The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 2, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 January 1986 — Page 8
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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., January 8,1986
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IS IT A PIN? — Intent on pinning his foe. Brad Traviolia looks to finish off Bellmont’s John Velez as Official Warren Outlaw prepares to make a call. Traviolia won by a technical fall, 18-1. And Wawasee won seven of eight dual matches in the Warrior Classic, losing only to Bellmont, 33-25. (Photo by Dave Straub)
Wrestlers win seven of eight at Classic
Following two days of wrestling, which accounts for eight intense rounds, the Wawasee grapplers can take a break until Thursday’s road meet against North Wood. The Warriors won seven of eight matches at their
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TIGHT GRASP Wawasee’s Eliseo Roa (112 lbs.) puts the squeeze on Muncie Central’s David Crabtree at the Warrior Classic wrestling meet this past weekend. Roa pinned Crabtree in 2:18. (Photo by Dave Straub)
Sports Calendar Week Os January 9 . j To January 15 THURSDAY Wawasee Wrestling 6:15 p.m. at North Wood Wawasee Boys’ Freshman Basketball 6:30 p.m. at home vs Whitko Wawasee Girls’ V arsity and JV Basketball VA 6:15 p.m. of Warsaw \ Wawasee Girls Freshman Basketball 6:00 p.m. at Warsaw \z FRIDAY Wawasee Boys’ J V and Varsity Basketball 6:15 p.m. at home vs Plymouth |. 1 W SATURDAY Wawasee Girls’ J V and Varsity Basketball Vfl Ip.m. at home vs Northrop Wawasee Girls’ Freshman Basketball 1:00 p.m. at home vs Northrop 1 18 B Wawasee Wrestling 111 8:00 a.m. at East Noble Invitational Wawasee Boys’ Freshman Basketball 10:00 a.m. at Manchester Tourney MONDAY Wawasee Girls’ V arsity and JV Basketball 6:15 p.m. at home vs Goshen TUESDAY W awasee Boys* Swimming 6:30 p.m. at Mishawaka ik. Wawasee Wrestling ’ VL 6:15 p.m. at home vs Plymouth
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own weekend classic, improving their dual meet record to 12-1. Bellmont, ranked fifth in the state, went 8-0 to claim top honors, including a hard-earned 33-25 win over host Wawasee Friday afternoon. According to the
latest rankings, the Warriors are ninth in the state. In addition, three Wawasee wrestlers garnered perfect records during the weekend, Jeff Welborn (132 lbs.), Brad Traviolia (155 lbs.) and Lance Lantz (167 lbs.). In all, nine teams competed, including Wawasee, Bellmont, Columbia City, Eastside, Fairfield, Muncie Central, North Miami, Warsaw and Whitko. Whitko finished with a 6-2 mark. Following Thursday’s meet at North Wood, the Warrior will participate in the East Noble tional Saturday. Then they will host Plymouth next Tuesday. Weigh-in times begin at 6:15 p.m. Results from the Warrior Classic follow. Warrior Classic Results Friday’s Rounds 11 a.m. session — Wawasee 70 Fairfield 3. 1 p.m. session — Bellmont 33 Wawasee 25. 3 p.m. session — Wawasee 62 Columbia City 9. 5 p.m. session — Wawasee 57 Muncie Central 8. Saturday’s Rounds 10 a.m. session — Wawasee 60 North Miami 13. Noon session — Wawasee 65 Warsaw 7. 2 p.m. session — Wawasee 56 Eastside 9. 4 p.m. session — Wawasee 45 Whitko 16. Wawasee’s Top Wrestlers Jeff Welborn (132) 8-0, Brad Traviolia (155) 8-0, Lance Lantz (167) 84), Steve Sturgill (HVY) 7-1, Jeff Dunithan (119) 7-1, Scott Shoemaker (185) 7-1 and Eliseo Roa (112) 6-2. Sno-Ball tourney to be held at New Paris Softball in the snow? Yes, the first annual double elimination Sno-Ball Softball Tourney sponsored by the Northern Indiana Chapter March of Dimes will be held on the weekend of Jan. 17 and 18. Softball diamonds in New Paris will be used. Thomas Tucker,, volunteer chairman of the event, recently announced that entry blanks and rules of this fun tournament have been sent to local team managers, but anyone interested in forming a team may call the local chapter office between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday for further information. A team entry fee will be charged. This year, the tourney is being sponsored by Stroh’s Brewing Company/Elkhart Distributing Corporation and WZZP FM radio. The Inn Between bar of New Paris will be the “headquarters” during both days of the tournament. Winning team parties will be provided by the Inn Between. Elkhart Distributing is providing the trophies for each division which include men’s, women’s and co-ed. Anyone interested in participating should call 289-9272 or 831-3020. Registration deadline is Jan. 13.
