The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 11, Milford, Kosciusko County, 26 April 1989 — Page 8

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., April 26,1989

Sports

Lady netters drop first, match, now 5-1 on season

|| By SCOTT DAVIDSON ? Sports H l iter The Wawasee girls' tennis team saw its win streak snapped at five matches as they suffered their first loss of the 'B9 campaign 5-0 at Plymouth last night "It was just one of those nights where we didn't have the mental toughness and it showed." commented head coach Cindy Peterson. Nicole Nett was defeated by

- I | / '■Br pipwyyiw sill & i * 1 -’’l. ' **>• BBJMMHNMHMHMRHHHMHHHMBfIiHHHHBaBMu... A SMOOTH STROKE — Wawasee senior Marti Wright returns a shot during her 6-2. 6-1 victory over Alica Langohr of Central Noble last Friday. Wright, the number-two singles player for the Lady Warriors, helped the team record a 5-0 win over Central Noble with her straight set victory. The squad will see its next action at home on Monday ' May l> with a 1:30 pin. match versus West Noble. (Photo by Scott Davidson I

Local bowlers qualify for regionals

Twenty-two local bowlers qualified to advance to the Regionals of the White River Games with then performances in the Sectionals held recently at the Wawasee Bowl in Syracuse The bowlers who qualified to participate in the Regionals. to be held on Saturday. June 24. at Pro Bowl West, are Christy Swihart. Lana Walton. Jodi Kleeman. Vai Weinstein. Donna Sherwood. Marilyn Ze! linger. Ellen Slabaugh. Belen Tavlor. Phyllis

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Lisa Edison 0-6, 1-6 in numberone singles play last night after playing throughout the match with a racquet that was broken during warm-ups. The Lady Warriors also dropped the numbertwo singles match as Marci W right was beaten 5-7. 2-6 by Deb Singrey and the number-three singles match as Christy Sincroft dropped a 0-6. 0-6 decision to Stacy Hissong. The Wawasee number-one doubles combination of Kim Car-

Gerstner. Andy Young and Jerry Hutchinson Other bowlers qualifying for the Regionals were Zac Cook. Dale Mort. Bryon Weinstein. Steve Swinehart, Mike Zellingen Harold Nicolai. Barry Miller. Dick Taylor, Tom White. Thomas Gerstner and Bob Thwaits. The bowling state finals, as part of the White River Games, will be held at the Woodland Bowlin Indianapolis on July 8-9

michael and Suzanne Parr were defeated 6-0, 4-6, 1-6 by Nicole Kralobansky and Nancy Nixon while the number-two doubles duo of Mary Haffner and Danielle Scholten were beaten 2-6, 1-6 by the Plymouth team of Lori Bowman and Julia Cardinal The W'awasee JV squad lq§t 9-0 to Plymouth last night to see their record even out at 3-3 on the season. "We had a long talk after last night's loss because we re a better team than we showed and hopefully now we'll be ready to face Goshen tomorrow.” stated Peterson. The squad will return to action tomorrow with a 4:30 match at conference foe Goshen before traveling to Fairfield on Friday to make up a match that was rained out on April 17. The LadyWarriors will entertain West Noble on Monday before going to North Wood on Tuesday for a key NLC match with the Lady Panthers: The Fairfield. West Noble and North Wood matches are all scheduled for 4:30 starts. Defeat Central Noble 5-0 The Lady Warriors ran their season opening win streak to five matches with an easy 5-0 victoryover Central Noble at home on Friday. "The girls are starting to gain their confidence and are beginning to play better." said Peterson after the victory. Neff breezed to victory at number-one singles winning 6-0. 6-0 over Amy Hague while teammates Wright and Sincroft also captured straight set victories Wright (playing number-two> defeated Alica Langohr 6-2. 6-1 while Sincroft (at number-three) won a 6-0. 6-2 decision over Tina Ott of Central Noble The Wawasee doubles combinations of Carmichael and Parr < number-one) and Haffner and Scholten (number-two) also defeated their opponents on Friday in straight sets. Carmichael and Parr captured a 6-2. 6-1 win over Tina Hartman and Tina Blevins while Haffner and Scholten were winners over Patti Ranh and Mindy Myers by scores of 6-1, 6-3. The JV squad upped its season mark to 3-2 as they also turned in a 5-0 victory over Central Noble Kerestin Blunch. Lisa Stookey and Cindy Cobbum captured wins in singles action for the junior varsity while the doubles duos of Michelle Wagoner and Sara Moerchen and Christy Smith and Beth Luensman were also win ners

Girls' track team loses tri-meet, ties at Bremen

I By MITCHELL STIXSOX Sports Writer The Lady Warriors track team came out on the short end of a trimeet against Warsaw and Goshen Monday. April 24. Goshen's Lady Redskins came out on top with a score of 56 while Warsaw was second with 51. Wawasee pulled up the rear with a total of 41. Lisa Mikel led the Lady Warriors. - placing first in the 100-meter dash <12.7) and the 200-meter dash (26.9) Other first

