The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 39, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 November 1988 — Page 8

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., November 9,1988

Sports

Harriers cap season ranked 14th in state

(By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer The Wawasee Warriors’ boys’ cross country team capped its record-breaking 1988 season by taking 14th place at state competition in Indianapolis last Saturday, Nov. 5. With their performance, the Warriors ended the season as the 14th-ranked team in Indiana. The meet marked two milestones for Wawasee’s cross country program. It was the first time a boys’ team had ever participated in cross country at the state level and it was the highest ranking Wawasee has ever achieved. “I think it was a very good year,” coach Jerry Minton said. “There were some definite things we accomplished.” The Warriors went into Indianapolis with the goal of finishing in the top five of the 16-team field. The competition was just too stiff, however, and when Wawasee’s harriers completed the race on a damp South Grove Golf Course, they found that they had finished in front of only two teams. “I don’t think it was a matter of running bad or making mistakes down there,” Minton said. “It’s just that everybody down there was pretty good.” Jason Douglas was the Warriors’ top finisher, just as he had been atregionals and semi-state. The 17-year-old junior finished 41st in a field of 134 runners with a time of 16 minutes and 30 seconds. Senior Jeff Carey was the next Warrior to cross the finish line, coming in 68th with a

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time of 16:49. Eric Mock, Steve Eastman and Chad Jones rounded out the Warriors five-man effort. Carmel High School won the state title handily, just as their girls’ team did earlier in the day. Along with Wawasee’s entry, the Northern Lakes Conference (NLC) was also represented in Indianapolis by the Plymouth Rockies, The Rockies turned in an outstanding performance and came home with third place. Although Wawasee’s harriers may not have reached their last aspiration, they certainly piled up a lot of credentials along the way. The Warriors compiled an 11-2 season record en route to a NLC co-championship with Plymouth. They won the NLC meet at the end of the regular season and Douglas, Carey and Mock earned all-NLC honors. “They reached all of their goals this year,” Minton said. “They gave it their best shot.” With the season officially over, Wawasee’s harriers will have time to reflect on past glories and to make grand plans for the future. Even with the loss of Carey and Eastman to graduation, Minton says his team should return a strong nucleus of runners next season. But for the time being, seniors and underclassmen alike can take pride in being part of a Warrior team that broke new ground through its accomplishments. Coach Minton says the exposure and support the team received made for a fun time for all. “I think everybody benefitted from it, even the school,” he concluded.

