The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 34, Milford, Kosciusko County, 4 October 1989 — Page 8
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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., October 4,1989
Sports
Gridders win statistics battle but lose the war
(By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer If football games were won or lost on paper, the Wawasee Warr*ors would have scored an overmA whelming victory against the Warsaw Tigers last Friday. Wawasee’s gridders had 14 more first do han their opponents and 122 e yards of total offense. But football games are decided between the hash marks, not on a statistician’s clipboard. The fine line between winning and losing is usually determined by who comes through on the crucial plays add who makes mistakes at critical moments. It was the Tigers who made the most big plays, and the Tigers who came away with a 21-18 advantage in the most important statistic of all — the final score. "We were the better football team and we lost." said Wawasee coach Myron Dickerson "That was very disappointing " The Warriors had no problem moving the ball against the Tigers’ reputable defense. But
Jr 8 o—3 z & aPSM?’ x - 5 •7. DIVING FOR THE PIGSKIN — Wawasee receiver Mike Bailey (12) and Warsaw Tiger defensive back Sherlock Harrison (16) scramble for a loose ball during Warsaw’s homecoming game last Friday. The W arriors lost a 21-18 decision to the Tigers, dropping to 3-3 on the season. (Photo by Mitchell Stinson)
Volleyball squad falls to 4-20
(By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer "The team has reached the point in the season where they're tired and frustrated, but they, are still playing hard and seeing the improvements that they are mak ing." remarked Jill Yoder. Wawasee girls’ volleyball coach, after watching her squad fall to 4-20 on the season with a loss at Elkhart Central Monday evening The team dropped a 7-15. 10-15 match to the Lady Blue Blazers despite 15 spikes and six kills by Kriss Eisenhour Diane Karst contributed eight spikes and four kills while teammate Lisa Mikel had six digs and Angela Kistler contributed 16 assists “We played a pretty good match against Central but they were just a better team than we are." Yoder stated. The Wawasee junior varsity team slipped to 6-12 on the year after a 5-15, 11-15 setback to the Central JV squad “We still have three regular season matches left and the girls know that we can still do well in the sectional if we pull it together these next couple of weeks." the coach commented. The Lady Warriors will entertain North Wood tomorrow (Thursday) evening in a conference matchup scheduled to begin with JV action at 6 p.m The squad will finish the regular season with road matches at Northridge (Oct. 12) and at Tippecanoe Valley (Oct. 17) before preparing for sectional competition, which will begin Thursday. Oct 19. at Northridge
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Wawasee’s offense committed four turnovers and the defense wasn’t having much luck against the Tiger running game. One of those turnovers came in the final minute of the first half, as the Warriors seemed poised to capture the lead. Trailing 7-3, Wawasee’s offense embarked on an 11-play drive to the Tiger fiveyard line before Tony Hostetter fumbled just shy of the goal line The Warriors had the momentum in the third quarter. Wawasee’s offense controlled the tempo and was on the field for 24 of the 28 plays from scrimmage. The Warriors took a 10-7 lead early in the fourth quarter, when Hostetter culminated a 16-play drive with a two-yard touchdown run. The Tigers didn't waste any time coming back, however, as running back Doug Bight led the Warsaw offense to an 11-play touchdown drive on the ensuing possession. Light concluded the drive by taking a pitchout and scampering into the end zone, unchallenged. for a 10-yard score A successful extra point kick gave the Tigers a 14-10 lead with 7:36 left in the game.
Two Losses In Wawasee Invitational The visiting volleyball squads from Concord and North Wood were not very friendly guests on Saturday as both squads handed the host Lady Warriors losses during the four-team Wawasee Invitational. The Lady Warriors lost a 8-15, 12-15 match to Concord in their first match of the day Eisenhour had eight blocks and three stuffs in a losing effort. Karst contributed 10 spikes and six kills in the match while Kistler had 16. assists. North Wood handed Wawasee a 2-15; 5-15 loss in its second match Saturday. Eisenhour picked up 12 spikes and four kills while Karst had five blocks and Kistler had 31 sets. “We really didn't play very well on Saturday." Yoder admitted Warsaw was the eventual champion of the one-day event. Loss To Bremen The week of volleyball action got off on the wrong foot as the Lady Warriors suffered a 12-15, 12-15 loss at Bremen last Thursday evening. Wawasee played well, according to Yoder, but were just not able to come up with the victory. Eisenhour led the team with 14 spikes and two kills while Kistler had 4.3 sets and nine points. Wendy Mills totaled severrdigs in the team's losing effort The JV squad also dropped its match to Bremen. 10-15, 8-15.
