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early minutes PAGE 19 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 True basketball fans were at Buckner Gym So you call yourself a basketball fan. What game did you watch on television on Monday? You say the USFL contest between Houston and San Antonio. So you patched Purdue whollop Wisconsin Tuesday. Wednesday you had two NBA games and a college game to pick from on the ole tube. More college basketball to choose from on Friday. No doubt, the true sports fan had a full slate of viewing this past week, thanks to the magic of cable. But, you actually missed the boat, if you weren't at McHenry's Buckner Gym last week, you missed some good basketball, and a lot of excitement Forgive me for saying, but there wasn't a game on television last week that compared with the high school basketball hoopla created at West Campus. McHenry High School hosted a class AA regional last week that just un- believeable. Each game, no matter if you were rooting for one of the teams on the floor or just neutral, kept you on the edge of the afeat. And, guess what? All it would have cost you was two dollars per night. That's a true bargain. Instead of laying comfortably in your favorite easy chair watching two teams battle in that new football league Monday night, you could have watched one of the most heated rivalries in the area reach inferno. Added was the byi Mike Lamb Sports Editor ingredients of watching a game live. Actually being right there. Forget that Crystal Lake South and Central were battling each other three days earlier for last place in the Fox Valley Conference. After South had taken a 14-2 first quarter lead and a 24-12 halftime lead, the house went crazy. The Central Tigers battled back, and the contest developed into a nip-and-tuck contest. The game wouldn't be decided until Central's Mike Harvel hit a free throw with two seconds left on the clock to give the Tigers a 51-50 win. The free throw was Harvet's only point of the night. Believe me, there was a lot of yelling from all the fans from the different teams in the tourney, but Central's student cheering section had to get the nod for the loudest. The inferno continued to blow on Tupsday. For the first time ever, McHemy played against the Johnsburg Skyhawks. There isn't a word in the dictionary that could describe- the emotion displayed in that game. Another unlikely hero came through. William Schmitt, a 2.3 points per game sewer coming into the tourney, scored 10 points in the fourth quarter to lead McHenry to a 45-39 win. For those of you who could handle it, a doubleheader was featured on We nesday. Woodstock had little troub ̂ taking care of Crystal Lake Central, but it was (tin just watching the Blue Streaks have fun. A alley-oop dunk shot executed by Greg Bradshaw and Brad Hutter was the highlight. Again, another see-saw contest was played in the seoend game. The Warriors had to battle back from a nine- point deficit to edge Cary-Grove. A betting man would have betted a bundle on the Woodstock Blue Streaks beating McHenry for the regional championship. Yeah, Woodstock pulled it out, but not before some sweating by Woodstock followers. The Warriors, after losing badly in three previous games, came back to surprise the Blue Streaks. Sorry for rubbing your nose in mud if you missed the tournament, but I just wanted to make a point -- you couldn't beat the entertainment displayed last week. Skyhawks roll past Woodstock into final 1984 By Barb Ansell It was the Johnsburg Skyhawks' night to shine as they soared above the Woodstock Blue Streaks to capture a 50-36 victory in the first round of the girls class double A basketball regionals. Despite a jittery first quarter start for both the Streaks and the Skyhawks which had the teams deadlocked at 6-6, it was the 'Hawks game throughout the remainder of the night. "In the second quarter we moved out in front with the help of Theresa Hauck's outside shooting," explained Skyhawk coach Nancy Fahey. "We forced Woodstock to play outside and that put us on the free throw T^fe l̂Hftwks weit'"TdMthe charity stripe seven times and connected on five of those shots to boost them to a 25-18 half-time advantage. However, free throw shooting wasn't the 'Hawks only edge. "Johnsburg played their first game of the season against us and they shot much better tonight than they did the first night," complimented the Blue Streaks' coach Steve Burris. But it was a different Wood­ stock team facing the 'Hawks in the regionals, than it was earlier in the season. "Three of the players who faced Johnsburg the first time have been out much of our season due to in­ juries," explained Burris. "And tonight Kim Natzke and Kathy Pfister had to play under the weather." tThe Blue Streaks never sajd die though, as they rallied back in the early minutes of the third quarter to tighten the score to 25-23. "Woodstock came out strong in the third quarter," agreed Fahey. "We needed someone to take charge and Kathy Butler took charge and ran the post position for us." * Errors quickly began to take their toll against the Blue Streaks, as missed shots, tur­ novers, and lack of rebounds allowed the Skyhawks to once again pull ahead. The 'Hawks, with help of Cris May's six points, were able to capitalize on the Blue Streaks' mistakes. Later, they sank six unanswered shots in the final minutes of the third quarter to take a 39-25 lead. And with Laura Oeffling at the eontrofo scoring eight points in. the fourth quarter, the 'Hawks iced their 50-36 win. "Michelle Swartzloff did a great job on defense too," praised Fahey. "She had to shut out Woodstock underneath the basket, and contributed a lot to our win." Leading the 'Hawks in scoring was Hauck with 14 points, while teammates May and Oeffling both added 12 points and Butler had 10 points. The Blue Streaks offensive efforts were led by Pfister with 12 points and Patience Eckler with 11 points. After watching the Crystal Lake Tigers defeat the McHenry Warriors Fahey said the 'Hawks will focus on trying to take them out of their offense. "Crystal Lake has an aggressive defense playing player-to-player and > their two-three