The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 12, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 May 1989 — Page 8
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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., May 3, 1989
Sports
Lady Warriors now 7-2 after loss at North Wood
I By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports W riter "They're a good team but overall I don't "think that, they're that much better than we are and I hope that we get another chance against them in the conference match in a couple of weeks, commented Cindy Peterson. Wawasee girls' tennis coach, after seeing the Lady Warriors drop to 7-2 (3-2 in the N'LC) on the season with a .5-0 loss at N’orthWood last night. In number-one singles action yesterday. Wawasee's Nicole Neff dropped a 1-6. 2-6 decision to Jenni Pletcher while teammate Marci Wright was beaten 3-6. 2-6 by Jody Cripe in play at the number-two singles spot At the number-three singles position. Danielle Scholten of the Lady Warriors was defeated 1-6. 0-6 by Shelly Kindig of North Wood. The Lady Warriors numberone doubles team of Suzanne Parr and Kim Carmichael dropped a 1-6. 3-6 match to Jessi Stillson and Gina Culp while the number-two doubles duo of Mary Haffner and Christa Sincroft lost a 1-6.. 0-6 decision to Tif’Tucker and Katie Kendall "We re 7-2 now and I'm not disappointed with the team's play. I just think that we felt the pressure when we realized who we were playing and I believe that we should have won a couple of spots from them." stated
■ft XvC\V»V»»• ♦W? WAvCwI iSw *?&&&** jew iRwSRSS .*B. *‘ . V.V-..M. M/V-Aw I AAV?-*AV> »v •. -. • ■'■ •■• •••>-...». -. .«. ~*<»..■ Jt * X *« V BACKHAND RETURN — Marci Wright, a senior member of the Wawasee girls’ tennis team, follows through after returning a backhand shot during action from her match versus Gina Schermerhorn of West Noble on .Monday Wright posted a 6-3. 6-0 victory to help the I.adv Warriors capture a 5-0 decision over West Noble. Wawasee will return to action tomorrow with a 1:30 match at home versus Warsaw (Photo by Scott David son i
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Peterson after last night's loss. She added that Neff did play a good match at number-one and that the number-one doubles combination also played very well The Lady Warriors will attempt to bounce back from last night's defeat tomorrow afternoon when they host traditional rival Warsaw in a 4.: 30 match at the Wawasee Courts "Warsaw has a very good team and we're going to have to be ready to perform at our best." said Peterson After hosting Warsaw tomorrow. Wawasee will participate in an invitational at DeKalb on Saturday before'traveling to Prairie Heights on Monday for a 4:30 match. The squad, will finish a busy week of play by hosting Northridge on Tuesday < May 9» also at 4:30. Win Over W est Noble Wawasee raised its season mark to 7-1 w ith a 5-0 blanking of visiting West Noble on. Monday afternoon Neff won at number-one singles posting a 6-4. 6-3 victory over Jenny Jackson while Wright (at number-two) captured a 6-3. 6-0 decision over Gina Schermerhorn. Scholten, playing at number-three singles, rounded (>ut the singles victories with a 6-1.6-1 win over Stacey Kay. The Lady Warriors made a clean sweep o/fhe match on Mon day w ith victories at bothdqpbles positions Parr and Carmichael recorded a 6-2. 6-2 win over Car-
Warrior C-team now 2-2 on season The Wawasee baseball C-team. composed of freshmen and sophomores, stands at 2-2 on the season after dropping a 13-8 contest at East Noble on Monday The squad has defeated Warsaw and Goshen while losing to Concord in earlier game action this season: The C-team will next be in action tomorrow with a 4:30 contest at Warsaw
rie Moser and Krista Wellmann while Has f ner and Sincroft turned in a 6-1. 6-2 victory over Lori Jackson and Amy Targgart. The Wawasee JV squad captured three wins during their match on Monday as Kerestin Blunch, Lisa Stookey and Sara Moerchen captured wins in their individual single matches. Defeat Goshen 3-2 The Lady Warriors went to 6-1 on the season (3-1 in NLC) with a 3- conference win at Goshen last Thursday. Neff captured her match at number-one singles with a 6-0. 4- 7-6 < 8-6 > decision over Wendy Wolf. The Lady Warriors dropped the remaining two singles matches as Wright lost a 0-6. 3-6 decision to Diane Smith at numbertwo and Scholten suffered a 4-6. 1-6 setback to Amy Eshelman in play at the number-three singles spot. The Wawasee squad captured the match as both doubles teams came away with victories to give the Lady Warriors the 3-2 win. The number-one doubles duo of Parr and Carmichael won a 6-0. 6-2 decision over Jill Taylor and Chrissy Miller while the numbertwo doubles team of Haffner and Sincroft outlasted Mary -Rodabaugh and Jackie Armstrong for a 6-7 (6-8 >. 6-1. 6-3 victory. Th/WawaseNJV squad fell to 3-4 on the season with a 2-4 loss to Goshen Registering the two victories for the JV team were Michelle Wagoner and Moerchen. both in singles action
