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PAGE 6-PLAINDEALER- WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1979 fiPflPTfi Skyhawks Win In Overtime _ wtm eoal in overtime with iust over Skyhawks to lose in the last EARL WALSH' So I Hear SPORTS EDITOR The way we get it, "Zeke" Bacon has lured the Herb Reihanspergers and Roland Herrmanns out to Arizona to play golf in the daytime and attend prayer meetings in the evening. Hope Herb took his sports bible with him. Santa Claus brought him a record book for Christmas and he has been a real nuisance ever since. He looks up some litte dandies, then springs questions on the likes o' me who can't remember names I heard yesterday. (Each of us has some cross to bear). Jim Smith (he married Cousin Quentin's and Rose Ann's little girl Judy) reminds me there is another baseball team in Chicago. Seems to me he said they are named Cubs. Oh, I'll be boosting your team from time to time, Jim. Have always said I would like to see an All-Chicago World Series. The Warrior Booster Club is really alive. Too bad more people didn't see their spec­ tacular in Buckner Gym Saturday night. We didn't see the first game, but arrived Tdfthe clash bet­ ween Even-Year Odd-Year former Warrior basketball stars. Some of those fellows can still play the game and hit the nets. Ken Ludwig, varsity coach and Dick Rabbitt were the rival coaches. You wouldn't believe it, but neither dashed onto the floor to protest calls. Ken was all smiles. He must have been thinking back to some of the classy teams he trotted onto the floor over the years. Dick was serious, master­ minding all the way. He waited for the final gun to flash a big smile. His team won. The immediate winner was the Booster Club. The ultimate winners are the athletes and all of us who relish the sports program. Earl "Marty" Conway says he agrees with us about 7-foot players stuffing the ball into a basket. "Marty" was a great favorite of the crowd in days when he was the "standing guard" like a goalie. He could soar into the air and bat dbwn shots with regularity. "Marty" watched the girls play the game as shown on his / TV set and decided they play the kind of game he likes to watch. Must agree their play is good and girl watching isn't all bad. Pat Wirtz has had a good year in coaching the Warrior Soph basketball team, but has run into the bugaboo of all coaches, injuries to key players. Not all injuries oc­ curred on the basketball floor. The rest of the season may" not be as bright for Pat. Time will tell. Anyhow, he will send some boys up to the varsity next year to make the picture brighter. Said the man, "How about mention of the MCHS swim­ ming team?" "We print results of their matches each week in the sports section", says I. "But", the man came back, "I mean in your column". OK. The girls are making quite a splash this year and will be heard from more and more as the program gets its full growth at our local school. Before I run into the same, let me say that our girls are moving up nicely in basketball. Girls' sports are here to stay. Girls are doing more than enrolling in sewing classes these days. More power to them ™ and their coaches. THINGS CHILDREN SAY; When you love someone and are ashamed to say so, you send a Valentine and don't sign it. An echo is a tattletale. When you talk about someone, it goes back and tells them. Manners are what you have when your mother has com- iy dog is my best friend. MoriKand Dad. too. Marian High Alumni Organizing Reunion • In an effort to reunite Marian (Mumni, the Marian Central Alumni Association is planning a "Basketball Bash" for Friday, February 23. On that Oight the Marian Hurricanes will host a game with the $partans of St. Frances of W h e a t o n . I m m e d i a t e l y following the game the alumni will gather at the Raindancer (formerly "Pal's") at U.S. Route 14 and 120 in Woodstock, to rehash old times. A donation will be asked to cover both refreshments and the next A l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n Newsletter. Further in­ formation about the "bash" may be obtained by contacting the school office at Marian, at 338-4220 rrs .i*'#. .f ki f J"? \ 4*% fit A y i 14- - •& ** 1 c< WALLCOVERINGS •u.ilijy OFFER GOOD FEB. 17-MAR. 5 Goast toGoast McHENRY MARKET PLACE 385-6655 One Point Win At Harvard Keeps Johnsburg In Race By Randy Swikle The