The Mail-Journal, Volume 29, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 15 August 1990 — Page 8

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., August 15,1990

Sports

Warriors set to begin action on gridiron

By SCOTT DAVIDSON Sports Writer

With a new head coach leading the program into the 19905. this year’s edition of the Wawasee football program will see its first action of the season on Friday as the squad participates in the annual Goshen Jamboree at Foreman Field. “We re looking for blocking and tackling on Friday because we (the coaching staff) really look at the jamboree as another practice session, but with worthy opponents on the other side of the ball,’’ remarked first-year coach Troy Akers. Action begins at 7:30 p.m. and the Warriors will square off against Northern Lakes Conference foe Concord in the second quarter. Wawasee will finish its evening in the third quarter of action by facing Jimtown. Tickets for the jamboree, which also includes host Cjoshen, will be available on Friday evening at Foreman Field. TROY AKERS Despite the fact that his squad has not been involved in a game situation yet. another factor that

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VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS — The four-man volleyball squad pictured above recently captured the championship in a summer league sponsored by Outpost Sports in Syracuse. Members of the team, sponsored by the Fitness Fir.m in Syracuse, from left, are: Mike VanDiepenbos. Tracy Bartow. Jon Whiteman and Lou Siri. (Photo by Scott Davidson)

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has concerned Akers already is the health of his squad. “We’ve had a number of injuries and it’s important that we get through the jamboree without any more and let some of the kids heal before

Mr ' - Hr ; - t _ - jv '~W \ LETTING FLY — Brian Elliott, a former player for the Warsaw Tigers, shoots a free throw during recent action in the Warsaw Summer Basketball League. Elliott, a 1990 Warsaw graduate, will be attending Grace College this fall with plans to play both basketball and golf at the school.

the season opener on August 24 at Fort Wayne Carroll,” said Akers. “The jamboree will be a learning experience for a lot of our younger kids and we’ll use it as a

Ladies’ bowling league to meet at Syracuse

Members of the Tuesday Night Ladies Bowling League in Syracuse will meet on Tuesday, Aug. 21. at 7:30 p.m. for their annual organizational meeting. The meeting will be held in the Wawasee Bowl in Syracuse. The meeting is open to any women or teams interested in bowling in the three-women league for the 1990-91 season. Officers for the league are -JVtary Wiggs, president; Ella iJork Wogoman, vice president; Deb \L6yellette, secretarytreasdrer; and Janice Ryman, sergeant at arms President Wiggs stated that the league usually bowls 30 weeks during the season, starting the first Tuesday after Labor. Day and ending in the middle of April. With three members on each team, the league starts at 7:30 p.m. and finishes around 9 p.m. Any woman interested in bowl-

Maxwelton lady golfers

"Tandem Threesome" was the event of the day as members of the Maxwelton Ladies Golf Association gathered on August 8 at the Syracuse course. In 18-hole action, first place went to the team of Joy Farr,

measuring stick to see where we need to go before the season opener,” the coach added. Akers, who served as defensive coordinator for the Warriors the past two seasons, accepted the head coaching position in May after Myron Dickerson resigned to take the head coaching job at LaPorte High School. “It’s been an easy transition (for me) with the coaching part of the job,” stated Akers. The Warriors, coming off of a 5-5 season a year ago, will be counting on a solid defense and a new-look offense this season as they tackle the always tough NLC conference. “The kids have been coming along in practice the past couple of weeks and the cooler weather has really enabled us to get in a lot of good work. I’ve been impressed with our sophomore class and, with the personnel that we lost from last year’s squad, a lot of young kids are going to get a big chance to show what they can do,” the coach said. In addition to Akers, the Warrior coaching staff includes assistants Scott DeHart, Tom Dickerson, Dave VanLue and David Bradley. The freshmen squad, which begins action by hosting Northridge September 6, will be coached by Kerry Murphy and Brad Craig. “The kids have been anxiouslyawaiting getting into a game situation and we’ll see how they perform on Friday and then go from there to get ready to face Carroll next Friday." concluded Akers. South Shore ladies Marion Tarr took top honors in 18-hole action of the South Shore Ladies Golf League during their August 7 outing in Syracuse. Pat Skillen finished as the runner-up in 18-hole play during the Handicap Championship. In nine-hole action. Tina Litchen took first place honors while Mary Sullivan captured second place. Youth bowlers sign up Saturday Youth bowlers sign up will be held Saturdays. Aug. 18 and Aug. 25. from 9 a m.-noon at Wawasee Bowl. Youth, ages five-18 years, are welcome to register. Bowling meeting Saturday The Saturday Night Mixed bowling league fall meeting will be held Saturday Aug. 18. 5:30 p.m., at Wawasee Bowl

ing in the league who is unable to attend the meeting may call Wiggs at 834-7248 or Lovellette at 457-2133 for more information Bray and Rapp tie Marilyn Bray and Beatrice Rapp finished the day in a tie for first place during the August 8 outing of the Big Boulder Belles Ladies Golf League in Milford Colleen Bryant took second place honors during the outing The Bo' Ider Belles are sponsoring a mixed couples scramble at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. Interested golfers should contact .the clubhouse for more details

Shirley Quinn and Gloria Stoffell. The threesome of Mary Jane Knudsen, Betty Kline and Sandy Conner teamed to take second place.

