The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 11, Milford, Kosciusko County, 26 April 1989 — Page 9

Sports

Warriors drop close games, stand at 2-8 on the season

(By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer “Close but no cigar." could be the appropriate way to sum up the fortunes of the Wawasee varsity baseball team during the past week of play. The squad, now 2-8 on the season, dropped five games by a total of 10 runs including a 5-4 loss at conference rival. Warsaw oh Monday. “We played a good game and I think that we've played well in our last four games, just not quite well enough to win." remarked head coach Neal Frantz after seeing his squad lose a heartbreaker to the Tigers. Wawasee jumped on the hosts early on Monday as starting pitcher Adam Wilson blasted a tworun home run in the second inning for a 2-0 Warrior lead. After Warsaw knotted the score at 2-2 with two unearned runs in the fourth inning, the Warrior offense responded in the fifth as Erik Stevens stroked a two-run double to give his squad a 4-2 advantage. The host Tigers responded with their own form of firepower in the bottom of the fifth as Jeff Fitzgerald connected for a two-run “tater” of his own to tie the game at 4-4. With the game still tied at 4-4 after six innings of play, the Warriors threatened in the seventh by getting a man to second with just one out before reliever Jeff Szymanski shut the door by getting Chris Conkling and Stevens out to end the inning. The bottom of the seventh saw quite an unusual finish as the game looked to be headed for extra innings after the Warriors got two outs with a Warsaw runner reaching second. After Wawasee intentionally walked Fitzgerald to put runners on first and second. relief pitcher Rod Coy (who entered the game in the sixth i struck out the next Tiger hitter but the ball was not held cleanly by the catcher and the runner reached first as the throw was bobbled during the attempted putout. With the bases loaded. Warsaw's Bill LaNoue stroked a game winning single to give the hosts the 5-4 win. “Even though we've lost seven in a row, I still feel good about the team and we just have to continue to build on the good things that we re doing and work to correct our mistakes I think that we'll continue to play well and hopefully things will start falling our waj in the win column soon." said Frantz.

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The Warriors will look to end their seven-game losing skid this afternoon at Goshen before facing Northridge at home on Friday and traveling to Bremen for a game on Monday. All three of the NLC contests are scheduled to get underway at 4:30 p.m. Doubleheader Loss To Manchester The visiting Warriors saw their season mark dip to 2-7 as they dropped a pair of 5-4 decisions to the Manchester Squires on Saturday. In the opener, Wawasee jumped out to a 4-1 lead before the hosts battled back to eventually take the lead (and the victory) with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning to make it 5-4. Chris Conkling was saddled with the loss on the mound despite allowing just two earned runs in the contest. The Warrior offense recorded just five hits as Fred Crouch, Kevin Manning, Adam Wilson. Conkling and Kermit Kropf all recorded singles. Wilson collected two runs-batted-in while Crouch and Conkling .drove in the other two Warrior tallies. The Warriors came out strong once again versus Manchester in the second game grabbing a 4-0 lead with two runs in the first and two more in the second inning. The hosts responded with a four-run rally in the fifth to knot the score at 4-4 as Andrew Cornell tied the game by blasting a tworun homer. The contest remained tied until the 11th inning although Mancheste threatened with scoring opportunities in the 7th and 10th that were shut down by Chad Cotton, who relieved Wawasee starting pitcher Manning in the 7th. Manchester captured the victory in the bottom of the 11th as Cornell singled in the gamewinning run to give the Squires the sweep of the doubleheader. The Warriors collected nine hits (six in the first two innings) with Jay Koontz. Conkling and Erik Stevens each belting two. The Warrior's Geoff Coburn, a sophomore outfielder, sustained an ankle injury in the second contest during a stolen base attempt and will be lost for the season, according to Frantz, Setback To Plymouth "A- disappointing loss,” stated Frantz after the Warriors dropped a 4-1 game to Plymouth last

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Friday at home. Wawasee grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second on a sacrifice fly by Conkling and the contest remained that way until the visitors rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh to take home the 4-1 win. After the Pilgrims tied the game at 1-1, pitcher Lance Weidner snapped the tie with a two-run homer to give the visitors the lead and himself the victory on the mound. Rod Coy,„ despite fanning 11 batters in six and two-thirds innings. took the pitching loss for the Warriors. “Rod gave us a real ’ good effort," commented Frantz. The Warriors recorded just four hits on Friday including

In dual match play —

Golf team beaten by Elkhart Central

By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer In their opening dual match of the season, the Wawasee boys’ golf team was defeated by

