The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 33, Milford, Kosciusko County, 27 September 1989 — Page 8
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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., September 27. 1989
Sports
Football squad imitates Hurricane Hugo
IBy MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer
Hurricane Hugo didn't have anything on the Wawasee Warriors football team last Friday. One day after Hugo devastated South Carolina, the Warriors performed a similar function on the Plymouth Rockies during a 42-6 homefield victory Unlike residents on the eastern seaboard, the Plymouth gridders couldn't escape inland or seek cover in their basements. They had to face the carnage head on Warrior quarterback Chris Conkling and receiver Chad Cotton were the mam havocwreakers. both having "career games' in terms of yardage Conkling completed ,15-of-30 passes for 256 yards, while Cotton accumulated a whopping 172 yards on seven catches. The running, game was solid too. with five Warrior runners combining, tor 153 yards on the ground The offense was strong The defense was solid All the reserves got a chance to play It was just one of those games that every team loves to have now and then "The first positive thing is we won. ' said Warrior coach Myron Dickerson "The next positive thing is everybody came out without injuries, and the next positive thing is everybody got to play, so all the parents were hapP> " There were plenty of parents in the crowd, as Wawasee moms and dads were honored with Parents' Night When the game finally ended, there were more than a few kids w ho received pats on the back trom the folks for a job well done .Conkling connected with Cotton on a 42-yard scoring strike to draw first blood at 9:04 of the first quarter. Johan Kullander added the extra point kick to make it 7-0 Conkling and Cotton hooked up for another touchdown later in the quarter, on a 24-yard pass play The results were the same in the second quarter as the Warrior offense romped through its opponent. Running back Buster Clevenger culminated two Wawasee drives with touchdown runs of' seven and four yards When the first half, came to a close, the Warriors had a com manding 27-0 lead Wawasee's defense got into the act early in the third quarter when lineman Fred Garza sacked Plymouth quarterback Pat Dragani in the end zone for a safety. The score went to 36-0 at 8:35 of the quarter as Conkling and Cotton collaborated on another touchdown pass The play covered 16 yards and Rand'. Cesco came in to add the extra point kick With the game already decided. both teams used a lot of reserves in the fourth quarter Warrior junior varsity quartetback Mark Nicolai took advan tage of his chance in the big leagues by tossing a 14-yard touch do w n pa s s to Ry a n Coverstone / The Warrior/lost their shutout with 4:10 -deft in garbe. as Plymouth's Justin Clevenger rated 64 yards down the left sideline for the score. .When the game mercifully ended. the Warriors had accumulated 434 yards of total of sense The. final score stood at 42-6 and it could have been worse But coach Dickerson Says <nthusiasm about the victory should be tempered by the knowledge that the Rockies are going through a difficult rebuilding stage "We have an experienced team, he said Id have been disappointed if we only scored a couple of touchdowns With the victory, the Warriors evened their record at 2-2 in the Northern Lakes Conference arid are now 3-2 overall The Rockies dropped to 0-3 in the NLC and 1-4 overall No Revenge Factor \t Warsaw The Warriors 'will take their high-powered offense into action against a stubborn Warsaw Tiger defense Friday The Tigers spoil ed Wawasee's homecoming last season by pounding the Warriors 40-13 This year, the contest will be held at Warsaw and it will be thh Tigers' homecoming Is there a revenge factor' 1 Dickerson says “no” "We want to win for the sake of winning, he said To prove we re the better team That's why we play Despite their 1-4 record, the Tigers proved to be a formidable foe in a 3-0 loss to the No l-ranked Goshen Redskins last week Playing on the road, the Tigers shut down the Redskin of sense until the waning moments of the game when a blocked punt set up the winning field goal Turnovers killed the Warriors in last year’s homecoming game Dickerson says the Wawasee of sense will have its hands full against a Warsaw defense that is
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PASSING FROM THE POCKET — Chris C onkling is shown throwing one of his 30 pass attempts in the Warriors' 12-6 v ictory over the Ply mouth Rockies last Friday. The senior quarterback racked up
