The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 12, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 May 1989 — Page 9
Sports
Boys' track team places third at Warrior Relays
I By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer The Wawasee Warriors boys' track team finished in the middle of the pack at the ninth annual Warrior Relays on Monday, May 1. North Wood took first with 123 points, Manchester was second at 118 and Wawasee finished third with 73. The rest of the field consisted of Northridge (50) points and Tippecanoe Valley (31 points). "We didn't run too bad," said Warriors coach Jerry Minton. ■ We just didn’t have the depth we needed.” Tim Edwards highlighted the Wawasee effort with a first place
Bowling and football
By JIM DRESSEL While the pro football players gather in Hawaii for the 1988 NFL Pro Bowl (if the strike permits) a group of youngsters will be involved in a Hawaii showdown of their own. the Super Bowling Championship. And not all the football stars will be across town. Such former stars as Bob Griese, Paul Hornung, and a bevy of others could well be on hand for the big bowling bash, brainchild of the NFL Alumni, the group of former professional football players, and the Young American Bowling Alliance. Sponsored by Brunswick Corp., the handicap competition is open to all YABA league bowlers, starting with an Oct. 10-18 qualifying test at local centers throughout the country. Winners advance to a Nov. 21 state finals, then the regionals and finally the Feb. 6 finals in Honolulu. It’s the first tournament open to all YABA members, and a total of $42,000 will be doled out in scholarships in the national finals, which will be accompanied by plenty of sports stars and various other celebrities. It'll be a big one. And it's one of the many exciting junior programs being hatched over at YABA headquarters in Greendale, Wis. these days. Here and there — After two tour victories to close out the summer tour, Mark Roth is perched scant inches away from one of pro bowling s biggest records Earl Anthony's career earning mark — and is ready to take a giant step with perhaps his next cashing performance. Roth won the $16,000 title in the Buffalo Open, then hurried off to Canada for a $15,000 victory in Rothmans Number 7 Invitational, a match
Softball team falls to defending state champs
I By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer The Lady Warriors softball team hung tough with the-defen-ding state champions for awhile but ended up losing a 10-4 decision to Northridge’s Lady Raiders on Tuesday. "We could have had them last night but we just had five hits and we stranded a lot of runners,” said Lady Warriors coach Mark Timpe. The score stood at 5-3 going into the bottom of the fifth inning but the Lady Raiders then pul the game out of reach with a four-run outburst. Wawasee’s squad dropped to 2,6 with the loss while Nor-
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finish in the high jump. His leap of six feet was two inches higher than his nearest competitor. Garrett Ponciroli took second in the discus and the shot put while Wawasee teammate Scott Rozow placed second in the pole vault. W'awasee relay teams took seconds in the 3,200-meter relay and the sprint relay. Minton said his team may have been looking past the ■ relays towards tonight's (Wednesday) big home tri-meet with Warsaw and North Wood. Wawasee and North Wood both sport 5-1 records and need victories to stay within striking distance of undefeated Plymouth. Minton said the Warriors will be more competitive against North Wood this time. “It will be a close meet," he
play event reminiscent of the old Championship Bowling series. With the two wins, Roth slipped past the $1.2 million mark in his career earnings; Anthony has $1.25 million, and Roth confidently predicts he'll pass Earl up on the fall tour ... A federal Court has upheld the American Bowling Congress’ refusal to recognize the 900 series of Glenn Allison, which he shot in 1982 in a league in California. Allison, an ABC Hall of Famer, challenged the ABC ruling in the courts, but will not pursue it any longer. “I did it. and the ABC can’t change that,” said Allison . . . Ebonite has just signed reigning Bowler of the Year Walter Ray Williams Jr. to its Staff of Champions. Williams is also a world horseshoe pitching champion, so if Ebonite ever starts manufacturing horseshoes, it's already covered . . . The National Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Louis, a “must-see" for even the most casual bowling fan, set attendance records this summer. The museum, located in the quadrangle next to Busch Stadium, is open daily, and there is a nominal adrpission charge . According to a recent ABC release, mixed leagues now make up 70.2 percent of all sanctioned league play It would be hard to dispute bowling’s claim as the most social sport extent. . . ABC Hall of Famer Sam Weinstein ha,s begun his 53rd year on Chicago radio with his "Tenpin Tattler" bowling broadcasts. Weinstein is practically a living Windy City legend with his longevity in the radio industry, not to mention the bowling industry . . . 'Til next time, keep ’em rollin’ as the late Andy Varipapa always used to say. It was good advice then, and it still holds true today.
