Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
January 24, 2001
Miscellaneous
Miami of Ohio recognized two area athletes for academic achievements during the fall semester. Miami runner Nathan Peffley (Northrop) made the president's list for his 4.0 grade point average. Angie Zent (Northrop), on the RedHawks volleyball team, made the dean's list. . . Saint Joseph's goalkeeper Heather Budenz (Bishop Luers) was named the team's most valuable player at the Puma soccer banquet on Saturday. Budenz compiled 125 saves and five shutouts. . . Saint Joseph's cross country runners Jared Weller (Garrett) and Matt Stout (Lakeland) and Puma volleyball player Jill Ryan (Bishop Dwenger) all made the Academic All-Great Lakes Valley Conference team for the fall semester.
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Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
January 8, 2001
Fort Wayne
Bush isn't president yet
In response Janet Bradbury's Jan. 3 letter, on Jan. 1, the president-elect had as much power to affect the dealings of HMOs as I did, which is to say none. He cannot issue executive orders. He cannot use the presidential veto, because he is not the president. The blame for this abomination belongs to President Clinton and Congress for passing the care-ending law, not George W. Bush. To blame him is unfair and wrong.
NATHAN PEFFLEY
Fort Wayne
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Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
October 1, 2000
TRI-STATE 24, ST. JOSEPH'S 19: Tri-State quarterback John Bethuram passed for 228 yards including two touchdowns and ran for a third in a win over St. Joseph's.
Bethuram's 15-yard pass to Bradley Peffley midway through the fourth quarter ended a 72-yard drive, topping St. Joseph's 24-13.
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
June 3, 2000
The Bruins will be counting on Ryan Hahaj, Dave Weeks and Nate Peffley to finish well. Hahaj will compete in the long jump and high jump. Weeks is in the 110 hurdles and Peffley is in the mile.
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Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
May 19, 2000
Northrop coach Bob Shank challenged his team to thrive in the rainy weather at the North Side Sectional on Thursday.
"I told all the guys `Hey, in this type of environment, there are people who want to compete in it and people that want to hide from it,' " Shank said. "Maybe the times weren't great today, but the performances and the efforts were outstanding."
The Bruins responded. Nate Peffley won the 800-meter and the 1600 and Ryan Hahaj captured the high jump and finished second in the 110 hurdles to lead Northrop to an 159-112 victory over Carroll.
The Bruins' 3200 relay team was victorious and Jeff Martzall finished second in the pole vault with a jump of 15 feet to contribute points for Northrop. The Bruins' superior depth offset some great individual performances from the Chargers and the Cadets.
"We're solid right now," Shank said. "We got all of the guys through that we were looking to get through to next week and we'll see what kind of team we put together for regionals next week."
Carroll hurdler Chris Tredway won the 300 hurdles and finished second in the 200 and Paul Gensic won the pole vault to help the Chargers finish second. Concordia finished third behind Gustin Smith and Rolando Scott. Scott won the 100 with a North Side Sectional record time of 10.90. He also won the long jump and finished third in the 200. Scott said it was hard to run in the rain but he was happy with the team performance.
"As a whole, I think we did great," Scott said. "We can only ask for so much. If they did their best, there's nothing else you can ask for."
Smith won the 400 by almost two seconds, running a meet-record time of 48.77. He also captured the 200 and anchored the Cadets' winning 1600 relay team. Smith and Scott both ran on the Cadets' winning 400 relay team.
Concordia was at the center of some controversy when distance runner Scott Borchelt was disqualified from the 3200 when a judge ruled that another Cadet was running with Borchelt to pace him. Concordia coach Kent Fishel maintained that the runner was cheering and not pacing Borchelt.
In the end, Northrop had too much depth for any of the other teams. The Bruins had three of the top eight sprinters in the 100.
Brandon Reichert and D. Scott Hardway finished first and second, respectively, in the 3200 for Northrop. Bruins' Dave Weeks won the 110 hurdles and Tom Stirlen won the shot put and finished second in the discus for Northrop. Over and over again, the Bruins got solid performances.
"Going into regionals right now, I am very confident with the team that we have," Hahaj said. "We have a lot of guys going over into regionals. I believe that we will be able to perform like we did today or maybe even better if the weather conditions are a little better."
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Photo by Matt Sullivan The Journal Gazette: Concordia sprinter Rolando Scott, right, runs away from the rest of the field Thursday night during the trials for the 100-meter dash at North Side. Scott set the North Side Sectional meet record in the finals with a time of 10.90.
