The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 5, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 January 1986 — Page 8

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., January 29,1986

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Sports

Wrestlers capture conference crown

ByDAVESTRAUB Sports Editor Power from top to bottom. Wawasee had it. The others did not. J Placing nine of their wrestlers in the championship round, the Warriors made a cakewalk out of the Northern Lakes Conference meet they hosted this past Saturday. Six Warriors won. “When you get a reputation, the heat s on you,” said Coach Rich Welborn after Wawasee registered 242% points, which left

Boras ■Kp® ■■ m DM k ■ AREA WINNERS — Pictured are seven area wrestlers who won their respective weight classes at the Northern Lakes Conference meet. Six are from Wawasee. In front are Brad Traviolia (155), Lance Lantz (167) and Steve Sturgill (heavyweight). In back are Jeff Welborn (132), Jeff Dunithan (119), Kelly Frank of Warsaw (145) and Brett Traviolia (138).

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Goshen, defending NLC champs, a distant second with 175%. “This is an important thing for us. But I want to get all 13 kids past the sectional. That is most important.” * Six Winners 'The Warriors went into the meet and took care of business as expected. They placed nine wrestlers into the finals. Six were crowned league champs. They were: Jeff Dunithan (119), who beat Plymouth’s Todd Sullivan, 11-5 for first; Jeff Welborn (132), who beat North Wood’s Steve Cut-

chin by a technical fall at the 3:20 mark; Brett Traviolia (138), who beat Concord’s Mike Oliver by a technical fall att the 5:55 mark; Brad Traviolia (155), who beat Concord’s Todd Schoenherr by a technical fall at the 5:52 mark; Lance Lantz (167), who won easily over Goshen’s Mike Whittrig, 9-1. Lantz had beaten Whittrig twice before by one point margins. And Heavyweight Steve Sturgill pinned Rochester’s Ron Coleman at the :59 mark to com-

L 1 s * ■B Bi ~ W ’"Sv ~ r ' s - REFLECTING — Wawasee’s Jeff Welborn (132) catches his breath between periods during the championship match with North Wood’s Steve Cutchin. Welborn won it by a technical fall at the 3:20 mark. (Photo by Dave Straub)

Gymnasts win again

The Wawasee gymnastics team had another successful road outing, knocking off North Wood last Saturday. The Lady Warriors scored 90.5 points to Northwood’s 26.9. .leaning Gunn was a double winner. She took first in the vault (8.1) and floor exercise (8.4). - Raeni Rinker was second in the yault, scoring 7.25. Following Gunn in the floor exercise were Tressa Littleton (7.9) and Julie Schmahl (7.8). Rinker won uneven bars with an 8.8 showing. Nicole

Tourney re-scheduled

The first annual Snowball Softball Tourney sponosored by the Indiana Cahpter of the March of Dimes has been rescheduled for Feb. 8 and 9. The tournament will be played at New Paris. Toby Newston, volunteer chairman erf the event, announced that there is still time to organize a team for this fun event. Anyone interested in entering their team can contact the chapter office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday for information. An entry fee will be charged to each team. This year, the tournament is being sponsored by Stroh’s Brew-

plete an awesome team performance. Outstanding second place efforts were turned in by: Eliseo Roa (112), who was edged by Goshen’s Andy Ecklebarger, 5-4 for first; Don Kauffman (177), who was beaten by North Wood’s Ryan Miller, 12-4 and Scott Shoemaker (185), who was pinned by Rochester’s Ed Richard at the 1:27 mark. Shawn Jones (105) claimed third with a consolation win over . North Wood’s Kent Frenger, 15-0. Looking Ahead With an impressive season behind his team, Welborn was looking ahead to bigger possibilities. “We’re at the point where we want to win the sectional,” said the coach. “After that, we want to be competitive at the regional, semi-state and state levels. It won’t be easy. At the sectional, East Noble (the host team) can push us. Bishop Dwenger and North Side (both of Fort Wayne) are very strong and will be tough in the regionals. When we advance to those levels, it will be more of a struggle,” added Welborn. The Warriors did not struggle much during the season, winning 15 of 16 dual meets. They did it with balance in all 13 weight classes, sprinkled with outstanding individuals who can continue wrestling until late February. Traviolia (Brad) and Lance are ranked first in the state in their respective classes and both are still unbeaten with 30-0 records. Next is Dunithan (28-2), whose two defeats came to Bellmont’s Paul Gunsett, one of the states’ best wrestlers. Other standouts are Traviolia (Brett), 22-7-1; Welborn, 25-4-1; Roa, 23-8;-Sturgill, 26-5; Shoemaker, 20-12 and Kauffman 18-12-1.

