The Mail-Journal, Volume 29, Number 10, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 April 1990 — Page 9

Sports

Lady track team knocks off Bremen

j By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer

Kriss Eisenhour won two events to lead the Wawasee Lady Warriors track and field team to a 69-49 victory at Bremen last

Baseball Warriors fall to 0-3

WARSAW - Still looking to “put everything together”, according to coach Neal Frantz, the Warriors dropped a hard fought decision to Warsaw Monday to fall to 0-3. 4 While Wawasee jumped on the scoreboard first, scoring a run in the third inning off a solo home run by Erik Stevens, Warsaw answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning and added two more in the fifth for a 4-1 win. Senior Chris Conkling went the distance in a losing cause, giving up seven hits in seven innings of work. Kevin Hackworth got the win for Warsaw by yielding just three hits. The Tigers were helped by three Wawaseeerrors. “It seems that every time we score, the other team will get 'em (runs) back in the bottom of the inning,” Frantz noted. Elkhart Central did just that in a 12-11 Wawasee loss Saturday, answering six first-inning Warrior runs with eight of their own in the bottom half of that stanza. The Blue Blazers scored again in the fourth and fifth and added a pair in the sixth. Wawasee answered in the seventh inning with five runs, just coming short of the victory. Jason Mickley got the loss despite 4':> impressive innings of work. Jon Stoops was the winner for Central. Geoff Coburn and Jason Mickley each picked up three runs batted in the loss. Wawasee started its season with a 7-3 loss at the hands of the Columbia City Eagles last Friday. Conkling was the loser while Brian Lahrman picked up the win. Columbia City scored two in the second, three in the third and a pair in the fifth on the way to the win. Wawasee was limited to solo runs in the second, sixth and seventh innings, x

Golfers place Bth at Invite

FORT WAYNE — Wawasee placed eighth among 12 teams competing at the Fort Wayne Northrop Invitational at the Brookwood Golf Course Saturday. Senior Mike Tuttle led the Warriors with an 18-round score of 84. Classmate Randy Cesco was close behind with an 86. David Schmahl carded a 91 while Joel Hadley and Jerry Hutchinson rounded out the scoring with 92 and 95, respectively.

Football players to raise money for their team

Wawasee High School football players are in the process of raising money for their sport by promoting golf. They are selling cost-efficient tickets which entitle golfers to four rounds of golf at Volleyball tournament { An open tournament for mens’, womens’ and coed volleyball teams is being planned for the Milford-Fest, with play scheduled to begin around 8 a m. Saturday, May 26. Proceeds from the event, which is expected to draw as many as 30 teams, will go toward the Milford Elementary and junior high school sports departments. The tournament will be held at Milford School and trophies will be awarded to the winning teams. For more information or to register, call Kay Amsden at 658-9570. Interested teams must register by May 15.

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night (Tuesday). The 18-year-old senior won the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 16.6 seconds and the 300-meter hurdles with a 51.9. She also took second in the shot put - with a toss of 29 feet, 11 inches. The Lady Warriors dominated

Wawasee out-hit the Eagles, 10-6. but stranded several batters. Adam Wilson slapped a.double while Coburn and Chad Jones had two hits and Conkling contributed four hits to the cause. In junior varsity action. Wawasee fell to 0-1-1 after knotting the score 8-8 with Warsaw Monday before rain halted the contest. Brett Zartman was on the mound early and struck out eight Tigers before Craig Martindale came in to relieve. Tim Bradley, Shane Bucher, Than Tran and Brent Zartman each collected two hits for the Warriors. Wawasee will finish the

Conkling named to All-NLC first team

Wawasee High School senior Chris Conkling was recently named to the 12-player AllNorthern Lakes Conference first team. He averaged 10.8 points and had 30 rebounds in NLC games. Conkling was in some pretty select company on the honorary squad, which was dominated by the Concord Minutemen. Concord's squad was undefeated and ranked No. 1 in Indiana for most of the season before Bedford North Lawrence edged them in the state championship game last month. All five Minutemen starters were chosen unanimously to the first team by league coaches. They include seniors Jamar Johnson. Bill Mutch and Micah

Wrestling club does battle

Wawasee Wrestling Club members recently honed their skills in a couple of wrestling tournaments. They participated in a tournament in Garrett on March 31 before competing in Plymouth last Saturday. Brian Dutcher paced the

The Warriors’ team score of 353 was 28 strokes off the pace of the host Bruins, who carded 325 on their home course. East Noble and DeKalb tied for second by carding 328. Wawasee is in action again Saturday when it travels to Lafayette for an invitational. The first home match of the seasoh will be Monday when the Warriors host Fairfield and South Bend Riley in a triangular meet at South Shore Golf Course.

various area courses. Rules require that ticket bearers play at least one round each at Maxwelton, South Shore and Big Boulder golf courses. The fourth round can be played at any of the three. Anyone interested in buying a ticket can contact football coach Myron Dickerson at the high school and he will arrange for one of his “salesmen” to take care of the purchase. Gymnastics clinic to beheld A one-day gymnastics clinic will be held in the P.E. annex of Wawasee High School on Saturday. The clinic lasts from 9:30 a m. to 3 p.m. and is open to anyone. For more information, contact Tracy Sumpter at 457-5378.

