The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 48, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 December 1979 — Page 8

THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., December 19,1979

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Sports

VwSX-*-?.MF: iWnllv UP, UP AND AWAY — Wawasee Warrior Jeff Long leaps high in the air as he goes for a basket last Saturday night. Long scored a total of Hi points during the night to tie for the team’s high with senior letterman Bart Bowser. Also in double figures was Tom Troup, number 13. with 10. Long made seven of 13 field goals for 53.8 per cent and was two for five from the free throw line for 40 per cent.

Wawasee stunned over 74-54 loss to Fairfield

By STEVE PEACH The Wawasee Warriors were not too pleased by their play last Saturday night as they lost to Fairfield 74-54. The Warriors began the game in foul trouble and nothing seemed to go well for them throughout the rest of the game Fairfield, on the other handbook advantage of their lucky tweaks and consumed an early lead in which they were to keep and go into the half with a nfargin over Wawasee. There seamed to be some question on the number of fouls that the Warriors collected

Wawasee Adult Basketball League Results ForDecember 10 & 11 Final Overall Team Score Record High Point Player Sturonjac vs 66 5 0 Stichter 18 Sylvester 18 Packer 18 Quackers 51 4-1 Troup 22 Farm Bureau Ins. vs 51 2-3 J. Kozon 22 Fairmont Homes 45 1-4 P. Bauer 11 Heckaman Homes vs 60 1-4 J.Schopf 19 Hand Industries 41 2.3 M. Quador 10 J. Richardson 10 Syracuse State Bank vs 55 3 2 L. Stidham 25 Wolf Lake Outcasts 51 4 1 Saggers 18 Quackers vs 66 5-1 J. Beer 22 Flint Real Estate 48 5-1 Knafel 14 „ Syracuse State Bank vs 56 4 2 L. Stidham 14 Brock Manuf. 27 0 6 Yoder 12 Wolf Lake Outcasts vs 76 5 1 Saggers 21 Quality Carpet Cleaning 57 2-4 J. Minton 28 Sturonjac Builders vs 77 6 0 W. Packer 19 Hand Industries 43 2 4 Shoemaker 14

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throughout the game. According to the officials. Wawasee couldn’t do anything right on the court The Falcons, however, seemed to dd no wrong and committed some very controversial buckets. Wawasee's shooting per centage wds way under par and vyhen on defense, the Warriors showed no team-hke behaviour Is they used the full court press as weli as the usual zone. The Warriors will travel to West Noble to play in the holiday tourney Friday night. Hopefully they can bring home a trophy. JV Stopped Too The junior varsity also lost in a close match with the Falcon JV

by a score of 52-48. High scorers for the Warriors were Bart Bowser and Jeff Long with 16 each. Troup added an additional 10. In double figures for the Falcons were Todd Kidder with 22. Jeff Miller with 18 and Jerrold Kauffman, Paul McDowell and Rob Kirkdorffer with 10 each. Box scores follow: FAIRFIELD (7D FG FT PF Steve Lantz 0 0 2 Todd Kidder 9 4 2 Rex Miller 0 2 0 Jerrold Kauffman 3 4 1 Jeff Miller 7 4 1 Paul McDowell 3 4 4 Mark Beer 0 2 0 Rob Kirkdorffer 4 2 3 Totals 26 22 13 WAWASEE (54) FG FT PF Tom Troup 4 2 3 Mike Brannock 2 0 1 KentStichter 0 0 1 Kevin Schrock 0 0 2 Dave Meade 2 0 0 Bart Bowser 7 2 2 Jeff Long 7 2 3 Brian Geiger 0 2 4 Tim Butt 0 0 1 Eric Shepherd 2 0 + Totals 23 7 21 Boosters plan WOWO Air Aces game Wawasee Boosters met Wednesday, Dec. 12. and discussed the WOWO Air Aces game on January 31 and several other events for the month of January Workers will be needed for the basketball game. Election of officers will soon be held and anyone who is interested in being an officer or being on the board should contact Phil Metcalf, president. The next meeting will be January 7 at 7 p.m. in the high school library and all booster members are asked to attend.

