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Monday, February 27. 1984, News Herald, Port Clinton. 0..9 tZZD Lakers in unbeaten form win sectional ft 5 Redskins Qualify for state swim BOWLING GREEN Described by Coach Ken Gipe as Port Clinton's best district meet ever, five Redskins qualified for the state swimming Championships. Port Clinton finished, in ninth place Saturday with 63 points, the most ever by the Redskins, Chip Bodie, who became Port Clinton's very 'first district champion by winning the 50-yard freestyle Friday, finished third in the 100 freestyle 'Saturday. His time of 48.79 was fast enough to "earn an at-large berth at the state meet to be held Friday and Saturday at Canton.

He won the 50 in 2.043 to break his own school record of 22.34. Bodie swam a 47.7 split in the anchor leg, to lead the Redskins' 400 free relay team to fourth place. Don Branum, John Schroeder, Mickey Coon and Bodie were clocked in 3:23.34, which was also fast Enough for an at-large berth. It broke the old 'school record of 3:24.48 set by Dan Gels, Dave Bradshaw, Jack Bredbeck and Bodie in 1982. The last 400 free relay team to qualify for a state Imeet was composed of John Merrill, Greg Wood, 3at Weisend and Jack Clemons, who swam a in 1972.

In all, the Redskins broke six school records. Coon placed 23rd in the 200 individual medley in breaking his own record of 2:13.28. Bra-Inum placed 13th in the 100 backstroke in 1:00.92, breaking Dave Bradshaw's 1981 record of 1:01.17. Pat Colston chopped nearly 2Vi seconds off the 100 -breaststroke record by placing 12th in 1:04.61. The 'old record was 1 :07.0 set by Ed Burgdorf in 1974.

Branum, Colston, Schroeder and Williams set 200 medley relay record at 1:45.86 with an eighth-place finish Friday. Williams placed 16th in the 500 freestyle in 15:25.29, a personal best. Coon was 18th in the 100 in 58.47, just shy of his own school record. Schroeder placed 13th in the 200 freestyle in 1:54.82, his personal best by nearly three seconds. BY TOM HOEPF Sports Editor WILLARD Danbury Coach Jim Rinaldo opened his scorebook, pointed to the 25 points penciled by Hiedi Gast's name and said: "That's experience." His all-state senior guard hit nine of 15 field field goal attempts and seven of eight free throws to the Laker's to a 60-45 victory over Ashland Crestview and their second straight Class A sectional championship Saturday.

Danbury heads into the district tournament with a 22-0 record. Crestview ended the season at 11-11. The Lakers, ranked 6th in the state, take on 8th-ranked Mansfield St. Peter Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Willard High School.

St. Peter, last year's state runner-up, crushed Colonel Crawford 50-32 Saturday to win its sectional tournament. The Spartans, who defeated Danbury in the opening game of the district tournament last year, have a 17-5 record. Crestview stayed close for one quarter before the Lakers outscored them 18-9 in the second. LeAnn Monak made two free throws with 6:07 left in the second period to put the Lakers ahead 14-10.

Then sophomore Jeanene Sauvey came off the bench and hit a 15-footer from the left side with 5:32 to play. Junior Patty Howell came into the game and hit one from the side for a 24-15 lead with 1:35 remaining. Teresa Ontko hit a jump shot from the wing as time ran out for a 28-17 lead. "Howell looked like she's been with us all year. That's our depth," said Rinaldo.

"We're solid off the bench. That was the key." Howell, a junior recently promoted from the junior varsity, scored four points and had five rebounds while filling in for ail-district forward Diane Gresh. Gresh was limited to nine points and eight rebounds as the Lakers' junior went tooth and nail with Crestview's Pam Conley. Gresh got into foul trouble in the first half and eventually fouled out late in the game. Conley, a 5-10 sophomore, muscled in 22 points to lead the Courgars.

Sherri Bond, a sophomore guard, scored 10 points. Danbury junior Teresa Ontko picked up the slack left by Gresh's rare scoring lapse by tossing in five field goals for 10 points. The Lakers snapped a three-game shooting slump by making 23 of 46 field goals for 50 percent. They were 14 of 16 from the free throw line. Yet Rinaldo was concerned about his team's offense.

"We seem to have lost that mid-season offensive punch," he said, adding that the defense kept his Lakers comfortably ahead. "I wasn't worried because we were shutting them off. You could see they weren't going over the 40s." The Lakers will need all the offense they can muster against St. Peter," said Rinaldo. "Mansfield lives on defense," he said.

