The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 9, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 April 1989 — Page 8

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed.. April 12. 1989

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Sports

Warriors off to 1 -1 start in 'B9 campaign

IBy SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer A very strong pitching performance by senior lefthander Rod Coy, along with the ability to put the ball in play on offense, were the keys to a successful home opener as the Wawasee varsity baseball squad defeated East No-

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A HEALTHY CUT — Wawasee sophomore Geoff Coburn takes a big swing during action from the W arriors 10-3 victory over East Noble on Monday in their season opener. Coburn collected a single and a double in four trips to the plate to help the Warriors post the victory. < Photo bv Scott Davidson)

Lady netters open season with win over Westview

I By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer We got off to a slow start and we really didn't play all that well but I think that our game will improve once we practice some more and get going into th< season. 1 ' stated Cindy Peterson. Wawasee girls' tennis coach, after watching the Lady Warriors defeat Westview 5-0 last night (Tuesday, in their opening match of the season. Wawasee sophomore Nicole Neff captured her match in number one singles play last night defeating Darla Mast 7-5, 6-4 while teammates Marci Wright and Mary Haffner also were victorious in singles action for the Lady Warriors. Wright, a senior, defeated Julie Jenson of Westview 6-3, 7-5 in play at the number two singles position Haffner, also a senior member of the Wawasee squad, won the only three set match of the varsity meet as she defeated Dawn Hons 3-6. 6-3. 6>4 in action at the number three singles spot The I-ady Warriors captured both of the doubles matches in straight sets as juniors Kim Carmichael and Suzanne Parr were victorious at number one doubles and teammates Christa Sincroft and Danielle Scholten won their match at number two doubles

Softball team opens season with a rout

| By MITCHELL STINSON Sport* Writer The Wawasee Lady Warriors started the sea son off on the right foot yestdraay 'Tuesday; with a 12-2 victory over the visiting Prairie Heights Lady Panthers Wawasee s girls had their game clicking on all cylinders, winning the game in just six innings because of the 10-run rule "I was pleasantly surprised coach Mark Timpe said “Ididn t know what the potential of this team was ’ Ji Bene Schmidt was the big gun for the Lady Warriors She wrapped two doubles, scored three runs and knocked in three runs Michelle Coy turned in a fine performance on the mound, recording seven strikeouts while going the distance for the vwtory She was becxed up in the field by smooth fielding teammates who debi t make any errors Timpe had no complaints abort hm team's performance After the game be toM the girts that

ble 10-3 on Monday. “I'm very pleased with this kind of a start to the season but we have to try and stay on an even keel and build on the good things that we did in this game. " commented Warrior head coach Neal Frantz Amidst weather conditions bet te’r suited for football, temperatures in the low 40s with

Carmichael and Parr captured their match against Heather Yoder and Tonya Smith by scores of 6-2, 6-1 while junior Sincroft and senior Scholten defeated Tricia Hatfield and Doretta Mast by a final tally of 6-4,6-4. "Our serving wasn’t all that good last night but the weather was terrible and I think that the players maybe had some first match jitters or they just weren't really into it yet,” commented Peterson, who saw the Lady Warriors also defeat Westview 5-0 last season but by much larger margins of victory in individual matches The Wawasee junior varsity squad opened the 89 season by dropping a 2-4 decision at Westview last night The wins for the JV Lady Warriors were posted by senior Kerstin Blunck and freshman Christy Smith. The Lady Warriors will open the home portion of their season tomorrow afternoon with a match versus Lakeland that is schedul ed for a 4:30 p.m start on the Wawasee Courts Wawasee will begin a very busy week of action 'four matches in five days, on Monday when they journey to Fairfield for a 4:30 p m match before returning home to face Bremen on Tuesday, Concord on Thursday and Central Noble on Friday All three of the I-ady Warriors home matches next week ate also scheduled to get underway at 4 30 p m

they had done well in every facet They hit well, they played good defensively, they ran the bases well,’ Timpesaid The Lady Warriors exploded for three runs in the first inning and extended the lead to 4-0 through three innings The Lady Panthers made it interesting in the fourth, with a rally that cut the score to 4-2 but that was as close as it would get The game fell apart for Prairie Heights’ girls down the stretch as walks, a catchers interference call and some well-timed Lady Wamor hits led to softball s ver sion of the TKO Wawasee scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and four more in the sixth inning to end the game at 12-2 With the ID-run rule in effect, the seventh inning was cancelled much to the delight of some very cold spectators The Lady Wamors take their perfect record on the road Thurs day. April 13, with a game against the Rochester Lady Zebras They return home for a Saturday doubleheader against Garrett i Lady Railroaders

only an occasional glimpse of sun breaking through the clouds. Wawasee jumped on top 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning as Coy reached base on a single, moved to third on a single by shortstop Chris Conkling and then eventually scored after consecutive walks to teammates Kevin Mann ing and Erik Stevens East Noble answered with two

