Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 34, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 26 August 2010 — Page 7

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By Steve Sttub Correspondent ig&? '■•■ • ». > i-’U?- /• * -v ;• ~ CULVER Boy what a difference a week makes. After struggling on offense against Jimtown in their opening contest, the NorfoWood Panthers football team bounced back in a big way, rolling up nearly 400 yards of total offense in a pasting of Culver Military Academy at Oliver Field on the shores of Lake Maxinkuckee Friday. Junior quarterback Zac Coleman led the way for North Wood, rushing for 137 yards and a touchdown and throwing for 119 yards and two more TDs as the Panthers defeated the Eagles for the fifth straight time. North Wood served notice that dungs were going to be different this week from the very start, taking the opening kickoff and driving 57 yards in eight plays, culminated by a 25-yard TD scamper by Coleman. Culver had a chance to stop the drive after three plays but committed a foolish offsides penalty as the Panthers were preparing to punt, keeping the drive alive for North Wood. The PAT attempt was no good and North Wood led 6-0. The lead lasted just 20 seconds, however, as Eagles quarterback Tom O'Neill found a streaking Juwan Brescacin on the first play from scrimmage and the 6-foot-6 senior took the pigskin 74 yards to paydirt. O'Neill tacked on foe PAT and Culver led 7-6 just five minutes into foe game. North Wood then mounted another long drive, almost all of it on foe ground, but stalled deep in Eagle territory thanks primarily to three consecutive false start penalties. Sophomore kicker Brendan Widener trotted out for a 31yard field goal attempt but the kick was just wide to foe right, leaving Culver still in the lead at 7-6. As the second quarter began, North Wood forced a forde-and-out but foe versatile O'Neill uncorked a mammoth 52-yard punt that foe Eagles downed on the Panther 1-yard line. Coleman promptly ripped off an 8-yard run to get his team out of trouble, and foe Panthers ran off 13 consecutive running plays, moving the ball to the Culver 29yard line. Facing a third-and -12 situation, Coleman dropped back to pass but was hit as he threw and foe

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Cross country NW GIRLS WIN OWN INVITE Cynthia Medina logged a first-place time of 19:32.9 more than 52 seconds ahead of second-place Hope Jordan of Bremen to lead North Wood's girls to the North Wood XC Invitational title Saturday at Stauffer Park. Lindsey Roe and Karlie Kratzchmar also checked in in the top 8 for the victorious Panthers. Meanwhile, North Wood's boys finished in third place overall, behind Fairfield and Westview, respectively. Jamin Parker led the way for the Panthers with a ninth-place time of 18:37.3. • NORTHWOOD XC INVITATIONAL At Nappanee Boys vanity Team scores: 1. Fairfield 5Z 2. Westview 106. 3. North Wood 121,4. Triton 123.3. Marion 129.6. Elkhart Christian Academy 147, 7. Bremen 148, 8. John (Bean 183, 9. LaVille 219, 10. Bethany Christian 224, 11. Jimtown 296, Inc. Manchester. Tbp 1* 1. Jordan Smeltzer (F) 17:27.8, 2 Scott Hedi (Mar) 17:33.4, 3. Jeny Schwartz (W) 17:36.2,4. Dillon Hinen (F) 17:37.7, 3. Kyle Baker (W) 17:38.5,6. Ricky Marten (F) 18:13.2, 7. Eric Shaffer (LV) 18:20.3,8. Nick Amor (LV) 18:33.2, 9. Jamin Parker (NW) 18:373, 10. Joel HanmmOßCA) 18:39.7. Other North Wood individuals: 24. Nathan Bailey 19:31.9. 23. Casey Hershberger 1935.2, 27. John Robinaon 19:395,36. Msreos Castillo 1959.8, 39. Matt Geiger 2012.6,41. TJ Stueve 20:21.8. tan'acara: 1. North Wood 44, 2. Bremen 64, 3. Fairfield 96. 4. Westview 111, 3. Manchester 115, 6. Concord 130,7. Marion 173,8. Bethany Christian 278,9. Jimtown 288, 10. Elkhart Christian Academy 328, be. Lakeland Christian, Triton, John Glenn. Oregon-Davis, LaVille. r Top 10:1. Cynthia Medina (NW) 1932.9,2. Hope Jordan (B) 20:25.4,3. Andy Sharfman (Man) 21:09.8,4. Lindsey Roe (NW) 21212, 5. Amy Farming (B) 2137.8, 6. Flame Scfameltz (LV) 21513. 7. Megan Burnham (B) 21:59.4, 8. Karlie Kratzchmar (NW) 22.08.9, 9. Janell Bender (W) 22:100, ia Jenna Kieper (F) 22:155. Other North Wood individuals: 13. Brittany (have