"They play a 1-3-1 zone. They say 'This is what we do; beat 4. N-H photo: TOM HOEPF The junior scored 10 points in the Lakers 60-45 sectional final victory over Crestview. TERESA ONTKO of Danbury puts on the brakes when confronted by a pair of defenders. Eastwood remains unbeaten Lakota ousts Oak Harbor of the first half spurt that put Lakota up 26-15.

In the final quarter, after Lakota had gone up by 12, the closest Oak Harbor could get was the final margin. "It was a good, physical game, Worstein said. "Tom did a nice job getting his team ready for us." "The girls played very well," Quinn said about his Rockets, who finished the season at 11. Gabel 's 15 points topped the balanced Lakota attack. Slick had 10 with Nancy Saalman adding nine.

Oak Harbor's "triangle and 2" defense was used against Gabel and Saalman. Kelly Kretz, Gretchen Platzke and Macko had 11 points aoiece for Oak Harbor. Teri Poggemeyer scored 26 points, 17 in the first half, but it was the strong play of 5-10 sophomore Jodi Juergens in the second half that helped Eastwood shake a stubborn Elmwood team. The Lady Eagles also slapped a full court press on the Lady Royals that forced several turnovers as Eastwood built a 31-18 halftime lead into a 50-26 advantage going into the final eight minutes. Juergens had 22 points, the majority on shots in close with had 12 in the second half.

Angel Allgire and Robin Buckingham had 10 points apiece for Elmwood. Eastwood will play Cardinal Stritch at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 1, and Lakota will play Lake in the second game that evening at the Perrysburg District Tournament. The district finals are By BOB MARKER Special to the News Herald FREMONT Lakota and Eastwood won sectional titles in the Class AA girls' sectional basketball tournament Saturday at Ross High School. The Raiders fought off Oak Harbor 50-45 while the Eagles ran their season unbeaten streak to 20 with an easy 71-40 romp over Elmwood. Two scoring spurts, one in each half, got Lakota past Oak Harbor.

The Raiders, 20-2, went on an 11-1 run at the end of the first half after Oak Harbor had closed to a point, 15-14. In the third quarter, Oak Harbor pulled back to trail 35-30 before a 13-6 spurt gave Lakota a 48-36 lead with 3:11 to play. "They have talent and quickness," Lakota Coach Dave Worstein said about Oak Harbor as he summed up the game, "and that helped them break our press some but we still had a couple of spurts off the press and they were important. "We stay with our press during the game and it wears people down and we got those spurts because of it." "They hurt us with the press, especially just before the half," Rockets Coach Tom Quinn said. "The press plus Gretchen Platzke picked up her third foul and Carol Macko had to leave the game when she chipped a tooth just before halftime.

"That forced us out of a 'triangle and 2 defense and into a '2-3'," Quinn continued, "and they scored three quick buckets against that defense." The baskets, two by Amy Gabel and one by Rhonda Slick were part Photo by DAVE ZIEMKE championship match. Spychalski recovered to take an 8-4 decision over the junior Redskin. STEVE SMITH of Port Clinton pulls Maumee's Charles in their 138-pound district off balance Spychalski i. Redskins 3rd at district mat meet Port Clinton's Chris Raff placed fourth at 126 pounds losing 7-4 to Tony Andrzjewski of Maumee. Coleman second in MAC tourney TOLEDO District champion Keith Shook "leads a band of five Redskins into the Class IAAA regional wrestling tournament at Lorain Admiral King Friday 2nd Saturday.

gPort Clinton placed -third out of 10 teams Swith 124 points. Host Toledo Rogers won the district crown with 211 ooints. Maumee was Rogers in the 185-pound championship. Redskins also qualifying for the regional meet Steve Saunders, Steve Smith, Bruce Celek and Steve Gut-koski. Paul Kaifas of Maumee outpointed Saunders 11-2 to win the 105-pound championship.

Saunders' record is 23-5. Charles Spychalski Maumee took an 8-4 decision from Smith, whose record stands at Port Clinton were seniors Steve Malik and Rollan Slauterbeck. Malik defeated Todd Greinonne of Rogers 6-3 for third, but lost his challenge match to Frank Bowlin of Perrys-burg 7-4. Malik finished the season at 15-13. Heavyweight Slauterbeck outpointed Gary Stine of Perrysburg 3-1, but lost his challenge match to Mike Geis of Rogers on the referee's criteria.