, In nine-hole action, the team winners were Donna Kline and June Lantz.

f r fix- ■ .st F /, ■ , / — ■ ... • V ALMOST — Wawasee freshman Amber Esenwein barely missed this putt at the Maxwelton Golf Course in Syracuse on Monday. She carded a 65 for nine holes, as the Lady Warriors opened their season in a three-way meet against Goshen and LaVille. (Photo by Mitchell Stinson )

Tournament fishing tricks

Lake Okeechobee. Fla., guide Steve Daniel has successfully fished professional bass tournaments for years, but he’s one angler who doesn’t mind giving away tournament tricks. As a guide on the huge lake, he offers a full dawn-to-dark day of instruction aptly titled “Fishing A Tournament Tackle Box. " in which he shows clients how to properly use all the lures in the tackle box he takes to the tournaments. “It’s really been fun to see the intense interest the clients have in learning the different techniques we use with lures,” explains the Johnson Outboards Pro Staff angler. “Many of them are club fishermen looking for an edge over their fellow club anglers." “The object of the day on the water is to learn more about lures, rather than simply catch bass.” One of the tricks Daniel shows his clients is how to modify a small topwater chugger plug so it more effectively imitates a fleeting baitfish. "What we like to do,” explains Daniel, is use a wood file and take off the bottom edge of the face. Instead of having a concave face, we change the plug so the face just slants straight back. “The result, he continues. is a lure that doesn't pop the water nearly as loudly when you move it. Instead, it's much quieter and swishes through the water. “It doesn't dive when you reel it back fast, either. It stays on top of the water. When we are trying to imitate a fleeing baitfish, we make a long cast, then reel this lure back to the boat as fast as we can. Because the face is smooth, the lure stays on the surface. ” He also recommends using these lures with 15 to 20-pound test line, because it will help them float better. In his day of instruction, the

Ivy Tech schedules registration Registration for fall semester classes beginning August 27 will be held soon at Indiana Vocational Technical College Northcentral. Students planning to attend classes at the Warsaw Center may register through August 24 from 9 a m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 9 a m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays At the Elkhart campus, 2521 Industrial Parkway, new students may register August 20 through August 22 from 10 a m. to 7 p.m. In South Bend, 1534 W Sample St., new students may register August 20 and 21 from noon to 7 p.m. and August 22 from 10 a m. to 7 p.m. Financial aid representatives will be available during registration hours. Classes begin August 27 in four program areas: business sciences and technologies, visual communications technologies, applied sciences and technologies and health technologies. For further iriformation, call South Bend 289-7001, ext 287 ;p Elkhart 293-4657 or Warsaw 267-5428

Johnson pro also discusses plastic worms, buzz baits, spinnerbaits, and crank baits. With both spinnerbaits and crank baits, he recommends fishing 20-pound test line because he doesn’t think bass pay much attention to line with these particular lures. What does spook bass, he tells his clients, is fishing a really noisy lure like a buzz bait in shallow water. “In shallow water, you want to retrieve a buzz bait just fast enough to make the blades turn and keep the lure on the surface,” he explains. “In dingy water, or over slightly deeper depths, you can use a buzz bait that makes a lot of noise. Thus far, Daniel’s instruction days have been quite popular and he intends to continue them. “When I was just getting started fishing," he says. I learned a lot from talking with the tournament pros. Now, I have a chance to share some of my tournament knowledge with others, and it ’s a lot of fun. "

Um HFrfc WiuJ ■ w i ft ■ *WikS* 1 •!>- fc JUNIOR VARSITY CHEERLEADERS — Members of the 1990-91 junior varsity cheerleading squad for Wawasee High School are shown above. Shown seated in the front, from left, are: Angie Moser, Cindy Cobbum and Janie Wright In the back are Erin Mort and Vickie Polise. (Photo by Scott Davidson) Hr j£H| i Fy iP’' //Cj’’''' ®g IhjHih K 1 i wfll I \ *\ * K H kKk| | JIHr I ■ \ ... - W VARSITY CHEERLEADERS — Members of the 1990-91 varsity cheerleading squad for Wawasee High School are shown above. Shown seated, from left, are: Jenna DeSomer. Doreen Rager, Melanie Anderson. Jennie Tranter and Jill Hoffert. (Photo by Scott Davidson)

Lady Warriors open golf season with losses

The Wawasee girls’ golf team finished third in a three-way meet at the Swan Lake Golf Course in Plymouth yesterday (Tuesday). East Noble took first with a low score of 206, followed by LaVille with a 236, and Wawasee at 308. Freshman Amber Esenwein turned in the best Wawasee performance, coming in with a ninehole total of 53. Fellow Lady Warriors Paige Price and Nikki Marsh carded scores of 66 and 70, respectively. East Noble had a fine team effort, as all four of its golfers finished within four strokes of each other. Chandy Shell topped all golfers with a score of 49. LaVille was led by Andie Lehr, who carded a 52. The Lady Warriors were only able to field three girls on their team during a three-way meet at the Maxwelton Golf Course in Syracuse on Monday. Goshen won the meet with a combined

J I I x J I —I ■ I wk -fiwHF \. I FRESHMEN CHEERLEADERS — Members of the 1990-91 freshmen cheerleading squad for Wawasee High School are shown above. Shown seated in front is Colleen Hoffert. On the second step is Andrea Adkins. Seated on the third step is Trischa Speicher, while Carmen Waldrop is in back. Not pictured, but also a member of the squad, is Kari Bixler. (Photo by Scott Davidson)

total of 219, and DeKalb took second with a 312. Nikki Marsh’s 64 was the lowest score for Wawasee. Amber Esenwein had a 65 and Paige Price notched a 68. Lady Warrior coach Jerry Hawkins is hoping that the Monday match won’t affect his team’s record. “I’m assuming they’re not counting it, that’s how I’m taking it,” he said. “I would consider us 0-2, but I don't know if that's right.” The Lady Warriors return to action today (Wednesday) with a Northern Lakes Conference meet in Goshen. The team will host Churusbusco in a 10 a.m. matchup at Maxwelton tomorrow. Cook promptly Keep frozen poultry hardfrozen until time to thaw, and cook promptly after thawing.