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S ' f O t M i H I M O O v s m 1 1 H i O mo By Steve Metsch Plalndealer Herald Nm Servlcc ROCKFORD - When fans line up along a table to get their favorite player's autographs, you know you're not dealing with a run-of-the-mill high school basketball team. And Rockford Boylan- is hardly run-of-the-mill. The fans were there Friday night - from senior citizens to youngsters - all clutching their scorebooks and pleading for the John Hancocks of their favorite Titans. The name mentioned more often than any other was Danny Jones. Remember that name. Woodstock's boys won't forget it too soon. Jones, a mountain of strength at G-foot-5 and/220 pounds, has one more year of prep eligibility remaining. Hope for Wood­ stock's sake, and 'that of the entire Fox Valley Conference, that we don't hear that name again. For it was Jones who ignited the Titans in the title game of the Rockford West Class AA Sectional Friday night. From blocking shots to intimidating Streak shooters to sinking long­ distance jumpers to ramming home a dam dunk, the junior forward simply did it all. Boylan, which led by eight points at halftime, destroyed Woodstock's title dream by outscoring the Streaks, 46-23, in the second half. The 77-46 rout sends Boylan (28-2) to Tuesday's DeKalb Supersectional against East Aurora (26-2). "Coach (Steve Goers) told us to open it up if we could, and to fast break. When we got to fast break, everthing fell into rhyth- m," said Jones, who scored 14 of his game-high 20 points in the second half. With 6:22 left in the third, Steve Langley (who had 12 points along with teammate Sonny Roberts) lofted a pass toward the basket. Jones charged in and slammed the ball home for a 35-25 lead. Later in the period, a Wood­ stock shot kicked out to Jones. He dribbled downcourt and mowed over 6-foot, 150-pound Peter Witty, who had made the mistake of standing under the hoop. Boylan led, 47-27. "D.J. got hot in the second half," understate Goers. Once Boylan's offense slipped into high gear, the Titans con­ centrated on defense. They held Woodstock to eight-of-27 shooting in the second half after an equally-bleak seven-of-29 first half. The same team which shot 66 percent to beat Crystal Lake Central in its regional final a week earlier, shot 27 percent Friday. "Geez, that's terrific. And I think we had some shots that were wide open," said Streak Coach Gordie Tebo. He's right, but the shots didn't fall., Cold shooting ruined what could'e been an interesting second half. The Streaks trailed, 31-23, after a quick first half which was completed in 30 minutes. But Woodstock (18-10) fell into a deep freeze after halftime, making just four buckets in both the third and fourth quarters. Boylan, meanwhile, was 20-of-30 in the second half and 34-of-56 for the game (61 percent). "I didn't think they were as good from the outside as they were," Tebo said. "I just think we didn't shoot very well. Even if were were super, I don't know if we would've won." All-FVC senior Scott Rizzo had a tough night with just three field goals. His seven-for-eight free throw shooting helped him lead Woodstocdk with 13 points. Junior Charlie Grover scored eight of his 10 in the second half. All in all, if Boylan had given Tebo the notion it was cocky, the Titans certainly didn't play that way. They earned a victory with hard work, a size advantage and a smooth-flowing offense. "They're a good team, I'm not denying that. They're well- coached. Fm not trying to minimize them in any way. But ^they're real cocky. I think they're looking right past us to the supersectional. We'll have to be ready to surprise them," Tebo said before Friday's game. That quote made its way Boylan's locker room. "I read that in the paper and read it to the kids. We're not cocky. What I said after Hononegah was now we're representing the whole NIC-10. And we're representing all of Northern Illinois now. We come ready to play. We don't care who we play," Goers said. Tebo shrugged his shoulders and took a long pause when asked if his quote fired up Boylan. "Whatever. . .1 really don't think they needed it tonight," he said. Granted, this season didn't quite compare with last year when Woodstock went 23-6 and won its first FVC trophy. The Streaks, this season, finished one game from first, won a regional and again were the final FVC team eliminated from the state tourney. "And you've got to remember, we've got Charlie (Grover) (Dan) Hill, (Bill) Baehne and (Timm) Fields all coming back," Tebo added. So is one Danny Jones. Hopefully for the Streaks, Jones won't help break Woodstock's Plalndealer-Herald News Service photos by Steve Metsch Scott Rizzo has his shot snuffed by Boylan's Danny Jones during the sectional final Friday, in which Boylan ripped the Blue Streaks by 31 points. Hizzo's 13 points led Woodstock, while Jones' 20 led all scorers. At left, Jones goes up for two