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PAGE I - PLA1NDEALER - WEDNESDAY, MARCH Z, 1 Eagles Soar Pass Warriors In Fox Valley Final MIKE LAMB An estimated crowd of 1,700 jam­ med Buckner Gym Friday night to watch the McHenry Warriors and Jacobs Golden Eagles play the last conference game of the season and they witnessed a grand performance by the leading actor. The leading actor of course, was Jacob's Tom Schafer. He scored 34 points in his final debut in the Fox Valley Conference. Oh yeah, by the way. Jacobs defeated McHenry 67-56. The loss was the Warriors fifth in a row and fourth FVC loss in a row. They finish the regular season with a 7 7 FVC record and 9-15 overall. The win gives Jacobs a share of the FVC title wiih Crystal Lake South with identical 13-1 records. The estimated attendance was the second largest crowd to watch a Warrior basketball game in Buckner Gym, The Warriors play Crystal Lake Central on Wednesday night in the Crystal Lake South Regional. Ken Slimko, coach of the Golden Kagles, was pleased with the win, especially because it was Jacob's first win at Buckner Gym "We've had (rouble winning here everytime. The kids w anted this one and did a hell of a job! And it wasn't just Schafer. Every kid contributed to the conference title." The Warriors jumped off to a 15-9 first quarter lead and Schafer was pretty quiet. But, that changed right away in the second quarter. The Warrior defense did a good job forcing the G-foot-7 center outside. Schafer just responded with two straight 18- footers to start the second quarto*. After that, it didn't matter where Schafer was on the floor, he continued to hit the basket. "He is going to to shoot wherever he is," said Slimko. "I don't let every kid do what ever he wants, but you can't prohibit Schafer from doing the things be wants to do." Ken Ludwig, coach of the Warriors agreed. "He didn't get anything in­ side. He got it all from the outside." Despite the loss, Ludwig was pleased with the Warrior play. "They worked at it. They just didn't hit the basket. We were getting the same shots (from the first quarter to the second quarto-), but didn't make them. "All in all I can't be too unhappy." Ludwig was especially pleased with the play of Mark Peterson. The 6-foot- 6 center was the leading Warrior scorer with 16 points. Schafer's two baskets narrowed the Warrior lead to 15-13, but Mike Bauml hit a free throw and Peterson hilt on a turn-around jumper to raise the lead up to 18-13. Led by Schafer, Jacobs outscored the Warriors 9-4 and created a tie at 22-22. Schafer scored five of the nine points and Brian Mekush's jumper tied the score. Schafer hit on another outside jumper to give Jacobs the lead for the firs time and the Golden Eagles went into half time with a 28-24 lead. "The kids were fired up," said Ludwig on the Warriors taking the early lead. "We were ready to play ball. They enjoy playing Jacobs. They know Jacobs is a good ballclub. The kids were ready to play, no doubt about it." Any thoughts of the Warriors coming back were doused out quickly by Jacobs. The Golden Eagles out- scored^ McHenry 8-2 to start the second"half and grabbed a 10 point with 4:33 left in the third quarter. McHenry took a timeout at that time to regroup. The timeout didn't help much, as the Golden Eagles expanded the lead to 12 with 1:49 left and the Warriors took another timeout. -The quarter ended with Jacobs owning a 50-34 lead. Jacobs had their biggest lead evening at 20. early in the quarter. 54-34. The Warriors abl4 to cut the lead back to 12. 48-60 on a turn-around basket by Peterson. That would be the closest the Warriors would get until the final score. ***** Th£ floor of Buckner gym after the game resembled a NCAA division I stockholder meeting. Scouts from all over came to watch Schafer play and try persuade the Algonquin native their school is the best for him. Heading the list in attendance was Coach Lou Henson of the University of Illinois. Henson has been a faithful Jacobs follower the last month. Other know schools represented Friday were Michigan, Iowa State, Creighton, Loyola and Texas Christian Slimko added Northern Illinois is also very interested in Schafer The winner of the McHenry-Crystal Lake Central regional contest will p^ay the winner of the Crystal Lake th-Woodstockgame on Friday. Central and McHenry split their two