The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 46, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 December 1978 — Page 8

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., December 6,1978

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Sports

Attempt to organize area Special Olympics Committee

A few parents of the Lakeland area met last Thursday night, under direction of Mrs. Steve (Diane) Elliott, in an attempt to organize a Lakeland Special Olympics Committee, composed of parents with special children in an attempt to raise funding to help send the youth to Special Olympic events. Money making projects are being planned to help students attend different meets, and the local teachers’ association is planning a spring walk-a-thon to raise funds to send the Lakeland students to state competition in June. A large flea market and bake sale are also in the planning in the spring. Funds Needed A spokesman said S2OO is needed by mid January to send these special students to the Winter Olympics, and around $2,000 is needed by spring for Syracuse rolls over Pierceton The Syracuse Yellow Jacket eighth grade basketball team shot to a 24-12 halftime lead on its way to a 47-36 victory over Pierceton last Thursday. The Yellow Jackets enjoyed a 35-18 third quarter lead and again used every player with six boys scoring. Kevin Smith lead the first quarter charge with two fast break baskets to start the game. Jeff Thorn controlled the backboard throughout the game and his passes out to David Workman and Brian Kistler helped them for many of the 20 points they scored together. Smith led the Jackets with 15 points and held Charlie Dull to eight during the first half for a sterling all-around performance. Jon Vitaniemi added four points while playing a good offensive and defensive game. Thorn, while controlling the backboards, added some blocked shoots and steals to his credit as he scored six points. Charlie Dull led Pierceton with 26 points as he scored seven baskets in the last quarter. This Thursday, the Yellow Jackets will travel to South Whitley for a 6 p.m. game. This matchup could give a good indication as to who will win the Camelot Basketball Tourney, as both squads are highly rated. In seventh grade action Pierceton spurted from a 10-7 lead to completely control the game and win 37-13. The taller, quicker. Cubs alternated players throughout and wound up with eight players scoring. Jim Schlabach led Syracuse in scoring and rebounding and is developing into a steady player Seventh grade Coach Casimer Szynal will be looking for players to begin developing the concentration on offense and defense which will improve the teams performance.

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other events in the planning for the youth to attend. Mrs. Elliott, learning disabilities teacher at the Syracuse Elementary School, explained to those present that the Lakeland students were eligible to attend this year's special Winter Olympics at Valparaiso in January. The twoday event has the youth being taught to snow ski and ice skate, then competition is held in skiing, skating, tubing, as well as sledding and tobogganing. Mr. Elliott is planning to organize a basketball team for competition in the area so the

Swimmers defeat Rochester

By KELLI PRICE The Wawasee High School boys’ swim team soundly defeated Rochester last Wednesday in an away meet. The Warriors won with a score of 100 to 70. Wawasee took 10 of the- 11 possible first place finishes. These consisted of the 200-yard medley relay team — Webb, Carpenter, Rosenkranz and Bice; the 200-yard freestyle — Scott Arnold; the 200-yard individual medley — Greg Carpenter; the 50-yard freestyle — Steve Rosenkranz; diving — Kevin Templeton; the 100-yard butterfly — Steve Rosenkranz; the freestyle — Scott Arnold; the 500-yard freestyle — Mike Wakeland; the l(M>yard breaststroke — Greg Carpenter; and the 400-yard freestyle relay — Arnold, Pifer, Wakeland and Boyer. Os these outstanding swimmers Arnold. Wakeland and Rosenkranz represent the senior class. Greg Carpenter and Kevin Templeton are juniors. The first win of the season gives the boys a 1-2 record. Wakarusa defeats Yellow Jackets The Syracuse Yellow Jackets basketball teams invaded the Wakarusa Indians teepee Tuesday of last week, and wound up leaving their scalps. The host Indians took a cliffhanger in the eighth grade game 38-36. Syracuse jumped off to an early lead and managed to hold it into the fourth quarter, but once the Indians took the lead they never gave it back. Kevin Smith put on a nice shooting display hitting six of 13 shots to lead Syracuse with 12 points. Brian Kistler added 11 points and Jeff Thorn had eight. Unfortunately, the other eight Yellow Jackets could only add three points between them. Bemiller was the high Scorer for the Indians as he continually drove the right side to net 17 points. Drudge added 8 points. In the seventh grade game the Indians came out firing and never let up. Ahead 13-4 at the first quarter stop, they jumped to a 20-point lead after three quarters and then coasted. Both coaches gave every boy a chance to play which should make an enjoyable experience for all regardless of the score. Tracy Thornburg led Syracuse with six points. The Yellow Jackets next game is this Thursday at South Whitley followed by a home game next Thursday, Dec. 14, against Warsaw.

boys may later compete at the state meet. It was announced that one of the Syracuse students will be picked to attend the International Basketball Olympics as a representative of Indiana to be held in New York City. Any individual, organization or business interested in this new group, or w'ith questions, or wishing to contribute funding or assistance in any way, may contact Mrs. Elliott. She explained she would be most willing to show a film to any group wishing to learn more on special Olympics.

