The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 May 1984 — Page 8
THE’MAIL-JOURNAL - Wed., May 16,1984
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Warriors pound 18 hits, split with FW North
Bx TO.M ( HABLES Sports Editor • ’ When it rains, it pours >— Wawasee hitters have been silent for most of the 1984 season., but the Warriors unleashed a noisy, 18-hit offensive barrage to top Fort Wayne North 15-13 in the second game of a doubleheader . on Saturday The win salvaged a doubleheader split tor the Warriors. who dropped the opening contest by an 18-6 count North's John Schlagenhauf, who was making his first start after a nohitter against Fort Wayne Snider, was the winner in game one Ben Beer absorbed the loss to even his record at 1-1 The entire Warrior line up got into the act in the second game, pounding North hurlers Don Lambert and Rob Cline for eight extra-base hits Shortstop Dave Kistler led the hitting parade with three doubles in five trips to the plate Kistler also added two RBIs
Indy 500 trials continue
Tension continues to mount al the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this week as drivers and crews prepare for the final 13 hours of official time trials on Saturday and Sunday. Only the fastest 33 of this year's record-breaking total of 11" en tries will form the starting lineup behind the Pontiac Fiero pace car on May 27. Drivers who have yet to qualify are desperately searching for more speed. Defending champion Tom Sneva captured the pole spot w ith a qualifying time of 210.029 mph. shattering the track record held by Teo Fabi Senva's teammate. Howdy Holmes and 1979 Indy winner Rick Mears will join Sneva in the front row.
fl ■k aNHI 1 Il -fl' FORMER WINNERS — Al Lnser. Sr„ left, and Gordon Johncock. both Miner Indy 500 winners, compare notes on other drivers during practice for the 68th annual "500” on May 27.
Several other Warriors added to the offensive act Kevin Tracey was 4-for-5 on the afternoon with two RBIs and a double. Jeff Carden was 2'4or-3 with two RBIs. Brian Henson was 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs. Tracey Ryman slapped out two hits in three at bats, and Joe Melendez added a single and a double. Three Warriors saw mound ac tion Tony Blackburn started the game and was followed in succession by Rob Jewson and Brian Henson Henson was the eventual winner, raising his record to 6-3 and lowering his ERA to 0.37 in the process. Goshen , Unfortunately for Wawasee. the momentum from Saturday's contest failed to carry over into Monday s clash with NLC foe Goshen The host Redskins jumped out to an 8-0 lead and held on for a 13-3 win in five innings. Goshen wasted little time in lighting up the scoreboard The red-dad hosts scored five runs on five hits in the opening frame.
Mario Andretti, the top driver in pre-trials practice runs, had mechanical problems and settled for a spot in the secondj’ow. Andretti's son. Michael,Aand'' twotime winner Gordon will join him in that row While the drivers at the front of the pack are virtually assured of spots in the field, those further back will be on the hot seat for this weekend's round of qualifying Many Indy watchers believe there will be more "bumping" and "car hoppirig” than at anytime in recent years Qualified cars will be eliminated once they fail to rank in the top 33. But drivers of those cars may at-
Speicher, Gunn sectional champs —
Five Lady Warriors advance to regional
By TOM CHARLES Sports Editor Although she did not see much practice time last week due to injury, sophomore Jeanine Gunn had plenty of spring in her legs for Tuesday’s sectional meet. Gunn emerged from the sectional with a first in the long jump and a second in the high jump, leading the Lady Warriors to third place overall. Elkhart Memorial captured the team title, breaking Elkhart Central’s four-year sectional reign. The long jump competition was Wawasee’s best event in. the meet. Gunn popped a personal record jump of 17-1, the best by a Wawasee jumper this spring, to take the blue ribbon. Senior Jill Patty sailed 16-10' 2 to claim second place. “I don't think that Jeanine has reached her potential in either the long jump or the high jump." noted coach Barb Brouwer. “She should continue to improve. " Patty, who is seeking her second trip to the state ipeet, had a good sectional but still has not reached the distances she is capable of jumping “Jill has not jumped as far as she did when she was a sophomore," said Brouwer. “But she has it in her. She could easily pop a jump in the 17'2 to 18 foot range". In the high jump. Gunn cleared all the heights through 5-0 without missing an attempt. However, she faltered at 5-1 and had to settle for second place behind
