The Mail-Journal, Volume 29, Number 13, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 May 1990 — Page 8

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., May 9, 1990

Sports

Eberly is prototype for student athletes

I By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer

Andy Eberly is a classic example that academics and athletics don't have to be mutually repellant The 17-year old Wawasee High School senior mixes the two disciplines like an artist mixing colors. Eberly ranks third in his graduating class and has received a presidential scholarship to Manchester College, where he plans to major in physics. His achievements in the world of academia are matched only by his achievements in the world of track and field. Eberly has amassed 155 points for his team so far this season and is in position to break the school record of 187. set by Dave Wollman in 1975. •‘He's got a real good shot at it. especially since he's (participating! in multiple events." said Warriors coach Jerry Minton. But even if he doesn't break the season mark. Eberly has alreadycarved out a niche for himself in the Wawasee record book. The 5-9, 145-pound sprinter set a school record in the 400-meter dash during a three-way meet against North Wood and Goshen on Tuesday, May 1. His time of 50.6 seconds chopped a full second off the old mark

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bEIb >1 MK * .JF RECORD SETTER — Wawasee Warrior sprinter Andy Eberly has a shot at setting a school track and field record for most points earned in one season. He already owns a Wawasee record in the 400-meter dash and has tied the school record for the 100-meter dash. (Photo by .Mitchell Stinson) During that same meet. Eberly tied the school record for the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.1 seconds. With the Northern Lakes Conference meet and sectionals coming up. Eberly hopes

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Lady Warriors impressive in loss

Despite suffering a loss at the hands of a tough Plymouth squad in girls' tennis action Tuesday. Wawasee coach Cindy Peterson was pleased with her team's per formance Senior Nicole Neff formed the basis for much of that

to capture the 100-meter dash record outright, and throw in the 200-meter dash record for good measure. , When the NLC meet kicks off at Concord tomorrow (Thursday), Eberly will be the man to beat in the sprinting events. He’s seeded No. 1 in the 200- and 400-meter dashes, and is seeded No. 2 in the 100-meter dash. "I hope to get three firsts there and then from there. I'll see if I can do that at the sectional," Eberly said. Eberly recorded third-place finishes in the 100- and 200-meter dashes in last year's Plymouth Sectional One year later. Eberly 's lofty goals are reinforced by the fact that he's in the best condition of his track and field career. That fitness can be attributed to his participation in cross country last fall He knew he wasn't going to excel in any kind of long distance running He only joined the team so he could improve his endurance for the track season. The plan worked to near perfection. Last year. Eberlytended to wear out toward the end of a meet. But this year, coach Maxwelton ladies opened season The Maxwelton ladies opened their season with official play on Wednesday. May 2. at Maxwelton Golf Course The 18-hole winners were: first place. Gloria Stoffel: second place, tie between Mary Brannum and Peg Welty. June Lantz and Bette Slabaugh tied for first place in the 9 hole group

Races planned for health festival

A 10- and 5-Kilometer run and a 3-Kilometer prediction walk will be held at the Goshen College Athletic Field on Saturday. May--12. at 8 a m. as part of the Heartbeats Health Festival The event is sponsored by Goshen General I lospital and Goshen College Registration forms and packets may be picked up at Performance Athletic Center, in Linway Shopping Plaza. Goshen, on Friday. May 11. Participants may-

pleasure. downing one of the top players in the state at number one singles to salvage the Warriors only win in a 4-1 match. While Wawasee fell to 5-6 on the season 1 2-4 in the Northern Lakes Conference). Neff turned several heads with a 4-6. 6-1. 6-3 victoryover Lisa Edison, who was previously undefeated and nationally ranked. In number two singles action. Plymouth's Debra Singrey defeated Suzanne Parr. 6-3, 6-0. while Lori Crews downed Chris Sincroft. 6-4. 6-4. in the number three spot Nancy Nixon and Nicole Ovolovonski combined for a 6-1. 7-6 victory over Wawasee’s Kimberly Carmichael and Michelle Wagoner at number one doubles In number two doubles, Sara Moerschen and Lisa Stoo ke y were beaten by Plymouth pair Angie Ellinger and Paula Tuplitt. 6-0. 6-1 The junior varsity Lady War

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Minton calls Eberly an “iron man” That extra stamina has helped turn Eberly from a good runner into a dominating one. "He’s a team leader on the track just by his performance,” Minton said. “His work ethic in practice is the best and, of course, he's a super example. ” That work ethic should serve Eberly well when he begins his college education at Manchester in the fall. He’s never had any problem mixing athletics and academics before and he plans to continue his sprinting career on an intercollegiate basis. "I don't know if it will go any further than college but it’s something to be involved in and have fun in," Eberly explained.