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ball was picked off by Connor Frantti of the Eagles. Three plays later, the Eagles returned the favor, coughing up foe football at their own 27-yard line where it was pounced on by Panther cornerback Nate Wagner. Junior running back Coy Brown then burst up foe middle and took it to the house for his first touchdown of foe season, making it 12-7 North Wood with 1:02 remaining in foe half after the two-point PAT rush attempt was stuffed at foe goal line by Culver's Turner Morsches. The second half began with the Eagles in control of the football, and they put together their first sustained drive of the game, moving from their own 34 to foe North Wood 11 in 10 plays. On third and 6, O'Neill attempted a rare pass but foe ball bounced off his intended receiver and into foe hands of Panther comerback Tanner Roberts who returned it to his own 27-yard line. North Wood made the Eagles pay for foe miscue just five plays later when Coleman

22:36.9, 16. Leyle Rodes 22:38.0, 37. Megan Tuttle 24:33.3,60. Kayla Bear 26:28.8. JV boys Top 5: 1. Austin Stidham (F) 20:38.7, 2. Dustin Smallwood (F) 20:51.0, 3. Mark Imus (Mar) 20:51.1, 4. Chase Alfrcy (F) 21:14.3,5. Jack Fanning (B) 21:16.1. Other North Wood individuals: 12. Jared Lechlitner 22:34.0, 16. Trace Maurer 23:04.6, 17. Mitchell Reiser 2307.5,19. Martin Flowers 23:23.9,20. Lewis Telschow 23:38.9, 26. Ethan Yoder 24:51.7, 31. Will Stueve 26:56.5. JV girls Tbp 5: 1. Laura Housman (C) 24:23.7,2. Sophie Brown (F) 25:18.9, 3. Maeve Roberts OB 23:22.1, 4. Alaina Dun kin (F) 25:243,3. Nicole Nyers (Mar) 23:47.4. North Wood individuals: 6. Alley Bailey 26:08.8, 16. Emily Wenger 27:435,26. Cassie Griffin 29:07.8. Golf PANTHERS STAY PERFECT North Wood's girls golf team stayed perfect with a Northern Lakes Conference win over Concord at Bent Oak Golf Course Tuesday. Team scores were: North Wood 193, Concord 207. North Wood's Heidi Moiganthaler fired a 4-over-par 41 to collect match medalist honors. • NORTHWOOD 193, CONCORD 287 At Elkhart, Bent Oak Golf Course Par 37 NORTHWOOD (1*3): Heidi Moiganthaler 41, Kelbi Taylor 49, Sarah Smeltzer 50, Emily Myers 53, Kale Adams 37. CONCORD amy. Kaley Eakle 52, Kristen Fioritto 52, Akita Little 50, Erin Lisacra 53, Abby Roberts 54. Records: North Wood 7-0 (1-0 NLC), Concord 4-4 (0-1 NLC). JV nn: North Wood 247, Concord Inc. NORTHWOOD JV (247): Lyndsey Smeltzer 57, Abby Hershtnger6l, Katie Rhoade 70, Cariey Hershberger 69, Samantha Pul 60. CONCORD JV INC: McKenna Grimske 63. Ashlyn Bail 78. Boys soccer NORTHWOOD DOMINATES North Wood piled up a 26-shot advantage