Individual results follow: 200-yard medley relay — Wawasee (Webb, Carpenter, Rosenkranz and Bice) 1:55.21, Reiff sets new record Ralph Reiff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reiff, r 1 Warsaw, has set a new goal kicking record at Indiana Central University. Reiff broke the record by kicking 69 field goals in three seasons. The former record was 67 field goals in four seasons. Reiff is a junior student at the University majoring in physical education and health. He is planning a career as an athletic trainer. Reiff graduated from Wawasee High School where he played the safety position and was goal kicker with the varsity football squad. He set another record during the 1977 football season at Indiana Central by kicking a 42-yard field goal. He tied his own goal kicking record again this season.

Warriors lose second straight

By DOUG WALKER ELKHART — The Wawasee Warriors fell for the second time in as many nights Saturday, as they were defeated by the Memorial Chargers, 69-57. The loss brought the Warrior record to 3-2. The Chargers, who had won their two previous games, got off to a good start, and held a 13-10 lead at the end of the first quarter. Wawasee exploded midway through the second quarter, and at one point held a 30-22 lead. Elkhart Memorial came fighting back, however, and sparked by forward Garrett Skipper, they had cut the Warrior lead to 30-29 at half-time. The Warriors looked tired in the third quarter (which they probably were, coming off the previous night's exhausting loss to Concord), and Memorial took advantage of this fact. By the end of the quarter, they had the game under control with a commanding 55-40 lead. Wawasee kept pace in the final period, but it was too late, as the Chargers came away with the 69-57 win. Warrior Mark Wagoner received an elbow from Elkhart center Mike Gary late in the game that resulted in a broken nose. It is unknown if the injury Milford drops game to Nappanee After an impressive 41-29 victory over Warsaw last week, the Milford Junior High eighth grade basketball team lost to Nappanee 42-40 in a game played last night (Tuesday). Nappanee jumped out in front 17-8 at the end of the first quarter and extended the lead to 22-12 at half-time. Beginning the third quarter, the Trojans put on a press and outscored the Bulldogs 18-8 to tie them at 30-30. Nappanee then took a quick 34-30 lead, but Milford fought back to within one 39-38 with 22 seconds to go. The Trojans could not get a shot off and had to foul. Nappanee scored three more times on free throws while Milford could only manage two to make the final score 42-40. It was a good comeback. Rick Pena scored 18 points with Kevin Harney adding eight. Ross Dahlstrom scored six, Mike Patty and Eric Beer had four each.

Warriors suffer first defeat

By DOUG WALKER DUNLAP — The Wawasee Warriors tasted defeat for the first time this season Friday evening when they were downed by the Concord Minutemen, 69-62. The game was the Warriors’ first against a Northern Lakes Conference opponent. The Minutemen got off to a quick start, and held a 19-13 lead at the end of the first quarter. Turnovers plagued the Warriors in the second quarter (Wawasee lost the ball a total of 19 times in the first half), and Concord went

Rochester, Rochester 200-yard freestyle — Arnold W 2:00.5, Pifer W, Rochester, Rochester, Rochester, Grotz W 200-yard individual medley — Carpenter W 2:21.9, Webb W, Rochester, Rochester, Bice W 50-yard freestyle — Rosenkranz W :24.16, Rochester, Rochester, Wakeland W, Johnston W, Rochester Diving — Templeton W 169.7, Rochester, Rochester, Barnett W, Blackburn W 100-yard butterfly — Rosenkranz W : 58.28, Pifer W, Rochester, Rochester 100-yard freestyle — Arnold W 54.9, Rochester, Rochester, Rochester, Crum W, Curry W 500-yard freestyle — Wakeland W 6:20.26, Boyer W, Rochester, Rocheser, Curry W 100-yard backstroke — Rochester 1:05.10, Rochester, Webb W, Grotz W, Johnston W. Rochester 100-yard breaststroke — Carpenter W 1:10.36, Rochester, Bice W, Rochester, Crum W, Rochester 400-yard freestyle relay — Wawasee (Arnold, Pifer, Wakeland and Boyer) 4:12.8, Rochester. Wawasee (Butcher, Johnston, Grotz and Curry)