State Cross Country Boys Team Results Ist-Carmel, 72; 2nd-Portage, 143; 3rd-Plymouth, 152; 4thAnderson, 158; sth-Westview, 172; 6th-Silver Creek, 173; 7thBen Davis, 183; Bth-Kankakee Valley, 203; 9th-Southport, 216; lOth-Columbus North, 231; 11thValparaiso, 233; 12th-Chesterton, 239; 13th-Maconaquah, 255; 14thWAWASEE, 290; 15th-Floyd Central, 330; 16th-Jeffersonville, 331. Boys Top 20 Ist-Anthony Williams (Gary Horace Mann), 15:38; 2nd-Mike McClaren (New Prairie), 15:41; 3rd-Gary Holt (GreenfieldCentral), 15:46; 4th-Neil Crouse (Silver Creek), 15:48; sth-Ryan Sommers (Maconaquah), 15:55; 6th-Todd Messer (South Putnam), 15:57; 7th-Matt Jones (Westview), 15:58; Bth-Herb Montgomery (Anderson), 15:59; 9th-Erick Rheam (Anderson), 15:59; lOth-Greg Howell (Carmel), 16:00; llth-John Panhorst (Greenwood), 16:00; 12th-Jason Casiano (Portage), 16:00; 13th-Robert Sommers (Maconaquah), 16:02; 14thRichie Beams (Carmel), 16:03; 15th-Norm Hedges (Heritage), 16:06; 16th-Tom Altepeter (Lafayette Jeff), 16:07; 17thDerrick Forchetti (Chesterton), 16:08; 18th-Marc Gossard (Carmel), 16:08; 19th-Sean Kostelnik (Kankakee Valley), 16:09; 20th-Mark Cisneros (Mississinewa), 16:10. Girls Team Results Ist-Carmel, 55; 2nd-Portage, 175; 3rd-Floyd Central, 177; 4thFort Wayne Northrup; sth-North Central, 184; 6th-Columbus North, 187; 7th-oak Hill, 207; BthValparaiso, 219; 9th-Bloomington North, 223; lOth-Homestead, 224; llth-Chesterton, 235; 12thPendleton Heights, 249; 13thMaconaquah, 250; 14th-Crown Point, 253; 15th-Warren Central, 271; 16th-Terre Haute South, 316. Girls Top 20 Ist-Celeste. Susnis (Kankakee Valley), 13:58; 2nd-Daniela Daggy (Bloomington North), 14:36; 3rd-Tess Woods (Carmel), 14:41; 4th-Deborah Ramseyer (Norwell), 14:41; sth-Stephanie Gray (Carmel)l4:4s; 6th-Amy Cole (Fort Wayne North), 14:48; 7th-Jennifer Warthan (Bloomington North), 14:55; Bth-Leslee Reeves (Maconaquah) 14:58; 9thEmily Husted (New Palestine), 15:01; 10th- Kelley Varley (Homestead), 15:05. Top Wawasee Finishers 41st-JasonDouglas, 16:30; 68thJeff Carey, 16:49; 85th-Eric> Mock, 17:06; 91st-Steve Eastman, 17:12; 106th-Chad Jones (17:25). Two advance to nationals The finals of the Dunkin’ Donuts National Bowling Challenge took place last Sunday, Nov. 6, at Wawasee Bowl in Syracuse. Advancing to the national finals in Las Vegas were Helen Taylor and Mike Zellinger, both of Syracuse. Both bowled closest to their averages, enabling them to win S2OO in prizes and two nights at the Showboat Casino in Las Vegas. Taylor and Zellinger will travel to Las Vegas December 15, 16, and 17 in hopes of winning the jackpot of one million dollars. The championship round of the tournament will be featured on ESPN sports network January 31.

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MOCK 85 — Wawasee Warrior Eric Mock sprints toward the finish line in last Saturday’s state cross country competition in Indianapolis. Mock recorded a time of 17 minutes and three seconds over the 3.1 mile course and finished 85th in a field of 134. (Photo by Mitchell Stinson)

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Swim Club impressive

Several area swimmers turned in impressive performances at the Star Invitational at Goshen High School last Saturday, Nov. 5. Fourteen clubs were represented at the contest for those 10 and younger, with over 200 swimmers entering the pool. Wawasee’s Stephen Farber led the way for local swimmers with a first place showing in the 50 yd. freestyle. The six-year-Old also contributed second place finishes in the 25 yd. breaststroke and 25 yd. freestyle, while placing third in the 25 yd. backstroke. Other top swimmers for Wawasee included: Eight year old girls — Kara Mathew, third, 100 yd. breaststroke and fifth in the 25 yd. backstroke; Jenny Marty, fourth, 25 yd. breaststroke, fifth, 100 yd. individual medley, and fifth, 200 yd. freestyle, and Jenny Weaver, fifth, 25 yd. breaststroke. Eight year old and younger girls winners included Marty, Mathew, Tammi Miller, and Weaver who combined for a third place showing in the 100 yd. medley relay. Mathew, Marty, and Weaver also combined with Allison Elliot to take third in the 100 yd. freestyle relay. In the nine year old boys’ competition, Kyle Metcalf contributed fourth and fifth place finishes in the 50 yd. backstroke and 100 yd. freestyle, respectively, while Tiffany Miller placed fourth in the 50 yd. backstroke in girls’competition. The nine and 10 year old combination of Kassidy Biddle, Chandra Mathew, Tiffany Miller, and Jerri Yoder took fifth in the 200 yd. freestyle relay and 200 yd. medley relay, while the elder Mathew also placed third in the