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WARRIOR WINNER — Official Ed Corazzi proclaims Wawasee’s J.R. Noel (98 ll»s.) the winner of this match. Noel pinned his Muncie Central opponent, Benny Bell, at 4:40. (Photo by Dave Straub)
Wawasee Adult basketball scores
After a long holiday break, the Wawasee Adult basketball league continued with a full slate of games Monday night. North American Wire Die (5-2) edged C.T.B. (4-3), 78-72. Jay Wysong led the winners with 22 points. John Haugh netted 18 for C.T.B. Dana upped its record to 4- with a 72-56 win over Lawsons (1-6). Dan Krisco scored 19points for Dana while Scott Kimlick pitched in 16 for the losers. Baker’s Boy’s Club routed Fairmont, 87-55. Baker’s, now 5- was led by Scott Wiley’s 30 points. Jeff Deezley scored 13 for winless Fairmont. Pletcher’s im-
Zurcher enjoying good season
Former Wawasee basketball standout Kim Zurcher fc enjoying a good sophomore year Kilgore College in Texas. The 6-2 guard is averaging 14.8 points per game and has started all 10 games for the Rangers this season. Zurcher has scored 148 points anti is shooting 48 percent from the field. He has converted 67 percent of his free throw attempts and averages, five rebounds an outing. Zurcher has 50 boards for the season, which third best on
Basketball getting more offensive
Professional basketball certainly has excelled in offensive production in recent years. With bigger, stronger and more skilled players, it’s amazing how much talent goes on the court almost every night. Consider tins statistic. In 1977,
proved its mark to 4-3 with a 5447 triumph over Flexsteel (0-7). Mike Kissinger paced the winners with 16 points. Mike Thorn tallied 13 for the losers. Sturonjac increased its leagueleading mark to 94 with an 85-31 romp over 1-7 Super Sounds. Ron Sylvester led a balanced attack with 20 points. Bruce Zimmerman scored eight for Super Sounds. Laundry Basket also remained undefeated (74) with an 8048 route over Syracuse Rubber (44). Darrell Hicks led the winners with 24 points. Vincent Rhodes tallied 12 for Syracuse Rubber.
the team. He also has r 57 assists and is second on the team in steals. Kilgore owns a 5-5 record. In a recent game against Panola College, Zurcher canned 15 points and sparked the Rangers to a hard earned 71-69 win. He dished out eight assists and grabbed five rebounds to add to his fine overall play. Zurcher is a 1984 graduate of Wawasee High School.
the Los Angeles Lakers led the National Basketball Association in team offense, averaging 107 points a game. Only two teams averaged less than 100 points an outing that year. Not much has changed at the Lakers still lead in team offense. But the numbers are staggering since Los Angeles averages over 120 points an outing. More than half of the NBA teams score over 110 points a contest and only one team is under the century mark — the New York Knicks, despite the presence of Patrick Ewing.
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Wawasee recovers with 45-43 win over Carroll
ByDAVESTRAUB Sports Editor Basketball wins come hard enough for the Wawasee Warriors to be picky. So they will gladly take Saturday’s 45-43 home court victory over Carroll and be satisfied with a 5-4 record. “We’re not overpowering,” said Coach John Wysong, realizing the limits of his team. “We have to take what we can get.” But the 2-6 Chargers were doing the taking much of the game since they patiently built a 29-25 lead at the half. After three quarters, Carroll still had a 33-30 edge. Wawasee tied it at 33 when Bill Hutchinson canned a 20-foot jumper with 6:12 remaining. With that bucket, the 64 senior had completed a stretch where he scored seven straight points to spark the comeback. This offensive flash began late in the third quarter when the Warriors started chipping away at the small lead. “In a low scoring game like this, that made a big difference,” said Wysong. Hutchinson scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds for the game. He also had four assists. Forward Jon Evans took scoring honors with 14 and hauled down seven rebounds. The 6-2 senior enjoyed a fine outing as he hit six of seven field goals. The Chargers regained leads of 35-33 and 37-35 on a pair of bank shots by Todd Dunne and Steve Merryman. Hutchinson added a bank shot and an 18-footer to put Wawasee ahead, 39-37. The Warriors never looked back. “They solved our zone defense pretty well,” said Wysong, thinking the