of his tallies, as Bill Baehne and Charlie Grover (24) try to slow him. Jr. High spikers end season The McHenry Jr. High sixth and seventh grade• girls' volleyball team defeated Parkland last week to finish the season with a perfect 8-0 record. The Trojans were led by the strong serving of Stephanie Quantz. Other members of the squad were: Erin Shanahan, Cris Roper, Shannon Terry, Becky Polikan, Laura Knoll, Becky) Covalt, Tracy Johnson, Erin; Boland, Brenda Bromlev,. Megan MacDougall, Michelle Farwell, Jenny Gottinger, Davina Burns, Sandie Simon and Nicole Jorgensen. The team's managers were Sandra lee, Dawn Stelmack and Lori Fultz. The Trojans were coached by Roy Chamberlin. WALLEYE SPECTACULAR SUPER SALE IS HERE! Sale Starts March 22 thru March 31 Help Us Stock Lake Geneva With Walleyes! OVER $2000 in Prizes RODS .• REELS £ LURES Tackle Boxes Guided Trips QjuickFire" NEW! 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MARCH 20,1985 Sports Streaks no match {or Titans By Chris Juzwik ptatodealer-Herald sports editor ROCKFORD - Wow. f: There were a couple of "wows" at Friday's Rockford West Sec­ tional championship game. One was the "wow" uttered by Woodstock's Blue Streaks after Rockford Boylan scored 46 second-half points en route to a 77- 46 win. The other "wow" was an ab­ breviation for Boylan's simple, yet effective game plan -- 'whale on Woostock.' Boylan, now the proud owners of a 29-2 record, used a lethal com­ bination of great size, lots of strength, dazzling outside shooting, tight defense, solid re­ bounding and strong support from a huge following, to blow the Blue Streaks out of the Rockford Metro Centre and the sectional tourna­ ment. Woodstock finished at 18-10. Had the Blue Streaks been able to defeat Boylan, they would have joined some rather elite company. Boylan's two losses, came at the hands of Rockton Hononegah, a sectional qualifier, and a team from Chicago that has had a fair amount of success recently -- Si­ meon. The rather large margin of vic­ tory may make the game appear to have been a yawner, but actual­ ly that's only half-true. Woodstock held its own with an obviously bet­ ter ballclub, and trailed by just eight -- 31-23 -- at halftime. Scott Rizzo's seven points, combined with six each from Bill Baehne and Dan Hill, kept the Blue Streaks within striking distance. Things looked even more pro­ mising for the Blue Streaks when Charlie Grover scored an easy back-door layup off a sweet feed from Hill, bring Woodstock within six at 31-25. The Titans widened the bulge back to eight on an alley-oop layup by 6-foot-5 forward Steve Langley, and, seconds later, 6-5 center Dan­ ny Jones took an alley-oop pass from Langley and brought home a thunderous slam-dunk which made it 35-25. 1 But the resilient Streaks bounc­ ed right back, punching the ball into leading scorer Rizzo, who was fouled and canned two free throws. The Titans, however, went on a rather extensive scoring binge, rattling off 12 straight -- four each by Jones, 6-3 forward Joe Binz and point guard Mike Close - to take a comfortable 47-27 lead. When the dust settled, and the spree ended roughly five minutes later with a bucket by Grover, WHS found itself on the short end of a 47-29 score. The 18- point bulge remained as the fourth quarter began. , The Titans outscored W oodstock 13-2 to commence the final period, taking a 64:35 lead, before both coaches cleared their benches. The biggest margin was 34 points, at 73-39 with just over two minutes to play. To Woodstock's credit, the Streaks never backed down, never appeared to be intimidated, and undoubtedly had some Boylan backers a bit tense as the inter­ mission ended. "This is going to sound ridiculous, because we lost by 31 points, but I actually thought we were in pretty good shape at halftime," Woodstock Coach Gor­ die Tebo said. "We weren't real patient in the first half, and we took some bad shots. They're such a good team, we couldn't really af­ ford to do that." Unofficially, the Blue Streaks were a frigid 26 percent from the field (15-for-56), while Boylan coincidentally took the same number of shots, but made 19 more, for a torrid 60 percent. The Titans were unofficially 20-for-30 in the second half. "They shot well," understated Tebo. "Early on, our zone was packed in too tight, and tlfi»y were getting some open 12-footers. We made some adjustments'and stop­ ped those jumpers from the free- throw line, but then (number) 11 (Close) got hot, and that hurt us. We knew we couldn't take away both their inside and outside, and 11 opened things up for them." Woodstock's dismal per­ formance from the field wasn't so much due to poor shot selection, as much as just poor shooting. "Our inside guys missed some easy shots," said Tebo. "We had about 10 shots bounce around and fall off the rim in the second half, and they had about 10 that bounc­ ed around and fell in. Keeping up with Boylan's Jones no easy task