The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 40, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 October 1983 — Page 8

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL - Wed., October 19,1983

Sports

Dawn Xoung makes comeback after fast season's knee injury

Dawn Young has gone through too much hard work to be the kind of person who takes good health for granted. When the volleyball team begins sectional play Friday night. Dawn will be the one with a 7 on her back, a brace on her left knee and some painful memories in her mind. Her brace, and the bad memories, are the result of a ligament-tearing fall she suffered over a year ago in a match against Plymouth. While she is not as mobile as she used to be, Dawn has come back from that injury to be an important ingredient in this year’s volleyball success story. It takes a special kind of determination to come back from a knee injury. The pain and hard work of rehabilitation, which often bring to mind images of medieval torture chambers, are not easy to endure. “Therapy is not something you can talk yourself into enjoying,” said Dawn, who went through six months of bending, lifting and stretching in order to be ready for volleyball. “After the first couple of months (when my knee was strong again) I concentrated on bending. I was hooked up on a traction machine. The therapist would tie a rope around my ankle and the machine would pull my leg.” Despite such dramatic efforts, Dawn still does not have complete range of motion in her knee. "As far as bending goes, I am the worst case they (the therapists at Warsaw) have had,” she said, adding that she can bend her knee to 130 degrees. “Playing volleyball is good for it — it keeps it loose. ” “The biggest problem on the court is moving side to side,” she continued. “Sometimes I think ‘Why can’t I be up to the point where I was last year?”’ However, Dawn is just happy to be playing again. “You never picture anything happening to yourself,” she reflected, “but it can. I used to think that I was in worse shape than anyone else. Now, l ean look around and see others who are in worse shape than I am.” “I was very impatient when I first hurt the knee,” she concluded. “This experience has given me patience.” Friday night, with a little more hard work and some help from her teammates, that patience may just payoff in the form of a sectional championship.

Spikers to sectional

By TOM CHARLES Sports Writer Wawasee’s varsity spikers are looking to continue their winning ways as they head into sectional action on Friday night at Northridge. The 15-2 Warriors drew a bye in the first round and will not play in tomorrow night’s opening round. Fairfield faces Goshen and North Wood plays Northridge in tomorrow night’s action. Bethany Christian will provide the opposition when Wawasee takes the floor at 6 p.m. on Friday. The winner of this match advances to the 8:30 p.m. championship contest. A balanced attack has been the key to Wawasee’s success all season. Coach Barb Brouwer’s main problem has been what to do with all of the talented players she has. “It is unfortunate that we have so much talent,” Brouwer said. “I think that any of our 10 players could go to other schools and start varsity.” The lack of one single superstar helps the offensive attack. Instead of looking to one person to do the spiking, the Warriors are able to bombard opponents from all sides. “We do basically look to Christy Speicher and Marcia Sorenson for the majority of our spiking,” said Brouwer. “But we are not afraid to set the ball to Dawn Young, Penny Hoover and Tammy Welborn as well.” . The main cog in the offensive machine is Anita Swope. The junior setter, whose .986 setting average is exceptional, handles the ball on every offensive attack. The team owes a large part of its success to her consistent performance. Brouwer also noted that Dawn Young and Penny Hoover have been playing well during the last stretch of the regular season. “Dawn and Penny just keep

VHf ***”<■■ BK W HI y i * k «*>*' ■ -M' ~v' BACK ON THE ATTACK — Senior Dawn Young has come back from knee surgery last fall to be an important part of Wawasee’s volleyball success this fall. She, and her teammates, open sectional play on Friday at Northridge. (Photo by Ron Baumgartner)

