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PAGE c - PLAINI>KAI.ER - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY m, itu Zeller Tallies Beat Gators, 61-60 Bob Zeller's 27 points and all around flow play sparked the McHenry Warriors to a stunning 61-60 upset over highly favored Crystal Lake South Friday night at West campus. The - underdog Warriors led the entire game in what must have been a rewarding win for Coach Ken Ludwig, over his friend and foe Gary Collins of the Gators. Don't let the score fool you, the Warriors were in complete command throughout the evening until the final 90 seconds, when the Gators pulled to within one, but then were shut down with a Bob Zeller interception of an inbound pass with two seconds remaining on the clock. Bob Bryniarksi got the Warriors on the board early in the game and he continued his hot shooting during the initial period with 4 baskets, and with help from Zeller and Bob Greve the Warriors jumped out to a 22 to 17 margin at the end of the period. Dave Smith got into the act in the second period. The young junior, coming off the bench made some key rebounds, picked up a couple of needy baskets, and when Joe Bauml hit a free throw at the 2:00 mark, the Warriors increased their lead to 11,36 to 25. Smith's free throw ended the Warrior scoring and the Warriors went into the locker room with a 10 point bulge, 37 to 27- i ' The Gators came roaring back in the early going of the third period. Using their height to a great advantage, Randy Salerno began to hit from about eight feet out. The 6'6" center of the Gators has a nice touch from that spot. However, Zeller and Bjyniarski kept the Gators at bay, and the Warriors margin was narrowed to a mere five, 48 to 43 going into the final eight minutes. Zeller and Bauml got the Warriors up by eight, and then Zeller matched basket for basket with the Gators to keep that margin, until the Gators regrouped and made their last run. With two seconds remaining, the Gators had the ball at midcourt. The inbound pass intended for Walor fell in the arms of Zeller, and the Warriors notched their fourth conference win of the season. It was a happy Ken Ludwig, and a dejected, stunned Gary Collins who met for the handshake after the game. It was a hard fought game, but the undermanned Warriors refused to give in to the taller Gators. Bob Greve had a off night, getting only 12 points (2 in the second half), and John Costigan was another who couldn't And the hoop. But the player of the night was Bob Zeller. He was a demon on the boards, everything he shot seemed to go in, in fact he scored the last 10 points for the Warriors during the final period. Bob Bryniarksi showed that he can hit the hoop. His 4 baskets in the opening period gave the Warriors a lift. Dave Smith showed promise as he muscled his way for some key rebounds, Joe Bauml's clutch free throws went a long way toward the win, while Mike Burgdorf and Chris Freund came off the pines, and did a bang up job. , Again, the Warriors provided excitement for the fans. They are not fancy, they don't overpower anyone, but they sure do play interesting basketball, mistakes or not, you have to give the "little guys" a lot of credit. The win put the Warrior FVC mark at 4-3, into a second place tie with the Gators. Dick Rabbitt % Nip ZeeBees, 60-58 KEEPING IT IN-is John Costigan of McHenry (24) as he leaped in the air, grabbed the errant ball and twirled to look for an open teammate during the Warrior win over Crystal Lake South Friday. The redhead didn't score in the game, but he did And Bob Zeller open (50) despite the pesky Gator defense. , STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Winning Season Assured ZeeBees Saturday night at Zion. Costigan hit 6 of 7 free throws in the final period, while Zeller's 18 points and Greve's 17 points helped the Warriors notch their tenth win of the season. f The Warriors jumped out to a 19 to 6 lead, and only a few miscues on their part could have blown the game wide open in the initial period. The ZeeBees roared back and trailed 21 to 14 at the period \ Owens and Dayne began to hit over the Warrior zone in the second period, and the hosts outscored the Warriors 16 to 11 to trim the locals lead to to a mere 32-30 at the intermission. The ZeeBees also found help from the officials during this span of time as they went to the line 8 times. In the third period, the Warriors maintained their lead and Bryniarski's basket near the end of the period gave the Warriors a 4 point bulge, 44 to 40, entering the final period. Midway in the final period, the ZeeBees caugnt fire and gabbed a 4 point lead, but it was to last only a minute, as reve with a 15-footer, and Zeller broke away for a layup to knot the score again. Costigan was fouled and made the two charity tosses. The ZeeBee bench pulled a boo-boo and called a sixth time out. Costigan again hit the net, giving the Warriors a three point play. In a four corner offense the ZeeBees again made the mistake of fouling the young redhead. He