The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 15, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 April 1986 — Page 8

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., April 9,1986

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Romp West Noble, 13-2

Warriors impressive in season opener

ByDAVESTRAUB Sports Editor ■ tp For openers, Wawasee looked pretty good in its first baseball contest of the season Tuesday. The Warriors whipped visiting West Noble, 13-2. They collected 12 hits, including two home runs. They played good defense. And they got solid pitching from Todd Roberts. “It’s nice to have a first game like this,” said Wawasee Coach Scott Siler. “Now, we just need to continue hitting and hope that our

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defense and pitching improve. ” There can’t be much improvement over Roberts’ performance. He pitched the full seven innings, allowing nine hits and one walk. Roberts also struck out six. “I told him (Roberts) after the game that the key was getting the ball over the plate,” said Siler. “He didn’t walk any one until the seventh inning. He had very good control.” In fact, only one West Noble hitter hurt Roberts. Brian Bechtold homered off him twice — one in the first and the other coming in

the fifth inning. Both blasts came after two outs. “Last year, we hurt ourselves with walks,” added Siler. “If our pitchers throw strikes and let the hitters make contact, our defense should make the plays.” Wawasee Explodes In The Fourth Going into the fourth with a 5-1 lead, the Warriors iced the game with seven runs in this inning. Roberts, who started the frame with a single, scored the first run when Kent Enyeart doubled down the left field line. Enyeart later scored on a double steal after he advanced to third base on Chris Yoder’s fly ball to center. Scott Baker tallied the third run when Dave Kistler singled him in from third. Baker earlier reached on a walk and advanced on the double steal with Enyeart and a wild pitch. Following Bill Hutchinson’s walk, Scott Robinson singled in Kistler, putting runners on first and third. Hutchinson scored when Kevin Parker reached on a dropped third strike. Roberts doubled in Robinson and Parker to complete the assault on West Noble pitcher Tom Schermerhorn, who was lifted after giving up 12 runs. Daniel Sanchez replaced him and pitched a touch over two innings, allowing one run. That came when Hutchinson homered over the left field fence in the sixth.

Golfers finish eighth at Columbus Invite

COLUMBUS — It may not look good now, but the Wawasee boys’ golf team may benefit from it later. Taking home an eighth place finish from the Columbus North Invitational, the young Warriors got an early education from the state’s best competition. “It’s quite a step from South Shore to this,” said Coach Rudy Cesco. “We haven’t played very much and right away, we compete on Otter Creek, one of the nation’s top 16 courses, against some of the toughest teams in the state. It was like a preview of the state meet for us.” Kokomo, Indiana’s defending champion, won the meet with 327 strokes. Wawasee finished the course with 367. John Nemeth paced the Warriors with a solid 87. He fired a 42 in the back nine. Derek Smith followed with an 88, also finishing the back nine in 42 strokes. Darin Atwood and Doug Parmerlee added scores of 94 and respectively. Dave O’Neal shot a 102 to round out Wawasee’s five scores.

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Resourceful Warriors Down 1-0 in the first frame, Wawasee tied it — without a hit. Yoder opened with a walk, stole second and third base, and scored on a double steal after Hutchinson walked. “We have above average speed, not great speed,” said Siler. “The difference is that we have heads-up players who run the bases intelligently.” The Warriors forged ahead in the second inning when Parker scored from third on Enyeart’s fly ball to center. Parker began the frame with a single, stole second and advanced to third on

Wawasee girls run past Westview

EMMA — Starting its season impressively, the Wawasee girls’ track team ran away with an 87-22 dual meet decision over Westview last Thursday. The Lady Warriors claimed almost every event and posted three double winners. They included Jeanine Gunn (long jump and high jump), Jennifer Titus Arbitration poses problem TAMPA, FLA. - What is wrong with Major League baseball’s agreement with the player’s union is made clear by the recent arbitration award to Kansas City Royals pitcher Charlie Leibrandt. Leibrandt had an excellent year, admittedly, and is one of the game’s top pitchers. He earned less than the average Major Leaguer is 1985, only making $225,000. But he’s a newcomer and no one knows how long he’ll be a top performer yet. The club offered him a raise of more than double his 1985 pay for this coming season — to $550,000. That would please almost anyone. But Leibrandt, using the power the players union won with strikes and strike threats, demanded $770,000. That’s more than three times 1985 pay. An arbitration panel decided the club would have to pay that, (the panel, of course, doesn’t have to raise the money.) While this isn’t as flagrant as some awards in past years and while most such attempts for higher salaries this winter has resulted in findings for the clubs, some of which are losing money, this awards shows that still happens. As good as Leibrandt was in the season and in the World Series, most people would think a salary hike more than double one’s annual salary is reasonable. The clubs have only; themselves to blame for today's situation. They agreed to it.

