The Mail-Journal, Volume 19, Number 23, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 June 1982 — Page 9

Sports

Academics important for WHS's Kevin Marks

By GARY LEWIS * For Wawasee High School graduate Kevin Maras, the end of his career is met with memories of friends, sports and academics. Academics — something that is usually missing from most athletic careers in the United \ States — were important for Marks His interest was in the art and shop classes offered at WHS. His already strong interest in art accelerated to the point where he is now considering commercial art as a career. His memories are not limited to the classroom, though For fans and opponents of the Warriors, the memory of Kevin Marks will be one of the competitor Marks was named “Mr. Warrior as the outstanding male athlete of the year last month This was the first year of the award, which is sponsored by the State Bank of Syracuse Marks was seeded eighth in the state at the discus,. when he traveled to the state track meet this spring The team captain of the track team. Marks ‘ longest throw in the discus was a toss of 158’ 11" at the regional meet An all-conference football player. Marks also competed in the shot-put at the state meet and was the high-point scorer his senior and sophomore year and was runner up m scoring his junior year He was champion of the WHS and East Noble relays Marks said the trip to the state meet will be the event he’ll remember the most about his athletic career at WHS “The state meet. .. that was it. That’s what I’ll remember the most," he said ‘As long as you know you did your best, there’s nothing more you can do,” he said With that philosophy about winning, he defeated what many said was his rival — Eric Borglum of Concord High School in the regional meet "We were the top two discus throwers in the conference." said Marks, "it would always be us in the discus." Going into that meet, Marks said he didn’t feel any added incentive because he was facing Borglum "Doing the best 1 could do." was the attitude Marks took with him into the state meet “If 1 threw only 140-feet. if that was my best then that’s all 1 can do " Everyone knew, though, that Marks wasn't going to throw only a 140-feet Even with his positive attitude toward competition. Marks still "hates to lose 1 like to be challenged, ’ said Marks Every track meet offers its very own kind of challenge in the world of athletics In track, an individual can still be a winner even if the team loses In other sports, like football and basketball, if one has a good day he is still considered a loser if the team comes up short In his career at WHS. Marks didn t lose too many events Even with his personal success. Marks said he stilled liked for his team to win “I love to win, but 1 liked to see the team win." he said The track squad didn't do as well as Marks was expecting in his senior year "We did good, but could have done better We had some attitude problems." Marks said The two most important aspecb for a successful discus throw for Marks is concentration and form "Concentration it helps to keep your mind clear,” he said "When 1 pick it up (the discus> 1 usually pause for 10 seconds to concentrate." he said. When he gets into position to throw the discus, he checks for proper form. “Your form is one of the most important things." Marks said The very most important aspect of throwing the discus for Marks involves the “explosion” at the release "I would say strength and the snap ) release) at the end is the crucial step in a successful throw," he said His throw at the Kokomo Haworth regional was his last attempt "My first throw was about 154-feet and I choked on my second throw. My coach (Jerry Minton) said it was my last

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throw, to take it real easy and concentrate on getting a good throw,”hesaid. Marks said he knew it was a pretty good throw but he was surprised to find out how far the toss really did go. That nearly 159-foot toss earned him the eighth seed in the state meet where he ended up finishing three places ahead of his seeding. Marks wants to make art a part of his future plans with a career in commercial art. He is planning on enrolling in a practicum

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Milford Summer Recreation

In Milford T-Ball League games June 15. the Bears beat the Astros 26-6, the Cubs edged the Royals 31 30. the A s topped Vikings 23-7. and the Yankees Reds tied at 23-23/ 1 On Wednesday evening, the Milford Girls’ All Stars downed South Whitley in a home contest 16-6. while the Boys' All Stars traveled to North Webster and were defeated 12-2, In a pair of Girls’ Major League games Thursday, the Sox beat the Expos 8-6, and the Giants topped the Tigers 13-8 In a Boys’ Youth League game the same evening, the Cubs defeated the Pirates 12-3. In Youth League action Friday, the Astros and Orioles tied at 44 In a Girls’ Minor League contest, the Angels downed the Dodgers 9-5 On Saturday, the Boys’ All Stars got back on a winning track by defeating Mentone 11-7.

