community Schools will offer a water exercise class, as part of the adult education program. The class will meet for six consecutive weeks, on Monday evenings from 8-9, and Wednesday evenings from 7-8, at the North Wood High School pool. Classes begin Septem-

First NLC victory

NorthWcxxl’s varsity volleyball team earned its first Northern Lakes Conference victory of the season last week, taking Concord in three games, 10-15, 15-10, 15-13. The win gives the Panthers a 1-0 conference mark, and an impressive 6-1 overall record. Diane Riley nailed 15-15 serves with an ace to lead the Panthers in that department, and she added 10 passes to her stats. Jade Adkins was good on 12-12 serves and 9-13 spikes with seven kills, while Megan Newcomer went 13-13 in passing, added 54 sets with 22 assists, and 14-17 spikes with seven kills. Kellie Mellinger totaled 12-12 Ks for North Wood, while Amy was good on 31 sets with 10 assists, and Heather Weidenhafl added 34-37 spikes with 18 kills, 13 passes and four solo blocks to go along with an assist. Kris Foote rounded out the Panther stats with an assisted block. In JV action, North Wood lost it in three, 6-15, 15-9, 10-15. Heather Stutzman and Jessica Gunn each went 11-12 in serving, with Stutzman nailing two aces. She also had 14-14 spikes with six kills, added 12

5p.m.. Pictured front, from left: Terfylene Millei and Rachel Bonewitz. Middle row: Jill Esenwein, Coach Devon Scobee, Sarah Bonewitz. Back: Amanda Russell, Brooke Tobias and Monica Whitehead. (AN photo by Merrie Chapman) { ;

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No. 1U ON TUESDAY MORNING, IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE NORTHWOOD PANTHERS ARE RATED NO. 1 IN CLASS 3A, ACCORDING TO THIS WEEK’S STATE POLLS.

high school golf circles. Ft. Wayne Northrop topped the Panthers in the nine-hole round, 202-204. The winners were led by Nicole McMichael with a 49. Walters led the Panthers with a 44, while senior Breea Masterson shot a 45, senior Heather Elphick 57, sophomore Cassi Middaugh 58, and senior Nikki Nunemaker 62.

ber 19, and continue through October 26. The cost for the 12 sessions will be $24, with advance registrations due at the high school by September 19. Registration forms are available at the high school or the school administration office.

passes and two digs, and blocked two with a single stuff. Gunn had 11-11 spikes with three kills, and Tina Widmer added 6-6 serves, and 23-24 sets with seven assists. Teammate Sara Stickley nailed 32-33 sets with four assists, 10-13 spikes with six kills, and a block with one stuff. Bobbi Howard was good on 20 passes with three digs, while Sharon Bartholomew added 11 passes with four digs. The young Panniers are 1-2 on the season, 0-1 in conference competition. *1 Panthers j tie St. Joe ; North Wood’s soccer team tied St Joe last week, 1-1, with Matt Swihart scoring the lone goal for the Panthers in minute 32 of the game. North Wood had 16 shots on goal to 15 for St. Joe, while the Panthers had 15 saves, to 14. St Joe led ia comer shots, 4-2.