The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 4, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 February 1982 — Page 13

Sports

. F ' ' ’ I £-• -- * w* >Bt I * •» f SNOW'S SIMPLE PLEASURES —Sheri Broekers. seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Brockers of r 5 Syracuse, is shown sliding down a snow bank at the Winter Carnival. Sheri is in the first grade at Syracuse Elementary School,

Soderholrq to attend Chicago Cubstraining Free agent third baseman Eric Soderholm. 33, has been invited to attend the Chicago Cubs spring training session according to an announcement on Friday. Feb 5. Soderholm put in stints with four American League teams

|eß a f i. S, k! Kil . J/'K3I KI I Ml 11 Ar MwilL ■ M j M < y 1 | ■r/1 wi a j ,Mr i Sk it * mJ MILFORD SEVENTH GRADE TEAM — Pictured above is the Milford Junior High seventh grade beys* basketball team. In front are Manager Todd Boggs, C. J. Harwood. Manuel Zamora. Jerrod Stoller. Eric Sharp. Scott Baker and Derek Kreider. In back are Terry Ryman. Ben Beer. Mark Miller. Joe Hernandes. Peter Castro. Andy Horn. Harvey Melendez. Darin Hostetler and Coach Ron Carmichael. (Photo by Terri Chicote >

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lowa remained alone on top the Big Ten lowa's fifth-ranked Big Ten basketball team remained alone atop the Big Ten after coasting to a 62-40 win over Indiana and sixth-ranked Minnesota kept up the pace with a 73-50 win over Purdue to hold onto the number two spot in the conference.

Sledding results given Results of the SyracuseWawasee Winter Carnival sledding contest, sponsored by the Lakeland Kiwanis are as follows: Kindergarten and under — Elizabeth Ringler, first; Josh Watt, second; and Stacy Naugler, third First and second graders — Brian Baker, first; Mandy Smith, second; and Jeremy Robinson, third Third, fourth and fifth graders — Troy Feaster, first; Andy Dunithan, second; and Niki Marsh, third Sixth through eighth graders — Mark Mast, first; Steve Ensinger. second; and Troy Dull, third There were no results available for other events in the sledding contest Gymnastics team loses to West Noble Wawasee gymnastics team hosted West Noble Tuesday evening. Feb. 9, and lost a very close meet. West Noble had 86.10 points to Wawasee's 84.25 On the intermediate team. Debbie Haab placed first in vault and all around competition, second on the bars and third on the beam. Beth Walker received a first in floor exercise, second on vault and all around competition. Marcia Taylor received a first on bars Carol .Meier, optional team member, placed first on vault and bars Optional team member Jill Haab received a first on the beam, floor exercise and around competition. On Thursday evening, Feb. 11, the Warriorette gymnastics team will host Elkhart Central.

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READY, SET. GO! — Persons visiting the Syracuse-Wawasee Winter Carnival over the past week end found a lot of action in spite of the fact temperatures were low.

Snowmobile winners listed The biggest event in the Syracuse-Wawasee Winter Carnival was .the snowmobile races held Saturday afternoon. Feb 6. The winners of these events are as follows A stock - Eldon Bylpr. first and Randy Rolf, second B stock - Kim Slocum, first and Randy Hinen. second C stock — Kim Slocum, first and Stan Rensberger. second D stock - Jerry Stouder. first and Steve Read, second , E stock - Steve Read, first and Kennv Morris, second F stock John Rinker, first and Mike Swihart. second H stock Ted Novicki. first and John Copas. second Open class — Jerry Stouder. first and Gary Heiman, second Junior 250 class - Joe Novicki. first Junior 340 class — Gregg Michael, first and Todd Bechtold, second Junior 440 class — Tim Byler, first and Joe Novicki. second 440 modified - Jerry Stouder. first and Gary Heiman, second 340 modified — Ric Rouch. first and Steve Read, second

