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M(MK SHAW FREE PRESS PHOTO Johnsburg's Joe Majercik is cautious, trying to escape from a potential foul as Marian Central's Andy Hartlieb puts up the shot during Friday's game. Marian holds off Johnsburg for 2nd win By Brian Spears Shaw-Free Press Service WOODSTOCK - The Marian Central Hurricanes came through when the chips were down to knock off the Johnsburg Sky hawks, 55-49 Friday night. The 'Canes dropped in 21 points in the final period to hold off a Johnsburg comeback, and claim the Northwest Suburban Conference victory. Marian led, 34-32, after three periods of play, just to see its lead vanish seconds into the fourth quarter. Guard Joe Majercik stole the ball after the jump, was fouled as he sunk a lay up, and hit the free throw for a 35-34 Johnsburg lead. Dan Lalor came right back with a basket to put Marian back on top. Majercik and Lalor traded scores a second time, and Marian led, 38-37. Jeff Nichols gunned two long jump shots to give the Hawks a 41-38 lead. But that was to be Johnsburg's last lead of the night, as the Hurricanes stepped up the pace of the game and scored 10 unanswered points. Chuck Hartlieb scored four points and Chris Brown, Curt Wozny, and Lalor each had two in the Marian scoring surge. "We went back to the man-to­ man defense and they couldn't score," Coach Hans Rokus explained. "That's when we got back ahead." The Hawks threatened to take the „lead back when they narrowed their deficit to three on a pair of technical fr^e throws and a Majercik jumper from the top of the key. But the Hurricanes clinched the contest when Chuck Hartlieb hit the front end of bonus free throw and Brian Truckenbrod scored on the rebound of the second for a three-point play and a six-point Marian lead. "There was a big bucket by Brian Truckenbrod. I think that was the back-breaker because it was a six-point lead," Rokus said. The Cane's fast break was a fatal weapon in the second half, as Chuck Hartlieb fired the ball to a teammate running down- court for an easy lay up on many occasions./---^ "That's aboiit as good as we can run the fast break," Rokus commented. "Some of those fast breaks were picture perfect. We ran them real well." But early in the game, Marian relied on a patient offense rather than the fast break to take an early lead. « aI thought we had good shot selection," Rokus said. "We knew they were going to play zone defense, and we ran a pretty good zone offense, and we were pretty selective in that. Then when they went to a man- to-man, we went to the stack offense, where we bunch three or four guys together, and got some nice five footers." In spite of the fact that the Hurricanes missed their first three shots, they were able to take a 6-0 lead, as Johnsburg missed its first five shots and had another blocked before getting on the board with a free throw. Field goals by Chuck and Andy Hartlieb gave Marian a 10- 3 lead with two minutes left in the opening quarter, but the Hawks scored the last six of the period, and trailed 10-9 "They (Johnsburg) are not going to quit. They're real well coached. Ben (Beck) does a real good job with them," Rokus said. Wozny scored seven points in the second period en route to a career-high total while the 'Canes defense allowed John­ sburg just six points, giving Marian a nine-point half-time advantage. But the Skyhawks made another run at Marian, scoring the first 10 points of the third quarter and taking a one-point lead, before the Hurricanes' fast break put them back in front, leading 34-32 before the decisive final quarter. Wozny led the 'Canes with 17 points while Chuck and Andy Hartlieb added 12 and 11 points, respectively. , ifichols led a balanced Johnsburg attack with 14 points, while Majercik had 13 and Greg Sobiesk added 12. STAFF PHOTO WAYNE GAYLORD Chicago Tribune Sportswriter Bob Logan signs his book. Miracle on 35th Street-Winning' Ugly with the 1983 White Sox, for Plaindealer Columnist Earl Walsh. Walsh is a long time Sox fan. Logan is a McHenry resident. Mezzano's basket lifts Warriors FOX LAKE - McHenry's Renee Mezzano is the type of basketball player that makes things happen. Last Thursday, the Lady Warrior guard probably had more to „ do with the final outcome than any other player on the court. Mezzano scored on a basket with less than two minutes left in the game to give McHenry a 36-32 lead. But she also fouled Grant's Diane Usrey with four seconds left and the Lady