two of which came on a AndyGraff home-run over the fence in left-center field. Wawasee centerfielder Jeff Carden dove over the fence in an attempt to stop the shot but came up short. The Warriors had a chance to close the gap in the second inning as Brian Henson led off with a single- He advanced to second on a passed ball, but was left stranded as the next three batters went down in order. The Redskins added three runs in their half of the second before Wawasee began to close the gap. Two Redskin errors allowed the Warriors to put men on second and third with no outs. Todd Roberts then followed with an RBI single to make the score 8-1. Kevin Tracey followed Roberts with a sacrifice fly to knock in the Warriors' second run of the inning After Henson hit a bloop single. Carden came through with an RBI single to narrow the gap to 8-3. However, the Warriors left two runners on base to stall their comeback bid
tempt to regain starting postions at the wheel of another car. Two drivers who have switched cars in their search to make the field are veteran Johnny Rutherford and South African Desire Wilson. Rutherford, who could not get his DSR-Cosworth racer up to competitive speeds, will take a shot at breaking into the field this weekend in one of A J. Foyt’s backup cars. Wilson, who is trying to become only- the second woman in to race at Indianapolis, quit the Wysard team after her year-old March would not make it over 195 mph. She is in the process of catching on with another team in hopes of making another qualifying attempt. This weekend's action begins with the opening of the Speedwaygates at 9 a m on Saturday. Trials will be conducted from 11 a m. to 6 pjn. Gates will open at the same time on Sunday, but trials will run from noon till 6 p.m. More than the usual amount of / action is expected this weekend because several rookies and some of the veterans passed up their chance to qualify in order to get a better line on the minimum speed needed to make the field. Others have been hampered bymechanical troubles and are. looking for their first good qualifying runs. Two winners, however, have led the field home after starting the long grind in 28th position — Ray Harroun in 1911 and Lou Meyer in 1936. After qualifying has been completed, the only track action prior to race day will be on Thursday. This final two-hour practice session for the 33 qualifiers and two alternates will begin at 11 a.m. The final competition in the $45,000 Miller Pit Stop Contest will get underway at 1:30 p.m.
Elkhart Memorial’s Laura DeShone. p Other Qualifiers In addition to Gunn and Patty, three other Lady Warriors qualified for next week's regional meet by virtue of placing in the top four in their events. Junior Christy Speicher captured first place in the shot put with a toss of 35-3. Defending sectional champion Marcia Sorensen finished third in that event with a toss of 34-9'4. Junior Sandy Payne also advanced to next week’s meet by placing fourth in the 100-meter hurdles. She turned in a time of 16.13 seconds. Payne just missed a trip to the regional in the 300-meter hurdles. She placed fifth in that event. Carla Clouse finished fifth in the 1,600 meters despite battling sickness during the meet, Her time of 5:38.52 was her second best effort this season. The 400-meter relay team of Belinda Whitridge. Payne, Gunn and Patty finished third, one place short of a trip to the regional, in 52.2 seconds —a result which pleased Brouwer. * “I think that we are getting close to maximum effort out of the kids in that relay,” she commented. “They did well to finish like that against Memorial and Central (the top two teams).” Results 400-Meter Relay — Memorial, Central, Wawasee, Concord. North Wood, P. Heights. 49.98 400-Meter Dash — Pletcher (NW), Carr (Central), Wenner-
