The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 5, Milford, Kosciusko County, 21 February 1979 — Page 20

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Ten boys do not a basketball team make! It takes more than players to stage the show biz — Hoosier style — event that will take place next week at Triton High School, Bourbon. It takes athletic directors, principals, coaches and assistant coaches, managers, trainers, cheerleaders and fans ... all pulling together ... all backing their team. In the photo above we have used representatives from the several schools participating in the Triton sectional — The principal, standing at the door waiting to welcome everyone to his school, is Triton’s Howard Liggett. The athletic director is Wawasee’s Carl Meditch. The coach is Tippecanoe Valley’s Roger Fleetwood. The managers are from Warsaw. The cheerleaders are from Triton and the fans include Wawasee’s Floyd Baker, a former member

Triton set to host tourney

Triton High School is getting ready to welcome fans to another sectional tournament this week. It is the fifth straight year for the school to host sectional play, prior to 1975 the school alternated as host with Warsaw. Triton’s first year to host a sectional tournament was in 1971. At that time the school was three years old. When the announcement came from the Indiana High School Athletic Association it was a surprise to many as Warsaw had hosted the tournament for seven straight yefirs. Teams participating in

of the Indiana High School Athletic Association and an avid basketball fan. A feature on Baker appears elsewhere in this issue. The athletic directors and principals of the several schools are responsible for scheduling games, coordinating sports at the various high schools, checking to see that players are not over age and have achieved high enough grades to be eligible to play in the tournament. Os course, Triton’s principal has had the added duties of getting his school ready for the sectional. The coaches are directly responsible for the players and their conduct. They call the plays and help the players as they attempt to win for their school. Assistant coaches keep track of fouls, time outs, opposing team substitutions and other things to help the head coach.

that first Triton sectional were Akron. Mentone, Rochester, Warsaw, Wawasee and Triton. The Triton gym seats 3,470 persons and is an excellent facility for a sectional tournament. The gym is located on the east edge of Bourbon with the school serving both the junior and senior high school students. It serves the communities of Bourbon, Tippecanoe and Etna Green. Schools participating in the 1979 sectional are Tippecanoe Valley, Triton, Rochester, Warsaw and Wawasee.

Managers and trainers assist the coaches and players as they are the ones responsible for seeing the team’s uniforms and other basketball equipment is ready for use when it’s needed. They also work with adults who see that players are taped before games and assist when a player I Cohersion As the state’s s high schools continue to look at their budgets, there are those who constantly cast their eyes on the cost of athletics and wonder why these dollars should be spent. Running a worthwhile athletic program in any school is not cheap. Money spent per athlete in interscholastic competition, as opposed to those in physical education for instance, is much greater. And with girls becoming more involved in athletics, costs will increase. So why not cut back and why not even eliminate athletics? Some have tried and have found it to be a move filled with folly. Aside from the positive aspect of such an involvement for these students directly involved . . . athletics has become the glue that is holding many of our schools and communities together. Indeed in some of our major cities there are those who feel the school system might dissipate into a calamitous state if there were no athletics. This is not to suggest athletics should be given a blank check. They should not.. . and in most schools do not. Most schools run a sensible program — financially realistic. Remove them and you might save money. But saving the school system as we know it might be hard to come by. WSAU-TV, Wausau, Wis.

is injured. The cheerleaders and their sponsors are on hand at every game to lead the students and fans in yelling for their team and creating school spirit. These young ladies and gentlemen have the responsibility of keeping the crowd under control and keeping the spirits of tlie team high. Many basketball games are won with the help of the cheerleaders and fans who back

Who has won the sectional?

Following is a list of sectional tournament winners from 1921 thru 1978:

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 1948 Milford 1949 Syracuse

their team. Basketball players who feel their fans are behind them respond to yells and often play a better game because of this spirit. Every team needs fans to back it and to give it support. The support the advertisers have shown the teams in the Triton sectional in this special issue proves that they all will have plenty of support as they mefet in Bourbon next

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 Rochester 1973 Warsaw 1974 Akron 1975 Rochester 1976 Warsaw 1977 Wawasee 1978 Rochester 1979 ?