The Mail-Journal, Volume 28, Number 51, Milford, Kosciusko County, 31 January 1990 — Page 15

Sports

Wrestling team comes up short at sectional

By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer

Wawasee High School wrestling coach Dave VanLue said his team would have to wrestle “out of this world” to have a chance of

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Freshman eagers improve to 12-4

By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer

“Everyone contributed and it was good for us to be able to give all of our players a lot of playing time,” said Chuck Evans, coach

LETTING FLY — Wawasee freshman Spencer Long lets go with a jumper during first half action from the Warriors' 43-37 win over Plymouth last night (Tuesday). The freshman squad, now 12-4, will close out the regular season with a contest at Warsaw at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday). (Photo by Scott Davidson) *>

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winning the East Noble Sectional. The Warrior grapplers came close to leaving the atmosphere but were eventually brought down to earth, as their upset bid came up a bit short. The host East Noble Knights

of the Wawasee boys’ freshman basketball team, after the squad improved to 12-4 on the season with a 43-37 win over Plymouth last night (Tuesday). The Warriors, in control throughout the contest, opened a 14-7 lead after the first quarter as

won the meet with a high score of 182, beating out a game Wawasee squad by nine points. VanLue said he couldn’t have asked for a much better effort from his squad. “I thought the kids rose to the occasion and wrestled real well,” he said. “We just didn’t

every member of the team got into the game. “I felt that we were in control the entire way,” Evans admitted. Matt Wilkinson paced a trio of double figure scorers for the Warriors as he tossed in 12 points to go with 11 from Mike Ferverda and 10 from Mike Garland. Loss To East Noble Sounding like a broken record, Evans remarked that a poor start to begin the third quarter was the key factor as the Warriors slipped to 11-4 with a 33-30 loss at East Noble last Thursday. “Like so many of our games, we came out slow in the third quarter and. after not scoring for about four minutes, we never got back on track," the coach said.

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have enough firepower to get it done.” The Warriors produced five champions and three secondplace finishers at the sectional. The top two grapplers in each weight class qualify for regional action at Fort Wayne Carroll this Saturday. The list of Wawasee champions includes: Chris Requejo (103-pounds), Chad Jones (135-pounds), Buster Clevenger (145-pounds), Tony Hostetter (152-pounds) and Jeremy Doerr (171-pounds).

Hot Shot contest

The annual Kiwanis Hot Shot contest was held January 6 at the Syracuse School Gymnasium, with approximately 70 students from the Lakeland area participating. The contest was directed by Kiwanis member Don Lines. Road race The Second Annual “Think Spring” 5K Road Race will be held in Ligonier Saturday, Feb. 24, beginning at 10 a.m. The race, which will also include a one-mile fun run, will begin at Kenney Park. Prizes will be awarded to the top three male and female finishers overall and the top finishers in various age group divisions. The entry fee for the race is $6 for those who pre-register and $7 for runners who sign up the day of the event. Persons wanting more information on the race should contact Brian Shepherd at 244-4330 for more details.

Ferverda led the team with 13 points while Garland added nine and Wilkinson scored four. Season Nearing Conclusion The freshman squad will conclude its regular season by facing Warsaw on the road tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon, with tipoff scheduled for 4:30 p.m. The squad will then have a week off to prepare for the Northern Lakes Conference Tournament. In the first round of the NLC Tournament, Wawasee will host Concord at 6 p.m. February 8. with a chance to avenge an earlier defeat this season. The winner of the Wawasee-Concord clash will face Warsaw February 10.

“""Matt Stump, Dan Clevenger and David Antu earned secondplace finishes in the 125-, 140- and 160-pound divisions, respectively. Brian Dutcher finished third in the 119-pound class but will still make the trip to Fort Wayne. Westview’s second-place finisher came down with the measles and had to be replaced. The sectional was billed to be a two-team race and that’s just what it was. The 11-1 Knights were favored, but East Noble’s coaching staff knew Wawasee was a formidable opponent,

The winners in the contest were as follows: Grade One (Katie Adams, first, Chris Bush, second); Grade Two (Chad Sears, first, Mandy Perzanowski, second, Haley VanLue, third); Grade Three (Josh Zolman, first, Rustin Mikel, second, John Szynal, third) and Grade Four (Ryan Speicher, first, Jared Mahnensmith, second, Greg Brueters, third). Also, Grade Five (Ryan Mikel, first, Neil Beer, second, Jenny Szynal, third), Grade Six (Jim Scarbeary, first, Clint Beasley, second, Don Drake, third), Grade Seven (Chris Henson, first, Trent Beer, second, Vince Beasley, third) and Grade Eight (Brian Finlinson, first, Derek Johnson, second, Eric Speicher, third).

