The Mail-Journal, Volume 14, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 May 1977 — Page 10

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., May 25.1977

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I I 9 Hw •■ Ji'i ■• ’ fl ''• • bhf ' ■ * ><fh j -■ >*-» \ "w jJjE *•■ JV WARRIORS — Comprising the junior varsity baseball team at Wawasee High School are back, left; Scott Green. Tyler Haines, Eric Shepherd. Greg Snyder. Scott Detuiler and Gregg Minegar. coach -'■#•- / Playing positions in row two are left. Kevin Rockenbaugh. Kevin Shrock. Jeff Beezley. Roger Hawn and Dan Tracy. L . Near the plate are left. Gary Vance. Mike Murray. Rob Ladner. Allen Coy and Marshal Minnick. Not pictured is team member Mark Wolfe.

JV squad learning basics

Looking forward to their summer basebalLschedule. with a 1-11 record, the junior varsity baseball team of Wawasee H+gh School is learning the basics ‘ We re working a lot on fundamentals." says Gregg Minegar. novice coach of the squad I hope it will pajk off later " Each player is learning the game, getting experience playing the different positions Minegar states only two or three times has the lineup remained the same during the season Six of the nine starting players are freshmen Mark Wolfe, a not pictured team member, has been playing varsity at times Mark Simpson also has dressed for the varsity • They really give out. coach Minegar said He commented the

Ai * YjHRRR f “ va■ F 3 tinln 5 llr> LCj———r jyrj f 7 '“l i K / j ( t J *iMk u ' ■ ' tav 3«B > • J ■'»' F r £ if L'r ~/r" C - •* ' ..IMF*** 1 BEST SEASON — Members of the North Webster Junior High track team who have the best reason in the school s history are front, left. Amy Bales, manager; Brenda Hunter. Joe Howe. Marc Barnett. Brian Kosbrugh. John Koonti. Randy Clark. Lori Kruger, manager; Bob Harding, coach. In the middle are left, Sean Beavers. Brett Fawley. Tom Rhodes. John Locke and Tony Croy. Back row team members are left. Larry Leslie. Shad Hunter. Scott Ousley. Tag Hunter. Scott Parker. Todd Walls. Lance Clark was absent when the picture was taken.

Trackmen best in school's history

This year's trackmen at .North Webster established themselves as the best track team m the history, of North Webster Junior High School The team finished with an

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team is trying to get more runs Five of the 11 losses have been lost by one run After finishing the required number of practices. Tim Kauffman is expected to join the team Kauffman is termed a “hustler" by Minegar. who said if he looks good will have a spot on the team Since only three oi the conference teams have junior varsity squads. Minegar and athletic director Eldon Vmmel are looking into the possibility of getting some games arranged with South Bend schools such as Penn Minegar said such games might not improve the team's record but would pay off in the experience department In conference games this season, the team has split 1-1

undefeated season and brought home first place trophies from the local Lakeland Invitational Junior High Track meet and the Kosciusko Junior High track meet

with Warsaw, is 0-2 with NorthWood and 0-1 against Goshen, losing by one run Most of the conference games have been close ones, with the exception of Elkhart Central and Northfield, where the scoreboard gap was greater "It's kind of frustrating sometimes." Minegar reflected "But they're learning from their errors ” Some of the team members w ill peturn for play next year, and Minegar expects the team to be stronger then If you tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, he'll believe you But if you tell him a bench has just been painted, he has to touch it to be sure.

J During the year, eight m- . dividual school records were set . ‘ and school records were set in the mile. 880 yard and 440-yard relay*. School records set by the team this year are Pole vault Marc Barnett. 10‘ 4 . ; High jump !Scott Ousley. 5 7” Discus — Tag Hunter. 115’ l 3‘‘ 100-yard dash Shad Hunter 11.0 220-yard dash — Shad Hunter. 24 6 440-yard dash — Scott Ousley. ■ 53 9 L ' Mile run — Brian Rosbrugh. 5:03.2 120-yard hurdles — John Locke. .15.4 Mile relay — Tony Croy. Brian Rosbrugh. Lance Clark. John Koontz. 4:24 2 880 relay — Tag Hunter. John Locke. Scott Ousley. Shad Hunter. 1:44.7 440 relay — Tag Hunter. John Locke. Scott Ousley. Shad Hunter. :48.6

Three from Wawasee on Grace College golf team

Three Wawasee graduates were members of the Grace College golf team that placed third in the Mid-Central- Conference and finished sixth in NAIA District 21 this past season. Mark Randall, a 1973 graduate and son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Randall, r 1 Warsaw, was the captain and medalist of the team. “He played very consistently,” says Lancer Coach Phil Hoskins of the graduating senior. Mark shot a season average of 79 with his best match at Everhart in Mishawaka where he shot a 71. Playing number two position for the Lancers was Phil Randall. Mark's brother and a 1975 graduate of Wawasee. He shot an 80 for the season and his best score was a 69 shot at Shady Hills Golf Club in Marion Phil was a sophomore at Grace Steve Coverstone, son of Mr. and Mrs Dean Coverstone of North Webster, played third man Tippy ladies play foursome The play for the day for the Tippecanoe Lake Country Club ladies was best ball foursome with handicap at play last Friday, May 20 In first place was Jerri Parr. Helen Freeman. Lois Xanders and Mary Lee In the second place category, winning ladies were Ruth Emmerick. Evelyn Mieman. Maxine Harris and Mary Steele Third place honors went to Anne Howe. Amber Christensen. Jody Fratz and Denice Simons. Tied for fourth place were Irene Benzenburg. Doris Wright. Beth Flinn. Bonnie Kissell. Julia Evans. Myrtle Wentzel and Florae Summy.