Wawasee’s offense took the field with hopes of orchestrating a comeback, but those hopes were dashed when Warsaw’s Scott Rooney intercepted a Chris Conkling pass' and returned it to the Warrior 20-yard line. Four plays later, Light ran into the end zone on another easy 10-yard sweep. After the ensuing kick off, the Warriors took possession of the ball at their own 33-yard line. With just 5:22 left in the game, they needed immediate results and receiver Tim Lilly provided them. Four consecutive Conkling-to-Lilly passes brought the Warriors to the Warsaw 14-yard line. A couple bf incompletions and a couple of running plays followed before Buster Clevenger scored’ on a one-yard touchdown plunge at 3:12. Clevenger scored on the two-point conversion run to pull Wawasee within a field goal, 21-18. After an onside kick failed, the Warrior defense forced the Tigers to punt with about one minute remaining. But it was too little, too late. Trapped deep in its own territory, at the 11-yard line, the Warrior offense could only move the ball four yards in the next four plays. When the final seconds ticked off the clock, a boisterous group of Tigers gathered at mid-field to
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LAVILLE INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS — Members of the Wawasee boys’ tennis squad that captured first place in the four-team Laville Invitational earlier this season are shown above with their championship trophy.
Tennis squad concludes season 10-5 after loss to Goshen
I By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer The season came to an end for the Wawasee boys' tennis squad Saturday as the Warriors finished the 1989 campaign with a 4-1 loss to Northern Lakes Conference foe Goshen in first round action of the Elkhart Tennis Sectional. The season ending loss left the Warriors with a 10-5 mark for the squad's first winning season since 1977. "Overall we played them about the same way that we did during the regular season, although we did perform better at a couple of positions,’’ commented head coach Roger Brady after seeing the Warriors fall to the Redskins for the second time of the season Wawasee also fell to Goshen, 3-2. in regular season action on September 5. Sectional action Saturday morning at Elkjiart Memorial saw Jason Hollar of Wawasee. the
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celebrate their hard-fought homecoming victory. With the win. the Tigers improved to 2-2 in the Northern Lakes Conference
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ROOM TO RIN — Warrior running back Scott Carlin runs through a gaping hole in the Warsaw Tiger defense last Friday as the offensive line does its job. Carlin compiled 51 yards on 12 carries but the Warriors lost the game, 21-18. ( Photo by Mitchell Stinson)
number-one singles player, beaten. 1-6. 3-6, by Andy Streit of Goshen Mason Robbins, playing at number-two singles, dropped a 3-6. 3-6 match to Pete Golden despite playing much better than the first time that the two squared off this season (Golden captured a 6-0. 6-0 win on September 5). ■ At the number-three singles spot for the Warriors. Chris Shidler was defeated, 2-6. 3-6. by Matt James. In number-one doubles action at the sectional, the Warriors tandem of Adam Wilson and Ker mit Kropf concluded a brilliant individual season for themselves by recording a 6-1, 6-4 victory over the Goshen duo of Mike Harley and Joe Smucker. Wilson and Kropf.. the two senior members of the varsity squad and All-NLC selections, finished with an undefeated mark in doubles play The Wawasee number-two
and 2-4 overall. The Warriors dropped to 2-3 in the conference and 3-3 overall. Tim Lilly turned in the most
From left, are: coach Roger Brady, Mason Robbins. Kermit Kropl, Tim Whiteman. Aaron Sincroft. Chris Shidler. Adam Wilson, Jerry Smith, Jason Hollar, Jerry Hutchinson and assistant coach finds Peterson. ( Photo by Scott Davidson)
doubles team of Jerry Smith and Jerry Hutchinson suffered a 4-6, 2-6 loss to Troy Swartzendruber and Scott Miller to finish the team scoring on the day. "Goshen had a better team than we did and they proved that by beating us twice.” remarked Brady. "We had a successful season (10-5, tied for fourth in the NLC) and it went pretty much the way that I expected it would," he added. Looking Towards Next Season With five of his seven varsityplayers returning for the 1990 season. Brady will have a solid nucleus of seasoned veterans to try and move his team forward in the NLC pack next year "We lose Adam i Wilson > and Kermit (Kropf) to graduation, which will hurt the strength of our doubles positions, but we have all three of our singles players returning and they got a lot of experience this year," com mented Brady. Brady said that he saw some