Warriors end losing streak with 7-4 win at Bremen
I By St OTTDAX 11 ISDN Sports Writer ”We took advantage of the situations that we had and scored runs and this was a good win for us because they're a good team that had beaten both Goshen and Northridge. ” remarked Wawasee head baseball coach Neal Erantz after seeing the Warriors snap an eight game losing streak with a 7-4 win at Bremen on .Monday . Although the Warriors totaled just five hits (all singles) versus the Lions, they took advantage of nine walks and three errors that the hosts provided them with in order to come away with the W Wawasee scored twice in the top of the first as Erik Stevens hit a ball back to the pitcher that resulted in two runs after the ball was thrown away at first base as the Bremen catcher attempted to turn a double play The Warriors built their lead to 5-0 with a three-run third inning that saw the visitors tally three times with one sitigle. four walks and an error bv the hosts. After Bremen cut the lead to 5-4 after four innings of play. Wawasee was able to take the momentum back with a pair of runs in the sixth inning for the eventual final score of 7-4. With the bases loaded and two outs. Warrior Chris Conkling hit a groundball to second that resulted in a Bremen throwing error and the icing on the cake for Wawasee in the form of two ’insurance' runs. "Those two runs gave us the momentum back and really stopped their rally.” stated Erantz ”We played good defense (no errors > on Monday just like we’ve been doing lately and Chris (Conkling) turned in another strong outing for us on the mound «• J ded Erantz Conkling went the entire way for the Warriors allowing four earned runs on six hits while col lecting the complete game victory Junior Adam Wilson led the Warrior offense as he collected two of the team s five singles The Warriors, now 3-9 on the season <l-5 in the NLCi. will host conference foe Concord today at 4:30 before taking to the road for contests at North Wood on Friday ( at 4:30). at Fort Wayne Concordia on Saturday 'all am start for the doubleheader > and at NLC opponent Plymouth on Monday (another 4:3ostart i. Shutout \t Goshen 5-0 __ The Warriors were able to come up -with just ohF hit. a leadoff bunt single in the sixth inning by Rod Coy. as they dropped to 2-9 on the year with a 5-0 loss at Goshen last Wednesday ' We played good defense and Qonkling pitched well in relief but not going to win if you don’t even get a runner to second
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base. " remarked Frantz who watched his team get shutdown by RedskiH senior right-hander David Lee Lee. who struckout six and walked just one to go to 2-2 on the year, got the only run that he needed in the bottom of the first as teammate David Solyoni doubled, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundout by Jered Prough.
MBH I ‘ • 'sL ■ *jk ALL-ACADEMIC SELECTION — Wawasee senior Anne Pohl is shown in mid-flight while competing in the vault routine during the \ alparaiso Girls' Gymnastics Regional in March. Pohl, who helped the Lady Warriors capture their fourth straight sectional championship during the 19X9 season, was recently selected as one of the members of the Girls' Gymnastics All-Academic State Team. The 16-member squad was chosen to honor gymnasts from around the state based on their academic standing as well as their athletic achievements. (Photo by Mitchell Stinson >
Maxwelton Association holds brunch, begins play today
The Maxwelton Ladies Golf Association opened the 1989 season with a buffet brunch on Wednesday. Aprrl 26. at Illa ni at the Maxwelton clubhouse The in itial gathering of. the 1989 season attracted 30 members the brunch including new members Wendy Johnson. Helen Bunnell' and Linda Stump . Mary Jane Knudsen, president of the association, presided over the meeting and intrixluced Bob _CarlsoiL_jgoif pro, who explained the slope system to those in alien-' dance. During the meeting Knudsen also went over the by laws of the association and also explained the Birdie Tree to members In other business durvng the gathering. Jane Musser tourna-
The host Redskins added their other four runs in the second as Prough laced a two-run double and teammate Erik Gouker followed with a two-run single all w ith two outs in the inning. Conkling relieved starter Coy after two innings and gave up just one hit over the last tour innings while also registering two strikeouts in relief.