Swimmers conclude regular season

By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer

“We had a number of good perlormances but this was a meet where we would have had to swim perfect to win it and that’s hard to do,” said Roger Karns, coach of the Wawasee boys’ swim team after seeing the squad conclude the regular season with a 92-79 loss to conference rival Warsaw last night (Tuesday). The defeat left the Warriors with a 10-5 mark in dual meets for the Season, including 2-3 in the Northern Lakes Conference. In what was a close meet throughout, the Warriors held a slim 32-30 lead after the fourth event of the night (the 50-yard freestyle) before the Tigers captured firsts in five of the seven remaining events to take the victory. “It was really a close meet and a couple of higher finishes here and there and it could have been a different outcome,” remarked Karns. On the evening, Wawasee won four events as senior Scott Berkey led the way with wins in the 200 and 500 freestyle races. Thaddeus Dußois captured first in the 50 freestyle while Berkey, Dußois, Eric Schaekel and Todd Miller combined to win the 400 freestyle relay. “Berkey had a good night, as did Brad Koser, and Schaekel swam like a man possessed,” said Karns. In addition to the first place efforts, the Warriors took second in seven events, led by Schaekel’s efforts in the 200 and 500 freestyle races. Other Warriors capturing runner-up spots included Casey Kline (50 freestyle), Miller (100 butterfly), Dußois (100 freestyle), Aaron Dial (100 backstroke) and the 200 medley relay foursome of Dial, Koser, Chris Ganshorn and Brian Kern. Looking back on his first

Tickets on sale at Wawasee for sectional

Tickets for the 1990 girls' basketball sectional tomorrow (Thursday) and Saturday evenings at Warsaw High School are available at Wawasee High School. The Lady Warriors will face Triton at approximately 7:30 p.m. tomorrow evening. The sectional opener will pit top-ranked and unbeaten Warsaw against Tippecanoe Valley at 6 p.m. Winners of the contests will square off for the championship at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,' with the winner advancing to the Warsaw Regional February 10.

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despite its 6-8-1 season record. Third-place Westview was a far cry from the sectional contenders, with a 98.5 score. West Noble and Central Noble rounded out the field of competitors with scores of 77 and 66, respectively. Last year’s Warrior squad qualified three wrestlers for semi-state action and one, Garrett Ponciroli, made it all the way to the state tournament where he took fifth place. This year’s squad has some promising contenders as well, with Chad Jones leading the way. East Noble Sectional lst-East Noble, 182; 2ndWawasee 173; 3rd-Westview, 98.5; 4th-West Noble, 77; sthCentral Noble, 66. Sectional Champs 103-pound, Chris Requejo (Wawasee); 112-pound, Scott Haney (East Noble); 119-pound, William Blum (East Noble); 125-pound, Chad Honaker (East Noble); 130-pound, Ryan Schlicktenmyer (East Noble); 135-pound, Chad Jones (Wawasee); 140-pound, Chad Fry (Central Noble); 145-pound, Buster Clevenger (Wawasee); 152-pound, Tony Hostetter (Wawasee); 160-pound, Chris Thompson (West Noble); 171-pound, Jeremy Doerr (Wawasee); 189-pound, Travis Strowmatt (East Noble); Heavyweight, Tim Holland (West Noble)

regular season as coach of the Warriors, Karns said that he was pleased with the improvement of the squad throughout the course of the season. “The kids have worked really hard and with only four lettermen back from last season we’ve depended on a lot of freshman, which says promising things for the next few seasons,” stated Karns. “The upperclassmen are swimming well for us and have throughout the year and since the start of the

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season, this team has made great progress.” Defeat Bremen Easily The Warriors pushed their mark to 10-4 with an easy 109-62 win at Bremen last Thursday. Wawasee captured firsts in 10 of 11 events against the Lions as Dial led the way in the 100 backstroke with a pool record effort of 58.38. Other winning team members were Berkey, Cory Willard (2), Dußois, Andy Dunithan, Miller, Kline and

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Schaekel. Dußois, Manning, John Noble and Brian Grothaus combined for first in the medley relay. NLC Competition Next For Warriors With the regular season now behind them, the Warriors will begin preparation for the NLC meet to be held February 8 and 10 at Concord High School. A preview of the conference meet will be included in next week’s edition of the Mail-Journal.

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