Mb-v A- ..... . 4B" JHk ■ ♦ X ~ ~ ' ■ . _ - . . - ■ PKEPARING TH HIT — Ab Edmonds, a sophomore member of the Wawasee junior varsity baseball team, prepares to hit during action from the squad's 11-5 victory over Fairfield last night. Edmonds, an outfielder for Wawasee, reached base twice last night to help the Warriors capture the win in their season and home opener of the 1989 season.

JV baseball squad defeats Fairfield in season opener

I By SCOTT DAVIOSON Sports Writer ■ I thought that our defense was excellent and we had some guys come through with very good performances that I hadn't really planned on using in certain positions tonight/ commented Jerry Hawkins, Wawasee junior varsity baseball coach, after watching the Warriors defeat Fairfield 11-5 in their season opener last night at home The Warriors quickly fell behind last night as four walks and a throwing error allowed the visiting Falcons to jump out to a 2-0 lead after the first half inning of action The Wawasee offense came alive in the bottom of the second inning as nine batters were sent to the plate and the hosts sent five of those men across home plate to grab a 5-2 advantage The big blow of the inning for the hosts was a two out single by Jerry Smith that, plated both Brian Schwab and Tim Bradley who had reached base on a walk and an error After Warrior pitcher Brent Zartman held the visitors in check in the top of the third inn ing. the Wawasee offense responded again in the bottom of the frame as three singles 'by Zartman. Bradley and Smith) to

runs in the second inning as Coy struggled with his control for the only time in the contest. A Warrior error opened the inning and then after recording two outs, two walks, a single and another base on balls gave the Knights of East Noble a 2-1 advantage before Coy got out of the inning on a flyout to rightfield The host Warriors responded on offense in the bottom of the second as a double by Geoff Coburn, combined with singles by Manning and Clay Brooks along with two errors and two walks by East Noble resulted in four runs and a 5-2 lead for Wawasee. Coy. who struckout 11 for the game, breezed through the final four innings of the game (the game was called after six innings due to darkness) allowing just an unearned run in the fifth inning while recording nine strikeouts. He struck out the side in the fourth and again in the fifth inning as he even recorded four K’s in the fifth after one strikeout victim reached first base after the third strike got away from the catcher. “Rodney just pitched a great game and I thought that we did a lot of things right," Frantz stated. The Warriors left no doubt about the game's final outcome on Monday as a two-run fourth and a three-run fifth inning sparked by four base hits and three East Noble errors made it 10-3 and the first victory of the 'B9 campaign was assured. While Coy was keeping the East Noble squad off balance throughout the game with his pitching, Coburn <a single and a double), along with Manning and Stevens (who each reached base four times) were the Warrior stars at the plate. Coy also contributed on offense as he also

go with three walks resulted in four Warrior runs and a 9-2 lead The key hit in the inning, as in the five-run second, was provided by Smith as he stroked another tworun single with two men out The fourth inning of play last night saw neither team mount a scoring threat as the Warriors held their lead heading into the fifth After the visiting Falcons nick ed Zartman for two runs in the fifth to make the score to 9-4, Hawkins made a trip to the mound and relieved Zartman with Jason Mickley Mickley who entered the contest with the bases loaded and two outs, allow ed a run on a wild pitch to make it 9-5 before he closed the door on the Fairfield rally by getting a ground ball to force a runner at third The Warriors gave Mickley a little more of a cushion in the hot tom of the fifth as they pushed across two “insurance' runs by virtue of a botched double play groundball that the Fairfield defense turned into a couple of throwing errors that allowed two Warnors. Schwab and Smith, to score to make it 11-5' Mickley didn't allow the Falcons any chance for a com eback during the final two innings last night as be retired the side in order in the sixth and