NLC scoring In Northern Lakes Conference scoring in basketball. Scott Skiles of Plymouth is still the leader as he has scored a total of 179 points in six NLC games, averaging 29.8 points per game. In all games, his total is 521 with an average of 30.6 in 17 games Long Wawasees Jeff Long has scored a total of 68 points in four NLC games, averaging 17 points a game. Overall in 14 games. Long has totalled 275 points and averaged 18.3. Geiger Brian Geiger of Wawasee has averaged 10.7 points per game, totalling 43 points in four NLC games In all 14 games, he has obtained a 12.5 average and a total of 175 points. Beer Northwood’s Todd Beer, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Theo Beer of Milford, has totaled 90 points in five NLC games In all 15 games. Beer s total is 275 with an average of 18.3. Yeater Mike Yeater of North Wood. grandson of Mrs. R. E. Slabaugh of Milford, has taUied up 260 points in all 15 games. His average is 17.3 pants per game. In five NLC games, he scored a total of 64 points with an average of 12.8 points.

lißNiwlaEE - B "Wm Ew i . 4 P"' BK., ’ o| jsk SNOWMOBILE WINNERS — Shown above are the winners of the snowmobiling events held as part of the Winter Carnival in Syracuse. Standing in the front row, left to right, are Tim Byler. Jr. 440, first; Todd Bechtold, center, Jr. 340. second; Gregg Michael, left. Jr. 340, first. In the middle row stands Rich Rouch, 340 modified, first: Gary Heiman, open class, second: Eldon Byler, Class A-l, first: Randy Roll, Class A-l, second; and Joe Novicki, Jr. 440, second. Winners in the back row are: Mike Swihart, F stock, second place: Kim Slocum. B stock, first, and C stock, first; John Rinker. F stock, first; and Ted Novicki, H stock, first

Ml «1 h IEmjSF ’’'Wv'l i !■' ______ ' \ dllh V• • B k J 1 ~ "Rr r O fT V * Hl /I Cx ? 1 < r; iCV*' ’ \ J I® H.io k I r J /.TBOTdr ra m jfl * MILFORD SIXTH GRADE TEAM — Pictured above are member* of the Milford Junior High sixth grade boys’ basketball team. Kneeling in front are Bevan Hurd. Mitch Price, Dong Wolterman, Brad Smith and Shannon Angle. In the second row are Todd Wilson. Dan Dennis, Steve Miller. Terry Richardson and Tim Troup Standing in the back is Coach Tony Clouse and Mike Redslob, Ted Hiss, Steve Birky. Kendall Galegor, Chuck Dippen and Kerwin Miller. (Photo by Morrme Halfacre)

Memorial girls beat Central Elkhart Memorial girls basketball team won over city rival Elkhart Central in the girls' sectional • semifinal action last Thursday. Feb. 4. The final score was 42-29 Memorial had a slim 21-20 lead after three quarters but outscored Central 21-9 in the final period. Junior Tourney setter NECC The Northeast Corner Conference junior high basketball tournament began Monday evening. Feb. 8, with Westview at

The photo above shows the snowmobile drag races with two racers on the left and right of the photo and the starter in the center. As the photo shows, a number of people showed up to watch the event. (Photo by Ron Baumgartner)

Eastside. Prairie Heights at Fairfield and Central Noble at Hamilton. • The semifinals will be played Thursday, Feb. 11 and the championship games on Saturday. Drag leader is Australian Jim Reed, a 39-year-old Australian, took the number one qualifying spot Friday, Feb. 5, for the 22nd annual Winternationals drag races in Pomona, Calif. Reed, the Australian national champion, drove R. J. Trotter’s California-based Top Fuel

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dragster to the clocking of 5.69 seconds at 244.56 miles per hour, breaking the old track record of 5*77 set in 1977. Bullets lose Washington Bullets lost a 90-87 battle against the Los Angeles Lakers Friday night. Norm Nixon and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sparked a 11-2 fourth-quarter rally after the Lakers had blown a 15 point lead and led the Lakers to the victory. The victory ended a two-game losing streak for the Lakers, who had lost six in a row on Washington’s home court since the 1976-1977 season.

Laker’s Magic Johnson scored 22 points before leaving the game with a foot and ankle injury with 4:16 to play. Vikings battle against Cavaliers Tippecanoe VaDey Vikings had to battle from behind for three periods before cathing up to host Culver Cavaliers only to lose 6153. Valley was behind 14-10 and 3027 at the end of the first two quarters but outscored Culver 128 in the third stanza to grab a 3938 advantage heading into the final eight minutes.

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