The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 49, Milford, Kosciusko County, 17 January 1990 — Page 8
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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., January 17,1990
Sports
Wawasee drops to 4-8 after pair of losses
J By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer After a very tough and emotional loss on the road to Northridge last Friday (51-50), the Wawasee boys’ basketball squad returned to Warrior Gym on Saturday evening and dropped a 74-65 decision to Tippecanoe Valley. The pair of defeats left the Warriors with a 4-8 mark on the season. “We had several easy scoring opportunities at the start of the
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Grapplers close out season with a win
(By MITCHELL STINSON Sports' Writer The Warriors Wrestling team finished the regular season in positive fashion with a narrow. 32-31, road victory over Plymouth last Thursday. With Wawasee forfeits coming at the 189-pound and heavyweight classes, the Warriors had to take advantage of their early opportunities to earn the win. "We knew we had to get them in the lighter weight classes," said Wawasee assistant coach Scott DeHart. Chris Requejo got the Warriors off on the right track with an opening match pin of Mike Freidhoff in the 103-pound division. But Plymouth came back with four straight victories to put Wawasee in a hole. Chad Jones started off the Warrior comeback easily enough, with a forfeit win in the 135-pound
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game that we didn’t take advantage of and that really hurt us,” said a dejected coach Gary Goshert after the loss to the Vikings. The hosts fell behind from the outset as Scott Johnson nailed a three-point basket to get the Vikings off to a quick start. Midway through the initial period the visitors had stretched the lead to 12-2 before Goshert took a timeout with 3:49 remaining. The first period concluded with the Warriors trailing 19-9. The Vikings, playing without center Chris Dußois (illness) and
class. Then teammate Dan Clevenger took to the mat and scored a technical fall over Plymouth’s Brad Shuber at 4:00 of their 140-pound match “I think the turning point of the match was Dan Clevenger.' DeHart said He really turned the tide. He just wrestled really well Wawasee lost the 145-pound match before scoring victories in .the next three matches Tony Hostetter decisioned Plymouth's Dennis Stives in the 152 pound division and David Antu won by forfeit in tho- 160-pound class. Jeremy Doerr rounded out the list of Wawasee winners in emphatic fashion, pinning John Yates just 35 seconds into the 171 pound match The victory gave Wawasee a 6-8-1 overall season record, and a 2-3-1 Northern Lakes Conference mark In junior varsity action, the
forward Bruce Huffman (sprained ankle), were able to sustain their momentum with the quick start, despite being shorthanded. “I thought that we controlled the entire game and played well, overall, without Chris and Bruce,” coach Bob Dußois said after watching his squad improve to 8-2. Tippy Valley stretched its lead to 38-22 at halftime as Eric Thompson popped in eight points in the second quarter. The Viking lead ballooned to as many as 20 points (52-32) midway through
Warriors wrapped up a 6-1 season record after beating Plymouth, 12-9. Travis Springer and Javier Cantu recorded victories for Wawasee. With the regular season behind them, the Warriors are focusing on the NLC meet, to be held at Wawasee High School Saturday. The powerful Warsaw Tigers come into the meet as the team to beat. They sport an 18-4-1 overall record and are ranked 13th in the state While the varsity plays at home Saturday, the junior varsity grapplers will head north for the South Bend Clay Invitational. Wawasee 32. Plymouth 31 103-pound: Chris Requejo (Wawasee) pinned Mike Freidhoff, 5:06;l 12 pound: Brandon Erickson (Plymouth) tech, fall over Scott Wheat, 2:31; 119-pound: Brent Markley (Plymouth) decisioned Brian Dutcher 15-10; 12.Kpound: Chad Dreibelbis (PlymdythJtech. fall over Matt Stumps 130-pounrr Jason Rudd < Plymouth-idhcpsion
