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SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON Farmer's ADVOCATE
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 19e3
Jefferson's Jayvee Cagers Conclude Excellent Season
"Pictured above is the 1 2-83 junior varsity basketball team at Jeffer-
son High School, a squad that had an excellent season, winning 16 and
losing only 1. They are, left to right, front row: Todd Grantham, Chris
Smith, Walter Roberts, Anthony Gregory, Bryan Dickson, Wayne Puller.
Back row: Tommy Evans, Paul Rudolph, Stacey Viands, Coach John
Lowery, Tyrone Jackson, David Mills and Aaron Frazier.
The Jefferson High School
junior varsity basketball team
enjoyed an excellent season,
winning 16 and losing or, e, and
bids fair to offer substantial
help to the varsity squad next
year.
The jayvee squad is the train-
ing and proving grounds for
future varsity peformers, and
this year's team proved it has
the. ability and the persever-
ance to be a winner.
The Little Cougars, under
Coach John Lowery, won all of
its nine home games; while on
the road they won seven and
lost but one, to Keysor, a loss
they avenged later in the
season.
In point manufacture, Jdfer-
son scored 986 to the opposi-
tions 792.
In compiling the fine record,
Jefferson won its last ten
games in a row; won 26 of 27
games over a two year period;
and now owns a string of 20
home victories in a row.
Wayne Puller led the Jeffer-
son scoring attack with 202
points for an average of 11.9 per
game, followed closely by Todd
Gratham with 200 points and an
11.8 average. Then came
Tyrone Jackson, averaging 10.6
points; Stacey Viands, with an
average of 9.2; Paul Rudolph
withaSAaverage; alate com-
er, Walter Roberts, who came
off the bench to post a 4.4
average; and Anthony Gregory
with a 2.3 average.
In rebounding, Jackson
averaged 6.9 per game; Puller
6.6; Rudolph 5.2; Viands 4.9;
and Gramtham 2.6.
A new record in assists was
set by Gra/~Jmm who had 134,
well above the next best mark
of 30 by Viands.
The Jefferson High School
girls tennis team will feature a
veteran crew among its thirty-
six member squad when it
takes to the courts against op-
ponents this spring.
Returning to carry the
Cougars hopes are seven of the
top eight players from last
Springs team which posted a
23-1 record (best ever in the
history of girls tennis at JHS)
and the addition of an outstan-
ding transfer student who
played number one for her
school last spring.
The girls squad which placed
third in last years state tourna-
ment will not rest on its past
laurels as it has beefed up this
Spring's schedule to take on the
best schools in the tri-state
area.
April 8, with Beckley,
Frankfort, Hedgesville, and
Martinsburg; host a quad tour-
nament on April 9, with Broad
Run, Loudoun Co and-
Parkview, and host an invita-
tional tournament on April 16,
with Clarke Co Loudoun
Valley and Stonewall Jackson.
Jefferson tennis coaches
Glenn Edwards, Mike Roush
and Dan Falvey will get a
prescason look at the girls team
in match play conditions when
they participate in the JHS in-
tersquad tournament to be
played in the Jefferson gym-
nasium on March 18-19. The
tournament is played on the
"sporteze" carpet court which
was used for the first time last
spring.
The Jefferson junior varsity
The lady Cougars return girls tennis team will play a ten
seniors Sherry Keitar (28-11ast match card opening their
spring), Michelle Mattei (19~7),
Lisa Strange (19-3), Jean Cross
(17-4), and Michelle Lochbaum
(3-I); juniors Traci Albin (22-8)
and Lisa Lutman (7-0); and
welcome the addition of
transfer student Sidney Ramey
a junior. All of the above
players have demonstrated the
ability to win at the top spot and
season on March 24, when they
travel to WaLkersville for a 3:30
match.
GIRLS' VARSITY TENNIS
MARCH
Martlasbm'g A
26 Clarke City. H
29 Lowlmm Vall~y A
31 Holton-Arms A
APRIL
Martlnsburg ran the clock
down, then took a time out, to
set up the final shot. (R was sup-
posed to g6 to Willmms or Mat-
thew Bullet inside). But
Fowler, seeing the the two
covered, suddenly broke for the
basketball, split a pair of
defenders, and banked the ball
off the glass as the clock hit the
five second mark.
As noted, Jefferson ac-
complished what it wanted to
do, defensively, shutting down
Williams with only six points.
But Fowler came through with
16 points, Bullett with 14 and
Gary Brooks with 8 to take up
the slack. "
As for Jefferson, Curtis Roy
led the pack with 19 points,
Clark hed 17 and Brock Winfrey
7.