Victory Over Concord 3-2 The Lady Warriors went to 4-0 on the season with a 3-2 victoryover Concord last Thursday at home in their opening conference match of the 'B9 campaign. "This was a tough conference win and a good one for us to get." remarked a happy Pe'terson afte*the long (almost three hours) match was concluded Wawasee captured the number-one singles match as Neff defeated Erin Martin 6-2, 6-1 The squad also was victorious at the number-two singles spot as Wright won 6-4. 6-1 over Gina Smith of Concord. At the number-

■w £ bJSM 1 PL .Wf ’ w H • r. -< r*S EYES ON THE BALL —- Sophomore Nicole Neff keeps her eyes on her toss of the ball as she prepares to serve during action from the Lady Warriors victory over Central Noble last Friday. Neff, playing at the number-one singles position, captured a 6-0. 6-0 win oxer Amy Hague to help the Lady Warriors post a 5-0 victory . (Photo bv.Scott Davidson)

place finishers for Wawasee were Lori Gargett. in the 1.600-meter run and Kriss Eisenhour. in the 300-meter low hurdles. Wawasee stayed fairly close in the meet despite competing without its stalwart longdistance runner. Jennifer Titus, who was injured earlier in the week Coach Troy Akers s;iid his team rose to the occasion against a couple of conference contenders "We did well against two teams that were favored." he said Wawasee s girls tied Bremen's Lady Lions 59-59 in a road meet Thursday. April 20 Mikel chalk

three singles position, Wawasee’s Sincroft dropped a grueling 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-7 (5-7) decision to Stephanie Pedlen in a match that lasted over two and a half hours. in doubles action versus Concord. the Lady Warriors duo of Carmichael and Parr defeated Missy Kilmer and Michelle MaKimento 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) in number-one action while the number-two doubles team of Haffner and Scholten suffered a 4-6, 2-6 loss to Concord’s Mai Trinh and Theresa Hey. The JV squad was defeated by Concord and saw its record even at 2-2 on the season.

ed up her usual victories in the sprints, including a school record 26.2 seconds in the' 300-meter dash. "If you think positive, a tie is like a win,” Akers said. If you think negative, it's like a loss." The Bremen meet was overshadowed when Titus collapsed on the track after building a big lead in the 3,200-meter run. Akers said she had been having trouble with a kidney infection but that muscle spasms may have caused her demise. "She was holding her back and I told her Why don't you pull out, it's riot worth it.' " Akers said. "She said she wanted to finish. " Akers said Titus will be out for an undetermined time and that the team has a, "big question mark" in the her specialty, the 3.200- run. The Lady Warriors had a couple fine individual performances at the Northrop Invitational on Saturday, April 22 Kriss Eisenhour led the way with a third-place finish in the 300-meter low hurdles while Lisa Mikel took fourth in the 100-meter dash and fifth in the 200-meter dash. Goshen 56. Warsaw 51, Wawasee II 100-Meter Low Hurdles: IstBerry ( Warsaw), 15.34; 100-. Meter Dash: Ist-Mikel (Wawasee), 12.7; 1,600-Meter Run: Ist-Gargett (Wawasee), 5:53; 400-Meter Relay: IstWarsaw, 52.45 ; 400-Meter Run: Ist-White (Warsaw), 1:02.28; 300-Meter l.ow Hurdles: IstEisenhour (Wawasee), 48.9; XOO-Meter Run: Ist-Irvine (Warsaw), 2:36.1; 200-Meter Dash: Ist-Mikel (Wawasee), 26.9; 3.200- Run: Ist-Esch (Goshen), 13:14.6; -1,600-Meter Relay: Ist-Goshen, 4:15.13; High Jump: Ist Berry (Warsaw), 4-10; Long Jump. Ist Vanderiden (Goshen), 16-2 :1 i; Shot Put: IstWilfong (Goshen), 36 1 Discus: Ist-Wilfong (Goshen), 100-10'a.

L,» KJtJte.jhiU ~-n tUi > » - m i|r • JU„ * FT st ? ... * rs SCORING A RUN — Wawasee sophomore Ab Edmonds slides safely into home during action from the junior varsity squad's 6-4 win over Plymouth last Friday at home. The JV squad, currently 6-1 on the season, will travel to Goshen for a game today before returning home on Friday to face Northridge in a 4:30 p.m. contest. The team will also host Elkhart Central in a doubleheader on Saturday scheduled to get underway at 11 a.m. (Photo by Scott Davidson)