getting better with each match,” said Brouwer. “Dawn had her best game of the year against Concord.” The Warriors will need plenty of strong performances if they are to hold off a revenge-minded field of sectional opponents. With the exception of Goshen, the Warriors have defeated every sectional school. Coach Brouwer is confident that her players, experience and attitude will help them in handling the pressure of being the “team to beat.” “We’ve had a lot of emotional games this season and we’ve won them,” said Brouwer. “As long as we can remain level-headed, we should do well.” “This is a good bunch of kids to work with, she continued. “They are intelligent and work hard in practice. That is half the battle.” The Field Goshen, North Wood and defending champion Northridge should al) be strong contenders for the sectional crown. The Redskins, 11-6 on the year, are led this year by the spiking of Becky Leatherman and Sherry Harris. Tammy Ziegler is the team’s leading setter. The Skins are a good defensive team with a lot of sectional experience. Coach Rose Kettlebar should have them ready to play. The Panthers are coming into the sectional off of a win over Triton on Monday night. Ronda Klotz, an NLC all-conference pick last season, leads the attack. She is joined by Kami Gessinger and Cindi Schwartz. Coach Jan Schrock’s team has compiled a 13-9 record. Jeanine Roberts’ Northridge Raiders tuned up for their host role by defeating Goshen in three games on Monday night. The Raiders will be tough to beat at home as they go after their second sectional title in as many years.

One of the big factors in the Raiders’ success is Michelle Erickson. Erickson, certainly headed for a major college volleyball program, nailed six kills in the match against Goshen. The 11-5 Raiders will depend on her to carry the offense. Fairfield is also coming into the sectional off an impressive win. The Falcons crushed Fremont on Monday night to up their record to 10-8. First year coach Dave Hamilton will look to the spiking of Michelle Hollar and the serving of Beth Borkholder to challenge Goshen in tomorrow night’s opener. Bethany is the only team in the sectional with a losing record. The 6-11 Braves, however, have won their last two matches and should not be counted out of Contention. Coach Betty Stauffer has a strong performer in the person of Karen Yoder. Becky Yoder and Sheri Walters are also important members of the squad. NLC Title The Warriors are cochampions of the NLC by virtue of a win over Concord on October 13. The Warriors dropped the first game but roared back to take the match, 11-15,14-10,14-12. This secured the highest NLC finish ever by a Wawasee volleyball team. Penny Hoover led the attack with eight aces and four kill spikes. Christy Speicher added 36 spikes and eight kills to boost the offense.. Anita Swope recorded 103 sets. Last night, the Warriors defeated Columbia City in an away match. Record set NEVADA - British driver Richard Nobel streaked across the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nevada, on his way to setting the world land-speed record. His average of 633.6 mph eclipsed the mark of 622.4 mph set by American Gary Gabelich in 1970.

Sports Calendar Week Os October 19 To October 26 WEDNESDAY Varsity Football 7:30 p.m., at Warsaw THURSDAY U Milford Junior High Volleyball // 3:45 p.m., at North Webster J\\J/ Freshman Football / 4:30 p.m., at Concord \ Wawasee Girls* Swimming 6:30 p.m., at Huntington North FRIDAY Volleyball Sectional 6:00 p.m., at Northridge SATURDAY Boys’ Cross Country Regional and Girls’ Sectional 11:15 am., at Ox Bow Park, Dunlap MONDAY Wawasee Girls’ Swimming 6:30 p.m., at home vs Warsaw TUESDAY North Webster Junior High Volleyball 3:45 p.m., at South Whitley

