The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 4, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 March 1989 — Page 8

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL - Wed.. March 8. 1989

Sports

■ ■■ • y . ■ Gymnasts win fourth straight sectional

IBs MITCHELL STINSON Sport .s Writer Saturday s gymnastics sec tional could be likened Io a dramatic baseball game The Wawasee learn jumped out to an early lead, fell behind in the later “innings" and Went into the "hot tom of the ninth" needing a last second rally The Warrior gymnasts trailed Elkhart Central by a little more than a point going into the floor exercise, the last event of the meet But Wawase.es tumbling team of Angela Kistler,’ Dareey Smith. Karen Butt and Anne Pohl came through in the clutch and spurred the Warriors to their fourth straight sectional cham pionship. The Warriors took the top spot in the eight team field with a score of 97.50 while Central finished just nine-tenths of a point behind jjt 96.60 "< Balance Beam was less than good but it was really good that they came back on the floor." said Warriors coach Tracy Sumpter Things went smoothly for Wawasee's girls in the early go mg as they used solid perfor mances on the uneven bars and the vault to build a 49.35-48 30 lead over Central s Blue Blazers But the Warriors ran into«a snag in the balance beam competition, just as they had done so many times during the regular season Wawasee's gymnasts couldn't seem to slay on the beam while the Central girls, on the other hand, were nailing some beautiful routines Blue Blazer senior Lisa Mmichillo took first in the event with an 8 45 and team mate Tana St cede came in second at 7.90. Britan, Stoller turned in Wawasees best beam perfor inance. taking fourth place with a score of 770 She performed

Sectional victory culminates a fine season for gymnasts

tßv MIT( HELI, STINSON Sport* Writer The Warriors victory at the Wawasee Gymnastics Sectional on Saturday culminated another fine season for coach Tracy Sumpter and her talented team It was the fourth straight sec tional title for Wawasee and. with only one senior on the team, there could be more in the future The Warriors ended the dual meet season at with two of those losses coming at the hands of highly ranked Homestead and East Noble squads It wasn't easy for Sumpter to choose her sectional team Only four entries per school an allow ed for each event in post-season play and the Warriors depth made for some tough decisions \ngela Kistler: She won the all around at last year's sectional and placed third this year Our ing the dual meet season Kistler placed first in the all around four times Her strongest perfor mances came on the uneven bars . where she finished first six times Kistler's effectiveness was limited at last year's regional

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almost flawlessly for most of her routine, executing lhe difficult maneuvers before losing her balance on-a simple half turn "I made all my hard tricks so 1 just kind of stopped thinking." Stoller said Angela Kistler took fifth with a 7 65 hut the rest of the Warriors' balance beam contingent didn't fare too well So it came down to the final event, with the Warriors facing the baseball equivalent ol their last at-bat. Kistler stepped up to the mat and boom! She recorded a v 'fiomerun of a score, with an 8.45 Smith . boom' An 8.75; Butt boom! An 8 70. Pohl big boom, and a grand slam of a per forma nee with a score of 8.95 It was the highest score that Pohl has ever recorded on the floor exercise and she couldn't have picked a better tune to do it After their weak balance beam performances the Warrior girls knew they would nt’ed to raise their performance to a higher level We were all sifting there thinking we had to regain our composure and get out there and do our best tloor routines." Pohl said So that was the only way we could have won and we did it The Blue Blazer girls just couldn't keep up with the Warriors in the floor exercise although Lisa Mmichillo did take • first place in the event with a 9.0 Central coach Steve Rossi had mixed emotions about the meet He was pleased that his gymnasts beat the old Central team seeing record of 96 I points but he was disappointed that they didn't get the w in “We hoped to mqke up some points on beam but it just wasn't quite enough. " Rossi said Butt Leads I lie Way Coach Sumpter said Karen Butt was the spark in the War fiors' winning effort The 15-vear