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Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
April 16, 2000
Concordia and Northrop had no trouble in winning the respective divisions of the North Side Relays Saturday.
The defending state champion Cadets rolled up 146 points in the White Division, outdistancing second-place Columbia City's 69.
Northrop, the state runners-up, had 131 1/2 points in the Red Division. Homestead had 43 for second.
Rolando Scott of Concordia was named the Most Valuable Athlete of the White Division has he gained 25 points for the Cadets.
Scott won the 100-meter dash and the long jump, while also helped the 400 and 800 relay teams capture first.
In the White Division, Northrop's Ryan Hahaj was the Most Valuable Athlete after winning the 110 hurdles, high jump and long jump.
"It was an awesome day for him," Northrop coach Bob Shank said of Hahaj. "He had (personal records) in every event. It was an individual showcase there."
Hahah's day aside, Shank said the Bruins wouldn't have fared as well with the team sacrifices of distance runners Andrew Schmitz, Scott Hardway and Nathan Peffley.
"Those three distance kids sacrificed their personal efforts to put the team in a better position," Shank said. "We had an unselfish meet by a lot of our athletes."
Monument City Relays: Carroll ran away from the field with 146 points. Second-place Lakeland had 78.
Chris Tredway won the 110 hurdles, Scott Bushong high jump, Paul Gensic pole vault and Jared Feitchter shot put for the Chargers.
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
March 14, 2000
Bruin All-Americans
Five Northrop track and field athletes became high school All-Americans on Sunday by virtue of their performances in the Nike Indoor National Track and Field championships at Indiana University.
They are: Tricia Bohan, who ran a 2:14.3 in the 800 for a third-place finish, and the 3200 relay team of Nathan Peffley, Ben Ashby, Scott Hardway and Andrew Schmitz also finished third in 8:02.33.
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Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
February 3, 2000
Nathan Peffley, Northrop
The Northrop track and cross country standout
will Peffley
get to do the same with Miami of Ohio in the fall.
The RedHawks have traditionally been ranked in the NCAA's top 25.
"I liked the size of the campus," Peffley said. "I was looking at some schools that were smaller. I like the location because it is not too far away."
Peffley was second at the 1999 state to teammate Brett Tipton in the 1600 meters and 70th at 1999 state cross country meet.
"It is really nice to not have the weight on your shoulder of who is going to look at me if I run really fast," Peffley said. "I can focus on what I want to do this year."
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Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
February 3, 2000
LOCAL SIGNINGS
Nathan Peffley Northrop Miami of Ohio
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
September 19, 1999
New Prairie Invitational
Second-ranked Portage won the meet with 70 points, followed by Penn with 75 points and the Bruins, with a team score of 137. Hardway finished second in 16:07. The Bruins were without No. 2 runner Nathan Peffley, who was on a recruiting trip.
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
September 12, 1999
Despite a bout with nausea toward the end of his race, senior Scott Hardway found the fortitude to cover the 3.1-mile course in a winning time of 16:23, several seconds above his usual times.
``We had a pretty hard week of practice this week so I thought my legs were going to be tired but they weren't. That wasn't the problem,'' Hardway said.``I ate something before the race and it made me sick. I had to slow down toward the end.''
Hardway was followed by teammates Nathan Peffley, Bobby Marden, Derek Garcia and Ben Ashby.
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
August 23, 1999
In the Fort Wayne Hokum-Karem, the Bruins did as well as Peterson could have hoped.
Their total time of two hours, 18 minutes and one second broke the meet record by more than two minutes. That time was also seven minutes better than second-place West Noble.
The Bruins were led by Nathan Peffley and Tricia Bohan, whose combined time of 26:52 tied the meet record for a pair. Scott Hardway and Aubrey Gaffer finished second with a time of 27:02.
In all, the Bruins placed each of their five pairs in the top 10, and their reserve team posted a time that would have been fifth-best in the varsity competition.
``I expected them to do very well,'' Peterson said. ``Our team this year has just the right combination it seems of senior leadership, experience, youthful enthusiasm.
``We went in with high expectations. And they not only met those, but exceeded those expectations.''
-- Staff writer Nick Bowton contributed to this report.
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
August 14, 1999
SAC SCOTT HARDWAY
NORTHROP
The strongest team in the SAC just got stronger with the addition of Scott Hardway to Northrop's roster.
