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S3 1 Mill SOUTH Of RT. 173 ANTIOCH ALL END TABLES & LAMPS ARE MARKED TO SAVE YOU »45% CASH ANO CARRY 20 MOIIRH LOVESEATS/ SOFAS. AND CHAIRS SCHWEIGIR. KROEHLER. FLEXSTEEL AND MORE HtacuiOM viivm. NYLONS IKll RECLINER!» & ROCKERS STRATOLOUNOER. FLEXSTEEL. CATNAFMR DIXIE A MORI BETTING A TAX REFUNB? BUDGET MINBED? 90 BAYS SAME AS CASH! WITH APPROVED CREDIT AND MINIMUM PURCHASE OF »300 Warrior By Mike Lamb A betting man could go crazy in the Fox Valley Conference. He would be safe to bet his home and car on Woodstock, but after that, anything goes. Last Friday night, neither McHenry's Ken Ludwig or Crown-Dundee's Jim Hinkle knew which way it was going. Each coach witnessed two sides of their teams as the second OEW-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESnAV ^R.^y fMi talk MCC coach practices what he preaches By Sam Natrop Shaw-Free Press Service CRYSTAL Lake - Imagine, for a moment, a man on a deserted island in the South Pacific. He is without food and water, and the closest contact he has with civilization is the pilot ;of an Air Force fighter plane that flies overhead once a week while scanning the ocean for Wayward ships. > His only means of survival is to be a scavenger. He must live Off the land or become part of it. His best friend is a palm tree. !« But after months of hard work and many hours of labor, the man builds a hut, then two huts, then three. • "Anything is possible," the man says smiling as he totes another bamboo pole toward yet-another project. ; As time passes, the man establishes himself a small colony of huts. Soon people hear about it and begin arriving at the island. The pilot of the Air Force fighter lands his jet and has a cup of coffee at the island's coffee shop. Soon cruise ships begin stopping in the harbor and the passengers flock to see the sights. Soon a travel magazine representative does a feature story on the island. ! "Wonderful, isn't it?" the man Says. "Pretty soon, we'll have ourselves a nice little place here. But it'll take work. . . lots more work." : It's only through the man's relentless effort that he takes a piece of 'nothing' and turns it into 'something'. It is with this same vigor and dedication that Bob Edwards approaches - rather, attacks - his everyday life. "Too many people in society want other people to do things for them. They won't do things for themselves," said Edwards, 36. So to be a practitioner of what he preaches, Edwards took the job as women's basketball coach at McHenry County College. Not an enviable position con­ sidering the women's program had won three games in the past five years. But in five short months, the first-year coach has the wheels turning in a program that, until this year, has been running with emergency brake on. The team's record through Tuesday is 10-8. "I can't worry about what my predecessors did or have done," he said. "I hate to listen to coaches who say 'Boy I wish I had one more big player or another shooting guard or a couple of more players off the bench.' "You can't do anything about the players you don't have. BOB EDWARDS you've got to work with the players that show up for practice." And what he has done to mold the talent he has would make any coach proud. He isn't blessed with 6-foot-6 inch for­ wards who can shoot from the parking lot and jump over the rim. He doesn't have big, fast point guards who could dribble a ball through a car wash and not get wet. What he has is a blend of local talent that does everything fairly well. He has two ex­ ceptional shooters, one very good point guard, two hard workers under the boards and an intangible - severv women with the same attitude, direction and goals. "They're so close. They're teammates and they're friend- s," Edwards said. I hope they realize their 'teammanship' is the essence of team sports. That's what makes us a great team." A great team? By most standards the team's win-loss record is the measure of suc­ cess. But not to Edwards, who admits he's somewhat of an idealist. "Success is having each woman walk away from MCC and become a contributing member of society and to give of themselves and what they've learned," he said. "I believe strongly in the human spirit. I believe in sports and what it has done for me as a person. I don't think we should have sports if we can transfer the decision-making processes to everyday life. "Nothing is impossible. Our team is an enigma of that success." Some of the philosophies he professes are different, some are a bit questionable, and some of them would make Dr. Naismith do a