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Tf aYAO 3/.YA W-80T(«*| ̂ ATti PAGE 6 - PLA1NDEALER - WKDNKSDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1983 rUlEiO-rL/tlllUD/lIiliW- ff , i .W, .«»» _a . ̂ ^ |_p A | • Warriors Finish Fourth At Wrestling District, Five Move On To Sectionals CARPENTERSVILLE -- The second time around went a little better for the McHenry Warrior wrestling team. The Warriors finished fourth at the Crown regional Friday and Saturday and qualified five wrestlers to the sectional meet at Barrington. The teams involved were the same eight involved in the Fox Valley Conference meet held the weekend before. The Warriors finished a disappointing sixth in that meet. Ric Connor, Mike Love, John Clewis, kuss Bunday and Tom Wrona all qualified for the sectional meet, "This is more realistic position for Lady Warriors Upset Crown CINDIKINSALA Following a defeat to first place Dundee, the McHenry girls' .basketball team pulled off a major upset stunning third place Crown Vikings 39-38. In a dramatic turn-around, the McHenry Warriors ambushed an unsuspecting Viking horde and held on to upset the Vikings in a Fox Valley Conference battle. The win and loss gave the Warriors a 3-7 FVC record and 4-12 -overall.. Dundee remained undefeated in the FVC at 10-0 and • Crown dropped to 6-4. . . Led by Greta Larsen's five points * and Debbie Koerber's four, the Warriors astounded the Vikings in the first quarter, along with baskets by Terri Blume, Karen Karpavicius, Renee Mezzano and Cissy Pinkstaff. ,A strong 1-2-2 formation and defensive play by Mezzano and Larsen, Kept the Vikings away from their basket. The first quarter ended with a 16-3 Warrior lead. The Vikings could only score eight points in the second quarter, while baskets by Larsen, Karpavicius and Koerber kept the Warriors lead at 23- 11 at the end of the first half. "We had a team meeting before the game and the girls showed their determination," Said Pat Wirtz, poach of the Warriors. "We set our &oal and we make it." < Crown stormed back with 14 points in the third quarter, but Blume and Pinkstaff hit for the Warriors to keep the McHenry lead. "Cissy (Pinkstaff) did a great job off the bench. Blume and Karpavicius ckjd a very good job on rebounding and on the boards. Blume played 110 pprcent through the whole game," said Wirtz. Again, a determined Crown stor­ med back to try and take the lead, but the Warriors aggressive offense kept (he McHenry lead with baskets by itarsen, Karpavicius and Koerber. "Koerber is continually getting stronger, better and more confident," said Wirtz. With 22 seconds left in the game, McHenry had a 38-36 lead, but Crown had the ball. The Warriors attacked the ball starting a large scramble and Karpavicius emerged with the ball and drew a foul. Karpavicius hit with on free throw to give McHenry a 39-36 lead with only 10 seconds left. Crown followed with a isket, but only one second was left id the buzzer soon sounded. "This is the kind of ball we should ive been playing all along," said firtz. "We played with desire and confidence. It was a total team effort &nd Andee Norton along with Pinkstaff came off the bench and only Strengthen the team play. There is no reason we aren't 5-5 right now. I'm proud of the girls. They wanted this one and they took it." ' The Warriors stuck close to the first t>lace Cardunals trailing 11-6 at the ehd of the end of the first quarter. However, the Cardunals quickly ran up their lead in the second quarter as they sunk seven baskets to only one for the Warriors. Only the sinking of six free throws kept the quarter from being a complete route. Dundee surged to a 25-14 lead. , The third quarter was a complete disaster with the Warriors scoring only three points compared to the Cardunals 18. In three quarters of play, the Warriors put through only four field goals. At this point, Dun- ..tfee's Dede Holt had seven baskets '*ind Mary Lee Peterson six as the 'joute was on. > In the fourth quarter the Warriors -"Jried to catch up scoring 12 points to ^Dundee's 14. But the Dundee defense -tfield on for a 57-29 win. kKarpavicius was high scorer for the arriors with eight and Koerber llowed with seven. Holt finished ;*vith 20 points for the Cardunals and lj>eterson scored 12. ha\ Wii us," said Marty Sobczak, coach of the Warriors. "They just realized they had to do it." Sobczak was also pleased with the number of qualifyers from McHenry. "I really thought we would send four at best." Woodstock squeezed past Crown for the regional ~ehanfpionship, scoring 128Vfe points to Crown's 128. Crystal lake South was right behind them with 116Vfe points and McHenry scored 60 points. Crystal Lake scored 38, Jacobs 35, Cary-Grove 34 V2 and Dundee 32. The Warriors entered the meet with only nine wrestlers. Bob Sarabia, 126- pounder who captured a second at the FVC meet, was unable to wrestle due to an illness. McHenry also forfeited at 138-pounds and 185-pounds. The biggest surprise for Sobczak was Ric Connor's second place finish at 112-pounds. Connor defeated Bob Schneider of Dundee 8-7 in the first round, pinned Geoff Szot of Crystal Lake Central in 4:19 in the semi-final round, and then was pinned by John Ledford of Crown in the chmpionship match. "I was surprised of Connor," said Sobczak. "I