Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 49, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 6 December 2012 — Page 5

Panthers top Triton 66-62 in season opener

By Steve Sittlm Correspondent NAPPANEE Junior Jonathan Wilkinson scored 24 points and dassmate Zacn Zurcher added 18 as the North Wood Panthers downed the Class 1A #4-ranked Triton Trojans 66-62 in the Panthers' season opener at The Pit in Nappanee. The scoring output by the North Wood duo was topped by a combined 52 points from Triton's day Yeo and Tanner Shepherd, but the rest of the Trojan squad could manage just 10 points together while the Panthers got at least four points from four other players in a true team effort. The first quarter was a real barn-burner, with the two teams combining to drain nine three pointers induding two each from Yeo and Shepherd and a pair from North Wood junior guard Kyle McCoy. But when the dust had cleared, North Wood held a slim 22-21 lead thanks to 9 points from Wilkinson and buckets by four other Panther play-

SCOREBOARD BOYS BASKETBALL Freshmen boys victorious North Wood's freshmen boys basketball players beat Westview Nov. 27 32-29. David Eshelman led with 11 points and Chad Sellers followed with 7 and Jalynn Borkholder with 6.

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Bethel Conservative Church 25402 CR 50 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Worship Service - 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening Service - 7:00 p.m. Pastor: Lyle Miller Bethel Missionary Church 63473 CR 7, Goshen, IN • 862-2631 Bible Way Apostolic Church 26148 US6E • 773-7882 Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening - 6:00 p.m. Pastor: J. L Wyant Brethren In Christ Church 1601 N. Main, Nappanee 773-3365 Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m. Pastor: Jeff T. Williams ************ Calvary Baptist Church At comer of Market A Elm St 574-773-7454 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship - 1:00 p.m. Pastor: Don Taylor ************ Church of the Brethren 301 Mack Dr. *773-4044 Sunday School - 9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship - 10:00 a.m. Pastor: Byrl and Janet Shaver Church of the Nazarene 67136 St. Rd. 15, New Paris 574-831-6880 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m. Pastor: Don Meiner Compassion of Christ Fellowship 2673 E. Market St 546-5586 Sunday School -10:00 AM Sun. Worship- 11:00 AM Pastor: Gary Kauffman First Baptist Church Haney Dr. • 773-4816 *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦* First Brethren Church 1600 N. Main St. • 773-4252 Brethreu9maplenet.net Contemporary Service - 8:00 am. Traditional Worship -10:30 Senior Pastor: Dm Shie/er

era. The three-point onslaught slowed somewhat in the second quarter; but the scoring continued nevertheless as Wilkinson and Zurcher put up 10 points for North Wood while Yeo and Shepherd canned 12 for Triton, sending the teams to the locker room tied at 36. The raucous Panther student section, led by senior girls basketball star Savannah Bley, a Taylor recruit who is going to Taylor to play basketball, performed a wild halftime dance, firing up the home crowd before the second half tip. Panther guard Tanner Farmwald caught the fever, promptly canning a three and a two to put the Panthers in the lead and although Yeo poured in nine more points, North Wood held a 52-49 lead going to the final quarter. With tne Panthers still clinging to a precarious twopoint lead, senior Tommy idem put back a huge rebound basket to extend North Wood's lead to 62-58. Less than a minute later, a

Concord comes out on top The North Wood boys freshmen lost to Concord's basketball players Nov. 29 45-33. North Wood leaders were David Eshelman with 11 points and Ryan Knepper with 8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Freshman girls beat Penn North Wood's freshman girls basketball

