The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 51, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 February 1989 — Page 8
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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., February 1,1989
Sports
Warriors tame Wildcats for 90-87 victory
I By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer “This win was a total team effort and the kids showed a lot of character with the effort that they gave out there." said Gary Goshert, Wawasee boys' basketball coach, after watching his Warriors defeat visiting Whitko 90-87 in an overtime thriller last Friday night. The setback was only the second loss in 13 games for the Wildcats. Wawasee fell behind early as Whitko guard Chad Patrick came out firing three-point jump shots from anywhere on the court. Although Patrick was on fire in the first quarter, hitting five "home runs" in all for 15 points, the host Warriors climbed back into the contest as the two sharpshooting Wawasee Matts (Dick and Koble»-combined for three 3-pointers of their own. Wawasee grabbed the lead at 23-21 on a Koble jumper and led 25-21 before a Patrick threepointer right before the buzzer cut the score to 25-24 at the end of the first quarter of play. The second quarter of action 4 saw Wawasee take their biggest lead of the period at 34-31 on a basket and a free throw by Rob Huey with just over, half of the quarter remaining During the final four minutes before halftime, the Wildcats cranked their oifense up a notch and outscored Wawasee 15-8 to head into the locker room with a 46-42 cushion at halftime After falling behind by a 54-48 count with four and a half minutes left in the third quarter. Wawasee responded with a 11-1 spurt that put them up 59-55 after a Koble three-point field goal Whitko was able to tie the contest at 59-59 just before the conclusion of the quarter on a rare four-point play as Chad Christman connected for a basket and then teammate Todd Darley added a field goal after rebounding Christman’s missed free throw attempt. The host Warriors stayed even in the fourth quarter until a Whitko run left them trailing 69-64 with 4:45 left in the game. Wawasee then went on a' 9-2 run of their own to take a 73-71 advantage on a Chris Conkling basket
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| By SCOTT DAVIDSON s Sports Writer After suffering a disappointing 73-49 loss at East Noble on Saturday night, the Wawasee boys’ basketball team will be trying to find the right ingredients for a road win this Friday as they travel to Rochester to face the 8-7 Zebras, who boast one of the state's top scorers in senior guard Steve Ruckman. "Rochester has a high powered offense and we re going to have our hands full,” stated Wawasee head coach Gary Goshert The probable starting line-up for Rochester on Friday night will consist of Ruckman and senior classmate Bill Pfeiffer at the guards, 6’2” Craig Shambarger in the middle and senior Brad McMillen and junior Sean Kelly at the forward slots. In addition to Ruckman’s season
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off of a fine assist from Pete Bonner. A free throw by Dick put Wawasee ahead 80-77 before Patrick nailed his last threepdinter of the contest to knot the score at 80. A last chance.effort to end the game in regulation failed as Dick’s jumper with about two seconds remaining bounced off the rim. The Warriors assumed control in the overtime session as two free throws by Koble and a Dick three-pointer gave them a 85-82 lead. From there, it was just a matter of hitting their charity tosses as Bonner <three) and Dick (two) put the final touches on a hard fought victory. "We gained control in both regulation and in overtime and that's because we were able to have some defensive stops when we needed them." remarked Goshert. He added that Bonner and Koble were the defensive keys with the job that they did in slowing down Patrick and Christman in the second half. Patrick and Christman combined for 59 points, but only 19 of those came after the first half of play. Goshert emphasized that both . teams were performing extremely efficient on offense and were both playing very hard throughout the entire contest. 'Tin really proud of these kids and we received a great effort from everyone tonight including Jeff Carey, Jeff Boyer. Matt Haab and Tim Lilly off the bench," stated Goshert. ■A balanced attack saw all five starters score in double figures for the Wahriors as Dick (21). Conkling < 18>. Koble (17). Bonner < 16) and Huey (14) all got into the offensive flow. The Wildcats were paced by Patrick. Christman and Darley who tallied 30. 29’and 17 points respectively Huey led the squad with nine rebounds while Bonner registered 10 -assists, a season high for the team. Wawasee connected on 27-55 < 48% i from the field and 30-34 (88%) from the free throw line while the Wildcats hit 28-59 (47%) and 23-30 (77%). The Warrior junior varsity squad dropped to 7-7 on the season after suffering a 36-31 setback to Whitko last Friday. Keith Hardy led the team with nine points while teammate Jason Micklev tallied eight.
