The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 12, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 April 1983 — Page 9

Sports

Veteran underclassmen return for golf campaign

By GARY LEWIS Improving upon last season’s mark looks to be a tall order for the Wawasee boys’ golf team, but according to mentor Rudy Cesco, this year’s group of boys just may have the talent to do it. Wawasee finished with a strong 13-4 mark in golf winning the Churubusco sectional, and the NLC, in addition to a number of invitationals. Wawasee lost their number two and number three varsity performers — Vince Price and Ken Paulus — but enough letterwinners return to make the veteran coach optimistic about the upcoming season. “I*m looking forward to a good year,’’ said Cesco, who for the first time in his coaching career will have all underclassmen on the roster. Leading the list of returnees for Cesco’s crew is last season’s number one performer, junior Jeff Atwood. Atwood was named to the all-conference team last season and was the low medalist for the squad in the Rennsaleer Invitational. Kim Zurcher and David Schacht, both juniors, and sophomore Brian Beaty return, rounding out the top four spots. Beaty, as a freshman last season, was the number five player fbr Wawasee and was named to the all-NLC squad for his efforts. He was one of four Wawasee performers who made Big catches, fat cash awards at tournament Big catches and fat cash awards are expected to be the order of the day when the Hoosier Division of the Red Man Tournament Trail opens its season of competitive bass fishing on Patoka Lake April 17. Headquartered out of Painter Creek, a large field of entrants is expected in the initial event of the six-tournament Hoosier slate for 1983. The tournament is expected to be one of the largest ever staged on Patoka, where abundant 14-inch keeper bass should also make it a productive event. The Red Man Tournament Trail is geared to the “working man’’ angler. With one-day events and entry fees of SSO, the tournaments are kept within reach of the non-pro, week end fisherman. The response to the program already this year has made the Red Man circuit the largest fishing organization in the nation in terms of participants. A full 100 per cent of entry fees are paid back as cash prizes along the tournament trail. Purses are guaranteed by supporting sponsors Ryobi America Corp., Stroh Brewery Co., Humminbird by Techsonic and Mann’s Bait Co. A minimum winner’s purse of SI,OOO is guaranteed, but the large field of entrants lined up for Patoka will increase the payout significantly. Hoosier anglers will be fishing for points as well as cash. The Hoosier fisherman who earns the most points during the six-event season wins SI,OOO from OMC — SSOO from Evinrude motors, SSOO from Johnson outboards. OMC will hand out SI,OOO awards to the top points’ winners in each of 10 Red Man divisions. The top 24 Hoosier anglers earn berths in the no-entry-fee Red Man All American Bass Championship October 18-22 at a site yet to be revealed. There, the Hoosier two dozen compete among themselves for two days, the winner earning a new bass boat from Ranger of Arkansas. Runner-up and third place win cash prizes. Meanwhile, this same competition with identical awards will be conducted within the ranks of qualifiers from the other nine Red Man divisions as well. Finally, the three winners in each division earn the right to join in a combined field of 30 to fish one additional day for major cash awards. The winner of that round pockets a tidy sum of $15,000. Second place wins SIO,OOO and third gets $5,000. The angler catching the largest bass at the All American wins a new, 150 hp Mercury Black Max outboard motor. The entry deadline for the Patoka tournament is April 6. Entries must be received no later than that date for acceptance. Red Man Tournament Trail events are conducted by professional tournament crews from the Kentucky-based Operation Bass, an organization which has staged competitive bassin’ events since 1980. More information on the Patoka contest or the Red Man Tournament Trail is available from Operation Bass, r 2, box 74b, Gilbertsville, KY 42044. To phone, dial 502-382-4880.

the all-conference team. “We would have had five, but David Schacht got hurt,” said Cesco. Schacht’s injury occurred during the qualifying tournament for the NLC team. Schacht was the low-medalist at the Central Noble Invitational last season. In high school golf, a team is made up of five individuals and the fifth man for Wawasee remains a question mark. “We’re looking for the fifth man . . . assuming the four letterwinners will be in the top four,” he said. It could be dangerous for the returnees to make any assumptions, though, because several junior-varsity players from last season will be making challenges for the varsity spots. Juniors Steve Dunithan, Jeff Schmahl, Ron Daniels and sophomore Keith Burbank will all be vying for varsity honors. One of those four will make it as the fifth man on the varsity team, but Cesco believes in order for a team to be great, a sixth man should be a consistent challenge. “A tough number five and six man makes things competitive, challenging,” he explained. Wawasee will have plenty of experience heading into the season, enough experience to be a contender for semi-state action. “We could accomplish as much as we accomplished last season if things fall into place,” Cesco said. His stragedy going into the season is continuing improvement until just the right time. “We hope to peak at the NLC tourney and at the sectional,” said Cesco. “We’re looking for a spot at the regional meet good enough to go on to the semi-state,” he said. Wawasee finished 10th out of 15 squads at the LaPorte Regional last season. With no seniors on the squad, Cesco admits that the future for the golf program looks promising. But developing talent in Indiana means quality practice time. “The weather is a big factor. The more they play, the sharper they can get,” he explained. Lately, things have not been good for a trip out to South Shore Golf Course, the home course for Wawasee. “The weather has been pretty poor, so far, which is kind of normal,” he said. “We did get in a week of qualifying, which helped us in getting things settled. ” “Last year was one of our best in terms of recognizing individuals,” he said, but he’s confident the Warriors can do better this season. Wawasee was rated 17th in the state at one point during the campaign. Balanced scores from all five positions will be a big key for the Warriors. “It’s getting so competitive that you got to have players who on any given day can break 80,” he said.