First Church of God Comer of CR 7 A 54, Nappanee 773-7743 Sunday Services - 10:30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Pastor: Sam Bennett First Mennonite Church 900 W. Market SL • 773-7294 Sunday School - 9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship - 10:00 a.m. Pastor: Rev. Janet (Me Fall) Brown ************ Grace Point Evangelical Presbyterian Church 1155 N. Main at North wood 773-3773 Connect Service - 8:30 a.m. Prayer Service - 9:45 a.m. Youth Ministry - 9:45 a.m. Worship - 10:15 a.m. Children's Church - 10:15 a.m. ************ Hep ton Union Church 9266 W. Hepton Road Church Phone - 574-707-7289 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m. Pastor: Eric Eickhoff ************ Iglesia De Cristo Elim 475 W. Randolph 574-354-0127 Domngo Culto General -11:00 a.m. ************ Living Gospel Church 302 W. Walnut St • 773-7110 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Morning Service - 10:30 am. Pastor: Mike Raasch ************ Maranatha Fellowship 9636 W. Hepton Rd. • 7732740 Regular Services Sunday School (All Ages) - 9:00 am. Sunday Worship - 10:00 am. Pastor Michael Peterson ************ Ministerios Cordero 558 W. Walnut St • 773-5253 Sunday Worship - 2:30 p.m. Brother In Christ: Mario Duran ********♦♦♦♦ ML Ihbor Church of God 8424N800W, Etna Green 646-2725 Sunday School • 9:30 am. Wonhip Service -10:30 am. pastot. Jeremy Grosser ♦*♦*****♦♦**

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steal by McCoy and a feed to Zurcher extended the lead to six at 64-58, but Shepherd and Yeo each nailed a basket to trim tfie margin to 64-62 with 23 seconds remaining. After nearly losing the bail twice, North Wood finally executed a series of sharp passes that resulted in a Zurcher hoop with six seconds remaining to seal the win and send the Panther crowd home happy with the season-opening win. In addition to the combined 42 points by Wilkinson and Zurcher, Farmwald and McCoy each added eight points for North Wood. Wilkinson also led the way on the glass for the Panthers with five rebounds, while Zurcher and Klem added four boards apiece. Triton's Yeo led all scorers with 31 while Shepherd added 21 as the Trojans fell to 1-2 on the year. North Wood (1-0) remains at home Thursday, Dec. 6 to host unbeaten Westview (3-0), then travels to Fairfield Saturday, Dec. 8 to battle the Falcons (1-1). The North Wood JV squad

Nappanee Family Worship Center • COG 158 E. Centennial SL 574-214-7433 Sunday Service - 10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Pastor Justin Moore ************ Nappanee Missionary Church SRI9atCRSO Sunday Worship- 8:00 a.m., 9:30 am., 10:45 a.m. Senior Pastor: Dave Engbrecht ************ New Beginnings Assembly of God 901 S. Main SL, Nappanee 773-7509 Christian Discipleship - 9:30 am Worship - 10:30 am www.newbeginningsassembly. org Pastor: Mick Tomlinson ************ New Life Church 209 S. Main SL • Nappanee Sunday School - 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m. Pastor: Dean Anglemyer ************ North Main Street Mennonite Church 504 N. Main • 773-4558 Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. Sunday School - 10:45 a.m. Pastor: Ruben Chupp ************ Northwood Chapel 28220 CR 52 *773-7895 ************ Oak Grove Missionary Church Comer of 46 A Beech Rd. 69009 Beech Road 574-633-4517 Sunday School - 9:00 a.m. Worship -10:00 am. Pastor: Kevin Skaggs *****♦♦♦♦*♦♦ Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church 458 W. Walnut SL, Nappanee Sunday Mass - 3:00 p.m. Confessions - 2:00 p.m. *»♦♦*♦*♦**♦♦ Pillar of Fire 751 W. Market SL, Nappanee Sunday School -10:00 am. Warship • 11:00 a.m. A 3:00 p.m. Pastor: Rev. Hershel Anderson a womoarw * mutm * aavr •■■vwwv ♦**♦♦♦*♦*♦*♦

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DAT photo “North Wood junior Zach Zurcher (4) drives to the basket against a trio of Triton defenders. Zurcher scored 18 points in the Panthers’ 66-62 season-opening victory over the Trojans”

team beat Penn High School in Nappanee Nov. 26 34-30. Roni Hochstetler led in points for the Panthers with 12 followed by Arika Flickinger with 10. Gabi Glass shot for 7 points and Rylee Carothers for 5. Corrine Operacz led in points for the Kingsmen with 18. North Wood suffers close loss The North Wood's girls basketball teams

