The Mail-Journal, Volume 21, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 May 1984 — Page 9

Sports

Warrior fourth in NLC meet

By TOM CHARLES Sports Editor The Warrior boys’ track team tuned up for Thursday night’s sectional meet with a runner-up finish in the East Noble Relays on Tuesday night. Wawasee tallied 70 points, losing by 22 points to champion East Noble. Wawasee’s top performance of the night came in the shuttle hurdle relay where the team of Ron Schwartz, Steve Galegor, Brian Popenfoose and Mike Goodspeed finished first. The foursome turned in a time of 60.7 seconds. Two Warrior relay teams picked up seconds in the meet. Carl Rouch, Rich Karst, Price Pounds and Jerry Auer teamed for the red ribbon in the distance medley. Auer returned later to team with Steve Hapner. Troy Boyer and Mike Ballinger for a second in the special distance medley. Relays placing third for Wawasee were the 3,200 relay team of Auer, Troy Minton. Hapner and Ballinger, and the 800 relay of Tim Mangas, Lance Ough, Popenfoose and Scott Johnson. Brad LeCount finished second in the pole vault with a jump of 12-6. The pole vault winner, East Noble's Phil Yuska, turned in an outstanding vault of 15-9. Le Count also finished fifth in the 100 meters. In other indivrdual events, Scott Johnson placed third in the 100 meters, Steve Sturgill was fifth in the shot put, Steve Galegor was’sixth in the high hurdles and Mike Goodspeed was second in the. high hurdles. Goodspeed’s time of 15.1 seconds was the second best he has run this season. Warrior Relays The Whitko Wildcats, bolstered by a strong showing in the high jump, scored 96>3 points to capture the fourth annual running of the Warrior Relays on Saturday. This was the first title for Whitko and the first time in three years that Wawasee has not won the meet Jerry Auers 4:34 in the 1.600-meter run was the Warriors lone first place on the afternoon. Overall, Wawasee finished fourth with 71 points Manchester was

BRUSHING THE BAR — Plymouth’s Dan Heislip brushes the high jump bar during action at the Warrior Relays on Saturday. Heislip finished sixth in the event, which was won by Whitko’s Jeff PetoK. Whitko was the overall winner in the meet and Wawasee finished second. (Photo by Tom Charles) , W* ■ « - -L-.'-X'* feLSw- MM fvl ■ *— «mBKS . — ■■ ’ - ■ - ' tr4J&»UHL; > '/WIK By* »yt MK ■ ■<gy^aagg^pwg Wr MILFORD BOYS’ TRACK — This group of students has been wearing the Milford blue in boys’ track meets this spring. Pictured in front are Jason Douglas. Mitch Price. Rodney Mast. Ryan Smith. Doug Wolferman. Eliseo Roa and Rick Powell. In the second row are coach Rich Bender. Tim Troup. John Erasure. Dan Dennis. Dan Wuthrich. Ken Galegor and Martin Casey.

second with 89 points, Plymouth third with 72%, North Wood fifth with 53, and Tippe Valley was sixth with 23 points. Whitko basketball sensation Jeff Peters turned in one of the meet’s best individual performances with a 38.5 in the 300-meter hurdles. That time easily erased the old meet record ‘of 39.8 which Peters set in 1983. The Notre Dame-bound senior also won the high jump with a leap of 6-5. Auer's season best in the 1,600 was the top Wawasee performance of the meet. Auer has been consistently lowering his time down the final stretch of the regular season, and coach Jerry Minton is optimistic about what lies ahead. “That was the third meet he has been around 4:34," Minton noted. “He is right where he should be. I think he is ready for the upcoming meets and one of these days I wouldn’t be surprised to see him pop one below 4:30.” One Warrior who did not have an easy time of things on Saturday was pole vaulter Brad LeCount. LeCount finished second to Manchester’s Monte Weller, a good pole vaulter in his own right, but it was some what of a disappointment. “Brad is still trying to> figure out which pole to use." Minton noted. “He was right on schedule with a leap of 13-4 earlier in the year. But then he broke two poles and that has kept him down.” The Warriors’ 3,200-meter relay team of Jerry Auer. Troy Minton. Steve Hapner and Mike Ballinger also had a fine performance on Saturday. Although the foursome could not down Manchester. they finished second with a time of 8:30.1 — just two seconds off the school record. Steve Sturgill. Dick Doll. Brian Popenfoose and Steve Galegor were the only other Warriors to nab individual honors. Sturgill was second to Whitko’s Jeff Reid in the shot put. Doll was third in the pole vault, and Popenfoose and Galegor finished fount and ‘Sixth respectively in the 300-meter hurdles. NLC Meet Wawasee sprinter/long jumper Scott Johnson turned in an

