The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 49, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 December 1980 — Page 8

JHE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., December 24,1980

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Sports

Warriors fall to Tigers in 64-60 overtime game

By SHARON STUCKMAN Wawasee came back, after being down by eight at the end of the second quarter Friday night to tie the Warsaw Tigers at the end of regulation play, sending the game into overtime, i However, the Warriors, who had had problems throughout the evening with bad shooting, percentages and not pulling down enough rebounds lost to the Tigers 64-60. I Jeff Long scored the first two points of. the game for Wawasee on free throws. Snyder got the . first Warsaw basket. Troup made the first Wawasee field goal on a steal by Long. Brandenburg’s long shot tied the game, Bolinger recovered the ball and passed to

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A CLOSE GAME — A Warsaw player goes up for a shot surrounded by Wawasee Warriors during Friday night’s (December 19) basketball game at Wawasee High School. The Warriors were narrowly defeated, 64-60, in overtime. (Photo by Terri Chilcote)

Warriors work over Concord Minutemen

By SHARON STUCKMAN* The outcome of the dual meet at Concord Monday, Dec. 22, was a long awaited triumph for Wawasee wrestlers over the Concord Minutemen. Only one mat was used and the junior varsity began the contest. Jason Keim won 5-2 for Wawasee over Gary Pettifor. Wawasee’s Ron Martin got a pin in 2:30. With only four seconds left in his match, Steve Dunithan got another pin for the Warriors. Heavyweight Ken Long pinned Concord’s Jim Carter in 2:26. Warrior J V won 21 -16. The first varsity match was Jeff Carden of Wawasee at 98 pounds against Klark Krauter. Carden won 14-7. Gary Gerencser continued his long record of pins when he put Concord’s Randy Cooper to the mat in 2:51. Gary, wrestling at 105, is Wawasee’s only undefeated grappler. Freshman Dave Melendez added six more points to the Wawasee score when he pinned Danßachtelinl:42. Concord did not have a wrestler at 119 and Wawasee’s Kevin Walker moved up to 126 where he defeated Brent Ernsberger 6-3. At 132, freshman Mike Hernandez showed a lot of spirit when he lost to Concord senior Chuck Bowers by a score of 6-2. 'Hiis was an especially good job considering Mike also wrestled up a weight class. Oscar Hernandez, at 138 for Wawasee, won over Todd Buchar 9-4. Wawasee senior Jim Salazar trailed 7-2 at the end of the first period, came back to tie the score 7-7 in the second and pinned

Sebo, who put the Tigers ahead. .Geiger got a quick basket to tie the score and Troup rebounded and put the Warriors ahead. Snvder tied the score, Wawasee couldn’t hit and Brandenburg made it 10-8. Geiger tied the game again, but Brandenburg quickly gave the lead back to the Tigers. Long scored the next Wawasee basket. Brandenburg missed, but Snyder rebounded and scored. Troup got the last basket of the period. The first quarter ended with the score tied at 14. In a battle for the second quarter tip Warsaw won and Brandenburg was open underneath for a score. Bradford rebounded when Long missed and Bolinger put Warsaw ahead by four. Stichter couMn’t hit and

Martin Monkewicz with 1:19 left in the match. At 155 Ben Black worked hard to defeat Mark Ragland of Concord by a score of 10-4. At 167, sophomore Joel Bales lost to Concord’s outstanding senior wrestler Steve Adams by pin. John Stuckman wrestling 177 for Wawasee, did a fine job of

Comment On Sports.

FOOTBALL * * * * By Pete Frttchie WASHINGTON, D. C. - The bowl games are a bit less exciting this year than usual. That’s partly because there are few unbeaten teams this year--Georgia being the exception, and the Bulldogs weren’t expected to be that good. Whether they are or not, we’ll find out in the Sugar Bowl. The Irish of Notre Dame have a fine record, but were tied by lowly Georgia Tech. And in their go against Alabama. Notre Dame’s offense was pretty well held. Had not Alabama fumbled twice down on the goal, that game would have been 0-0. So how good are the Irish? They’re deep, but how good, really? And as this is written, the Irish haven’t gotten by their long-time nemesis, Southern Cal. Georgia has pulled some

