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Lady Scots blast Lake County College 83-47 21-IMAINni«:AI,i:il-FRII>AY. JANUARY 13. 1»4 Shaw-Free Tress Service CRYSTAL LAKE «- Cheri Bacon and Dianne Pilgard combined for 52 points and 33 rebounds as McHenry County College women's team ripped fcthe College of Lake County, 83- 47, in Skyway Conference women's basketball action at MCC Tuesday night. . Bacon, a former Crystal Lake Central product, scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, while Pilgard, also a former Tiger, pumped in 25 points and snared a game-high 20 rebounds in leading the Scots to their first win of the season. "I thought we played real well. They (Lake County) had seen us before and figured Cheri would be our scorer, but Dianne suprised them with the way she put the ball in the hole," MCC Coach Bob Edwards said. "They were unaware of our balance." MCC jumped out fast and held a 43-24 halftime advantage. Pilgard had 18 on 9-for-12 shooting and Bacon tallied 10 (5- for-8) in the opening 20 minutes. But the second half turned but to be a reversal. Bacon; who finished with 13-for-22 shooting on the night, scored 17 points after halftime and Pilgard, who fouled out with eight minutes to play, added seven markers in the second half. "Dianne has to learn to. play with three or four fouls and not foul and at the same time not lose her aggressiveness," Edwards added. The Scots, now 1-3 on the season, hit 39-of-78 shots (50 percent) and were 5-of-14 from the free^fcrow line. Edwards sai<Mffirteam is "starting to show the beginnings of a fast break." "We're finally getting into basketball condition," he said. "In our first three games, we were leading at halftime, but ran out of legs. We would be in control and the conditioning would take us to the cleaners," Deb'Minogue, the Scots fresh­ man point guard, added 10 points to the cause arid recorded 14 assists. "That's what a point guard needs to do - distribute the ball," Edwards said. MCC corraled 66 total rebounds (39 defensive and 27' offensive). Diane Bell grabbed a dozen boards while Kecia Knudsen and Karen Kar- pavicius had nine apiece. MCC will face Wright College at 5:30 Thursday, Jan. 12 at MCC. The Scots face Wright earlier in the season during the Waubonsie Tournament and w£fe beaten by 20 points. "We're in a lot better shape now," Edwards said. "I figure if we don't win the conference, we can be an upsetter. We've got a nice little ball club out here.'1 Mary Metcalf had 22 to lead CLC. let's talk Matfier 8th at U.S. international swim meet \ ATHLETE of the week Henry Mather Henry Mather of Woodstock was one of 900 swimmers who came from all over the world to compete in the U.S. In­ ternational swimming meet at the University of Texas in Austin last weekend. In the preliminaries for the 100-meter breaststroke event, Mather placed seventh in a field of 72 swimmers who competed in that event. His time »of 1:06.30 was an individual record for him and made him the only high school student among the finalists. Adrian Moorhouse of England took first, while Mather finished Fox Valley Boys' Basketball W L W .L conf. Pts. Opp all Woodstock 4 0 252 206 10 4 Cary-Grove 3 2 309 307 7 5 McHenry. 2 2 229 234 4 7 Jacobs 2 2 176 184 11 4 CL Central 2 3 231 228 5 8 CL South 1 3 204 223 6 8 Dundee- Crown 1 3 247 259 2 11 Friday's games McHenry at Dundee-Crown Cary-Grove at Jacobs Crystal Lake South at Wood­ stock s Northwest Suburban Boys' Basketball T conf. W L W 4 0 8 Marengo Lake Zurich 3 14 Marian 2 2 6 Grant 2 2 5 Wauconda 2 2 6 Johnsburg 13 5 Grayslake 13 4 Round Lake A 1 3 1 Friday's Games Johnsburg at Wauconda Marengo at Grayslake Marian at Grant all L 3 5 3 7 7 6 7 10 eighth. Mather swam his best time of 1:06.27. Mather, who attended Marian Central High School last year and placed second in the state finals, made a tough decision last summer to uproot himself and accept a tempting invitation to join the national swim team at Fort Lauderdale, Fl. He has been attending Fort Lauderdale High School for his senior year. The decision was apparantly a good one, because since joining the national team, Mather has beaten the Florida state High School record by 1 % seconds in the 100-yard breastroke and qualified for the Olympic trials in June. While his age may be against him for this year's Olympics, he is considered to be an extremly strong contender for next year's Pan Am games and for the 1988 Olympic games. Henry is the son of Charles and Gloria Mather of Wood­ stock Ice race set The second annual Yamaha Midwest Championship Ice Race will be held Jan. 28-29 on Lambs Lake in Libertyville. Racing will begin at 12:30 each day. For more information, call 312-362-4636. SPORTS LOG $ Open Gym night back The Men's open Gym Night by the City of McHenry Department of Parks and Recreation has started up again. This program is relatively unstructured open play basketball and is a drop in "program fortnen 18-years of age and over. It will be held every Monday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at Parkland Junior High School. There is no pre- registration for this program. All equipment is provided. For further in­ formation on this open gym night, call the department at 344-3300. Car club solo series set The Lake Region Sports Car Club will host the first event of the 1984 Ice Challenge Event Solo Series on Jan. 15 at Lake Mary Resort in Twin Lakes, Wisc. This series of Seven events will run on consecutive Sundays. It is open to any driver 18- years-old or older with a valid driver's license, with a car in safe operating con­ dition and a working horn. The format of the series is£ not "wheel-to-wheel" racing. Each competitor is on the course alone and races against the clock, with each driver's best time determining his place. Trophies are awarded at each event. The cars are grouped by engine size and by front and rear wheel drive, with the classes for both men and women. Membership to the McHenry based club is open to anyone, 18-years old or older. Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at Kristof's Cirkus. For more information, either about the Ice Challenge Event Series or about the club in general, call club president Connie Cardella at 385-4872, vice- president Craig Toussaift at 344-1840 or Steve Arnold at 344-0435. L PLANNING U z < 30th of a series b> Kenneth J. Chadwick, C .P. A . WHY FILE RETURNS EARL Y? There are some very good reasons for you lo file >our 1983 lax return as soon in 1984 as you can g^t >our information together. To begin with, >ou can skip the fourth estimated tax pajmenl due January 15 if »ou file >our 1983 tax return and pay any balance due by January 31, 1984. If you have a refund coming and file your return before the peak filing season which is February through June, your return should be processed in ten rather than twelve weeks, and you'll have your re­ fund sooner. If 1983 was an unprofitable yeSr for your business and your tax return is gujing to show a "net operating loss." file as soon as possible. Then, if you paid income tax in iheTOree prior years, your 1983 "net operating loss" can be carried back to those prior years for a tax refund. Your application for such refunds can only be made after you rile the tax return for your current loss year. If you invested in business equipment in 1983 and did not have enough tax liability to use the invest­ ment tax credit you earned, file early so you can then " carry back unused 1983 credit for refunds from prior ye*rs when you did pay taxes. Filing early will allow you lo decide at the beginn- 0^1984 whether to increase or decrease your withholding allowances. If you have a sizeable balance due or refund on your 1983 return, consider changing your withholding so thai taxes withheld for 1984 wilt more closely match actual taxes due. If is especially advisable lo eliminate overwithholding; you'll increase your net take-home pay and have the use of your own money throughout the year. A final advantage in filing early is lhat you'll beat 'he rush at your accountant's office, You'll find your accountant more accessible for gelling nol only this lax return filed, but also for advising you abou I, your lax and financial affairs in general. kcnnclh J. ( hadvviik. ( .P.'t,. 106 ( ass M.. 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