The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 34, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 September 1983 — Page 8
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Sports
Ist duster test for 2-1 Warriors — Goshen invades Wawasee Friday
By GARY LEWIS In many ways, Wawasee was not the same football team last week at Rochester. Emotional, caring and hard-hitting, the Warriors demonstrated a skill found in all good football teams. They dug within themselves for that much-expressed “extra” to sustain through the two overtimes in time for senior Kris Cox to save the day with a perfect extra-point strike. The 14-13 win might not have won any special awards for execution, but it sure meant a lot to this young team. And, just as the Warriors had a little luck which can be as nearly effective as a well-developed game plan. “Our kids showed more emotion Friday than the week before. After Glenn, no one was excited, no one was inspired, even after a touchdown. I was glad to see that, and I would like to see more,” explained head coach Myron Dickerson. Whatever it was, the Warriors will be needing it again and again this week because the Warriors will open Class AAA Cluster 20 play against NLC arch-rival Goshen. The Redskins, 2-1 after wins against Northridge and a thriller at Culver Military Saturday, will be bringing to Wawasee a team not as talented as most championship teams Goshen fans have learned to expect. Again, Dickerson will be looking for emotion to carry the Warriors over the rough edges of an inexperienced football squad. “We’ll have to have it. It’s our first cluster game, their second, and it’s a good rivalry. It will be especially special to them because of what we did to them last year,” Dickerson said. What Ross Dahlstrom and the rest of the Warriors did a year ago was to upset the then second-rated ’Skins 25-13 at Forman Field, behind super-Ross’s three interceptions and touchdown gallops. This year looks to be the same as the year before in terms of experience for veteran Redskins’ mentor Ken Mirer. He has had to struggle to replace the loss of eight regulars from the offense and five from the defense. The struggle process has been effective thus far; however, meaning the Redskins should have several problem areas ironed-out by Friday. Big“D” The defense has been the ‘Skins strong point thus far, and the area Mirer & Company has been concentrating the most on. In the last two contests, Goshen has allowed only two touchdowns. The Redskins dumped pass-happy Northridge 21-7 and Culver Military 9-8. Meanwhile, the Warriors’ greatest problems have been at defense — specifically pass defense. After a 1982 season of allowing only two touchdown passes (one of which was a lucky, desperation throw by Bremen with :16 to go in the game) the Warriors have yielded four TD throws in the first three weeks of the season. Seniors Dave Melendez and Mike Hernandez (out for the sport for the first time) have been the defensive halfbacks while junior Jeff Moore has played free safety. Senior captain Tony Blackburn has played the Warrior position, dropping back for pass coverage purposes in certain situations. “The young men have got to learn to play the ball and not the man ... to be more perceptive to playing the ball,” Dickerson explained. Suffering through these growing pains is something the fourth-year coach expects, and he thinks they can be corrected. “Anything is a correctable error,” he remarked. Lining up against the Wawasee offense Friday will be a defense which will feature 230-pound tackles, 170-pound ends, and 166-pound defensive backs. “They are going to have good size. Like I have said before, Goshen, like several other teams in the conference, are so expertly coached that you can just expect them to be very tough,” Dickerson added. Offensively, the Redskins have been sparked by the play of senior quarterback Byron Holden, who recovered from an injury in the Northridge contest, and veteran linemen Bruce Abramson (6-2,196) and Scott Buss (6-2,163). All three have suffered injuries early, but should be in uniform this Friday. Stop The Pass Once the Redskins get a look at the films of last Friday’s contest, you can count on Goshen to come out throwing. Shoring up some weaknesses in the secondary will go hand-in-hand with emphasis on an increased pass rush at Wawasee practice sessions. “We need to improve upon our pass rush. We need to at least get some penetration to force them,” Dickerson said. Starting on the interior line lately has been seniors Brad Mitchell and Kevin Tracey at ends, Pat Inks, Tim Fraser, at tackles, and Rick Peterson at nose quard. “I’ve really been pleased with the development of Mitchell. He has been improving,” Dickerson said. Steve Yoder, who started at running back last week, did an outstanding job, rushing for several of the Warriors’ meager 103 yards rushing last week. Tony Blackburn, who started at the