because of in juries she sustained in a car accident I had an accident the night before so last year a'f regionals really wasn't a fair shot for me." Kistler sard \nne Pohl: She is the team's only senior and is particularly strong in the floor exercise, where she recorded five first place finishes in dual meets Pohl recorded a career high 8,95 in the floor exercise at the sectional She said she was happy that she was able to close out her high school career on a positive note I think it's the last time I ll probably ever do it 'gymnastics' in my whole life. Pohl said We ve won the past three years that I've been here and I wanted towin it again Karen Butt: She was the key to victory at the sectional, coming through with a first place finish on the vault, a second an the uneven bars and a fourth in the floor exercise It was the meet of a lifetime for the 15-year-old sophomore but she doesn’t plan to stop trying at the regional I han an exceptionally g'xirl

old sophomore put in the performance of her life Saturday, as she took first in the vault (8.60), seqpnd in the uneven bars (8.501 and fourth in the floor exercise (8 70) If she had competed on the balance beam she probably would have finished very high in the all-around competition "The person who pulled the team was Karen Butt." Sumpter said "She hit everything and hit it well I was hyper." Butt explained. "We really wanted to win That was a goal that we wanted to have " ' Angela Kistler was the only Wawasee gymnast to place in the all-around, taking third place with a total of 31 85 Elkhart Central's Lisa Minichillo was first with 33 9(1 while teammate Shan non Tourre finished second at 32.10 Regional Next Wawasees conquering gym nasts will take their act on the road on Friday when they travel west to the Valparaiso Regional. Along with Wawasee, the tough field of teams will include entries from Portage and Merrillville, along with several individual qualifiers The top four gymnasts in each sectional event earned the right to advance to regional competition, regardless of their team's performance Portage has a dual meet record of 9-1 and is ranked loth in the state while Merrillville owns an identical 9-1 record and kr'rTihkgd ninth The Warriors, w the dual meet season at 9-3. are unranked Coach Sumpter said she would fie happy if her team could clean up its balance beam routinesand slay strong in the other events With just one senior on the team Anne Pohl Sumpter thinks the Warriors' best days could lay ahead

meet.'' Butt explained ‘‘l pro bably won't do any better but i'll try my hardest to do better. " Britani Stoller: She put in the Warriors best balance beam routine at the sectional: Her fourth-place finish in the event was important because of the team's overall weak perfor mance on the beam The beam was a strong point for her in the regular season as she took first four times. I did a lot better this year than I did last year,'' Stoller said I Hid the same events but last year I felt more scared " Darcey Smith . She put in a fine performance in the floor exercise at the sectional, taking third with an 875 Smith-knew the team needed a strong performance in the. event aftbr the dreaded balance beam incident The 16-year old junior fell off the beam a few times herself, although she can t remember how.many times "It was terrible,'' Smith said. "I was too mad to count Diane Karst: She competed at the junior varsity level for most of the regular season but her vaulting abilities landed her a spot on the post season team She f inished in a tie for sixth place at the sectional with a score of 8 0 I was one of the middle people who might go 'on the teami and might not. Karst said It was a surprise to me Barb Signorelli: She par . ficipated in the uneven bars at the sectional and finished sixth with a 7 90 Signorelli thinks the team will b 4 stronger going into the regional than it was last year “I think we re a lot stronger on our events. ' she said Summer baseball registration Baseball season is just around the corner and Milford’s baseball boosters can sign up for summer league action next week Whether it s T ball, girls' minor and ma jor. Little League or Pony League, interested people should plan to register at Milford School in the circle drive entrance Registration times are March 15from6pm toßpm .March 16 from 6 p m to 8 p m and March 18 from 9 a m to noon There is a tee but parents should still register their children even if they can't pay at the present time No late sign-ups will be allowed

“I still feel like (with) this group of girls, their potential hasn't been reached at all," she said. Sectional Team Standings Ist Wawasee. 97.50; 2ndElkhart Central. 96.60; 3rdWarsaw. 86 85, 4th-Plymouth. 84.35; sth North Wood, 77.45; 6thTippecanoe Valley. 75.50 ; 7thElkhart .Memorial. 75.40; BthLaVille, SV IO All-Around Top Finishers Ist-Lisa Minichillo (Central). 33 90 ; 2nd Shannon Tourre (Central' 32 10; 3rd-Angela Kistler 'Wawasee'. .31.85; 4th-Tina Zorn (Tippecanoe Valley). 31.25; sthChristy Hartman (Warsaw), 29.50 Floor Exercise Top Finishers Ist-Lisa Minichillo (Central). 9.0; 2nd Anne Pohl (Wawasee). 8 95; 3rd-D arc e y Smith 'Wawasee'. 8 75; 4th-Karen Butt 'Wawasee'. 8 70. sth Tina Zorn (Tippecanoe Valley). 8.50; Other Wawasee Placers: 6th-Angela Kistler. 8.45.