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Wawasee J V wrestlers pin defeat on Warsaw

The Wawasee Warriors junior varsity wrestling team defeated the Warsaw Tigers understudies in a meet Tuesday at Wawasee. The meet had an unusual twist as all matches ended in pins. Chris Beezley and Alan Sherman started the Warriors off well as both recorded first period pins. These victories were followed by three Tiger victories and the young Warriors trailed 24-18. Lightning then struck the Tigers as Warrior sophomore John Stuckman and freshmen Joel Bales. Mark Zimmerman and Bob Greene all pinned their opponents. The final score of the meet was 42-30.

Friday Mixed, Little People win Women's tournament

The annual local tournament of the Lakeland Women s Bowling Association was held the week of November 12 through November 18 at the Wawasee Bowl. Winners of the 10th tournament were: Team event, a make-up team. Friday Mixed, who rolled a 2,803 handicap in the series. The Little People Shoppe had a scratch series of 2,437. Low in the money was 2,614. The doubles’ event was won by Lura Hansen and Julie Hickman with a handicap series of 1,171; the ladies will receive the scratch trophies for their score of 1,057. Handicap trophies will be presented to Betty Swihart and Monica Lambright for their score of 1,169. Low in the money was 1.060. Hot shot winners ?- The Wawasee Kiwanis second annual “Hot Shot” contest concluded Saturday night, Dec. 8, at Wawasee High School. During halftime the finalist received recognition ribbons for first, second and third places in grades two through eight, Wawasee Kiwanians refereed led by Doug Hahn of Syracuse. Winners are as follows : Second grade — Cuong Reed, first; David Schmahl, second, and Jimmy Brickey, third Third grade — Matt Dick, first; Derek Kennedy, second; and Brad Gerstner, third Fourth grade — Brian Rensberger. first; Jeff Galloway, second; and Dan O’Haver, third Fifth grade — Darin Atwood, first; Mark Mast, second; and Todd Roberts, third Sixth grade — Jeff Young, first; Jeff Taylor, second; and Craig Cobbum. third Seventh grade — Doug Gerstner, first; Lori Hepler, second; and Amy Clouse, third Eighth grade — Dick Doll, first; Dave Roberts, second; and Scott Badskey, third Winners were those compiling the most points from baskets made, shot from various positions on the half court. Area girl recognized at Adrian Students participating in football, golf, cross country, field hockey and volleyball at Adrian College, Adrian, Mteh., in 1979 were honored at an annual banquet held recently on campus. Among those honored was Barbara Brouwer, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Lester (Jay) Brouwer. S. Front St., Syracuse, a senior. She participated in volleyball and is majoring in mathematics and physical education.

The victory evened the Warriors junior varsity reconi at 2-2 and was the first loss of the season for the Tigers. Final results: 98 — Todd pin Spry (W) 105 — Roa (W) win by forfeit 112 — Beezley (W) pin Marricey 119 —Sherman (W) pin Smith 126 — Bouse pin Glon (W) 132 — Davis pin Welker (W > 138 — Coppes pin Brunner ( W) 145 — Stuckman (W) pin Foreman 155 — Bales (W) pin Jimenez 167 — Zimmerman (W) pin Funnel 1 185 — Shafer win by forfeit HWT - Greene (W) pin Shafer

Singles and all events, handicap, was won by Nancy Geil with scores of 627 and 1,716. On the scratch side Lura Hansen will receive a trophy for her all events of 1,572 and Lilly Hawn for her 529. Low in the money for singles was 532 and for all events 1,586. Prize monies will be distributed within the next two weeks and trophies will be presented at the annual meeting in March to all winners, according to an announcement made by President Barbara Miller and Secretary-Treasurer Kathryn Knisley. 13 girls on basketball team at Syracuse This year 13 girls have signed up to play basketball on the Syracuse sixth grade girls team. Mrs. Jim Alford coaches the team which will have games with the girls teams at Milford and North Webster. Interest has grown in girls basketball during the past few years. More girls are playing basketball at a younger age. Basic skills are taught in elementary physical education classes and many girls are attending summer basketball camps. Wawasee girls head coach Jim Webster conducts a summer basketball clinic for all girls who are interested in improving their skills and knowledge of basketball. All girls who want to be future players in the Wawasee girls basketball program should take advantage of these opportunities to develop the basic skills necessary. WHS to have open gym Wawasee High School will be offering an open gym program during the holiday season for recent Wawasee High School graduates and students. The gym and facilities will be open to those who wish to work out their anxiety during the Christmas season. The dates and times available will be as follows: December 26, 27, 28 — 6 to 8 p.m. January 2 and 3 — 6 to 8 p.m. All those attending will be asked to register each day. The new physical education building will be used for this program. The northwest lobby doors will serve as the only entrance.