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COURSEY COLLARED — Rochester’s Tom Coursey is driven out of bounds by Wawasee’s Dave Melendez shortly after making a catch during the Warriors’ 14-13 thriller Friday. Wawasee will play host to NLC and cluster rival Goshen this week. (Photo by Gary Lewis)
other running back, played another fine all-around game. “Blackburn and Yoder both did an excellent job blocking the end. Especially Blackburn, whose side we ran to most of the time,” Dickerson said. Junior Jeff Roberts, who missed two days of practice last week because of a fever, showed improvement at linebacker as did senior Ryan Wuthrich. Jeff Morgan, despite a severly bruised elbow, played both his offensive center position and defense. Morgan filled in for the injured Todd Yeager, who had to sit out the game due to a knee injury. Good news came this week, however, when doctors determined Yeager will be able to play Friday. In the line-up because of the injured Yeager was sophomore Steve Sturgill who twisted his ankle in the parking lot going to pre-game stretching prior to the contest. Wawasee’s two rookie quarterbacks, Steve Galegor and Brad Traviolia, continued their split-duty last week. The two combined to complete 5-of-10 for 67 yards, and had it not been for several dropped passes, might have even done better. Galegor looked especially sharp, executing fakes and delivering crisp passes. Although overall he might have had a rough night, Traviolia rose to the occassion twice in the second half. He called his own number twice on audibles, resulting in a touchdown during the Warriors’ only score in the third quarter. Look for both sophomores to return in another shared role. Against Rochester, Wawasee wasted away several chances to score after receiving good field position. This, Dickerson admitted, will have to improve if the Warriors are to win against Goshen. “I believe we can win. We were in good field position three times and didn’t score at Rochester. We cannot do that against Goshen. We’ll need some breaks, but it can happen if we can take advantage of our opportunities,” Dickerson said. PROBABLE STARTERS OFFENSE — Ends, Kevin Tracey (6-1, 155), Tony Troup (5-10,157); flanker, Mark Arnold (6-1,155); center, Jeff Morgan (5-10,180); guards, Ryan Wuthrich (5-10,170), Tim Fraser (5-10, 190); tackles, Pat Inks (6-0, 210), Steve Sturgill (5-9, 190), quarterback Steve Galegor (5-7, 137) or Brad Traviolia (5-11, 140); running backs, Steve Yoder (5-7, 155), Tony Blackburn (5-8,145). DEFENSE — Ends, Kevin Tracey (6-1,155), Brad Mitchell (5-10,160); tackles, Pat Inks (6-0, 210), Tim Fraser, (5-10,190); nose, Rick Peterson (5-8, 200), linebackers, Jeff Roberts (5-10, 182), Todd Yeager (6-0, 180) ; defensive backs, Dave Melendez (5-6,135) and Mike Hernandez (5-6,150); free safety, Jeff Moore (5-11,150); Warrior, Tony Blackbum, (5-8,145).
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HIGH FIVE TIME — Wawasee’s Ryan Wuthrich (66), Dave Melendez (9) and Jeff Moore (31) celebrate another defensive stand during the Warriors’ 14-13 win at Rochester Friday. Now 2-1 on the season, Wawasee will play host to cluster rival Goshen Friday. (Photo by Gary Lewis)
Lady Warriors down LaSalle
The Wawasee girls’ volleyball team won its first match of the season Tuesday evening over LaSalle on the road. The Lady Warriors won in two games, defeating their opponents 15-12 and 15-8. The win evens the team’s record at 1-1. Coach Barb Brouwer credited two of the Warrior reserves, mllTOrO LnnSnttn wins church title Milford Christian captured the B-division tourney in the Warsaw men’s church softball league last week. Team members are: Jim Moore, Jay Auer, Denny Replogle, Larry Pappas, Jim Evans, Tony McDowell, John Haugh, Steve Replogle, Rick Brouillette, Walt Runyan, Andy Shearer, John Replogle, Dave Drummond, Jr., and Dave Drummond, Sr.