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average of 30.2 points-per-game. Pfeiffer is contributing 12 points-per-game. "We like to go up and down the court on offense and we like to use the three point shot with Steve's ability from there,” commented Rochester Head Coach Bill Titus. He added that it's important for his team to make sure that they don't stand around on offense and watch Ruckman do his thing while the rest of the team doesn't get involved in the offense. "We have to try and contain Ruckman and make sure that he doesn’t score 40-50 points against its.” said Goshert, who was very unhappy with his squad's defense in last Saturday's loss at East Noble. Titus stated that he thinks that Wawasee is probably a lot better team than their 6-9 record would indicate. “Wawasee has the potential to be a very good team
Dow ned By East Noble Poor defense and missed shots from inside of 15 feet spelled defeat for Wawasee on Saturday night as their record fell to 6-9 with a 7349 loss at East Noble. The Warriors connected on just 21-52 (40%) from the field while East Noble hit on 2947 (62%). Wawasee converted on 3-5 (60%) from the free throw line compared to 12-19 (63%) for the Knights. Dick and Bonner led the Warriors on Saturday with 14 points each while Koble added 10. Chad Kiel led the 13-2 Knights with 24 markers, including three 3-pointers, while teammates Ben Vanßyn, Steve Herendeen and Ben Cramer chipped in with 16,13 and 10. "We just didn’t play good defense and we missed a lot of shots inside,” commented Goshert about Saturday’s defeat. He added that Bonner did play an outstanding game as he connected on 6-6 from the field and 2-2 from the free throw line in addition to really hustling the entire game r The Wawasee junior varsity now sat at 7-8 after also being beaten by the Knights of East Noble on Saturday. The Warriors dropped their second contest of the weekend by a final count of 3549. Both the Warrior varsity and junior varsity will look to get back into the win Column this Friday as they travel to Rochester to face the Zebras. The junior varsity contest is scheduled for a 6:15 p m. tip-off with the varsity tilt to follow at approximately 8 p.m.
Freshman five lose to Plymouth
I By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer "We didn’t play that badly but we had some problems with our defense in the first half and they took advantage of it with their quickness and scored some easy baskets on us.” commented Roger Brady, Wawasee boys’ freshman basketball coach, after watching his Warriors drop a 56-42 decision at Plymouth last
and that’s obvious by looking at their win over Whitko just last Friday,” added Titus. Titus remarked that his team plays a variety of multiple defenses and that they have been improving their defensive play in the last couple of weeks. “I feel pretty good about where we stand right now and I think it’s to our advantage to be playing teams like Wawasee that we’ll see in our sectional so late in the regular season,” Titus added. Rochester has already lost to possible sectional opponents Warsaw and Tippecanoe Valley while defeating Triton, the other member of the sectional, just last weekend. Goshert said that his squad needs to play well on Friday against the Zebras who they could possibly face in the sectional at Triton which begins on Wednesday. March 1. "We need to establish that we can win on the road and this is a big opportunity,” said Goshert, who has seen his team compile a 1-6 road mark this season. The action between the visiting Warriors and the host Zebras is scheduled to-get underway at 6:15 p.m. on Friday evening with the tip-off of the junior varsity contest.