Gamer leads local runners at Marathon distance

A number of local running enthusiasts participated in two midwest marathons over the week end. Topping the list with the quickest time at the 26.2 mile distance was Jim Garner of Syracuse. The West Noble School teacher ran the Columbus, Ohio marathon in 2:46.15, slipping under the qualifying time of two hours and fifty minutes for the prestigious Boston Marathon by more than three minutes. Garner, who was among 4,100 other runners at Columbus, plans to enter the Boston Marathon in the Spring. America’s Marathon/Chicago Milford fielded the largest number of entries in America’s Marathon in Chicago Sunday. Homer Miller finished the course in 3:10, Bill Troup and Phil Price crossed the line together in 3:51 and Dan Schwab came in with a time of 4:07. Ralph Bushong, Syracuse, broke the three and one half hour barrier with a time of 3:27. Bushong also recently won his age group at a half marathon race in Bluffton. Elkhart County runners participating in the Chicago marathon were Dr. Marion Yoder, Joe Dervin, Mike Chandler and Larry Solyom, all of Goshen, and Jim Hoover of Wakarusa. Yoder finished in 3:33, Dervin Second annual DN Scholarship competition begins The second annual $30,000 Duracell Scholarship Competition is under way. The competition is designed to encourage scientific creativity among American high school students. The National Science Teachers Association has endorsed the competition and is working with Duracell Inc., the competition’s sponsor, to judge the entries. In addition, the National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed the competition on its Advisory List of National Contests and Activities for 1983-84. The 1984 competition, as in 1983, involves students designing and building battery-powered devices that have practical functions. The judging criteria encourages a wide latitude in the types and calibre of entries. This insures students, who apply themselves to the challenge, a good chance at one of the 41 awards. The winner of last year’s competition, Joseph Carey, a high school senior from Chicago, designed a laboratory voltmeter that gave its readings vocally. The other winning entries ran the gamut from fairly sophisticated electronics to simple motor driven devices. Coffee misses sobering effect Instead of making the body sober up, coffee makes things worse, reports one British medical study from the University College of Swansea in Wales. The British researchers found drinking coffee after alcohol slows down reaction times.

in 3:43, Chandler in 3:20, Solyom in 3:30 and Hoover in 3:11. The annual race, attracting over 8,200 runners, started at the Daley Center and finished in Lincoln Park. The course traveled through city neighborhoods and along some of the lake front.

Wawasee harriers — Boys qualify for regional, girls top conference foe

Wawasee’s boys’ cross country team finished fifth at Kendallville in the East Noble Sectional, qualifying the Warrior harriers for regional action this Saturday at Ox Bow Park in Elkhart. Jerry Auer had the best Wawasee time with 17:08 for an eighth place spot. Other team members following were: Mike Ballinger, 14th with 17:41; Dick Doll, 23rd with 17:50; Scott Badskey, 27th with 17:54; and Brian Popenfoose, 39th with 18:22. Carl

* ’ * ' Mil . . J MU. WARRIOR LEADER — Jerry Auer, the Warriors’ leading cross country runner all season, placed eighth in the sectional last Saturday to help his team gain a regional berth. Auer’s time over the Kendallville course was 17:68. (Photo hy Tom Charles)

Sports comment — Calling the shots CHARLES

BASEBALL IS AS POPULAR AS EVER according to 1983 attendance figures. Over 45 million fans passed through the gates at major league parks around the country this summer. That is an increase of nearly one million fans from a year ago. The Toronto Blue Jays recorded the largest jump in attendance figures, thanks to a surprise early and mid-season run at the American League East pennant. Attendance at Exhibition Stadium totaled 1,930,292, not counting the hundreds of seagulls with unofficial season tickets. That is 654,314 more fans than in ’B2. The Los Angeles Dodgers led the majors with a total gate of 3,510,313. Three people who probably won’t be in the ballpark next season are Kansas City Royals players Jerry Martin, Willie Wilson and Willie Aikens. All three pleaded guilty last week to the federal misdemeaner charge of attempted cocaine possesion. WAWASEE SHOULDGRAB A SECTIONAL TITLE in volleyball on Friday night. The 15-2 Warriors will breeze by Bethany in the semifinals and then nip North Wood in the finale. The Panthers should make it to the finals with wins over Northridge (a squeaker and an upset) and Goshen. Goshen should eliminate Fairfield in the opening round. BALLOTING FOR°THE TRAVESTY OF THE WEEK AWARD was close this time around. Philadelphia’s Phillies, the Los Angeles Raiders, and several Indiana High School football teams all turned in award-deserving performances. After much deliberation, the award went to Owen Valley High School for its 71-0 loss at the hands of Plainfield. The Phillies (a .193 team batting average for the Series) were a close second. TWO OF OUR PICK~’EM SOOTHSAYERS didn’t miss a call last week. Derk Kuhn and Tom Charles both raised their percentages with 6-0 marks. Doug Walker, 5-1, finished close behind, with Rich Rhodes, 4-2, bringing up the rear. Walker, Kuhn and Charles are all in the hunt for pick ’em honors as the regular season comes to a close this week. Charles is ahead in total percentage, thanks in part to a late start. Kuhn has the most correct picks. Walker, however, is

