The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 2, Milford, Kosciusko County, 31 January 1979 — Page 8

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., January 31,1979

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Sports

Whitko stops Warriors

By DOUG WALKER The Whitko Wildcats ran their record to 13-1 Friday evening as they defeated: the Wawasee Warriors 77-56. The loss dropped the Warriors’ mark to 8-6. The Warriors had to have had upset on their minds early in the game when they used some torrid outside shooting to jump out in front 10-2. The Wildcats came fighting back, however and had closed the gap to 14-11 by the end of the first quarter. The teams spent most of the second quarter exchanging baskets and Wawasee went into half-time with a scant 28-27 lead. The Wildcats showed the form that has made them one of the area's top teams in the second half, as they hit 10 of their first 11 shots to jump out to a 43-34 lead Whitko went through the entire third quarter without making a turnover and led 51-44 as the game headed into the final period. The Wildcats continue to dominate throughout the fourth quarter, led by center Steve Sands and breezed to the eventual 77-56 win. * Mark Simpson and Mark Sumpter tied for the Warrior lead in scoring with 15 points each. Mark Lantz contributed 10 points, while Bart Bowser had eight. Mark Wagoner four and Jay Kaiser and Jeff Sylvester, two a piece. Sands led all scorers with 24 points. In junior varsity action. Whitko defeated Wawasee in an exciting contest, 51-48. Tom Troup led the Warriors with 20 points.

Injuries stop wrestlers in conference tourney

Two' key injuries kept the Wawasee wrestlers in the third slot last Saturday at the Northern Lakes Conference tourney held at North Wood. Wawasee’s 145 points finished behind Warsaw's 172 and one-half points and North Wood's 171 and one-half points. / Dan Andrews suffered a head injury. He will be replaced by -Eflfck Mock in sectional action this week end. Arnold Garza had to default in first round action in the tourney Other tourney scores were: Goshyn. fourth place. 127 points; Bremen. 124* Concord. 123; Plymouth. 96‘ 2 ; and Rochester. 74. Champion Phil Beer (145 lb. class) led the Warriors with the only championship. Runners-up were Terry Rinker (112 lb., class). Hal Hammaker (138 lb. class) and Rusty Morrison (185 lb. class). Other scorers for Wawasee were: third place — Kevin Walker (98 lb. class). Joel Korenstra (177 lb. class) and Doug VanLue (Hyw. class); fourth place —j Craig Luttman (167 lb. class); fifth place — Jeff Glon (105 lb. class); and sixth place — Oscar Hernandez (132 lb. class). Beer won his NLC championshiftby pinning Roger Burton of Rochester in two minutes and 59 seconds; decisioning Ross Salazar of Plymouth 7-3; and in the championship round, wasted no time in pinning North Wood's Bob Yoder in one minute and 15 seconds. His charr&ionship win improved his season mark to 17-1. Rinker won his first round match by pinning Mike Bitterling of Rochester in one minute and two seconds. In the second round. Rinker avenged an earlier season loss to Tony Otto of North Wood with a 12-0 superior decision. In the finals. Rinker found himself down 5-0 early in the match against Chris Kehler of Warsaw. Officials Wrong? Rinker came back to 5-4 with time left on the clock. He dominated and appeared to have scored a much needed takedown (two points) and possible near fall points (two points), but the official failed to award any of these points. He is now 15-3 for--the season. One hundred and thirty-eight pounder Hammaker got to the finals on a first round one minute, 27 second pin of Don Cooley of Rochester. He also pinned his second round opponent, Rob Slagle of North Wood in four minutes and 51 seconds. He was matched against Ron Honey of Goshen in the finals, who took the

Simpson, Lantz still among area scorers

Mark Simpson and Mark Lantz of Wawasee are the top two area scoring leaders in basketball. Both are also in the top 10 in the Northern Lakes Scoring. Simpson has an average of 20.6 points per game in 14 games with a total of 289 points. In NLC scoring he is third with 88 points for a 22.0 average in four games.

IMBA * F PJr f < L * I ■ aaiK - r 4 meme- ggggjjgjjiKaSj Mr <•'. ' J ** * * w/ LET'S DANCE — With the basketball on the floor behind them, these two players seemed to be doing some kind of fancy dance step when they were caught in the eye of the camera last Friday night at the Wawasee-Whitko basketball game. Actually. Warrior Jeff Sulvester. 50. had just passed the ball to a teammate as 45. Wildcat Steve Sands tried in vain to get the ball for his team. The Warriors suffered their first defeat at home at the hands of the Wildcats. 77-56.

SCORED HIGH;— Even though the Wawasee wrestling team finished third in the NLC tourney this past week end. four Warriors scored high in their individual classes. In front, from left to right, are: Terry Rinker, runner-up; and Phil Beer, champion. In back are; Hal Hammaker, runner-up. at left: and Rusty Morrison, runner-up, right.

championship by a 3-2 margin. This is the . third time the two have met this year. Hammaker’s record is now 13-3-1. Rounding out the finalists this past week end was Morrison. He upped his record to 17 victories in round one and round two by beating North Wood's Wayne Maggard 4-0 and Concords Lonnie Weatherholt 11-5. In the finals, he lost only his second match this season 7-3 to Bremen opponent Tim Hand. Sectionals The Warriors start the Indiana High School Athletic Association tournament series this Saturday with the East Noble sectional. The Warriors are the defending champs, having won the title two years in a row. First round begins at 9:30 a.m. followed at 2 p.m. with consolations and finals.