reached base four times in four plate appearances while scoring four runs. LOSS AT FAIRFIELD After hitting the ball well in the season opening win on Monday, the Warrior bats went as cold as the weather last night at Fairfield as they lost a 11-1 decision to even their record at 1-1. “We just didn't hit the ball well and we had trouble making the plays on defense as well," remarked Frantz. The Warriors were able to collect just four singles off of Falcon pitcher Jason Harvey, who registered seven strikeouts before the game was stopped after six innings due to the 10-run rule. The big blow off of Wawasee starting pitcher Conkling occur red in the third inning as Lynn Miller connected for a grand slam after an error earlier in the inning had kept the Falcons alive. “That hit took a lot of wind out of our sails and we just didn't get back into the game after that," stated Frantz Conkling, who pitched the first four innings of last night 's game, was charged with eight runs but just three of those were earned as the Warrior defense committed four errors. One of the bright spots for the Warriors, according to Frantz, was the relief pitching of Chad Cotton. "Cotton gave up a few hits and a few runs but he threw strikes and I was happy with that." said Frantz. The Warriors will return home to face Columbia City at 4:30 p m. on Friday afternoon before serving as hosts to Elkhart Central in a contest on Saturday scheduled to begin at 11 a m. Wawasee will take to the road on Monday for their first conference game of the season as they will face Concord in a 4:30p.m. start.

allowed just one runner to reach base in the seventh on a single "We played a good game overall but our hitting was down a little bit and I think that we allowed too many walks but also the weather was a factor as well," commented Hawkins. Hawkins said that he used the players in last night s contest that had attended practices the previous week during Wawasee s spring break and that altered his line-up a little bit “J thought that Jerry Medlen did a nice job at catcher and I also thought that Bradley played a good game," stated Ifawkins Smith and Zartman paced the Warrior offense as both collected two hits while also scoring two runs each Tim .Schwartz and Bradley each reached base three times for the hosts while each also crossed the plate two times The junior varsity squad will put their 1-0 record on the line on Friday as they host East Noble beginning at 4 30 p m on the JV field at Wawasee The Warriors will also be at home on Saturday as they face Elkhart Central in a game scheduled to start at 11 a m The JV squad will take to the road for the first time in the RO season on Monday when they travel to fact Concord in a con test scheduled for 4 .30 p m

HIGH POINT PERFORMERS — Members of the Wawasee Swim Club who were honored at the team's recent banquet as the high point swimmers for the 1988-89 season are shown above. Seated in the front row, from left to right, are Chandra Mathew, Stephen Farber. Kyle Metcalf and Sean Hoffman. Kneeling in the second row, from left to right, are Brandee Carlson, Katie Fisher, Jared Ganshorn and Kara Mathew. Standing in the third row. from left to right, are Megan LeFever, Danielle Davis, Danielle Laub. Scott Metcalf, Andy Kryder, Justin Banks and coach Terri Davts. Standing in the back row, from left to right, are coach Karen Weaver, Shon Davis. Jackie Hammel, Eric Schaekel and Andre Hirschler. Not pictured, but also a high point trophy winner, is Jenny Marty. (Photo courtesy of Marge Kryder)

Swim club honors team members

The presentation of trophies to the high point members of the team was the highlight of the Wawasee Swim Club awards banquet that was held to honor the team recently. Members of the swim club who received trophies at the banquet honoring them as high point swimmers were Jenny Marty, Kara Mathew. Jared Ganshorn, Stephen Farber. Chandra Mathew, Katie Fisher, Sean Hoffman. Kyle Metcalf, Danielle Laub, Danielle Davis, Scott Metcalf. Justin Banks, Brandee Carlson. Megan LeFever, Andy Kryder, Eric Schaekel, Jackie Hammel, Shon Davis and Andre Hirschler. Other team members recogniz-

