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PAGE 18 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, jFEBRUARY let's talk Marian hands Marengo first NWSC loss SPORTS LOG * Popovich leads MCC to win CRYSTAL LAKE - When McHenry County College's men's basketball team's opponents have to foul a Scot in future games, they better think twice about fouling Tom Popovich. The Johnsburg High graduate sank seven-of- eight tries in the second half last Thursday as MCC defeated the College of Lake County 77-68 in Grayslake. The win was MCC's second in their last three Skyway Conference games. The Scots are 3-14 overall. "It was a great win. We worked hard the whole game and cut down on turnovers," MCC men's coach Mike Capaccio said. The Scots led 38-36 at halftime and expanded their lead to as many as 15 points in the second half. Besides Popovich's free throw's, MCC's cause was aided by Pete Dawson and Darrell Loudenbeck, both of whom scored 10 points. Loudenbeck scored 15, while Dawson led the Scots with 19. Tim Anderson scored 18. MCC hosts Waubonsee Feb. 9 and Oakton Feb. 21. MCC has road games against Sauk Valley Feb. 11 and Morton Feb. 14. Karpavicius raises scoring CRYSTAL LAKE McHenry High graduate Karen Karpavicius scored :*2 points, raising her points- per-game average by three points last week in two McHenry County College women's basketball Skyway Conference games. The Scots, however, lost both contests - 65-56 to Truman on Tuesday and a 68-59 overtime upset loss to the College of Lake County Thursday. The Truman Contest was a battle for sole possession of first place. Her average was raised significantly on Sunday against the National College of Education. She scored a career high in 22 points in a 65-63 MCC win. Karpavicius hit two free throws to send the game into overtime, tying the contest at 55-55. Karpavicius scored 19 points in the game against CLC. The off-guard's previous high was 14 points. Karpavicius had previously tallied 13 against Truman. The freshmen came into last week's games with a 9.2 scoring average. By week's end, the average had climbed to 12.4. The league losses dropped MCC's Skyway record to 4-2. The Scots are 5-5 overall. MCC hosts Waubonsee Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. Frost Bite Golf Open set The Third Annual Frost Bite Golf Open will be held Sunday, Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. at Beach one in the Wonder Woods Subdivision, Wonder Lake. No tee times after 1 p.m. The only equipment used will be a five-iron and tennis balls and tickets can be purchased by the Old Mill Inn and Shamrock Reality. By Brian Spears Shaw-Free Press Service MARENGO -- "It was our best win of the year," Marian Central coach Hans Rokus said after his Hurricanes upended the Marengo Indians, 61-57, Friday night. Marengo was previously undefeated in the Northwest Suburban Conference, but the loss drops them to 7-1 in the league while Marian improved to 8-3 (12-5 overall) and moved into second place in the NWSC. The Hurricanes have now won 12 of their last 15, with their two biggest wins coming last week against conference contenders Lake Zurich and Marengo. Marian's delay offense was a key factor in its win. The Hurricanes went to the delay in the second quarter of the con­ test, and continued to use it in the second half, never trailed after going into it. Rokus gave three reasons for his strategy: "Number one, to protect us with our foul trouble and run the clock down. Dan Lalor had four and (Chuck) Hartlieb and (Jeff) Kruse each had three. Number two, we were able to take them out of their regular defense. They had to gamble a little bit and play a defense they weren't com­ fortable with. Third, down the end thev had to foul us." The Marian defense was also at its best, as it held the state- rated Indians to just six points in the first quarter. "I think any time you hold a good shooting team like they are to six points in a quarter on their own floor, you've really ac­ complished something," Rokus said. "We sagged in well on %(Tony) Wolf. They weren't hitting well and we could get the rebounds because of our sagging defense," he added. The Hurricanes led 12-6 going into the second. In a crucial four-minute period of the first, Marian outscored the Indians, 10-2, with all five starters contributing two points. In the beginning of the second period, however, Marengo came out red-hot and made the first quarter look like a fluke. The . Indians scored nine points in the first 68 seconds of the quarter to take a three-point advantage. The surge began when Paul Williams went to the line a two- shot foul. He made the first free throw, but missed the second. His teammate Cole Samuelson grabbed the rebound,^scored, was fouled on the shot, and converted the three-point play to make the score 12-10. Seconds later, Williams came back with a three-point play off his own, followed by a pgjr of free throws from Wil Lulinski, Gators over power Lady Warriors, 58-31 By Cindi Kinsala The Crystal Lake South Gators left the McHenry Warrior girls basketball team still looking for that first Fox Valley Conference win this season. The Gators won 58-31 last Thursday. The loss left McHenry with a 0-6 FVC record and 3-J2 overall. "We never gave up. We were down by 35 and we still never gave up," Said McHenry coach Pat Wirtz. As the first quarter began, Crystal Lake showed its power by scoring 10 points before McHenry's first basket by Andee Norton. The Gators followed with a basket and the Warrior's Greta Larsen followed with a shot from the side for the last points scored in the quarter for McHenry. The Gators continued with five more points to end the quarter 17-4. Andee Norton started out the second quarter for the Warriors with a basket, but the Gators followed right behind to keep their 13 point lead. Kim Busche added four points, while Norton and Larsen each added two for the Warriors in the second quarter. As the buzzer rang to end the half, a Gator ball was falling through the hoop to end the half at 33-12. "Our pressure in the first and second quarter caused them a lot of turnovers," said Wirtz. "However, we weren't con­ sistent enough." The second half was much like the first. The Gators opened up the half and Peg Chilvers followed with two points for McHenry. The Gators followed with nine points, and with 3:34 left Sara Prusthit for the Warriors. Patty Johnson added a basket, while Larsen and Busche combined for three free throws to end the Warrior scoring. The Gators added six more points to keep a *48-21 lead at the end of three quarters. In the fourth quarter, the Lady Warriors kept up with the Gators as both teams scored 10 points. The Gators began the quarter with two baskets and Johnson hit from the side for the Warriors. Prust followed Johnson in attempt to catch up with the opponents. Johnson scored six more points, as did the Gators, to end the game. "Our defense did pretty good. We did a good job rebounding and blocking out the other team," said Wirtz. "We were running the game too fast, but we learned not to be quitters." The Lady Warriors travel to Jacobs on Thursday and Waukegan West on Saturday. State Farm Insurance stuns Christopher's State Farm Insurance am­ bushed Christopher's Men's Wear 49-45 to hang the first loss of the season on first place Christopher's. Mike Burgdorf's 18 points and Greg Davis' 15 points helped pace the victory for State Farm. Dan Harris scored 12 points, while Dan Stanowski and Tom Roach added 11 each to lead the Christopher attack. State Farm led 24-12 at one time in the first half, however, i2i unanswered Christopher's points knotted the scored at halftime. In the second half, State Farm pulled away as Christopher's missed the front end of six one-and-one's. SF 100 John's 42 Sullivan Foods led Little John's 39-24 at halftime and then went on a second half spree of run-and-gun-and-press to win 100-42. The point total was the largest of the season by any team. Mike Rabelhoffer scored 30 points, Mark Adomaitus added 24, Henry Glick 20 and Phil Ruhnke 18 for Sullivan Foods. Bob Fowler scored 20 points for Little John's. H-M 64 LC 24 Henehan and Mclntyre won handily over Lakes Cable 64-24. Bill Henehan's 20 points led the victors. Rich Madsen with 14 points and Scott Naperman with 11 points helped the winners. 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