The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 10, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 April 1989 — Page 8
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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., April 19, 1989
Sports
Tennis squad off to perfect start
I By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer The Lady Warriors of Wawasee. now 3-0 on the season, captured their opening conference match of the 'B9 season in girls' tennis action last night with a 5-0 victory over Bremen on the Wawasee courts. "We need to work on our consistency and our concentration because our matches are going to get tougher from here on out." commented coach Cindy Peterson. Wawasee captured the three singles matches last night as sophomore Nicole Neff defeated Susan Moren 6-2. 6-3 in numberone singles play while teammates Marci Wright number-two singles l and Christa Sineroft (number-three singles were also winners WYight. a senior, defeate'd Suzanne Larsen 6-3. -6-1 while junior Sineroft also won in straight sets, defeating Bremen s Danielle Lohse 6-0. 6-0 'Christa
• " C — < wttw is fi ■ j ■ .. > ■ • ■ - GETTING INTO POSITION — Wawasee junior Christa Sineroft moves into position to return a shot during action from her singles match versus Bremen last night. Sineroft. playing at the number-three singles spot for the Lade Warriors, defeated Danielle Lohse 6-0. 6-11 last night to help her team defeat Bremen 5-0 to raise their record to 3-0 on the season. 1 Photo be Scott Davidson 1
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played a very good match and really made some good shots." remarked Peterson. The Lady Warriors doubles combinations of juniors Kim Carmichael and Suzanne Parr < number-one and seniors Mary Haffner and Danielle Scholten t number-two) also captured victories in action last night. Carmichael and Parr defeated Kara Jensen and Shelly Montague by scores of 6-3. 6-4 while Haffner and Scholten battled from behind to capture a three set match 2-6. 6-2. 6-4 over Stacy Anderson and Denise Unrue. "The number-two doubles team did a nice job of battling back and hanging in there to win their match." said Peterson. "After not playing for several days because of the weather i the team had a match scheduled for Monday versus Fairfield rained out what we need is a good practice because we have our conference matches coming up and there's no weak team in the NLC. ' emphasized Peterson.
Squad Defeats Lakeland 4-1 The Lady Warriors went to 2-0 on the season with a 4-1 victory over Lakeland at home last Thursday Wawasee captured the number one singles match as Neff defeated Julia Romer 7-6 9-7). .6-2 Senior Wright, playing at the number two singles position for Wawhsee. defeated Lakeland's Christy Darner in straight sets by. .scores of 6-2. 6-0. At the number three singles position last Thursday. Wawasees Sineroft was- beaten 3-6. 2-6 by Raquel Hunter of Lakeland The Lady Warriors captured both of the varsity doubles matches versus Lakeland as juniors
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Lady Warriors drop softball doubleheader
I By MIT( HELI .STIXSO.X Sporfs II l iter The defense rested Saturday , as the Garrett Lady Railroaders swept a doubleheader from the host Wawasee Lady Warriors by scores of 13-Band 34-23 Garrett s girls' exploded for one big inning in each game to secure the victories A seven-run uprising in the third inning paved the way for. Garrett's victory in the first game, while'a 24-run first inning put game Xo 2o,ut of reath early The losses dropped the Lady Warriors' record to 1-3 on the sea s o n while the La d y Railroaders improved to 3-1 Game Xo. 2: It was a frustrating-beginning for Wawasee in the second game When the Lady Railroader.' weren't reaching base on walks or errors, they were smoking line drives'by Wawasee fielders The
Carmichael and Parr teamed at number one to defeat Dannette Holst and Jenny Brown 6-1. 6-1. The number two doubles combination also won in straight sets as seniors Haffner and Scholten blanked Diane Holst and Charlene Atkins by scores of 6-0. 6-0. The Wawasee junior varsity squad evened its record at 1-1 on the year with a 3-2 victory over Lakeland last Thursday. The JV squad captured two of the singles matches as senior Kerestin Blunch defeated Mary Arnold 8-2 while sophomore Sara Moerchen beat Nell Weeks at the number three singles position 8-1 Wawasee's number one junior varsity singles player, junior Michelle Wagoner, dropped a 3-8
Lady Warriors went through three pitchers in an effort to stem the tide To their credit Wawasee s players didn t stop trying .after failing so tar behind right off the bat They . put on their hitting shoes and came battling back.tor 22 runs in three innings. That out • burst included a school record 14 runs in the'second inning. "I knew we had some hitters coming up and it was just a mat ter of getting them going, said coach Mark Timpe The comeback attempt stalled in the fourth and fifth innings and she game was called after five innings because of the 10-run rule Timpe/was pleased by the way his team kept plugging away at the big deficit He’was particularly impressed with the play of catcher Teresa West, who was behind the plate tor the duration of the three hour second game. He also like the poise of freshman Kerri
decision to Hong Ly of Lakeland. The JV number one doubles duo of sophomore Lisa Stookgy and freshman Christy SmitK'M were defeated 7-8 (5-7) by Aimee ' Weird and Cari Stucky of Lakeland. The Lady Warriors number two doubles team of freshman Beth Luensman and sophomore Heather Huffman captured a 8-5 decision over Kerri Atkins and Jenny Miller. Both the varsity and JV girls' tennis teams will return to action at home tomorrow with a 4:30 p m match versus conference foe Concord. The Lady Warriors will continue their busy week with a home match on Friday against Central Noble (also at 4:30) before taking to the road next Tuesday i April 25) for a NLC match at Plymouth.