thridge improved its record to 5-3. Earlier in the week, the Lady Warriors tasted victory in a 10-3 win over the Tippecanoe Valley Lady Vikings. Wawasee pitcher Michelle Coy limited the opposition to just two hits, while striking out four. Evelyn Stricklin highlighted the Lady Warriors offensive attack. going 3-3 with three RBI. One of those hits was a basesclearing triple. Jennifer Brumbaugh complemented Stricklin’s efforts by scoring three runs. Wawasee’s softball girls will return to action to on Thursday. May 4, with a home contest against the Warsaw Lady Tigers. That will be followed by a game at Tippecanoe Valley.
500 series: L Swope 538, S Flanagan 518, P Flanagan 545. B Knisley 578 D Dean 583. D Weisser 518. K Byrket 596 R Ogburn 539 450 series K Kenney 451 K Dean 494, B Meajis 467, N. Briggs 452, M Green 457 200 games L Swope 215 D Tucker 21 I B Knisley 215. S Richmond 235. 210. D Dean 237. D Beisser 210. K Byrket 226 R Ogburn 209 203 160 games K Senders 160 N Swope 175. 163 160. S Bucher 160. S Schmucker 172 S Flanagan 183, 179 K Kenney 170 K Dean 188 P Blosser 163 K Pauwels 166 B Means 184 165. N Briggs 174, K Byrket 191, 179. J Mose' 174, M Green 179, C Ogburn 177 Sp i v SendersJL 8. Me Iv in Green fle 1 d 3 10 William Greenfield 2 7. Doug Weisser -2 47 10 Brian Knisley 25 7. Kris Byrket 25 7 LaDonna Hall 2 7 Ron Moser 5 10 David Massengill 3 10, Ken Patton 7 9. Chris
said. "A regular track meet is a lot different from a relay.” The meet was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but Minton was able to get it changed to tonight. It would have been taxing for North Wood and Wawasee to have to compete two nights in a row. ft “I think probably now, it will give us both a better chance as far as Warsaw was concerned," Minton said. Warrior Relays Ist-NorthWood, 123; 2ndManchester, 118; 3rd-Wawasee, 73; 4th-Tippecanoe Valley, 31; sth-Northridge, 50. Long Jump: Ist-Bazzoni (Manchester), 20-4; 2nd-Ihnen (Manchester), 20-1; Urd-Kern (North Wood 19-10 3 4. Discus: Ist-Greenawalt (North Wood 147-6*2; 2nd-Ponciroli (Wawasee), 155-6; 3rd-Deal (Manchester), 133-7. 3,200-Relay: Ist-Manchester, 7:52.2; 2nd-Wawasee, 8:30.5; 3rdNorth Wood. 8:43.8. Sprint Medley: IstManchester, 3:35.3; 2nd - Wawasee, ,1:38.8; 3rdNorth Wood, 139.6. 1,600-Meter Relay: IstManchester. 3:35.3; 2ndNorth Wood. 3:35.5; 3 rdTippecanoe Valley, 3:36.9. 1,600-Meter Run: Ist-Kershner (Manchester), 4:38.8; 2nd-Miller (North Wood 3:35.5; 3rd-Gripe (North Wood 4:51.8. 300-Meter Hurdles: Ist-Stanley (Manchester), 39.7; 2nd-Troyer (Northridge), 40.2; 3rd-Herilli (Tippecanoe Valley), 40.6. 400-Me ter Relay: IstManchester, 44.8; 2ndNorth Wood, 45.6; 3rd-Wawasee. 45.8. Shuttle Hurdles: IstNorth Wood, 59.0; 2ndManchester. 59.5; 3 rdNorthridge, 1.00.9. Medley Relay: Ist-NorthWood. 8:46.7; 2nd-Manchester, 8:48.9; 3rd-Wawasee, 8:49.4. Pole Vault: Ist-Bazzoni (Manchester), 13-6; 2nd-Rozow (Wawasee). 5-10; 3rd-Bradway (North Wood 11-6. High Jump: Ist-Edwards (Wawasee), 6-0; 2nd-Lord (Northridge), 5-10; 3rd-Kern (North Wood ). 5-8. Shot Put: Ist-Mast (North Wood 46-1; 2nd-Ponciroli (Wawasee), 45-3; 3rd-Jackson (Manchester), 44-10.