The Redskins added one run in the bottom of the third and four in the bottom of the fourth to secure the win. Rob Jewson was tagged with the loss. Waw-asee's overall record is now 11-13. 3-8 in the NLC. / Other Action The conference slate proved to be rough going for Wawasee in the past week. The titlecontending Warsaw Tigers dow-n---ed the Warriors 2-1 last Friday and NLC leader Plymouth scored a 4-3 win at Syracuse on Thursday. The Warriors managed to get the tying run to third base in the bottom of the seventh against Warsaw. But Tjgers' reliever Mike Norris got the final out to nail down the save. Jeff Carden and Tony Blackburn had the Warriors' only hits. Plymouth jumped out to a 4-0 lead in Thursday’s contest, but had to fight off a strong Wawasee rally in the fifth and sixth innings Tony Blackburn accounted for one Wawasee run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth. Brad Mitchell and rob Jewson added the remaining
r a- * < ’W ■ ■»_' -A- V- < ■ fl < < IfIfIXXJV I I if CONCENTRATION — Wawaste’s Ben Beer looks intense as he prepares to release a pitch in a recent game with Fort Wayne North. Beer and his teammates lost the contest 18-6, but rebounded to take the second game of a doubleheader by the score of 15-13. (Photo by Tom Charles)
bom (CN), Christner (EN), Brown (EN), Taylor (Central). 60.89 300-Meter Hurdles — DeShone (Memorial), Hollar (Fairfield), Troyer (Lakeland), Ransom (EN), Payne (Waw), Teders (Hamilton). 46.76 800 Meters — Hostler (Lakeland), Mynhier (PH), Hite (EN), Turrock (Central), Parrish (PH), Ackerman (Memorial). 2:27.32 __ 200 Meters — Walker (Memorial), McKowen (Lakeland), Redmond (Memorial), Goings (Angola), Bourn (Central), Yoder (Bethany). 25.7 100-Meter Hurdles — Minzey (Central), DeShone (Memorial), May (Central), Payne (Waw), Lundgren (Angola), Richter (CN). 15.38 100 Meters — Walker (Memorial), Redmond (Memorial). Brown (Memorial), Goings (Angola), McKowen (Lakeland). Barrett (Concord). 12.42 1,600 Meters — Perkins (PH), Leatherman (CN), Hite (EN), Turnock (Central), Clouse (Waw). Gentry (Gos). 5:21.86 1,600-Meter Relay — Central, Central Noble. P. Heights, East Noble. Hamilton, Goshen. 4:08.96 Shot Put — Speicher (Waw), Baldridge (Lakeland), Sorensen (Waw), Helmuth (Westview), Burkey (Central), Jenks (Memorial). 35-3 High Jump — DeShone (Memorial). Gunn (Waw), Yoder (Bethany), Lundren (Angola),
RBIs in the bottom of the sixth. Coach’s Notes One of the brighter spots of this up and down season has been the play of freshmen Ben Beer, Brett Travjolia and Todd Roberts. "I have been really pleased with the play of those three freshmen,” Dickerson noted. “They've had typical freshmen problems, but they have really contributed to the team.” The main challenge, however, is still to put runs on the scoreboard. With hopes for a conference crown now out of sight, Dickerson is setting his sights on the sectional tournament which gets underway on May 28. “I think we have some better baseball ahead of us," Dickerson said. “But the main thing is that we have to come up with some runs. Right now I’m trying to find out who has the hot sticks so that we can get our sectional team together." The Warriors host Rochester tonight (Wednesday) in their final conference and home game of the season.
Richter (CN). Perkins (PH). Streit (Gos), Morris (Gos). 5-2 Long Jump — Gunn (Waw), Patty (Waw), Merryfield (Cen-
Fort Wayne is girls' track regional site Fort Wayne Northrop High School will host the girls’ track regional competition on May 23. According to Wawasee coach Barb Brouwer, the five Lady Warriors who make the trip to next week’s .regional will have their work cut out for them. "Fort Wayne has one of the toughest regionals in the state in my opinion," said Brouwer. "The competition is definitely going to be tough and it is going to take good performances in order to advance.” Jill Patty and Marcia Sorensen have both had experience at this level of competition. Patty advanced to the state meet in her sophomore season. Some of the athletes who will be challenging the • Wawasee entrants next week turned in fine performances at the Northrbp sectional on Tuesday. Andy Elyea of Snider set a new sectional record of 5-8 in the high jump. Cori Kelso of South Side tossed the shot put 39-5*4 for first place. That throw also established a new meet record. Dede Nathan, also of South Side, captured the 100-meter hurdles in 15.32.