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for the Lancers. The 1974 graduate of Wawasee High School matched Phil’s score with a season total of 80. “Steve is a very nice golfer,” says Hoskins. Steve was a sophomore this past year. Late in the year the three men were all shooting in the 70’s. Os his three top golfers. Coach Hoskins says, "all three played the best golf of their life.” Rudy Cesco was their coach while at Wawasee. BOWLING Wednesday Mixed Ddubldi Odd Balls • • Super Bowls A l New Paris Produce 5W Pi Syracuse Cleaners 5 3 Krazy Kerns 4 4 KeeWer KooKies 3v» 4V» Unpredlc tables 3 5 Ctotys 3 5 4'Wheelers 3 S Louie's Bar & Grill 3 5 Mixed Nuts 2 6 Split Heads 2 6 High teem game 8> series Keebler KooKies 625. 1812 500 series Men, J. Kern $26, R Wogoman 501. 8 Simon 502. G Sorensen 539. women L Hawn 507. 450 series G Brown 459. Y. Coburn 474. K. Hamilton 455 200 games G Sorensen 206 170 games L. Hawn 171,178. Y Coburn 162 Tuesday Night Ladies MoonraKers |>l 3W 3C'S | 4 Sesame Street Gang 8 4 Goof Balls 7 5 Sunshiners 7 5 Rejects 6 6 Odd Balis 6 6 Creepy Crawlers S’i 6Vi Good Guys 2 10 Boneless Breast j , ,g ‘ High team game Sesame St. Gang. 472 High team series MoonraKers. 1324 500 series N Anderson 527 450 series L jppes 4*4. K Hamilton 460. N Dean 463. C. Richards 472 200 games L. Jones 206 170 games C Jewries 166. K Hamilton 185. J Free 175. N Dean 179, N Anderson 178. 189

■EIIWv - 11 I Bk I B j: 1 BL&-- 4 - f .V ■ " / r ‘ QUALIFY FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS — The above pictured boys have qualified for the Eastern Nationals Freestyle Wrestling Championships to be held June 23-25 at Shippensburg State College in Shippensburg. Pa. Kneeling on the front row. left to right, are Robbie McKibben, fifth Bantam 55 pounds; Brad Traviolia, fourth Midget 70 pounds; Kelly Frank, first Bantam 60 pounds; and Brett Traviolia. fourth Bantam 60 pounds. On the back row, standing left to right, are Neil Wilkey, first Midget 75 pounds; Travis Walter, third Junior 119 pounds: Gary Gerencser, third Intermediate 66 pounds; and Paul Bachtel. second Midget 85 pounds. These boys qualified at the AAU Indiana Junior Olympics state meet held recently. They are also from the Lakeland Youth Center.

Tracksters settle for second at sectional

By TERRI HOLTZCLAW The Warriorette tracksters (46> placed second at the Goshen sectional while Elkhart Central won the competition with 88 points. Penn was third with 39. Wawasee's Lorenc Spearman proved to be the crowd pleaser as she raced her way across the finish line in the 100 in :10.8. the 220 in 25.1 and ended the 440 relay along with Kathy Bice. Barb Yoder and Rhonda Byrd with :51.2. Joanna Spearman. Bice. Terri Holtzclaw and Judy Fouts combined their talents to place second in both the 880 relay and the medley relay, preceded byElkhart Central. Other Sectional contenders were Joanna Spearinan in long jump. Pat Greene in the softball throw and Danielle Neibert in high jump. Sectional Summary Top Eight Schools — Elkhart Central 88. Wawasee 46. Penn 39. Concord 38, Goshen 31, North Wood 19. Hamilton 16. Prairie Heights 16. Shot Put — Diane Stephensen C, Goshen. Penn. E. Central.

Distance: 41' 9" High Jump — Penny Hoffman G. North Wood. Penn. E. Central. Height: 5' 3" Long Jump — Jane Vahala C, Goshen. Angola, E Central Distance: 16' 54" Softball Throw — Diane Stephensen C. E. Central, Penn. Prairie Heights Distance: 215' 84” * Hurdles — Cheryl Stouder EC. Northridge, Central Noble. Prairie Heights: Time: 10.4 100 — Lorene Spearman Wa, E Central, West View. Bethany Time: 10.8 Mile — Joyce Martin Ham. Prairie Heights. North Wood, E.

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Central. Time: 5:48.9 880 Relay E. Central, Wawasee. East Noble, Penn. Time: 1:50.6 440 — Jamie Kich Mish, .Angola, West Noble, North Wood. Time: :62-l 440 Relay ,1— Wawasee, E. Central. Fairfield, Penn. Time: :51.2 880 — Deb Hollingsworth EC, Lakeland. Hamilton, E. Memorial. Time: 2:27.7 220— Lorene Spearman Wa, E. Central. Central Noble. Concord: Time: :25.1 Medley Relay & E. Central, Wawasee. Penn, West Noble. Time: 1:55.4