the Tigers lead grew to six on another Bolinger basket. The first Warrior basket of the quarter was by Troup on a rebound. Warsaw turned the ball over and Locke passed to Stichter, who put Wawasee back within two. Snyder scored, Troup missed and Bolinger made the score 24-18. Stichter missed, Wawasee got the-ball back, but Long missed, Rolinger passed to Snyder who scored. Qeiger traveled and Miller made a basket. After three turnovers Wawasee tied the ball up, got the tip but Long missed. Long finally knocked the ball loose and Troup scored. Sebo hit a long shot and Troup got another Wawasee basket. The first half ended 30-22. Charlie Kleinrichirt got the first basket of the second half and

aggressive wrestling and defeated Andy Wiliams 9-2. , Wawasee has no wrestler at 185 and Concord’s Steve Westlake took a forfeit. Heavweight Scott Coffin kept moving, but Concord’s Tom Sparr won by fall with 13 seconds left. The team won by a score of 3321. The Warriors had not ex-

games out literally in the last few seconds-Tennessee and Florida come to mind. And Georgia isn’t as deep or as

One minute sports quiz 1. in what country did American football originate? 2. Who won the 106th Kentucky Derby? 3. How many times has a filly won this race? 4. Who won the Women’s International Golf Tournament? 5. Who won the Houston Open Golf Tournament? Answers on page 9 , , ~ ~ ~ ~

cut the Tiger lead to six. Sebo double dribbled but Wawasee lost the ball out of ’bounds and Brandenburg scored. Geiger missed, but hit two free throws when he was fouled by Bolinger. Sebo missed and Kleinrechirt rebounded. Long missed but Geiger rebounded and scored. Kleinrechirt got another rebound and Troup narrowed the lead to two. Long tied the ba'll up, got the .tip, but missed a long shot. Bolinger put Warsaw ahead by four. Geiger and Long both missed field goal attempts but Geiger rebounded to Long, who passed to Troup and he scored. Snyder rebounded a missed Tiger shot and kept Warsaw ahead by four. Wawasee lost the ball out of bounds and Brandenburg scored. Stichter got a nice Wawasee basket. Brandenburg hit his second in a row and Stichter got another long shot. Warsaw threw the ball out of bounds and Geiger cut the lead to two. Warsaw traveled and Long tied the score with 1:03 left in the third quarter. Long got the ball back and Troup put Wawasee ahead. Bolinger worked under and tied the score at the end of the third quarter. Long hit a long shot and Wawasee lead by two, but Snyder quickly tied the score. Long was fouled by Bolinger and hit one. A long shot by Brandenburg made the score 46-45, but Bolinger fouled Troup, who put Wawasee ahead by one. Sebo missed, Stichter rebounded and Troup scored a field goal. Sebo missed, but Snyder 'scored on the rebound. Geiger made the Wawasee lead three, but Brandenburg scored. Troup passed to Long underneath and he scored. Kleinrichirt tied up the ball, got the tip and Long made the Warrior lead five. Brandenburg made another Warsaw basket, Bradford rebounded when Kleinrichirt missed and Bolinger put the Tigers back within one. A long shot by Locke made the score 57-54, but Bailey scored for Warsaw. Brandenburg fouled Long, who missed the first one and hit the second one. Brandenburg tied the score when he was fouled by Locke. Locke made it possible to win, when he was fouled by Messmore with 29 seconds left, but missed. Brandenburg missed with: 14 seconds left and regulation ended with the score tied at 58.

Overtime

Warsaw’s Brandenburg got the first score with a basket in the overtime. Troup missed a layup and Heck a man was fouled by Geiger and scored two. Jeff Long hit a jump shot. Locke tied the ball up, but Warsaw got the tip and Geiger was called for a foul. Sebo missed, Geiger rebounded, but Warsaw tied the ball up and got the tip. With 21 seconds left Warsaw lead 62-60. But Long fouled Brandenburg with seven seconds left and he hit two free throws. Troup missed the last shot and Warsaw won 64-60.

pected to defeat Concord by such a good margarin. Over the Christmas holiday the team will be conditioning in preparation for the heavy schedule the first week after school resumes. On January 6 they host North Wood; on January 8 they travel to Lakeland; and on January 10 they will wrestle in the Goshen Invitational.

big as the Irish. Also, they didn’t play Alabama'this year. So the Sugar Bowl may be won with smart plays, luck and the unexpected. One suspects, then, this year’s number one and two teams aren’t quite as potent, offensively, as in past years. Nebraska, beaten twice, by Oklahoma and Florida State, but by only a few points in each case, may be as good as any team in the .country, though twice defeated. Tom Osborne’s crew is usually awesome in bowls. One recalls a few years back when his offensive team truly ran and passed a good Notre Dame team out of the stadium, scoring over 40 points. So-in bowl competiton at least-teams like Nebraska and Oklahoma, with their great offensive machines, are usually outstanding. The weather is good and all the players are usually healthy after a long rest and that helps offensive teams.