flip-turn. But all of them come from the heart. He teaches his players to take the ball l-on-3 (one offensive Continued on pog* 15 McHenry-Johnsburg game wish comes true Starting Charger Guards, Mike Buhrow and Mike Harris couldn't miss. They made their shots from every corner and under Warrior arms. Things were going so well for the pair, Harris threw the ball over his head with his back turned toward the basket. He missed, but it was almost expected to go in. Buhrow scored 14 of his total 17 points in the first half, while Harris scored 10 of his 13 points. The second half was com­ pletely different story. Crown- Dundee did manage to hike its lead up to 21 points, 50-29. McHenry, however, turned the tables around and narrowed the Charger lead to 60-48 after the third quarter. The Warriors went on to out score the Chargers 12-5 to come within one, 67-66. Pat Dunne led the Warrior comeback attempt with 19 points, scoring 13 of them in the second half. Dave Toussaint chipped in 12 in the second half, finishing with 16. Mark Peterson also helped out with 16. "We're not a consistent basketball team. We just don't play with any kind of con­ sistency. I can't tell from one quarter to the next what kind of basketball we'll play," said Ludwig. "We managed to play right into a thriller," said a relieved Hinkle. "The inability to hit free throws cost us a lot of ballgames. But we hit when we had to. Toussaint's jump shot with less than a minute in the game closed the gap to 67-66. The Warriors failed to hit a basket for the lead, while Buhrow hit on a free throw for a Charger two- point lead. With time running out, the Warriors brought the basketball down and Scott Freund at­ tempted a long jump shot which wouldn't go down. On the rebound, William Schmitt fouled the Chargers Dave Watson. Watson hit on both free throws with nine seconds left on the clock to give his team a 70-66 lead. Continued on pag* 15 How lucky can Johnsburg and McHenry basketball fans be? Thanks to the luck of the draw by IHSA officials, those advocating a Johnsburg- McHenry basketball contest got their wish. The two teams will face each other in a do-or-die situation in the first round of the McHenry regional next Tuesday. The two schools have never played against each other in either varsity football or boys varsity basketball. Lately, the two schools have faced each other in other sports and lower levels. You add the ingredients of town rivalry to the importance of winning in regionals, and you have a big game. What the IHSA did, however, was open up a big can of worms. Ever since Johnsburg broke away from McHenry High School and opened up its own school six years ago, Johnsburg officials SANDWICHED -- between two Dundee- Crown players, AAcHenry's Corey Scott battles for the rebound during second quarter action. Dan Schultz (41) and Tim Stocker (42) are the Charger players. But the fact the two teams are playing to stay alive in the regional, this one is important. All this brings up an interesting question. Are there any plans for a non- conference tilt among the two schools each year in basketball and football? football? Johnsburg athletic director Jim Meyers would love it. "I would like to pursue it. It would be a great draw, no doubt. Maybe we can work something out in the near future," said Meyers. Joe Schlender, McHenry's athletic director, doesn't see anything to be worked out right away. "We have no plans at this point. Our 1984-85 schedule is set for right now. Most opponents in football and basketball have been set. It's difficult to Continued on pag« 15 place Warriors fell to the last place Chargers 71-68. "The game macle Ludwig a believer of Hinkle's proclamation that "We're as good as any team in the con­ ference." Ludwig agreed, "Dundee- Crown is not a last place team - no way." The loss didn't hurt McHenry for its bid to capture second place in the FVC. Jacobs, the other second place team, lost to Cary-Grove. The Warriors and Golden Eagles, both 6-5, will face each other in the FVC final in Algonquin. Dundee-Crown played like a first place team in the first half, jumping out to a 21-12 first quarter lead and 44-27 halftime lead. Several Chargers played like . all-FVC perfromers. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE CAVIORD have tried to convince McHenry to schedule a basketball game between the two schools. Several variables and strong feelings have been a roadblock in the way of a game being scheduled. Depending on who you talk to, a game between the two high schools could or wouldn't be a big game for both schools. by Mike Lamb Sports Editor