Martlnsburg (18-4) will now
seek the Region II champion-
ship against Keysls" High at the
MHS field house Saturday
evening at 7:30. Keyser
defeated Hampshire to ad-
vance to the regional finals.
Saturday's winner will open
Class AAA play in Charleston
next Wednesday against an un-
named opponent.
will get their share of competi- 4 MarUMbm'g H
tion in preparation for tourua-,JH8 Rom~-Robin Tuff Oub TO Stage
ment play. Tournament
Keiter set the girls school (Beckley, Frpkfort, Idsh Sweepstakes
record from the most singles itedgesviile, Martl~lmrg)
wins in a season last year with g JHS Qnad Tcm'u. H
28; Albin became the first JHS {BroedRan, LowioanCo St. Patrick's Day
girl or boy player to ever ad- Parkview)
v~nce to the semi-final roundof 13 Benll A CHARLES TOWN -- The
thestatetouroament; andLut- 16 JHSinvitatlamdTourn, H Charles Town Tm'f Club will of-
man was the only undefeated {CkwkeCo LondomValley. fer its second annual Irish
singles player on last Yean Stonewall Jadmon) Sweepstakes on Saint Patrick's
team. Albin and Ramey are the 18 Lm~mmCmmty S Day (March l7), witha$1,O00 Was
top rated girls 16 and under 22 BNsd Rum H handicapping prize.
Kenneth J. (Kenny) Rentch,
former high school coach and
official for more than 40 years,
will be among eight retired
schoolboy coaches and
teachers who will be honored
Saturday night, March 26 at the
West Virginia High School
basketball tournament to be
played in the Charleston Civic
Center March 23-26.
Rentch has been named as
the "Retired Coach-of-the
Year" for Region V of the West
Virginia Coaches Association of
which Robert (Bob) Rizzo of
Jefferson High School is the
regional director.
Rizzo said the eight retired
coaches from all across West
v-zginla wiu be and
presented plaques dining tha
hat[time ceremonies of the
playing of the Class-AAA
Championship game
Kenny, as be is more
familiarly called by his legion
of friends and acquaintances,
was graduated from Mar-
tinsburg High School in Z935
where he was outstanding in
both football and basketball.
He attended Potomac State
College 1935-37 where he was a
member of the football, basket-
ball and baseball teams for
beth years. In 1938 he enrolled
at Concord College from where
he earned an AB Degree. While
at Concord he was also a
member of the football and
basketball teams.
In the Fall of I940 Kenny
began his teaching and
coaching career at Mar-
tinsburg High School, being the
first assistant coach the
late John C. Cobonrn ever had,
and the first assistant coach to
be employed in any of the high
schools of the section.
At the same time Kenny
became an acUve athletic of-
fid~ for .both football and
basketball games.
I!
In 1943, he gave up teaching,
coaching and officiating and
enlisted in the U.S. Navy. And
after completing officer can-
&dates school in Chicago, he
was assigned as a line officer
on a Navy Destroyer and serv-
ed for some two years as a gun-
nery officer in the European
Theatre of operations.
In January 1946, on being
discharged from the Navy with
a rank of Liet. (J.G.) be return-
ed to his teaching and
coaching job at Martiusburg
High School. In the Fall of 1946,
he joined the faculty of
Shepberdstown High School as
a teacher and coach. He coach-
ed football, baseball, basketball
and track at that school until
1955 whea he gave up coaching,
and accepted just a teaching
job at South Hagerstown (Md.)
mgh School. Dur z
coaching career which spann-
ed some 40 years, his percen-
tage of win and loss records in
both goothall and basketball
was abeut 70 per cent
In the field of officiating,
Kmny wus one d tha orgaz em
LAKERS CAPTURE POST-SEASON PLAYOFF CROWN
Shown above are the members of the Lakers team of the
Midget BasketbaLl League, who not only won the re dar
pionships of the National Division of the League, but also came back
week to win the Post-Season playoff tournament by defeating the
52-41 in the championship game. The Lakers bad a 13-1 seasonal
and then added on two more tournament wins to make their
record for the season 15-1. Members of the squad as shown are:
(left to right)---Scott Bradford, Marlo Clay and Todd Lutman. Back
(left to right)--Donald Wilson, James Manuel, William Chandler,
Higgs and K. Bunny. Third row (left to right)--Alonza Butler,
James Riston, Robert Davis, Daniel Jackson, Coach, Eugene
Henry Edwards and Daniel Doleman, Coach.
of the Eastern Panhandle of-
ficials Association, was a Southern Swin
charter member of the
Cumberland Valley Officials
Am~iaiton of Winchester, Vs
was a member of the NIBA of-
ficials association; and had the
honor of being named on
numerous occasions to work
state playoff games in both
football and basketball.