Hardway, a senior, moved from Snider's district to Northrop's last fall. He ran for the Bruins' track team in the spring, but this will be his first cross country season under head coach Barrie Peterson.
You can count on it being a successful one.
Hardway's used to running for himself, but the Bruins don't work that way.
With the depth they have, goals are more team-oriented. And Hardway has no problem with that.
His teammates have helped him become a better runner.
``It's definitely different,'' he said. ``Instead of thinking about me getting through everything, it's more of a team thing now. I have people to practice with now, too. Like when we do speed work, Nathan (Peffley) and Andy (Schmitz) are both faster than I am.
``It's easier to push myself and harder to run slow.''
Sounds like a good combination.
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
June 5, 1999
The Bruins, who finished second with 38 points, were led by Brett Tipton. He defended his 1,600-meter title by running 4:15.71, while teammate Nate Peffley was second in 4:17.25.
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
May 31, 1999
Several area individuals found out Friday that they've advanced to the state meet because they met the three participant standards.
Nate Peffley of Northrop (800)
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
May 21, 1999
The Bruins got their usual points from distance runners Brett Tipton, Nate Peffley and Scott Hardway, who combined for 46 points.
Tipton won the 800 meters in a meet-record time of 1:54.75 and also won the 1,600 in 4:30.73. Peffley finished runnerup in both races with times of 1:55.95 and 4:31.78, respectively.
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
May 9, 1999
TRACK & FIELD
Northrop teams win invitational
The state-ranked Northrop boys and girls teams were both victorious Friday at the Arsenal Tech Invitational. The boys team beat No. 4 North Central 163-161, while the girls scored 145 points to beat No. 4 North Central, which finished with 136.5 points. Brett Tipton ran a state-best 4:15 to win the 1,600 and Nathan Peffley won the 800 in 1:57. The girls were led by Tricia Bohan, who won the 800 (2:18), 1,600 (5:22) and helped the mile relay team run an area-best 4:01.0. She was named most outstanding athlete.
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Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
May 2, 1999
The third-ranked Northrop boys were also successful as the Bruins won 10 events, including four relay events.
Peffley said the team victory was important because not only does it prepare Northrop for the SAC Meet Tuesday, but it was also a way for the Bruins to redeem themselves from the Lime City Relays last season.
``We had a bad meet last year,'' Peffley said about the Bruins, who lost to Huntington North last year by one point. ``So we wanted to make up for last year.''
The Bruins did that by piling up the points with victories from David Weeks in the 110 hurdles (15.0), Michael Pratt in the 100 (11.2), Rob Tucker in the shot put (52-10), Ryan Hahaj in the high jump (6-5), Justin Voorhies in the pole vault (13-6) and Nathan Peffley in the 1,600 (4:33.0).
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
November 8, 1998
The Bruins' top finisher, Nathan Peffley, came in 53rd place. Senior Brett Tipton finished in 76th place.
Peffley said that while the Bruins finished lower this season, it doesn't feel as bad.
``It doesn't sting as much this year,'' Peffley said. ``Last year we thought we should have won it, this year we thought we could win it. That makes a big difference.''
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
November 5, 1998
Brett Tipton has modest expectations, high goals and a towering aim for Saturday's state cross country meet in Bloomington, Indiana.
The Northrop senior expects a top-15 finish, plans on a top-5 finish and is aiming at a state championship. He also wouldn't mind a team championship either.
The Bruins finished second last year to Valparaiso. Tipton and Nathan Peffley are the only two runners returning from that squad.
Before his eighth place finish in last Saturday's semistate race at Manchester, Tipton had been content to finish races second behind teammate Nathan Peffley.
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
October 25, 1998
Barrie Peterson ran across the front lawn of Bellmont High School Saturday morning after the boys race like he was on fire. As the Northrop coach approached the chute, you could almost envision him with trailing flames.
``Who won?'' Peterson yelled in mid-step at Nathan Peffley and Brett Tipton. ``Who won?''
Peterson would be happy no matter what answer came back. He wasn't asking which team won, he knew the Bruins had, but which of his top two runners ran away with the individual Bellmont regional championship.
The answer from Tipton as Peterson embraced them both was Peffley.
Peffley finished six seconds ahead of Tipton with a time of 16:10 to lead Northrop to its fourth straight regional title under Peterson.
The Northrop girls team also claimed the regional title, its third championship in as many weeks.