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f 0410 4 1 I r f Jr I 1 1 i ■ B ]' ■■ | a L{XI M Is > LTI < B yt fl ■ /j ijf flfl j j {flfl > fl SIXTH GRADE GIRLS' TEAM — The Syracuse sixth grade has a number of interested girls participating in basketball. This year's team is: Front row. Ann Alford. Jeanine Gunn, Kelly Rensberger. Becca Stiver. Kim Allen. Stephanie Crow and Raeni Rinker Back Row. Mindi Wakeland. Stephanie Eldridge. Beckie Welty. Lori Galloway. Lisa Sims. Kim VanZandt and Jo Alford, director.

% 'A tCWjifl ' -—A J Hl H V *-/ 501 is Ji i 4H 22 t Ji R > Js rl I SIXTH GRADE BOYS' TEAM — The Syracuse sixth grade boys' basketball team is undefeated this year. Those boys on the team are: Front row. Jeff Dunithan. Kevin Pohl. Gary Price. Ray Skelton, Paul Fink, Larry Erb. Richie Troup, Craig Cobbum and Duane Turner. Back row. Coach Tom Jones, Todd McCulloch, David Kistler. Tom Prickett. Rod Aaron, Donnie Kauffman, Lance Lantz. Price Pounds and Brad Traviolia.

Wawasee to play Northridge in Holiday Tourney Friday

Game times for the Four-Way Holiday Basketball Tourney at West Noble High School will be 7 and 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21 and Saturday. Dec. 22. Participating in the tourney along Syracuse eagers defeat Warsaw The Syracuse Yellow Jackets eighth grade basketball team defeated the Warsaw Tigers last Thursday on the loser’s home court. The Yellow Jackets jumped off to an 11-6 lead at the end of the first quarter and led all the way through the contest to win 36-33. Jon Vitaniemi again provided the scoring punch for Syracuse as he scored 18 points. Vitaniemi was hot from the field sinking 8 of 17 field goal attempts for a 47 per cent shooting average. The Yellow Jackets had scoring balance in the game as six players put the ball through the net. The difference in the game occurred at the free throw line as the Yellow Jackets hit four while the Tigers could sink only one of ten attempts. The win evened the Syracuse eighth graders record at 3-3. The Syracuse seventh grade team lost to the Tigers 50-12. The Syracuse teams will return to action following Christmas vacation with games at Nappanee Tuesday. Jan. 8 at 6 p.m.

with West Noble and Wawasee are Northridge and Whitko. Tickets will be sold at the door, only for each session. Season tickets will be sold at the .Wawasee High School athletic office on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 20 and 21 for $3 from 8 a m. to 3 p.m. The session tickets will cost $2. Wawasee will be playing Northridge during game two on Friday evening. West Noble and Whitko will be starting the tourney off at 7 p.m. On Saturday night the 7 p.m. game will be the consolation game and the 8:30 p.m. game will be the championshipgame. Fan buses will be leaving Milford and North Webster at 6:15 p.m. and Syracuse at 6:30 p.m. both evenings. Persons riding the buses are asked to purchase a ticket and sign up at the high school or junior high school. A ticket is needed to ride the bus. The cost of bus tickets is 50 cents. '

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Syracuse 6th grade undefeated The Syracuse Junior High sixth grade boys’ basketball teams are off to a flying start as both “A” and “B” teams are undefeated after three games. Coach Tom Jones' team have outscored the opponents 164-85 as all 17 boys on the teams have played each night and nine have scored in each game. The A team is led by Brad Traviolia and Dave Kistler as the two boys have combined to score 68 points. Tom Prickett. Rod Aaron and, Lance Lantz have led the team in rebounding. The B team has outscored their opponents 60 to 27 in three games. Nine out of 11 of the boys who have played on the B team have, scored The teams will resume action after vacation with a home game January 8 at 4:15 pm against New Paris. On January 18 the teams will have an intrasquad game during the half times of the Wawasee-Goshen game.