Ladies'golf results
BIG BOULDER BELLES The following scores were recoreded for the August 31 league at Big Boulder Golf Course: Low gross — Donna Beer Second low gross — Ruth Beer Low net — Beatrice Rapp Second low net — Donna Beer Low putt — Barbara Schultz Second low putt — Maxine Johnson, Donna Beer, and Ruth Beer
Greta Hilker and Shelly Harris, for doing outstanding jobs off the bench. Harris contributed two winning blocks and one spike. Other Lady Warriors who contributed to the win included Tammy Welborn, who was 14-for-14 in serves with 11 points; Sandy Payne, who coach Brouwer credited for playing a good defensive game; Dawn Young, who served for six points; Anita Swope, who has 41 sets, 11 of which resulted in wins, and six saves; Christy Speicher, who made 15 of 18 spike attempts with five kills and made three points by dinking; Penny Hoover, who was nine for eleven in spiking with three kills, and Marcia Sorensen, who was four for four in spikes with three kills. In junior varsity action, Wawasee fell to LaSalle in three games, 12-15,15-13 and 8-15. The Lady Warriors travel to Rochester on Thursday, entertain Warsaw on Saturday afternoon, host Westview on Monday evening, and travel to West Noble on Tuesday.
MAX WELTON . r The ladies at the Maxwelton golf club held a scramble on August 31 with the following winners: First — Jane Musser, Mary J Knudsen, Ces Freehill and Bettv Kline Second - Rose Mathew, Alice Herbison, Pearl Miller and Janet Hayes.
Camelot skiers place in Nationals Seven members of the Camelot Ski Team recently participated in the National Water Ski Championship held in DuQuoin, 111., August 17 through 21. Marcia Jochim; Jerry Hickman; Jane and Jill Tully; and Todd, Paula and Brad Smith participated. Jill Tully placed fifth in women I jump; Jane Tully placed ninth overall; Todd Smith placed third in boy’s jump with a personal best of 131 feet; Brad Smith placed third in junior boy’s jump with 96 feet. Marcia Jochim, a senior at Southern Florida University in Orlando, received a SSOO scholarship from the American Water Ski Association Educational Foundation.
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Side Lines
CULVER MILITARY’S DECISION to not switch the time of Saturday’s game with Goshen, and the IHSAA’s stand to not make a schedule adjustment, is further example of the deterioration of high school football in Indiana. Goshen officials sought to have Saturday’s game played at night because of the extreme heat. Although it might have had little to do with the outcome of the game, the heat could have had a serious impact On the health of the young men who had to play in the sweltering heat. Culver Military does not have lights at its football field, which usually wasn’t a problem when football was a fall sport. Now, however, after Indiana officials made football a summer sport, the lack of lights is a serious issue. Surely, with all of the money parents like New York Yankee owner and Culver alumnus George Steinbrenner make available to their children to attend Culver, the school could afford lights. Public schools do, and they have less money available than most wealthy private schools like Culver. Better yet, the game could have been played at any number of alternative sites. For Culver, it wouldn’t matter much because the boarding school doesn’t have many fans at its games anyway. The Fort Wayne Medical Society announced recently that hot-weather football is risky and suggested football games be canceled during heat waves. The society also suggested the season should be pushed back two or three weeks —a suggestion almost all football coaches agree with. A society member, Dr. Richard Juergens, told the Journal Gazzette the IHSAA should be sued to revise the high school football schedule “to prevent that fatality that’s just around the corner.” Talk like that should scare people. And ignorance demonstrated by schools like Culver Military should be strongly criticized. ROCHESTER HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Mark Miller and Wawasee assistant coach Kim Lobsiger had a Manchester College reunion of sorts last Friday. The former teammates were the only seniors on the Manchester football squad during their final year in 1 college, and this is the second year for them to meet in opposing roles as coaches. Miller has been the Zebras’ mentor for three seasons while Lobsiger is in his second season at Wawasee since coming here after serving as an assitant coach at Bloomington South High School. IT WAS A TOUGH WEEK for our panel of experts in last week’s “pick-em” contest. Concord’s 16-7 upset at Plymouth gave the guest forecaster and two of our regulars a blemish, dropping both regulars to medicore percentages.