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WAWASEE FFA BASKETBALL TEAM — The Wawasee Future Farmers of America basketball team was defeated in the district semi-finals over the past week end, ending the season with a record of 8-1. The team is shown above with a trophy won in a four-way tourney earlier in the year. Seated in front are Brian Likens, Sam Beer, Tim Rhodes, Terry Eliott and Tony Croy. Standing in the second row are Mitch Wagoner, Max Grady, Bill Haab, Rusty Hollar and Jerry Feldman. Standing in back are John Nulf, Mike Nordin, Brian Roberts, Tim Butt and Ron Pollock. (Photo by Deb Feb)

JV triumphs over Tigers

By SHARON STUCKMAN The junior varsity Warriors dominated the game against Warsaw on Friday in the WHS gym, winning 52-42. They started out with the first score and at the end of the first quarter had 16 points. The Tigers were only able to score half that many in the first period. At the end of the first half Wawasee still led by eight with a score of 28-20. Brian Smith, Kirk Stichter and Jeff Thorn led. the Warriors and Doug Blue scored well for Warsaw in the first half. Early in the third -quarter Warsaw came within three with two baskets and a free throw from a technical foul. Stichter hit a long shot, but Messmore put Warsaw back within three. Ron Spunar scored eight points in the third quarter and Jeff Thorn four. At the end of the third quarter Wawasee led 42-29. Warsaw got four quick points at the beginning of the last quarter. The Warriors played good basketball and kept well ahead. Spunar led Warrior scoring. Walls, Thorn and Paulus hit for Wawasee and Pat Hare played good defense. In the fourth quarter Tiger scoring was led by Matt Cook.

Shoe Lake to have fishing improvements

State fisheries biologists plan to chemically reduce overabundant small fish next year at Shoe Lake, a small Kosciusko County Lake, according to a Department of Natural Resources report. By chemcially “thinning out” small fish, the DNR hopes to improve growth of surviving fish and provide larger fish for anglers. Plans are to apply small quantities of anitmucin, a chemical fish toxicant, at Shoe Lake during September 1981. Following treatment, 4,000 largemouth bass fingerlings will be stocked in the lake. “Shoe Lake is dominated by slow growing bluegill and redear according to DNR biologist Jed Pearson. The lake contains very few large bluegill because bluegills require two additional years to reach fishermen interest size than at other lake areas. “Few fish survive long enough at Shoe to grow big. Bluegil growth can best be increased by reducing bluegill numbers,” commented Pearson. Shoe Lake’s bluegill and rgdear have apparently suffered from slow growth for at least 40 years.

Wawasee Adult Basketball "A" League Final Overall Team Score Record High Point Player Hot Shots vs 49 1-4 Scott Wilt 10 Heckaman Homes 71 3-2 Vince Rhodes 18 Farm Bureau Insurance vs 75 2-3 Jeff Johnson 27 Sturonjac 84 3-2 Worth Packer 30 Quackersvs ' 74 4-1 Dave Hamilton 20 Jack Beer 20 Sylvan Marine 72 3-2 Eric McDowell 32 Crow vs 47 4 5-0 Mark Francis 19 Hand Industries 83 4-1 L. Richardson 13 Standings After 5 Games Quackers 4-1 Heckaman Homes 3-2 Hand Industry 4-1 Farm Bureau Ins. Sylvan Marine 3-2 Hot Shots Sturonjac *1 Crow <bs "B League State Bank of Syracuse vs 61 2-3 Bob Pilcher 16 Chore-Time 72 1-4 Tim Yoder 19 Syracuse Rubber vs 88 3-2 JackSchopf 28 Fairmont Homes . 53 1-4 Jeff Chandler 14 Quality Carpet Cleaners vs 65 5-0 Whitey Bell 12 Commodore Homes 57 0-5 Art Hewitt ~ 17 Competition Engineering vs 64 4-1 Randy Hodson 21 Snowbird Tours 45 4-1 Chris Paulus k 3 Next "B" Action On January 5,198’ Standings After 5 Games Quality Carpet Cleaners 5-0 State Bank of Syca. 2-3 Competition Eng. 4-1 Chore-Time 1-4 Snowbird Tours 4-1 • Fairmont Homes 1-4 Syracuse Rubber 3-2 Commodore Homes 0-5

