The Mail-Journal, Volume 11, Number 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 March 1974 — Page 2

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Rochester squeaks past Wawasee 75-74

By SANDY GERENCSER The Warriors and Zebras battled through one of the biggest games of the Warsaw sectional last Friday with but one point deciding t the winner. The W’arriors came as close to winning as a good team can come and still fall short The final score was 75-74 The game was just as close as the final score shows. Neither team really had control; as a matter of fact, two stronger, hotter teams never played so tough a battle If it weren’t for the towering height of Rochester’s center, 6-10 Neil Bemenderfer, the two teams couldn't have been more equal Hoosier Hysteria seemed to grip the entire capacity crowd. No matter what school the fans ~ represented, all took an avid interest in the big semi-final game. Wawasee, being the underdog, got tremendous support from everyone — everyone but Rochester. The Warrior fans could have held their own though as they united to exhibit a fantastic amount of spirit and enthusiasm * The game was just as excitihg at the beginning as it was at the end Both teams drilled in shots left and right. Just as the scorer would tally two for one squad, the other team would roar down the court and net another goal Wawasee compiled about a four point lead in the first quarter, but the Zebras started to gallop Rochester seized the first quarter lead. 18 16 Second quarter action was just as turbulent as that of the first: The ball "flew’’ through the rims at both ends of the court Only briefly did Wawasee experience shooting trouble. It was long enough for Rochester to take hold of the gamers biggest lead, seven points, 41-34. It Looked as if Rochester had the Warriors where it wanted them, but the Warriors surprised the Zebras with a sneak attack. They converted a couple of big steals into big scores Tad Chamberlin pulled Wawasee within two as he got off a quick shot at the buzzer Rochester led by two, 43-41, at the half, but it had two men in foul trouble The Warriors were ready for the Zebras in the second half. They hustled and drove in 15 points to tie them 56-56 at the close of the third period The Wawasee fans were wild with excitement as the fourth period was underway. The whole game was close and the final stanza was no exception. Rochester drilled in shots, but Wawasee bounced right back. Rochester went ahead by six as it scored on three straight field goals, but the Wawasee Warriors would not die The three field goals were answered by three at the Wawasee basket. Unfortunately. Jim Stout contracted his fifth foul with 3:22 left in the game Neil Bemenderfer kept the

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HEAVILY GUARDED — Wawasee’s Jim Stout is shown as he makes his way toward the basket during last Friday s semi-final tournament action. Stout, a senior, made a total of 22 points before he fouled out of the game. Shown guarding him heavily are 54 Neil Bemenderfer and Tom Schwenk.

Zebras alive as he scored six points -two free throws and two field goals. Wawasee pulled back within two on goals by Greg Fidler and Tad Chamberlin with less than 20 seconds remaining. While Rochester tried to hold its lead. Jack Swank was fouled. He missed the first shot, but connected on the second to give the undefeated Zebras a three point edge - the edge they needed Wawasee hustled back down the court with seven seconds left. Chamberlin gunned in an outside shot, but it just wasn’t enough as the final buzzer sounded. Top honor., for the evening went to Neil Bemenderfer as he fined in 30 paints for Rochester. Dave McGowen scored 13, while Joe Bowers and Scott Stocking nolched 11 10 points respectively. Senior Jim Stout banged in 22 points to lead the Warriors. Greg

Akron Upsets Warsaw

The Flyers pulled a big upset in the second semi final game of the sectional against the defending champion Tigers. Akron, which led most of the game, defeated Warsaw 55-53 The Tigers seemed to be looking to the championship game with Rochester; they just didn’t reckon with the power Akron was capable of displaying The Flyers battled Warsaw in a close first stanza only to end in a tie, 16-16. Akron captured the lead in the second quarter. The Tigers bore a six point deficit to the locker room. 31-25. Tie Flyers propelled themselves to a 10 point lead in the thin! period This seemed to

Fidler and Tad Chamberlin turned in especially fine performances as they each contributed 18 points to end their high school careers. Mark Smith hit double figunp as he sewed 10. Dave Hamilton? also a seniw, chipped in six points. 1 Even in defeat the Warriors played a superb game. A contest any closer would have required a photofinish. Bob Heady's Warriors completed their year with a 12-9 record. Box scores follow: ROCHESTER (75) — Bemenderfer 13-4-3, Swank 214, Stocking 503. Bowers 513, Brown 302. McGowen 613 Totals. 34-7-18 WAWASEE (74) — Stout 10-2-5, Chamberlin 903, Hamilton 301, Fidler 582, Smith 261, Madrick 000, Paulus 000, Rhodes 000. Totals: 29-16-12