Warrior tracksters take fourth at Concord

By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer

The Wawasee Warriors finished in the middle of the pack in "A" division competition at the Concord Relays last Friday, May 4. Competing in a field of seven teams, Wawasee’s tracksters finished in fourth place with a total of 49 points. The East Noble Knights won the division with a high score of 100. They were followed by Plymouth (83), Goshen (79), Wawasee, Concord (431, Culver Military (32) and South Bend St. Joseph's (15). The Warriors' efforts were highlighted by first-place finishes in the high jump relay and the

pay a cheaper pre-entry fee or register the day of the race, from 6:45 to 7:45 am., in the Goshen College gym. All proceeds from the race will go to Goshen General Hospital’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. Free blood pressure checks will be available before and after the race.for participants. People may attend the Heartbeats Health Festival at the gym after the race for medical screen-

riors were also beaten by the Lady Pilgrims, 8-0. In a match Monday, pitting the Prairie Heights varsity squad against the Wawasee JV netters, the Lady Warriors looked impressive despite a 5-3 loss. Winning for Wawasee were Heather Perzanowski and Beth Tallon at number two doubles. Kara Freeman and Dana Maggert at number three doubles, and Cindy Cobbum. who rebound ed from a number three singles loss to win in the fourth spot. The varsity Lady Warriors placed fourth at the Angola Invitational Saturday. Warsaw captured the crown at the Invite, taking four firsts and a second to capture 51 of a possible 54 points. The Lady Tigers were followed by Fort Wayne Snider. 34: Carroll. 24; Wawasee. 23; Angola. 22: DeKalb, 18. Bellmont, 14. and Prairie Heights, 11 At number one singles, Neff fell to Warsaw's Tamara Payne in the first round, rebounded to beat DeKalb's Lisa Wrona, and lost to Snider’s Jennifer Smith in the consolation round final. Parr lost to Snider’s Michelle Wise in first round No. 2 singles action However. Parr captured third by defeating Jeanette Milmine of Prairie Heights and Lori Duff of Carroll in the con solation round. Sincroft also placed third, defeating Tomoko Watenabe of

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WEBSTER GIRLS’ TRACK — The North Webster sixth grade girls' track and field team is pictured before a season ending threeway meet at Milford on Monday, May 7. Kneeling in the front row, from left, are: Vanessa Dugan. Elizabeth Brunner. Jevne Drake.

sprint medley relay. Jim Mclntosh. Denny Garland and Kirk Dewart combined for 17 feet, two inches, en route to taking high jumping honors. Meanwhile. Mike Bailey, Scott Carlin. Jaime Moser and Andy Eberly teamed up to win the sprinting relayevents. Wawasee’s musclemen put in some solid performances as well, with Kyle Newcomer, Mike Garland and Craig Streby combining to take third in the discus. The Warriors will return to action tomorrow iThursday) when the Northern Lakes Conference meet kicks off at Concord High School. Wawasee’s tracksters are currently sitting in fifth place in the conference, behind the fourthplace Goshen Redskins

ings, health materials and special demonstrations by local agencies. For the prediction walk, a participant predicts before the race how long it will take to walk 3K or 1.8 miles and writes that time on his name tag. During the walk, no timing devise is allowed. The winners are based on those who come closest in their actual time to their predicted time.

DeKalb and Julie Dunham of Angola and losing to Warsaw’s Stephanie Rufenbarger. The Wawasee doubles team of Carmichael and Wagoner beat Holly Harper and Lisa Boyer of Prairie Heights in the first round, lost to Heidi Ellison and Susan Lucas of Snider in the semifinals, and defeated Carroll s Allison Heckman and Jennifer Colburn to place third Moerschen and Stookey defeated Bremen's Teri Staub and Jenny Azbell in opening round doubles action before dropping their next two matches. North Wood swept the Lady Warriors last Thursday, defeating the varsity and JV squad by identical 5-oscores. Coach Peterson is hoping her Wawasee squad looks more like the one that competed against Plymouth when it plays in the NLC meet Friday and Saturday. “We re capable of placing in the top three, it just depends on how we play,” she said, noting that Plymouth and Warsaw are expected to secure the top two spots. Wawasee will fine tune itself for the meet today (Wednesday) when Manchester pays a visiCto the Warrior courts.