newspapers say * that political trouble in the small Asian country of Iran may result in a major energy crisis in the United States. Not so! That is, not if some innovative scientist can figure out a way to harness the ex- Dlosive energy generated by the wildanderratic movements of a small, leather sphere known as a basketball. Such a sphere, propelled Friday night by a group of athletes from Johnsburg and Harvard high schools, was the nucleus of an exciting 58-57 overtime contest which ended in favor of the visiting John­ sburg team. It was an evening of ex­ citement and drama. The Harvard gymnasium was filled to near capacity, and the cheering sections of both schools were characterized by a frenzied enthusiasm of such magnitude that some fans actually left the bleechers to join the cheerleaders in directing crowd response. There was no energy shortage in town that night! It was an emotional game from the very beginning. Two dozen Johnsburg students, annoyed by the fact that their team was not afforded the same dramatic spotlight in­ troduction as the home squad, brought their own illumination.' When the house lights went off and the spotlight shined upon the Harvard Hornets, these two dozen students seated on both sides of the court took out high-powered flashlights and focused the beams on their own favorite team. The contest between the cheering sections rivaled the contest on the basketball court. The first quarter ended in a 13-13 deadlock after Johnsburg lost an early six-point lead because of nine inaccuracies from the field. In the second quarter, the Skyhawk offense continued to be as cold as the freshly fallen snow outside the gymnasium. For the first three minutes of the period, nary a Johnsburg shot would find the net. Skyhawk guard Kerry Christy finally ended the scoring drought with a 12-foot jump shot, and Don Bentz Con­ tributed three field goals to aid the Johnsburg cause. But in the meantime, Har­ vard's 6'5" center Marc Lawrence was scoring 10 points in the second quarter. Before the halftime buzzer sounded, his team had built up a 13 point lead over the Skyhawks, a lead later diminished by two for an end- of-period score of 24-35. In the third quarter came a dramatic turn of events. A "fired up" Skyhawk team returned to the court following halftime intermission and literally destroyed Harvard's momentum. The Skyhawks outscored the Hornets 12-2 in the first four minutes of the tJ third quarter and built a 45-43 lead by the quarter's end. Bentz scored eight in the third period as did senior captain Scott Dixon, who made each of four field goals at­ tempts. Fourth quarter action had both teams exchanging the lead several times. With 30 seconds left, Johnsburg junior Brett Zimbrick scored two points to tie the Hornets at 56-56. The game went into overtime. Skyhawk forward Tom Schoenig scored the only field goal in overtime with just over two minutes remaining on the clock. When Johnsburg regained possession of the ball, the team went into a stall that lasted until the ball was stolen at :26. Harvard scored one point on a free throw and did not hold the ball again until only one second remained on the clock. The final Hornet scoring at­ tempt was unsuccessful, and the Skyhawks posted the 58-57 victory. Johnsburg hit only 26 of 58 field goal attempts for 45 percent. Harvard scored on 22 of 38 attempts for 58 percent from the field. Don Bentz and Scott Dixon each tallied 14 points for Johnsburg. Tom Schoenig scored 11 and Chris Dixon hit for nine. The Skyhawks were scheduled to host Marengo Tuesday night in a contest to decide the Shark Conference championship. A Johnsburg victory would assure that squad of first place in the conference. The only way Marengo could share that honor if Johnsburg wins Tuesday, would be for the Skyhawks to lose in the last home game of the season this Friday against North Boone, and for Marengo to defeat Harvard at Marengo. Johnsburg lost an earlier confrontation with Marengo by a three-point margin. JOHNSBURG fg ft pf tP S. Dixon 7 0 2 14 C. Dixon 4 1 3 9 Bentz 6 2 3 14 Pecucci 1 0 1 2 Christy 1 0 1 2 Schoenig 5 1 4 11 Zimbrick 3 0 1 6 Totals: 27 4 15 58 HARVARD fg ft pf tp R. Nolen 5 1 1 11 King 3 0 1 6 Lawrence 6 7 2 19 Daryl Nolen 0 0 1' 0 Don Nolen 8 3 3 19 Prima 0 0 1 0 Ahrens 0 2 1 2 Totals: 22 13 10 57 SCORE BY QUARTERS: Johnsburg 13 24 46 56 O.T. 58 Harvard 