'Think metric' theme

“Think Metric” was the theme of the metric unit taught to Syracuse Elementary Fourth graders by Paula Markley. The students learned the different metric terms, such as centimeter, decimeter and meter. Students made their own meter sticks and were soon measuring anything that stood still. The students’ heights were measured in centimeters and a bar graph was made for each classroom comparing the heights. Students learned to weigh items on a gram scale and they weighed larger items on a scale that weighed in kilograms. Students also weighed themselves in kilograms. One set of students measured

Syracuse Girls' State delegates are named

Kristi Rockenbaugh. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Butt, 449 Medusa Street, Syracuse, is the Girls’ State delegate from Syracuse. Kristi is a junior varsity cheerleader at Wawasee High School, a member of the Varsity Singers and the concert choir She participated in the Miss Indiana Teen Contest in 1962 and was one of the top 12 finalists in that contest. Her future plans are to attend Indiana University, Bloomington, and major in computers and mathematics. She is an honor roll student at Wawasee. Alternate Syracuse’s alternate is Marcia Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Taylor, r 5 Syracuse. Marcia is a member of the symphonic band and the rifle corps at Wawasee. She is also a member of the

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SCHOOL MASCOT — Nathan Rhoades, left, and Drew Parr are pictured with the painting they recently finished of a Trojan head, the North Webster school mascot. The art classes watched the painting develop and learned from viewing it’s completion. Nathan and Drew are eighth grade students and Mrs. Abrams is their art teacher. (Photo by Sharon Stuckman)

Sports Comment —

Side Lines

By Gary Lewis

WAWASEE’S OPENING-SEASON win against West Noble (see related article on opposite page) wasn’t exactly a crisp work-of-art, but it was a win. Like most opening-days, though, the Warriors had their trouble and it wasn’t always on the field. Not wanting to pick on a man when he’s down, but coach Myron Dickerson’s ace, Brian Henson, got so excited with his shutout performance he tried to cut one inning short. Promptly after the Warriors’ second out in an early inning, Henson came hustling off the field. He made it all of the way to the dugout while the rest of the Warriors looked on, probably wondering what out they missed. When Dickerson greeted Henson with “that’s only two outs, Brian." he went back to the field and finished the inning. It must have been a long afternoon for Henson, who is still probably trying to live that one down. There’s no question, though, who the ace is going to be for the Warriors this season. Henson “drop” pitch combined with his fine control could make him a candidate for several post-season honors if he can stay healthy. Meanwhile, all he has to do is remember how many outs are left in an inning. DICKERSON’S ENTHUSIASM for the game was well-evidenced Tuesday afternoon but it almost resulted in a painful injury for the veteran coach. Elated with the Warriors fine double-play, after the Chargers’ first hit off of Henson, Dickerson went to raise his hands in jubilation. But his personal celebration ended quickly when his hand smashed into a rock solid beam at the roof of the dugout. Assistant coach Scott Siler had better bring the medical kit this Friday if Dickerson continues to respond to his team’s success in such fashion.

items in the hallways and put up signs trying to get the entire school to “think metric.” Another group of students made a multicolored worm, named “Mr. Centimeter” which was used in a school wide contest. The third group of students went to each classroom to explain the contest. Each student was to guess the length of Mr. Centimeter in centimeters. There was a room winner in each class, an over-all teacher winner and two co-grand champions who guessed the exact amount of centimeters. The grand prize winners were Scott Berkey and Molly Hanson. Individual classroom winners and their room were: Tausha Lambright, morning

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KRISTI ROCKENBAUGH gymnastics team and the Future Educators of America, as well as being active in the youth group at her church.