•T —• ... Jr* .j _ * I K '• Jkl IS-. S'.' r*4 * * J 2 • • ■ - <■ j — HAPPY TRIPLE — Evelyn Stricklin gives the thumbs up sign to friends and teammates after belting a two-RBI triple in the Lady Warriors 10-3 victors over Tippecanoe Valley on Monday. tPhoto by Mitchell Stinson > -
/wO IMPte > CLEARING THE BAR — Wawasee Warrior high jumper Tim Edwards clears the bar during Monday’s Warrior Relays at Wawasee High School. Edwards won,the high jump event with a leap of six feet. (Photo by Mitchell Stinson)
JV baseball squad now 7-1-1 after beating Bremen 8-7
I By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer The Wawasee junior varsity baseball team, after having four days off due to the fact that three of their games were cancelled or postponed due to the weather, returned to their winning ways on Monday wjth a 8-7 victory at BrefnenN \ /'Our hyUu/g was good and the gibys hung in there and got the runs when we needed them to get the\win,” commented coach JerryTlawkins. The Warriors, who chalked up 11 hits versus the Lions, led 3-2 after two innings before the hosts took the lead 5-4 after four innings of action. Wawasee, which received a nine-strikeout complete game victory from Jason Mickley on the mound, fought back with two runs in the sixth inning to grab a 6-5 lead. The Warriors added two runs in the top of the seventh to hold a 8-5 advantage before Bremen scored two in their last chance in the seventh to cut the final margin of victory to 8-7 for the Warriors. The JV squad, now 7-1-1 on the season, was led on offense Monday by Aaron Sincroft who collected three hits and Tim Schwartz who chipped in with two. Sincroft, along with teammates Ben Ringler and Brian Schwab, each collected two runsbatted in for the Warriors. Wawasee, which had a game versus West Noble scheduled for yesterday postponed due to the weather, is scheduled to host Con-
cord today at 4:30 p.m. before traveling to face North Wood on Friday in Nappanee, also at 4:30. The Warriors will take to the road on Monday for a 4:30 contest against conference opponent Plymouth. Tie w ith Goshen 5-5 “This was a disappointing game because we felt like we were in control and then we didn't hang on to win it," commented Hawkins after the Warriors played to a 5-5 deadlock after eight innings at Goshen last Wednesday. After falling behind to the Redskins 2-0, Wawasee rallied for four runs in the third inning to grab a 4-2 lead. The key hits for the Warriors during the uprising came off the bats of Mickley and Sincroft who singled in three of the four runs for the visitors. The JV squad added a run in the top of the fourth to extend its advantage to 5-3 before the play that turned the momentum of the contest occurred in the top of the fifth inning. After loading the bases with no outs, the Warriors were the victims of a baseball rarity, a triple
Racing begins Friday at Capitol Speedway of Plymouth
The new Capitol Speedway of Plymouth (formerly Plymouth Speedway) will open the 1989 racing season this Friday. May 5, 24 tournament winners at Wawasee Bowl Twenty-four area bowlers were winners in the "500-600" Club Tournament held recently at the Wawasee Bowl in Syracuse. In the ladies' division, Pat Summerlot captured first in the ladies' scratch game competition while Melody Rensberger took second and Charlotte Boyd was third. In the ladies' scratch series, first place was won by Kathyrn Knisley while second went to Cathy Miller and third place to Kathy Solina. Jodi Kleeman captured first place in the ladies' handicap game with Phyllis Gerstner taking second and Betty Swihart finishing in third place. In the ladies' handicap series competition, first place went to Barb Deßolt, second place was captured by Donna Sherwood and Judy Mullet finished in third. In men's competition during the ‘‘soo-600” Club Tournament, Mike Clevenger was first in the scratch game competition with Rod Solina taking second and Bria'n Knisley finishing in third place. In the men’s scratch series, first place went to Georee Lowe while Chuck Summerlot captv’-ed second and Mike Zellinger finished in third Jerry Wellman came away with a first place performance in the men s handicap game with Jeff Lovellotte finishing in second and Gil Hawkins capturing third place. In the men s handicap series competition, first place, went to Terry Smith while Dean Hamilton finished in second and Bill Ross took third