He retired from officiating
football games in 1963 and
baskethall in 1 3S.
Kenny received a Master's
Degree from Marshall Univer-
sity in 1964, and he continued
teaching at South Hagerstown
until 1979 when he retired. He
and his wife, the former Louise
Taylor reside at Pineway in
Berkeley County.
Tournament
The Jefferson County Slo-
Pitch Softball League will stage
its first annual Little League
tournament, April 16 and April
17, according to Jim Pierson,
league president. The tourna-
ment will be known as the
"Early Bird Classic," and it
will he a single elimination
affair.
The purpose of the tourna-
meat is to raise funds which the
Slo-Pitch League is in need of
to make the American Legion
basehall field into a softball
diamond complex which will be
more available for recreational
purposes.
The entry fee for the tourna-
ment will be $15 per team and
two news softballs.
Pierson said the entry fee
will be used to purchase hot
dogs and soft drinks for the
players who will be
participating.
All regular Little League
rules will apply for tournament
play.
Following tournament play
awards will be presented with
trophies going to ,the top three
teams, individual trophies to
the members of the top two
teams; a Most Valuable Player
award for both offensive and
defensive play; and a ten-
player All-Tom'nament team
will be selected and presented
trophies.
For more information on
tournament play call Jim Pier-
son at 1-304-725-0552 or
p" Club
1-3o4-725-ff~.
Shepherdstown JHS
Excellent
doubles team in the state for Zl Foct Hill H The free competition will
the past year. 29 ' Pnrkvimv A give racing fans a chance to The Shepherdstown Junior
The ~rls open theLr seas~ ~ ~ Mer~ybm~ A select the ~ in races two High Cardinals, who posted a
March 23, when they travel to through nine. Those picking the most creditable 12-7 overall
Faulkner Park in Marfinsburg Z ]t~ A most winners will share the record during the past season,
to tangle with a Martinsbul*g 3 HsmlMldreCo. A $1,000 prize. The track also will was a "never-give-up" ball
5 Hedgosv/lle A offer a $5,000 bonus to any fans club, a point they proved con-
team which retm'ns seven of its 7 Besll A picking all eight sweepstakes clusively in the Panther Classic
top nine players from last year Fort Hill A races correctly, here in Charles Town, a couple
and is expected to challenge the t Frm~m-t A Post time for the program is of weeks ago.
Cougars for reginual honors. Coach Bill Blair, pointing out
Action beg~ at 3:3O. 11 Mercerslmrg H 7:15.
13-14Regle,ml~meat that the Cards wound up in
The girls roster ls as follows: (At Keyser) Mini-Courses 0n third place in the Classle, and
Senior - Julie Benner, Jean captured the Sbepherdstown
Frm wt, ll,mlmldre
Cross, Kelte,Michel Tap At Sh s o.t
Lochbaum, Michelle Mattei, epherd noted that in the Classic,
Jayne Park, Beverly Schwartz, Mardmlxu3) Shepherdstown, trailing
and Lisa Strange; Juniors - 18Hedgesvlile H Fourteen mini-courts in Charles Town's Panthers by 9
Traci Albin, Valerie Bisset, 23-~ -StateTom'umut subjects ranging from ass~- points, came back strong in the
Michelle Chadwick, Denise " (AtChar~) " tiveness training and job huw fom'thquarter, pulled to wifltin
JUNIOR VARSITY TENNIS
ConneLley, Ka rea Cook, Gina ting to quilting and gourmet one point, and missed which
A cooking will be offered at could have been the winning
A Shepherd CoUegebeg the basket with only 3 seconds
week of March 21. on the clock.
A Mini-courses are non-credit Averaging 41 points per
A classes offered by the college's game, Sbepherdstown scored
H officeofCeatinuingEducati its most points against
Serke m. up
MARCH
WaikersvlJ.l
Clear Sprt,g
APRIL
Prmlmet Hall
St. James
Merc tml
Merenrsburg
MAY
Madeira
James
PTeventative Health Care Ex-
~; Helping Your
Achieve in School; Job Hundng
& Resume writing; Learning
How to Learn; Financial Plan-
ning for Retiremeat; and SeE
Defense for Men and Women.
Three mlni-cour.es to begin
in April are Babysitting
Basks; Fun and Flair o(Enter-
taimg and Invostments.
