Page 12—SUSQUEHANNA TIMES Marty Miller drives the ball down-court. Betsey Germer is in the background. Repeat performance for girls? The Donegal girls’ bas- ketball team may be headed for a repeat of last year’s Lancaster-Lebanon League Hempfield. Betsey Germer goes up for the rebound against championship—if Beth Kef- fer stays healthy. Until last Friday night, the team looked invincible. Then, in the second period of a game with the Hempfield Black Knights, Keffer fell and injured her knee. She had to sit on the sidelines, helplessly watch- ing, as her team’s com- manding lead slowly melted away. In the end, Hempfield won, 45-44, in overtime. The Indianettes’ team- work centers around Keffer, who controls the defensive backboards, sets up fast breaks, and keys the offense from her position near the basket. Last year, with two big forwards to assist her, Keffer was less dominating under the keeping with her fashion model looks, she was perhaps a trifle too lady-like when it came to scrambling for rebounds. This year, bigger, strong- er, and carrying much more responsiblity, Keffer acts as if she owns the area under the basket—and she does. When she gets the ball inside, she generally either scores or sets up a score for somebody else. When op- ponents try to double-team her, they provide an oppor- tunity for the Indianettes’ excellent outside shooters to score. And if the outside shot misses, Beth Keffer is there to. grab the rebound. One Indianette shoeter, Sherry Derr, is so accurate that Keffer seldom has to worry about a rebound: the ball flies neatly through the hoop. Derr, who played guard last year, is also an excellent ballhandler who can drive to the basket for an inside shot. This year’s guards, Marty Miller and Beth Gainer, are also good outside shooters. Miller is an impressive ball- handler who could do more scoring if her playmaking boards. In chores didn’t keep her so far from the basket. Forward Betsy Germer seldom shoots, but can. And she plays the kind of solid defense that quietly wins basketball games. In theory, it's a well- balanced team, and ought to be able to win even without Keffer’s help. But in practice, nobody quite knows what to do when Keffer is not on the court. This is particularly ap- parent on offense. The Indianettes’ standard offen- sive plays are simple: feed Keffer, feed Derr. Nobody else has to work very hard at getting open. The instinct of the other three players is to pass, not to-shoot. Without Keffer, there is [continued on page 9] December 17, 1980 Donegal’s coaches offer fan directory Now available for the Donegal athletic fan is a directory which provides precise directions, approxi- mate travel times, approxi- mate mileages, and specific field or court locations for each opponent on the Donegal sports’ schedule. Also included in the di- rectory is an area road map. This ‘“‘Fan Plan” is being offered to the public by the Donegal Coaches’ Associa- tion, an organization of coaches whose express pur- pose is to promote and. develop a better athletic program for athletes in the Donegal School District. The DCA initiated the project for a dual purpose: to provide assistance for the Donegal fan and to help fund its annual scholarship pro- gram. The “Fan Plan’’ will be available for a small dona- tion at winter athletic contests as well as from DCA members. The DCA is proud to offer this directory to the loyal sports fans of the Donegal School District. ABWA meeting Tuesday The Mount Joy Charter Chapter of the American Business Women’s Associa- tion will hold its monthly dinner meeting at the Tropical Treat Drive-In Tuesday, December 23, at 6:30 pm. Jill Funk, recording sec- retary for the chapter, will give a vocational speech on her training as an EMT (Emergency Medical Tech- nicial). Members of the chapter will be filling a Christmas bakset to be used a s a gift for a local family. Members are asked to contribute various canned food items. For more information concerning the American Business Women’s Associa- tion, contact Jackie Jordie at 367-1388. Riverview students remember our hostages Mrs. Schwert’s fifth grade class at Riverview Elementary School is re- membering the American’s held hostage in Iran during this holiday season. The class sent a Christ- mas card and messages to the hostages. In addition to the cards, the class members made and wear pins with flags and yellow ribbons. The class, for current events, examine articles about the hostages each week. You can still meet Santa There is still some time remaining to get that all- important Christmas list to Santa Claus before the big day. Santa will be in Mount Joy this weekend and next week thanks to the Mount Joy Jaycees. Your children may visit Santa in the old Theater Building lobby, Main Street, on Friday, Dec. 19, from 6:30 to 9:00 pm, and Saturday, Dec. 20, from 10 am to 12 noon and 1 to 3 pm. He will also take requests on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 22 and 23, from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. % Carlos R. Leffler Inc.- is con 2 structing a new terminal in the Mount Joy area. The Texaco Fuel Oil distributer is building on Cloverleaf Road, 3/10 of a mile east of Route 283 in Mount Joy Township. The distributor, presently serving Lebanon, Lancaster and Berks Counties, has over 22,000,000 gallons of fuel storage and offers fuel oil delivery and burners. Carlos R. Leffler Inc. has been in business since 1941.
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