regular season games. The Warriors won the first game 61-57, but lost the second game 72-69. The Tigers finished with a 13-10 overall record. The McHenry Ploindealer 6ports <% luoiu tki Action around the basket was fierce darteg Jacobs victory over the Warriors Friday night at Buckner Gym. Warrior center, Mark Petersoa, goes Ugh to mascle in two prevent the field goal.! Hurckes Loses In 2nd Round CHAMPAIGN -- It sometimes seems unfair that only a point or two can end all high hopes, but somebody has to lose and somebody has to win. For Hurckes, the end of the roadVcame in the second pound <>f !rw Illinois High School Association^tate wrestling meet last weekend. The Johnsburg senior last 10-8 to Greg Poland of Mt Carmel in the 132-pound weight class. Hurkes' season came to an end when Poland lost his next match, eliminating a Ares! leback opportunity. " Mike wrestled very tough." said his coach. Don March. "We feel when you get to that level of competition, anything can happen at any hour." Hurckes defeated his first round opponent, Shawn Stafford of l̂ ahomet-Seymour, 4-3. small margin of ch said Hurckes was way through MCftflK Calmly/' ...tWt ho*> »( handle lax ittarn preparation for manV individuals and business owner*. If your tax return* are •o* being handled in this man- net. and to jrour rowplrte Mtis/actioa. perhaps you» should call ma. wrestled a very controlled match." His first round victory, moved Hurckes into a battle with Poland, who was 28-8 on the season. Hurckes explained that he was down 941 with 13 second left in match. He said he let Poland have an escape point, so he could take him down for two point reversal. But, Hurckes said he failed in getting him down as time ran out. T . "Fm pretty happy with myself winning the first match," said Hurckes. "I would have liked to go on and placed, but I lost." Hurckes ended his Skyhawk career with a 30-9-1 record for his senior season. Jeff Putnam of ku* was the eventual championi poind weight class. Brian Maynard of Sherrard.1 Harvard and tied for the class A team titled th 62.5 points each. Marist captured the class AA\ title with 91.5 points and Conant I was second with 61.5 Chris Goebbert ot lhe Golden Eagles is right there to erson was high scorer for the Warriors with 16 poiats. STAFF PHOTO -- WAYNE GAYLORD Raiding Lady Warriors Nip Central Tigers uietly. CINDI KINSALA A Warrior raiding party turned into a victory party asrttey took on a pack of Tigers in eneniy territory and returned victorious. V Led by Karen Karpavicius. who shot as though she owned the basket -- Renee Mezzano who shattered the Tiger press and Terri Blume. whose aggressive defense completely shut down of the Tigers top scorers, the Warriors stunned Crystal Lake Central 43-42. In what was one of the most exciting games of the season. Karpavicius' shot was still in the air when the buzzer sounded. In the final eight seconds of play, McHenry losing by one, the Warriors in-bounded the ball, lost it, regained it. shot it, missed and shot again." "We never gave up. We took it at them. 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Chapel Hill Rd., Johnsburg Herrmann Picked As One Of Fox Valley's Elite Bill Herrmann, the Warriors leading scorer and rebounder, was named on the All-Fax Valley Conference squad picked Monday. The 8-foot-S senior forward was the only Warrior flMiBi for the honor. "He definitely deserved it," said his coach, Ken Ludwig. "He was the hardest working kid we had here in five years. "He was one of the best conditioned athletes we've had here. He was always as fresh in the fourth quarter as in the first quarter. He worked at it." Herrmann led the Warriors in scoring with 230 points in FVC games, good for a 10.0 average. He shot 44 percent from the field. A total of 96 points of his total points scored came on the free throw line, where he shot 73 percent He was also the Warriors leading rebounder with 145, 10.0 game. Herrmann was also ranked third in assists on the Warriors. Ludwig added his senior was also the only Warrior to play every quarter of every game. Crystal Lake South led the conference honors .with three tyers chosen. Forwards Tom and Butch Witt were unanimous selections. Bob Murphy, also a forward, was the other Gator chosen. Crystal Lake Central, Jacobs and Woodstock all had two players represented on the squad. STAFF PHOTO- WAYNE