*B A A T/ W--SAILING — Wawasee’s Jeremy Corson sails through the air during the long jump competition at the Northern Lakes Conference Meet last Thursday at Warsaw. The Warriors tallied 31 points to finish fourth overall in the meet. (Photo by Mark Weinstein)

outstanding time at this year’s conference meet as he ripped off a school-record time of 22.9 in the 200-meter dash. Johnson finished second in the race, just losing out to Warsaw’s Jon Maurer at the tape. “Scott’s time was .4 better than the old record,” noted Minton. “He got off to a good start and led for most of the race. It had to be one of the biggest surprises of the meet.” The meet result, however, was anything but a surprise. The heavily-favored Warsaw Tigers had little trouble in running up 164 points to win the crown. Goshen led the rest of the field with 124 points, followed by Concord’s 68, Wawasee’s 31, Plymouth's 25, Rochester’s 24, North Wood s 23 and Bremen’s 6. Mike Ballinger was also a top individual performer for the Warriors. The junior distance runner led for the first half of the 3.200-meter run before falling to third place in a time of 10:03.2.

’’Mike was really ready to run against Wynn (Goshen standout Mike Wynn, who won the race in 9:55),” noted Minton. “He led most of the first laps, but Wynn passed him on about the sixth lap and I think he lost his concentration.” Other Warriors who placed in the top six of their events were Mike Goodspeed, sixth in the high hurdles; Auer, fourth in the 1,600; Popenfoose, sixth in the low hurdles; LeCount, second in the pole vault; and Doll, fifth in the pole vault. ( Sectional Starting Thursday, the Warriors get down to the business of qualifying for the state meet. The first step in this process is Thursday’s sectional at Warsaw. “Ballinger, Auer, Johnson and LeCount are starting to come around for us,” Minton said. “I think that the distance runners have done an especially good job for us. They are as good a group of distance runners as we’ve had here in the past couple of years.” Warsaw, Logansport and Manchester are considered to be the sectional favorites. Warrior Relays 1,600-Meter Relay — Whitko, Manchester, Plymouth, Wawasee, North Wood, Tippe Valley. 3:35.1 400-Meter Relay — North Wood, Manchester, Whitko, Plymouth, Wawasee. Tippe Valley. 45.1 3,200-Meter Relay — Manchester, Wawasee, Whitko, Plymouth, North Wood, Tippe Valley. 8:25.6 Sprint Medley — Manchester, North Wood, Wawasee, Plymouth, Whitko, Tippe Valley. 1:38.7 Shuttle Hurdles — Whitko, Manchester, Wawasee, Plymouth, North Wood, Tippe Valley. 1:01.7 Medley Relay — Manchester, Wawasee, Plymouth, Tippe Valley, Whitko, North Wood. 8:36.5 300-Meter Hurdles — Peters (Wh). Swihart (P). Cave (TV). Popenfoose (Waw). Ebbinghouse (Wh). Galegor reCord 1,600 Meters — Auer (Waw), Hippensteele (M). Miller (M), LaMar (TV), Longfelt (P), Barker (Wh). 4:34.0 Long Jump — Hunsberger (NW), Reid (Wh), Weller (M), Stevens (P), Harrison (M), Heislip (P). 20-I*4 High Jump — Peters (Wh), Hunsberger (NW), Roberts (Wh), Ebbinghouse (Wh), Lowary (P), Heislip (P). 6-5 Pole'Vault — Weller (M), LeCount (Waw), Doll (Waw), Cave (TV), Fisher (M), Kline (Wh). 13-6 Shot Put — Reid (Wh), Sturgill (Waw), Rice (P), Smith (Wh), Cristman (NW), Holderman (P). 46-10 Discus — B. Starr (P), M.’Starr (P), Smith (Wh), Smeltzer (NW), Ramar (NW).Snep (M). 143-7 ONE MINUTE SPORTS QUIZ 1. Who won the MONY Tournament of Champions 9 2. Who won the LPGA Cadillac golf tournament? 3. Dale Murphy plays for what pro baseball team? 4. Who won the Winston 500 stock car race? 5. Bernard King plays for what pro basketball team? SPORTS QUIZ ANSWERS VOA S MBnojoqjeA af«D k saAßjg «)trenv S gaxreg uojeqs Z UOSJBM «»1 I