kindergarten, Kim Conrad’s room; Molly Hanson, afternoon kindergarten, Mrs. Conrad; Morgan Blue, morning kindergarten, Karel Hollingsworth s room; Starr Grady, afternoon kindergarten. Miss Hollingsworth. Also Jason Patton, Jo Butler’s room; Samantha Page, Jill Perrin’s room; Holly Meditch, FrancieTravidia’sroom; Dagny Hersh, Jane Wieczork’s room; Mandy Smith, Karen Huey’s room; Sheri Broekers, Kay Meditch’s room; Mike Harter, Ruth Robinson’s room; Chris Peterson, Eloyce Van Lue’s room; and Angie Garner, Rosalee Pletcher’s room. Also Deana Carr, Carol Fehnel’s room; Robbie Anderson. Sara Kroh’s room; Marji Page, Jerri Mahnensmith’s room; Jason Brown, Linda Stockey’s room; Laura Howe, Paula Markley’s room; Roger Martin, Larry Pletcher’s room; Becky Hay, Lera Reinholt’s room; Nate Waver, Carol Koble’s room; Kevin Manning, Phil Mock’s room; Scott Berkey, Mavis Vanderveer’s room; Debbie Jenson, Gayle Staley’s room; and Mrs. Conrad as the winning teacher. The week of metrics fun culminated in a metric Olympics Students participated in the standing long jump, kilogram lift, six meter hop and other athletic events. Room winners in the Olympics were: Pletcher’s room — Richard Allen, Andy Keener, Katie Hochstetler, Jason Webster, Lori Gargett and Thadd Smart Mirs. Reinholt’s room — Matt Pritchard, Daryl Bell, Becky Hay, Lori Boles, Geoff Coburn, Bobby Livermore Mrs. Markley’s room — Nikki Jones, Keith Hardy, Chris Mort and David Reed.

School news

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NEWSPAPER TOUR — This month’s Very Important People from Milford Elementary School observed newspaper operations at The Papers Incorporated. After eating lunch with Gail Widmoyer, reporter, the students went on a tour of the Main Street plant under the direction of Jeri Seely, editor. Pictured above with Mrs. Seely in the front row from the left are: Rachael Hanshew, Regina Sw ihart and Mary Borkholder. Row two: Brandy Kozon, Robbie Strieby, Tina Horwitz. John Heckaman and Krista Brumbaugh. Row three: Suzanne Schwartz. Staci Bricker. Gerald Tessmann, Andy Eberly. Melissa Eades and Cindy Powell. (Photo by Gail Widmoyer >

IL jrw KEITH BICE Bice Milford Music Student of the Month Keith Bice has been chosen as the Music Student of the Month at Milford Elementary School by Donna Pollen, music teacher. Keith, a fourth grade student, enjoys both singing and playing the piano. He has taken piano lessons for four years and plans to continue with his instruction. In the Milford spring musical, 10-year-old Keith will play the part of P.T. Barnum in “P.T., the Greatest Showman on Earth,” which will be presented April 28 at 7 p.m. in the elementary auditorium. In this part, Keith will have several vocal solos to perform. Keith enjoys all types of music and plans to continue with his piano and voice instruction as well as band in junior high school. Webster honor roll released The honor roll for North Webster Junior High School has been announced by principal G. Wendell Bryant, for the third grading period. It follows: Distinguished Eighth Grade — Angie Barton, Sarah Boyer, Eric Metcalf, Russ Molencupp, Kelli Mort, Lisa Noble, Drew Parr and Scott Shoemaker. Seventh Grade — Basil Bonner. Dottie Crace, Staci Foy, Tammy - Geiger, Jenni Gilmore, Kristy Parsons, Kathy Pearson, Mandy Schmucker, Traci Shoemaker, Jerlyn Sponseller and Traci Wehmeyer. Sixth Grade — Steve Eastman, Michelle Dick, Brad Leedy and EricStookey. Regular Roll Eighth Grade — Tina Kruger, Kelly Lundy, Kevin Parker, Jamie Prescott, Angie Richcreek and Steve Rozow. Seventh Grade — Lee Haney, Julie Kern, Cindy Reith, Jamison Stevens, Pam Stohler and Kris Madden. Sixth Grade — Shelly Boyer, Brett Burbank, Fred Crouch, Matt Dick, Mike Foy, Mary Hardy, Stacey Lent, Bobbie Meadows, Shea Metcalf and Julie Richcreek.

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MAKING EASTER DECORATION — Students in Mrs. Rogers’ second grade at North Webster were busy making Easter decoration to take home for the spring break vacation. Working on their decorations are Andrew Katsanis. Stacey Coy and Brandy Doll. (Photo by Sharon Stuckman)

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BUNNY EARS AND EASTER BASKETS — Mrs. Heath’s kindergarten class at North Webster wore bunny ears and made Easter baskets before they left for their spring vacation. Students shown with the baskets are Mike Myers, Shannon Jaress. Alicia Wilson and Jaimee Smith. (Photo by Sharon Stuckman*

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HORTICULTURE STUDIES — Students in Charlotte Hand's first grade class at Milford Elementary School learned how plants grow in their recent studies. The students planted flower seeds and cut potatoes that had sprouted for planting. They further developed their green thumbs by putting cut flowers in water to root, then planting them; and putting cut flowers in soil to see if they would grow without roots. Class representatives pictured above from the left are: Christy Hughes, Dawn Rivera and Ronnie Castro. (Photo by Gail Widmoyer)

Wed., April 6,1983 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

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