Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 121, Number 6, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 11 February 1998 — Page 8

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YOUNG PANTHERS—The seventh grade girls' basketball team from North Wood Middle School, has opened the new season. Seeing action for the Panthers, front, from left, Renne Koch, Jackie Cook, Melissa Haviland, Corinne Shields, Mary Egging, Roxanne Faulkner and Emily Herr. Second row, Michelle Mast, Andrea Stichter, Renee

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READY TO PLAY—Members of the North Wood eighth grade girls' basketball team are ready for action. Learning the Panther tradition, front, from left, Alicia Slabach, Nina Bearss, Erin Graber, Kristin Speed, Allison Taylor, Sam Schafer, Jennifer Hall and Silvia Vasquez. Second row, Coach

Drop NLC

Host Goshen jumped out to a 13-6 first-quarter edge and continued to hold an advantage over the visiting North Wood Panthers Friday night, taking a 56-42 Northern Lakes Conference ryThe win drops Coach Dan Gunn and crew to 10-5 on the season, 23 in conference competition, while the Redskins moved to 13-3 (3-2). It was the 400th career victory for Goshen Coach Mike Sorrell, who is in his 13th season at Goshen. By halftime. Goshen was up 3019, and the hosts held a 44-33 edge after three, moving on to the 14point margin of victory. Leading the offensive charge for the winners were Jon Swartz, Thomas Kline and Phil Mikel, with 16. II and 10 respectively. For the Panthers, Bobby Brown led the charge with 13 points, while Eric Zell was also in double figures with 10. Jake Yoder chipped in six points, Aaron Huber and Todd Coffin each four, Nick Bradley three and Darin Nunemaker two. The Panthers were cold from three-point range, going 0-8, while Goshen nailed 3-8. North Wood won the rebounding game, 36-26, with Zell hauling down 13 to pace the Panthers, while Bradley added seven and Brown five. The Panthers committed 13 turnovers, to Goshen's nine. Elsewhere in the NLC,

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Jensen, Carlea Howard, Leah Harman, Chelsey Bowers, Kami Odle and Steph Hershberger. Back, Coach Brad Eby, Jessica Burns, Amanda Fehr, Kelsey Newcomer, Trina Andrews, Leslie Yeager, Karla Yoder, Ashley Bowen, Andrea Jenkins, Coach Tina Green and Manager Tim Trachsel. (Photo provided)

Jim Hess, April Flickinger, Angie Beachy, Lisa Beehler, Jennifer Miller, Julie Stutsman, Marla Stickel, Leslie Carlin and Coach Chon Shrock. Back, Bobbi Cook, Lee Ann Davidhizar, Danae Herr, Katie Chamberlin, Ashley Egging, Rachel Trinkley, Denise Weldy and Chandra Whitehead. (Photo provided)

contest to Goshen

Wawasee topped Concord 62-59, Northridge defeated Fairfield, 6155 in non-conference action, Warsaw slipped by Plymouth, 5148. In the junior varsity contest at Goshen, the Panthers topped their hosts 44-31, led by Brock Doty with 12, Ranee Moore 10, lan Reed and Aaron Hochstetler each Sports this week... THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 NWMS girls' basketball, “A” team, Edgewood, here, 4:30p.m. NWHS freshman boys' basketball at NLC tournament. Continues Saturday, February 14. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 13 Girls’ state swim meet. Continues Saturday, February 14. NWHS boys’ varsity and JV basketball, Wawasee, here, 6:15p.m. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 NWHS boys’ varsity and JV basketball, at Mishawaka, 6:15p.m. Individual semi-state wrestling. Tuesday, February 17 NWMS girls' basketball, seventh “A" and “B” with Goshen, here, 4:4sp'm. NWMS girls’ basketball, eighth “A” and “B” at Goshen, 4:45p.m. NWMS wrestling, Lincoln, here, 4:30p.m. Girls’ basketball sectional at Wawasee, 6p.m. Continues Friday and Saturday, February 20-21.

eight. The Panther JV is 10-5, with Goshen-standing 7-9.