"wake up” the Tigers; they narrowed the margin to five by the close of the quarter, 39-34. Warsaw really started to pull up in the fourth period. They tied the game at 49-49 and again at 5151. Jeff Tilden then came through fw Akron; he hit on two field goals to give the Flyers the victory. Warsaw scored again in the last minute to make the final score 55-53 The Tigers were unable to sewe on two steals in the warning seconds of the game to seize the win. Jeff Tilden fired in 20 points fw the Flyers. Ron Dittman notched 19. Phil Adams added 10. Rod Wildman led the Tigers with 18 points. Blaine Metzger scored 13 while Rob Staley bucketed 12. The win thrust Akron into the championship game with unbeaten Rochester on Saturday night AKRON (55) — Tilden 924. Dittman 752. Lash 122, Adams 422. Lewis 001, Murphy 101. Totals 22-11-12 WARSAW (53) - Wildman 822. Staley 603. Metzger 612, Kissell 001, Kline 401, Wickstrom 000, Shoemaker 104. Totals 25-3-13

Akron and Warsaw advanced to semi-finals By SANDY GERENCSER By virtue of winning their first round bouts the Tigers and Flyers advance to the semi finals. Flyers Glide Past Triton The Akron Flyers found that the third time is a charm. After losing to the Trojans twice in regular season play, the Flyers defeated Triton 61-52 in the opening game of the Warsaw sectional Wednesday night. The Flyers zipped off to an overwhelming 13-2 lead in the first quarter. By the end of the period Akron was ahead of the Trojans 21-12. Second quarter action saw the Trojans attack the Flyers. Triton pulled to within three at the half. 37-34. The third stanza showed both teams in a cold streak as neither was hitting the goal. Akron eked out a two point lead at the end of the period, 45-43. Triton captured a one point lead early in the fourth quarter, 46-39. This was the cue for Akron to get moving. Ron Dittman and Jeff Tilden answered the call by recapturing the lead for the Flyers. From that point on, Akron just sailed past the Trojans until the final buzzer sounded. Akron was the victor, 61-52. Don Dittman piloted the Flyers as he scored 24 points. Phil Adams and Jeff Tilden notched 13 and 12 points respectively. Steve Roberts scored 14 points for Triton and Bob Fuzy followed with 11. AKRON (61) - Dittman 11-2-3, Tilden 522, Lash 203, Adams 454, Lewis 301, Murphy 100. Totals: 26-9-13 TRITON (52) — Beagle 001, Fuzy 431, Blackford 103, Ganshorn 811, Roberts 624, Brunk 100, Baker 140, Ellinger 001. Totals: 21-10-11 Tigers Crush Bulldogs The Warsaw Tigers took the bark out of the Mentone Bulldogs in the second game of the sectional last Wednesday. Warsaw beat Mentone handily as it outscored the Bulldogs. 77-53. The Tigers had an obvious height advantage over the smaller Mentone squad. Injuries and illness also hurt the Bulldogs. The Tigers started the game out with a roar as they took a commanding lead in the first quarter; they led 25-13. Warsaw extended its lead and found itself leading by 17 points before the half ended, 37-20. A jjuick shot by Mentone made the half time score 37-22. The Tigers really charged in the third period. Many Warsaw players, who saw limited action during the season, played quite a bit in the second half. The Tigers had Mentone down 60-28 at the close of the third quarter. The Bulldogs had a good fourth quarter as they connected for 26 points, but they could not match the tough Tigers as they fell, 7753. Rod Wildman took scoring honors for Warsaw with 20 points. Phil Wickstrom also hit double figures as he scored 10. Dave Kissell. Blaine Metzger and Rob Staley each netted eight. Brett Boggs bucketed 13 points for Mentone. Bill Hardesty and Bill Boggs tallied 12 and 11 points respectively. WARSAW (77) — Kissell 402, Wildman 842, Shoemaker 232, Metzger 401, Kline 213, Wickstrom 504, Goshert 001, Clay 101, Long 101, Staley 401, Clemens 012, Sands 144. Totals: 32-13-24 MENTONE (53) - Brett Boggs 531, Anglin 011, Williams 132, Eaton 002, Bill Boggs 352, Hardesty 604, Meiser 123, Webb 231, Johnson 000. Totals: 18-17-16 Kathy Carlin wins first By SANDY GERENCSER The Warriorette swim team participated in the Goshen relays last Saturday. Penn placed first in the meet. Wawasee ranked sixth out of seven teams. Wawasee had one first place, winner. Kathy Carlin took top honors in the diving competition. In other events the Warriorettes placed two thirds, two fourths, a fifth and a seventh.