Rochester’s Chris Smith was low medalist with 74 strokes. “This was an unusual invitational,” said Cesco. “I’m not too concerned with how we did, given the difficulty of the course. It’s too early in the season to worry. We’ll be okay later on.” The Warriors will face Elkhart Memorial at the South Shore Golf Course April 16. Results from the Columbus North Invitational follow. Columbus North Invitational Team Scores Kokomo 327, North Lawrence 334, Columbus North 334, Anderson 340, Seymour 340, Rochester 341, Terre Haute North 350, Floyd Central 362, Wawasee 367, Columbus East 376, Jennings County 392, Madison 400. Longest run The longest professional football run from scrimmage was accomplished on January 3, 1983, when Tony Dorsett of the Dallas Cowboys ran 99 yards to score a touchdown.

Roberts’ single. Wawasee padded the lead in the third. Baker scored on a wild pitch after he started things with a double. Following a single by Kistler, Robinson cracked a tworun homer to make it 5-1. Key Hitters In addition to his fine pitching, Roberts went 3 for 4 at the plate. Kistler and Robinson added two hits each while all but one Warrior starter chalked up a hit. Wawasee will travel to East Noble Monday for a 4:30 p.m. game. The Warriors then host Fairfield Tuesday, also at 4:30.

(800 and 1600-meter races) and Belinda Whitridge (100 and 200-meter dashes). Wawasee also won both relays. Others turned in strong performances as well. They were: Kelly Mitchell, first in the 100-meter hurdles; Shelly Landis, first in the 400-meter dash; Becca Stiver, first in the 300-meter hurdles and Rhonda Sturgill, first in the shot put. Following spring break, Wawasee will host Northridge April 16. Results from the Westview meet follow. Wawasee 87 Westview 22 LONG JUMP —l. Gunn (W); 5’ llti.” 2. Whitridge (W). 3. Cruz (W). SHOT PUT— 1. Sturgill W); 31’ 2. R. Stookey (W). 3. Helmuth (WV). DISCUS —l. Yoder (WV): 80’

Homestead defea

The Wawasee boys’ track team dropped its home meet opener against Homestead last Thursday, 78-48. Steve Sturgill led the Warriors with two firsts. He won the shot put with a 46-foot, 2-inch toss and heaved the discus 144-feet, 5-inches to win that event. Other firsts were claimed by Gary Stuckman in the long jump (18-feet, 8-inches) and Jeremy Corson in the 400-meter dash (56.4). Other Warriors turning in strong efforts were Scott McDowell, second in shot put; Jay Rhodes, second in discus; Sean Breyer, third in discus; John Karesh. third in the long jump; Tom Walker, second in the high jump; Lancer Wine, second in the pole vault; Steve Galegor, third in the high hurdles and second in the low hurdles; Mike Meek, third in the 100-meter dash; Carl Rouch, third in the 1600 and 3200-meter races; Price Pounds, second in the 400-meter dash; Troy Minton, second in the 800-meter run; and Tim Mangas, third in the 200-meter dash. Wawasee’s junior varsity team won, 72-35.

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ALL-CONFERENCE WARRIORS — Wawasee basketball players Dave Kistler (30) and Tim Mangas (22) were recently named to the Northern Lakes Conference cage team. Mangas, a junior guard, was the Warriors’ leading scorer, averaging 18.8 points a game. He was named to the first squad. Kistler, a senior guard, sparked Wawasee with his fine floor play and was named to the NLC’s second team.

4ti.” 2. Marks (WV). 3. R. Stookey (W). 100-METER HURDLES —l. Mitchell (W); 17.8.2. Jamiel (W). 3. B. Stookey (W). 100-METER DASH —l. Whitridge (W); 13.8. 2. Helmuth (WV).3. Gunn(W). 1600-METER RUN —l. Titus (W); 5:51. 2. Stiver (W). 3. fisher (WV). 400-MEtER RELAY —l. Wawasee (Whitridge, Berkey, Mitchell and Gunn); 56.1. 2. Westview. 400-METER DASH —l. Landis (W); 1:05. 2. Jamiel (W). 3. Lange (W). 300-METER HURDLES —l. Stiver (W); 56.6. 2. Bontrager (W). 3. N. Iwankowitsch (W). 800-METER RUN —l. Titus (W); 2:42. 2. Fisher (WV).;3. Coy (W).