Warriors physically matched up with Carroll. “Then we went back to man-to-man defenses and some things worked better for us on both ends. We were screening more for open shots and we played a patient game. As a result, our offense was efficient and that’s what we strive for,” he added. Dunne’s three-point play knotted the contest at 41 following a short jumper by Tim Mangas. But Dave Kistler nailed a 12-foot bank shot at the 1:45 mark to make it 43-41. Evans iced the game by hitting both ends of a bonus free throw situation with 13 seconds left. “We did a lot of pulling together tonight,” Wysong praised while mentioning that the Warriors were able to bounce back from a loss the night before (to West Noble). Wawasee has done this twice, including an important win over Triton (65-48) after suffering a blowout defeat to Warsaw. The Warriors hit 49 percent of their field goals while Carroll was less proficient, shooting just 41 percent. The Chargers made up for that with strong offensive rebounding as Dunne claimed 15 boards. Carroll posted 29 rebounds while Wawasee had 19. Kevin Shank paced the visitors Ice fishing Ice fishermen! No more cutting through a foot of ice to find six inches of water underneath. An index of over 2500 Wisconsin Mapped Lakes will help many ice fishermen enter the charmed circle of experts. A lake map is actually a hydrographic chart. So what’s a hydrographic chart? A hydrographic chart is simply a high-saluting term for a map showing the various depths of a lake along with other information that is so desirable to have for fishing... such as the kind of lake bottom (sand, mud, gravel, etc.). Suppose you want to fish for perch. You know his feeding habits and att what depths and over what kind of bottom he would be. With a Wisconsin Hydrographic Chart, you can see at a glance the general contour of the lake bottom and the exact depth of any given place along with the kind of condition of the bottom. The index is available at no charge by sending a selfaddressed, stamped (39 cents) number 10 business envelope to: Wisconsin Ice Fishing, Box 5096, Madison, Wis., 53705.
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with a game-high 16 points. Wes t Noble Too Mach Tom Schermerhorn burned Wawasee with 32 points and 11 rebounds to lead host West Noble to a 64-50 win. The 6-4 senior had things his way last Friday, hitting 15 of 16 field goals. Dan Sanchez added 10 more for the winners. The loss dropped the Warriors’ record to 44 before taking on Carroll Saturday. Evans paced Wawasee with 14 points. Mangas pitched in 10. West Noble converted 59 percent of its field goals while the Warriors shot poorly, hitting just 37 percent of their attempts. Wawasee was also outrebounded, 30-19. Plymouth Next The Warriors return to Northern Lakes Conference action with a home date against Plymouth this Friday. And they will need more than a home court advantage to win this one. The Pilgrims feature good balanced size and an experienced roster. Wawasee 45 Carroll 43 WAWASEE — Mangas 4-2-16, Kistler 4-0-8, Evans 6-2-14, Steffen 0-0-0, Hutchinson 4-3-11, Rhoades 0-0-0, Rensberger 0-0-0, Beer 1-0-2. Totals: 19-7-45. CARROLL — Coblentz 4-0-8, Merryman 3-1-7, Shank 7-2-16, Malcolm 0-0-0, Dunne 4-1-9, Schinbeckler 1-1-3, Gonzagowski 0-0-0, Stahlhut 0-0-0. Totals: 19-5-43. JV Score: Carroll 41 Wawasee 34. West Noble 64 Wawasee 50 WAWASEE — Mangas 2-6-10, Kistler 3-0-6, Evans 7-0-14, Steffen 1-0-2. Hutchinson 2-2-6, Rensberger 0-0-0, Rhoades 3-0-6, Beer 2-2-6, Taylor 0-0-0, Reiff 0-0-0, Joneso-0-0. Totals: 20-10-50.
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KEYED THE WIN — Warrior Bill Hutchinson shoots in heavy traffic iin Saturday night’s game against Carroll. Wawasee pulled out a 4543 home court victory, pushing its overall record to 54. (Photo by Dave Straub)
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OVER THE DEFENSE — Carroll’s Kevin Shank (3») couldn't react in time to defend Wawasee’s Jon Evans as the S-2 senior forward canned this 15-foot jumper. Evans scored 14 points against the Chargers Saturday night. (Photo by Dave Straub)
WEST NOBLE — Cripe o*4, Schermerhorn 15-2-32, Wogoman 2-04, Hull 1-24, Morris 3-2-8, Sanchez 5-0-10, Beckner 0-0-0, Stump 0-0-0, Pet 0-0-0, Hiatt 04-0, Hippensteel 0-04. Totals: 29-6-64. JV Score: Wawasee 43 West Noble 34.. Jw - Bl B RB ", ' I|IL - ... z? a*. PLAYMAKER — Dave Kistler sets up the offense for Wawasee. (Photo by Dave Straub)