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PAGE « - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1979 ipm> Warriors Win Bob Zeller's Basket Beats C.L. Central 53-52 ain By Dick Rabbitt Bobby Zeller's 18 footer with five seconds remaining enabled the McHenry Warriors to defeat the Crystal Lake Tigers 53 to 52. Only seconds before, Tom Pence of the Tigers made two charity tosses to put the Tigers in the lead 52 to 51. After a Warrior time out, the stage was set for Zeller's heroics, and the young lad came through in fine style. The first period was a fast setting pace with each team exchanging baskets throughout the first eight minutes with the Tigers leading 20 to 19. In the early going of the second period the Tigers pulled away to a 27 to 20 margin, before the Warriors crept back into the ball game. With Jen­ sen, Thomas and the two Zellers all picking up points the Warriors only trailed 33 to 30 at the intermission. A repeat of Saturday's performance at^Libertyville took place in the third quarter. The Warriors rang up eleven unanswered points to grab a 38 to 33 lead, and after Pence's basket, put another seven on the score board to lead going into the final period 43 to 35. Midway in the final period the Warriors had jumped out to a somewhat comfortable 47 to 38 lead, when they became careless with ball handling and poor shooting, and the Tigers began to get back into the ball game. With 48 seconds remaining Thomas made two free throws to put the Warriors ahead by 3 - 51 to 48, and that set the stage for the final seconds that1 enabled the Warriors to come out in the victory column. The Warriors had balanced scoring, with four players in double figures, led by Brett Thomas with 11 points. McHENRY fg ft pf tP T. Zeller 4 2 5 10 Thomas 3 5 2 11 Johnson 1 1- 4 3 Jensen 3 3 5 9 Sroka 4 2 2 10 B. Zeller 4 2 3 10 Totals:- 19 15 21 53 CRYSTAL LAKE CENTRAL fg ft pf tP Graves si 2 3 4 Bartram 0 6 2 6 Hahn 3 0 2 6 Pence 7 2 3 16 Statter 3 1 3 7 Stupor 2 0 1 4 McLaurin 2 2 3 6 Heinkec 0 2 0 2 Schaefer 0 1 3 1 Totals: 18 16 20 52 SCORE BY QUARTERS: McHenry 19 11 13 10 Crystal Lake Central 20 13 2 17 53 52 MCHS Girls Defeat Jacobs 50-36 TO THE HOOP-Warrior 11m Zeller drives around Tom Pence of Crystal Lake Central toward the basket during the Warriors 53-52 win over the Tigers Tuesday night at West campus. The senior forward scored ten points in the game, one of four Warriors in double figures in the balanced scoring attack. It was Zeller's sophomore borther Bob, who sank an 18-foot Jump shot with 5 seconds left on the clock which gave the Warriors the victory. Brett Thomas led the Warriors in scoring with eleven points, while both Zellers and Tony Sroka chipped in with ten each. Pence paced the Tigers with 16 points. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Coach Pam Schaefer's McHenry High girls' basketball team won their third straight Fox Valley Conference game last Saturday when they avenged an earlier defeat by Jacobs by winning 50 to 36. After a close first period with the Warriors leading 12 to 11, the local girls completely dominated play the rest of the game winning easilv 50 to 36. Sue Hutchinson led the local scoring with 14 pts. followed by Annette Dercole with 13. The girls at present time are 9 and 5 for the season and 3 and 3 in the Fox Valley . The 10 points scored by Sharon Smith of the Warriors during the contest moved her into seventh place among scoring leaders in the Fox Valley conference. Soph's Lose The local frosh-soph lost a "EARL WALSH So I Hear _SPORTS EDITOR n Not much on my mind so a - rambling we will go. * Always heard there is nothing certain except death -and taxes. A new revelation comes to mind. No matter how fate a fellow stays out at night and no matter how early he gets out in the morning, there are always cars buzzin' around. Another certainty. Do you start at the back page when you start glancing through a magazine? Some do. We haven't heard a young boy or girl complain about the snow all winter. They love it. Bless Ma Bell. Instead of trying to vault over the snowbanks, Alvina phones our next door neighbors. And some phone her.. Even the dandelions will look pretty when they cover our lawn this year. Drivers still turn right on the red light from Green to Elm in spite of signs on both sides of the street saying NO-NO. I got a few blasts from a horn one day because I wouldn't turn right. Tried to point to the sign, but the horn blaster would have none of that nonsense. We have a book with a list of birthdays, but forget to look at it. A new system requiring no thought or effort is entering my mind. (Hope I don't forget it). Somebody thought Howie Judson played with the Hebron Green Giants when they won the state basketball cham­ pionship in 1952. It was Howie's twin brothers Phil and Paul, who played on that team. You would have to go back to 1941-2-3 to find Howie's n&ne in the Hebron box scores. Drove three blocks from home one morning before Feb.7-Feb.l1 O'HARE EXPO CENTER Opposite Hyatt Regency Hotel--Rosemont, II. • A one stop showroom for boats • Over 300 boats/50 dealers/products from 65 manufacturers • Boats for fishing, fun, water sports • Look, compare, shop, price and deal for the boat you want to put in the water this spring • Runabouts, cruisers, sails, ski boats, bass boats, inflatables, pontoons SHOW HOURS: Wed., Thurs., Fri Saturday 3:00pm-10:30 pm 10 30 am-10 30 pm Admission: 2.75. Children 12 and under free if with parent. Sunday 12 noon-7:00 pm realizing I haq\ forgotten an item of importance. Driving back home, it came to me that Grandma used to say, "If you'd use your head instead of your heels, you'd get farther." You can say one thing for heels. They can be replaced. Remember way back when a mistake was always blamed on a new girl in the office. Now they tell the customer it must be the computer. There has to be room for improvement in the selection of baseball players for the Hall of Fame, When Enos "Country" Slaughter doesn't get enough votes to enter the great hall, somebody had better look at the records. Many sports writers in the voting clan fere not old enough to remember the great ones. Of course, they never saw the likes o' Enos Slaughter play ball. That isjyhy they should take a long, hard look at the records. The Warriors basketball team had to make up a snowout game with Crystal Lake Central Tuesday night so in­ vited them to come on up -- then beat the visitors 53-52 in a real barn burner. First to greet us in the balcony with a welcome smile was Dan Boland ~ Then came "Mac" McCracken. whose interest in the school and sports never lets up --- Dick Rabbitt and some of the male teachers were late -- They have been sent back to school for more book larnin' -- If you saw the Warrior team at the start of the year--then watched this game - -- you would say the boys have learned their lessons well -- They are fast --- they are aggressive --- they never say die -- But, they are not tall enough for the super teams -- Whistle tootin' had players on both teams in foul trouble -- Whistlers like TV commercials cut into the action just when things get going good -- Gary Collins, one of