! e . to a BE \.M ROI TINE — Britani Stoller performs on the balance beam in Saturday's Wawasee Gymnastics Sectional. The 15-year-old sophomore notched Wawasee's best score on the beam, taking fourth place with a 7.70. (Photo by Mitchell Stinson) / r • € cm* *** ***** sk--- - ■ [ M Z ■ wsJßp#’ » — __ TUMBLING — Aniye Pohl is shown tumbling in the Boor exercise event during Saturday's ‘ Wawasee Gymnastics Sectional. The iK-year-old senior finished second in the e”vent by earnjng a career-high B.!K>. ' Photo by Mitchell Stinson) I

Balance Beam Top Finishers Ist-Lisa Minichillo (Central), 8 45; 2nd-Tara Steede (Central), 7.90; 3rd-Kristine Beckham 'Plymouth), 7.75;- 4th-Britani Stoller (Wawasee), 7.7,0; sthAngela Kistler (Wawasee), 7.65. Other Wawasee Placers: tied for 15th-Darcey Smith. 6.40; 17thAnne Pohl. 6.15. I'neven Bars Top Finishers Ist-Lisa Hollenbaugh (Plymouth). 8.60; 2nd-Karen Butt (Wawasee), 8.50; 3rdShannon Tourre (Central). 8.35; 4th-Lisa Minichillo (Central), 8.25; sth-Britani Stoller (Wawasee), 8.05. Other Wawasee Placers 6th-Barb Signorelli, 7.90; Bth-Angela Kistler. 7.65. Vaulting Top Finishers Ist-Karen Butt (Wawasee), 8.60; 2nd-Shannon Tourre (Central). 8.40; 3rd-Lisa Minichillo (Central>. 8.20; 4th-Anne Pohl (Wawasee). 8.20; Angela Kistler (Wawasee). 8.10. Other Wawasee Placers tied for 6th-Diane Karst. 8.00.

FOUR IN A ROW — The Wawasee High School gymnastics team clinched its fourth sectional title in a row on Saturday. Wawasee’s girls beat out second-place Elkhart Central by a narrow 97.50-96.60 margin. Pictured kneeling in front from left are Barb Signorelli and Angela Kistler. The second row consists of assistant coach Xika Prather, Karen Butt, Britani Stoller and coach Tracy Sumpter. Shown in the back row are Anne Pohl, Dareey Smith and Diane Karst. (Photo by Mitchell Stinson)

Four Wawasee swimmers named to all-conference

Four members of the Wawasee boys' swim team that finished the season 12-2 in dual meets, third in the Northern Lakes Conference and 13th at the suite finals in Indianapolis on Feb. 24-25 have been named to the All-NLC swim team. Wawasee seniors Matt Fryback (200 individual medley and 100 butterfly) and David Keener (one-meter diving) were selected for the team by virtue of their first place performances in their events at the NLC Championships on Feb. 9 and 11. Both Fryback and Keener, after capturing their conference championships. went on to place at the state finals as Fryback finished sixth in the 100 butterfly and 15th in the 200 I.M. and Keener placed second in the diving event. In addition to Fryback and Keener, Warrior senior Dave Neterer and junior Scott Berkey were also selected to the allconference team as two of the squad’s three at large selections Neterer, a diver for the Warriors, finished 15th at the state finals while Berkey captured a 16th place finish in the 500 freestyle event and was also part of the 400 freestyle relay team that captured a 13th place finish.