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50 yd. freestyle, fourth in the 50 yd. breaststroke, and fifth in the 100 yd. backstroke for her age group. The swim club, under the direction of Dave Marty, now travels to the Concord Invitational Saturday, Nov. 12. The older swimmers in the club, with includes those aged to 18, will join the younger athletes for the trip. Sturonjac extends streak Former Wawasee High School basketball standout Worth Packer kept Sturonjac on the winning trail in the Adult Education League, contributing 26 points in an'B6-57 victory over Wawasee Nazarene Monday night, Nov. 7. John Haugh totaled 20 points in a losing cause. In other action Dana Corporation defeated Performance Athletic, 85-68, with Shawn Beard and Dan Kryscio scoring 16 each for the winners and Bruce Anglemeyer netting 21 for the losers. Wawasee Boat Company came out on the short end of a 56-47 score against Pilcher’s Shoes. Mike Kissinger scored 14 for the winners, while Bill Hutchinson scored a like number for the Boat Company. In a high scoring contest that went into double overtime before Tom Brady’s shot at the third buzzer won it, Sylvan downed Augsburger’s-Sunbeam-Seyferts, 84-83. Brady led all scorers with 29 points, while Brian Kistler netted 23 points in a losing cause.

Recruiting war begins for Goshen quarterback

(By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer Goshen High School quarterback Rick Mirer is a popular fellow these days. Not just among his classmates but also among the approximately 50 universities that have been trying to recruit him for future services on the football field. November’ 1 marked the first day that university representatives were allowed to approach Mirer in person with offers, but he had already been jn touch with a number of schools like Notre Dame, Michigan, Tennessee and Indiana University. The 18-year-old senior says he 1 has narrowed down his list of possible choices to about eight or 10 schools. “I hear from those schools every week and I’m getting a lot of mail but it’s just starting to get down to the time where I have to start making_decisions where to visit and things like that,” Mirer said. Goshen Coach Randy Robertson says Mirer has all the tools of a great quarterback. He has size (six-foot, three inches tall), , mobility, a strong arm and a good touch. As if all that weren’t enough, Mirer is also the fastest player on his team. “He can play for any college in the country,” Robertson said. Some of the big-time coaches whom Mirer has been in contact with include Lou Holtz of Notre Dame, Bill Mallory of Indiana University, Bo Schembechler of Michigan and Johnny Majors of Tennessee. All of those coaches have called his house at one time

New school board member joins sports prognosticates

(By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer Derk Kuhn, employee of The • Papers, Inc., turned in another strong prediction performance last week, leading the way with a 5-1 mark. Kuhn’s only wrong effort was picking the resurgent Indianapolis Colts to lose to the New York Jets (the Colts demolished the Jets 38-14). The rest of the prediction panel, with the exception of our guest, Nappanee Mayor Robert Callander, suffered through another “sub-par” es- ' fort with our calls last week. I registered a 3-3 mark, as did Sports Editor Mark Huffman and Homer Miller. Sports writer Mitchell Stinson recorded a 2-4 effort while Callander continued the success of our guests by going 4-2.

Community support aids Warriors in Indy

J By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer The Wawasee Warriors had a lot of fans in their comer when they traveled to Indianapolis for state cross country competition last Saturday, Nov. 5. An entourage of parents, relatives, teammates and well-wishers made the trip to the race and gave moral support to Wawasee’s harriers. The reception they received in North Webster may have been the most heart-warming display of support, however. About .School children stood in the rain to cheer the athletes as they passed through the town on the way to Indianapolis Friday afternoon. North Webster principal Richard Long said the nasty weather didn’t daunt the enthusiasm of the students. The children were told that the activity was on a volunteer basis and they decided to brave the elements. “We thought the (Wawasee) kids deserved something,” Long said. “We thought they deserved a sendoff if we possibly could do it.” 'Students clapped, cheered and displayed supportive signs as the Warrior van rolled slowly past the school. One