Iwankowitsch and Angie Graff followed with respective scores of 7.7 and 7.3. Graff also took first in the beam with a 7.15. Schmahl was second, scoring 7.05. “We’re looking smoother,” said Kim Conrad, who shares the head coaching duties with Tracy Sumpter. “But there has to be improvement on the beam. We have tostayonit.” Wawasee hosts Concord Thursday in its first home meet. Then on Monday, the Lady Warriors will host Westview prior to Tuesday’s meet at Elkhart Memorial.

ing company/Elkhart Distributing Corporation, Dudley, Messinger Sports and WZZP radio. The Inn Between will be the headquarters during both days of the tournament. A winning team party will be provided by the Inn Between, Stroh’s Beer and Elkhart Distributing Corporation. In addition, Elkhart Distributing will provide the tropines for this double elimination tournament. Registra turn deadline is Feb. 5. Call 289-9272 or 831-3020.

Northern Lakes Conference Meet Team Results Wawasee 242%, Goshen 175%, Rochester 135, North Wood 123, Concord 120, Plymouth 119%,

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NLC CHAMPS — The Warrior wrestling team easily captured the Northern Lakes Conference meet, held this weekend at Wawasee. Pictured in front, from left to right, are Mike Noel, Shawn Jones, Eliseo Roa. Jeff Dunithan, Mitch Price, Jeff.Welborn and Brett Traviolia.

Warriors beat Goshen

By DAVE STRAUB Sports Editor Wawasee’s 21-point fourth quarter spurred a 49-37 Northern Lakes Conference win over Goshen last Friday night. Guard Tim Mangas pumped in a gamehigh 25 points and played solid defense to help Wawasee get is sixth win overall. The victory snapped a threegame losing streak for the Warriors (6-8). It was also Wawasee’s first league win of the season, and the 200th since its basketball program began. Following Brian VanderReyden’s layup, which tied the score at 28 at the start of the fourth quarter, the Warriors tallied 10 of the next 13 points with buckets by Jon Evans, Bill Hutchinson and Mangas. The ’Skins Ryan Sorrell countered with four free throws, making it 40-35, but the Warriors iced it with a nine-point run. Mangas scored seven of those points while Guard Dave Kistler banked in the other tally. “We played a pretty solid game,’’ said Coach John Wysong. “Everyone contributed to the team concept and that was just enough to do it.’’ However, Mangas was the difference. He canned nine of 13 field goal attempts and hit seven of eight from the charity stripe. He also shared team rebounding honors with Hutchinson, grabbing five boards. “We played them (Goshen) at the right time,’’ said Wysong. “We needed this game because we were down.” Wawasee overcame 39 percent field goal shooting with deadly free throw marksmanship. The Warriors converted on 15 of 17 for 89 percent. The Redskins also shot 39 percent from the floor, but hit only seven of 11 charity tosses. Goshen enjoyed a 26-23 rebounding edge over the host Warriors. “Other keys to this game were turnovers and our ability to make free throws,” added Wysong. “We had only four turnovers, which indicates that we made Contest set Saturday The Syracuse Knights of Columbus Council 6323 will be Sponsoring its annual basketball free throw contest this coming Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Syracuse Junior High School gym. The contest is open to boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 14. There will be first place awards and certificates for each age group. Participation certificates will also issued. Winners from this local competition will advance to the district level on Feb. 8, at the Syracuse gym. This will begin at 10:30 a.m. Winners will then advance to regional and state competition. Dates and locations for these levels will be announced later. Milford, Syracuse and North Webster children who fall into these age groups are encouraged to participate. Those who wish to enter should pick up an entry form at their school and take it to the contest this coming Saturday morning. The entry forms should be completed.