Bowling
Sunday Nite Mixed Fairmont 3 1 Syracuse Rubber 3 1 Dreamers 3 1 Slabaugh Canvas 3 1 Team No. 4 t 3 Miller's Heating t 3 Wallace Welding t 3 Wawasee Bowl I 3 Logan- Rogers Rea tty (Incomplete) Team No. 10 (Incomplete) High team game: Logan-Rogers Realty — 688 High team series: Fairmont— 1923 500 series: G. Price 582, C. Wogoman 535, S. Rensberger $29, S. Richmond 523, P. O'Connell 558, P. Money s4l, K. Hare 519, K. Knisley 508, M. O'Connell 511 450 series: K. Larimer 487, J. Miller, 458, M. Rensberger 482, L. Hawn, 490 200 games: G. Price 243, P. Money 214, P. O'Connell 223 M 0 games: M. O'Connell 191, 187, K. Larimer 187, J. Miller 1409, M. Rensberger 174, M. Leamon 170, L. Hawn 164, 179, T. Hare Ml, P. Bailey 162 Thursday Night Ladies Monsanto 4 0 Golden Razor 3 1 Kidds 3 1 Lady Warriors win third straight The Wawasee girls’ golf team captured its third victory without a loss Tuesday afternoon with a win over Warsaw and North Wood at Rozella Ford Golf Course. Wawasee won the match with relative ease, finishing with a total of 195 strokes, compared to 235 for Warsaw and 291 for Northwood. The scores were as follows: Wawasee — Kathy Jones, 47; Beckie Welty, 49; Barb Hostetter, 49; Tammy Tranter, 50; Shelly Rogers, 54. Warsaw — Jennifer Deeter, 56; Jill Kissell, 58; Lisa Keough, 58; Jenny Sandy, 63; Jennifer Brown, 77. North Wood — Kim Paugh, 59; Brenda Rink, 64; Tish Kollever, 66; Missy Sumpter, 102; Kendrea Biller, 126.
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CHAMPS! — The Chore-Time fast-pitch softball team captured fourth in the Class C state finals over the Labor Day week end. In front are Ron Burns, Randy Engle, Darrell Orn, Steve Swope, Grant Geiger. John Replogle and Jay Kaiser. In back are Gary Thornsbury, Tony McDowell, Dave Meade, John Haugh, Jerry Rohvans and Mike Schnell. Not present for the photo were Pat Speicher and Jay Auer. Youngsters in front are Nate and Jav Haugh.
Wawa Bowl 3 1 Louie's 3 1 Buy Rite 3 1 Richard's Os Elkhart 3 1 Bee Line 2 2 Thornburg's 2 2 Liberty 2 2 Flexsteel 2 2 LCBII 2 2 Dana 2 2 Jones 1 3 LCBI 1 3 Stanley Steemer 1 3 Pilcher's 1 3 Sandi's 1 3 Quacker's 1 3 Stop Inn 0 4 High team game and series: Golden Razor -879-2450 500 series: S. Bucher 538, L. Jones 511 H. Taylor 526, L. Hawn 537, K. Knisley 504. C. Miller 522, N. Shields 528, S. Keim 553. E. Slabaugh 505 450 series: C. Sol Ina 478, N. Anderson 464, J. Galloway 477, M. Pauff 463, C. Clifton 493, C. Boyd 495. B. Kilgore 407, P. Bright 474, S. Kern 465, R. White 490. N. Reeve 477, V. Coburn 467, J. Reed 478, N Geil 457, C. Schealm 450, P. Maresh 459, D Walton 464. J. Anderson 469 200 games: S. Bucher 237, N. Shields 212, S. Keim 207, E. Slabaugh 211 170 games: C. Clifton 174, 172, B. Kilgore ITS, C Miller 171 182, L Hawn 190, 171 P. Bright 191 K. Knisley 191, R. White 191, C. Becher 174, H. Taylor 196. J. Reed 170. A. Beehler 174. S Gilbert 170. L Jones 190, D Walton 176. J. Knisley 171, J. Anderson ITS. C. Egolf 171, C. Solina 171 N. Anderson 172, $. Keim 191, M. Pauff 190 Tuesday Afternoon Ladies Dewart Lake 3 1 Mastercraft 3 1 Upper Crust 3 1 Todds 3 1 La Petite 2 2 The Beacon 2 2 Team No. 10 2 2 Ace Post 2 2 State Bank 1 3 Commodore 1 3 DM Anchor Bar 1 3 Teghtmeyer 1 3 High team game: Mastercraft - 774 High team series: Dewart Lake Marina — 2202 500 series: L Hoffer 516, J. Slabaugh 540. S. Wolterman 517 450 series: B. Kline 468. J. Gray 474. M Breyer 480, L. White 452, R Burbank 468, J. To train A group of 120 U.S. Army of* ficers and enlisted men will sail soon from the U.S. to start training some 2,400 Salvadoran troops at a base in Honduras, Pentagon spokesman Henry Catto said recently.