oranother, except tor Schembechler. Mirer says he would like to end up at a school close to home, although he is going to make visits to prestigious football powerhouses UCLA and Florida State. “I don’t know if that’s for me, ” he said. “I’m just going to take a look. I would think that I’ll stay closer to home than that but you never know what’s going to happen in the next few weeks here.” Mirer’s father, Ken, coached football at Goshen for 10 years before giving way to Robertson in 1985. Ken compiled a record of 81-36 while at Goshen, so it’s no mystery who instilled Rick with the desire to excel at football. “My dad, definitely,” Rick said. “Just because he was there when I needed to ask a question or anything like that and he’s got a real good feel for the game, of course.” Mirer first began playing competitively at the sixth and seventh grade level. At an even younger age (about 8-10 years old) he and his neighborhood friends would don pads for pick-up games. Behind all the glory for Mirer has been a lot of hard work. He follows a careful training Schedule which includes weight lifting, jumping rope and runn- _ ing. And he doesn’t just follow that regimen during the football season. “It’s a lot of work,” he said. “With the winter and the summer put together, three out of the four seasons are dedicated to football, pretty much, for me.” Rick has been constantly in the spotlight this season as he leads a

Due to space limitations this week, I don’t have the room to run off at the mouth with trivial comments like I usually do so here’s this week’s games: NeW HaVen at Goshen, Fort Wayne Dwenger at North Wood, Churubusco at Bremen, Crown Point at Mishawaka, Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers, and Chicago Bears at Washington Redskins. Our guest fan this week is newly elected Wawasee School Board Member Dennis Mikel of Milford. Well that’s enough of , the chit-chat. Here are this week’s guest and prediction panel regulars’ picks. DENNIS MIKEL — Goshen, North Wood, Bremen, Crown Point, Indianapolis, Washington. SCOTT DAVIDSON — Goshen. F.W. Dwenger,

car that was following the van on its trek belonged to the parents of all-NLC runner Jeff Carey. Carey and Steve Eastman attended North Webster’s school as youngsters. “For some of us who are from that community it was very special and it meant a lot to Jeff,” said Jeff’s mother, Bev Carey. The support didn’t stop when the team arrived in Indianapolis. A few supporters spent the night in the circle city while most came in the following morning for the 11:30 a.m. start time. Bev said there wasn’t much time for socializing the night before the big race. “We just sat around and waited for the kids to get tired and go to bed, basically,” she said. When race time started rolling around it got a little hectic at the South Grove Golf Course, the sight of the meet. The Wawasee supporters were spread out over the course so it was hard to get a feel for how many of them there were. Estimates from Wawasee rooters were in the 40-100 people range. Bev Carey said the turnout was an example of the support the team had received all year long. “I just thought the community really got behind those guys,” she said.

fl I I - I RICK MIRER talented Redskin squad. Goshen’s gridiron heroes compiled a perfect 8-0 season record in the Northern Lakes Conference and have cruised to three consecutive playoff victories. The Redskins won a sectional championship last Friday, Nov. 4, with a 39-6 victory over Columbia City. They will play New Haven Friday, Nov. 11, in a battle for the regional championship. Mirer says he hasn’t minded the constant attention, even though most people don’t realize how muth work he has put in off the football field. “I think it’s a problem a lot of people would like to have, so I’m grateful that it’s worked out the way it has and I’m hoping that it continues to go good, ” he concluded.

% / *7 Bremen, Mishawaka, Indianapolis, Washington. MARK HUFFMAN — Goshen, F.W. Dwenger, Bremen, Mishawaka, Indianapolis, Chicago. DERK KUHN — Goshen, F.W. Dwenger, Bremen, Crown Point, Indianapolis, Chicago. HOMER MILLER — Goshen, F.W. Dwenger, Bremen, Mishawaka, Indianapolis, Chicago. MITCHELL STINSON — Goshen, F.W. Dwenger, Churubusco, Crown Point, Indianapolis, Washington.