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MILFORD GIRLS’ TRACK — Although the weather has not been especially cooperative this spring, these girls have been hard at work running track for Milford Junior High School under the guidance of coach Tony Clouse. Pictured above in the front row are Amy Reese, Shelley Bushong, Vickie Foltz, Sharon Gerencser, Paula Mullins, Bobi Stookey, Lisa Kaiser and manager Stacey Upchurch.

Warriors drop in rankings, look toward NIC championship

By MARK WEINSTEIN Sports Writer - Wawasee’s golf team, rated 10th in the state, raised its record to 12-6 by blasting North Wood 321-348 Tuesday, May 15. in Nappanee. * Bryan Beaty was low medalist on the day with a 76. Senior Jeff Atwood chipped in with a 78, while Kim Zurcher bounced the ball around the greens for an 83. A few days earlier, the Warriors and LaVille hooked up in a tight meet at South Shore Golf Course. Wawasee, behind Atwood’s 76, turned back the visitig Lancers 325-327. Penn, also in the contest, finished a distant third with 343. Beaty finished with a 82 for the Warriors, while Zurcher and Brian Keim both shot an 85. LaVille’s Brian Overholser kept pace with Atwood as he also shot a 76. Penn’s Kerry Celver was low .man for the Kingsmen with an 81. Wawasee saw its ranking drop four places in the state ratings, partly due to its sixth-place finish at the LaPorte Invitational. Second-ranked Michigan City Elston claimed the victory with a 310 while top-ranked Kokomo and third-ranked Lebanon finished one stroke behind the leaders at 311. In the invitational. Wawasee was somewhat off its game. The Warriors finished behind unranked South Bend Adams and Clay

Sports Calendar Week Os May 16 To May 23 WEDNESDAY Wawasee JV and Varsity Baseball 4:30 p.m., at home vs Rochester THURSDAY . Wawasee Boys’ Track JpT 5:00 p.m., sectional at Warsaw Wawasee Boys’ Golf 9:00a.m., NLC meet at Erskine Wawasee JV Basebail I 'V\. | • 4:30 p.m.. at home vs Bremen yM Wawasee Girls’ JV Tennis i j 4:30 p.m., at home vs Westview ' J All Corporation Junior High Schools 4:00 p.m., at Tippe Valley Track Invitational SATURDAY Wawasee Boys’ Golf 9:00 am., at Lafayette Invitational Wawasee Girls’ Tennis 9:00 am., sectional at Elkhart Memorial'' >. TUESDAY Wawasee Varsity Baseball > U 4:30 p.m., at Central Noble < l/v Wawasee Boys’ Golf lfJ>/ 9:00 a.m., sectional at Eel River f.oi /v/ Wawasee Spring Athletic Banquet jty I j 7:00 p.m., at Wawasee y M Syracuse Junior High Athletic Banquet J j. J 7:30 p.m., at Syracuse •I Golf Course 3) I Open Play Everyday ■ 1) I Till 7 P.M. Leisuw K J. Executive 9 Hole [( Chib Electric* Watered 111 Rental Pull Carta Fairways |ll SR 15 North 658-4927 Milford K