good at creating turnovers "We can t go out there and make the kind of mistakes we did last year, he said. J\ (.ridders W in First < lame The junior varsity Warriors got into the win column for. the first time this season, with a 21-0 vic- . tore over the Rockies at PR mouth Junior Cantu scored two touchdowns to lead the* W aw asee attack His first-quarter score came from the defensive side, when he intercepted a pass trom his linebacker position and returned it 40 yards for the touchdown.. Cantu hit paydirt from the offensive side in the fourth quarter, running it in from 2o yards out Johan Kullander closed out the game's scoring with an extrapomt’kick Sandwiched between Cantus touchdowns was a third quarter, five yard scoring pass from Mark Nicolai to Ryan Coverstone. Jim Mclntosh followed with a twopoirit conversion run. The Warrior d ele ns e dominated action with four sacks and three interceptions Along with Cantu. Kullander and Brandon Lozano pilfered a pass apiece Jacob Miller recorded two quarterback sacks while teammates James Layne and Marion fully each notched one sack The Warriors improved their record io 14 with the victory, while, the Rockies dropped to 2-2 on the season ' - ■ Freshmen Lose To North Wood Another close- game, another close loss That was the story for the freshmen Warriors on Thursday. Sept 21. as they dropped a 6 0 decision to the North Wood Panthers at Nappanee The Panthers scored on their first drive, but couldn t find the end zone after that Meanwhile, the Warriors threatened to tie the game in the second quarter, driving to the North Wood two-yard line before an interception killed the drive The Warriors drove to the North Wood 15 yard fine in the fourth quarter before another interception‘stalled their momentum With 'he loss, the Warriors dropped to 0 4 on the season Coach Herb Hofer was pleased with his team s effort however He said North Wood was probably the toughest team the Warriors would face -all season We ve had a lot of improvement The kids have come a long way. the coach said
Lady Spikers defeat Fairfield
IBy SCOTT D WJDSON Sports M riter
The'Lady Spikers of Wawasee moved their season mark to 4 16 on. the 89campaign after posting a 15 4. 15 11 win over Fairfield in varsity volleyball action at home Monday evening Kriss Eisenhour led the winn mg effort with 12 spikes and seven kills Senior Diane Karst had seven spikes and four kills in the two-game victory while team mate Wendy Mills came up with six digs for the Lady Warriors The Wawasee junior varsity volleyball squad slipped to 6-8 on the season with a 11-15. 4-15 set back to Fairfield The squad will travel to Bremen for a match tomorrow 'Thursday! evening before hosting the four team Wawasee Tournament on Saturday beginning at 10 a m The field for the tourney will include NLC .members Warsaw. Concord and North Wood. as well as the Lady
' w pßjr 'Wb* w- w r / ? >/ ■k ■ SWEET VICTORY — While his team gave the opposition a 12-6 licking last Friday. Wawasee Warrior football loach Myron Dickerson 'center! patrolled the sidelines, hiking a giant lollipop. Vssis.tant coach S< ott DeHart is pictured in front of Dickerson while assistant coach I roy Akels is show n behind him Photo by Mitchell Stinson >
Warriors The JV team will take part in the North Wood Invitational which Nso begins at 10 a m Saturday'The varsity squad will face Elkhart Central on the road Monday evening at 6 p m before entertaining conference opponent North Wood next Thursday. Oct >. Homestead Invitational The Lady Warriors traveled to Fort Wayne Saturday to take part in the eight team Homestead In vitational and returned home with three losses despite play+ng well, according to coach Jill Yoder "We played some good volleyball against some very good teams in the tournament and I was happy afx>ut that the coach commented Wawasee dropped a 12 15 . 5 15 decision to eventual tourney champ Fort Wayne Carroll as Eisenhour led the team with II spikes and three kills West pick ed up eight spikes and four kills while Angela Kistler had 10 assists for the squad
256 passing yards on 15 completions. Three of those completions went lor touchdowns. 1 Photo by Mitchell Stinson i
The Lady Warriors lost a tfir.ee game, match Io Fort Wayne Not I hrop. >ls 17 15. 1 15. a Eisenhour led the effort with 1 spikes and four kills Sopfiomor West had 12 spikes and five kill in the contest while Kistler cor; tributed nine digs The last match of the tourna merit ended with Wawasee suffer ing a tough 15 7. 3 15. 1.5 17 loss a the hands of East Noble Karled the effort with 20 spikes an' lour kills , while West had I
Freshman volleyball squad falls
The W awasee freshman lour spikes and-two kills in the volleyball squad saw its season match mark fall to 17 after losses to The squad suffered a 8-15. 15 12. ( oncord and Goshen in con 13 15 loss to host < oncord in the ference action last night Tues second match of the evening as <lav • at Concord Brandi Bray led the team s effort with eight service points 'two The I>ady W arriors lost 14 l»> ar es i and seven kills 15 4 12-11 to fioshen as Betsy The freshman team will at Henderson led the effort with tempt to bounce back with a eight service points including match at Bremen tomorrow seven aces Crystal Clipfell, had (Thursday!
spikes and four kills Mills registered nine service [Xiints in the contest for the Lady Warriors Loss To Warsaw The varsity squad fell to 3 13 on the season with a 6 15. 4 15 loss to Warsaw on the road last Thursday Sept 21 The victory was the ninth in a row for the powerful T.ady Tigers and gave them a perfect 4 0 mark in the NLC The JV. squad slipped to 67 w ith a 6 15. 4 15 loss.
