Archive - Oct 2012
October 11th
ARGOS — It’s funny how things work out.
Argos’ girls soccer team was tied 1-1 with Boone Grove in the final minute of their sectional championship game Saturday afternoon in DeMotte. If Jami Patterson hadn’t been able to put away the game-winner with 34 seconds on the clock, the Lady Dragons might not have gotten to Culver in time to catch the final minutes of the boys’ sectional title rematch with Bremen later in the day. And if they hadn’t been there, the Dragons, who were knotted in a 0-0 stalemate with the Lions, might not have gotten the boost they needed in the game’s homestretch.
Volleyball
CGA loses to sectional foe St. Joe
Culver Girls Academy lost a four-game match with defending Sectional 19 champion St. Joseph on the road Wednesday, 22-25, 25-12, 25-18, 25-21.
Katy Bjornson recorded 19 kills, and Abby Jeffirs finished with 18. Jeffirs also recorded 14 digs, while Bjornson had nine.
Paige Baldacci recorded 52 assists, Sarah Boland served up a pair of aces, and Jamie Madison finished with 11 digs and three blocks in the loss.
October 10th
CULVER — It isn’t just skill and talent that wins championships; sometimes it takes a little luck too.
Culver Military Academy’s Leopoldo Burguete didn’t run his best race Tuesday, but it was still good enough for the individual championship as the Eagles senior gutted out some lower back and hip issues to clock a 16:29.6 and repeat as the CMA Boys Cross Country Sectional champion.
SOUTH BEND — While their teams closed at the South Bend Riley Sectional, a pair of area runners advanced individually out of Tuesday’s meet at Erskine Park.
Bremen’s Sara Slabaugh placed seventh in 20:13 in the girls race to earn a berth at the Elkhart Central Regional this Saturday, while John Glenn’s Luke Runyan overtook Mishawaka’s Jordan Annis in the homestretch of the boys race to win the boys championship in 16:17.3 ahead of Annis’ 16:18.75.
Volleyball
Plymouth wins 10th straight
Plymouth’s volleyball team responded after a loss in the extended opening set, and the Lady Pilgrims earned a big four-game Northern Lakes Conference win over visiting Concord on Breast Cancer Awareness Night at the Rock,26-28, 25-19, 25-18, 25-16.
October 9th
Mary Etta Schmucker
Oct. 8, 2012
NAPPANEE — Mary Etta Schmucker, 75, of Nappanee, died at 10:45 a.m., Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 at her residence after an illness with cancer.
Fred James Gunther
Dec. 23, 1959-Oct. 5, 2012
OSCEOLA — Fred James Gunther, 52, of Osceola, passed away at 7:40 p.m., Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka after a battle with lung cancer. Fred was born Dec. 23, 1959, in Plymouth, the son of Fred H. and Dorothy (Kopetski) Gunther. He graduated from LaVille High School.
MARSHALL CO. — Seven Marshall County men died in the Vietnam War, and Greenfield resident David Hine wants to make sure they will not be forgotten.
Hine, who is retired from the Air Force, spends between 40 and 50 hours each week trying to locate photos of fallen Vietnam veterans from Indiana.
“This project was started in 2009 by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund,” explained Hine, “In Indiana, there are still more than 800 men that don’t have photos.”
BOURBON - The fall chill made it’s way into Triton High School on Monday morning forcing school officials to postpone classes for the day.
“There was no heat at the high school and room temperatures were around 55 degrees,” said Triton Superintendent Donna Burroughs. “I don’t think that would have made for a very good learning environment so we decided to cancel classes for the day.”
INDIANAPOLIS — A trio of area teams will play host to sectional fields as the 41st Annual IHSAA State Volleyball Tournament opens next Tuesday.
Plymouth will try to build on last year's sectional runner-up finish as the team hosts a seven team Class 3A field at the Rock beginning with the opener between the Lady Pilgrims and Mishawaka Marian Tuesday at 7 p.m. The winner will advance to play Northern State Conference champion New Prairie at 11 a.m. Saturday.