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the third quarter before the Warriors came alive and cut into the lead. “We became unaggressive early in the game when we didn’t score and then when we went after it late in the third quarter and in the fourth it was due to our assertiveness,” said Goshert. “It all comes down to smart decision making and mental confidence,” he added. The Warriors, who trailed 56-39 after the third quarter, cut the Viking lead to 69-58 on a threepoint shot by Jason Mickley with just over two minutes left in the game, but it was too little, too late. The visitors hit their free throws down the stretch to seal the 74-65 victory. “Our shooting and defense was off in the second half a little, but you have to give them credit because they're a good ball 1 club and they adapted well to our pressure.” stated Dußois. JV Bests Tippy Valley A quick start enabled the Wawasee JV squad to improve to 7-5 on the year with a 44-30 win over Tippecanoe Valley Saturday. The Warriors jumped out to a 15-6 lead, en route to a 23-11 advantage at halftime. Junior Tom Flees led the JV offense with 15 points on the inside while Kyle Newcomer tossed in nine and Mason Robbins added eight for the hosts. WAWASEE (65) EG FT TP Haab 0 5 12 2 Mickley 5 15 12 13 Conkling 56 11 11 Lilly 3 12 13 7 Garland 8 19 7 10 23 Cesco 3 6 0 0 6 Hoffert 1 6 2 2 4 Totals 25 69 13 20 65 Three Point Shots: 2 5 (Mickley 2 3, Hoffert 0 2) Rebounds 46 (Garland 17, Mickley 10, Lilly 7). Fouls (fouledout): 22 (Lilly). Turnovers: 17. Tippecanoe Valley (74) FG FT TP Smith 6 12 13 13 Thompson 8 13 4 5 23 Johnson ° 5 17 0 0 13 ZLee 3 10 2 4 8 / Dunnuck 17 9 12 11 Z Warstler 2 2 0 0 4 Harman 0 0 2 2 2 Totals 25 61 18 26 74 Three Point Shots 6 11 (Smith 0 1, Thomp son 3 4, Johnson 3 6) Rebounds 37 (Dunnuck 11) Fouls (fouledout) 16 (None) Turnovers: 11. Score By Quarters Tippy Valley 19 19 18 18 74 Wawasee 9 13 17 26 65 Junior Varsity Wawasee 44, Tippy Valley 30 Tough Loss To Northridge “The kids played too well to fjsel this bad after a game,” em phasized Goshert after seeing his team lose a six-point lead in the fourth quarter and suffer a 51-50 J loss at Northridge in conference action last Friday. The loss left the Warriors with a 1-3 mark in the NLC while the Raiders climbed to 2-1 in conference play. The Warriors led 40-37 entering the fourth quarter and held a 48-45 lead with I' 2 minutes to play before the roof caved in “It’s just so frustrating to play so well against a very good team for so long and then just not show any
ed Rick Weaver, 5-2; 135-pound: Chad Jones (Wawasee) won by forfeit; 140-pound: Dan Clevenger (Wawasee) tech, fall over Brad Shuber, 4:00; 14 5-pound: Mike Arve se n (Plymouth) decisioned JuniorCantu, 3-0; 152-pound: Tony Hostetter (Wawasee) decisioned Dennis Stives, 6-2; 160-pound: David Antu (Wawasee) won by forfeit; 171-pound: Jeremy Doerr (Wawasee) pinned John Yates, , :35; 189-pound: Chris Delapaz (Plymouth) won by forfeit; Heavyweight; Noble Arnones (Plymouth) won by forfeit.
kind of poise in the last couple of minutes," Goshert said. Despite missed free throws, a lane violation, some silly fouls and “iffy” shots in the last two minutes of the game, the Warriors still had an opportunity to escape with the “W.” After Jeremy Elswick nailed two free throws with 11 seconds left to give the Raiders the 51-50 lead, Wawasee called time-out with seven sCconds remaining to set up a final shot attempt. A short jumper by Dennis Garland missed the mark and then a rebound attempt by Randy Cesco was partially blocked and the host Raiders had the win as the buzzer sounded. WAWASEE (50) FG FT TP Haab 1 70 2 2 4 Mickley 3 8 12 7 Conkling 3 8 13 7 Lilly 4 10 5 6 13 Garland 6 15 2 4 14 Cesco - 0 10 0 0 Hofferf 2 5 0 1 5 Totals 19-53 11-18 50 Three Point Shots: 14 (Mickley 0 1, Hoffert 13) Rebounds. 30 (Lilly 10, Garland 9). Fouls (fouledout): 17 (Haab, Lilly). Turnovers: 13. NORTHRIDGE (51) FG FT TP Je Elswick 4 10 2 2 12 Warren 2 5 0 0 4 Troyer 2 7 0 0 4 Martin 4 8 0 2 8 Call 0 3 2 2 2 Lord 13 0 0 2 Ja. Elswick 4 8 5 6 14 Tayler 12 3 4 8 Holdeman 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yoder 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 18 47 12-16 51 Three Point Shots: 3 8 (Je Elswick 2 4, Call 0 1, Ja E Iswick 1 2 Yoder 0 1) Rebounds: 36 (Martin 14) Fouls (fouledout): 21 (None). Turnovers 23 Score By Quarters Northridge 10 19 8 -14 51 Wawasee 8 16. 16 10 50 Junior Varsity Wawasee 53, Northridge 41
Junior High Update