X inm-i S f -1 ■ sxq.'ri-'! ■ vMHWKraC* ■ *■> . e »J' » ■V . . ? - w MW SINKING THE PUTT — Wawasee Lady W arrior Teresa West adds some body english as her putt falls into the cup on the ninth hole of sectional golf action last Saturday. West shot a 95 over 18 holes and missed qualifying for regional competition by one stroke. (Photo by Mitchell Stinson)
Golfers end season at Wawasee sectional
| By MITCHELL STINSON I Sports Writer
The Lady Warriors' golf season came to an end on a cold, windy day at the Wawasee Golf Club last Saturday, as the Lady Linksters finished in last place at the Wawasee Sectional Teresa West had a career best score of 95 over 18 holes but her teammates didn't fare as well in the nineteam field Lady Warriors coach Mark Timpe said most ol the team members just didn't play up Io their potential He thought they were capable of making an impact at the sectional "We were optimistic about placing in the top five but we didn't iplace'." Timpesaid There was frustration for West too. despite her outstanding round She missed qualifying for this Saturday's LaPorte Regional by one stroke In sectional play the top three teams advance to regional action The lop three individuals who aren't on an advancing team also earn lhe right to advance. Unfortunately for West. Northridge's Jenny Whittington earned the third and final qualify ing spot with ii score ol 94 The East Noble Lady Knights won the sectional with a score ol 374. All four of the team's golfers finished under Hie 100-mark lip pecanoe Valley and Goshen High School rounded out the list of regional qualifiers, taking second and third places, respectively East Noble's Patti Baldwin took individual honors, coming in first place overall wxMi an 86. Ky 1 e F a gel. (Ti/vejr Giris Academy, and Stacy Ray. West Noble, each finished three strokes off the pace w ith identical scores of 89 For the Lady Warriors. Audra Bouse and Jennifer Corn each carded a 116 and tied for second on the team Darcey Smith shot a 124 to round out the Wawasee es fort
raM r W ■ i I A I frlr - IIV | I I UK'> K f’KMws BIG BOI'I.DER WINNERS — The final special event for the season at the Big Boulder Golf Course in Milford was a three-man scramble held on Saturday, Sept. !•>. Shown above arc the winners of the scramble event. Standing from left are: Joel Hadley (third placet. Scott and Rocky Hayes (second place). Dennis Joy (first place). Eric Seining (third placet. Doug Jordan and Mike Julian (first placei and Steve Ty ndal (third place>. Tyndal also collected the longest drive prize during the event while closest to-the pin honors went to Mike Stahly The winning trioirf Joy. Jordan and Julian fired .1 siv under par 50 to capture the IK-hole competition Rocky Sines, not pictured, was also a member of the second place team.
' t t* '' 3B& ’ 1 ■ _ flt| J •"*<*>* S^Mk W" #w- »»<? '•’‘••♦mHLJjl WUr J -•-■'-•’■• sss "*' ■ : <y ■ **■-*• PUTTING STROKE — Jennifer Corn attempts a putt on the ninth hole at the Wawasee Golf Chib during sectional action last Saturday. Corn recorded an IX-hole total ol lit;. (Photo by Mitchell Stinson)
Thursday Loss ToCuher The Lady Warriors dropped a 205 233 decision Io the Culver Girls Academy at the Maxwelton Goli Course Thursday. Sept 21 The loss denied the Lady War riors their seasorr goal ol finishing at .500. giving the team a final record of 4-6. Culver's squad improved toB-3. . Teresa West led the Lady'War riors. just as she had all season long Her nine.hole total of 48 was good enough for second place overall, behind Culver's Kyle I'aget. whocarded a 46 Audra Bouse scored a 57, Jen niter Corn had a 58 and Shadow Newcomer cracked the Lady Warrior top four with a round 01 70.
l ough Task Ahead For 1990 The Lady Warriors' golf pro gram will have to start trom scratch next season This year's team was comprised of five seniors and there was no junior varsity. Tinipe says he won't waste any lime in the recruiting stages next season' lie plans to conduct clinics and scout the .junior high schools for talent • I'm not saying it's going to be easy but I think we can field a team." Timpe said Wawasee Sectional Ist East Noble 374. 2nd Tippecanoe Valley 388. 3rd Goshen 388. 4th Culver Girls Academy 402. sth Northridge 409. (it h Warsaw 439. 7th La Ville 445. Bth West Noble 448, 9th Wawasee 451.