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PAGE 23 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17, I\9M_ McHenry, Johnsburg down to one wrestler Not so long ago, the wrestling mats were full of activity at McHenry and Johnsburg every day after school. But now, after a weekend of regionals, the ranks have thinned out considerably. Each school is now down to one wrestler each for this weekends Barrington sectional. Both wrestlers have their sights set on surviving the weekend and making a trip to Champaign the following weekend. Bob Sarabia is McHenry's representative. He placed third in the 126-pound division in Carpentersville Heavyweight Jim Bentz is Johnsburg's qualifier*. He was defeated by Carnell Washington of Woodstock in the title match. Johnsburg would have had a second competitor this weekend, but bad fate struck. Jim O'Brien, a freshman, had qualified for the sectionals with a third place at 132-pounds. He was all set, ready to go. H o w e v e r , O ' B r i e n separated': his shoulder while practicing Tuesday. He will be replaced by the fourth place wrestler at the regionals. Being a freshman and having more chances is the only way to look at it said a disappointed Johnsburg coach Mike Roberts. The preliminaries are set to begin at 5 p.m. at Barrington and continue with the semi-finals on Saturday at noon. Finals will be hald at 6 p.m. McHenry coach Marty Sobczak said Sarabia is all set to wrestle. "He is as close to the top of his game as he will get. It's just going to depend on mentally where he is," said Sobczak. The senior Warrior is scheduled to wrestle Glen Rymsza of Buffalo Grove. If he wins that match, his next opponent would be Scott Paris of Deerfield. Sobczak feels Sarabia can beat toty. "I mw both of them at the team sectionals at fremd. I felt Sarabia can top both of them. That would put him in the semi-finals," he said, "if he wrestles the way he should he will probably take a third." Sarabia has earned a 24- 10-1 record thus far. One of his biggest ac­ complishments thia season was breaking a McHenry pin record. He pinned Scott Gallego of Stevenson in 16 seconds in a 132-pound match. Roberts talked about the sectionals just before Tuesday's fatal practice. These are our two strongiest athletes in our program. Two months ago I would have said no way these two would make it this far," said Roberts. "No offense to Jim O'Brien, but freshmen just don't get out of the regionals in the middle weights. It's a rarity. - • * W9f X3f v ISM BOB SARABIA 24-10-1 "These two young men will represent Our school in the highest degree. Win or lose, they will have close matches. I'm very proud of these two." Bentz is scheduled to meet Bob Johnson of Antioch. "I'm just going to go as far as my ability can take me," said Jim Bentz, who JIM O'BRIEN 16-7-1 thus far has a 17-3 record. "It was nice to win con­ ference and regional, but I'm really going to have to wrestle now. I'm going to take some chances. Now the matches are getting tougher and tougher." Bentz is a first-year senior wrestler. > ,i; . Johnburg's Jim Bentz had a difficult time with Woodstock's Carnell wajumiui losing ll'JHT IHTtbgional SHAW-FRIi PRESS PHOTO heavyweight title match. But that hasn't happened too often, as Bentz can •3fW3ord inMfa* sectionals ̂ Johnsburg tops another 2nd place team LAKE ZURICH - Bring on those second place teams. That has become the cry of the Johnsburg Skyhawk boys' basketball team. The Skyhawks edged Lake Zurich 64-59, defeating a second place team in the Northwest Suburban Con­ ference for the second game in a row. Johnsburg had beaten Marian Central last Friday, who was sitting in second place at that time. Lake Zurich moved into second place tied with Marian in time for Tuesday's game with the Skyhawks. The second win in a row leaves Johnsburg with a 4-7 record in the NWSC and 10-10 overall. The Skyhawks will try and get over the .500 mark against Wauconda tonight. Wauconda is not a second place team, resting on the bottom of the NWSC with a 2- 9 record. Game time is 7:30 p.m. in the Skyhawk gymnasium. Johnsburg coach Ben Beck is happy with the current success right now and is hoping it con­ tinues. "This was the second straight real big win for us," Beck said. "This is now two good games back to back. Hopefully this is a sight to come for March. We're playing .500 ball right now and it all depends of maintaining the style we're playing right now." Controlling the tempo is the style Beck is referring to. "All but three minutes we controlled the tempo and the shot selection was good. I'm real pleased as a group the transition after baskets. These are things we had to do." The Skyhawks were led by Joe Majercik, who Beck said broke out of a personal slump, scoring 20 points. Jeff Preston helped out with 18. After falling behind 14-8 in the first quarter, the Skyhawks came back to outscore Lake Zurich 22-14 in the second quarter. 