Boys' golf coach looking to continue success of program

I By SC OTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer Trying to carry on the tradition of a successful golf program is the task that faces boys’ golf coach Gary Goshert when he begins his first season as the head of the Wawasee program on Saturday at the Fort Wayne Northrop Invitational. "It's been a little hectic but things have started to smooth out lately," commented Goshert (also the Wawasee boys' varsity basketball coach) about the tran sition of taking over the golf team after just completing the basketball season a few weeks ago. Goshert, who takes over the coaching reigns from retired Rudy Cesco, said that the squad is still a long way from knowing who will be playing where. “1 haven't really had a good chance to see how the guys can play because of the weather conditions that have kept us indoors a lot.” remarked Goshert "It's important to get outside and play on the course because there’s only so much that you can do inside and we would like to be able to play outdoors before the players have to try and qualify to play in invitations.and matches." added Goshert about the "unfriendly" weather conditions lately in the area Although the Warriors lost four of their top players from last year’s squad in Darin Atwood, Derek Smith, Doug Parmarlee and Dave O'Neil to graduation, the cupboard for Goshert is far from bare for the 'B9 campaign "With the tradition and the high standards that have been developed with our program, the players will be ready to carry on the success this season,” com mented Goshert Goshert has a cast of 10 golfers to rely on for the 'B9 season with a trio of lettermen in senior Doug Nigbor and juniors Mike Tuttle and Randy Cesco providing the most experience for the club. Nigbor and Cesco (who missed most of last season with an elbow injury, averaged in the low 40s last season while Tuttle shot about 45 The Warriors will receive additional experience and leadership from senior Mike f>eedy who averaged 47 for the squad in 1988 With the top five golfers on the team to comprise the varsity, while the remaining five make up

ed at the banquet as most improved were Tammi Miller, Andy Napier, Kristine Shivers, Jamie Corn, Jaime Farber and Brad Fisher. Members of the club who were semi-state qualifiers during the season were also recognized at the banquet. Those individuals were Davis, Hoffman, Kryder, Eric Swartzendruber, Scott Metcalf, K. Metcalf, Schaekel, Banks, Michael Masters, Laub, D. Davis, Carlson, J. Farber, Shivers, Mathew. Marty, Jennifer Ganshorn, Tiffany Miller, Kassidy Biddle, Amy Rehling, Fisher, LaFever, Stacy Neterer, Andre Hirschler and Stefanie Tamer. The members of the club who

Mi'"' •. jst * SB®' ■ I f 1 M Bi 1188 i IB RETURNING LETTERMEN — The 1989 Wawasee boys' golf team returns three lettermen lor this season. Pictured above, from left to right, are returnees Dougj.Nigbor/and Randy Cesco. Also returning as a letterman fopCTie Warriors, but not pictured, is Mike Tuttle. The golf squad will open their 1989 season this Saturday by participating in the Fort Wayne Northrop Invitational. (Photo by Scott Davidson)

the B team, competition for play ing spots will also include War rior junior David Schmahl, sophomores Jerry Hutchinson. Zach Waterson, Rob Clingaman and Jeff Williams and freshman Brent Baker Wawasee sophomore Zac Cook will be the team’s manager for the 'B9 season. Goshert, a former golfer at Warsaw High School and Manchester College, commented that he feels very comfortable thus far with his newest coaching assignment at Wawasee “I coached golf, along with football and basketball, before 1 came to Wawasee so it’s not like I’m getting into an area where I haven't been involved before,” said Goshert The competition in the NIX (Northern Lakes Conference) that the Warriors will have to face includes favorite Nor thridge, a squad that has advanc ed to the state tourney the last two years The other two teams that should be in the thick of things in the conference along with his own squad, are Plymouth and Warsaw according

were part of the Jr. Olympics state championship team included C. Mathew, Kryder. Schaekel, S. Metcalf, Banks and Hoffman in individual events as well as Laub. Carlson, LeFever, Neterer. Swartzendruber, Masters, Bid die, Shivers, Marty and Fisher in relay events. Members of the team who were recognized as C-state par ticipants were S. Farber. Jared Ganshorn, Corn, Napier, Brian Grothaus, Hirschler, Jenny Weaver, Kara Mathew, Biddle, Shivers, D. Davis, J. Farber, Jennifer Ganshorn, Hammel, Megan Hoffman and Tamer. The Wawasee Swim Club was coached by Terri Davis and Karen Weaver during the 88-89 season.

to Goshert “I think that the players just want to continue this season with the tradition and the high stan dards that our golf program has come to be known for," stated Goshert looking towards the 'B9 campaign. He added that the squad will also want to finish high in the NIX, finish high in the con ference tournament to be held on May 20 at the South Shore Golf Course in Syracuse and to per form well at the sectional on May 27 The Warrior squad will open this .Saturday by participating in the Northrop Invitational in Fort Wayne, an event that should see golfers from 15-20 squads accor ding to Goshert After Saturday. Wawasee will participate in the Lafayette Jefferson Invitational and the Lakeland Invitational (for sophomores and freshmeni on Saturday, April 22 The War riors are scheduled to open the home portion of their 89 season on Monday. April 24 with a triangular match versus South Bend Riley and Fairfield schedul ed to tee off at South Shore at 4 p m