The Mail-Journal, Volume 18, Number 10, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 March 1981 — Page 8

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., March 25.1981

Sports

Heather Beer headed for state

By SH ARON STUCKMAN

In regional competition, held Friday at Wawasee. the optional team showed up well, however, only one Wawasee girl. Heather finished the top three which enables gymnasts to continue on to state competition The intermediate events were dominated by Valparaiso and Portage girls. In optional balance beam the regional champion was Tami Sutherland of Portage, with a score of 8 25. Second place went to Mary Barkowski, also from Portage Third place winner was Brigetfe Nordyke of Highland High School. Intermediate vaulting champion was Dana Redman of Valparaiso with a score of 9 25 Kim Allen scored 9 05 and placed second Kim is from Podage Highlands Bngette Nordyke came in third First in intermediate bare went to Barb Bartoshuk of Munster with a score of 8 55 There was a four-way tie for second place .therefore no third place w ; as awarded The score of 823 was the second place score, with Lori Gilliland of Highland. Bngette Nordyke„alsoof Highland. Laura Bodnar of Chesterton and Jeanette Pekarek all coming in second In intermediate floor Dana Redman again was the regional champion Second place went to Bngette Nordyke and there was a tie for third place between Joanna Lear of Munster and Patti Ornelas, also of Munster The: first three places for intermediate all around. an out standing honor, in regional competition, were First place Bngette Nordyke of Highland, with a score of 33 40 Close behind, with a score of 33 35. was second place winner Dana Redmond Third place, with a score of 32 25 was Kim Allen of Portage The optional events, was an exciting competition, with very tough competition First place m optional bare went to Laura Wozniak. with a score of 93 Mary Spencer oTChesterton had a beautiful performance and placed second with a score of 9 1 Tracy DeVine of Valparaiso placed third with a score of 8 95 In optional beam Mary Spencer

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HEATHER GOES TO STATE — Senior Heather Beer will represent Wawasee School at the state gymnastics competition Saturday. March ». in Indianapolis. She will compete in balance beam in the state contest. A gymnast must ptace first, second or third in regional competition inorder to compete al the state lev#l. At the regional competition Saturday. March 21. at Wawasee High School. Heather placed second in balance beam, third in floor exercises. fourth in vaulting and fourth all-around The Wawasee gymnast will not compete in state floor competition because of a tie for second in the regional meet, t Photo by Terri Chikolel

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GYMNASTICS RECOGNITION’ NIGHT — Three Wawasee High Scheel gymnastic team members received a * ard s at Ibe annual Gymnastics Recognition Night last night (Tuesday). From left to right are Marcia Tavior. freshman, with beginning team award; Heather Beer, senior, optional team award and moat valnaMe player: and Naomi Gana. sophomore, intermediate team award.' Coach Kim Conrad presented the awards in the cafeteria annex in front of friends, parents and fam Uy members. < Photo by Kim Hieber)

was the regional champior. with a score of 9.15. Wawasees Heather Beer scored 9.05 with an outstanding performance to give her second place. Third place, with a score of 8.9, ended in a tie between Nancy Howard of Valparaiso and Carrie Lewis ot Portage In optional vault regional champ was Debbie Brady of Valparaiso. Second place went to Mary Spencer and Nancy Howard placed third Heather Beer came in fourth In optional floor exercise first place winner, regional champion was Mary Spencer, with a score of 9.35 There was a tie for second, with a score of 8 9. bet-

Rosemary Gerrity elected Lakeland WBA president

Rosemary Gerrity was elected president of the Lakeland Women’s Bowling Associaton Monday 9 evening at the annual dinner meeting held at The Classic Restaurant. North Webster There wlere 49 members Long named to NLC team Jeff Long, a junior guard for Wawasee. was among three players unanimously named to the .All-Northern Lakes Conference boys’ basketball team this year Long, six foot, had 322 points m a 9-12 Wawasee season He averaged 15 4 points a game with a high of 40 points against Concord He was an honorable mention selection last year Brian Geiger 16-2> a junior and Tom Troup <5-10> a senior were named to the honorable mention team Others being unanimouslynamed were Ron Brandenburg of Warsaw, a senior, and Scott Skiles of Plymouth, a junior Others on the team are Phil Wendel of Plymouth, a junior and Mike Veaterof North Wood North Wood s Todd Beer was chosen for the second team as were Scott Newcomb and Rick Vancza of Plymouth. Doug Gaff of Concord and Enc Sebo of Warsaw

ween Debbie Brady and NancyHoward No third place was awarded because of the tie for second. Heather Beer placed fourth with a score of 8.8. Optional All-Around Regional Champion was Mary Spencer, with a score of 36.5. Second place went to Nancy Howard with a score of 35 4 third place was won by Debbie Brady with a score of 35.3 and Heather Beer won fourth with a score of 34 95 In optional team scoring first place went to Valparaiso, who scored 103 55 Second place was Merrillville, with a score of 100.25 and Wawasee placed third with a total score of 86 75