ment chairman, read letters from several golf clubs announcing invitationals She also explained the Handicap Tourna ment to members, urging them to participate in the event Each member of« the association received a favor during the meeting and door prizes* were won by Rosie Lantz. Jane Musser. Jackie Morncal. Peg Armstrong. Wendy Johnson. Helen Bunnell and Ann Brooks Lantz, .the grand prize winner, woh a sweatshirt made by Knudsen The first day of play of the 1989 season for the members of the Maxwelton Ladies Golf Association will be today Wednesday) at the course in Syracuse
Golfers record three victories, now 4-2
By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer "The course that we played on was a difficult one and I was pretty pleased with our scores especially the fact that two of our players shot under 40," remarked Gary Goshert, Wawasee boys’ golf coach, after seeing his squad improve to 4-2 on the year with triangular match wins on Monday against Concord and Elkhart Memorial. ■y. The Warriors cOmj.)ined to shoot 166 as a team day's triangular held at the Sims Oak Hills course in Middlebury. The Concord squad shot 172 to finish six strokes behind Wawasee while Elkhart Memorial totaled 175. Junior Mike Tuttle led the Warriors as he captured low medalist honors for the entire field with a score of 38 while senior Doug Nigbor finished right behind his teammate with a 39. Wawasee junior David Schmahl turned in a score of 44 on Monday while senior Mike Leedy and freshman Brent : Baker rounded out the team's performance as each carded a 45. There was no junior varsity action conducted at Monday's triangular match and the Warrior JV squad remains at 2-2 for the season. Wawasee's varsity contingent will travel to Huntington for a match tomorrow while the JV members of the team will be in action at Central Noble. The varsity team members will participate in the Homestead Invitational this Saturday in Fort Wayne beginning at 8 a.m. before the entire team participates in a triangular match on Monday i May 8) with Penn and La Ville at the Tippecanoe Country Club east of Leesburg. The Warriors will continue their busy schedule with a triangular match on Tuesday (May 9) on the road versus Bremen and Northridge. Wawasee Invitational The host Warriors went up against some very fine competition from throughout the Northern Indiana area on Saturday as they served as hosts for the 18-team Wawasee High School Invitational at the South Shore Golf Course in Syracuse. "We took a big step in the right direction with our performance on Saturday," remarked Goshert after .seeing the Warriors number-one team (they fielded two squads for the invitational) turn in a score of 322 to capture ninth place in the very talented field Junior Randy Cesco led the Warriors as he fired a 74, which was good enough to place him just four strokes behind sophomore Scott Hecht of South Bend Riley who captured medalist honors with his even par round of 70 in the invitational. The remaining members of the
Skiles to hold summer basketball camps
The Scott Skiles Basketball Camp for boys and girls ages eight to 18 will again be held in June at the Midwest Sports Com plex located in Donaldson (seven miles west of Plymouth on US 30). Two sessions will be held for boys from June 19-24 and June 25-30. One session for girls will be held June 19-24. In addition to the one week full training camps. Skiles will also be conducting his Shooting Camp the weekend of August 11-13. Skiles will be directing the camps and will be present throughout the entire time at each session. The camp will also feature Rick Majerus, former head coach at Ball State Univer sity, plus other college coaches and pro players. Skiles emphasizes that this isa "hands-on” training camp where the players will be actively learning and playing basketball throughout each day at the camp All instructors will be professional coaches from the college, high school or professional basketball levels Skiles is currently playing with the Indiana Pacers and was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the 1986 draft He holds the Michigan State career record for points <2.1451. assists (645), steals (173) and free throw percentage ( 850> He was the Big Ten’s leading scorer as a senior with a 27.4 average, rankedT^condinthe nation He led Plymouth High School to the 1982 Indiana State Championship with 69 points in the final two games ThedSidwest Sports Complex is located seven miles west of