GAYLORD fZV V t wmm Fox Valley All-Conference ' Position Year Coioa Kelly, Dundee Guard Senior Jim LenMu, Crystal Lake Central Forward Senior Tern Daytoa, Crytal Lake South Forward Senior Batch WKt, Crystal Lake Soath Forward Senior s Tom Schafer, Jacobs Center Senior BriaaMekash, Jacobs Forward Senior Jamie Eriksea, Woodstock Guard^ * Senior Bob Marpky, Crystal Lake South Forward Senior Rasty Beck, Crystal Lake Central Guard Senior BUI Hemaaaa. McHenry Forward Senior Jeff Block, Cary-Grove Guard Senior Brad Hatter, Woodstock Center Junior Skyhawks Are Stung In Last Minutes By Hornets Tiger Coach Linda Brady agreed, "They were really aggressive and up for it." McHenry has now beaten the third, fourth and sixth place teams in the last two weeks and now find them­ selves in fifth place with a 5-8 record. The Warriors are 6-13 overall. After the fi&t half of the game, the Warriors were down 22-18, but the Lady Warriors came back strong outscoring the Tigers in the third and fourth quarters 14-10 and 11-10. Karpavicius was high scorer for the game with 22 points and Mezzano scored her season high with 10 points. "(Terri) Blume did a terrific job on defense holding her man to only three points total." said Wirtz. Blume scored 14 points against the Tigers in the first meeting. Central won that game 51-32. The lead changed hands numerous times, but Wirtz was happy to find the Warriors committing only 10 tur­ novers. "This is the first time we had so few turnovers." Wirtz said. With Mezzano's speed and the teams (Continued on pago 7) MTKF f AMR JOHNSBURG - According to Harvard coach Bruce Firchau, the scouting report on Johnsburg read that Ben Beck gets a lot out of his team. Well, Firchau's scouting report proved to be right. The Skyhawks had the Harvard Hornet offense bewildered and 'sometimes stunned with a swarming defense. But Johnsburg*s all wasn't quite enough as Harvard squeaked past the Skyhawks 45-40 and advanced to the championship of the Johnsburg Regional. The loss ends the Johnsburg season with a record of nine wins and 16 losses. "The scouting report on Johnsburg was that Coach Beck gets a lot out of his team. They are a well coached team and they have a lot of heart," said Firchau, whose Hornets are now 18-7. Firchau couldn't believe how well Johnsburg had his team scouted. With a lineup of S-foot-7, 6-foot-3Vfc, and 6- foot-3, the Hornets were much taller than the Skyhawks. However, a stubborn Skyhawk defense plugged up passing lanes, prohibting the ball from getting inside to the tag people. "We got away from it for awhile in the second quarter," said Firchau on the inside play. "But we got back to it just enough. Johnsburg keys on our passing. They had us well scouted. Boy did ft y have us well scouted." For the skyhawks, it was just a matter of not getting over the hump. With the game tied several times, the Skyhawks missed several shots to capture the lead. The last tie, 40-40, was the final blow for the Skyhawks After several chances at taking the lead, the Hornets finally took the lead on a tip in by 6-foot-2 Tim Anderson. The bottom fell out further for the Skyhawks, when on their next possession, Jim Leon's pass missed his target and went out of play with 1:47 left in the game. That turnover proved to be costly, as the Hornets went into a stall. With time ticking down under 30 seconds left. Beck screamed for one of his players to foul. Leon fouled Craig Carlson with 22 seconds left. . Carlson calmly sank two free throws and the Hornets had a 44-40 lead. "There were two key points of the ballgame," explained Beck. "When it was 28-26, we had three different chances to tie the game and take the lead. We could have drawn even with them and possibly gone ahead. The inability to score hurt us. "Earlier in the game, it was tied at 40-40. We couldn't get a shot down. There was just a little indecision." The game ended when Joe Majercik fouled Tim Anderson while going after the rebound under the Skyhawk basket after miss shot by Jeff Fowler. Anderson was able to make one of two free throws with 14 second left. Another key factor in the Skvhawks loss was the fact that Johnsburg had not one free throw attempt. The Skyhawks were completely shutout in that department. Harvard, mean­ while, made nine of 13 attempts for 69 percent.' 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