Warsaw 65 and Bremen 59. East Noble Sectional Participating Teams East Noble, Central Noble, West Noble, Westview and Wawasee. Competition Starts Saturday morning, Feb. 1.

good decisions and executed well.” The Redskins had 15 miscues. Fan Enthusiasm The Warriors benefited from one of the most vocal home crowds in recent games. Sparked by a “Hawiian Night” theme, students wore tropical shirts and sunglasses and formed cheer blocks to get the home team pumped up. It worked. Flushed with this new success, Saturday night’s home contest against East Noble will feature a “Hats off to the Warriors” theme. Fans are encouraged to come to the game wearing any hat they wish to promote a crazy hat night. On Friday, Wawasee has a road date with Whitko. Westview Wins Following last Friday’s win over Goshen, the Warriors lost at The hosts were hot from thefiekl, hitting 25 of 46 shots and led by Brad Oesch, who scored a game-high 26 points. Daron Yoder added 12 tallies for the winners. Mangas canned 17 for Wawasee. Kistler added 16 and claimed six rebounds. JV Comeback Trailing 17-8 at halftime and 25—19 with under two minutes left, the Junior Varsity Warriors beat Goshen, 36-31. Darin Atwood paced Wawasee with 12 points. A 47-44 loss to Westview Saturday night dropped the Warriors to 5-9 overall. Wawasee 49 Goshen 37 WAWASEE — Mangas 9-7-25, Kistler 4-2-10, Evans 1-2-4, Beer 0-0-0, Hutchinson 2-2-6, Rhoades 0-2-2. Steffen 1-0-2. Totals: 17-15-49. GOSHEN — Vanderßeyden 3- VanCuren 0-1-1, Wilfong 2-0-4, Sorrell 4-4-12, Essig 3-0-6, Iwema 3-1-7, Morris 0-0-0, Slabach 0-0-0. Totals: 15-7-37. JV Score: Wawasee 36 Goshen 31. Westview 61 Wawasee 52 WAWASEE — Mangas 7-3-17, Kistler 7-2-16, Beer 0-0-0, Evans 4- Hutchinson 3-0-6, Steffen" 1-0-2, Rhoades 0-0-0, Taylor 0-0-0,

S Ik “itfF'*’' ? aBF Am— A f ... MILFORD SEVENTH GRADE CHEERLEADERS — Ptetared are seventh grade cheerleaders from Milford Junior High School. From left to right are Britani Stoller, Suzanne Schwartz and Lisa Mikel.

Wawasee’s Sectional Seedings Top Seeds — Mike Noel (98), Shawn Jones (105), Eliseo Roa (112), Jeff Dunithan (119), Jeff Welborn (132), Brett Traviolia (138),- Brad Traviolia (155), Lance Lantz (167). Scott

In back are Assistant Coach Jim Jones, Chris Yoder, Brad Traviolia, Lance Lantz, Don Kauffman, Scott Shoemaker, Steve Sturgill and Head Coach Rich Welborn.

Reiff 0-0-0, Atwood 1-1-3. Totals: 23-6-52. WESTVIEW — Jantz 44W, Oesch 11-4-26, Troyer 3-1-7, Yoder 3-6-12, Mishler 1-0-2, D. Christner

I'4’/1 40 35 Mk »\ 'Wk "S OUT OF REACH — Warrior Forward Jon Evans (40) battles with a Goshen player for this loose ball in last Friday’s Northern Lakes Conference game at Wawasee. The Warriors won, 49-37. It was their first league win of the season and sixth overall. (Photo by Dave Straub)

Shoemaker (185) and Steve Sturgill Number Two Seeds — Bob Doerr (126) and Don Kauffman (177). Number Three Seed — Chris Yoder (145).

3-0-6, Mast 0-0-0, J. Christner 0-0-0, S. Christner 0-04). Totals: 25-11-61. JV Score: Westview 47 Wawasee 44.