13 35 43 56 O.T. 57 Johnsburg Varsity Girls Swamp North Boone 54-27 The Johnsburg varsity girls basketball team defeated North Boone 54-27 in a Shark Con­ ference game last week. Lora Jacobs scored 11 field goals to lead her team with 22 points. BrendaBingman scored eight points for the Skyhawks and Inge Dschida and Rocky Rieck each netted seven. The next home game for the girls is Thursday against Hononegah beginning at 6 p.m. JOHNSBURG fg ft pf tp Dschida 2 3 5 7 Rieck 3 14 7 Jacobs 11 0 3 22 Bingman 3 2 5 8 Freeland 2 0 5 4 Oeffling 10 2 2 Grenman Bentz Dalton 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 Totals: 24 6 28 54 Dyer Holmes Lindberg Ekman Miller Dowell Schauer Totals: NORTH BOONE g fg ft pf tp 1 4 3 1 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 5 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 8 11 17 27 SCORE BY QUARTERS: Johnsburg 16 24 43 54 North Boone 6 15 24 27 Pieper's 32 Points Lead Frosh Victory Johnsburg freshman stan­ dout Tom Pieper scored 32 points on the strength of 16 field goals to pace his squad to a 73- 48 victory over Harvard Saturday morning. Pieper pumped in several 15- foot jumpshots and played an aggressive defensive game. Russ Beck socred 12 points for the Skyhawks as Johnsburg's second top scorer. HARVARD FRESHMEN JOHNSBURG fg ft pf tP Beck 5 2 3 12 Pieper 16 0 1 32 Popovich 1 2 4 4 Bartman 3 1 5 7 Williams 2 0 4 4 Boyer 2 0 0 4 Barroso 1 1 0 3 Klein 0 0 1 0 Free 2 2 2 6 Diedrich 0 1 0 1 Totals: 32 9 20 73 fg ft pf tP Shepherd 2 7 5 11 Kramarczyk 9 5 4 23 Coulter 0 0 0 Schimke 4 0 0 \8 Kretchmer 0 2 0„ Luerssen 0 1 0 1 Holmes 0 1 0 1 Lee 1 0 1 2 Totals: 16 16 13 48 SCORE BY QUARTERS: Johnsburg 17 35 57 73 Harvard 12 15 32 48 The Difficulty Our politicians are perfectly familiar with all the questions of the day. The difficulty is that they don't know the answers. -Dublin Opinion. Henry W. Block The simpler your return, the less we charger If you qualify for the Short Form, we charge a very low price. But even if you need the Long Form, the simpler the return, the less we charge. That's another reason why you should let H&R Block do your taxes. H&R BLOCK THE INCOME TAX PEOPLE HARVARD 302 W. Diggins Phone 943-6410 OPEN WEEKDAYS 9-6, SAT. 9-5 EVE. 8i SUN. 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Don Praczyk led the Evens with 12 points, and Roger Ludwig and Bruce Harbecke each had 17 for the Odds. In the opening game of the evening the River Ringers outpointed the faculty 67 to 55. Paul Morenz showed that he has not lost his touch, when he canned a couple of 20 footers that brought a delight to the small crowd on hand. Twig Miller canned 11 baskets from far and near, to lead all scorers. Rex Hester had his own private cheering section with his freshman team in attendance, and the coach pumped in five field goals for his squad. Chris Bennett and Gary Gard raced up and down the court as if there was a fire in the building. Another McH coach Dan Stanowski had five goals, and football came into the picture, as Coach Bill Day swished one through the nets, Faculty vs. River Ringers FACULTY SCORE BY QUARTERS: Faculty 12 14 II 18 River R. 12 18 20 17 Evens vs. Odds EVENS Peterson Fairchild Partenheimer Praczyk T. Hurckes T. Ludwig Smith 55 67 fg ft tP 1 0 2 3 0 6 2 2 6 6 0 12 1 0 2 4 0 8 1 0 ,2 Heard 3 2 8 Mauch 1 2 4 J. Hurckes 2 0 4 Morenz 4 2 10 R. Miller 2 1 5 Totals: 30 9 69 ODDS R. Ludwig K. Ludwig B. Hurckes T. Miller Bentz Potts Janik B. Miller Totals: 4 9 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 17 3 3 6 0 2 6 0 21 18 60 Snell Cepulis Harbecke fg ft tP 0 2 2 2 0 4 7 3 17 SCORE BY QUARTERS: Evens 12 18 20 19 69 Odds 11 8 17 24 60 Woodstock Blue Streaks Down Warriors 57-49 ft ft tp Wirtz 2 0 4 Hester 5 0 10 Stanowski 5 0 10 Martin 1 0 2 Blum 0 0 0 Day 1 0 2 Mueller 6 0 12 Trembly 2 2 6 Luckett 1 0 2 Wilson 3 1 7 Totals: 26 3 55 RIVER RINGERS fg ft tP Grabowski 6 1 13 Carson 1 0 2 Bennett 5 0 10 Gard 1 0 2 Morenz 5 2 12 Miller 11 1 23 Kilday 1 0 2 Jager 1 1 3 Totals: 31 67 By Dick Rabbitt The Woodstock Blue Streaks defeated the McHenry Warriors 57 to 49 in a Fox Valley game in Woodstock last Friday night. Again it was Mike Nelson the Streaks forward with 23 points who led the way for Woodstock. His only two high scoring performances this season has been at the hands of the Warriors. The Warriors jumped out to an early lead, but