in attendance for the business meeting conducted by the outgoing president Barbara Miller Kathryn Knisley, secretarytreasurer. read the minutes and gave the treasurer's report Mrs Miller also read the report of the 57th Womens Indiana State Bowling Association meeting held Saturday in South Bend and attended by her and Mrs Knisley. Nancy Anderson reported on the junior bowling tournament held recently during the leagues at Syracuse Entertainment was provided by Miss Peggy and Kermit in the persons of Monica Lambnght and Pam Blosser During the election. Sharon Gilbert was selected as second vice president Sherry Keim is the outgoing second vice president It was decided that state delegates will be the association president and secretarytreasurer with the other officers as alternates Ella Nora DeWitt was chosen as the 1982 national delegate to attend the meeting in St. Louis. Mo Pat Spunar is the alternate national delegate Senior Citizens golf league to start April 21 . The Senior Citizens golf season will start on Apnl 21 at 8 a m at the Maxwelton Golf Course All senior citizens are urged to join the league which features special rates for all seniors Persons planning to golf in the league should contact the club house so a schedule can be ready prior to the opening date

Sports Calendar Week Os March 25 To April 1 THURSDAY Milford Junior High School gymnastics 3 45p m . at Syracuse MONDAY Family Swim 7 p.m.. at Wawasee

Community league meeting tonight A community Syracuse Youth and Adult Baseball League meeting will be held this evening t Wednesday i. All interested parents and community members are welcome to attend the meeting in the Lakeland Youth Center beginning at 7 p m Anyone wanting to help as team representatives, coaches, umpires, etc., should attend. All questions will be welcome

Nancy Anderson elected president of Sunday league Nancy’Anderson was elected president of the Sunday Afternoon Football Widows Bowling League at the carry-in salad dinner meeting Sunday afternoon at Wawasee Bowl, south of Syracuse. Other officers elected during the short business meeting were Ella Nora DeWitt, vice president; and Laurel Speicher, secretarytreasurer Out-going officers are Sharon Gilbert, president; Kathryn Knisley, rice president; and Rosemary Gerrity. secretary-treasurer. Before dinner, a scotfch doubles tourney was held with Betty Hamilton and Laurel Speicher winning Prize money was presented to the teams. First place was won by the Steelers Members of 4he three-women team were Nancy Anderson. Ella Nora DeWitt and Sherry Keim Mrs. Keim also received the league hish series award for her 617 series Cindy Simpson had the most improved average

Area wrestlers on the road

Area wrestlers were in four different locations this week end on the spnng-summer wrestling circuit Lakeland Youth Center wrestling guided by Coach Welborn in the evenings seems to be paying off. as the young wrestlers get excited about the sport At Goshen: Gary Gerencser. wrestling high school. 119 pounds, took first place by pinning all his opponents. Sam Ridenour, eighth grade 125 pounds, placed fourth At Purdue University. Lafayette: Brad Traviola. 98 pounds, placed first This was a tough tourney, with good competition, 25 mats were wrestled Brett Traviola, 85 pounds, took fifth John Stuckman. high school, 177 pounds, placed third At Portage. Mich.: Dion Ridenour, 75 pounds, placed second Tom Mangas, 80 pounds, placed second. Brad Gernster, 60 pounds, placed third Jeff Welborn, 75 pounds, placed first Rob McKibbm, 85 pounds, placed second Chris Yoder, 85 pounds, placed fifth Doug Gerstner. 75 pounds, placed third Bruce Jackson. 100 pounds, placed sixth At Chesterton. AAU.: Mike Clodfelter, Jr Division. 70 pounds, was fifth Lance Lantz. Intermediate Division. 133 pounds, placed second Josh Advertising figure hits *11.7 billion United States and foreign companies spent a record $11.7 billion on national advertising last year in an attempt to convince Americans to buy their products. The trade publication Advertising Age reports this record expenditure on national ads was more than 13 per cent ahead of the 1978 figure The top spender was Procter and Gamble which spent $614 million in 1979 to promote its soaps and other products General Foods ranked second and Sears and Roebuck ranked third

Senior Citizens’ 6olf At Maxwelton Starts For The Season Tues., April 21 8:00 AM. CALI THE PM AT NAXWBTM 457-3504 To Pre-Register

