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PAGE K. PI .AINDEAI.ER - FRIDAY, MAfltH 2,1979 Johnsburg Weathers Hurricane Stortn Sky hawk forward Chris Dixon goes up for this reverse iayup in heavy traffic under the basket during first half regional action against Marian Wednesday night at Harvard. Johnsburg used a fourth qkiarter surge to down the Hurricanes 74-61 to advance to the tournament finals Friday night against the winner of the Alden-Hebron vs. Harvard game. Marian and Johnsburg were tied at 45-all after three quarters, but Johnsburg pulled away early in the final period and won going away. Center Don Benti paced the victors with 21 points. Brian Caufield was high point man for the losers with 16 points. It was the second time this season Johnsburg defeated Marijfn and improved the Skyhawks record to 21-5. STAFF PHOTO-JOE DEHN •mr if* EARL WALSH So I Hear --SPORTS EDITOR Cards keep coming. J)id everybody go to Florida lis winter? rNow comes a card from A1 'hannenstill that gives me a real chuckle. It pictures a fort, stocky fellow that sminded A1 of the late Mattas togeln. Mattas wouldn't talk to all feople. He had to trust you. He Duld walk faster than many Ml run He could stand on the dge of a sidewalk and nobodv Duld push him off. That was r Attention SENIOR CITIZENS MON-FRI 5 to 7 P.M At The LITTLE CHEF Restaurant 1332 Riverside Dr. You will be given Senior Citizen's Privileges such As FREE COFFEE I I I I I I muscle control much like Johnny Coulon. of ring fame, had Johnny could set himself and nobody could lift him off his feet. Tis said there is obvious jealousy in sports. Super stars, with million dollar salaries, are said to be less than popular with teammates I dunno. Seems to me the super stars have set such a high salary scale that lesser athletes have ridden right into riches on the super coattails There is a story that one group of basketball players a few years ago became jealous of a teammate who got all the headlines. So -- their coach sent forth four starters and a sub to replace the big star. They couldn t win. Next he started the big star with four subs. They couldn't swing it. The lesson was learned - the hard way. Skyhawks Down Marian, / t _q Reach Regional Finals By Randy Swikle The Marian Hurricane stormed the Harvard Regional Wednesday and almost sank Johnsburg's hopes for a berth in the championship game. Almost. But the Skyhawk club of Johnsburg managed to weather the Hurricane assault 74-61 and advance to the final port in Regional competition against the winner of Thursday's Alden-Hebron vs. Harvard confrontation. The action in the Johnsburg vs. Marian semi-final contest was tumultuous. It was a fierce storm of vigorous energy which pitted two teams of friendly rivalry against each other. The thunder was provided by the enthusiastic cheering sections of both schools, and the lightening was generated by the intense quickness of players on both teams. For the first three periods the score rocked back and forth. No team managed more than a four-point lead. For the captain of the Johnsburg team, senior guard Scott Dixon, the sea got a little too "choppy" right away. Dixon went to the bench in the first quarter after having committed three fouls, and he didn't take command of court action again until the beginning of the second half. A fourth foul with the score tied at 33-33 and 5:32 remaining in the third quarter, sent the senior star back to the bench where he remained until the middle of the final quarter. "When Dixon sits out for most of the game, that hurts," said Skyhawk coach Bob Kies. "But as I have said all year, we are not a 5-man ball team. Our kids came off the bench again and did a real good job. There we were without our floor leader, and the kids still responded. They believe in each other and are working together." Kies noted that Johnsburg, now 21-5 for the season, won nine ball games by three points or less. "The kids are used to pressure situations, and that is going to help us in the stretch," he continued. Both teams had balanced scoring in the first quarter with only one player, Marian's Mike Wenzel, scoring more than three points. He hit three baskets on his way to 10 points for the night? Johnsburg s most versatile athlete, big Don Bentz, paced the Skyhawks with five field goals in the second quarter Two of those baskets were 10 and 12-foot jump shots from around the key. The score was tied at 29-29 as both teams went to the locker rooms during half time in­ termission. The lead continued to rock back and forth during the entire third quarter. Several 20-foot jump shots by Johnsburg guard-forward Chris Dixon and guard Brett Zimbrick forced Marian to extend its zone defense and consequently open up the middle somewhat for Johnsburg s big men. Bentz and Schoenig. "I was surprised Marian went to the zone as much as they did;" commented Kies. "I thought they'd go man-to-man because of their quickness. But I guess they used the zone to try to neutralize our size. We didn't rush things tonight, and I feel we went inside to Bentz very well." Going into the fourth quarter, both teams had 45 points. The Skyhawks built a six point lead within three minutes as Kerry Christy and Zimbrick sank long jumpshots from the corner, Kurt Valentin hit from under, and Chris Dixon scored on a drive. At that point. Captain Scott Dixon returned to the game and the Johnsburg momentum continued. It was apparent that Marian players were fouling the wrong man in an effort to stop the clock in the final minutes of the game. Bentz netted seven for eight from the free throw line in the last quarter. His 21 points led Johnsburg scorers for the game. In addition to Bentz. three other Skyhawks scored in the double figures. Zimbrick