He is behind Bradd Eldridge, Concord and Kent Adams, Bremen. Lantz, second in area leaders, has 262 points in 15 games for an average of 17.5. In NLC scoring he has 77 points in five games with an average of 15.4. He is in the ninth position.

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Camelot tourney results at Syracuse (5-4) Syracuse Boys 6'30 P M Milford Girls Milford (2-6) Syracuse Pierceton (4-6) W akarusa Boys Pierceton Giris at Wakarusa (4-5> Finals c. . _ Feb. 8 Jan. 30 Feb. o m 6:30P.M. w I?; at N. Webster at S. Whitley (9-1) ———t Mentone ( 6■oo p m Boys an d ir^s Mentone < 8-2) at Mentone ... No. Webster <3-7) North Webster 6:00 P.M. Boys and Girls Akron (2-7)

Wrestlers top Whitko

By LINDA PERRY The Wawasee wrestling team stayed on the winning track by defeating the Whitko Wildcats 4017 last Tuesday evening in the Whitko gym. The Warriors were led by Rusty Morrison, who won by a pin and Terry Rinker and Phil Beer, who each had superior decisions. Individual results are as follows: Wawasee 40— Whitko 17 98 pounds — Kevin Walker < Waw) tied Valentine 2-2 105 pounds — Phillips (Whit) pinned Jeff Glon 1: 49 112 pounds — Rinker (Waw) decisioned Kelsey 18-0 119 pounds — Larry Germonprez (Waw) decisioned Wilcoxson 4-0 126 pounds — Yingst (Whit) pinned Eric Long 1:08 132 pounds — Kelsey (Whit) decisioned Oscar Hernandez 5-2 138 pounds — Hal Hammaker (Waw) decisioned Piper 4-0 145 pounds — Phil Beer (Waw) decisioned Shultz 21-0 155 pounds Dan Andrews

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(Waw) decisioned Bolt 6-1 167 pounds — Craig Luttman (Waw) decisioned Vankirk6-1 177 pounds — Joel Korenstra (Waw) decisioned Mast 10-1 185 pounds — Rusty Morrison (Waw) pinned Baker 3:31 Heavyweight — Doug VanLue (Waw) won by forfeit

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Warriors down Knights in breath-taking finish

By DOUG W ALKER KENDALLVILLE - Mark Lantz hit a pair of clutch free throws with 10 seconds left in the game to give the Wawasee Warriors a 64-63 victory over the East Noble Knights Saturday night. The win brought the Wawasee record to 9-6. The Warriors got off to a quick start and sparked by some outstanding outside shooting from el” center Mark Simpson, had built an impressive 17-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. East Noble center Mike McGinn led a Knight second-quarter rush and by half-time the Wawasee lead had been cut to 30-26. The Warriors’ thin lead held up in the third quarter when both teams scored 19 points and Wawasee was up 49-45 as the game headed into the final period. The Warriors maintained

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control of the game until late in the fourth quarter to catch up and eventually take a 60-56 lead A pair of key steals by Jay Kaiser resulted in a ffeld goal by Lantz, and the 6’5” senior forward gave Wawasee the lead for good when he hit a pair of shots from the charity stripe with 10 seconds left. The Knights brought the ball down court quickly, but an errant pass returned the ball to the Warriors with five seconds left. Kaiser was fouled with three seconds remaining and after he missed a free throw attempt. East Noble got the ball down to guard Mike Murphy, who hit a 35foot desperation shot to apparently give the Knights a dramatic come-from-behind victory The East Noble players and fans swarmed onto the court, but their jubilation was shortlived. as the officials announced that Murphys’s shot had come a fraction of a second after the

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buzzer, tlus giving the Warriors a 64-63 vicory. Simpsor led the Warriors with 20 points, vhile Lantz contributed 12. Freshman Jeff Sylvester had his best game of the season as he came up with 10 points and six assists. Mark Wagoner had a total of eight points, while JayKaiser had seven. Bart Bowser had six and Mark Sumpter had one. Murphy led the Knights with 23 points. The East Noble junor varsity downed Wawasee 59-42. The Warrior J V is now 5-9. The Warriors will travel to Rochester to take on the Zebras this Friday evening and will take on Tippecanoe Valley there on Tuesday night.

WEEK ENDGAME INFORMATION On Friday night. Feb. 2. the Warriors will be traveling to Rochester High School and on Tuesday. Feb. 6. will be going to Tippecanoe Valley High School, for a make-up game. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and tickets may be purchased for students only, in the athletic office on February 2. from 8 to 3 for sl. for the Rochester game. All other tickets will be $2 at the door. Tickets for the Tippecanoe game will be on sale to students at the athletic office for $1 on February 6. during school hours. Tickets at the door will be $1.50. Game time will be 6:30 p.m. for the junior varsity game and 8 p.m. for the varsity , for both games. Fan buses will leave at the following times for the Rochester game: 5 p.m. from Syracuse. 5:15 from North W ebster and Milford. Fan buses for the Tippecanoe game will be leaving Syracuse at 5:15 p.m.. Milford and North Webster at 5:30 p.m. For both games 50 cents will be needed for the driver when boarding.