Boys' tracksters fall to powerful Plymouth

IBy MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer The Wawasee Warriors boys' track team fell to a highly-ranked Plymouth Pilgrims squad in trimeet action Tuesday. Plymouth took first with 82 points, followed by Wawasee at 67 and Bremen with 10. The Warriors’ record stands at 4-1 in the conference and 4-3 overall. Wawasee tracksters who came away with first-place finishes included Andy Eberly (100-meter dash), Garrett Ponciroli (shot put), Tim Edwards (high jump). John Karesh (long jump) and Scott Rozow (pole vault). Karesh and Rozow teamed with Andy Keener and Mike Foy to give

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doubles by Justin DeSomer, Conkling and Koontz. Loss To North Wood “They just beat us,” remarked Frantz after the Warriors dropped a 7-3 contest to North Wood at home last Wednesday. The visiting Panthers, who went to 7-3 with the win, took a quick 5-0 lead after two innings of play and never looked back. The North Wood squad tallied 13 hits off of Wilson and Conkling with the big blows being home runs off the bat of Brent Warren and Brad Rhoade. The Warriors tallied single runs in the third, fifth and seventh innings as Manning and Jeff Cowan led the offense with a double and a single apiece for the hosts.

Elkhart Central during action last night at the Christiana Creek Country Club in Elkhart. The visiting Warriors carded a total of 178 while the host Blue Blazers registered a 173 to take the victory.

Wawasee a first in the 400-meter relay. “It was a closer meet than the score showed." said Warriors coach Jerry Minton. "We ran well and jumped well.” The Warriors placed ninth in a field of 26 teams at the Goshen Relays Saturday, April 22. Tim Edwards highlighted the Wawasee effort, taking first place in the high jump with a leap of six feet, six inches. He bettered that record by one inch at the trimeet Tuesday evening. The Warriors next big meet will be on Monday, May 1. when they host the Warrior Relays, Included on the list of*participating

Beanballs and brawls

By HANK AARON Fights have never become as mych a problem in baseball as they are in other sports, and that's a good thing. I've seen players get seriously hurt, their careers endangered by injuries suffered in on-the-field fights. When I was playing, I felt like my job was to play baseball, not to fight. But when our bench emptied out onto the field during a brawl, I went too. That’s part of being a team player. Instead of looking for someone to punch, however, I always went out there with the idea of being a peacemaker: Some players are more likely than others to get in fights. Billy Martin had that reputation when he played for the Yankees, long before becoming a manager. On the Braves teams of the 'sos, we had a great little guy named Johnny Logan: Johnny was a pep perpot shortstop who thought people picked on him. He was a guy who wouldn't take much

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GOLF TOURNAMENT WINNERS — A total of 36 golfers, nine teams, participated in the Gamma Sigma Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority golf tournament for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. The tournament, a scramble, was held Saturday, April 22, at Maxwelton Golf Club, Syracuse. OverS6oo w as raised for the hospital. Shown in the photo are members of two of the three teams with the lowest scores; placing first in Flight A and Flight B where two teams tied for first place.

The Warriors, now 1-2 on the season, were led by junior David Schmahl's score of 41 during last night's setback. The Wawasee JV squad also lost to Elkhart Central last night as the Blue Blazers totaled 178

schools are Northridge, North Wood, Tippecanoe Valley and Manchester. Manchester was one of the favorites at the Goshen Relays and the rest of the field looks solid as well. "All five teams are going to be pretty competitive.” Minton said. Plymouth 82, Wawasee 67, Bremen 10 Wawasee top finishers - High Hurdles:2nd-Page; 100-Meter Dash: Ist-Eberly; 400-Meter Relay: Ist-Wawasee (Keener, Karesh, Rozow, Foy); Shot Put: Ist-Ponciroli; High Jump: IstEdwards; Long Jump: IstKaresh; Pole Vault: Ist-Rozow.

from an opponent, and he'd fight anyone. After one of his fights, we'd all get hot and go on a winning streak. These days the majority of fights begin as a result of a pitcher throwing 4 at a hitter. Most players understand that such things as hard slides into second base to break up a double play are just part of the game. But when a pitcher intentionally throws at a hitter, that brings up some anger. t\ pitcher can brush a player back or even knock him down without throwing at his head. Now it s one thing to be hit by a wild thrower, but there was a time when I was hit in the head by two pitchers who I thought had excellent control. Elroy Face of the Pirates hit me and the next .day his teammate Vernon Law got me. There was another time when 1 was hit by Stan Williams, a big guy who threw very hard. There are ways to get back at a pitcher who is throwing at you. I've known players who would bunt the ball down the first base line. The first baseman charges towards home to field the ball and the pitcher has to run over to first to take the throw. The batter and the pitcher converge on first base and elbows, shoulders or spikes are used to repay wayward pit ches. That's not a very good way to get even. What if you bunt the ball right back to the pitcher'.’ All you are then is an easy out 1 found that the only way I could get back personally at the pitcher was to hit the-next pitch out of the park or at least make sure I got a base hit. That tells the pitcher that throwing at you is not going to solve his problem