sank the first of two, and with only seconds remaining the Warriors let the ZeeBees score unmolested to end up on the winning side 60 to 58. It was the second squeaker in two nights for the Warriors, having defeated Crystal Lake South 61 to 60 on Friday night. Coach Ken Ludwig was elated with the win over the ZeeBees. Victories are far and few between in the Zion gym. I always figured the Warriors had to beat seven people at Zion. That they accomplished that feat Saturday night, and to do that you have to do something right. The Warriors again stood the pressure of a close game, they played very good basketball, but if they could only develop the killer instinct, they would make their fans happy. On Friday night they could have put the Gators away early in the game, and the same thing happened Saturday night. The non-conference win put the Warriors at 10-6 on the season as they travel to Cary on Friday and host Jacobs on Saturday. Dick Rabbitt McHenry vs. Zion Benton McHenry vs. Crystal Lake South McHenry Crystal L.S. fg ft pf tp *• Costigan V Bryniarksi Zeller a ai Burgdorf H Or Greve Bauml ear Freund -- Smith yii*. Totals: 0 5 11 1 . 6 0 1 2 0 10 27 2 12 3 2 5 26 9 20 61 be. K. McHenry Crystal L.S. 15 12 16 17 fg ft pf tp Goodwin 1 2 5 4 J. Murphy 0 1 0 1 Walor 6 3 3 15 Salerno 10 0 1 20 S. Murphy 6 0 5 12 Mitby 1 0 0 2 Boge 0 0 1 0 Dayton 3 0 4 6 Totals: 27 6 19 4 60 22 IS 11 13 61 60 Again in wrestling action last weekend, the McHenry varsity squad split the fesults with their opponents. On Friday night at Crystal Lake South, the Gators wiped the mats with the Warriors, topping them 43-9. But the ten local grapplers bounced back Saturday morning in a double dual at Cary Grove. Mundelein Carmel was defeated by the Warriors 31-27 and Lake Zurich was squeezed past by a 38-35 score. A record of 8-5- 2 so far this season, with only two more matches left before conference tour­ nament, has assured the team of a winning season. Triple point winners in McHenry's three matches were Steve Carby (98 pounds) and Brian Wrona (119). Carby, a freshman, worked out two decisions 6-1 and 7-2 and earned forfeit points against Lake Zurich. Boosting his outstanding season record by three more wins, senior Wrona decisioned his South op­ ponent 7-4, pinned his Carmel man in 3:10 and drew a forfeit from Lake Zurich. Adding two wins to their records last weekend were Vic Betancourt (155) and Tom Ketchum (167 and 185). Betancourt decisioned his South wrestler 11-7 and dropped his Lake Zurich man with a 2:38 fall. In his upper weights brackets, Ketchum had the Me of the team score in his hands in both matches Saturday. Both times he pulled himself and his team through to victories with pins. A 1:57 fall against Lake Zurich and a second period 2:15 pin against Carmel by Ketchum brought his elated team­ mates to their feet, all smiles. Coach Sobczak awarded both Betancourt and Ketchum the well deserved honor of wrestlers of the week. Additional team points against Carmel were earned by Bob Sarabia (112) by a default, Mike Connor (138) with a major decision 12-3 and Tom Kucek (185) by a forfeit. Against Lake Zurich, more McHenry points were earned by Connor with a 1-1 tie and Joe Mullen (145) by a 3:28 fall. * Top season record is still held by Wrona (24-2-1), followed by Betancourt (16- 6), injured Pat Haderly (13- 6-2), Eric Karpinski (11-5) and Carby (5-2). Even seasons are held by Mullen (11-11) and Ketchum (9-9). The last two matches of the regular season will be wrestled by McHenry at Belvidere on Thursday night and at home against the Woodstock Blue Streaks on Friday. Wrestling action begins at 6:30 Friday with the varsity squads facing off at 7:30 p.m. Lynne Sobczak McHenry COsti Brynu Zeller Burgdorf Greve Freund Smith Totals: fg ft tp 1 10 12 Mickerson Zion Benton fg 6 Owens 18 Fuson 4 Worinthington 17 Daype 1 Walk 2 er 9 12 2 9 18 8 24 12 60 Totals: 24 10 58 McHenry 21 11 12 16 60 Zion Benton 14 16 It 18 S8 Skyhawk Girls Even Record At 5-5 !» oi aofc bio. a fc jr i _ S'.rt .Oir The Johnsburg girl cagers found travelling much more to their liking last week after losing to South Beloit at home, 31-52 on Tuesday, but coming back on the road against Hononegah, 45-39 on Thursday to record their first conference win on the season. In the clash with tough South Beloit, Johnsburg coach o Dan Stanowski thought his team was ready after playing good basket­ ball in the Johnsburg tourney last week. The Sobos proved rather stubborn, however, and took control from the opening tip. "Turnovers for us early in the game hurt us badly," Stanowski said. "We needed everything to go right to beat a team as good as South Beloit." The Skyhawks fell behind, 6-15 at the first period's end and couldn't make it up in the second quarter, losing at half, 13-33. Sue Dehn was the only local who could muster points in the double-figure category, scoring 14 on the day. The Sobo's Stacy Neal pumped in 21, while her teammate Lynnette Range had 16 and Eva Robinson hit for 10. "We had a couple of girls