play in the field events with firstplace finishes in the discus, shot put and high jump. Tonya Perzanowski recorded a throw of 99 " 6'2 inches to earn first in the discus. Amanda Shoemaker and Angie Leamon made it a clean

contest when it travels to Warsaw May 2. The Wawasee JVers started the season last Friday, dropping a 5-3 decision at East Noble. Mark Nicolai was the losing pitcher. Tim Bradley and Jaimie Conkling each had two hits. The freshman squad also started out on a sour note, falling to Warsaw. 15-5, last night (Tuesday). The Warriors played well for the first six innings, trailing only 7-5 before the ceiling caved in. Martindale was saddled with the loss. The varsity Warriors return to the field today when they host Fairfield.

Sharp, and juniors Mike Swanson and Jeff Massey. Also receiving unanimous votes were: Goshen’s Matt Greiser, a sophomore'; Tom Isenbarger, Plymouth, and Warsaw seniors Brian Elliott and Jason Zimmerman. Other members of the first team include Frank Berg, Warsaw, and Jeremy Elswick, Northridge. Concord’s Jim Hahn was named NLC Coach-of-the-Year. Wawasee junior center Dennis Garland was named to the allconference team as an honorable mention. Final NLC standings had Concord in first with a 6-0 record. Warsaw was second with a 5-1 mark, followed by Goshen (4-2), Northridge, Wawasee and Plymouth, (2-4) and North Wood (0-6).

Wawasee attack, taking first place in both tournaments in the Cadet 121-pound class. Teammate Chris Requejo finished first in the Cadet 103'2-pound class at Garrett, and second in the Junior 105'2 division at Plymouth. Competing\ in the Cadet 167-pound classAßflvid Antu took first at Plymouth and second at Garrett. Bryce Schaefer did likewise in the Novice 148-pound division. Brad Swope gave the club another first-place finish when he won the Midget 100-pound class at Garrett. Jamie Salazar won top midget heavyweight honors at Plymouth and Mike Wheat was first in the Novice 55-pound division at Garrett. Ladies' golf league meeting Any ladies interested in joining the Maxwelton Ladies’ 9 or 18 hole golf league are invited to the opening meeting on Wednesday, April 25, at 10 a m. at Maxwelton Golf Club.

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sweep for Wawasee in the event by taking second and third place, respectively. Shoemaker came back to take first in the shot put with a toss of 30 feet, 11 inches. Lady Warrior Julie Gunn barely beat out teammate Anne Simms to win the high jump with a leap of four feet, 10 inches. Controversy At Northridge The Lady Warriors appeared to have beaten the Northridge Lady Raiders on the track Thursday, April 12. But the final decision on who won or lost will be determined in an office by the Northern Lakes Conference board of directors. Wawasee seemed to have claimed a narrow victory before Northridge coaches asked to have a certain junior varsity runner’s time recorded at the varsity level in 400-meter dash. When a Northridge official granted the request, the Lady Raiders ended up on top in the final score, 60-58. Lady Warriors coach Troy Akers has appealed the decision to the NLC board and is awaiting a response. Once again, it was Kriss

FIRST-TEAM SELECTION — Wawasee senior Chris Conkling was recently named to the All-Northern Lakes Conference Basketball Team. Conkling averaged a little more than 10 points a game for the Warriors from the forward position. (Photo by Scott Davidson)

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Eisenhour who led the Wawasee attack. She took first in the 300-meter hurdles and recorded a personal best time of 16.1 seconds, en route to winning the 100-meter hurdles. Eisenhour was also on the winning 1.600-meter relay team, along with Lori Gargett, Moni Lange and Amy Logan. The Lady Warriors dominated play in the field events behind the efforts of Tonya Perzanowski, Julie Gunn and Amanda Shoemaker and Lisa Mikel. "Our field events really put us in good position again,” Akers said. “We swept the shot put and discus.” Mikel added to the cause by taking first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.1 and finishing first in the long jump at 15 feet. Coach Akers was pleased with his team's performance in the past week and he's looking forward to tonight's (Wednesday) big NLC showdown at Concord. "We still think our goal to win the conference is very much in sight,” he said. "We look for them to be real strong competition but we re ready.”

I 1R 11 VU i 2 q i> * • A X/J** >■ • >V'\. 1 READY FOR COMPETITION — Members of the Wawasee High School chamber orchestra will join string performers (pim throughout the school corporation (elementary and junior high) for a 7:30 p.m. performance at the high school Friday. Soloist Karen Yoder will play the violin at the concert. Music from Bach. Brahms and Mozart will be performed, while newer songs from Richard .Marx and the New Kids On The Block will also be heard. The high school orchestra will also compete at a Group I Large Ensemble Contest at Concord High School the next afternoon. The orchestra is competing in the Saturday event for the first time and will earn a trip to state competition if it places among the top eight schools. ( The Mail-Journal file photo)

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