collected 13 points. Chris Dixon hit for 12 points, and Tom Schoenig scored 11. Scott Dixon managed 9 points despite the fact that he was out most of the game. It was a stormy game, but there were still several stars that shined. Kies had plenty of praise for the Marian squad. "I didn't think we played that poorly on defense," he said, "it's just that they (Marian) do some things real well that caused us a lot of problems. You can have an off-night on some things, but not on defense. I thought we cut off Wenzel well, and Jay Grover, who always worries me, only scored five points." Brian Caufield led the Marian scorers with 16 points and Kurt Parker netted 13. Two Johnsburg residents who at­ tend Marian Central, Darryl May and Jay Huemann, scored 11 and 6 points respectively. "I thought our Lenny Pecucci did an excellent job on defense," said Kies, "and that Valentin kid is also doing a great job for us." ' Johnsburg plays the winner of the Alden-Hebron vs. Har­ vard game at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the championship game. The winner of that contest will advance to the Oregon Section and meet the winner of the Kirkland Regional. Wednesday Marengo defeated Genoa Kingston 66-56 to advance to the final game of the Kirland Regional. JOHNSBURG fg ft f tp Christy 2 0 0 4 Dixon.S 4 1-3 4 9 Bentz 7 7-8 2 21 Pecucci 0 0 2 0 Dixon.C 5 2-4 3 12 Schoenig 4 3-4 3 11 Zimbrick 6 1-4 2 13 Valentin 2 0 4 4 Szumlas 0 0-2 0 0 Totals 30v 14 20 74 MARIAN fg ft f lP Wenzel 4 2-4 5 10 Caufield 6 4-5 4 16 Hueman 2 2-3 2 6 May 5 1-2 4 11 Grover 2 1-2 2 5 Parker 5 3-6 1 13 Bottari 0 0 1 0 Totals 24 13 19 61 MCHS Girls Losje To Woodstock Five 52-51 Making only 7 of 21 free throws attempts, the McHenry High girls basketball team went down to a 52 to 51 defeat at the hands of Woodstock Saturday. Leading 44 to 41 going into the final period, the Warriors had numerous opportunities to win the game, but didn't come up with the big play. Sue Hut­ chinson with 16 points led the local team. MCHENRY Hutchinson Dercole Smith fg rt tp 8 0 16 4 4 12 4 1 9 Kopsell 3 2 8 Bohlman 3 0 6 Totals: 22 7 51 WOODSTOCK fg ft tp Wilcoy 7 0 14 Raney 2 0 4 Stackhouse 8 5 21 Laudick 3 3 9 Brown 2 0 4 Totals: 22 8 52 SCORE BY QUARTERS: McHenry 12 10 22 7 51 Woodstock 8 17 16 II 52 Chick Evans Scholarships For College Careers Of course, the story of the great Knute Rockne and his Four Horsemen is history. Rockne thought his Hor­ semen were getting too cocky so he put in a third or fourth' string line with them. They learned fast. Listened to a story about a courtship by long distance phone. The pair had never met when he popped the question over the wires. She accepted and later reported that he was everything she expected. They didn't report any comment from the guy. Maybe the plan has some merit. It saves a lot of late hours of courtin'. Talk about a snow job. The winter of '79 certainly buried Chicago's Mayor Bilandic. People who criticized the late Mayor Daley's political machine the loudest are the ones who would like to build up their own machines. Bilandic inherited the big machine, but couldn't keep it working in Daley style. With nearly 44 years of column writing and sports editing, I have decided to take a vacation. The White Sox camp is calling. Golf, Illinois....The Western Golf Association awarded a total of 232 Chick Evans college scholarships this winter, and included among the new Evans scholars are 12 young women. Selections were made by the WGA's Evans Scholars Foundation in 13 meetings held across the country during the past three months. The WGA scholarship committees determined the award winners on a competitive basis con­ sidering caddie record, high school academic standing and the need for financial aid. Renewable for four years, each Evans grant covers full tuition and housing and has as estimated value of more than $6,000. Almost 95 percent of the award winners will attend one of the 14 major universities where they can reside in an Evans Chapter house. Those universities, and the number of new Evans scholars enrolled, are as follows: University of Wisconsin (25, Ohio State University (22), University of Illinois (21), University of Michigan (19), University of Minnesota (17), Michigan State University (16), Indiana University (15), Marquette University (15), University of Kansas (15), Miami University (14, Northwestern University (12), University of Colorado (12), University of Missouri (10) and Purdue University (6). Other universities accepting Evans scholars will be Washington, Oregon, Arizona and Oregon State. More than 930 Evans scholars are attending college under the caddie education program established by famed amateur golfer Charles "Chick" Evans in 1930. The first female scholar wasn't selected until the mid- 1950's, but this year's total ~ brings to 33 the number of young women attending college through the Evans program. Support for the Foundation comes from the individual contributions of more than 90,000 golfers and the proceeds of the annual Western Open. The 1979 Western, at Butler | National G.C. in Oak Brook, 111., will be July 5-8. m sa t I McHenry Recreation $ Ladies Tuesday Nite 2-27-79-7 p.m. AVERAGES OR BETTER: B. Sisk, 386; W. Gehrke, 166,177 - 494; S. Klapperich, 163 - 384; F. Miller, 166 - 461; M Diedrich, 168 - 445; P. Grosrenaud. 178 - 467; L. Freund. 445; S. DeKneef, 165 - Johnsburg junior Tom Schoenig fires in this bank shot for his only points of the first half in Wednesday night s 74-61 triumph over Marian Wednesday night. Schoenig added three field goals in the third quarter and 3 shots from the charity stripe during the game to finish with U points for the night. 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