The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 16, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 April 1985 — Page 9

Sports

Warrior track team 2nd in 3-way meet

By CHRIS CAULEY Sports Editor I'• ( ’ They‘.?all it “track and field”, but the Wawasee Warriors forgot the latter half of the equation last Thursday afternoon. The Warriors felj to 1-2 in duel meet action by finishing second in a triangular meet at Goshen. The host Redskins won the meet with 78 pointi, Wawasee was next with 55 points and Bremen finished third with 26 points. Wawasee ac tually beat Goshen on the track. 5n running events, the Warriors had 47 points to 42 for Goshen. ' But while the Redskins were piling up 36 points in the field events, the Warriors could manage only !8 points, which ultimately spellbd the difference. “Against thatlteam especially,

' ■ tv- 'i 818 -'XBlf Ef Kb Ji ‘SEE YOU LATER!’ — Wawasee’s Tim Mangas takes the baton from teammate Troy Boyer and heads to the finish line on the anchor leg of the 400-meter relay last Thursday. The Warriors won the event in a time of 46.3 seconds. Also on the 400 Relay team were Mike Meek and Mike Goodspeed. Just moments after this picture was taken, Boyer lost his balance and crashed to Goshen’s asphalt track. He suffered some cuts and bruises, but was not seriously injured. ■■■ J JT SW/ :*Xaw*l - MX ?C/n<2T" ■Erl/ W*cA ■ nr.AvwV ■*s 4 m II Kt mbmmm Hf |KtI KM &■ W e ’ FAST FINISHERS — Carl Rouch put on a burst of speed to pass teammate Mike Ballinger late in last Thursday’s 1600 meter race at Goshen. Rouch won the event with a time of 4:41.9 while Ballinger, who’d led most of the way, finished second in 4:42.5. Ballinger later won the 3200 meters for Wawasee, and Rouch got a runner-up ribbon in the 800 meters. (Photos by Chris Cauley) Wawasee wrestlers compete

The Wawasee Wrestling Club participated in a sectional wrestling meet over the weekend at Elkhart. In the Midget Division, Wawasee’s Joey Salazar wrestled to a first place finish in the 85-pound weight class. Djivid Antu finished as runner-tip at 100 pounds in the Junior Division. In the Advanced Division’s sectional competition, Tom Mangas of Wawasee placed fifth at 99 pounds. Mitch Price was runnerup at 112 pounds, Bret Traviolia was first at 130 pounds and Josh Lantz was fifth at 138*/2 pounds. The Elite Division had its sectional competition previously, but wrestlers did compete Saturday. Wawasee’s Jeff Welborn earned a second place finish at 132 pounds, and Brad Traviolia wrestled to a first place finish at 154. Lance Lantz was runner-up at 178 pounds. Again a reminder about the Wawasee Wrestling Club Freestyle Tournament coming up

the field events hurt us,” Wawasee coach Jerry Minton said. “It’s going to be a little bit of a problem all year because we just haven’t got the experience in the long jump and the high jump that we should have. Now in the weight events (shot put, discus), we should do better against most schools.” The Warriors took home five first place ribbons in the running events, plus six ribbons for runner-up finishes. “I thought we ran real well,” Minton said. “We had a couple people crash and burn so we couldn’t use them later on, but, running-wise, I was happy.” Senior Mike Goodspeed stayed unbeaten in the 110 meter high hurdles — his winning time at Goshen was 15.3 — and teammate Steve Galegor finished second with a time of 16.1 despite nearly

on Saturday, April 27. Weigh-ins will be from approximately 7 to 8:15 a.m., with wrestling slated to start at about 9 a.m. Lacrosse game to be Sunday The public is invited to attend when the Wawasee Lacrosse Club plays Culver Military Academy this Sunday, April 21. The game will start at 3 p.m. and will be played on the Wawasee High School varsity football field. The University of Notre Dame will provide the referees for the contest, and one of the referees might be ND head coach Rich O’Leary. Those attending Sunday’s game might be able to lay claim to having attended the first high school lacrosse match in Indiana history. Definitely, lacrosse has never been a sport sanctioned by the Indiana High School Athletic Association.

tripping over one of the last hurdles. Rouch Comes On It was a good meet in the distance events for junior Carl Rouch and senior Mike Ballinger. The two Wawasee runners battled head-to-head for blue ribbon honors in the 1600 meter event. Ballinger was content to stay close to the lead early in the race, then passed a Bremen runner near the end of the second lap for the lead. Rouch, running in third place halfway through the four-lap race, passed the Bremen runner on the third lap and then stormed past the surprised Ballinger down the stretch to pull out the win. Rouch also earned a second place finish in the 800. Ballinger, however, bounced back later in the meet to win the 3200 meters, doing to two runners from Breman what Rouch had done to him in the 1600. Ballinger was tied with Breman’s Scott Chamberlain and Matt Shriver after four laps, but had fallen some 10-12 yards behind by the seventh lap. However, as Jerry Minton put it, he “blew them away” on the eighth lap to win by a full seven seconds. Ballinger’s time on his eighth lap, 71 seconds, was only two seconds slower than his last lap of the 1600 race. Popenfoose Wins Senior Brian Popenfoose was