For addttiom~ information
about registration, days
and times, and cotwse fees, call
Sh 2m 's omce of co nu
Educa~ at ff/6-2SII, ext. 218.
A The mini-courses meet during
a six-week period and many
A are taught by the cdllege's pro.
H fessors and staff.
A Class designed for pe om
H wishing to learn a new skill m"
current interest or hob-
by are Basic Quilting; Interlm-
tional Gourmet; local History
andS; Ptotegrapt c
Dev ent; Care, Culture
Frye, Juanita Gustines, Lisa
Lutman, Shelly McCauley,
Sidney Ramey, Tanja 25
Romanko, Marsha Whirley, zz
Jondra Wilson, Sidney Pringle, 14
Carol Puller, Tammie 23
Jackson and Nicole
Householder; Sophomores-
Debbie Barr, Cheryl Cook,
Martha Dodson, Emily Z
Missy M|lburn,
Headings,
Losley Mary Wharton,
Nikki Oden, Denise Jenkins,
and Vannessa Vassar.
Opponents appearing on the
girls schedule for first time
include Beall, Stonewall
Jackson of (Va.)
Fort Hill, Holton-Arms (D.C.),
and Maderia of Greenway
Va.The latter two schooban-
nually produc rat on
the national level.
The Cougar girls ~ host a
round-robin tournament on
SEASON ENDS
(FROM PAGE 11)
an average of 37 points per
game, the Cards gave up the
most points to Harpers Ferry in
a single game 46. The least
points sooted against me Cards
was by Romney, only 24; while
the least Shepberdstown
in a game was 16, versus
Martiosburg.
In the individual statistics, C.
Bramon averaged 13 points a
game, L. Neweil 9.5 per contest;
R. Davis 7 and M. Braoson 6.
T. Ours shot 100 per cent from
the free throw line, A. Dudash
86 per cent, M. Branson ~ per
cent; and K David 5 per teat.
Junie Branson bad tbe moet
points ia- a single game, 26
against Berkeley Springs;
Kevin Strehle bad 22 versus
Martinsburg. And the team
shot 49 per cent from the free
throw line.
Team In
Splits In First Two Games
baseball team opened a
36-game schedule this week
with a swing through South
Carolina, where they were to
play five games in as many
days.
Two of those contests have
been reported and the Rams
split.
In the first, they were
defeated, 9-7 by Winthrop Col-
lege at Rock Hill, while in the
second they routed Benedict
College, 14-4 at Columbia.
The Winthrop loss came
despite a three run homer by
David Dich], coming in the
sixth ~ That blow put
Shepherd ahead, but Winthrop
came up with six bid runs in the
bottom of the inning to ice the
decision.
In the Benedict contest, the
Rums exploded, trailing 4-3,
Coach Blair called in a suc-
cossful mason, and thanked the
fans and team sponsors for
their support in helping make
it such a suecom, ltis thanlm
went toa iongllst
organizations and individuals.
Shepherdstown Jaycees,
Henry's Country Inn, Ars Piz-
za, Jefferson Security Bank,
The Wit Re,---4aurant, The 1872
Club, German St. Market,
O'Hurley's General Store,
Overhead Sports, Coach's
sup y, White Oak
Gano Retry, SpeciaRy Books,
Keith Knost, Sars, Halltown
~ The Kwanis, ~drf
mlxms, McDm 's, mnk
of Hm'pers Ferry, Bavarian
Ontheinboundslm theJef and Propogation of House
ferson receiver found himself Plants; MountainI)ulcimerfcr
out in front of the MurtinMmrg Beginners; and Music Tlmatre
defenses. He broke for the Experience,
basket but, hearing the Minl-courses aimed at in-
footsteps of Williams close creasi the participants
behind, hurried the shot and and awareness in-
mimmd, clude Assertiveness Training;
The Shepherd College scored three times in the sixth,
then collected eight unearned
runs in the seventh.
Duane Main led the 16-hit
Shepherd attack with four hits,
including a triple and four
RBl's. Larry Vaseleck and
John Wentz were 3 for 5, and
Bret Hale chipped in with two
hits and three runs.
The Cougar boys
round-robin
April 8 with
Hedgesville and
also host a quad
April 9, with Broad Run, 1
doun County and
Country Day
In Mini.Olym
Bryce
The Rums were to wind up
their southern tour with three
games in three days against
Francis Marion College at
Florence; thea on to the
Citadel Saturday with a
doubleheader at Charleston.