Fifth At South Bend The Warriors performed well at the South Bend Classic indoor meet last Wednesday, placing fifth out of 12 teams. Sturgis High School (of Sturgis. Mich.) won with 72 total points. Wawasee was strong in the relay races. Meek, Basil Bonner, Minton and Rouch clocked 8:01 to win the medley relay. The sprint medley relay team of Galegor. Mangas, Ron Gerber and Troy Boyer placed second while the two-mile squad of Minton, Pounds, Corson and Rouch also took second. Galegor added another second in the high hurdles. Stuckman finished sixth in the long jump. The Warriors w ill take a long break from action until April 17, when they host Bremen and Goshen. Results from the Homestead meet follow. Homestead 78 Wawasee 48 SHOT PVT —l. Sturgill (W); 46’ 2.’’ 2. McDowell jW). 3. Majewski (H). DISCUS —l. Sturgill (W); 144’ 5.” 2. Rhodes (W). 3. Breyer (W). LONG JUMP —l. Stuckman (W); 18’ 8.” 2. Whitte (H). 3. Karesh (W). HIGH JUMP —l. Taylor (H);

200-METER DASH —l. Whitridge (W); 28.0. 2. Helmuth (WV).3. Hoover (W).

Ready speaker at luncheon

Purdue University basketball coach Gene Keady will be the guest speaker at the annual Kiwanis Basketball Awards Luncheon on Thursday, April 17, at the Shrine Building, Kosciusko County Fairgrounds, Warsaw. The noon luncheon, sponsored by the Kiwanis organization for over 20 years, will honor members of the Warsaw High School girls’ and boys’ basketball teams as well as the managers, coaches, sponsors, cheerleaders and school officials. Coaches will introduce team

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5* 8.” 2. Walker (W). 3. Heubenstriat (H). POLE VAULT —l. Whitte (H); 10.’ 2. Wine (W). 3. Trevina (H). HIGH HURDLES —l. Luzar (H): 14.4. 2. Whitte (H). 3. Galegor (W). 100-METER DASH —l. Hadaway (H); 10.9. 2. Taylor (H). 3. Meek(W). 1600-METER RUN —l. Connelly (H); 4:38. 2. Schwartz (H). 3. Rouch (W). 400-METER DASH —l. Corson (W); 56.4. 2. Pounds (W). 3. Paxon (H).

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Sports Calendar Week Os April 9 To April 16

MONDAY Wawasee Boys’ Baseball 4:30 p.m. at East Noble TUESDAY Wawasee Boys’ Baseball 4:30 p.m. at home vs Fairfield Wawasee JV Baseball 4:30 p.m. at Fairfield Wawasee Girls’ Tennis A 4:30 p.m. at Westview WEDNESDAY Wawasee Boys’ Golf 4:00 p.m. at home vs Elkhart Memorial Wawasee Girls’ Track 4:30 p.m. at home vs Northridge

Soccer comp to be held at Smith-Walbridge Hardy Fuchs, Kalamazoo College soccer coach, will direct a soccer camp at Smith-Walbridge between July 27 and Aug. 1. Fuch s staff will include top professional and collegiate players. The camp is open to boys and girls who are between the ages of 10-18. No previous soccer experience is necessary, but an advanced player program will be available, coaching methods will depend on each players’ ability and stage of development. For further details and brochure, write Smith-Walbridge Camp at P.O. Box 367, Syracuse, Ind., 46567.

1600-METER RELAY —l. Wawasee (Lange, Stiver, Titus and Landis); 4:48.2. Westview.

members, who will then be presented with the traditional team photograpte by Kiwanis members. Costs of the luncheon and photographs are being shared this year by the Warsaw Noon Kiwanis Club and the Lakeside Morning Kiwanis Club. Bob Steel of the Noon Kiwanis is chairman of the basketball awards luncheon committee. The luncheon is open to interested parents and members of the community. For information on prices and reservations, contact Steele at the Warsaw Chemical Company.

400-METER RELAY —l. Homestead; 45.9. 2. Wawasee. LOW HURDLES —l. Luzar (H); 38.3. 2. Galegor (W). 3. Bozock (H). 800-METER RUN —l. Connelly (H); 2:04. 2, Minton (W). 3. Swihart (H). 200-METER DASH —l. Hadaway (H); 22.9. 2. Taylor (H). 3. Mangas (W). 3200-METER RUN —l. Schwartz (H); 10:22. 2. Deßonner (H).3. Rouch (W). 1600-METER RELAY — I.Homestead; 3:36.2. Wawasee.

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