Only one regular on the panel picked Concord, M-J reporter P° Ug o W J alker ’ Ixll he a ß ain faltered by picking the Warriors to lose. Side Lines has learned that the Warriors are counting on Walker to continue his trend to go against his alma mater in the hope such picking will result in more wins for the Warriors this season. M-J statistician Derk Kuhn and reporter Gary Lewis went with the exact same slate, meaning both pickers slipped a bit from last week’s second-place standing. Walker improved his position, though, as he matched the rest of the panel by getting five-out-of-six Last week’s scores were: Concord 10, Plymouth 7; Goshen 9, Culver 8; Penn 49, Warsaw 3, Valley 25, Southwood 13; North Wood 24, Northridge 6; Wawasee 14, Rochester 13, 2 OT. THIS WEEK’S SLATE could contain some upsets with only two cluster games on the schedule: Warsaw at Flkhart Memorial, and Goshen at Wawasee. Other games are: CMA at Concord; La Ville at Plymouth; Valley at Whitko; and Rochester at North Wood. ‘Pick-em” is blessed with the services of an expert in making predictions for the September 9 slate of contests. Dave Baumgartner, former assistant football and assistant wrestling coach at Wawasee, has agreed to lend his wisdom to die panel of forecasters this week. Baumgartner, when he is not soliciting students for Bell & Howell’s top-notch DeVry schools of technology, can be found behind the camera as official photographer for the Wawasee Warriors. His selections will add to our distinguished group of guest forecasters, who have combined for a panel-leading .923 percentage. The Goshen-Wawasee clash at Wawasee this Friday looks to be the deciding game in this week’s slate of games. Three of our four forecasters elected to go with Ken Mirer’s bigger and more experienced Redskins instead of the emotional favorite, Wawasee. GUEST (.923) — Baumgartner plans to continue the successful guest forecaster’s record with these picks: Memorial, Wawasee, Concord, Plymouth, Valley and North Wood. LEWIS (.846) — This M-J reporter hopes to get back on track with these picks: Memorial, Goshen, Concord, Plymouth, Valley, North Wood. KUHN (.846) — Leaving for vacation soon, Kuhn has decided to continue his trend of following Lewis’s lead with the exact same picks: Memorial, Goshen, Concord, Plymouth, Valley, and North Wood. WALKER (.692) — Walker moved up the ladder this week, and has decided to go with these conservative picks instead of hoping for the upsets: Memorial, Goshen, Concord, Plymouth, Valley, North Wood.
Maher4B4, M. J. Knudsen 464 160 games: B. Kline 172, 176, J. Gray 176, L. Welty 174. J. Love 169, G. Hayner 169, M. Breyer 177, 162, J. Slabaugh 188, 177, 175, S. Wolterman 164, 176. 177, C. Inks 190. S. Heckaman 161, 163, I. Kalisik 180. L. Connol ly 178, L. McFarland 179, L. White 183, R. Burbank 165, 185, J. Maher 171, 172, M. J. Knudsen 193, L Hoffer 182,178 Milford Business League Sharps 7 I Campbells 71 Mathews Body Shop 6 2 Shues 5 3 Sleepy Owl 5 3 Wuthrich & Sons 5 3 Ligonier Tele. 5 3 Turf Bar 5 3 Eagles 5 3 Dana 4 4 No. 20 4 4 Walter Drugs 3 5 Webster Vans 2 6 Milford Motors 2 6
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