The Milford eighth grade boys' basketball team improved its season mark to 7-2, with a 48-38 win over West Noble in action .January 9. Craig Whetten poured in 23 points to lead the Trojans, while Eric Speicher added 13 points to go with eight assists. Kurt Beer had five points* and five assists while Dan Duncan had three points to go with 12 rebounds. The Milford seventh grade boys’ squad improved to 8-1 by routing West Noble, 60-19, in action. also on January 9. Matt Mast led the Trojans with 15 points while P.J. Weisser scored 14, Rob Smith tossed in 13 and Jay Haab added five. Weisser led the squad_with 14 rebounds while Mast had 13, Haab, 10. and Smith, nine. Milford Girls’ Action The Milford eighth grade girls’ team raised its season mark to 2-3 with a 14-8 win over Etna Troy inaction January 9. Crista Dippon led the team with eight points while teammate Jenny Bradley had four and Denise Replogle scored two. The seventh grade girls improved to 4-1 after posting an easy 34-6 victory over Etna Troy. Lisa Charlton led the team with 21 points while teammates Shelly Kidd. Renee Wuthrich and Kara Singrey also scored for the squad. Kathy Roose, along with Wuthrich, Charlton and Kidd, led the team on defense as the squad recorded 21 steals. Syracuse Boys’ Basketball The Syracuse eighth grade" boys' basketball squad fell to 5-3 on the season after dropping a 42-40 contest to Nappanee on January 9. Joey Salazar paced the attack for the Yellowjackets with 15 .points while Chris Huffer scored i>even and Kevin Pletcher added six. The Syracuse seventh grade cage squad improve to 7-1 on the season after posting a 42-29 win over Nappanee. The team jumped out to an early 23-4 lead in the first half and never looked back. Tad Denton led thqwpy with a team-high 16 points To go along with seven rebounds. Vince Beasley scored 14 for the winners while Rich Nolan had seven points and eight rebounds. The Syracuse sixth grade A ' team completed an undefeated season, 9-0, with a 44-16 victory over South Whitley on Monday. Clint Beasley and Jim Scarbeary led the winners with 14 points each. The sixth grade B squad finished its year 6-3 after posting a 21-17 win over South Whitley on Monday. Casey Stump led the team with seven points while Terry Tyler and Don Drake each added six. The Syracuse sixth grade boys' A team improved to 8-0 after posting a 34-22 win over North
“We were very fortunate to win this one because Wawasee outplayed us the entire game on defense and we only outplayed them on offense by one point,” said a relieved coach Mike Lord after the win. “It was a *W’ for us but we have improvements to make and I think that we can correct the things that do need work.” JV Squad Notches Win The Wawasee JV team of coach Kem Zolman used a strong second quarter and a strong fourth quarter of play to run its record to 6-5, with a 53-41 victory over the Northridge JV team in a foulplagued contest. The Warriors led just 15-13 at the end of the first quarter before building a 29-20 lead at halftime by outscoring the hosts, 14-7, in the second period of action. Freshman Jake Lambert paced the Warriors with a game-high 15 points while classmate Kyle Newcomer added 11. Another Tough Weekend Wawasee will face another tough pair of contests this weekend as the 7-4 Goshen Redskins invade Warrior Gym on Friday evening. The action gets underway with the tip-off of the junior varsity contest at 6:15 p.m. The Warriors must then take to the road Saturday for an encounter at Westview against the 13-1 (before Friday’s contest against Central Noble) squad of coach Gerald Eash. Wawasee will face the difficult task on Saturday evening of trying to stop senior sensation Ryan Yoder, the Warrior’s all-state candidate who is averaging 27 points at the guard position. Action at Westview (located in Topeka) begins with the J-V contestat6:3op.m.
Webster in action on Saturday. Beasley led the team with 12 points while Scarbeary added nine. The Yellowjackets recorded their seventh win last week with a 38-12 win over Milford as Beasley and Scarbeary each scored 10 points while Ryan Schwalm added six. The sixth grade B squad improved its season mark to 5-3 with a pair of close victories during the past week. The squad defeated North Webster, 20-18, as Tyler scored nine and Drake added seven. The team notched a 20-15 win over Milford last week as Tyler scored 12, Drake had four and Stump and Kory Brown each scored two points.