zone," said * Fahey. "They like to con­ centrate on their inside and we'll STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAVLOUD ANOTHER SCORE -- As Theresa Hauck totaled 14 points in the Johnsburg McHenry regional victory over Woodstock. have ta work on that." The Skyhawks will face the Crystal Lake Central Tigers in the final round of the regionals at 7:30 Thursday night at McHenry West Campus. Lady Warriors fail to keep up with Tigers ball in the basket after grabbing the rebound. She was fouled on the play and hit the free throw. Larsen pulled McHenry within 9-7 on a jump shot. But after that it was all Central. The Tigers scored the next 11 points to take a 20-7 lead. The first half ended with Central in front 24-8. "We did pressure them and caused some turnovers, but they are so good inside," said Wirtz. "Defensively we were tough enough to frustrate them a little. Our defense caused a couple three second calls against them." Central outscored McHenry 12-4 in one stretch of the fourth quarter to completely take control of the game. In the last three minutes of the game, Johnson sparked the continued from page Warriors by scoring three baskets. Her layup off a steal with 20 second left was McHenry's last score. Jean Barry led Central in scoring with 17 points. The Lady Warriors played their last Fox Valley conference game of the season last Thur­ sday, losing 60-32 to Crystal Lake South. The loss left McHenry 0-12 in the FVC. Patty Johnson led McHenry in scoring again, with 10 points, while Greta Larsen scored eight. Michele Zimmerman scored 14 for South. Shooting, again, was the problem for the Lady Warriors. They only shot 27 percent from the field, while South shot 38 percent 20 STAFF PHOTOWAVNICAYIOW throws. "Joe, I thought, had a good year for us," Beck said. "Joe was the kind of {flayer you couldn't measure on not just stats. He hustled and was a very tough defensive player. He was willing to do some of the little things. "He was very team orientated and wanted to win. That is just the kind of kid he is." Shaw-Free Press sport- swriters honored Wolf as player of the year based on a 17.7 scoring average and a 7.6 rebounding average. He hit 53 percent of his field goals and 78 percent of his free throws. He scored a total of 444 points during his high school career at Marengo. A STEAL AND A SCORE -- after taking the ball from a Crystal Lake player, Patty Johnson of the Lady Warriors goes up for the basket during Monday's McHenry regional contest. SHAW-FREE PRESS continued from page 20 every team in the conference headaces. His 14.8 scoring average wasn't tops of the league, but it was many talents which made him a big force in the FVC. His presence under the boards is shown in his 10.1 rebounding average. Last Friday Hutter scored 26 points to help his team defeat McHenry ih the regional finals and advance to the Rockford- Jefferson sectionals. Some of Hutter's success has to be given credit to Tebo. Last season was Tebo's first year at Woodstock. He brought with him from Michigan a whole new system for Hutter and the rest of the team to learn! But it paid off. After only winning four games last year in the FVC, the Blue Streaks won the FVC title this year with a 11- 1 record.'Woodstock carries a 22-5 record against Antioch Tuesday in the first game of the Barry's squad won its seventh straight regional title last week, which helped him grab the top coaching honor. In his 16 years at Marengo, Barry's teams have won two sectionals. Marengo ended its season with a 19-9 record and lost to Win­ nebago for the third straight year in the sectional finals, 54- 48. Marengo shared Northwest Conference title honors with Marian Central. Besides Wolf, Brian Schaefer was the other Marengo player named on the team. Chuck Hartlieb led Marian in scoring with a 16.3 scoring average, and pulled down 7.2 rebounds a.game. Andy Hartlieb averaged 15.2 points a game and four rebounds. sectionals. "I felt a lot of pressure from myself," said Tebo. "I wanted to do well, not only for Woodstock, but as a source of pride." Tebo has seven years of coaching experiencing. Before coming to Woodstock, he coached at Wyandotte High By Mike Lamb Pat Wirtz wasn't expecting any miracles, and he didn't get one either. The McHenry Warrior girls basketball coach led his 3-17 squad against the 14-6 Crystal Lake Central Tigers Monday night in the first game of the McHenry regional. The result was no surprise, as the heavily favored Tigers defeated McHenry 47-30. The Lady Warriors ended their season with a 3-18 record, while Crystal Lake Central takes on Johnsburg for the McHenry regional cham­ pionship Thursday. "The kids played hard," said Wirtz. The same old problem prohibited the Lady Warriors - unable to score. The Warrior defense hung in tough, only allowing Crystal Lake to score eight points in the first quarter. The only problem was that McHenry only scored one basket. When McHenry was scoring, it was usually Patty Johnsbn. The 5-foot-1 guard led the Lady Warriors in scoring with 17 points. She scored more than half of the Warriors scoring. "This is the story of our season," Wirtz said. "How ' many times did we have the good shot and it didn't fall? Offensively the ball wasn't falling. Size has a little something to do with it. It seems like we are always the underdog on size." Central took complete control in the second quarter, but not before McHenry's Greta Larsen made the game interesting. She began the quarter by putting the JOHNSBURG, MARIAN School in Michigan. "It's a very nice honor," said Tebo on receiving the Shaw- Free Pree award. Woodstock also placed Greg Bradshaw on the first team. Todd Howell of Crystal Lake Central, Mark Slimko of Jacobs and Dave Ward of Cary-Grove close out the first team. Besides Peterson, second team members include Corky Card of Crystal Lake Central, Jeff Harris of Woodstock, Brad Block of Cary-Grove and Dan Schultz of Dundee-Crown. Harvard's Jamie Martin closed out the first team. Alden-Hebron's Mike Hilton and Harvard's Erik Schmike finished off the second team. The honorable mention squad included Richmond's Jay Soine and Tom Otto, JEFF PRESTON JOE MAJERCIK 1