A
The Country Day
travelled to Basye,
yesterday afternoon
day, March 3) to
Bryce Mountain
petition,
parents viewed two
skiing. Horst Locher
tor of the Bryce Mountain
Sh~ will be at home School, and the
next Tuesday and Wednesday,
hosting the University of
Charleston and West Virginia
Teeh. Beth ontings wtU be
doubleheaders startLng at 1
joined the students and
School's first
After this very enjoyable'
net,
in the various groups,
The Jefferson High School
boys tennis team began full
drills on March I, in prepara-
tion for the upcoming racket
season which opens on March
23, when they host Martinsburg
in a 3: so match at the Jefferson
Memorial Park courts in
Charles Town.
The 1983 Cougar netters will
once again combine depth and
experience to hopefully propel
them to a twenty match win
season and a top five finish in
state tournament play. The
Cougars have a total of 35
players on the team, nine of
them returning veterans who
won ten or more singles mat-
ches last season, with five of
those having won the always
tough number position.
Last seasons varsity squad
finished third in the state
among eighty-four schools
wt~e compiling a 23-6-1 log.
The previom two years the net-
ters placed second in the state
competition. ~ ~years task
will be a difficult one as both
Hedgesville and Keyser return
nearly their entire squads from
last year and will be favorites
over me Cougars.
Returning seaiocs David Wilt
(25-4 lastyear) and Todd
Kruger last season) along
with David Didden (25-6
last spring) will be called on for
early season leadership. Other
seniors who will see a lot of ac-
tion in the top positions are
Rodd Ramey (9-4), Ray
Holmes (12-2), Billy Baker
(11-2), Jared Seheer~ (10-2),
mance of the
video-tape,
In Group I, taught b:
Nimmo, Anita Nayak
rust.
In Group II,
John Head, the
students earned
Lane Mclntnsh, lst;
Spencer, 2rid;
3rd; Nissa Thornsen, 4th;;
A. Moore (8-4), Eric DeBoni chieGleason, 5th;
(8-1),JoeJon~,BrettWilmore ner, 6th.
and Chip Daniel, an outstan- Under the guidance d
ding doubles player. Junior structor Doug Renolds,
Gary Leslie (14-0) and the only following skiers in Group
undefeated singles player on
last years team; Alan Vandell,
a junior; and sophomore Kevin
Johnson, who played number
one for the Jefferson Junior
team last spring could also
figure in the Cougars fortunes.
The boys roster is as follows:
receiqjd awards:
Davenport, Ist; Lara
2nd; Matthew Goff,
Melissa Buettner, 4th:
Spencer, 5th.
Headmaster
Niemann, who spent the
noon at Bryce's with
Seniors - Billy Baker, Tim Niemann, revealed that
Brunori, Chip Daniel, Eric Country Da
DeBoni, Ray Holmes, Joe
Jones, Todd Kruger, Andy
Moore, Rodd Ramey, Jared
Scheerer, Brett Wilmore,
David Wilt and Barrie Harem;
Juniors - Allen Craigo, David
Didden, David Glascock,
Harold Gray, Thomas
Hildebrand, Gary Leslie, Rob
Ott, Alan Vandell, and Magill
Morgan; Sophomores - David
Burns, David Clendening,
Bryan Dickson, Derek Ferrett,
Greg Harp, Bryan Jackson,
Kevin Johnson, Benny King,
Chris oft, Chris Smith, Jay
Wilson and COly Cornell.
New oppmeats neaU,
DeMatha, Anegheny, Orange
County (Va.), Woodberry
Forest (a nationally ranked
prep school frum the Culpeper,
Virginia area), and Fort Hill.
Ramrning to the schedule are
prep schools St. James, Law
don, St. Alhans, Sidwell
Frm,and Prep,
all of which will offer stiff com-
petition in preparation for
regional and state play.
have a skiing program
year. This year the
began on January 13
cluded a
at Bryce Mountain.
Fast-Pitch Softball
League To Meet Sun
The Jefferson
Pitch softball lea
a meeting
Restaurant back room olt,
day March 203 p.m.
All players and
and any instructed
shonld be tlmir.
marion contact
7'25-5275.
in
Inn, er's Bazaar, Betty's
Restaurant, John Doyle,
Eastern Building Supply,
Gnldea Corral, Greg Didden
Realty, Hair Design, H tep
House, Minnie Meatzer, Moun-
tain Enterprises, Needle Shop,
Old Town Restaurant,
Sddack's Gulf,
Insurance, Shepherdstown
t r, Phar-
macy, Shepberdetown Realty,
Western Auto and the Yellow
Brick Bank.
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