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HERE'S THE PITCH! — Mart Waßx shows good farm after releasing another pitch daring cold and dreary opening day action at the Mermaid Festival softball tournament over the week end. Walls b a member of the Summit City Merchants team. (Photo by Gary Lewb)

program at Hart and Hart Advertising Agency in Warsaw. Right now, he is working at Ener-Trek Corp., where his father, Wayne, also works. Marks said his memories of WHS will have special meaning because it was there he met his girlfriend, Debbie Haab. Miss Haab, who is a candidate in the queen contest of the Mermaid Festival, along with his friends, is one of the reasons why Marks thinks he threw so well this year

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On Monday evening, the Girls' All Stars won their first game in the Mermaid Festival Tourney, sending Syracuse down to a 21-9 defeat In a pair of Boys’ Youth League games that evening, the A s beat the Cubs 11-5, while the Cardinals downed the Pirates 101. The Milford Pony League team opened its season Thursday evening with a 9-5 win over Syracuse at the Milford diamond. Pitchers Joe Albert Melendez and Ben Beer combined to strike out seven and walk 10 for Milford, while Syracuse hurlers Pounds and Roberts struck out three and walked a total of eight John Haab and Brent Corl had three hits a piece to lead Milford's offense Hare had three hits for Syracuse, while Sterling and Pounds each collected a pair of hits. Milford's next home game is against Fairfield on June 24 at 5:30p.m.

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In North Webster Boys’ Minor League action Thursday, Steve Moore hit two homers to lead the Yankees to a 14-9 victory over the Cubs. Thanh Tran was the winning Yank pitcher. Chad Brower and Danny McCrae each collected two hits for the Cubs. In a Girls’ Minor League game the same evening, Michelle White had an incredible night at the plate, collecting five hits, including four home runs, and knocking in 13 runs, but it was not enough to prevent her Webster Fire Department team from falling to Carey Excavation 25-23 Kristy Gilmore also had five hits for Fire Department, while Suzanne Parr and Nikki Buis had three each. Kountry Corner defeated NWYL in a pair of recent Girls Major League games. In the first game, Belinda Whitridge hit two homers to lead Kountry Corner to a 13-9 victory, in a contest that was ended by a fine double play turned in by Belinda Clevinger. In the second game between the two teams. Kountry Comer defeated NWYL 18-16 in a come-from-behind victory sparked by Jama Roose's grand slam homer LaVille stops Wawasee Wawasee High School summer baseball squad fell to 5-2 for the season as the Warriors dropped a 5-4 decision to LaVille. A shaky third inning led to the Warriors second defeat in the month-long summer schedule. An inability to field a bunt allowed LaVille to score two runs that inning, as both the catcher and the pitcher for WHS fell down in an attempt to field the bunt. The Warriors battled back in the sixth inning, scoring three runs taking a one-run lead into the seventh. WHS couldn’t hang on to the slim lead any longer as LaVille scored three runs in the inning for the win. LaVille scored their five runs with seven hits as WHS collected five hits. The fifth win for the Warriors came against Rochester High School 10-6. WHS was leading 9-1 in the fifth inning, when coach Myron Dickerson decided to allow rookie pitcher Russ Dahlstrom to go the distance. Dahlstrom walked in five runs that inning, as ace Kevin Smith was called in to retire the side Phil Price finished the final two innings for the Warriors. Rochester's six runs came on four hits as the Warriors pounded out eight hits. Kevin Smith was the hitting star with a three-run home run in the fifth. The Warriors travel to Concord High School this afternoon (Wednesday) and finish the season at home with Plymouth Thursday, June 24, and Fairfield Monday, June 28

A hectic summer for Barbara Rush

For former Syracuse resident •nd Wawasee High School graduate Barbara Rush, this will be an especially hectic summer. She is employed in Indianapolis as the comptroller for the Athletics Congress of the USA. a governing body of amateur athletics which each year regulates a number of activities across the nation. Indianapolis will be the scene of the year's largest amateur sports event July 23-31, when it hosts the National Sports Festival, bringing together America’s best amateur athletes for competition in sports that will be featured in the 1984 Summer and Winter Olympics and the Pan-American games. While this event will be close to home for Barbara Rush and the other employees of the Athletics Congress, it is by no means the only event they have been or will be involved with this year. “We really keep up a pretty hectic pace throughout the year." Miss Rush said. “The indoor track season begins the first of January and runs through February, and the outdoor season begins not long after that " Athletics Congress-sanctioned events in the past week have included the Men’s Junior Nationals at Indiana University June 14-15, and the National Track and Field Championship in Knoxville, Tran., June 18-20, held in conjunction with the World’s Fair. Miss Rush said a competition between teams representing the United States and the USSR is scheduled to take place July 2-3

