The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 19, Milford, Kosciusko County, 21 June 1989 — Page 9
Sports
Douglas, Cox win in 5,000-meter run
By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer Jason Douglas and Nanette Cox emerged as winners in the Palace of Sports 5,000-meter run in North Webster Saturday. Douglas, an incoming senior at Wawasee High School, was the men’s overall winner with a time of 17 minutes, 41 seconds. Cox recorded a time of 26:08 to take first place among the women. Gary Robertson finished 15 seconds behind glas, with a time of 17:56. Cu< o Reed rounded out the top three, recording a time of 18:45. Lynette Zolman took second in the women’s division with a time of 28:17. Her time was good enough for first place in the 20-29 year-old age group. Cox was first in the 40-49 category and 12-year-old Valerie Vester was at the top of the 11-14 age division. In men’s age group breakdowns, David Shipley was first in the 11-14 year old division, Douglas was tops in the 15-19 category and Robertson took first among 20-29 year olds. Jim Huffer won in the 30-39 category, Mike Creighton took first in the 40-49 division and Dick Katte finished as the top runner for the 50-and-over group.
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OFF THEY GO — These runners raced down the streets of North Webster at the beginning of the Palace of Sports 5,000-Meter Run on
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Local runners fare well at AAU meet
Six area runners, members of the St Joseph Valley Track Club, turned in fine efforts at the Amateur Athletic Union Sectional Track and Field Meet held in Huntington on Saturday. June 17.
Incoming freshman squad to compete at Fort Wayne
Some of Wawasee High School's future basketball plavers will get a chance to test their skills at the White River Park State Games on Friday. A team of incoming freshmen, led by coaches Chuck Evans and Kern Zolman. is scheduled to
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The number of participants was down this year, with several
Justin Daugherty of Syracuse, competing in the boys' 11-12 age group, recorded three first place performances as he captured the 3.000 njeter run (11:55); 1.500 meter fun (5:31) and the 800 meter run (2:47).
begin play at 6 p m at the Concordia Seminary Gym If the team wins, it will quality to play on Saturday at 10:30 a m Another victory would send it to .the championship game on Saturday night. Campbell's IGA is a sponsor of the team
other races taking place the same weekend. Twenty-three runners
Saturday. The race was held in conjunction with the Mermaid Festival (Photo by Mitchell Stinson)
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Alvson Mills of Syracuse, competing in the girls’ 9-10 age group, finished first in the 3.000 meter run (12:07) as well as the 1.500 meter run (5:54-). Amy Cockburn of Milford, also girls' 9-10 age group, recorded a third place finish in the 3.000 meter run (13:45), a fourth place in the 1.500 meter run (6:48) and a second place performance in the 800 meter run (3:23). Mary Cockburn of Milford, girls' 9-10. finished fourth in the 3.000 meter run (14:21). sixth in the 1.500 meter run (7:03) and third in the 800 meter run (3:30) Heather Jones of Syracuse, competing in the girls 11 12 age group, finished fifth in the 100 meter dash (17.39). as well as fifth in the 200- and 400-meter dashes
took to the streets of North Webster.
John Karesh of Syracuse, boys' 17-18. took first in the long jump (19 feet, 17 3 4 inches) and also registered a third place effort in the 400-meter run (54.8).
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SENIOR GAMES PARTICIPANTS — The annual Senior Games of Indiana were held at several sites across the state on June 8 with the individuals shown above taking part in the 18-hole golf tournament and putting contest held at McMillen Park Golf Course in Fort Wayne. From left, are: Marv Chalk, Harold Clifford, Don Hoffman and Elmer Largen. All four of the men are members of the Big Boulder Senior Men’s League at the course in Milford.
Golf news
Tippy ladies' golf league has 43 compete
Forty-three ladies competed in the Tippecanoe Lake Country Club's 18-hole league last Thursday, with the foursome of Karen Aker, Vai Finkenbiner. Marcia
Nigbor's season ends at state finals
After helping his squad advance through the Warsaw Sectional and then advancing as an individual with his performance at the Homestead Regional, Wawasee's Doug Nigbor saw his high school golf career come to an end last Wednesday after the
Tippecanoe Ladies' 9-Hole Golf Association conducts play
The Tippecanoe Ladies 9-Hole Golf Association conducted play recently with Shirley Bricker (low gross), Irene Bucher (low net) and Nancy Boaz (low putts) turning in the top performances in A flight action. In B flight action of the associa-
Wawasee hires assistant coach
A new member was added to the Wawasee High School athletic coaching staff last night as the Wawasee Board of School Trustees approved the hiring of John Blunk who will serve as assistant boys/girls swim coach. Blunk, who is currently the youth director at the Terre Haute YMCA, will teach physical
Basketball tourney play held at Mermaid Festival
Action got underway in the Mermaid Festival basketball tournament in North Webster Monday evening as Gordy's Sub Pub defeated Manchester College 88-81. Marty Lehman paced the winners with 29 points while Ron Brandenburg (18), Mike Bradford (12), Mark Sumpter (111 and Troy Furnival (10) each reached double figures for the victors. Manchester was paced by the 24-point effort of Joel Eichenauer while Kevin Bostic added 19. Barth Montzl scored 12 and Scott Hullinger chipped in with 10.