Warriors only holding onto a 36-34 lead. Usrey made the ( first free throw, but missed the second and McHenry escaped with a 36-35 win. Mezzano led McHenry in scoring with 13 points. The win broke a McHenry two-game losing streak and evened their record to 2-2. McHenry coach Pat Wirtz described the game as "a rough game inside," despite only 27 fouls called. "The kids did a good job blocking out. however many times we were completely pushed out of position with the result that Grant got second and third shots." Sarah Prust led McHenry in rebounding with 10. Wirtz was happy with his teams floor game. "We only committed 11 turnovers," said Wirtz. "Grant played man-to-man defense the entire ene and our offense was c. ,-ctive. We got the shots we wanted. But patience was not there." After falling behind 4-2, the Lady Warriors jumped out to a 8-4 lead, before the first quarter ended in a 8-8 tie. A combination of Renee Mezzano's layups, inside buckets by Andee Norton and Sarah Prust from the outside, McHenry went into halftime with a 20-16 lead. Grant however, behind looting qf5-foot-ll Lisa jwski, came back to capture the lea>d at 30-28 at the end of the third quarter. Tylkowski scored 18 points for the Lady Bulldogs. Greta Larsen tied the score at 30-30 to start the fourth quarter, before Tylkowski gave Grant the lead again. Prust hit basket to tie the game again, while Mezzano and Prust each hit on a free throw to give McHenry a 34-32 lead. After Mezzano's winning bucket, Michelle Newton scored for Grant with 1:29 left. The clock was run down to four seconds with three jump balls and two missed free throws by McHenry. Although not scoring any points, Wirtz was happy with the efforts of Kim Busche coming off the bench. According to Wirtz, Busche grabbed four key rebounds, forced a couple turnovers and taking a charge. Larsen was McHenry's second leading scorer with eight. The Lady Warriors made four-of-nine free throws. The sophomore squad also defeated Grant to even its record pt 2-2. Johnsburg out-pins Hurricanes JOHNSBURG - The John­ sburg Sky hawk wrestling team recorded six pins last Friday en route to a 48-22 win over Marian Central. It was Johnsburg's second Northwest Suburban Conference win in three tries. "It was a short night," said Johnsburg coach Mike Roberts. "It seemed like everybody was getting pinned. I have to give credit to our kids. Once they put on pin combination they are not going to let go." Marian was winning the pin route as well. A total of three of Marian's winning matches were earned on pins. Johnsburg won the first two matches, before Marian got on the scoreboard. Ed Klein at 98- pounds pinned the Hurricanes' Kevin Schultz and Karl Arnold of the Skyhawks pinned Eric Swanson at 105. Mark Wohnrade picked up the first match for Marian, pinning Mark O'Brien at 112-pounds. Roberts was impressed by Wohnrade. "Mark Wohnrade is just a fine wrestler. He was a state qualifier last year. You like to see a kid like that suc­ ceed." 4 Johnsburg came back with two straight wins again. Shawn Kee won on a forfeit, while Jim Walker pinned Dave Genvose at 126. Marian came back with Rich Powers pinning Mike Cahill at 132. Marian's only decision win was a 11-2 win by Steve Stilling over Johnsburg's Brian Hauck at 138-pounds. The Skyhawks Jim O'Brien came back with a pin over Tony Remke at 145. O'Brien is another wrestler that has im­ pressed Roberts. "Jim O'Brien is 6-0 in freshmen-sophomore matches and 5-0 in varsity matches. He's just a freshman He's 11-0 on the season," Roberts said. Johnsburg won three of the last four matches to pick up the win. Mark Dumelle won on a pin at 155-pounds, while Pat Bjer- ning pinned Marian's Dave Nash at 167 and Jim Bentz won on a forfeit. In the heavyweight match, Marian's Tony Piwowarcyk pinned Johnsburg's John Grenman. Hutter,Woodstock leave McHenry frustrated By Sam Natrop W O O D S T O C K McHenry High School Coach Ken Ludwig stare^ blankly into his scorebook moments "Mter his Warriors were defeated by Woodstock Friday night . "Wings," the Warrior coach murmured to himself in the quiet locker room. "We have to get the ball to our wings.V And as he ran down the list of leading scorers he continued murmuring. "Hutter. He got 19. Boy, he kills us every time," Ludwig said with a disgusted shake of his head. The Blue Streak front-line duo of Brad Hutter and Rob Neps shut off McHenry's "We had three points for what seemed like hours. We couldn't get off the 16 mark. We