will cause Wagoner to miss this Friday evening’s home contest against arch-rival Warsaw. Mark Lantz of Wawasee led all scorers with 19 points. Other Warriors to score were Mark Simpson with 14 points; Bart Bowser, eight points; Jay Kaiser, six points; Matt Strombeck, three points; and Mark Sumpter and Wagoner with two apiece. In the first game of the doubleheader, Elkhart Central defeated Concord, 73-58. Milford clobbers Warsaw A victory for Milford came against Warsaw 41-29. After trailing the bigger Tiger team 71, the eighth graders got their game going and took a 19-15 halftime lead. The Trojans extended their lead to 33-25 at the ena of the third quarter. Milford outscored Warsaw 8-4 in the final quarter. Rick Pena hit eight of 15 shots and two free throws for 18 points. Kevin Harney chipped in with two, but had 11 rebounds. Eric Beer scored 11 points to aid in the strong performance by Milford. Mike Patty had seven assists. Prior to the Nappanee and Warsaw games, the Trojans lost to Central Noble 29-26 and to Bremen 46-38. Against Central Noble Rick Pena scored 10 to lead the Trojans’ offense. Against Bremen he had 15 and Kevin Harney added 12. Next week both Milford squads will play at North Webster on Tuesday. The following week, December 19, the Trojans will play Wakarusa at home.

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into half-time with a comfortable 38-23 lead. Sloppy free-throw shooting hurt the Warriors in the third quarter (they missed a total of 18 shots from the charity stripe in the game), and the Minutemen led 53-40 as they headed into the final period. The fourth quarter saw the Warriors put together a rally of sorts, but it was not enough, as Concord came away with the 6962 win. The game was slowed up by a total of 47 fouls (23 against Wawasee, 24 against Concord, and five players fouled out of the contest. They were Wawasee’s Mark Wagoner, Matt Strombeck and Mark Sumpter and Concord’s Jim Stafford and Todd Shark. Wawasee’s Mark Simpson led all scorers with 23 points. Other Warriors to score were Mark Lantz with 14 points, Wagoner with 10 points, Jay Kaiser with seven points, Bart Bowser with five points, Sumpter with two points and Strombeck with one point. Brent Eldridge led the Minutemen with 18 points. In junior varsity action, Concord defeated Wawasee by a score of 58-40. The loss was the Warrior JV’s fourth without a win. Wawasee swimmers win again By KELLI PRICE Last Saturday at Bluffton, Wawasee boys’ swim team defeated the Bluffton team to bring their season’s record to an even 2-2. The Warrior swimmers edged out a victory with 87 over Bluffton’s 84 points. They set six pool records and claimed eight first places. Webb, Bice, Pifer and Boyer won the 200-yard medley relay; Scott Arnold took the 100 and 200-yard freestyles, setting two records; Greg Carpenter claimed the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard butterfly, both finished in record times; John Pifer set a record in the 500-freestyle and won the sixth first place for WHS; and the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Carpenter, Arnold, Webb and Pifer won its race and set the last pool record for the day, securing Wawasee’s close victory. Individual scores are as follows: 200-yard medley relay — Wawasee (Webb, Bice, Pifer, Boyer) 2:03.79, Bluffton, Bluffton. 200-yard freestyle — Arnold W 1:58.60, Bluffton, Bluffton, Butcher W, Curry W, Bluffton 200-yard individual medley — Carpenter W 2:19.20; Bluffton. Bluffton, Bluffton, Grotz W 50-yard freestyle — Bluffton :28.1, Bluffton, Crum W, Johnston W, Boyer W, Bluffton Diving — Bluffton 1:55.40, Barnett W, Blackburn W, Bluffton 100-yard butterfly — Arnold W, Webb W, Bluffton, Bluffton, Bluffton, Butcher W 500-yard freestyle — Pifer W 5:48.83, Bluffton, Bluffton, Boyer W, Bluffton, Curry W 100-yard backstroke — Bluffton 1:12.2, Bluffton, Grotz W, Barnett W, Bluffton 100-yard breaststroke — Bice W 1:16.65, Bluffton, Crum W, Bluffton, Blackburn W, Bluffton 400-yard freestyle relay — Wawasee (Carpenter, Arnold, Webb, Pifer) 3:47.37, Bluffton, Bluffton, Wawsasee, Bluffton Gas tank stolen Bruce Secor, r 2 Leesburg, reported to Kosciusko County Police that a 500 gallon LP gas tank was stolen from his home on CR 650 N sometime Thursday morning, Nov. 30. No value has been placed on the missing tank.

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