The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 4, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 February 1972 — Page 17

We Salute The Sectional!

As the 1972 Warsaw basketball sectional draws nearer we pause to salute the six high school basketball teams who will participate in the 62d annual tournament — Akron, Mentone, Rochester, Triton, Warsaw and Wawasee. This special section is our third such publication. A total of 10,000 copies have been printed for insertion into The MailJournal and The Akron-Mentone News and for distribution in the participating high schools. None of this could have been done without the cooperation we have received from the schools involved. Their principals and coaches have done an outstanding job in supplying facts and figures.

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Remember The 1971 Sectional Tourney

at the Warsaw MKaWi Sectional Tournament ehblEzL and read the action-packed J®®?®®® sports news in THE MAILJOURNAL and THE AKRONMENTONE NEWS

This edition features scoring rundowns. season record lists, rosters, stories and pictures of the six participating teams and their cheerleaders plus an indication ot tne tremendous support for all of the squads through advertising provided by the business and industry of the area. We hope you will enjoy reading about your favorite team and that you will support them throughout the tourney. Let us have your comments on this supplement. Write to The Mail-Journal, box 188, Milford, Ind. 46542; The MailJournal, box 8, Syracuse, Ind. 46567; The Akron-Mentone News, box 277, Akron, Ind. 46910; or The AkronMentone News, box 427, Mentone, Ind. 46539.

Do you remember the 1971 sectional tourney. It was held in the Triton gym at Bourbon with the favored Rochester Zebras taking command of the final game to defeat the Warsaw Tigers 72-62. It was the first sectional crown for Zebras in 22-years. Warsaw defeated Mentone 6846 on Thursday and Triton 87-79 on Friday to win the right to play in the championship game. Rochester drew the bye and won the right to play in the championship game by defeating the Akron Flyers 68-46 on Friday. In the only other tdumament game Triton defeated Wawasee 71-61.

Warsaw Tigers 1971-72 Win-Loss Record WHS OPP Columbia City 77 60 Concord 62 49 Huntington 70 84 Wawasee 76 72 Fort Wayne Northrop 68 67 Rochester 81 91 Goshen 77 70 Won Consolation match at Seymour tourney Triton 69 87 Elkhart 64 68 North Wood 86 72 Elmhurst 89 60 Whitko 43 52 South Bend Adams 75 70 Bremen Manchester 54 52 Plymouth Michigan City Rogers Fort Wayne South

I - WELCOME EVERYONE — Warsaw high school principal Clayton Smith, left, and athletic director Darrell W. Boling, right, are standing at the doors to Warsaw high school ready to welcome everyone to the 1972 sectional basketball tournament.

— Warsaw Tigers — GRADE NAME HEIGHT 10 Metzger, Blaine s*9*' 10 Wihebrink. Don 5’9” 10 Watkins, Ster 5’11” 12 Turner, Steve 6’l” 11 Ressler, Terry 5’11” 11 Hanna, Mark 5*11” 12 Johnson. Greg 6*2" 11 Hepler, Denny 6’2” 11 Deatsman, Max 5’10” 12 Woods, Dan 6’4” 10 Kissell, Dave 6’2” 12 Highley, Jerry 6’3” 11 Lukens, Scott 6’o” 11 Rasor, Mike 5’11” 10 Richardson, Larry 6*4” 10 Wildman, Rod 6*l”

WHO WON THE SECTIONAL Following is a list of sectional tournament winners from 1921 thru 1971. Year Champs 1921 Syracuse 1922 Atwood 1923 Warsaw 1924 Warsaw 1925 Milford 1926 Syracuse 1927 Syracuse 1928 Pierceton 1929 Milford 1930 Milford 1931 Mentone 1932 Etna Green 1933 Beaver Dam 1934 Beaver Dam 1935 Mentone 1936 Warsaw 1937 Warsaw 1939 Mentone 1940 Mentone 1941 Pierceton 1942 Warsaw 1943 Warsaw 1944 Warsaw 1945 Syracuse 1946 Milford 1947 Silver Lake

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1948 Milford 1949 Syracuse 1950 Columbia City 1951 Warsaw 1952 Warsaw 1953 North Webster 1954 Mentone 1955 Warsaw 1956 Warsaw 1957 Pierceton 1958 Etna Green 1959 Columbia City 1960 Columbia City 1961 Columbia City 1962 Mentone 1963 Columbia City 1964 Columbia City 1965 Warsaw 1966 Warsaw 1967 Warsaw 1968 Akron 1969 Warsaw 1970 Warsaw 1971 Rochester 1972 ?