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found senior wideout Brandon Snodgrass loose down foe right sideline and lofted a perfect pass that "Snod" took 46 yards for his first career varsity TD. Widner tacked on foe extra point and the Panthers led 197 with three minutes remaining in foe third quarter. The Eagles again were able agaiißß D, ddriifralftßmidfiai as foe fourth quarter began, but a sack by Brown killed foe drive and a fourth-down pass attempt by O'Neill fell incomplete, turning foe ball back over to Northwood. Coleman quickly ripped off runs of 6 and 10 yards, then hit Derek Yoder on a quick jet route that foe speedysenior took 35 yards to foe end zone. Widner's PAT made it 26-7 NorfoWood with just under seven minutes remaining, and that turned out to be the final margin, although foe Panthers reserves threatened in foe final minute, driving inside foe Eagle 5-yard line before allowing foe clock to run out on foe season's first win.

North Wood rushed for 281 yards on foe night, led by 137 and a TD from Coleman. Brown chipped in with 90 yards and a score, while Yoder picked up 44 yards on the ground. Coleman was an efficient 7 of 9 through foe air for 112 yards and two scores, completing passes to five differattmemgep. The Panthers Brown and Taylor Anglemyer with seven tackles each. Yoder added five stops and Wagner and Roberts each recorded four tackles as foe Black Crunch forced nine negativeyardage plays on the night. The Eagles managed just 79 yards on the ground on 28 attempts, with junior Ralph Laux's 34 yards leading foe way. O'Neill was 4 of 7 through ah for 108 yards and an interception, with 74 of that coming on the TD toss to Brescacin. Middle linebacker Morsches had eight tackles to Pace the Eagles, while Frantti had seven stops and an interception. NorfoWood (1-1) will be

en route to a 7-0 boys soccer win over Mishawaka Saturday. Trent Jacobs scored twice for the Panthers, who held the visiting Cavemen without a shot. Taylor Wegmiller, Justen Hochstetler, Connor Beckwith, Ryan Lincoln, and Eddie Salinas tallied single goals apiece for North Wood. •NORTHWOOD 7 MISHAWAKA 0, At Nappanee Halftime score: North Wood 3, Mishawaka 0 First half NW Trent Jacobs (Tyler Kronk), sth minute NW Taylor Wegmiller (Collin Dicker), 20th minute NW Justen Hochstetler (Jacob Caltejas), 30th minute Second half NW Jacobs (Connor Beckwith), 42nd minute NW — Beckwith, 48th minute NW Ryan Lincoln (Josh Aiks), 84th minute NW Eddie Salinas (Wegmiller), 85th minute Shoto: Mishawaka 0, North Wood 26 Saves: Mishawaka 13 (Blake Kozlowksi 9, Robert Huyvaert 4), North Wood 0. Corners: Mishawaka 0, North Wood 8. Records: North Wood 3-1-0, Mishawaka 0-4-0. PANTHERS DROP NLC MATCH Northridge shut out North Wood 4-0 in a Northern Lakes Conference boys soccer match Thursday. •NORTHRIDGE 4, NORTHWOOD 0 At Nappanee Halftime score: Northridge 1, North Wood NR— Luke Davis, 24th minute NR— Davis, 65th minute NR— Steven Alwado, 70th minute NR Andy Morrison, 71st minute Sheet- North Wood 7, Northridge 15. Camera: North Wood 4, Northridge 4. Records: North Wood 2-1-0 (0-1-0 NLC), Northridge (3-1-0,1-00 NLC). NORTHWOOD WINS LATE Josh Ailes, assisted by Eddie Salinas, scored in the 73rd minute to lead North Wood to a 1-0 boys soccer win at