Freshman eagers improve to 10-2 with Falcon victory
By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer After getting off to a slow start, trailing 8-6 after the first quarter, the Wawasee boys' freshman basketball team put together a strong effort to come away with a 54-37 win at Fairfield last night (Tuesday). Wawasee, now 10-2, took control of the contest in the second quarter, with full-court pressure defense that enabled it to take a 23-12 lead at halftime. “It took us awhile to get used to their style of play but then our defense was able to take them out of their offense in the second quarter',” said coach Chuck Evans. “The third quarter has been a problem for us all season and last night was no different,” commented Evans, who watched his team’s lead shrink to 29-25 at the end of the third quarter. The Warriors picked up their intensity in the game’s final period and a strong effort on the defensive end resulted in a 25-point offensive outburst for the 54-37 victory. Mike Garland led the frosh squad with 16 points while Matt Wilkinson scored 10 and Mike Ferverda added nine. The Warriors will play at Goshen tomorrow (Thursday) evening before hosting Nor-thridge-next Monday. Both contests are scheduled for tip-off at 6:30p.m. Loss To Concord The freshman squad slipped to 9-2 after losing to Concord, 60-34, in NLC action last Thursday evening at Concord. “They pressed us the entire game and that was the first time someone had- that and we kind of panicked and got out of our game,” said Evans. The Wartters trailedafter three quarters of play before the host Minutemen outscored them 23-6 in the last
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LOOKING TO SCORE — Junior Matt Haab of Wawasee lets fly with a jumper during second half action from the Warriors’ contest against Tippecanoe Valley Saturday evening. Reaching out to apply defensive pressure on Haab is Viking seoior Steve Dunnuck. ) The host Warriors slipped to 4-8 on the season (after falling to Valley, 74-65, in non-conference action. Valley, led by Eric Thompson’s team-high 19 points, raised its season mark to 8-2. (Photo by Scott Davidson) Tournament begins in adult hoop league
The first round of tournament action in the Wawasee Adult Basketball League was contested
quarter for the final margin of victory. Garland had 16 points and six rebounds to lead the team while Ferverda scored seven and Spencer Long had five rebounds. Wawasee will get another shot at the Minutemen in the first round of the NLC Tournament in February and Evans feels that his team will perform much better next time around. “I think that we’ll be better prepared and the key for us is to be mentally ready,” commented Evans. The rematch is scheduled to be played at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, at Wawasee. In the two-quarter “B" game. Concord came away with a 27-16 victory. Chris Mullins scored eight points to lead the Wawasee effort.
NLC Award to be given to Harris
Joe L. Harris, long-time teacher and coach at Warsaw High School, has been selected to receive the Northern Lakes Conference Outstanding Service Award. Harris, who retired from teaching in 1987 and from coaching in 1989 after 26 years at Warsaw, will be honored prior to the varsity tip-off of the South Bend St. Joseph’s at Warsaw boys’ basketball game Friday in the Tiger Den. He will be presented with a plaque and lifetime pass to any NLC contest by Robert Sutton, current NLC president and principal of Concord High School Harris, who began his coaching career in 1949 at Roundhead High , cam.<?. to Wa rs a w in 1963. During his 26 years at Warsaw, Harris was best known as the successful head golf coach
Monday evening, with squads from Sturonjac, Buhrt Builders, Sylvan and Pilcher’s Shoes capturing wins during the “second -season" Sturonjac notched a 77-74 win over Wawasee Boat Company as Darrell Gudeman netted 21 points for the winners. Bill Hutchinson scored 19 points to pace the Wawasee Boat offense. Buhrt Builders recorded a 69-48 win over Augsburgers as Mark Lantz led the attack with 16 points. Al Schlagenhaus popped in a game-high 18 points to lead Augsburgers. Doug Thwaits poured in a game-high total of 27 points to lead Sylvan to a 96-91 win over Dana. Steve Smith connected for 26 points to lead the Dana effort. Pilcher's Shoes recorded a 80-53 victory over Kozon, with Mike Kissinger scoring 19 points for the winners. Jack Beer led the way for Kozon. although his point total was unavailable. Tournament action is scheduled to continue with second round games next Monday in the auxiliary gym at Wawasee High School.
who captured 11 consecutive NLC titles (13 overall) during his 24 seasons. During his tenure at Warsaw, Harris also served as assistant basketball coach (seven years), assistant football coach (10 years) and girls’ golf coach (three years). A 1949 graduate of Miami University, he registered undefeated coaching seasons in four different sports during his coaching career at Warsaw. He guided the freshman basketball (1963-64), freshman football (19,66-67), JV football (1971-72) and varsity golf (1966 and 1988) squads to perfect seasons while a member of the sports respective coaching staffs. Harris has been married to his wife, Joan, for 43 years. They are the parents of five children and have 10 grandchildren