expected him to place, but not second. There was no way he was going to be denied." Connor's pin of Szot was his 17th pin of his career. Mike Love and John Clewis also captured seconds for the Warriors. Love downed Pete Bandoske of Cary-Grove with a major decision 11- 2, and then pinned Jeff Pautz of Dundee in 4:45. The 132-pound class match ended just as it had last week at the Fox Valley Conference tour­ nament, with Love losing to Joe Rizzo of Woodstock, this time 7-2. Love, a senior, takes a 21-10-1 season record into the sectionals. Another senior, John Clewis, earned his second place in the unlimit&l class by defeating Dan Voltz of Cary-Grove 5-3 and pinning Carnell Washington of Warrior center Mark Peterson attempts to nab a rebound over Crystal Lake South's Bob Gerhard during Friday's game at Bucluier Gym. Bob Murphy of the Gators and Bill Herrmann of the Warriors look on. The Warriors lost to the Gators 54-52. STAFF PHOTO -- WAYNE GAYLORD Skyhawks Win Second Conference Game, Break 8 Game Losing Streak MIKE LAMB JOHNSBURG -- All good things come for he who waits. And for Johnsburg, the Round Lake Panthers again was the long awaited prize. The Skyhawks broke a six game Northwest Suburban Conference losing streak defeating Round Lake 61-54. The Skyhawks last conference win was against the Panthers back on Jan. 7. The Skvhawks are now 2-10 in the NWSC.Thewin also broke a eight game overall losing streak and they are 7-14 overall. The last non- conference Skyhawk win came on Jan. 11 against the Northwest Military Academy. "We have been playing good ball. It's good to see the kids come through," said Ben Beck, coach of the Skyhawks. The Skyhawks were coming off narrow defeats by Wauconda, Antioch and Warren. He added, "We are defintely on a upswing. "The kids played well. They played a steady game. They hung on to the ball the last two minutes," added Beck. Unlike the last three games, the Skyhawks hung on in the last minutes of the game. The Panthers did make a few charges for the lead, but each time the Skyhawks turned them back. The Skyhawks, who lead throughout the whole game, only owned a one point lead to start the fourth quarter, they built the lead up to as much as nine. A lot of credit in turning back the Panthers has to go to Jeff Preston. The junior scored eight of his 16 points in the final quarter and scored 14 in the final half. Jeff Fowler also scored 16 and Tom Meehan led Johnsburg scoring with 17 points, 13 coming in the first half. The majority of his points came on his patent turnaround jumper. "We got the ball inside well," said Beck on Meehan's success. "Tom (Meehan), John (Wharton) and Jeff (Fowler) were effective getting the ball inside and that's what we want to do." Johnsburg never let the Panthers take a lead. The Skyhawks jumped off to a 4-0 lead and the closest the Panthers came was a tie at 4-4 and 6-6. .The first quarter ended with a 14-9 Woodstock in 5:06. Ed Holzman of Crystal Lake South claimed the championship again (as he had at conference), this time pinning Clewis at 5:12. Clewis moves on to the sec­ tionals with a 11-3 record. "I thought John (Clewis) had a good chance at the championship. The wait from 2:00 to 8:30 had a little effect on his performance," said Sobczak. Bunday, finally back in the McHenry lineup after an ear injury, pinned Dave Horn of Crystal Lake Central in 57 seconds during the first round of the 98-pound class. He was pinned by the eventual champion, Bob Carrigan of Crown, but went on to decision Keith Borchardt of Wood-. stock, 5-2 for consolation honors. In the 105-pound class, Tom Wrona decisioned Shawn Londre of Crystal Lake South 10-1, then lost to second place wrestler Todd Borchardt of Woodstock 9-0. Wrestling for third place, Wrona beat Chris Hansler of Jacobs 12-2 and then Dan Schneider of Dundee 5-4. Wrona, a freshman, takes an 8-3 record to sectionals. Erik Gaza finished fourth in the 119- pound class. Also competing for McHenry and closing out their seasons were Roland Hunt 145- pounds, Bob Hawley 155-pounds and Tom Kucek 167-pounds. The McHenry Ploindeoler South And Waukegan West Knock Off Warriors Skyhawks lead. Meehan finished the quarter off with two turnaround jumpers and a free throw. The Skyhawks built up their largest lead at 18-9, before Round Lake scored in the second quarter. The Skyhawk lead was built up to 11, 24-13 on jump shots from Meehan and Fowler. But, Round Lake came back to score the next seven points to come within four, 24-20. The Skyhawks and the Panthers traded baskets the rest of the quarter and Johnsburg took a 31-26 lead into halftime. Little scoring was done in the third quarter by either team. But, Round Lake was able to narrow the lead to three, however, outscoring Johnsburg 12-10. Beck wasn't very happy with the third quarter. "We had a couple of shots, but they just didn't go down for us. We were very fortunate they didn't score either." Two free throws by Tom Magee put the Panthers within one point, 41-40, to start the final quarter. But Preston got Johnsburg rolling again as he hit (Continued on pogo 8) DICK RABBITT A fourth quarter rally by the McHenry Warriors fell a little short as the Crystal Lake South Gators hung on to win 54-52 at Buckner Gym Friday night. The loss was the Warriors second Fox Valley