A solid performance could allow the Warriors to move up in the standings at the expense of the Redskins. The Warsaw Tigers are perched just behind Wawasee. in sixth place. “We need to beat Goshen and Warsaw in the NLC meet," said

Lady track team takes third

I By MITCHELL STINSON Sports Writer

A conference title eluded the Wawasee Lady Warriors at the Northern Lakes Conference track and field meet in Warsaw yesterday (Tuesday). But it was still a night to remember, as three Wawasee tracksters put in some of the best performances of their athletic careers. Personal records abounded for the terrific trio of Kriss Eisenhour, Lisa Mikel and Julie Gunn Eisenhour won the 100-meter hurdles with a personal best of 15.79 seconds, arid also took first in the 300-meter hurdles with a 48.89. Lisa Mikel took first in the 100-meter dash, with a personal record time of 12.65, and placed third in the 200-meter dash. Meanwhile. Julie Gunn set a career record of five feet, two inches. en route to winning the high jump competition. 'They did a good job last night, we were really pleased,” said W'awasee coach Troy Akers. Other notable Lady Warrior performers included Angie Garner (third in the 3,200-meter runt, Amanda Shoemaker (fourth in the shot put) and Wendy West (fifth in the long jump). The W'awasee 400-meter relay team of Trisha Hostetler. Julie Hodgson, Wendy West and Julie Gunn, recorded a fourth-place finish. The Concord Minutewomen wrapped up an undefeated NLC season by taking first place at the meet with a score of 110. Warsaw was second with 83 points, and Wawasee scored 72. en route to its third-place finish. The field of teams was rounded out by Goshen (52), North Wood <sl), Northridge (45) and Plymouth (21). Heading into the meet, the

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Carri Brown, Mandy Moerchen, Amy Ray and Diandra Shock. Standing in the back row are: Mandy Olson, Vai Jeffrey, Margaret Sohl, Amy Burns, Susan Setlak, Sara Waldrop, Shannon Jaress and coach Dave Eldridge. (Photo by Mitchell Stinson)

Warriors coach Jerry Minton. Eirst NLC Frosh Meet The Warriors' freshman track team took fourth place in the first Northern Lakes Conference freshman meet on Monday. Ryan Shoemaker highlighted the Wawasee attack by taking first place in the 3.200-meter run and

Lady Warriors had aspirations of earning at least a- share of the conference championship. They finished the regular season in second place and needed to beat out Concord to earn the honor. But Concord's girls rose to the occasion and won the meet going away. Meanwhile, Warsaw’s squad avenged an earlier loss to the Lady W'arriors by taking the second-place spot. “I thought it might be a little closer but Concord has a lot of depth,” Akers said. “They place people in every event. ’' Final NLC standings have Concord in first place, followed by Wawasee and Warsaw in a second-place tie. The Lady Warriors’ high placement marks a

C H. S g LEADER OF THE PACK — Wawasee trackster Kriss Eisenhour was all alone in first place as she ran the 300-meter hurdles at the Northern Lakes Conference meet in Warsaw yesterday (Tuesday). Eisenhour won the event with a time of 48.89. (Photo by Mitchell Stinson)

third in the 1,600-meter run. Kyle Newcomer won the discus competition and finished second in the shot put. Teammate Spencer Long helped the cause with second place finishes in the 400-meter dash and the pole vault.

drastic turnaround from last year, when the team went 0-6-1 in the conference, and 3-6-1 overall. The 1990 version of the team lost only one conference meet and finished at 10-2-1 overall. “It’s been a great season, we’ve had a lot of fun." Akers surmised. The Warsaw Sectional is next on the list for Wawasee’s Lady Tracksters. Concord should be the od’ds'-'on-favorite once again but Wawasee has plenty of individuals who should be able to advance to the regional level. “Now, it becomes more of an individual thing, seeing howmany people we can move along,” Akers explained.