JV baseball team defeats Warsaw for 4th straight win

I By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer

"I feel good about the way the team has played and I think that we're gaining confidence but we've got four tough games to play this week and those will show us wher.e we're at,” remarked Jerry Hawkins. Wawasee junior varsity baseball coach, after seeing the Warriors capture a 10-2 victory at Warsaw on Monday for their fourth straight win The JV squad, now 6-1 on the season, jumped on Warsaw early Monday as a two-run single in the first by Jason Mickley and a three-run double in the second byBrent Zartman quickly gave the Warriors a 5-0 lead and control of the game. Mickley went the distance on the mound for the Wdrriors giving up just two unearned runs and three hits in addition to fanning 12 Tiger hitters. "Jason just pitched a great game and shut them down from start to finish," commented Hawkins. The Warriors offense was paced by the two-hit efforts of Zartman, Tim Schwartz. Ab Edmonds and Jerry Smith. Zartman totaled four runs-batted-in for the victors while Mickley added three. "This was our best outing of the season in my opinion because we were facing a good team and we, handled them from the start." emphasized Hawkins The JV squad will begin a verybusy week of play with a contest at Goshen this afternoon at 4:30 before hosting Northridge on Friday (also at 4:30) and Elkhart Central on Saturday in a doubleheader scheduled to. start at 11 am. The Warriors will return to the road on Monday for a game at Bremen before traveling to face West Noble on Tuesday. Both games are scheduled to begin at 4:30. Defeat Plymouth 6-4 "Things went our way enough to come up with the win." stated Hawkins after seeing the Warriors battle back from a 3-0 deficit last Friday to edge visiting Plymouth 6-4 Wawasee fell behind 3-2 after the first inning of action before knotting the game at 3-3 with-a single run in the fourth After falling back behind 4-3. the Warriors took the lead on a two-run single' by Mickley in the home half of the fifth before adding an insurance run in the sixth as’Edmonds tripled and then scored "We came through in clutch

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situations and that was enough to get the victory," said Hawkins. Wawasee picked up just four hits but made enough of them to give Zartman the pitching victory. Win Over Whitko 10-4 The visiting Warriors pounded out 11 hits and held the hosts to just four as they raised their record to 4-1 with a 10-4 win at Whitko last Thursday. With the score tied at 1-1, Wawasee put the game away with a three-run fourth inning followed by three more tallies in the fifth fora 7-2 lead. The offense was paced by the two-hit efforts of Zartman. Schwartz and Brian Schwab while Zartman collected thr<e runs-batted-in and Ben Ringler added two. Mickley and Ringler combined on the four-hitter for the victorywhile registering nine strikeouts. Victory Over North Wood 4-3 "We kept it close and the guys

Wawasee grads take first in college bodybuilding contest

Josh Lantz and Kristi Parsons, both 1988 graduates of Wawasee High School and currently freshmen at Ball State University. captured first place in the couples competition during the Ball State Bodybuilding Contest held on Thursday. April 13. The contest, which began at Ball State in 1968, featured 15 men competing for the title of Mr. Ball State with 11 women vying for the Ms. Ball State title The couples competition, added to the contest this year, allowed the men and women to compete together as a couple. The pairs were judged on their unity as far as routine and physique, in addition to being evaluated separately. Lantz and Parsons, who began training for the competition last summer, both agreed that it was easier to perforin as a couple in order someone else on the stage with them. "I was more relaxed and it was a lot more fun," commented Parsons, who also finished sixth in the women's overall results. “It was neat to be the first couple to win the couples competition, " added Lantz. The bodybuilding competition, held in the Emens Auditorium on the Bali State campus, is sponsored by the Weightlifting and Fitness Club (formerly the BSU

thought they coulcf'wjp andtfeey pulled it out," said Hawkins after the hosts rallied from a 3-0 deficit early in the game to defeat the Panthers 4-3 in eight innings last Wednesday. The host Warriors, down 3-0, scored to make it 3-1 after four innings before a two-run rally in the bottom of the seventh tied the game at 3-3 and sent it into extra innings. After retiring North Wood in the top of the eighth, the Warriors won the game in the bottom of the frame as Schwartz (who had walked and then stole second and third) scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Aaron Sincroft. Edmonds and Smith each recorded two hits for the Wawasee offense while Doug Stump got the victory on the mound as he gave up just five hits to the Panthers while striking out eight.

Weightlifting Club) along with its faculty adviser, Phillip Dunn. According to Dunn, the contestants in the contest were judged on size, muscularity, definition and symmetry. Dunn stressed that the competition has grown by great lengths over the years. This year the contest was covered for the first time by "Muscle” and “Physique” magazines and by WIPB's (the Muncie public television station) Campus Report Card program. The competition was also professionally videotaped for the first time this year. Parsons, the daughter of Steve and Judy Parsons of Pierceton, is majoring in exercise science at Ball State and currently holds a 4.0 (on a 4.0 scale) grade-point average after graduating from Wawasee last year -in the top 10 percent of her class. Lantz, the son of Mrs. David (Sharron) Lantz of Syracuse, is majoring in architecture with an urban planning emphasis at Ball State and he currently has a 3.5 g.p.a. He also graduated in the top 10 percent of his class from Wawasee in 1988. Parsons and Lantz, who worked out twice a day to prepare for the bodybuilding competMipn, plan to continue competing in contests this summer and next year as well.