Wawasee upset East Noble

By CHRIS AuLEY Sports Editor If any of the young players on the Wawasee baseball team wondered last summer why Coach Scott Siler scheduled the likes of DeKalb (twice), Huntington North (twice) and Fort Wayne Northrop in the Sumrher Instructional League, they gained some insight into his thinking last Wednesday afternoon. The Warriors, with no less than five sophomores in the starting lineup, upset the 15th-ranked team in the state, East Noble, by a score of 3-1 in what was the Warriors’ 1985 season opener. Wawasee used an opportunistic offense, some timely defense and a solid pitching effort by sophomore righthander Todd Roberts to pull off the upset. The Warriors jumped on top in the first inning, converting two bases on balls, a stolen base, a sacrifice bunt and a single into two runs. They added their third run in the second inning on another walk, a stolen base, a sacrifice bunt and a two-out error by East Noble. The Knights threatened several times against Todd Roberts, but could not come up with the clutch base hit when they needed it — they left nine runners on base in the game. Roberts, relying on his fastball, scattered two hits and seven walks in going the distance. He struck out only two batters in seven innings, but was backed by solid defense. Shortstop Dave Kistler, especially, was a thorn in East Noble’s side throughout the game. He made two errors, but also accounted for. nine outs, seven of them ground ball outs. “They took advantage of the little things and we didn’t,” Knights’ coach Fred Inniger said. “We played very poor early. The first two innings bothered me a lot. For whatever reason, we weren’t aggressive. You can’t get in a hole like we got in a hole, and we got in a hole mainly by ourselves. Little things are what win ballgames and little things , are what lose them, and we lost the game today because of our little things.” How to do the little things is a lesson the Warriors learned last summer in the SIL. It was a painful lesson — the team finished

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another individual winner for the Warriors, taking the 300 meter lows in 41.2. • Steve Galegor, who nearly fell down in the high hurdld|, did fall down in the low hurdles, but still managed to post a time of 41.4, good for third place. His mishap in the starting blocks, however, caused him to miss the 1600 relay. Wawasee’s other first place winner was the 400 Relay team of Mike Meek, Mike Goodspeed, Troy Boyer and Tim Mangas. The Warriors’ four-second win was fairly uneventful until Boyer crashed to the asphalt track moments after handing the baton to Mangas for the last leg. The accident caused Boyer to tear some skin on his legs and arms, which caused him to miss the 200 meter dash. He also scratched three times in the long jump event, so it was not a meet that the junior will want to remember. Second place finishes for Wawasee included Tim Mangas in the 100 dash (11.6) and Todd McCullogh in pole vault (11-0 feet). McCullogh thus had the best Warrior showing in a field event. " The Warriors’ 1600 meter relay team of Popenfoose, Basil Bonner, Jeremy Corson and John Hapner also earned a second place ribbon. Third places went to Goodspeed in the 200 dash (24.5), John Hapner in the 400 ( 53.4) and

0-13 — but their report card looked a lot better after beating East Noble, a perennial contender. “Beating a team like East Noble, especially in our first game of the year, is a super, super confidence-builder for these kids,” said Coach Scott Siler. “I thought we could do it (beat EN). We concentrated well the whole ballgame and didn’t have any letdowns.” Ryman Delivers Chris Yoder, the Warriors’ first batter of the season, opened the bottom of the first by walking on four straight Scott Koegler pitches. Yoder then stole second and was bunted over to third by Rob Jewson. Dave Kistler, the third Warrior hitter, walked and then broke for second on a steal attempt. When the catcher’s throw to the bag was low and bounced away, Yoder scored from third. The Warriors made it 2-0 moments later when clean-up hitter Tracy Ryman pulled a fastball into right field for a hit, scoring Kistler from second. “When I saw their second baseman move over to try and hold the runner (Kistler) on second, I was pretty confident Tracy was going to get a basehit,” Siler said. “He hits a lot of balls to right field.” Erik Sharp scored Wawasee’s second inning run. He walked and moved around to third on a stolen base and a perfectly placed sacrifice bunt by Kent Enyeart. With two outs, the East Noble third baseman threw away Chris Yoder’s routine groundball, allowing Sharp to score. East Noble, offensively, did Wawasee a favor by hitting the ball to Dave Kistler at shortstop — again and again and again. He made the plays when it counted: East Noble had baserunners in every inning but the fifth. Kistler’s glove accounted for the second out of an inning five times, and he got East Noble’s third out in four innings. “I’ve really been working on picking the ball up,” the junior shortstop said. “I’m trying to stay away from errors with the glove.” Todd Roberts had more trouble with his control than he did with East Noble hitters. Most of the seven walks he issued occurred when his fastball was sailing

