TTh kvARVKnONTZ we scored Wl95 so we had a good beginning. "I knew, since we were counting a lot on five freshmen and five sophom*ores, we would have a lot of ups and downs. We wanted to work toward consistency. 'The Columbus North meet Drummond also presented two other special awards. Thao Nguyen was named recipient of the coaches award and Cara Grieger was named the outstanding freshman.
The coach said Nguyen, "Always encouraged her teammates, had a positive attitude and good work habits." The freshman award was based on work habits at practice and points scored. Greiger was the high scorer among the freshmen with 27 points. Drummond also presented senior Shannon Patterson with a certificate for being the honorary captain. Although the Owls didn't win a dual meet, Drummond said, "I feel good about where the program is headed. I received compliments from all the opposing coaches about; how much the program has improved.
"We went into the season trying to make things as positive as possible. Our goal, in our first meet, was to score 70 points and Sparta Editor Sophom*ore Dawn Ford has beenlnamed the most valuable member of Seymour High School Lady Owls gymnastics team. Ford's honor was announced by head coach Dan Drummund during the team's awards prog ram at txrcierosa steak House Monday night. Ford easily topped the Owls in iwiinle cna rnnrfirt ik a.n,,n ing, 43 in bars, 3 in beam and 4 in floor exercise for a total of 85. ora sei a scnooi recora in vaulting (with 8.4 against" ina scorer in vault in every meet.
with an average of 7 59, and was the Owls' high scorer in bars in all except one meet, with an average of Ford also recorded the Owls' top all-around score of 26.85 against Shelby ville. She 'averaged 23.09 in all-around. Drummond said, "uawn naa some real good performances this year," if I JI I i Oscar Robertson to speak to Seymour Sports Club tics team during the award program Monday night. Missing was Thao Nguyen, winner of the coaches award. Trikww tka4 fcy Arv KoaaU Cara Grieger, left, was named the oustanding fVeshman and Dawn Ford was named the most valuable member of the Seymour High School gymnas Rhoden suffers back injury while pitching against Boston was a high point.
1 felt our girls performed real well. It was just that their girls performed more difficult tricks." Drummond said other high-, lights were the Shelbyville meet and the sectional. Drummond said he expects more improvement next year and stressed that the off-season is very important. He said the girls need to take lessons at the Columbus Gymnastics Center, attend summer camps, work on weight-training. He said parents should offer the girls encouragement.
Vanity awards witk poiols- Dawn Ford Tem Coomtec S3k Shelly Oboa 5a Thao Nguy 43. Shannon Patterson a. Cara Grieger Jenntt-er Schumpt M. Jane Durham 1 junior varsity- Jennifer Durham. Carta Jtoun-shel.
Diana layten. Uxi Neal. HoUy ViFonoV Managers- Melissa Schneider. Heather Reinhart. Two JC players will play at IU BLOOMINGTON (AP) Two junior college basketball players have announced their intentions to transfer to Indiana University.
They are Mark Robinson, a 6-foot-5 forward from San Francisco City College, and John White, a 6-6 forward from Dodge City (Kan.) Junior College. Robinson, a former junior college teammate of Indiana center Dean Garrett, wilfenrol! as a junior next fall; White will enroll as a junior in the fall of 1988. Robinson averaged 26 points and eight rebounds this past season. A year ago, he teamed with Garrettt to lead San Francisco to the final game of the California junior college tournament. Shines signs with Indians INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Razor Shines, who batted .360 in the American Association baseball playoffs and had two game-winning RBI in leading Indianapolis to the league championship, has signed a contract for the 1987 season, the Indians have announced.
The 30-year-old first-baseman and designated hitter rejoined the team in late July. From that time until the Indians clinched their division pennant, he batted .264 as the team won 26 of 35 games. Umpires meeting set Wednesday A meeting to organize a Jackson County Umpires Association will be held Wednesday at the Seymour Community Center beginning at 7 p.m. American Softball Association (ASA) umpire Robert Akin said all umpires and prospective soft-ball umpires should attend. Persons wanting more information may call Akin at 522-7425.
CONTINENTAL Former professional, college and high school basketball star Oscar Robertson will be the guest speaker at the Seymour Sports Club's March meeting. The meeting will be held Thursday noon at The Pines Everg. een Room. The 'Big 0' led his Indianapolis Crispus Attucks High School team to state championships in 1955 and '56, and was the leading, scorer in the tournament his senior year. The 1956 team was the first to win the state championship with an unbeaten (31-0) record while the '55 team holds the record for the most points in the cham- NFL games draw record crowds KAANAPALI, Hawaii (AP) -National Football League attendance reached a new high in 1986 with a total of 17,304,463 fans attending preseason, regular season and playoff games, the league announced.
The previous record was 17,223,212 in 1981. Regular-season attendance of 13,6881 was the second highest in history, just 18,439 short of the record in 1981. Last season's average was 60,663 a game compared to 60,745 in 1981, and the 1986 total represents 90.03 percent of stadium capacity. ILetS'c DBA pionship game in a 97-74 win over Gary Roosevelt. Robertson scored 30 points against Roosevelt and 39 in the 79-57 win over Lafayette in the championship game of the 1956 tournament.