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I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW Brought to you by Phil OoKling Only 3 men in history have ever scored 100 or more points in a college or pro basket­ ball game...Can you name the only 3 who have done it?...They are Bevo Francis, of Rio Grande College, in 1953...Frank Selvy, of Furman University, in 1954...And Wilt Cham­ berlain, of Philadelphia in the NBA, in 1962. * * * On* of tlw most amazing gamas in basketball history was a freshman game tome years back between Duquesne University and St. Fran­ cis...Because of fouls, Duquesne finished the game with only 3 players instead of 5 on the floor, and they had no more left on the bench to put in-but what makes this game one of the strangest of all-time is that Duquesne ACTUALLY DID BETTER while they had fewer men playing than when they had a full team I...With 7:29 left in the game, the score was tied 59-59 when a player fouled out leaving Duquesne with only 4 players against St. Francis' 5...During the next 5 minutes Duquesne went ahead 77- 61 (...With 2:23 left, another player fouled out, leaving only 3 players against 5...But, Duquesne not only held their lead-they ac­ tually built their score and won the game I * * * I bet you didn't know...McHenry State Bank is your boat and recreational vehicle loan headquarters. And with Spring just around the corner, now's the best time to see Keith Leathers or myself for your boat or recreational vehicle loan. Come in today or call 385-1040 and we'll help your Summertime Vacation dreams come true. Come In today or coll 385-1040 * McHENRY STATE BANK let's talk SPORTS LOG Red Devils accepted in MFL The McHenry Red Devils were offically accepted into the Metropolitan Football League dining a meeting last week Wednesday. Present at tne meeting were the Western Suburban Hawks of DuPage County, The Northwest Browns from Chicago, the Eagles from Carol Stream, the Cook County Norsemen from Niles, the Villa Park Flash, the Cowboys from River Grove and Cary-Grove road race set the Apache's from Chicago. The Rfed Devils are currently without/a stadium and in the process of locating one in McHenry County within the next couple weeks. The team, however, is taking player ap­ plications. Also, the team is offering club stock for sale. Anyone interested in playing or buying stock may call 815-648- 4211, 815-648-2255 or 8154434872. The sixth annual March Madness road race, sponsored by the Cary-Grove Hill Striders running club, is scheduled for March 18 at noon at the Cary- Grove High School. The March Madness consists of two races - a 10k and half marathon. The half marathon is a CARA circuit race. Call 312- 658-6216, 658-4370 or 639-6610 for more information. Grade school basketball tourney The annual Diocesan Grade School Basketball Tournament will be held at Marian Central High School Sunday. St. Margaret Mary Catholic school of Algonquin will take on St. John the Baptist Catholic School of Johnsburg at 11 a.m. SS. Peter and Paul Catholic School of Cary will encounter St. Joseph's Catholic School of Harvard at 12:15 p.m. Montini of McHenry will play St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School from Crystal Lake at 1:30 p.m. St. Mary's Catholic School of Woodstock will play the winner of the 11 a.m. game at 6:30 p.m. At 7:45 p.m., the winners of the 12:15 p.m. game will compete with the winners of the 1:30 p.m. game. The two top teams from this tournament will return to Marian Central for the sec­ tionals on Feb. 26. Two teams from the St. Edwards of Elgin Tournament will also compete in the Marian sectional. The winner of the sectional will meet three other teams March 4 in Aurora. The March 4 tourney in Aurora will determine the Rock- ford Diocesan School Basketball Champions. Billiards tourney finals Coast to Coast Pocket Billiards will hold the finals of the first Northern Illinois Invitational at Johnsburg's Greg's Never Inn YMCA fencing exhibition Sunday. The double elimination tournament will feature a 32- man shootout starting at 11 a.m. Jiegiqn YMCA will second annual fencing exhibition Feb. 25 at 1:30 p.m. Neil O'Donnell will demonstrate basic fencing and safety equipment needed for this sport. If the YMCA can see enough interest in a class from a sign-up sheet at the demonstration, it will start one. Alpine Valley ski trip A ski trip to Alpine Valley is being offered by the McHenry Park Department. This trip is scheduled to take off at 8 a.m. from City Hall on Friday, Feb. 24. Interested skiers must sign up at City Hall in advance. The bus will return at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Ducks Unlimited banquet The McHenry County East Chapter of Ducks Unlimited has announced its ninth annual banquet will be held at John Evans Inn on Route 14 in Crystal Lake March 13 at 6 p.m. Those interested in the future of North America's waterfowl should attend. 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