Conference loss in a sow and leaves them with a 7-5 record. Ken Ludwig, coach of the Warriors, was disappointed after the game. "I thought we should have won. We played well enough to win, but South has been very fortunate in close games this year (they won six games by three points or less). The kids played well enough, and I feel sorry for them." Both Ludwig and Gary Collins, coach of the Gators, were unhappy with the officiating. But the poor of­ ficiating was added to numerous turovers by both teams. Saturday night the Warriors played their third game of the week and lost to Waukegan West 60-41. the Warriors now owned a 9-13 overall record. With Billy Herrmann doing the scoring, the Warriors managed to keep up with the Gators until late in the first quarter. Butch Witt and company started hitting the hoop and the Gators led 16-11 at the end of the .quarter. ^ With Rand jTLi vely "and Mike Baumf finding the range, the Warriors roared back and at 3:30 of the period, grabbed a 26-24 lead. The remainder of the period saw both teams ex­ changing the lead and at intermission the Gators were on top 30-29. During the first half, the Warriors trailed by as many as six, but stuck in there. With some good rebounding, fine defensive play and good outside shooting, the Warriors only trailed by one. In the third period, after Witt's basket, Mark Peterson's two chairty tosses brought the \Varriors back to within one. Peterson then followed with a'nother toss'to knot the game at 32 and Steve Babb's 10-footer put the Warriors ahead 34-32. With a Gator at the line and making two free throws, a Warrior fouled with the clock stopped, giving the Gators another opportunity for two more. That four point play ignited the Gators and they raced out to a 45-38 lead. Billy Herrmann's basket at the buzzer cut the margin to 45-40. In the final period the Warriors gave it a gallant try. Scott's free throw narrowed the margin to 46-43, but the Gators ran off six unanswered points. Bauml got into the act with a free throw and a basket. Bob Murphy countered for the Gators, but Herr­ mann's two charity tosses along with Bauml's four tosses brought the Warriors within two, 54-52. The Gators ran out the clock in the closing seconds for the victory. a Collins had nothing but praise for the Warriors. "McHenry lost the game, we didn't win it. They had several shots that could have gone in the hoop, but bounced out." In closing, Collins added, "I hope you can keep the Jacobs jinx going." Jacobs has never won at McHenry and with the Gators and Golden Eagles tied for the lead, Collins is hoping for a Warrior victory next', Friday. J The Waukegan West game was a' sleeper in the first half. With Bauml. Babb, Peterson and Herrmann all scoring, the Warriors jumped off to an early 11-8 lead at the end of the first period. In the second period Babb's basket made it 13-8, and then disaster struck The Warriors went as cold as the weather outside. Bauml finally hit the hoop at the 2:30 mark for a 15-14 lead. The Raiders roared back with seven- points and took a 21-15 lead at the^ intermission. The Warriors had sixj shots blocked by the Raiders in thej first half. In the early going of the third period, the Warriors with Bauml, Babb and Gary Freund scoring, crept back within three, 28-25, with 2:45 remaining. Disaster struck again as the Raiders ran off eight unanswered points for a 36-25 margin. In the final period, eight more unanswered points were ran off by the Waukegan crew for a 44-25 lead. Coach Ludwig made only one remark after the game. "It was a typical Saturday night game for the- Warriors." Basebatt Registration Johnsburg The Johnsburg boys baseball League registration will be held at Bush School Feb. 19 and March 5 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. The registration will be held in the multi-purpose room and a fee of $15.00 will be required. Boys between the ages of eight and 15- years of age are elgible to play in the league which features 14 baseball diamonds and more are being constructed. A number of trips and tournaments are being planned for the upcoming season. McHenry The McHenry youth baseball League will continue registration this Saturday from 12 noon to 5 p.m. at the VFW Home, 3002 W. Elm Street. Boys living within School District number 15 boundries are elgible to play. The ages are 8-9 years-old minies, 10-11 minors and 12-13 majors. Parents are requested to accompany the boys at the time of registration and a small fee is required. For more information call Tom Roach 385- 8706. Pancake Breakfast The Johnsburg High School Athletic Booster Club will have a pancake breakfast on Feb. 20, from 7 a.m. to until l p.m. at the Johnsburg Com­ munity Club. Tickets will be availalbe at the door, from students or call the school. «•" ««• i. WHALE'S TAIL t£j&? Green and Pearl McHenry 385-4050 c - OUR FAMOUS ALL "U" CAN EAT AFTER 4 Ml Remember our ~ Fine Regular Menu including Char-broiled Steaks and Burgers, Ribs, Chicken, Seafood & Daily Specials. • • JOHN'S SPORT STOP • • I McHENRY OPTICIANS 1301 Riverside Dr ive McHenry, I l l inois JUHUfjC" JUST ARRIVED... 400 NIKES! FOR MEN, WOMEN & KIDS All New 1983 Styles, and Colors!!! Sensational Coordinating Spring Colors for Women!!! 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