He then went on to earn Ail-American honors while playing for the Cincinnati Bearcats and all-National Basketball Association honors while playing for the Cincinnati Royals. He finished his pro career with the Milwaukee Bucks. Social hours will be from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The buffet meal will be served from 11:15 m.
until 12:15 p.m. Robertson will speak to the club at 12:30. Persons may make reservations by calling 522-4181 until 4 o'clock today or between 8 a.m. and noon Wednesday. Players are needed for Seymour Cyclones Dan Drummond, coach of the Seymour Cyclones soccer team, said more 12-13- and 14-year old players are needed for the team.
Jackson County youth interested in playing may register prior to practice today at Freeman Field. Practice will start at 5:30 o'clock. Practices are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Slave IFUJEg DAY PARTY! pitched four hitless innings and said he could have gone longer. Mets 5, Reds 1 Howard Johnson hit a two-run homer as the Mets banged out 10 hits to defeat Cincinnati.
Johnson, who is succeeding Ray Knight as the Mets everyday third baseman, hit his homer in the second inning batting right-handed against Cincinnati lefthander Tom Browning. The switch-hitter is batting .350 (7-for-20) with five runs batted in this spring. Royals 2, Orioles 0 Steve Balboni, trying to recover from a 1986 season plagued by back problems, broke a scoreless tie with a leadoff home run in the -seventh inning as Kansas City blanked Baltimore. Tigers Twins 1 Terry Harper and Larry Hern-don each drove in two runs to back the five-hit pitching of Frank Tanana and two others as Detroit beat Minnesota. Tanana allowed only one hit and one unearned run in the five innings he -worked.
He struck out four, in-deluding the Side in the fourth. Red Sox 6, Yankees 4 Kevin Romine capped a Boston comeback with a tie-breaking home run in the seventh inning Marc Sullivan also homered, powering the Red Sox over New York. Reliever Steve Crawford, the third Boston pitcher, allowed only two hits in three scoreless innings as the Red Sox rallied from 3-0 and 4-1 deficits. Expos 7, Braves 5 Jeff Reynolds drove in the go-ahead run with a run-scoring single in a three-run Montreal seventh inning to pace the Expos over a split Atlanta team. Trench Davis led the Braves' attack with three RBI, two coming on a two-run inside-the-park homer in the fourth inning.
Cardinals 5, Astros 4 Jim Lindeman drove in his second run of the game with a ninth-inning single to lead St. Louis over Houston. Lindeman collected his first RBI of the game with a double in the fourth inning, as the Cardinals improved their exhibition record to 9-1. Houston shortstop Bert Pena improved his spring average to .500 with a two-run homer and a double. Rangers 11, White Sox 6 Darrell Porter had a pair of two-run doubles to lead Texas over Chicago.
Bob Brower went with an RBI single and Pete O'Brien and Jerry Browne each drove in two runs for the Rangers, who handed the White Sox their sixth loss in seven spring games. Phillies 9, Red Sox 8 Rick Schu lined an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th to lift Philadelphia over a Boston split squad. Schu's single scored Greg Gross, who started the inning with a pinch single before moving to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Gary Redus. Wade Boggs had three hits and three RBI for the Red Sox. Braves 6, Dodgers 4 Dion James had two hits and scored twice to lead an Atlanta split squad past Los Angeles.
The Braves scored four runs off loser Tim Leary after Dodger starter Orel Hershiser had allowed the Braves one earned run on three hits through the first four innings. Padres 11, Brewers 6 Rookie catcher Benito Santiago drove in four runs with three hits as San Diego rallied to beat Milwaukee. After the Brewers had taken a 5-2 lead, the Padres scored four runs in both the sixth and seventh innings. Santiago had two-run singles in each of the innings. Angels 15, Cubs 2 Kirk McCaskill, making his first appearance of the spring, earned the win as California routed Chicago.
Relievers Don- nie Moore and Ray Chadwick, who earned the savecombined with McCaskill to limit the Cubs to tnree nits. support to bowling. The board will consider nominees from the following catagories: a Outstanding bowlers, a Outstanding sponsors. ua wiw iiave coniriDUiea 10 Uie game of bowling locally. -a Those who have given years of outstanding service to the local association or other bowling groups.
BASKETBALL PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS Signed Ron Rowan, guard, to a 10-day contract. A. 1 I By The Associated Press The New York Yankees have Rick Rhoden penciled in to start on Opening Day, but right now he's just marked down on their injury list. The right-hander who is expected to be the mainstay of a question-mark Yankee pitching staff suffered a pulled muscle in his lower back Monday while pitching a spring training exhibition baseball game against the Boston Red Sox. Rhoden had a 15-12 record and 2.84 earned run average for the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986.
He was acquired by the Yankees in a multiplayer deal last Nov. 26. Around the Camps The Texas Rangers also suffered a key training camp injury when Jeff Kunkel, a top candidate for second base, suffered a separation of his right shoulder during a game with the Chicago White Sox. He is expected to undergo surgery and will be out indefinitely. Outfielder Mike Young rejoined the Baltimore Orioles Monday, ready to begin the long road back following surgery on his right thumb.
Young suffered a torn ligament when he dove for a low liner in Baltimore's second exhibition game on March 8. The Milwaukee Brewers were buoyed by Pete Vuckovich's performance in a game against Seattle. The 1982 Cy Young award winner, who is trying to make the team as a non-roster player after several bouts of arm problems, 1 HENRY LEE SUMMER MAY 5th Advanced Tickets $9 Tickets at the Door $10 Tickets Available After 7:00 P.M. ST. PATRICK'S 7Q2UUIU D.J.
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