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WHS basketball camp dates set Wawasee High School basketball camp, under the direction of Wawasee head basketball coach John Wysong and assistant coach Galen Hershberger will be held at the Syracuse Junior High School for boys who are presently in grades five through eight. The camp is open to all boys who are wishing to improve their basketball skills, according to Wysong. Seventh and eighth grade camp will cost S2O. while fifth and sixth graders can learn more about basketball for sls. Sessions will run from May 29th through June 8. Fifth and sixth graders will meet from 8:15 to 9:45 am.. and seventh and eighth graders will meet from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. information sheets and registration forms are available at each of the three junior high schools, or at Wawasee High School. All campers will receive a T shirt. Spearman to be in Hall of Fame Lorene Spearman, a 1978 Wawasee High School graduate, will be inducted into the Indiana Track and Cross Country Hall of Fame Saturday. June 2. The 10 a m. ceremony will take place at Howard Johnson’s, downtown Indianapolis, prior to the state track finals. Miss Spearman, now a physical education teacher at the Warsaw Freshman School and an assistant girls varsitytrack coach, won the state 100and 220-yard dashes in 1976 Also in her sophomore year, she anchored the winning 440-yard relay team to account for all of Wawasees scoring in the state meet. She also won the 220 her freshman and junior years while placing second as a senior. Wawasee plans camp for girls' basketball players The annual Wawasee girls’ basketball camp will be held again this summer from June 4 to 15, 8 a.m. to noon. Girls who are presently enrolled in fifth through eighth grades are eligible for the camp. Cost for the first family member in the camp is S2O. Other family members may
tral), McKowen (Lakeland), Hollar (Fairfield), Minzey (Central). 17-1• 4 Discus — Baldridge
' fl ' ' I 4 ? - — Kfil TOP LONG JUMPER — Sophomore Jeanine Gunn won the long jump at Tuesday’s sectional meet with a personal-best leap of 17-1. Gunn also finished second in the high jump, clearing 5-l. Wawasee’s Jill Path was second in the long jump with a best effort of 16-lO' a . (Photo by Tom Charles)
participate at a cost of $lO. The camp will be held in the Wawasee Physical Education Annex:. Girls in grades five and six will participate from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a m. and those in grades seven and eight will practice from 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m Dale Brannock, WHS girls' varsity coach, will conduct the camp He will be assisted by Jim Hite, W'HS girls' freshmen coach and several members of the WHS girls' varsity team. Application forms are available at all of the corporation junior high and elementary schools. Questions may be directed to Dale Brannock at Whwasee High School. 457-3147, during the school day. Tournament of Knights now open for entries Entries are now being accepted for the 1984 International Palace of Sports Tournament of Knights. Contestants may submit entries until Thursday. June 28. The competition will begin on Saturday. June 30. at noon The annual competition is open to graduates of 'accredited high schools who are sponsored by a non-profit educational, religious or civic organization. An award of SSOO will be presented to the organization which sponsors the winning entrant. Contestants will be required to compete in tests of baseball, ' basketball, football, golf, tennis and track ability. The toujnament committee will pro- _ vide all necessary equipment, but contestants may use their own if they prefer More information may be obtained by contacting the Palace of Sports. 834-7060. Deadline nears in scholarship contest Local boys between the ages of nine and 12 have until Friday. June 1 to submit their entries for the 1984 Ken Beardslee Youth Baseball Camp scholarship contest. The scholarships, each worth $225, will cover expenses for the Ken Beardslee Youth Baseball Camp on July 8-13 at North Manchester. The camp features outstanding coaches, players and former players who serve as instructors; In order to enter the scholarship contest youths must submit an essay of no more than 250 words on the subject “Why I want to attend the 1984 Ken
(Lakeland), Ankney (Gos), Zeiger (Gos), Boyer (Northridge), Moore (Lakeland), Beers (WN). 107-2
' Beardslee Youth Baseball Camp.” The essays must be handwritten and will be evaluated by a thr-eCrnember panel of judges. • Entries may be mailed to Ken Beardslee Essay Contest, Box 68, r 1 Milford, IN 46542. Each boy must pass a physical examination in order to attend camp. Forms for this examination will be provided by the camp. Tennis lessons at Wawasee Cindy Peterson and Scott Siler, head tennis coaches at Wawasee High School, will offer two two-week tennis clinics at the high school this summer. The sessions will run May 30 through June 12 and June 13 through June 27. Instruction • will last for 50 minutes daily. The cost is $lO for two weeks. Classes will be offered for both beginners and intermediate level players. Beginners will work on the basics such as forehands, backhands, volleys, serves and scoring. Intermediate players will be instructed in those aspects plus drop shots, spin serves, overheads and court strategy. Those interested in enrolling may pick up a form at one of the corporation junior high or elementary offices or at the high school athletic office. Forms and the $lO fee should be taken to the high school athletic lobby on one of the fallowingdays: May 22, from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; May 23, from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; May 24, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; and May 29, from 10 a m. to 3 p.m. James Little in Red Man tourney - James H. Little, Jr. of Milford was one of 379 fishermen participating in the Red Man Bass Tournament May 13 on Patoka Lake. The anglers competed for more than $14,000 in prize money, $4,700 of which went to the winner. Cash awards were presented to the top ten percent of the field. The next Hoosier Division event is scheduled for June 17 on the Ohio River at Cloverport. The entry deadline is June 6. The Hoosier Divsion is one of 15 geographical areas that make up the Red Man Trail. The top 24 anglers from each division move up to regional competition. Twelve anglers move on from the regional to the national level where they will compete for the top prize of SIOO,OOO.