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akjrWiWsd . .jy L “W - 14 ■ 11 ly ' , . LAUNCHING THE THREE — Senior guard Matt Koble of Wawasee prepares to let fly with a three-point field goal attempt as Whiffco's Steve Nicodemus tries to defense him. Koble totaled 17 points, including three 3-pointers. as the host Warriors defeated the Wildcats 90-87 in overtime last Friday for their sixth victory of the season. (Photo by Scott Davidson)
night. Wawasee. now 9-8 on the season, was led last night by Arie Dewees who scored 13 points. Thanh Tran added eight for the Warriors while teammate Aaron Sincroft chipped in with seven "We were pretty close until near the end of the first half last .night and then they got some lav ups after they were able to break our press,” said Brady He added that his squad got within six ot seven in the third quarter but were never able to quite catch up w ith the Pilgrims The Warriors connected on about 38% of their field goal at tempts last night according to Brady while hitting just 14-27 < 52% i from the free throw line The freshman boys' squad w ent to 9-7 on the year over the visiting East Noble Knights last Thursday. "We were able to handle their halfcourt game very well and I was happy with our defensive effort, " remarked Brady. The host Warriors jumped out to a 8-6 lead at the end of the first quarter and expanded their margin to 17-11 at halftime, In the second half, the two teams played virtually even basketball as Wawasee outscored the visitors 13-12 in the game's final two quarters to come away with the 30-23 victory. Dewees led the Warrior win with 10 points while teammates Tran and Jamie Stambaugh each added six The freshman squad will close out the regular season at home tomorrow with a 4:15 p.m. con test versus the Warsaw Tigers "Warsaw is an excellent team i they beat Plymouth by lOearlier in the season) but I think that the kids will be ready to play them since it’s our final regular season game and we re playing at home,” remarked Brady After concluding the regular season portion of the 1988-89
season tomorrow, the Warriors will have a week off before they must entertain Concord next Thursday )Feb. 9) in first round
Swimmers end season with 12-2 record • *1
I By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer "We hung in there but we just didn’t have the depth to defeat them,” stated Tim’ Caldwell, Wawasee boys' swim coach, after his squad finished the regular season with a, 96.5-75.5 loss to Warsaw last night. The Warriors concluded the regular season portion of their 1988-89 campaign with a 12-2 mark in dual meets. The--Warriors stayed close to the host Tigers through the first eight events last night (they trailed by only three points) but Warsaw's depth helped them to pull away at the end for the victory. “It wasn’t a bad meet for us, we just ran out of bodies at the end,” remarked Caldwell. The Warriors captured six first place finishes last night (one more than Warsaw) as Skip Winnebald (50 yd. freestyle), David Keener (one-meter diving), Matt Fryback <IOO yd. butterfly), Brian Neff < 100 yd. freestyle) and Scott Berkey (500 yd. freestyle) . were victorious in individual events. The 200 yd. medley relay team of Aaron Dial, Scott Rozow, Fryback and Neff also registered a winning effort last night. Both Keener (one-meter diving) and Fryback (100 yd, butterfly) completed the regular season undefeated in each of their top events. The record setting performance of senior Fryback in the 100 yd. butterfly event led the Warriors to a 98-68 victory over Bremen last Thursday to raise their season mark to 12-1. Fryback’s time of :53.75 established a new pool record for the 100 yd. butter-fly breaking the •- previous mark recorded by Kyle Hoskins of Warsaw in 1984. In addition to Fryback’s easy first place finish, Wawasee captured six other firsts during the victory over Bremen Turning in top efforts for the Warriors were: Todd Miller <2OO yd. individual medley), Neff <SO yd. freestyle and 100 yd breaststroke), Keener (one-meter diving), Dial (100 yd. backstroke) and the 200 yd. medley relay team of Dial, Rozow. Berkey and Winnebald. Second place efforts by the host Warriors against Bremen were recorded by Dußois ■ (200 yd. freestyle). Dial <2OO yd. individual medley), Neterer (onemeter diving), Berkey (100 yd. freestyle and 100 yd. backstroke), Hood (100 vd freestyle), Rozow
action of the NLC Tourney. The Wawasee freshman dropped a 51-33 decision at home to Concord back on Jan. 12.