outstanding individual performance for the Warriorsyratching 12 passes for 146 yards. Coach Dickerson praised the senior
good things from some of the younger members, who will have to step forward next year to fill some spots and to give the squad some depth. "I have a good outlook for next season but we're going to ha ve to workihard during the off-season and next summer in order to improve our play so that we can move up in the NLC," the coach said. Three other members of the conference will be hit harder bygraduation than the Warriors, with NLC Champion Warsaw graduating five of its varsity players and Concord and Goshen each losing four. While the Warriors lose two varsity players. Plymouth. North Wood and Northridge each will graduate just one player. “Plymouth (who.tied with the Warriors in the NLC this yeari will have a very strong team next year and I also think that North Wood will be much improved,” said Brady. “I'm looking for us to move up in the NLC next year into a position where if we can beat Plymouth we can be in contention for the top spot in the conference.” concluded Brady. Junior High cross country places fifth Wawasee’s junior high cross country team placed fifth in a field of 24 teams at the Manchester Invitational last Satur day. Jerimiah Bowler recorded the team's best finish, taking 21st in a time of 15 minutes flat. Justin Daugherty was 23rd at 15:02 and Tad Denton took 28th in a time of 15:08. Other Wawasee finishers included Brent Ferral (52nd). An jdrew Bartlett. Sean Hoffman, Nathan Shoemaker. Leslie Garner Erin Titus and Eunice Strieby
receiver, who is one of the state’s finest. “We’re lucky to have someone like that,” Dickerson said. “He can control a game.” Conkling completed 19-of-33 passes for 202 yards and Scott Carlin led the Warrior rushing attack, gaining 51 yards on 12 carries. Doug Light led the Tigers, gaining 141 yards on 25 carries. Three of those carries went for touchdowns. Homecoming On Friday The Warriors will try to get back on the winning track on Friday when they play their homecoming game. The opponent will be a tough Fort Wayne Harding Hawks squad. Harding comes into the game with a 3-3 record. Dickerson says the Hawks will have the edge in size and speed but he still thinks his squad has a good chance to win. Harding’s team is tough to prepare for because they experiment with so many different strategies. "TheyTl do something different each week, both offensively and defensively, and you
Junior High sports results
The Wawasee Middle School cross country squad, composed of runners from Milford, Syracuse and North Webster schools, defeated Warsaw in both boys’ and girls’ action September 26. The boys’ squad captured a 20-43 win as Justin Daugherty finished first, followed by teammates Jeremiah Bowler (second), Tad Denton (fourth), Brent Ferral (fifth), Nathan Shoemaker (eighth), Sean Hoffman (ninth), Kevin Darrah (10th), Mike Pickett tilth), Travis Edgar (13th), Nick Baker (14th) and Nathan Fitzgerald (16th). The girls' team recorded a 19-40 win as Erin Titus took first in the meet. Leslie Garner finished the meet in third place, followed by Jaime Emmert (fourth), Eunice Strieby (fifth), Kara Singrey (sixth), Beth Cockburn (ninth) and Annie Endicot (10th). Syracuse Football Squad Defeats Stanley Clark The Syracuse football squad raised its record to 3-0-1 with a 34-0 win over Stanley Clark September 26. The Yellowjackets, who had previously defeated North Webster and Fairfield and tied South Whitley, were led by the three touchdown effort of Chris Huffer in the win. Joey Salazar rushed for 76 yards and added one touchdown. Milford Gridders Lose To Wakarusa The Milford football squad was defeated in junior high football action at Wakarusa last week. Craig Whetten, Matt Mast. Rob-
Lady swimmers continue winning, 8-1 on year
(By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer Despite the fact that the Wawasee girls’ swim squad didn't have one of its better efforts of the season last night, the Lady- Warriors extended their winning streak to eight victories in a row with a comfortable 96-67 win at conference foe Warsaw. "We were just flat tonight but a win is a win,” commented coach Roger Karns after seeing his team raise its season mark to 8-1 (3-0 in the NLCl'with the victory over an outmanned Tiger team that is down in numbers this year. The Lady Warriors captured six first place finishes, taking four individual events plus both of the relay races. Sherry Payne led the way with victories in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events, while teammate Julie Gunn won the diving and Brandee Carlson captured the 500-yard freestyle race. The Lady Warriors won the 200 medley relay event as Carlson, Payne, Stacy Neterer and