Doubles added to state tennis
State tennis doubles championships for boys and girls will be added to the Indiana High School Athletic Association tourneyseries beginning in the 1990-91 school year A proposal for the doubles tournaments. to go along with the current team and singles championships, was approved by the IHSAA executive committee last Wednesday. “The tourney would be run similar to the state singles tourney." said IHSAA Sports Information Director Bob Williams. "The coaches have been pushing for this for some time and the board felt something was needed to recognize the top doubles team." added Williams
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McNagny and Judy Whileleather capturing first place in the “Team Total on Par 4’s” action. The team of Karen Mayer, Pat
first round of the state finals in Plainfield. Nigbor fired a round of 87 at the Prestwick Golf Club during the first day of play at the two-day state golf finals but did not qualify to advance to the
tion, Ethel Emerick (low gross), Jean Van Meter (low net) and Joann Mosbaugh (low putts) had the top efforts of the day. Jo Lemmon (low gross), Gay Spillman (low net) and Mary Pfister (low putts) registered the top efforts in C flight action.
education and aquatics at Wawasee in addition to serving as assistant swim coach for both the boys and girls. A graduate of Indiana University, Blunk received a B.S. degree from IU with a major in physical education/health and he presently teaches swimming for all levels at the YMCA.
In game two action on Monday, Sturonjac Builders notched a 137-107 victory over Ameritrust. Brooks Koble' led the Sturonjac offensive outburst, netting a team-high 32 points. Worth Packer scored 29 for the winners . while Darrell Gudeman (25), Seth Swihart (18) and Nathan Rhodes (12) also contributed double figures to the victory. Mike Kline led the way for Ameritrust with a game-high outburst of 37 points while Tim Mangas and Pat Murphy chipped in with 19 each and John Vitaniemi added 11
The tourney would allow all No. 1 doubles teams that haven't lost in state tournament action to advance. even if their school is eliminated from competition. Williams added that the board felt that a year was needed to work out the arrangements for adding the doubles portion to the tournaments. The boys compete in the fall and the girls play in the spring. Europe and ozone LONDON — In an expectedly strong move. 12 European countries agreed to eliminate by the end of the century all production and use of chemicals that harm the atmosphere's ozone shield
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Swim team receives national ranking
The 1988-89 edition of the Wawasee boys’ swimming team, which concluded its season with a 13th place finish at the state finals, was recently ranked 13th nationally according to a poll released by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association of America (NISCA) The rankings, based on a team's dual meet performances, placed the Warriors in 13th place in Class II (high schools with enrollments of 900-1,400 students). The Warriors of Coach Tim Caldwell finished the ’BB-89 campaign with a 12-2 dual meet mark and a third place finish in both
Trinkle, Mary Lee and Nondas Joyner finished in second place on the day while third place went to the quartet of Jody Frantz, Judy Calhoun, Darlene Skinner
tourney's final round on Thursday. Only the six low individuals, in addition to the top nine teams, advanced from the first round to the final round of the state championship. The individual championship at the state finals was captured by
all-stabswß BASKETBALL CAMP ALL-STAR — Mike Ferverda of North Webster displays the trophy he received recently for being selected as one of the 10 All-Star players at the Skip Collins International Basketball Camp in Indianapolis. The Collins Camp, held at Marian College, was attended by 179 players, with the top 10 being selected for the All-Star team. Ferverda, 14. is the son of Donald and Roberta Ferverda of North Webster and will be a freshman at Wawasee High School next fall. «O
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the conference and sectional meets, in addition to sending nine swimmers (the most in school history) to the state meet. The top-ranked team in Class 11, according to the poll, was a squad from San Moreno, Cal. with Munster and Anderson, two Indiana swim programs, being ranked in second and third, respectively. Other Indiana schools mentioned in the different class rankings in the poll were Valparaiso, West Lafayette and Beech Grove. Definition Small Boy: A restless noise with dirt on it.
and Doris Wright. Lynda Moryl, Jane Tudor, Deb Nicol and Diane Burnett teamed together to capture fourth place.
Chris Dayton of Washington Catholic, who turned in a two-day score of 146 (two over par) on the 6.429-yard, par-72 course. The team title at the 53rd state golf championships was won by Carmel, who edged out runner-up Terre Haute South by one stroke.
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