The win was Peffley's first at the regional level, and it came on a course that had given him problems in the past.
``It feels good,'' Peffley said. ``I had a really bad race here the last two years, so it was nice to have a good race on this course.''
Peffley also said he put everything he had into the race.
``I wasn't sure after I moved after two miles if I'd be able to hold on,'' Peffley said. ``I just tried to run as fast as I could. If somebody would have passed me I don't think I would have been able to go.''
In team competition, the Bruins outdistanced second-place Bluffton by 38 points. Northrop, Bluffton, Homestead, Concordia and Bellmont all advance to next week's semistate race at Manchester.
Peterson said his team has really dedicated itself to running to its potential but that there are still improvements it needs to make.
``We really wanted to emphasize, starting this week, with three races left to go that we don't want to get beat by any team that shouldn't beat us. If someone is better than us and beats us, then so be it,'' Peterson said.
In the girls race, Allyson Hammond of Bellmont claimed the individual crown, but the Braves came up 10 points short of the Bruins.
Hammond's time of 14:19 was a new course record at Bellmont.
The victory was Northrop's first over Bellmont and only the second over third-place Homestead.
Aubrey Gaffer paced the Bruins, finishing third with a time of 14:56. Emily Hernandez came in sixth and Lauren Simpson 10th for Northrop.
Bruin coach Brad Peterson said he isn't surprised where his team is and expects his girls to continue running well.
``We really expected to be in the position we're in now and hope that there are bigger and better things to come next weekend and then down in Bloomington and get things done there,'' Peterson said.
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Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
October 18, 1998
In the SAC meet, Tipton finished behind teammate Nathan Peffley, something he said he didn't mind because Peffley is a good runner and a teammate. But Saturday, Peffley was not Tipton's main competitor.
Scott Hardway of Snider was. But Hardway would have to settle for second place as Tipton outdistanced him by 15 seconds which Tipton said was because of his fast start.
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
October 16, 1998
The Bruins boast the 1997 SAC champion in Brett Tipton and the current SAC champ, Nathan Peffley. Peterson said Reichert is happy with what he's done.
``He really appreciates, along with the team, what he's is doing,'' Peterson said. ``He just beams ear to ear after every race. He's a great kid. One you just want to take home.''
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
October 9, 1998
It's a different year, but it was the same outcome as the last nine in the SAC boys cross country championships Thursday at IPFW. Northrop refused to relinquish the crown as it cruised to its 10th straight conference title, claiming 4 of the 5 top spots.
But the boys weren't the only winners for the Bruins. The Northrop girls also got 4 of the 5 top places in winning the SAC championship.
In the boys division, junior Nathan Peffley edged out teammate Brett Tipton for the individual championship. Peffley finished with a time of 16:45 on the damp course, eight seconds ahead of defending SAC champ Brett Tipton.
``It feels good. I really liked how I ran today,'' Peffley said. ``Last week (at the Manchester Invitational) I went out fast, and it didn't work for me, so today I tried to control the first mile and see what I could do from there.''
Northrop coach Barrie Peterson said that the race was a breakout race for Peffley.
``Nathan sometimes gets into a mental slump every once in a while and he came out of that today,'' Peterson said.
``It's a real feather in his cap to come back and win.''
As for Tipton, who Peterson said was one of the top middle distance runners in the country, coming in second instead of first, Peterson said it didn't matter.
``Brett's an unselfish kid, but he didn't let Nathan win it,'' Peterson said. ``But if that had been another team, Brett would have been up there.''
Concordia finished second to Northrop with 70 points and North Side came in third.
Tricia Bohan led the Northrop charge to the title in the absence of top runner Aubrey Gaffer, who is suffering an illness. Bohan's 15:22.20 outdistanced Molly Widmann of Snider by 13 seconds. Emily Hernandez, Kristen Simpson and Lauren Simpson, all Bruins, rounded out the top five.
Bohan said she found the key to her racing today.
``I didn't know how to get out in the other meets,'' Bohan said. ``I think I've been going out too fast lately and since I stayed behind the leaders (today), it seemed a lot easier.''
Bohan's coach, Sally Godfrey, said she has made some big strides this season.
``She's matured a lot a through the season,'' Godfrey said. ``She's come a long way since last year. She's learned exactly what her race is and how she's going to go about it.''
Godfrey said that the way her team came together in the absence of Gaffer is a testament to her team.
``We ran very well without our lead runner,'' Godfrey said.
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