Wawasee I team, Nigbor, Tuttle, Schmahl and Baker, carded rounds of 80, 84, 84 and 96 to complete the scoring for the numberone fivesome. "Randy (Cesco) had a good day on Saturday and shot well and Doug (Nigbor) showed with his performance that he is starting to reach his old form after an illness during the winter slowed him down," said Goshert. The Warriors number-two team of Leedy, Jerry Hutchinson, Zach Waterson, Jeff Williams and Rob Clingaman fired a total of 382 to place 18th in the field. Leedy led the Wawasee II squad with a round of 92 while Williams (94), Waterson (96), Hutchinson (100) and Clingaman (116) rounded out the scoring for the team. Hecht’s low round of 70 helped Riley take the team title with a total of 292 strokes, which was nine shots better than runner-up South Bend Adams (301). The team from South Bend St. Joseph’s took third with a 304 total while Ft. Wayne Northrop (308), Ft. Wayne Carroll (315), Lakeland (315), Penn (319),
BISBW .v. . . . JI ® 1 ■ArAtn??. ■ ■’ Sl ?* -'A* ’ Jib • , . FOLLOW ING HIS PUTT — Wawasee junior Randy Cesco keeps his eyes on his putt while warming up for the Wawasee High School Invitational last Saturday at South Shore Golf Course. Cesco led the Warriors on Saturday with a round of 74 as the Wawasee I squad finished ninth in the IX-team field. The Warriors currently stand at 4-2 on the season after defeating Concord and Elkhart Memorial on Monday. (Photo by Scott Davidson)
Plymouth on US 30 and also serves as the home of the Billy Williams Baseball School and the Notre Dame Soccer Camp and offers training programs in baseball, basketball and softball on a vear round basis. For more
Brickyard roars to life this Saturday
Practice for the May 28 Indianapolis 500 begins this Saturday when this year’s entrants turn their first laps on the newly paved two and a half mile oval at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway The 107 entries exceeds last year’s total of 92. but falls short of the record 117 set in 1984 In all. 35 veterans, including nine former winners representing 20 "500” victories, and 13 rookies have been assigned to rides in their quest for a starting spot in the 33-car Race Day field. The former winners include A.J. Foyt (1961. 64. 67. 77). Al Unser (1970. 71. 78. 87). Johnny Rutherford (1974 . 76. 80L Rick Mears (1979. 84. 88 >. Gordon Johncock (1873. 82). Mario An dretti (1969). Tom Sneva (1983). Danny Sullivan < 1985) and Bobby Rahal (1986 > The rookies include USAI sprint car and Silver Crown champion Steve.Butlfr. PPG In dy Car World Series veterans Dale Coyne. Jean Pierre Frey. John ( Jones. Bernard Jourdain. Scott Pruett, and Didier Theys
Elkhart Central (322), Wawasee I (322), Mishawaka (324), Columbia City (330), Goshen (333), Ft. Wayne Southside (337), Fairfield (342), Chesterton (350), Elkhart Memorial (361), Garrett (365) and Wawasee II (382) rounded out the team standings. Win Over Manchester The Warriors evened their season mark at 2-2 with a victory at South Shore last Thursday as they outshot Manchester 166 to 195. Baker, who captured low medalist honors during the dual match, led the Warriors with a 39 while Cesco (40), Schmahl (43), Tuttle (44) and Leedy (45) completed the scoring for the Warrior varsity. The Wawasee junior varsity squad also went to 2-2 on the year as they shot their lowest total of the season, 186. to easily outdistance the Manchester JV. who totaled 212. Hutchinson led the JV squad with a 42 while teammates Waterson, Clingaman and Williams all carded scores of 48 to complete the Warriors total of 186.
information about the Skiles Basketball Camp or to register, interested persons should call (312) 655-1711 or 936-7529. or write to Midwest Sports Complex, Box 699. Hinsdale; 111. 60522 for more details
Newcomers Michael Greenfield, Guido Dacco, Scott Harrington. Buddy Lazier, Steve Saleen and Kevin Whitesides make their first attempt to qualify for the 73rd May classic. The sanctioning United States Auto Club conducted its rookie orientation program April 28-3fh for all newcomers Opening day festivities begin Saturday with the Mayor's Breakfast at the Indiana Conven tion Center and proceed to the Speedway for opening ceremonies at approximately noon Following the festivities, the-cars will take to the track and practice until 6 p.m Practice continues daily from 11 a m. to 6 p.m with a two dollar admission fee and qualifications are set for May 13-14 and May 20-21 with a Jive dollar general admission charge The fastest 33 cars will line up behind the 20th Anniversary Pon tiac Trans Am driven by Bobby Unser for an D a m Race Dav start