Scot McDowell in the shot put (44-9, a personal best). Fourth place finishes went to Steve Sturgill in shot put (44-1), Jay Rhodes in discus (124-3) and Steve Hapner in the 1600 ( 4:48.3). Since the meet was the Warriors’ first action in more than a week, since he was experimenting with the lineup to some degree and since several athletes had so-so outings, Coach Minton was not at all discouraged by the outcome. “I think we’ll improve,” he said. “We’ll improve some just by figuring out who’s going to run where.” JVs Finish 2nd Goshen also captured first place in the reserve competition. The Redskin JVs totalled 89 points to 46 for Wawasee and 16 for Bremen. The Warriors earned three first place ribbons in the JV meet. Those were by Chris Maze in the discus (110-6 feet), Basil Bonner in the 400 meters (56.5 seconds) and Andy Miller in the 3200 meters (no time available). Runner-up finishes were by Gary Stuckman in the 200 ( 27.6), Price Pounds in the high jump (5-8), Jeremy Corson in the long jump (17-11), Drew Parr in the discus (110 feet) and the 400 relay team. Third places went to Mark Miller in the 1600 (5:24) and Louie Siri in the shot put (38-4). Gary Stuckman was fourth in the 100 dash (12.6).

IE ■•• ». X /Sr f •«" ii — 'x,. • 1 \ WE-"'-' Wl I \kxMl MLJ ’ \ * I R** I "'-w M WL ■'*- w *ll * l - (■* I i * \ LI /3\ HIGH FIVES — Wawasee senior Dave Kistler high-fives it with some teammates after scoring a first inning run in the Warriors’ 3-1 Opening Day upset of 15th-ranked East Noble last Wednesday. Kistler walked and singled in the game and was sparkling on defense where he had nine assists or putouts. Number 20 in the picture is Bill Hutchinson. (Photo by Chris Cauley)

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VARSITY RESULTS Team Scores I.Goshen (G) 78, 2.Wawasee (W) 55, 3. Bremen (B) 26. Individual Results - HIGH JUMP —l. Jeff VanCuren (G) 6-2, 2.Roger Conant (G) 6-2, 3.Rob Schrock (G) 6-0, 4.Dave Kiefer (B) 5-10. LONG JUMP —l. Jeff VanCuren (G) 20 8, 2.Mike Snyder (G) 19-3 U, 3.Tom White (B) 18-9, 4.Gary Stuckman (W) SHOT PUT -l. Rick Lynch (B) 518, 2.Todd Chupp (G) 48-3’Zj, 3.Scot McDowell (W) 44 9,4. Steve Sturgill (W) 44-1. POLE VAULT — I.Craig Lockerbie (G) 13-0, 2.Todd McCullogh (W) 11-0, 3.Adam Rassi (G) 10-6, 4.Mike Rudolph (G) 10-0. DISCUS -l. Todd Chupp (G) 135, 2.Rick Lynch (B) 131 3,3. Keith Wilfong (G) 124-6, 4. Rhodes (W) 124-3. 110 HIGH HURDLES -l. Mike Goodspeed (W) 15.3, 2.Steve Galegor (W) 16.1, 3.Roger Conant (G) 17.2, 4.Jay Lawmaster (B) 17.2. 100 METERS —l. Doug Hershberger (G) 11.6, 2.Tim Mangas (W) 11.6, 3.Mike Snyder (G) 11.7, 4.Todd Chupp (G) 12.1. 1600 METERS —l. Carl Rouch (W) 4:41,9, 2.Mike Ballinger (W) 4:42.5, 3.Darren Cook (B) 4:47.5, 4.Steve Hapner (W) 4:48.3. 400 RELAY - I.Wawasee 46.3 (Mike Meek, Mike Goodspeed, Troy Boyer, Tim Mangas), 2.Goshen 47.0. 400 METERS -l. Mike Snyder (G) 52.4, 2.Andy Drummond (G) 53.1, 3.John Hapner (W) 53.4, 4.Jay Lawmaster (B) 53.8. 300 LOW HURDLES — I.Brian Popenfoose (W) 41.2, 2.Craig Lockerbie (G) 41.4, 3.Steve Galegor (W) 41.4, 4.Brad Hershberger (G) 44.9. 800 METERS — I.Ken Salvicek (B) 2:04.6, 2. Carl Rouch (W) 2:06.1, 3.Pepe Diaz (G) 2:07.6, 4.Tom Roberts (G) 2:08.4. 200 METERS —l. Doug Hershberger (G) 23.8, 2.Jeff VanCuren (G) 24.1, 3.Mike Goodspeed (W) 24.5, 4.Jay Lawmaster (B) 24.9. 3200 METERS —l. Mike Ballinger (W) 10:14.4, 2.Scott Chamberlain (B) 10:21.4, 3. Matt Shriver (B) 10:22.9, 4.Dan Eger (G) 10:53.4. 1600 RELAY — I.Goshen 3:30.9, 2.Wawasee 3:38.5 (Brian Popenfoose, Basil Bonner, Jeremy Corson, John Hapner).