Rouch was 53rd and Troy Minton was 55th adding up for Wawasee’s final score of 111, placing Wawasee ahead of Lakeland’s sixth place finish with 147 points. Winning the race was Randy Houser of Prairie Heights with a time of 16:09 while Kent Mahnesmith of Angola was second with 16:23; and Alan Terry of Prairie Heights was third with 16:48. East Noble won the sectional with 61 points, placing four of the

right on his tail. Next week, pick ’em starts with a clean slate as high school football teams begin playoff action. Last week's results were: Culver Military 12, Wawasee 9; Concord 7, Jimtown 0; Plymouth 26, Goshen 7; Tippe Valley 26, Rochester 0, Warsaw 19, Bremen 7; and North Wood 19, Whitko 0. This week’s slate includes: Wawasee at Warsaw, Tippe Valley at North Miami, North Wood at Concord, Goshen at Rochester, Culver Military at River Forest and Plymouth at Bremen. The guest picker this week is Milford resident, Tom Speicher. Tom, a graduate of Wawasee High School and Butler University, is a pharmacist at Walter Drug in Milford. He enjoys watching pro football, college basketball and college football. Charles (.818) — Charles could wind up with the best percentage if he doesn’t choke on this week’s games. He gives the nod to Warsaw, Tippe Valley, Concord, Goshen, Culver Military and Plymouth. Kuhn (.792) — Kuhn, not one to shed tears at Warsaw losses, picks the Warriors to tame the Tigers tonight. He also names Tippe Valley, Concord, Goshen, Culver Military and Plymouth as winners. Walker (.750) — As a parting request, Walker wanted one last shot to catch Kuhn in the race for most correct picks. “Ties mean nothing to me,” exclaimed Walker as he strode out of the M-J office last week. “1 have to go for it all.” Hoping for the best, he goes with Warsaw, Tippe Valley, North Wood, Rochester, Culver Military and Plymouth. i Rhodes (.667) — Richard “the Greek” Rhodes is the newest member of our weekly panel of experts. His 4-2 performance last week will have to be improved upon, however, if he hopes to be a serious contender for any honors. This week he selects the Warriors, Tippe Valley, Concord, Goshen, Culver Military and Plymouth. Guest (.756) — Speicher is going to need better luck than his favorite team, the Chicago Bears, if he is to continue the proud guest-picker tradition. His picks are Warsaw, Tippe Valley, Concord, Goshen. Culver Military and Plymouth.

top 11 runners; Angola was second with 63; DeKalb, third with 75; and Prairie Heights, fourth with 100. Girls Defeat Goshen The girls’ cross country team defeated conference rival Goshen for the first time this season by placing third at the Goshen Invitational last Tuesday. Carla Clouse, placing ninth with 11:34, was the top Warrior harrier followed by other teammates: Sheila Kleinrichert, 16th

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with 12:01; Patty Rotson; Becca Stiver; and Amy Clouse. Team scores for the meet were: South Bend Saint Joseph first with 52 points; Elkhart Central second with 79; Wawasee third with 126; Goshen fourth with 137; and Elkhart Memorial fifth with 148. Wawasee completed the season with a 4-2 record in dual meets and will compete at the girls’ sectional this Saturday, held in conjunction with the boys’ regional, at Ox Bow Park at 11 a.m.