it took Lenny Jensen's two free throws with 4 seconds remaining to give the Warriors a 14 to 12 first period edge. Tim Zeller made it a 4 point advantage, and then the Streaks began to peck away at the Warrior lead and forged ahead 23 to 21 at the in­ termission. In the third period with Nelson hotter than a pistol, the Warriors with Thomas, Con­ way, Jensen and Tim Zeller all scoring could not overtake the Streaks and they increased their margin to six, 39 to 33. In the final period both teams scored frequently, but the Streaks maintained their edge and gained another two points to win 57 to 49. No doubt the loss of Jim Johnson the 6-4" center of the Warriors has put a crimp in the plans of Ken Ludwig. Just as he progressed into a fine player, the broken leg has sidelined him for the season. With the final home jgame here Friday against Cary Grove, a good crowd is expected to come and pay tribute to this gallent group of Warriors, the victories are few, but they do battle right to the end of the game. Let's show our appreciation Friday night in the home final. VARSITY McHENRY fg ft tp WOODSTOCK B. Zeller Thomas T. Zeller Jensen Sroka Conway Anderson Bittermen Totals: 4 0 6 1 6 4 2 2 1 0 fo 0 0 ,0 0 0 0 21 7 49 8 13 16 6 2 4 Layer Kinney Schroeder Bellairs Nelson Totals: fg ft tp 0 4 4 3 2 8 6 2 14 4 0 8 11 1 23 24 9 57 SCORE BY QUARTERS: McHenry 14 7 12 16 49 Woodstock 12 11 16 18 57 Sports Ink by Randy Swikle EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT... Seafood Buffet! 3 soups, 3 salads, Boiled & Fried Shrimp, Baked Haddock, Deep Sea Scallops, $Q75 and more! m AND FOR DESSERT. . . HARD SWINGING JAZZ! Jimmy Alman Trio TOPPED WITH JAZZ VOCALIST "Little Jake" GRgSCENT cBAV ^LAHPINQ 3309 N. Chapel Hill Rd., McHenry 385-8899 It's a good week for dipping into the inkwell for some sports shorts and random thoughts: ...Tickets for Johnsburg's Regional basketball game against Ida Crown Jewish Academy of Chicago are now on sale at the main office of Johnsburg High School. Skyhawk athletic director Jim Meyers was given 200 tickets to sell. The tickets will admit fans to the Monday night contest, which begin at 7 p.m. in the gymnasium of Regional host Harvard High. Tickets are also available at the door. ...Johnsburg and Harvard are seeded first and second, respectively, at the Regional. The chances seem good that these two schools will meet again for a third time in the championship game a week from this Friday. The winner of that game could very well meet yet another Shark Conference rival in the Oregon Sectional. Marengo is favored to win its Regional and advance to the same Sectional as the winner of the Harvard Regional. ...Friday night's game against North Boone at JHS has been designated as parent's night. Parents of senior basketball players Don Bentz, John Flood, Kerry Christy, Scott Dixon, and Lenny Pecucci are scheduled to be introduced in a brief pre-game ceremony. Juha Vester's parents will be unable to attend. Juha is a senior foreign exchange student from Finland who is a member of the varsity basketball team and learned to play the game this year. During halftime of the varsity game, the parents of senior cheerleaders and pom pon girls will be intjoduced. ...Head JHS basketball coach Bob Kies was talking with former Harvard coach Dave Swengel following Johnsburg's Friday night victory over Harvard in overtime. The two were recalling their first encounter four years ago when Kies brought his Beloit Catholic squad to the Hornet gymnasium. Kies took his team home with a victory that night, but only after FOUR overtimes' If Tuesday night's Johnsburg vs. Harvard game seemed exciting, imagine how fans felt after four overtimes. ...Thegirls basketball team travelled to South Beloit Tuesday as the Johnsburg boys battled with Marengo for the Shark Conference championship. The boys game was a makeup of the game originally scheduled for Dec. 1, but post-poned because of a snow storm. Wrong Girl Gob-I'd like to kiss you until you hollered Stop! Girl--1 guess you picked the wrong girl this time. "You mean you wouldn't let me kiss you?" "No, 1 wouldn't holler STOP." HOUSE CLEANING-CONTRACTORS SPECIALS •Light Housekeeping •Moid Service 'New Homes •Smoll offices (p " * Apartment# •Weekly Bi-monthly •Moving in or out WEE ESTIMATES • Call Today 38S"0283 li ik"BetfewC^*Profe,siono1 •Models CLEANING SERVICE INC.