The Greentown Grapevine – 2003-07, 10:07

              Lady Comets Softball State Champs!
Front Row: Jenny Johnson, Aubrey Beachy, Brooke Harden, Kasee Spangler, Vanessa Eikenberry, Stephanie Maish,
Brittany Kendall, Kristen Houser. Middle Row: Courtney Lawson, Kasey Kemp, Cassie Harvey, Kendra Fights,
Ashleigh Maher, Breanna Howell, Jessica Andrews, Sarah Courter, Cayleigh Harvey
Back Row: Joe Breisch, Ron Sibray, Jerry Haines, Lacey Honeas
Photo by Ruche1 Jenkins
By Jerry = Fiaines, Coach
Carol Wimmer’s bus, followed by a
caravan of fans and flanked front and
back by Greentown’s finest fire and
police protection equipment, rolled
back into Greentown at 1 : 30 a. m. June
22 with Eastern’s first team State
Championship. The celebration had
continued since the 1- 0, 12 inning
marathon victory over Tecumseh at
Hamilton Southeastern’s softbal I
complex in the final game of the state
softball tournament. Wearingthe State
Champion medals and celebrating with
the Greentown fans was a fantastic
way to wrap up the 2003 season.
Although everyone was tired from tlie
long day, nobody really wanted to go
home. It was an exciting experience
for a great team of outstanding players
with the following seniors completing
their Eastern softball careers: Kasee
S pang I e r, E i ken berry ,
Stephanie Maish, Ashleigh Maher and
Brooke Harden.
The Lady Comets followed up on a
regular season of 24 wins, 4 losses,
and an MIC conference championship
by winning a second season of 7
straight victories, thus making them
the State Champions. This included a
tough Sectional at Greentown with
wins over Taylor 3- 0, Wabash 11- 1
and Northfield 2- 1. Kasee Spangler
Van e s sa
led the way in the sectional wins with
key 6th inning hits in both the Taylor
and Northfield games. This included
her first career home run against
Northfield in the final game.
The following weekend brought the
tough Shenandoah and Clinton Prairie
teams to Greentown for tlie Regional.
Eastern pitchers Spangler and Howell
threw a 2 hit shut out for a 2- 0 win
against Shenandoah. The Regional
championship game was against the
Clinton Prairie Lady Gophers who
defeated Eastern in 2002 and were the
defending State Champions with all
their players returning. Again, great
pitching and defense kept the Gophers
shut down and tlie Lady Comets once
again got a run from a Jenny Johnson
single, a Cayleigh Harvey sacrifice
bunt and a Breanna Howell single in
the 3rd inning. Clinton Prairie rallied
in the 6th inning with a single and a
double, but the defense and Howell
shut down their last effort for an
Eastern Regional Championship.
The following Friday, the Lady
Comet team bus and fan caravan,
escorted part way by the Greentown
volunteer fire department, traveled to
Hamilton Southeastern only to be met
in the parking lot by an official with
bad news- postponed by rain until
Saturday. That resulted in another
night of anxious waiting and
another caravan Saturday morning,
only to run into another rain delay of
our first game with Whiting from 1 : 00
until 3: 00 PM. Thanks to the Brad and
Tammy Howell motor home we had
somewhere to “ relax” until the game.
The game with Whiting finally began
after all the delays, Whiting
threatened to score with ? hits in the
first inning, but we escaped with a
strong pitching sljut down by Spangler.
Breaniia Howell then came to bat in
the 3rd inning after singles by Jenny
Johnson and Cayleigh Harvey.
Breanna fouled off 5- 6 pitches after
getting a 2 strike count then hit a 2 out
homerun to Peter Heck in the left field
bleachers for a 3- 0 lead. That was
enough scoring as Howell did not
allow another base runner for Whiting
the rest of the game.
Next was the cli, ampionship game
against a very good Tecumseh team
from near Evansville and another
outstanding pitcher, Jackie Miller. The
Lady Comets had only ninety minutes
rest due to the late start of their first
game. The game was a classic of
tough pitching and defense by both
teams resulting in a scoreless tie after
1 1 innings. The Lady Comets had
tried everything to score including
having both Cayleigh Harvey and
continued on page 4
Greentown
Elections to be
November 4
Filing Deadline August 1
Voters of Greentown may have an
opportunity to elect five council
members and a clerk- treasurer on
November 4. If no more than one
candidate from each ward and clerk-treasurer
choose to run, there will be
no election. Greentown holds town
elections every four years. The
election in November 2003 will be for
a four year term beginning January 1,
2004. Candidates must file according
to the ward in which they reside;
however, voters will vote on all wards.
The ward boundaries were redrawn as
z result of the 2000 federal census.
: See map on page 5. The figures under
: he ward number are the population of
: hat ward.) The redistricting threw
Clraig Trott and Scott Flick both in the
iew Ward 3 and no one on the present
: ouncil from the new Ward 4.
A person wishing to be on the ballot
nust file as to party affiliation;
lemocrat, Republican, or Libertarian.
rhey must file with the Clerk of the
Zircuit Court ( in Howard County
2ourt House) by noon August I , 2003.
: arms are available from the
3reentown Utility office, the Clerk of
he Circuit Court’s office, or online at
ittp:// co. howard. i n . us/ clerk. Follow
he links to Election information,
: andidate forms, and Can 16. The
: ounty Clerk’s phone number is 456-
J308.
As of June 26, Clerk- Treasurer
3arbara Middleton has decided to run,
: ouncilman Roger Wolfe has decided
lot to run, and the remaining
: ouncilmen, Don Flook, Scott Flick,
kaig Trott, and James Harris are
indecided.
Id. Note: Each month as I sit in the
iudience facing the nameplates of the
: ouncil members, a certain common
hread can be found in the surnames.
- hree of the five have double letters in
heir names. Four of the five have five
itters in the name. ( Such
: ontemplation comes from too much
‘ me on my hands during discussions
If technical/ mechanical matters
leyond my comprehension.) So, is this
I rare phenomenon or will the new
ouncil see more double letter/ four and
ve letter names?