playing sick, and I think a couple of the other girls were just psyched out," Stanowski admitted. He also said there were some bad calls by the of­ ficials which didn't help matters and that his Skyhawks "couldn't seem to buy a break." Inge Dschida and Cheri Kofler could only manage 6 points each, while Theresa Hauck put in three free throws and Cindy Guetzloff scored two points to round out the Johnsburg scoring. On the rebounding end of things, Johnsburg held their Sophs Lose To Gators, 62-35 The McHenry sophomores ran into a buzz saw Friday night as they lost to the powerful Crystal Lake South Gator sophomores 62 to 35. Since their opening game defeat at the hands of Chicago Weber, the young Gator's opponents have not come within 20 points of them during the season. The Warriors came close during the second period 16 to 12, but then the Gators opened up, and it became a disaster for the young Warriors. Jim Wynveen led the local scoring with 10 points. McHenry vs. Crystal Lake South McHenry fg ft pf tp Hermann 2 0 5 4 Buenzli 1 0 1 2 Witt 6 2 3 14 Bauml 2 0 5 4 B. Murphy 2 0 3 4 Wynveen 5 0 2 10 Geske 1 2 0 4 Babb 4 1 1 9 K. Murphy 1 0 1 2 Freund 0 1 2 1 . Kelly 1 2 0 4 Lively 1 0 4 2 Mimdgve 1 2 0 4 Gies 0 2 0 2 Zoll 0 2 2 2 Wegener 0 1 0 1 Goudie 0 0 1 0 Totals: 15 5 20 35 Totals: 23 16 14 62 Crystal Lake South fg ft pf tp McHenry 6 10 10 9 35 Dayton 6 3 4 15 C.L.S. 12 13 13 24 62 Baseball Registration Set Registration for the Johnsburg boys baseball program will take place Jan. 31 from noon until 3 pm at James C. Busch grade school. The league, which featured 24 teams last year, is open to boys from ages 8-18 with league play starting in the middle of May. own in tallying 30 to the Sobo's 33. "I'm glad we have another shot at them," Stanowski said. "I think we can beat them." The coach's optimism carried into Thursday as the Skyhawks took on a different look and beat Hononegah at Rockton, 45-39. The win put the cagers at 5-5 on the season and marked their first Shark conference win in 1980-81 after three straight defeats. The game started out much like Tuesday's contest, as Hononegah obtained a seven point spread after one quarter, leading Johnsburg 16-9. The second quarter was much different as Johnsburg outscored the Rockton rivals, 18-9 and took a 27-25 lead into the intermission. "Our excellent scoring in the second quarter turned things around," Stanowski commented. That scoring pace slowed down in the third period as Hononegah took a one-point lead into the final stanza. Another early surge in the early fourth quarter insured the victory as Johnsburg outscored Hononegah,, 12-5. Inge Dschida found her shooting eye Thursday, leading her team with 16, while Sue Dehn chipped in 13 and Cheri Kofler hit for 9. Theresa Hauck hit for four off the bench and Joan Pierce had three points to round out the scoring. Although Johnsburg was outrebounded in the contest, 33-22, the Skyhawks hit on 44 percent of their field goal attempts while holding Hononegah to 32 percent. "We shot well despite missing eight layups tonight," Stanowski said. "Their top scorer was out , so when we play them again, we need to get it together." Stanowski was also con­ cerned of his squad's lack of the killer instinct and hopes that as his players get healthy again, the girls will start to roll. "Our season has been marked by times when we should have blown teams out but haven't," Stanowski said. "I hope we can shake this bad habit. We need to get healthy because we haven't practiced with a whole team in more than a week." Also on the note of health, Ellen O'Malley, a two-year letterman decided to sit out the remainder of the season after attempting to come back from a shoulder injury in the recent Johnsburg tourney. "This certainly hurts the squad's level of ability and is a real disappointment for me and the girls," Stanowski noted. "It hurts the program when a person who should, and has been a model for younger players behaves like this." The frosh-soph team of Carol Kanetzke beat South Beloit in a whitewash, 39-6, but lost to Hononegah, 35-22. Joel Wakitsch No # Warm Gary Collins, a familiar face in McHenry. visited from Crystal Lake Friday when his Gators of Crystal Lake South High School invaded McHenry. His homecoming was not too pteesant. however. «• Coach Ludwlg's Warriors upset the taller Gators, 61-60. Collins served as sophomore coach at McHenry for 8 years under Ludwig, the vanity couch and li known for keeping his team physically in shape. He left McHenry for Crystal Lake four years ago where he Served one year as assistant coach before getting the head coach fob when Crystal Lake split Into two high schools. In his third year wwrr f •' the helm of the Gators, Collins' team Is tied for ««*«"' in fjyplcownp VaUey with Warriors at 4-3. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD f f 1 WEEK ONLY JANUARY 28th thru FEBRUARY 3rd f f 4L ORDERED jjjJl^ e"» payton Chevrolet -* " HWY. 31 SOUTH. McHENRY 385 2100 P? 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