have to stay away from lulls like that." Ken Ludwig Mark Peterson in the first three quarters and Wood­ stock built a 15-point half- time lead with a big second quarter as it downed the Warriors, 61-51, in a Fox Valley Conference battle in the WHS gym. However, the final 10- point deficit doesn't indicate the Streaks' domination of the fast-paced contest. After a run-and-gun first quarter, the winners went on a tear. They tallied the first five points of the second period and used a 17-3 scoring edge in the first six minutes of the stanza to give themselves a comfortable 35-20 lead at the half. "We had three points for what seemed like hours," Ludwig said of his team's second-quarter drought. "We couldn't get off the 16 mark. We have to stay away from lulls like that." But the period of ineptness wasn't totally due to his team's poor play. The Blue Streak .defense forced the Warriors away from the basket with stingy overplay on the wings. Defensively, point guard Greg Bradshaw (and back-ups Pete Witty and Rob Mecklenburg) gave McHenry's point guards fits most of the night. That -combined with Hutter and Neps neutralizing the Warriors' 6- 6 Peterson, gave WHS its third conference win of the season without a loss. Continuedpeg* If IVU;K?0-l'l..\INI>K.\I,EH-WEDNESDAY. I»KC'KMBER 21. 19H3 let's' talk Streaks dominate tourney, McHenry 7th HARVARD - Area wrestling teams, including McHenry, found out the hard way why the Woodstock Blue Streaks are one of the top rated teams in the state. Woodstock edged out Crown- Dundee to capture the- 1983 Harvard Invitational crown Saturday. McHenry, who lost to the Blue Streaks 51-6 on Thur­ sday, finished seventh in the 16- team tourney. McHenry took the seventh place on the strength of only eight wrestlers. Injuries and the inability to make weight, forced the Warriors to leave several on the lineup to stay home. Seven of the eight placed for McHenry for 78% points. Bob Sarabia at 126 pounds, led the Warriors with a second place. Russ Bunday (105) placed fourth, while Ric Connors (119) and Roland Hunt (145) both took fifths. Jeff Greany (185) and Dan Mohnen (Hwt.) both took sixths. The highlight of the Harvard match for McHenry was the breaking of another school pin record. Earlier in the season, Bob Sarabia had set a school pin record at 16 seconds against Stevenson. This time, Dan Mohnen broke a fall mark with a 11 second pin of Don Demouth of Alcorn in the preliminary round. "Dan just took him on a bear hug and took him right down on the mat," said Warrior coach Marty Sobczak." Woodstock won the team title with 198 points, Dundee-Crown second with 186, Harvard 121, Belvidere 116, Batavia 96, Rochelle 91%, McHenry 78%, Round Lake 77%, Sycamore 69, West Aurora 65, St. Francis 44, Crystal Lake South 36%, Rockton Hononegah 26 %, Crystal Lake Central 17%, Loves Park Harlem 17 and Alcorn 2. Sarabia lost the 126-pound title match to Bill Rich cf Woodstock 10-6. Sarabia recorded three pins before that to qualify for the title match. The 3-1 tourney record raised his season record to 10-4. He opened the tourney with a 1:27 pin over Brad Karls of Sycamore and he pinned Jim Jan Quarte of Crystal Lake South at 2:51. The third fall came against Greg Chione of Aurora West. "I don't think Bob has peaked yet," said Sobczak. "Just like all the other top wrestlers at this meet, he's just tuning up. They're all just getting in gear." Bunday, now 11-6, was on his way to his fourth by defeating Mike Duvall of Batavia 11-5 in the opening round. He then defeated Toby Houston of Hononegah 8-4, before ̂ losing to eventual 105-pound champion Todd Borchardt of Woodstock on a pin in the semi-finals. He went on to defeat Sam Diprima of Round Lake in the wrestleback title match. Not only did Ric Conners place fifth in the Harvard tourney, but he was also the only winner for McHenry in the dual against Woodstock on Thursday. Con­ ners, holding a 13-5 record, defeated Dan Wiskompf. He opened ' his 119-pound match with a 9-2 win over Airelo Baker of Hononegah. He tost to Marty Bloom of Batavia which moved him into the w/estlebacks. Conners came back with a pin over Brent Covert of Harvard, but lost to Brian Reets of Crystal Lake South. Roland Hunt earned his fifth in the 145-pound division by defeating Steve Gallagly of Loves Park 14-3 and Pete Yocym of Hononegah 9-6. He lost to Jeff Sparow of Woodstock of Woodstock 5-1. In the wrestleback, he lost to Terry Johnston of Dundee-Crown, 3-2 in overtime. (