Junior High wrestling

The Milford wrestling team is now 6-1 on the season after posting a 30-18 victory at Wakarusa yesterday. Winning matches in the Trojans victory over Wakarusa were Chris Henson (10-0), Jeff Roose (pin), Robbie Smith (pin). Jorge Castro (9-3), Cory Manning (5-1). Ryan Keiper (3-0) and Chad Dip pon (pin). Also capturing exhibition wins for Milford yesterday were Ortie Leemon, Phillip Fitch. Scott Hand, Chris Lung, Keiper and Dippon. The Milford squad recorded previous wins this season over West Noble (81-70), Concord (70-10), North Webster (54-9). North Manchester (50-17) and Towncrest (69-15). The only loss that the Milford squad has suffered was at the hands of Pierceton (.36-35) on February 28. The Trojans will have their final home match of the season tomorrow versus Nappanee beginning at 4:30 p.m. The Syracuse wrestling squad currently stands at 5-0 on the season after posting a 42-10 win over North Webster last Thursday The Yellow Jackets recorded previous victories over West Noble (81-70), Concord (49-21). Pierceton (36-35* and South Whitley (46-29). Thus far for Syracuse.

Two grapplers take first in tournament

Jeremy Doerr and Brian Dutcher came away as champions of their respective age groups in Saturday's Michiana Freestyle Tournament at Grissom Middle School Doerr took first in the 467-pound classrbf the Cadet age group while Dutcher was tops in the 119-pound class of the School Boy division Mike Wright also placed for Wawasee's wrestling club, taking fourth in the 154 pound class of the junior age group Wawasee High -School will host a junior high invitational this Saturday with grappTers from Syracuse, Milford, North Webster. Fairfield. Heritage and

The all-conference team consists of the 200 medley relay team of Kenton Hoppas, Pete Dyba. Eric Mohler and Shane Diffendarfer (Warsaw); Hoppas in the 200 free and 100 backstroke (Warsaw) ; Fryback in the 200 I.M. and the 100 butterfly (Wawasee); Nate Lelle in the 50 and 100 freestyle (North Wood Keener in one-meter diving (Wawasee); Jerqmiah Klinger in the 500 freestyle (Concord); Diffendarfer in the 100 breaststroke (Warsaw) and the 400 freestyle relay foursome of Klinger, Bill Harris, Chad Berger and Dan Stauffer (Concord). In addition to Berkey and Neterer from Wawasee, the other at large selection to the All-NLC team was Brent Beery of Bremen. The final team standings for the NLC found Warsaw as conference rchampions (6-0 in the NLC), followed by Concord (5-1). Wawasee (4-2). Plymouth'(3-3), North Wood (2-4), Goshen (1-5) and Bremen (0-6). Tim Brannock of Warsaw received coach-of-the-year honors after guiding the Tigers to a perfect 14-0 regular season, the NLC championship and a 12th place team finish at the state finals.

t members of the team have posted the following individual records: Travis Schlabach (five losses), Mike Atkins (two pins, three wins and one loss), Pat Tracey (one pin and two losses), Tony Ganshorn (one pin and two losses). Buddy Lentz (one win and one loss), Chris Ganshorn (one pin. three wins and one loss), Chad Botts (one win and two losses) and Tony Meek (two wins and two losses). Also. Brian Dutcher (three pins and one loss), Kim Nguyen (three pins, one win and two losses), Chad Flynn (three pins and one loss), Joey Salazar (three pins and one loss), Jeremy Brickey (five pins, one win and one loss), David Antu (three pins and one win) and Chris Ponciroli (two pins, one win and one loss ). I’he Syracuse squad will wrestle at home today versus Warsaw beginning at 4:30 p.m. and will also serve as hosts to Nappanee in a meet scheduled for next Tuesday also at 4:30 p.m. Both the Milford and Syracuse wrestling teams, along... with teams from North Webster. Fairfield. Heritage and Howe Military, will participate in az wrestling tournament that will be held this Saturday at Wawasee High School. The tournament, which no team scores will be kept for, will begin with weigh-ins from 7:30-8:30 a m

Howe Military. Wrestling action is scheduled to kick off at 9 a m in the main gym Syracuse Youth League registration The Syracuse Youth League will conduct registration for the 198!) summer baseball softball leagues on Saturday. March 11. March 18. and March 25. from 9 a m 12 noon in the foyer of the Syracuse Elementary School: This will include T ball 'ages 5-8). girls' softball (ages 8 14 boys' Little league (ages 8 12). and pony league (ages 13-15). Contact Larry Martindale. 457 3756, for further information