Wed., April 17,1985 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

*5 . / ■ r r —- "V- VJ I ’ 1 /b 111 ’ > *»**•■- m ' I f - r - r . - .'•’r J Jw - vrf S I* 8 8 ' ,WWlwll r OR HIGH HURDLER — Mike Goodspeed of Wawasee displays the form that has kept him unbeaten in the 110-meter high hurdles this season. The senior won the event at last Thursday’s three-way meet in Goshen with a time of 15.3 seconds. At right in the picture is Wawasee’s Steve Galegor, who finished second in 16.1.

high. The Knights’ lone run came on a bases-loaded pass in the sixth inning. “His control wasn’t quite as sharp today as what it is normally,” Scott Siler said, “but when he had to have it, he bore down and got the strikes.” “He started to get tired there at the end, but I really thought he did the best he’s ever done,” Dave Kistler said. ROUNDING THE BASES - Wawasee’s only hits after Ryman’s single in the first were an infield single by Kistler in the second and a line drive double to left by Scott Baker in the fourth. East Noble did not get a base hit off Roberts until the sixth when Scott Koegler drove one through the left side of the infield... The loss evened EN’s record at 1-1 and spoiled what was a fine pitching performance by lefthander Larry Desormeaux, who allowed only two hits while striking out nine batters in 4M: innings of relief. Chris Yoder, the Warriors’ sophomore second sacker, enjoyed nearly as fine a game defensively as Kistler. He finished with nine putouts or assists and did not make an error... Senior first baseman Rob Jewson contributed a diving catch of a foul popup in the fifth inning and made a nice scoop of a Yoder throw to complete a 6-4-3 doubleplay in the fourth. “That was a key doubleplay,” Siler said. “It kind of set the tone for the next couple innings.”... It was the first .victory for Siler as a head coach. “Feels nice,” he said, smiling... “Now we’re only ‘light green,’ ” quipped Rob Jewson after the game, referring to pre-season previews of the Warriors in which the team was called ‘green’ because of having so many underclassmen.

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Wawasee AB R H RBI Chris Yoder,2b 2 10 0 Rob Jewson,lb . 10 0 0 Dave Kistler,ss 1 0 Tracy Ryman.c 3 0 11 Bill Hutchinson,3b 2 0 0 0 Travis Reiff,ph 10 0 0 Todd Roberts.p 3 0 0 0 Erik Sharp,cf 2 10 0 Kent Enyeart,lf 2 0 0 0 Scott Baker,rf 2 1 0 Totals 20 3 3 1 East Noble AB R H RBI Ric Riemkexf 4 0 10 Mike Axel,2b 3 0 0 0 Ed Keil,lb 2 0 0 0 Scott Koegler,p,rf 4 110 Larry Desormeaux,dh,p .3 0 0 0 Mitch Stanley.ss 0 0 0 0 Marc Haney,lf,3b 10 0 0 Scott Ritchie,rf,lf 2 0 0 0 Bobby Gamble,ph. If 0 0 0 0 JeffWicker.c 2 0 0 1 Jeff Bidwell,3b,ss 3 0 0 0 Totals 24 1 2 1 Wawasee '2lO 000 6 — 333 East Noble 000 001 0 -1 2 2 LOB — East Noble 9, Wawasee 5. 28 — Baker (W). DP — Wawasee (Kistler Yoder-Jewson). SAC — Jewson (W), Enyeart (W). SB - Axel (EN), Yoder (W), Kistler (W), Sharp (W). E- Ritchie (EN), Bidwell (EN), Kistler (W) 2, Hutchinson (W). IP H R ER BB SO Koegler (L, 0-1) 1% 1 3 2 4 I Desormeaux 4'a 2 0 0 0 9 Roberts (W. 1-0) 7 2 1 0 7 2 WP- Roberts (W). No crowd & Most college campuses are so crowded, if a student wants to be alone, he has to go to class. — Record, Columbia, S.C.

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