Tonya Perzanowski teamed together while the 400 freestyle relay team of Theresa Chestnut, Lori Boles, Chris Ridings and Nagi Matsuoka were also winners. While he was not overly pleased with the performance of his team. Karns did note some good performances on the night. “Brandee (Carlson) swam a very nice 500 free, Lori (Boles) swam her best 200 IM and 100 butterfly, Julie (Gunn) swam a nice race in the breaststroke and the divers (Gunn and Dawn Firestone) also doye fairly well,” said Karns. The swim squad will put its eight meet winning streak on the line with a tough conference test at Concord tomorrow (Thursday) at 6:30 p.m “We will swim better against Concord than we did versus Warsaw because we are going to have to," stated Karns. "Concord has a very good team and it should be a close meet that I think will decide who will be the
don’t know which Harding you will face,” Dickerson said. JV Team Loses 35-6 The junior varsity Warriors trailed just 7-6 at halftime but the floodgates opened in the second half, as the Warsaw Tigers scored a 35-6 victory at Wawasee last Saturday. Junior Cantu scored Wawasee’s lone touchdown on a 60-yard run. The 1-5 Warriors wrap up their season on Saturday, Oct. 14, against the Goshen Redskins. Freshmen Win First The Warrior freshman gridders finally got into the win column last Thursday, blanking the Plymouth Pilgrims, 12-0. Quarterback Jake Lambert had a hand in both of the Warriors’ touchdowns, throwing a 43-yard scoring strike to Kyle Newcomer and a two-yard touchdown pass to Scott Jones. The Warriors improved to 1-4 with the victory. They conclude their season on the road with a 6:30 p.m. contest against the Warsaw Tigers Thursday.
bie Smith and P.J. Weisser were cited as the top players for the Trojans in the contest. Milford Girls’ Volleyball The Milford’ sixth grade volleyball team (A squad) posted a 15-1, 17-15 win over New Paris last Thursday. Jennifer Morgan led the winners with 13 service points. The sixth grade B squad dropped a two-game match to New Paris. The sixth grade A team opened its season with a 15-7, 15-2 victory over North Webster last week. Emily Matz led the squad with 19 successful serves in the win. The B squad dropped a 12-15, 15-12, 3-15 match to North Webster as Margo Thompson led the effort with 11 points. Syracuse Girls’ Volleyball The Syracuse eighth grade girls’ volleyball squad fell to 1-4 on the season with a 4-15,7-15 loss at North Webster Monday. Christy Spurling led the team in scoring with 14 points while Daniele Laub, Jenny Shopoff and Spurling were the top servers for the squad. Cortney Fry back led the team with 10 successful passes while Laub had eight and Holli Larimer had seven. The Syracuse seventh grade girls’ volleyball squad was also beaten by North Webster, by a final count of 14-16, 16-14, 14-16. High scorers for the team were Lynn Drouillard, Elizabeth Ringler, Amy Brady and Jackie Kaluza. Drouillard, Ringler, Robyn Conn, Brady, Kaluza, Shannon Willis and Abby Zerkel led the squad in successful passes.
regular season champion in the conference,” the coach. The team will participate in the Mishawaka Invitational on Saturday morning before returning home to host NLC opponent Plymouth next Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Third In Goshen Relays The Lady Warriors, despite not being at full strength, totaled 98 points in the Goshen Relays on Saturday to come away with a third place finish in the seven team field. The meet, which included 10 different relay events, w'as won by powerful Penn the only team to defeat Wawasee in dual meet action this season), as the Lady Kingsmen racked up 128 points to easily outdistance runner-up Concord who totaled 102. Wawasee was third, followed by South Bend Clay (80). North Wood (62). Goshen (52) and Warsaw (30). Wawasee captured three seconds, five thirds, one fourth and one sixth place finish on Saturday to help them take third place. The combination of Firestone, Perzanowski, Neterer and Chestnut took second in the 200 medley relay while Ridings, Carlson, Boles and Payne teamed for second in the 400 freestyle relay and Gunn and Firestone combined to finish second in the diving relay event. Third place efforts were turned in by the teams of Kelly Bowman. Amy Pratt, Ridings, Sara Kline. Shawria Miller and Lee Ann Kuilema (crescendo); Matsuoka. Ridings. Miller and Kline (200 backstroke); Boles. Carlson, Pratt and Perzanowski (200 butterfly); Chestnut, Firestone. Perzanowski and Neterer (200 freestyle); and the team of Boies. Payne. Carlson and Kline (400 IM). The threesome of Chestnut. Payne and Neterer teamed together to take fourth in the 350 freestyle relay race while the team of Matsuoka, Gunn. Pratt and Miller combined to finish sixth in the 200 breaststroke relay.