CC defeats Wawasee

By JERI SEELY Playing without the services of junior forward Kent Stichter who became ill prior to the opening tip off Saturday night, the Warriors fell short and were defeated by a visiting Columbia City Eagles, 71-69. Stichter, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stichter of r 2 Milford, was transported to the Goshenllospital by the Syracuse EMS for treatment. The Warriors’ defeat came at the foul line. By the end of the first quarter Wawasee players had drawn seven fouls and Columbia City had only one foul called on a member of its team. There was only one second remaining in the half when Wawasee got the bonus as the Gymnastics workshop Northern Indiana Officials Association will have a gymnastics workshop at Wawasee High School, Syracuse, Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 7 p.m. They will practice judging optional and compulsory routines. The Wawasee High School gymnastics coaches will be in charge of (lie event.

Based on 1942’s collected data by Dr W. E. Ricker, a noted fishery scientist, bluegills grew at the same rate then in Shoe as now. Bluegill growth is primarily determined by food amounts availabe per individual fish. Where food is abundant, fish growth is good. Where food is scarce, growth is slow. At Shoe Lake, the number of fish exceeds the food supply. Pearson said food production for Shoe Lake bluegills is low because the lake is positioned at the headwaters of its watershed and receives smaller nutrient inputs than most lakes. Many of the nutrients already in the lake, that could produce food organisms, are tied up in aquatic vegetation and bottom marl deposits. Increasing nutrient availability at Shoe Lake, through programs such as aquatic weed control, might increase bluegill growth but could result in algal bloom development and reduce water quality Prior to treatment, two public meetings will be held to explain the project. The first meeting will be sometime in May 1981.

fifth foul was called on the Eagles. The second half was no better as Columbia City received the bonus with 2:10 remaining in the third quarter and the Warriors having to wait until the fourth quarter before they got the bonus. The Eagles were sharp at the charity stripe, hitting 25 of 37. Wawasee, on the other hand, had only scored one foul shot going into the fourth quarter. In all, the Warriorshit 3 of 6. In spite of the foul shot problem and the loss of Stichter, it was a close game. Columbia City was up by two at the end of the first quarter, 16-14 and by one at halftime 35-34. The Eagles took a 5147 lead by the end of the third Columbia City wins JV game The Columbia City junior varsity basketball team defeated the Warriors Saturday night by the score of 48-42. T'fie score at half-time was 30-14 with the Warriors playing catchup ball in the third quarter. The stanza ended with Columbia City stillon top 38-31. The Warriors tied the game at 40-all with 3:48 remaining. It was a toss up for the remainder of the game until Columbia City pulled away in the final minute.

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quarter. The lead changed hands 17 times. Leading scorer for the evening was Mel Warrick of Columbia City. He hit the hoop for 25 points. t Brian Geiger was high for the Warriors, scoring 23 points. Tom Troup added 21 and Jeff Long scored 15. Also in double figures for the Eagles was Kent DeKoninck with 18 and Jeff Brunner with 12. Geiger was the only Warrior to score in the first three minutes and 11 seconds. Troup then broke the ice as he scored his first basket. With three minutes (ago in the quarter Geiger hit the double-figure mark. He scored 10 of the 14 points made in the quarter. The rest of the evening the Warriors had a balanced attack with Troup and Long both hitting the double-figure mark Box scores are as follows: Columbia City (71) — Warrick 7-11-3, Brunner 523, Walters 000, Lemon 111, Dekoninck 821, Roth 293. Totals 23-25-ll Wawasee (69) — Long 714, Geiger 11-1-2, Locke 104. Troup 10-1-3, Dayis 201, Koble 105, Auer 000, K. Stichter 000, Kleinrichert M 5. Totals 33-3-24 Score by quarters — Columbia City 16-19-16-20 - 71, Wawasee 14-20-13-22 — 69