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UNDEFEATED “CVSE CRUSHERS” — Syracuse Junior High wrestling team finished its season 10-0-1, this being the second year straight the Syracuse team has not been defeated on the mat. The wrestlers have scored a total of 732 points against their opponents 394. In front are Jeff Dunithan. Doug Gerstner. Rob McKibben. Bret Traviolia. Jeff Welborn. Duane Turner and J. R. Noel. In the second row are Steve Ensinger, Steve Yoder. Mark Keener. Tim Manges. Chris Miller. Brad Traviolia and Steve Schmahl. In the third row are Chris Yoder. Richie Troup. Robbie Ginn. W esley Coy. Sam Markley. David Kistler and Jeremy Corson In the fourth row are Derrick Hendricks. Clint Carden. Sam Ridenouer. Price Pounds. Mike Pedersen. Mike Cannon and Troy Morrow. In the fifth row are Coach Dave Baumgartner. Kevin Cramsie. Lance Lantz. John Miller. Jeff Moore. Jamie Wine. Ron Gerber. Coach Buzz Yager and Erick Jones (Photoby Deb Fox)

Syracuse wrestlers undefeated

Last Wednesday night, March 18. the Syracuse Junior High wrestling team defeated Cossee Junior High 78-18. giving the team a 10-0-1 season record. Coach Dave Baumgartner stated “lam proud of the kids for doing such a great job this year. This is the second year

Lantz, Jr. Division, 85 pounds, placed seventh Farrett Poncirolia. Midget Division. 95 pounds, first place. Ron Martin participated at Chesterton

Comment On Sports BASEBALL • • • •

By Pete Fritchie WASHINGTON. D. C - Boston fans, one of the most loyal (and critical) groups in baseball, have a right to be critical today. They must be wishing that Dick O’Connell was still GM at Beantow-n. New boss Heyward Sullivan has managed to get rid of three of the contending club’s top stars in recent months. The latest to go was Carlton Fisk, and he grabbed his free agentry when the club was sloppy enough to fail to mail the star catcher a contract on time (Dec. 20). Fred Lynn, the team's best hitter and Rick Burlson. the All-Star infielder, have also been traded away. Thus the Red Sox are now not considered contenders in the American League East. The White Sox picked up Fisk, and also have added Ron LeFlore. and with their young pitching staff, might be on the way to pennant contention. Whether they can stay up there with Kansas City is a question. And two of Boston’s three lost

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in a row the Syracuse team has not been beaten on the mat.” He continued by saying. ‘‘They have started a fine tradition and I hope they take their desire to be number one with them to Wawasee High School ’’ During the year Syracuse averaged 66.5 points for the

Next week end state finals will be held at Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, for which John Stuckman and Kevin Walker are both qualified

,stars are playing for the California Angels, and that club will be a factor in this year’s A.L. East race. The demise of the Red Sox under Sullivan, who also picked Ralph Houk, the builder, as manager, leaves Baltimore and Milwaukee as the greater challenges to New York. Thus the A’s in the west face tougher going this year while the Yankees, with Daye Winfield and some pitching added, face an easier run for the flag. The breakup of the Red Sox in the last few months reminds one of Connie Mack’s sale of his stars from the great Philadelphia A’s team of 1929-31. The A’s never won again. Houk inherited a championship team in 1961. with which he won the World Series. He won again, barely. 4-3. next year, then was shut out in the Series the next year. 4-0, and though he managed New York afterward for several years and Detroit for five more, he never won again.

year while their scored 26.7 points against them The total points scored by the “Cuse Crushers” was 732 to the opponents 294. The following shows the team results Syracuse 73 W est Noble 40 Syracuse 113 Coneord 39

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TRESTER AWARD WINNER — Karl Donovan of Vincennes Lincoln High School is the 1981 winner of the Arthur L. Trester Award. He is shown above with his mother. Fannie, and Warren Jones of Michigan City, vice chairman of the Indiana High School Athletic Association’s executive committee, who made the award. Donovan is the 65th annual winner of the mental attitude award. He was the unanimous choice of the IHSAA executive committee. The six foot, three inch forward chalked up nine points and a game high nine rebounds in his team’s 72-53 victory over Shenandoah in the second game of the 71st annual state finals. .An honor student who is expected to graduate with highest honors this year. Donovan has excelled in scholarship as well as athletics. He has made the honor roll each grading period and been chosen Rotary scholarship of the month and academic all-state honorable mention. Warsaw lost its bid for the state championship when the Tigers were defeated by Anderson 71-62 during the afternoon. Robert Heady’s Shenandoah team was defeated by Vincennes 72-53 during the afternoon with Vincennes defeating Anderson 51-52 during the final game. (Photo by Arch Baumgartner >

Syracuse 61 Pierceton 25 Syracuse 55 Nappanee 19 Syracuse 51 Warsaw 19 Syracuse 95 Whiteman 32 Syracuse 93 North Webster 48 Syracuse 87 Heritage 37 Syracuse 81 Wakarusa 12 Syracuse 23 South Whitley 23 Syracuse 78 ' Cossee 18