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at home in Andrews Field Friday for the home opener against Concord (2-0) after a 20-7 conference win over Elkhart Memorial. JV Roundup The Panther JV team played two games last week, falling 14-0 to Jimtown on Monday, August 23, and then dropping to 0-2 on Saturday, aye zo witn a heartbreaking TW4. loss t&j CMA. Against Culver, freshman quarterback Will Kirkwood ran 5 yards for a score for the Panthers and threw a two-point conversion pass to Dylan Risser after an Andrew Hahn 8yard jaunt to give NorfoWood a 14-8 lead late in foe fourth quarter. But then, after foe Panther defense stuffed Culver twice from foe 1-yard line with less than 30 seconds remaining, the officials mysteriously stopped foe clock when foe Eagles had no timeouts left, allowing them to get off one more play to tie the game, then win it on a twopoint conversion with six seconds remaining. Daryn

Lakeland Christian Tuesday. The Panthers' Kyle Dijkstra recorded the shutout in goal with six saves. • NORTHWOOD 1, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 0 At Warsaw Halftime score: North Wood 0, Lakeland Christian 0 Second half NW - Josh Ailes (Eddie Salinas), 73rd minute. Shots: North Wood 13, LC 6 Sava: North Wood 6 (Kyle Dijkstra), LC 10 (Jacob Cole). Corners: North Wood 8, LC 2. Records: North Wood 2-00, LC 1-1-0. Girls soccer PANTHERS SUFFER IST LOSS Warsaw scored three goals in the second half to hand North Wood its first girls soccer defeat Thursday, 5-2 in a Northern Lakes Conference match. Kaitlyn Heckaman and Val Ostrowski scored unanswered first-half goals to knot the score at 2-2. •WARSAW 5, NORTHWOOD 2 At Warsaw First half W Meredith Hollar, 10th minute W Hannah CutshaU, 17th minute NW— Kaitlyn Heckaman, 22nd minute NW— VW Ostrowski, 36th minute Second half W— unknown, 43rd minute W— CutshaU,4Bth minute W unknown, 71st minute Shots on goal: NW-9, W-l 1 Saves: NW 6 (Denae Efaret), W 7 (Dee Momoy) Comets: NW 2, W 3 Rccsrte NW 3-1-1 (0-1-1 in NLC). W 4-00 (2-00 in NLC). JV score: Wwsaw 2, North Wood 0. JV record: NW 3-1-1 (0-1-1 in NLC), W 340 (240 m NLC). Panthers rout LaVille North Wood scored thrice in die first half See Scoreboard, Page B 2

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Brugh was a defensive standout for NorfoWood against Culver with an interception and a fumble recovery. • NORTHWOOD 26, CMA 7 At Oliver Field. Culver Score by quarters North Wood: 6 6 7 7 CMA: 70 0 0 N Zac Coleman 25 run (kick failed) C Brescacin 74 pass from Tom Traill tfWcall kick* < Si Coy Bm*n 27 run (fun failed)" In Brandon Snodgrass 46 pass from Coleman (Brendan Widner lock) N Derek Yoder 35 pass from Coleman (Widner kick) North WoodCMA First Downs 16 7 Yards Rushing 281 79 Yards Passing 112 108 Passing (Comp/Att/Int)7-9-l 4-7-1 Penalties (No/Vds.) Punts (No/Avg.) 0-0 1-52 Fumbles (NoTLost) 3-0 2-1 Rushing - North Wood (Brown 1390. TD; Coleman 15-137, TD; Yoder 12-44; White 2-4; Kirkwood 1-6); Culver Academies (O'Neill 12-4; Phillips 1-19; Ferris 3-8; Laux 7-34; Spencer 3-13; Morsches 1-5; Byrne H-4]) Passing - North Wood (Coleman 7-9-1, 112 yds, 2 TD); Culver Academies (O’Neill 4-7-1, 108 yds., TD) Receiving - North Wood (Derek Yoder 2-36, TD; Rollins 1-8; Killian 1-2; Rhoade 2-20; Snodgrass 1-46, TD); Culver Academies (Brescacin 1-74, TD; Ecksten 1-14; Johnson 110, Morsches 1-10)