our all-time favorites at MCHS -- is now head coach at Crystal Lake South -- so he was here to do some scouting -says his team doesn't have size -- The Warriors can take their measure Friday night -- Counted 23 Pom-Pon girls performing --- also had a special dance number during intermission -- Cheerleaders kept the crowd in a hollerin' mood -- Crystal Lake led 33-30 at half time -- then ran into a chill and scored only 2 points in the third quarter when the Warriors went into a 43-35 lead - - Read about the wild finish in Dick Rabbitt's report -- As I watched our home team blow a comfortable lead, it seemed like they had learned a lot -- but not how to protect a lead. They had that certain something behind the belt to battle hard to the finish -- and win! McHEHFlY M i H l N R Y 3 8 5 0 1 4 1 ALL SEATS 1.25 STARTS FRI., FEB. 9TH BUDDY HACKETT, MICHELLE LEE. DEAN JONES* WALT DISNEY'S LOVE BUG FRI. 7 & 9 SAT. SUN. MON. 1 -3-7-9 TUES. WED. THURS. 7:30 ONLY SHOWPLACE CRYSTAL LAKE 1-2-3-4-5 815-455-2000 815-455-1005 DOLBY STEREO N / INVASION^ BODY SNATCHERS ftl.tS«T.24:M3M&1M5 SUt. HON. THUtS. 24:1WJM45 DRAMA ICE CASTLES k FH. I SAT. 2:1S4JM4541M5 SML MOIITWIS. 2M3U45-! ACTION-ADVENTURE WARRIORS • Fit. t SAT. 2JM-JM4U1H5 SIH. HMLTVUtS. 2JUJM4S! CLINT EASTWOOD EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE* FH. ft SAT. 241S4cJM&1t45 SML, KM. TIMS. 241MJM45 SHOWPLACE 5 •• DQLBYsimtu j SUPERMAN* FRI. 6:45-9:30 SAT. ft SUN. 144 MON. thru THURS. 7 PM0NLT close game 33 to 29 to the Jacobs frosh-soph. Scoring for McHenry were Smith with 11, West had 5, Allen had 5 and Dixon, Nowack and Reinholn each had 2. McHENRY SCORE BY QUARTERS: McHenry 12 13 10 15 50 Jacobs *11 5 13 7 36 f g / 'ft tP Hutchinson y 2 14 Dercole 6 1 13 Smith 4 2 10 Kopsell 2) 2 6 Toole 2' 0 4 Haddick 0 3 3 Totals: 20 10 50 JACOBS fg ft tP Becker 8 2 18 Kawalski 1 4 6 Wachholz 0 2 2 Ihrke 3 0 6 Dreher 1 0 2 Russo 1 0 2 Totals: 14 4^36 McHenry Youth League BATTER UP! Just a reminder that the McHenry Youth League is holding its 1979 Registration on Saturday, Feb. 10 and Satur­ day, Feb. 17, between the hours of 12 and 4 p.m. The registration will be held at the McHenry VFW. f ALilMWI 1 BASKETBALL PRACTICE Alumni playing in ball game on Feb. 17. Practice Mon., Feb. 12 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 15 - 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WEST CAMPUS GYM Brett Thomas of McHenry is fouled by Ralph Statter of Crystal Lake Central as he sinks this short jump shot during the first period of Tuesday night's Fox Valley conference game at West campus. The Warriors nipped the Tigers 53-52, when Bob Zeller made a 18-foot jump shot with five seconds remaining in the contest. The win moved the Warriors into fourth place in the Fox Valley conference and was their second straight win. Thomas paced the winners with eleven points. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Jacobs Dumps Skyhawks Scott Dixon Nets 22 In 5<%£5 Loss By Randy Swikle Heroes are not the exclusive property of victory. Sometimes they emerge from defeat, characterized by gallent effort and spectacular performance.. Scott Dixon was a hero of sorts despite the fact that his Johnsburg team lost to Jacobs High School 56 to 55 Tuesday night. The senior Skyhawk guard made 10 of 15 field goal at­ tempts, scored 22 points, had nine assists, nabbed four rebounds, and played a fine defensive game. It was a well- rounded performance from a highly talented athlete. Don Bentz, 6'4" center for the Skyhawks, also put forth a commendable performance. He scored 17 points and con­ trolled