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while the Warriors registered a score of 219. Freshman Brent Baker and sophomore Jerry Hutchinson led the JV team as each shot 54 for Wawasee. The JV squad is now also 1 -2 on the season. The golf team will swing back into play tomorrow with a 4 p.m. match at home versus Manchester before hosting the Wawasee Invitational on Saturday (starting at 8 am.) at South Shore. The Warriors will travel to Elkhart on Monday for a dual match with Elkhart Memorial also scheduled to tee-off at 4 p.m. Versus Riley and Fairfield The Warriors began their home season on Monday with a triangular match at South Shore with South Bend Riley and Fairfield. The visiting squad from Riley carded a team total of 162 while the host Warriors were right behind at 163 and the Fairfield contingent was third with a 179 total. In individual play for Wawasee, Mike Tuttle registered the low round (as well as the low score of the day) with a 36. Randy Cesco and Doug Nigbor each shot a 40 while varsity squad teammates Schmahl and Baker shot 47 and 50 respectively. In junior varsity action on Monday. Riley totaled 170 as a team while Wawasee shot 199 and the Fairfield JV squad totaled 207. The low JV medalist was Chad Freid of Riley who shot a 38 while the Warriors were paced by the round of 46 recorded by Zach Waterson. The remaining Wawasee JV golfers, Hutchinson, Jeff Williams and Rob Clingaman registered scores of 48, 50,55 to round out the team's total of 199. Lafayette Jeff Invitational The junior and senior members of the Warriors registered a team score of 341 on Saturday to capture 13th in the 15-team field at the Lafayette Jefferson Invitational Cesco led the squad on Saturday with an 83 and teammates Tuttle (84), Schmahl (86), Leedy (88) and Nigbor (94) rounded out the individual efforts for the Warriors. ' The players improved their scores over the previous week and that's an encouraging sign.” commented Goshert David Rush of Carmel captured top individual honors at the Lafayette Jeff Invitational with his round of 71 while Culver’ Military Academy took the team Club grapplers place at New Castle Some Wawasee Wrestling Club grapplers made their mark at Saturday's Kew Castle Wrestling Club Tournament. Chris Requejo placed second in the 94'2-pound division (fl the Cadet age group Teammate Jeremy Doerr took second in the 167 pound class of the Cadet division Scott Ousley was third at 92 pounds in the Midget division and Brian Dutcher placed third in the 119-pound class of the School Boy division

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

Standing in front are Greg Leach and Tom Thornburg, members of the Flight A team; Bob Carlson, golf pro; Kathy West, sorority chapter president; and Barb Griffith, event chairwoman. Standing in back are Hal Traviolia and Mike Mangas, Flight A team members; Ron Schrock and Jack Leathermen members of one of the Flight B teams placing first. Not present were Bruce Miller and Craig Miller, team members with Schrock and Leatherman; and Craig Marton, Jeff Abbott, Jay Fetter and K. O’Brien. (Photo by Deb Patterson)

title with a score of 311. The squad from North Central finished in second with a total of 315 while Carmel (317), Terre Haute South (319), Seymour (320), Michigan City Elston (324), Homestead (326), Lake Central (328), Brownsburg (328)', Warsaw (331), Lafayette Jeff (339), Logansport (340), Wawasee (341), Rensselaer (365) and Lawrence Central (381) LaVille Freshmen-Sophomore Invitational The five freshmen and sophomore members of the Wawasee boys’ golf team turned in a fine effort on Saturday as they captured a fourth place finish in the 16 team LaVille Freshmen Sophomore Invitational held at the Sprig-O-Mint course in Bremen. “Our top three players shot

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very respectable scores and the guys should really feel good about their performance,” commented coach Gary Goshert. Freshman Baker not only led the Warriors on Saturday with his round of 83 but he also came away as the individual medalist for the invitational with his effort. Sophomore Hutchinson registered a 90 for Wawasee while classmates Waterson (92), Williams (104) and Clingaman (117) rounded out the individual efforts for the Warriors. The Warriors team total of 369 earned them the fourth place finish in the team standings as Northridge took top honors with a score of 356. The squad from Warsaw totaled 361 to take second place while Concord also totaled 361 to finish in third place.

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