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ON TO REGIONAL — An exuberant group of Akron Flyers are shown shortly after they w<hs the sectional basketball tournament at Warsaw Saturday night to win their way to the regional to be held at Elkhart’s North Side gym this Saturday. The Flyers narrowly got by Rochester. 91 to 89. in an overtime game considered an upset.

Flyers in orbit after winning sectional

By SANDY GERENCSER The Rochester Zebras with a 21 game winning streak fell to the Akron Flyers, 91-89. in an exciting conclusion to a thrilling sectional tournament Saturday night. The Flyers defeated the Zebras in an overtime after regulation play ended with a tie score of 81-81. The powerful Zebras must have figured that once they passed Wawasee the road to becoming sectional champs would be easy. They neglected the fact that Akron stood in their way. The championship game commenced before a capacity crowd. Most of the fans expected the Zebras to stampede past the Flyers; after all, Rochester was undefeated. However, the Akn*n k fl ■L t V ■ V « K' ’ u BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD — Phil Stichter shown above now holds the Milford junior high school rebound record. Phil pulled down 149 rebounds this year to break the record of 142 set by Forest Ray in the 1971-72 season. Phil and his teammates will play their last game for Milford junior high school Thursday, March 14, starting at 6. Grades three through eight will participate in Milford's annual basketball night which is wrapped up with the eighth grade playing the faculty. LAKELAND LOCAL Mrs. Noble Myers has returned to her home on W. E. Long Dr., Syracuse, after spending the last 10 weeks with her daughter. Mrs. F. P. LeCount. at Huntington and her son. Col. James M. Myers, in Atlanta, Ga.

fans had confidence in their team and their enthusiasm showed it. As the first few minutes ticked away, everyone began to sit up and take notice of the game. Many felt nothing could top the exciting Wawasee game of the previous evening, but Akron was out to prove them wrong. The Flyers jumped out to a 8-4 lead. Rochester galloped up though and led at the end of the first quarter, 20-16. The second stanza didn’t look bright for Akron as the Zebras jumped to a 10 point lead, and Flyer Jeff Tilden picked up his fourth foul. However, the Flyers were not going to give up. They closed the Rochester lead to four at the half, 38-34. The Zebras continued to lead in the third period, but Akron started moving up. Tilden scored in the closing seconds to give Akron the lead, 57-56. The fourth quarter saw the lead jump to and fro. Rochester found a battle on its hands. The game was close right down to the “final” buzzer. Rochester had an 80-79 edge; when Swank notched one of two free throws, the Zebras led by two. Tilden of Akron tied the game in the closing seconds at 81-81. The excited Akron bench seemed to gain new strength when the overtime began. The Flyers zipped out front. The stunned Zebras couldn’t quite catch them as they fell, 91-89. Ron Dittman piloted Akron as he fired in 37 points. Jeff Tilden banged in 29 points while Phil Adams scored 16 and John Lash tallied nine points to complete Akron’s scoring. Mike Lewis, a starter who only scored six points in the whole tournament, was the real sparkplug for the Flyers. He

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Coach Floyd Henson will take his team to Elkhart to meet Elkhart Memorial in the first game, scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The second game will be Whitko against Plymouth. Akron is easily one of the smallest schools to remain in play throughout the state.

kept their spirit high in the contest. Jack Swank led the Zebras as he bucketed 23 points. Neil Bemenderfer notched 22. Kevin Brown had 18, while Scott Stocking and Joe Bowers scored 14 and 10 points respectively. The Akron Flyers are a surprising team. They are a team that works together and just seems to enjoy playing together. When asked how they could play so well against the strong Zebras, Ron Dittman replied, “Determination.” AKRON (91) — Tilden 13-3-4,. Dittman 16-5-3, Lash 332, Adams 723, Lewis 002, Murphy 001. Totals 39-13-15 ROCHESTER (89) - Bemenderfer 10-2-4, Bowers 420,

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Stocking 703, Swank 10-3-4, McGowen 022, Brown 904. Totals: 40-9-17

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