Union Center Church of the Brethren 70535 County Rd. 11 773-4295 www.cob-net.org/church/ unionctr.htm Sunday Worship - 9:00 a.m. Sunday School - 10:30 a.m. Pastor: Jim Davis ************ Union Grove BIC 69954 County Rd. 11 574-773-GROVe (4768) Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m. Pastor: Darin Simms ************ United Methodist Church 301 E. Market • 773-4183 Contemporary Worship - 8:00 a.m. Sunday School - 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship - 10:00 a.m. Pastor: Linda Craig ************

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suffered losses to Penn, the Kingsmen winning 39-38 at the varsity level and 51-15 at the JV level. Leading North Wood scorers were Morgan Olson with 16 points and Savannah Bley with 13 and both girls elf in rebounds with seven each. Jordyn Frantz led in assists with four and steals with two. See Scores, Page 6

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Bethel Missionary Church 63473 C.R. 7 • Goshen 862-2631 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Worship Service - 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening Service - 6:00 p.m. Jim Smith, Pastor ************ Bible Baptist Church 205 E. Waterford St. • Wakarusa 862-2214 Sunday School - 9 a.m. Worship - 10 a.m. & 7 p.m. David Harper, Pastor ************ Holdeman Mennonite Church 65723 CR 1 • 574-862-4751 Sunday Service - 9:30 a.m. Sunday School - 10:45 a.m. ************

by W ilson luuey 1. Is the book of Matthew in the Old or New Testament or neither? 2. Who was Herod’s information source as to where the Christ Child was to be born? Joseph, Reuben, Micah, Matthew 3. From Luke 2:13, what term describes an army of angels praising God? Heavenly host, Covenant, Spirit A multitude, Manoah 4. What group received the angels’ announcement of the birth of Jesus? Carpenters, Shepherds, Tentmakers, Masons . 5. Where was the young child when the n Magi came to visit Him to present gifts? Manger, Under the stars, House, Temple 6. From Matthew 2, to what country did Mary, Joseph and the Baby Jesus flee? Jordan, Syria, Oman, Egypt ANSWERS: 1) New, 2) Micah: 3) Heavenly host; 4) Shepherds, 5) House: 6) Egypt B"

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also opened with an exciting victory, topping Triton 38-35 in overtime. Junior Gabe Williams led tire Panthers with 15 points, 13 of them coming in the crucial fourth period and overtime, which was only made possible when freshman Dakiyron Fox put bade a rebound at the buzzer to force the extra session. Sophomore Cam Simpson added nine points for the winners, while freshman Jordan Anderson led Triton with 17 points. • NORTHWOOD 66, TRITON 62 Ai The Pit, Nappanee Triton 21 36 49 62 North Wood 22 36 52 66 NORTHWOOD (66): Braxton Linville 0 0-0 0. Zach Zurcher 8 2- 18. Tanner Farmwald 3 0-0 8, Tommy Klem 2 0-0 4, Kyle McCoy 3 0-0 8, Jonathan Wilkinson 10 0-1 24. Will Stueve 2 0-0 4 TOTALS 28 2-6 66 TRITON (62): Clay Yeo 12 4-4 31, Darren Harrell 0 0-0 0. Bryson Mosier 1 0-0 3. Bruce Wanemacher 0 0-0 0, Trenton Cooper 0 0-0 0, Tanner Shepherd 8 1-2 21, Seth Glingle 1 2-3 4, Skyler Reichert 1 00 3 TOTALS 23 7-9 62 3- Goals: North Wood 8 (Wilkinson 4, Farmwald 2, McCoy 2); Triton 9 (Shepherd 4, Yeo 3, Mosier, Reichert)

Wakarusa Missionary Church 202 W. Waterford St. • Wakarusa 862-2102 Worship - 8:00 a.m. & 10:15 a.m. Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. Paul Commons, Pastor ************ Wakarusa United Methodist Church 309 S. Elkhart St. • Wakarusa 862-2863 Worship Service (Contemporary) - 8:30 a.m. Sunday School - 9:20 a.m. Worship Service (Traditional) - 10:15 a.m. Rev. Ed Geleske, Pastor ************ Yellow Creek Church of the Brethren 65575 County Rd. 11 • Goshen 862-2672 Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m. Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. ************

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