(500 yd. freestyle),and Fryback (100 yd. breaststroke) in individual events. Additionally, the 200 yd. medley relay team of Hood Neff, Miller and Fryback and the 400 yd. freestyle relay team of Keener, Troy Feaster,’ Cory Willard and Dußois also captured second place finishes. Wawasee registered three third place performances against Bremen with Rozow (50 yd. freestyle), Dußois (100 yd. butterfly) ana Winnebald (500 yd. freestyle) all taking third in their events. In addition to Fryback’s record setting effort, Caldwell cited the performances of Dußois, Hood, Berkey, Rozow, Neff and the two medley relay teams as the meet’s top efforts for his squad. Caldwell commented that the regular season went pretty much as predicted with the proven members of the team coming through as expected. He added that the performances of Dial and Miller were the pleasant surprises of the season for the squad. “We like to win dual meets but our success will be determined in a couple of weeks when we compete at the sectional and then at the state competition.” Caldwell emphasized. The Warriors will see their next action when they participate in the NLC meet which will begin next Thursday (Feb. 9) with the preliminaries at 5:30 p.m. at Warsaw. The finals of the NLC competition will be conducted on Saturday, Feb. 11, with the diving preliminaries starting at 9 a m. and the finals of the swimming and diving beginning at 1:30 p.m. at Warsaw Girls' sectional tickets being sold Tickets for the girls' basketball sectional which will begin tomorrow evening at Warsavz are on salein the athletic department of; fice at Wawasee High School until 4 p.m. today and from 8-12 noon tomorrow. All sectional tickets are for reserved seats and actioh will begin at Warsaw tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. with Wawasee facing Triton The Wawasee-Triton tilt will be followed at 8 p.m by Warsaw versus Tippecanoe Valley with tomorrow’s winners return ing on Saturday night to play for the sectional championship
Freshman girls hoop team ends season at 0-8
By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer The Wawasee Warriors girls freshman basketball team suffered a tough 26-23 loss to Tippecanoe Valley yesterday (Tuesday) in its season finale at Wawasee High School. The Lady Warriors ended the season at 0-8 with the defeat. Coach Tom Williams said his team made progress through the season, despite its winless record. “I would say that we improved most on defense, learning to move without the ball and rebounding,” he said. Forward Wendy West was jane of the bright spots for Wawasee during the season. The 5’7” forward scored about nine points a game. Heather Perzanowski complemented West with six point a game from the guard posi-
Sylvan grabs first place in regular season finale
Sylvan clinched first place in the Wawasee Adult Basketball League Monday with an 85-84 victory over Dana in the final game of the regular season. Both teams headed into the big showdown with identical 8-1 records and Doug Thwaits guided his team to the regular season title with a 37-point effort. In other action Augsberger’s-Sunbeam-Seyferts came away with a 76-39 win over National Cadd-Pro Inc. Al Schlagenhauf led the winners with 20 points
i ■ J mi WwhMP f \J M J* I 1 MUMy SB Wi I i -JL -WF ■IHp i I •.# ' j ■■J, fIF jwr*-1 J MILFORD CHEERLEADERS — Shown are thetseventh and eighth grade cheerleaders at Milford. They were getting ready for the boys and girls Camelot Tourney which was played last night, Tuesday, at Milford against Akron. In the top photo is the seventh grade squad. On the bottom is Susan Kausal.with Jenny Bradley, left, in the second row, and Crista Dippon on the right. On top is Trischa Speicher. Not shown is Suann Harbes. In the bottom photo is the eighth grade squad. Left to right are Erika Lange and Mindy Smith with Lisa Klotz on top. Not shown are Tiffany Hainge and Trisha Hostetler. The eighth grade girls went down in defeat by a score of 26-16. The boys also lost by a score of 51-43.
tion. Williams said his team matched up well with other teams from a size perspective but came up short in the speed department. Another problem was that the girls didn’t leave the junior highs with good fundamental skills. Williams hopes that trend will change in the future. “Hopefully, we’ll build the junior high system up a little and we won’t have to start from square one,” he said. After Tuesday's game Williams told his players that he was proud of their effort. He says they are starting to get an understanding of how the game should be played and that they need to remain active in the offseason to further enhance their game. “Basketball players are born from April to October," Williams said.
while Randy Verberkmous paced NCPI with 11 points. The regular season concluded with Sylvan in first at 9-1. Dana, Pilcher’s and Sturonjac tied for second with 8-2 marks and Augsberger’s-Sunbeam-Seyferts was next at 6-4. Rounding out the bottom five were: Performance Athletic Center, with a 5-5 mark; Wawasee Boat, at 3-7; Thornburgs, with a 2-8 mark; Wawasee Nazarene, at 1-9; and NCPI, with a 0-10 mark. League playoffs begin on February 6.