with a 330. Adams shot a 328 while Clay closed out the contest with a 329. Beaty paced the Wawasee effort? with a 38-40-78. Atwood was secdnd for the Warriors with an added an 43-40-83. Michigan City’s Dave Grind earned low medalist honors with a 71. The Warriors now make their way into the Northern Lakes Conference meet, Thursday, May 17, at South Bend’s Erskine Golf

Tired Warriors win third

By MARK WEINSTEIN Sports Writer Two weeks of anything is enough to get anyone tired of an activity. That’s exactly how the Wawasee Warriors girls tennis team feels as it enters its last week of the season. Feeling tired from frustrating season, Wawasee raised its record to 3-8 with a convincing 4-1 victory over Whitko. The victory came on the heels of the disappointing Northern Lakes Conference match May 11 and 12. Wawasee in the conference match failed to score a point as it finished in last place, tied with Rochester. Against the Wildcats, Wawasee captured wins in the singles competition, only to see the shutout

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In the second row are Kara Zimmerman, Diane Coppes, Diane Hoover, Trisha Avery, Steffanie Jamiei, Rhonda Stookey, Sherri Beer, Vanessa Listol, Sabey Vale and Shanna Bushong. ■ In the third row are coach Tony Clouse. Roberta Flannery, Amanda Anderson, Darla Moore, Shannon Jordan. Virginia Islas. Heather Keiper, Kim Newcomer. Tami Hollar. Cindy LeCount. Renee Beer. Jenny Bender and Van Truong.

Course. Wawasee, .the runner-up a year ago in the conference, appears to be the fayorite to earn the crqwn this/time around. Rochester, rafiked 17th in the state, should challenge the experienced Wawasee golfers. Wawasee will take its final tune-up of the season Saturday, May 19. at the Lafayette Invitational. After that, the Warriors will compete in the sectional round of the state tournament on May 22 at Eel River Country. Club

spoiled in the number one doubles department. Sharon Bohnstedt captured her second victory of the season with an impressive 6-4, 6-1 triumph over Robin Michael. Jennifer Tuttle kept the Wawasee momentum going with another impressive 6-2, 6-4 victory over Valerie Kryder. Lisa Keener, playing at the number three singles spot easily defeated Michele Conley 6-2, 6-0 to give the hosts a victory. Therrian Hinesley and Ann Steffen, Wawasee’s top doubles team this season were defeated in three set£. Lisa Boggs and Julie Long bested the Warrior duo 1-6, 6-2, 4-6 for the only Wildcat victory. Candy Clevenger and Melissa Courtney rounded out the lopsided win with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Tina Hamil and Amy Slusher. In junior varsity action, Wawasee raised its record to 7-4 with a 4-0 whitewash of Whitko. Kelly Rensberger, Jennifer Stettler, Shawn Anderson and the doubles team of Beth Carey and Mindi Wakeland were winners against the Wildcats. In the Northern Lakes Conference match, Bremen continued to dominate in the conference by besting Concord 28-16, and winning the NLC championship. Plymouth and Goshen tied for third place with 14 points while North Wood was fifth with three points. Warsaw finished sixth with two tallies as Wawasee and Rochester finished in the cellar without a point. “We just seemed to be playing tired,” admitted Cindy Peterson. “And understandably so. We played 14 matches in 15 days, and it took its toll on the kids.” .Wawasee now hosts Central Noble on Wednesday, May 16 before it goes to Elkhart for first round in the sectional against topseeded Elkhart Central. The postseason contest is slated for 4 p.m. Thursday at Elkhart Memorial Higi School.

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