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Take NLC crown, warm up for sectional tourney

The No. 1-rated NorthWoocT girls' basketball team added three more \ietims to the list last week, taking Northern Lakes Conference rival Warsaw, 62-44, and following with two wins at the Penn Invitational, lopping Portage 6856 and Crown Point 50-39. The Warsaw victory wrapped up a perfect 6-0 conference season for Coach Steve Neff and crew, and the Black Swish' wishes to thank Heritage falls to seventh Panther cagers

North Wood's seventh grade girls' basketball teams continued their win streaks with victories over Heritage, in action played last week at North Wood Middle School. For seventh “A” the Panther scoring attack was led by Leslie Yeager and Andrea Jenkins with six points each, while Kami Dole and Carlea Howard each added four and Kelsey Newcomer and Trina Anderson two each. North Wood won the contest 26-10 to move to 5-0 on the young season. Seventh "B" moved to 3-0 with a 33-15 win. Karla Yoder, Renee Jensen and Chelsey Bowers each scored six. and Jensen added a team-high seven rebounds. Eighth "A" fell to 3-2 with a one-point 23-22 loss at Heritage. Katie Chamberlin scored 13 to pace the offense for North Wood, while Allison Taylor added five, and Rachel Trinkley and Lee Ann Davidhizar each had two. Heritage jumped out to a 10-0 lead, but the Panthers fought back to tie the contest at 19-19 by the end of the third quarter. The Panthw-s had opportunity to fire the last shot of the contest, but couldn't get rid of the ball before the buzzer. Eighth “B” also lost. 26-19, moving to a 1-2 mark. Jennifer Miller scored eight and Donise Welds lour to nacc the Panthers.

their fans for the great turnout at that game. North Wood led at all stops in the contest, taking a 15-10 firstquarter advantage, leading 26-20 at halftime and 40-29 after three. Natalie Will and Lori Dawn Klotz paced the offense, scoring 17 and 13 points respectively, while Jamie Gill, Tiff Glingle and Amy Zercher each added eight, Angie Callander four and Annie Zell and Heidi Collins each two. Warsaw, falling to 12-6 (5-1), was led by Sam Wideman with 17 points. Will also dished out an impressive 10 assists in the contest. In the JV game, the Panthers slipped by 28-24, improving to 125 on the season. Warsaw is 13-5. Erin Newcomer led the Panthers with 3 points, while Andee Morris added six and Katy Carlton five. In the first contest on Saturday at Penn, the Panthers took a 19-6 first-quarter lead over Crown Point and, in spite of a dismal four-point output in the second, never looked back, leading 23-17 at halftime and 36-25 after three. Two Panthers were in double figures, with Klotz scoring 14 and Zercher 10. In addition, Zercher had eight rebounds and six assists, while Will added five rebounds and six assists to the stats. Gill scored eight, Callander and Will each seven, and Glingle and Collins two each to round out the offense. Crown Point, 11-7, was led by Sarah Little with a game-high 17 points. The Panther JV fell to Crown Point, 30-21, with Lindsay Carlin pacing the offense with six points.

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In their second contest of the day, North Wood held a slim 19-13 edge over Portage at the first stop, outscored their opponents 24-7 in the second, to take control, slipped a bit in the third, 11-19 and were outscored in the fourth 14-17, but held on for the 12-point win and moved to 18-1 on the season. In that game, Amy Zercher, Natalie Will and Lori Dawn Klotz led the scoring, with 19, 17 and 14 points respectively, while Gill added seven, Collins six and Glingle five. Will also handed out a whopping 10 assists and grabbed four rebounds, while Zercher was strong on the boards, hauling down 10 rebounds, while also dishing, out eight assists. The JV also topped Portage, 3322, with Erin Newcomer pacing the attack with 14 points. The all-tournament team included Natalie Will, with 24 points, nine rebounds, eight steals and 16 assists; Amy Zercher, with 29 points, 18 rebounds, six steals and 14 assists, and Lori Dawn Klotz, with 28 points, seven rebounds, four steals and six assists. North Wood is now preparing for sectional tournament action, which opens February 17, at Wawasee.

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