Speicher, who pitched for part of the first inning There were a lot off offensive highlights tor both teams. Stacey Lent and Becky Haab scored four runs apiece while Evelyn Stricklin and Jennifer Brumbaugh each crossed the plate three times Lent was Wawasees RBI queen with three and Brumbaugh knocked in two. Kristine Gibson was uod for two hits and three stolen bases before injuring her knee while sliding She was taken to Goshen Hospital, where it was determined that her injury wasn't serious,. Game Xo. I liie I .adv Warriors jumped out to a 2-o lead after two innings in Jhe opener Disaster struck in the top of the third, however, when poor.defense allowed Garrett's girls to. score seven runs. Only two of those runs were earned Wawasee chopped the lead down to 7-4 after four innings of , play but the Lady Railroaders scored three times in the fifth and began to pull aw av Cart Glassburn led Wawasee w ith two. hits, three runs and two RBI Nikki Jones chipped in by scoring three runs Kristine Gib son was tough on the- base paths with two steals. Timpe wasn’t distressed about the doubleheader loss He said all he really wanted out of the games wps to get some experience for some of the junior varsity players The Lady Warriors knocked off Garrett in sectional action last* season and Timpe thinks they could do it again. "I think if we see Garrett again in the sectional. 1 feel the girls will win like they did last year.’’ he said
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Warriors drop two of three, now 2-3 on season
I By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer " We had our chances and we outplayed them in a lot of areas but we just didn't get the hits when wg needed them," stated Wawasee varsity baseball coach Neal Frantz after seeing his squad drop to 2-3 on the season with a 10-3 loss at Concord last night. The Warriors jumped out to a 2-0 lead after three innings last night but failed to cash in on opportunities as they left the bases loaded in the first and also left runners stranded in the second and third innings as well. "We scored two runs but with that many guys getting on base we should have scored four or five times." stated Frantz Wawasee starting pitcher Rod Coy allowed" just one runner to reach base during the first three innings last night before the host Minutemen put together a five run rally'in the fourth to grab a 5-2 lead. "They got the hits when they needed them ■( including tU o home runs, and once they got going. we just couldn't shut them down which has been our problem throughout the season." stated Frantz The host Concord squad added a. run in the fifth last night on a solo homer by Bill O hara before really putting the game away with a four run sixth inning. The Warriors scored a run in the sixth inning to make the final score Ki-3. In addition to O'hara's
Filming commercial gives racer's son new respect for Dad's driving
When veteran race car driver Gary Bettenhausen takes to the track at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway next 'month) he will have an added measure of respect in the view of one-of his biggest fans — his 25-year-old son Cary. Last fall. Cary, a graduate student at Indiana State University, and his parents were flown to California to film a commercial in the "New Generation of Oldsmobile” series During the commercial Gary takes Cary, in a new Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, onto a race track where a stock car race is in progress. "I always knew my dad was a good driver — both from watching him race and from riding with him in regular traffic. He is very perceptive and. anticipates what the other drivers are going todo.” Cary explained "But filming the commercial Was a new experience On the race track, we were running just two inches behind the guy in front of us and six inches ahead of the car behind us. After doing this for countless takes. I gained a' new measure .of respect for my father's driving ability.” said the Martinsville. Ind . resident The racing scenes were filmed on the half-tjiile. high-banked track at the .Mesa Marin Speed way'in Bakersfield. Calif Filming this portion of the commer-
roundtripper, teammate Scott Rost connected for a two-run shot for the hosts last night. The Warriors hit the ball well last night as the squad collected a total of eight hits including three by Jay Koontz and two by Kevin Manning, including a double by each player. "We made just two errors (Concord had six) and our pitchers had nine strikeouts but we left eight runners on base while they left just one and that was the difference in the game." said Frantz Loss To Elkhart Central "They're a very good team and once they jumped out on top and got the momentum we were in trouble;" said Frantz after the Warriors dropped to 2-2 on the year with a 11-2 loss to Elkhart Central at home on Saturday The visiting Blue Blazers were able to hit the ball well ill total hits > throughout the contest as they jumped out to an 8-0 lead and never looked back "They hit the ball hard and forced us to try and makelhe plays but we committed eight errors and even though our defense was in the right Spots, we just didn't get the job done defensively." commented Frantz The Blue Blazers received a fine pitching performance on Saturday from Jason Pilarski as he struck out 11 Warriors and held them scoreless until a single in the fifth inning b> Coy got the hosts their only two runs of the Contest "Pilarski is a very good pitcher and one of the better ones that we'll face and once he got the lead, he came after us and we