Although the score was deadlocked at 2-all, Geis scored the first takedown. Slauter-beck's season ended with a 16-11 record. his third loss of the season, a 7-2 decision in the 155-pound final. Celek's record is 19-3. Steve Gutkoski placed third by pinning Jeff Goatley of Maumee.

The Port Clinton junior then challenged and upset runner-up Ken Rosemond of Rogers on a 3-2 decision to qualify for the regional. Gutkoski was the only third-place finisher to knock off a runner-up. Rosemond, who failed to qualify for the regional, came into the tournament with a 26-0 record. Gutkoski is 25-4. Also placing third for with 147.

'-Shook, a senior, ran his record to 19-3 with a and OhioU. with6V4. Coleman's coach, Chuck Angello, won MAC Coach of the Year honors while Miami senior heavyweight Mike Holcomb won the tourney's outstanding wrestler with three straight pins. Holcomb, considered one of the favorites for an NCAA title, is now 38-1 with 18 pins this season. Allan Childers of Kent State captured his third straight title in the 150-pound class.

Miami juniors Pat McCarthy (32-6 at 126 pounds) and Mark Townsley (27-8 at 134 pounds) and Central Michigan senior Paul Salyers (27-4 at 158 pounds). Coleman's performance helped Miami win its first team title since 1968 with 66 points, followed by Kent State with 61, Northern Illinois with 56, Eastern Michigan with 55, Central Michigan with 47y4, Toledo with 36 Michigan junior Rick Winekoff 3-1 in a "wrestle-back" match for second place. Despite losing the conference title and the automatic berth in the NCAA tourney, Coleman still had a shot at an at-large bid to the meet. Coaches from the seven competing schools decide after the tournament which runnersup deserve a bid. Coleman was left off that list, which included i' 7-3 decision over Mario 16-10.

Marty Miller Rog-l Dominguez of Toledo ers handed Celek only essoin mmmmmzp Port Clinton, Ohio Madison a Perry St. 734-2166 BLOCK OXFORD-Mark Coleman came within four points of a MidAmerican Conference wrestling title here this weekend and an automatic berth in the NCAA Wrestling Championships. The two-time state high school champion from Fremont St. Joe finished runnerup in the 177-pound division as a freshman on the Miami University team at the 33rd MAC meet on the Redskin campus Saturday and Sunday. Coleman, the No.

3 seed, was beaten 10-7 by top-seeded Doug Dake of Kent. State in the championship finals Sunday afternoon. Dake is a junior with a 23-4-1 record. Coleman finished 25-10. On his way to the finals, Coleman beat Ohio University freshman Shane Underhill 15-2 and he pinned Northern Illinois senior Joe Morrow, the second seed, in 6: 58.

After losing in the finals, Coleman decisioned Eastern Wrestling Rockets runners-up Found Karon FEBRUARY DINNER SPECIALS MONDAY STUFFED SOLE MONTEREY $8.95 TUESDAY SAVORY SWISS STEAK $5.95 WEDNESDAY DEEP FRIED BAY SCALLOPS $8.95 THURSDAY PEPPER STEAK ORIENTAL $5.95 FRIDAY, CRAB THERMIDORE $6.95 SATURDAY BEER BATTERED FROG RED SNAPPER $518 over Greg Trumpler of Fostoria to take the crown at 167. John Ishmael pinned Ron Recknagle of Rossford in 1:16 to win the 175-pound championship. Rockets also qualifying for the regional meet were Rob Schultz, who lost a 5-3 decision to Eric Scheufler of Margaretta in the 98-pound final, Todd Burnett, who lost to Rossfords Matt McCumber 18-5 in the 112 final, and Matt Bodnar, who dropped a 9-5 decision to Dave Woldarz of Stritch at 126. Oak Harbor's Tim Velliquette placed fourth at 105. Genoa placed sixth out of ten teams.

NORTHWOOD Cardinal Stritch outpointed Oak Harbor 227-175 Saturday to win the Class AA district wrestling meet. The Rockets had five champions and qualified eight wrestlers for this weekend's regional meet at Fosto-ria. Tim Veler won Oak Harbor's first title with a 6-2 win over Fostoria's Scott Kraylek at 138 pounds. Greg Goad remained unbeaten with a 7-2 decision over Mike Kozak of Stricth in the 145-pound championship. Scott Platzke edged Kirk Ackerman of Rossford to win the 155-pound title.

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