play that took them right out of a scoring opportunity that could have broken the game open. Wawasee's Schwartz hit a ball back to the pitcher who in turn fired to the plate to force the runner there. Goshen's catcher then threw to first to retire the batter and then the third out of the play was called as the umpire ruled that the batter had interfered with the play at first. “That playhurt us because we had the most productive part bf our order up and it was a call that was the wrong one by the umpire,” stated Hawkins. The Redskins battled back with two runs in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game at 5-5 and that's the way that the game remained until it was halted after the eighth inning. The game will be completed on Friday, May 12, when the Warriors serve as hosts to the Redskins in a regularly scheduled contest. Mickley led the Wawasee offense versus Goshen by going 3-4 and driving in two runs while Sincroft added a 2-4 day and also collected two runs-batted in.
with the “Capitol Eye Opener” featuring Outlaw Super Late Models, Late Models and Street Stocks. The speedway, located at 11631 12th Rd., is under new ownership for the 89 racing season Racing action on Friday will start with the gates opening at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 5, qualifying from 6-7:45 p.m. and racing set to begin at 8 p.m.
IAMikEU IX* —A Jr V W* • r- 11 1 B SOCCER PIONEERS — Members of the newly-formed Wawasee High School soccer club is shown just before they boarded a bus and headed to Columbia t ity for their first contest against high school competition. The club is also trying to schedule road contests against junior varsity squads from Warsaw, Ph mouth and Concord. Volunteer coaches and players conduct practices from 2-4 times a week, according to Ken Yoder, chairman of the Friends of W awasee Soccer Steering Committee. “These kids are real pioneers." Yoder said. "They’re starting a new thing. Yoder said the club would welcome additional members and that a faculty sponsor is needed as well. Pictured in the front row. from left, are Brian Kern. Jeremy Spdhseller. Clay Rassi and Andy Tatman. . Seated in the second row are coach Cindy Nolan, coach JoAnne Drake, Jeff Boyer, Damian Lambright. Kris Hickey and coach Mike Kern. Standing are Raul Suarez. Chad Glassburn. Keith Bice. Aaron Dial. Ben Huffman, Steve Davis and coach Don Tatman.
Wed., May 3,1989 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL
Lady tracksters hot and cold
I By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer The Lady Warriors track squad followed a strong performance at the East Noble Relays on Saturday, April 29, with something of a letdown in tri-meet action Tuesday. Concord won the tri-meet with 62 points while Plymouth placed second (46 points) and Wawasee pulled up the rear (40 points). Lady Warriors coach Troy Akers said it was more than tough competition that led to his team’s demise. "I think our mental apprqach was ‘lt’s cold and windy’,’ ” he said. "Some didn't handle it mentally very well." Lisa Mikel took first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13 seconds while Wawasee team-
■ .t ' I I I - TAKING OFF — Lady Warrior Wendy West takes off in the long jump event. (Photo by Mitchell Stinson)
mate Kriss Eisenhour was tops in the 300-meter low hurdles with a time of 48.5. Shelly Landis took first in the high jump at four feet, 10 inches. Landis teamed with Moni Lange. Lori Gargett and Kriss Eisenhour to give Wawasee a first in the 1,600-meter relay. Mikel highlighted the East Noble Relays by tying the 100-meter dash school record of 12.4 seconds. She also took first in the long jump with a leap of 16 feet, four inches. Mikel was named most valuable player of the meet for her efforts. Overall, Wawasee finished second in the 16-team field. "I think that showed that in the big meets, we’ve got some good individuals who can score points and hopefully, that will happen in the conference meet,” Akers said.
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