cial was the most difficult. Carysaid. adding that they put more than 200 miles on the new car. "The racing scenes had us passing several stock cars and narrowly missing a car which spins out in front of us. Dad helped coordinate the racing segments by plotting out the scenes with toy cars on a chalkboard Although we were only running between 55 and 60 mph. the small track made it look like we were going much faster. ” Filming the crowd at the race was also tricky. Cary said, as there w-ere only 25 extras to use tor the crowd scenes "It was amazing what they could do photographically . They took these 25 people and placed them around the track to make it look as though the grandstand was packed. ” he said The remainder of thd'commercial was filmed in two other locations The street scenes showing Gary and Cary driving to the track were filmed in Los Angeles, while the house scenes were filmed in Altadena The 60-second commercial —a 30 second version has also been released took four days to shoot Filming the commercial turn ed out to be much more difficult than I ever imagined. We shot for four days from sunup to sundown I thought we would have time to go out and do some sightseeing, but we were always so tired, we just went back to the hotel and went to bed.” Cary said Despite the long hours and hot weather. Cary said he enjoyed the experience "It was something that 111 probably never get to do again, and they treated us really well, providing us a limousine and feeding us gourmet food. ”
just couldn't do much with him even though we were able to hit the ball solidly in the last three innings against him,” remarked Frantz. In addition to Coy s two-run single. Chris Conkling banged out two doubles for the Warriors in Saturday's defeat. Victory Over Columbia City A strong pitching performance by junior Adam Wilson, combined with some clutch base hits late in the game, was enough to propel the Warriors to a 10-2 win over „ Columbia City as home last Friday. "Adam did a really good job on the mound and our defense also supported him with an outstanding effort," stated Frantz. Wilson struck out five in going the distance for his first pitching victory of the : 89 season. The Warriors and Eagles were tied at 2-2 on Friday until a six run fifth inning, keyed by a tworun single by Erik Stevens and a two-run single by Wilson enabled the hosts to break the game open for the victory. The WaVriors will return to action at home with a game this afternoon versus North Wood and a contest against Plymouth scheduled for Friday. Both games are scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. After their two home conference games today and Friday. Wawasee will travel to Manchester on Saturday for a doubleheader (scheduled for uooni before facing NLC rival Warsaw on Monday in a 4:30p.m. contest at Tiger Field in Warsaw.
The Bettenhausen commercial will be aired through October and is expected to be used frequently as she Indianapolis 500 nears. Another race car driver featured in the series is Billy Vukovich 111. the first third-generation driver to race at Indy and last year's Rookie of the Year. Among the other well-known families featured in the commercials are Priscilla and Lisa Marte Presley. William Shatner and his daughter, the Judds and Ickey Woodsandhismother. With the excitement of filming the commercial over. Cary has returned to his studies. He is completing his master's degree at ISU in industrial professional technology and has recently entered a second master s program in Occupational SafetyManagement. Along with his identical twin. Todd. Cary does part-time consulting work for the ISV Technology Services Center In addition, he and Todd are both serving as graduate assistants in the School of Health. Physical Education and Recreation’s Department of Health and Safety The brothers also are active in ISV's chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon However, the twins will soon be turning their attention to racing Although Gary, son of the late racing great Tenv Bettenhan*-*'-failed to make the Indy 500 field last year. Cary is optimistic about his father's chances this May Gary ’s highest finishes in the Indy 500 have been fifth in 1973 and 1987 and third in 1980 We've got the 'B7 Lola that Emerson Fittipaldi drove to second place last year, and we ll have four new Buick V-6 engines. Dad is enthusiastic about his chances this year ". And this year Cary will have a new perspective as well