16 in Tournament of Knights

Sixteen area athletes will by vying for the titles of Sir Lancelot du Lac and Sir Galahad at the Tournament of Knights competition Saturday at the North Webster Mermaid Festival. The athletes will compete in six different athletic events and the winners will receive cash prizes totaling SI,OOO for their sponsoring organizations. The six athletic events are in baseball, basketball, football, golf, tennis and track. Two Wawasee High School graduates will be among the participants. The entrants are from six area high schools and include six all-staters and seven all-conference performers. The Knights Kent Stichter — 18, 5-11. 145, sponsored by the North Webster Lions Club. A 1982 graduate of Wawasee High School, he has received three letters in basketball and one in track. Jeff Parker — 18, 5-9. 150, sponsored by the United Methodist youth group. A 1982 graduate of Wawasee High School, he is a three-year letterman in basebail and was most valuable player his senior year. He plans to attend Ball State University. Dave Anderson — 19, 6-4, 195, sponsored by the Warsaw Lions Club. A 1981 graduate of Warsaw High School, he has earned two varsity letters in football and track. He is attending Valparaiso University and plays tight-end on the football squad. Lane Lewallen — 20, 6-1. 160, sponsored by Winding Water Brethren Church. A 1980 graduate of Elkhart Memorial High School, he was most valuable player on the Goshen College junior varsity basketball team and was a letter winner in football, basketball and track in high school, a member of the allsectional basketball all-star team, and an all-conference performer in track. Phillip Snep — 19. 5-11, 170. sponsored by the Pierceton Jaycees A 1981 graduate of Whitko High School, he was a letter-winner in track, basketball, football, baseball and crosscountry. Steve Bidwell — 19, 6-1. 190, sponsored by the Whitko Athletic department. A 1981 graduate ofi Whitko High School, he was an\ all-conference performer in football and was honorable mention all-state in football. He is attending Indiana State University. Rex Kreger — 21, 6-2, 187, sponsored by the Whitko Athletic department. A 1979 graduate of Whitko High School, he is attending Valparaiso University on an athletic scholarship. He was an all-conference performer in baseball and lettered in baseball, football, basketball and track. Kent Denlinger — 21, 6-2, 178, sponsored by the Grace College Athletic department. A 1979 graduate of Milton Union High School, he was honorable mention all-state performer in basketball and was all-

at the Indiana University track stadium in Indianapolis “There will be two athletes from each country in each event, so it should be very interesting," she said. Miss Rush said her organization’s chief responsibility with the upcoming National Sports Festival, as well as with all amateur sports events, involved the sanctioning of both the event and each par ticipant The daughter of Mr and Mrs. Paul A. Rush of Syracuse, Miss Rush graduated from Manchester College with a degree in accounting. Prior to becoming comptroller for the Athletics Congress, she worked with a large Indianapolis-based accounting firm for four years. The Athletics Congress of the USA came into being after Congress passed the Amateur Sports Act of 1978. requiring that all governing bodies for sports on either Olympic or Pan-American Games programs have full autonomy by November 1980, effectively putting the Amateur Athletic Union out of the sports governing picture. The Athletics Congress has been on its own as national governing body for track and field since August 1979. Registration of athletes is the backbone of the Athletics Congress, providing a means of identification and control of all competing athletes. When an event is sanctioned by the Athletics Congress, it is a guarantee to the athlete that participation will not endanger his or her eligibility or amateur status.

conference two years. District 9 player-of-the-year, and secondteam all-conference in baseball. He was valedictorian of his graduating class in high school. Brian Thompson — 18, 5-11, 160, sponsored by the Goshen Adult Booster Club. A 1982 graduate of Goshen High School, he was a first-team all-state quarterback, all-conference in football, most valuable player in football and and a baseball letter winner. He plans to attend Bethel College. Ron Lewallen — 19, 5-11, 170, sponsored by the Goshen Athletic department A 1982 graduate of Goshen High School, he was an all-state performer in basketball, a member of the north-south allstar team, and most valuable player of the year. Todd Dickerson — 18, 6-0, 155. sponsored by the Adult Tiger club. A 1982 graduate of Warsaw High School, he was a four-year

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letter winner in tennis, most valuable player two years and a letter-winner in track. He was the 1982 Warsaw athlete of the year. He plans to attend Illinois Weselyn University. Jim Koontz — 18, 6-4, 170, sponsored by the Triton Booster Club. A 1982 graduate of Triton High School, he was an all-area, sectional basketball player and a letterman in track, cross-country and basketball. Kevin Riley — 18, 6-1, 160, sponsored by the North Wood Lettermen's club. A 1982 graduate of North Wood High School, he was an all-conference, all-sectional performer in basketball, a member of the allconference baseball team, allsectional and regional in baseball and was undefeated as a pitcher on the baseball squad. He plans to attend Vincennes University. Brett Welty — 18, 6-1, 180,

sponsored by the Etna Green Lions Club. A 1982 graduate of Triton High School, he was the most valuable player in basketball and was selected to the academic all-state football and basketball team. He has won a number of letters in football and basketball and plans to attend Purdue University. Jeff Stouder — 18, 5-10, 150, sponsored by the Heritage Park Board. A 1982 graduate of Triton, High School, he won letters in football, basketball, track and was most valuable player in track. He was named athlete of the year at Triton. Steve Mort — 20. 6-0, 165, sponsored by the Pierceton Jaycees. A 1981 graduate of Whitko High School, he was honorable mention all-conference at Glenn Oaks / Community College and was an all-state and all-area performer in basketball at Whitko.

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