the defensive boards. But when the final buzzer sounded, the Skyhawks were on the short end of things. And it was primarily due to six tur­ novers in the third quarter. Although the Golden Eagles held the edge at the end of each quarter, the lead fluctuated throughout most of the game. But in the third quarter the Johnsburg effort was stymied by six turnovers that provided the opportunity for Jacobs to secure a 10 point lead. Jacobs hit 10 of 14 field goals in the third quarter and the Skyhawks hit 7 of 8. It was a turning point of the game. Jacobs went into a stall at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but baskets by Dixon and Bentz narrowed the opponent'sjfead to four points. The Skyhawks went into a full court press, and Dixon broke up the Jacobs offense three con­ secutive times with pass in­ terceptions and deflections. With 2:27 remaining a Bentz score brought the Skyhawks within two points, 50-48, of the Golden Eagles. A Jacobs player was fouled on a successful drive to the basket and increased the lead to five points. Another Bentz basket with two minutes remaining narrowed the Jacobs lead to three points. With seven seconds remaining in the game, Scott Dixon was fouled as he scored a basket. His extra free throw was good and brought the score to 55-53. Mike Hudson was fouled by Bentz to stop the clock at five seconds. Hudson made one of the two free throw^ to give the Eagles a more comfortable three-point lead. Dixon scored the final basket on a last second drive to the basket, not drawing a foul he hoped for. Johnsburg is now 14-5 for the season and in second place in the Shark Conference. The Skyhawks host South Beloit Saturday and travel to North Boone on Wednesday. JOHNSBURG fg ft pf tP S. Dixon 10 2 4 22 C. Dixon 0 0 4 0 Bentz 7 3 4 17 Pecucci 1 0 2 2 Christy 3 0 1 6 Schoenig 3 2 0 8 Zimbrick 0 0 1 0 ' Valatin 0 0 1 o Totals: 24 7 17 55 JACOBS fg ft pf tp Bradshaw 7 4 3 18 Bell 0 0 3 0 M. Hudson 6 1 1 13 Kmch 3 2 4 8 Rohde 5 2 0 12 Gaulke 2 1 0 5 Totals: 23 10 11 56 SCORE BY QUARTERS: Johnsburg 12 27 41 55 Jacobs 17 28 48 56 MCHS Sophs Lose 49-48 Thriller To Central NOW IN STOCK! Exercise Belts Exercise Bikes FOR RENT! $20 PER MONTH NOW IS THE TIME TO GET IN SHAPE 11 WE ALSO CARRY: • JOGGING MACHINES MESSAGE ROLLERS • WHIRL POOLS NOW 2 LOCATIONS! McHENRY 904 Front St. 385-3232 CRYSTAL LAKE 5407 Terra Cotta Ave. (Hwy. 176) 455-3232 The McHenry sophomores lost a thriller to Crystal Lake Tuesday night by the score of 49 to 48. The young Warriors had led by five points in the final period, but several miscues led to their downfall. Bob Byrniarski led the local attack with 18 points. Freund Haley Greve Bryniarksi Schiller Roltsch Kalck Totals: 21 6 17 48 McHENRY «g ft pf tp CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH fg ft pf tp Olekers 4 5 2 Ahsmann 1 2 2 [4 Pilgard 3 0 5 6 Grant 3 3 3 [9 Miklasc 3 2 3 \8 Simon \ 3 1 0 \7 Heinkel \ 1 0 1 o Johnson \ 0 0 1 0 Totals: 18 13 IT 49 SCORE BY QUARTERS: McHenry 11 12 9 16 48 Crystal Lake Central 8 14 14 13 49 OPEN YEAR ROl'ND Nitely. and Sundays from 2 p m GENOA THEATRE G E N O A C I T Y M S *•». SI JO AA.lt>, 75« O..IJ JUST ANft ENTIRE AD PAl ADMITS ONE PERSON* FEI. MS T 'Ptrlon, »nd* ) 5 ,jt '•""""I »«t »r *»!• **». Just off 12 on Hwy s H&B 2 Miles North of Richmond 414 279 6491 - DAY NITF i i jsGT. PEPPER'S F.M j 6:30.10:00 Fri.-Sat. 8 20 * 2:00,5:30,9:10 Sun. 3:50,7:25 8:40 Mon -Thurs. 7:00 lEads Fab. •: Oliver's Starr (7:00 & 1:30) FEB. 9-15: « DOUBLE FEATURE! PETER FBAMPTON THE BEE GEES "SGT. 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