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PAGE I - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, JANUARY 1,1W1 Vacation Hurts Johnsburg Girls Plaindealer - -W In a game that featured travelling, double dribbles and fouls, the Johnsburg Skyhawk girls basketball team came back from a long vacation only to be defeated by the Harvard Hornets, 38- 34 at Johnsburg Tuesday. The Only hint of real basketball was displayed in the last two minutes of jrfay when both teams decided to shoot for the basket instead of committing violations while coming down the floor. Hie game started out with turnover after turnover, and at 5:43 of the period, Skyhawk Cheri Kofler hit a 15 footer to give Johnsburg a 2-0 lead, kofler then hit a layup to put Johnsburg up by 4, but three Hornet free throws in a row brought Harvard back. Kim Gren- man answered with a charity shot of her own and Johnsburg led by two before Harvard's Kelley Koch hit a 10-footer and tied the game at five. Johnsburg would never lead again. The comical first quarter ended 9-5 in Harvard's fa­ vor and scoring picked up somewhat in the second quarter as the buzzer sounded halftime with the Skyhawks down 15-22. worse than the first as each team traded baskets in the first two minutes. Sue Dehn broke a long scoring spell by netting to free shots and Johnsburg wafer down, 19-26 with 2:07 left in the quarter. The quarter ended with Johnsburg outscoring Harvard, 6-4 as Kim Koch did all the scoring for Harvard in the period. Kim Grenman, John- sburg's big center cut Harvard's seven point lead to three in the opening minute of quarter four by hitting two free throws and a layup underneath. Harvard led 25-28. Inge Dschida hit a 20- footer from the corner to cut a Harvard five point lead to three again, and Johnsburg fell down by four with 3:30 left in the game after Grenman hit one charity shot to match a Harvard Bucket. With logical thinking, Harvard stalled at this point and chopped 40 seconds off the clock before Kim Koch was fouled. She missed two free throws, but Kofler returned the favor by stealing the ball on the rebound and going down court only to travel on the Lora Gilbert hit a 15-footer for Harvard with 1:48 remaining to put Harvard up by six as Johnsburg proceeded to miss two free throws, give Harvard a steal and a bucket, and carry the ball as Harvard took a 36-28 lead into the last minute of the game. Two Grenman layups and a Dschida 10-footer in the last 30 seconds weren't enough, however and the Skyhawks fell by four, 38-34. For the Skyhawks, Kim Grenman tallied 12 total points on four field goals and four free throws and led all scorers in the game. Cheri Kofler scored eight points thanks to a few steals and Inge Dschida had an off day with six total points. Tracey Esposito hit two buckets, while Sue Dehn and 'Joan Pierce each had two points. Jackie Gingras pumped in 11 points for Harvard, while Kim and Kelley Koch each had 8. The Skyhawks now sup­ port a 1-2 overall record and a 0-1 Shark maVk. After hosting Round Lake Thur­ sday, they will travel to North Boone next Tuesday. Joel Wakitsch The third quarter proved layup. 1 Joel Wakitsc Richmond Stops Johnsburg INTERCEPTION--was the result of this errant Harvard pass in Tuesday's victory over Johnsburg, 38-34. Kim Grenman, 50, stepped in and knocked the ball from Kim Koch, 23, and her sister, Kelley Koch, 24, during third quarter action. The Kochs scored 1C points between them as the Skyhawks dropped their season record to 1-2 with the loss. ^ STAFF PHOTO-JOEL WAKITSCH Warriors At Home «£en ffigh McHenry High Warriors will engage in a home doubleheader weekend. Tonight they play Crown, and tomorrow night host Fremd High School of Palatine. Fremd, currently 1-3 in the Mid Suburban North are coached by Moe Tharp, former coach of the Zion Zeebees, and a long time rival of Ken Ludwig. Fremd is in sixth place in their division, and Coach Tharp has said earlier this season, that this will be indeed a rebuilding year for him. Last year the Warriors won a high scoring affair 81 to 71, and would like nothing better than to repeat tomorrow night. Dick Rabbitt FOX VALLEY CONFERENCE BASKETBALL FOX VALLEY CONFERENCE Games Tonight Crown at McHenry Cary at Jacob6 Dundee at Crystal Lake Central Crystal Lake South lit Woodstock. Games Saturday Fremd at McHenry Marengo at Ct South Woodstock at Johnsburg Conant at Crown. The Johnsburg Skyhawks outscored Richmond, 23-8 in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough as the Rockets pulled out a 66-62 win in Richmond Tuesday night. Rick Neiss tried his best to scrounge up a Johnsburg victory, scoring 16 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter. The Skyhawks had to make, up a 17 point deficit , however, and Richmond held on for the victory. The game started off with each team trading baskets, but with the score at 6-4 in Richmond's favor, the Rockets outscored John­ sburg 15-4 the rest of the quarter to build up a 21-10 lead. The Rocket surge was due mostly to the shooting of 6-foot guard Todd Spooner, who tallied 31 on the day and 20 in the first half. The Skyhawks traded baskets with the opponents for much of the second quarter and at halftime, the score sat at 42-26. "It's fine to trade baskets with another team, but not when you're down by 15," Coach Bob Kies said. Down 44-26 at the outset of the third quarter, the Skyhawks started to make a move led by Rick Niess and Frank Jakubicek. "We were down by 18 mid­ way through the third period," Kies said. "We cut that to 10 as Neiss got hot from the outside and they started to leave Jakubicek open underneath." The 10-point deficit turned quickly into ^ 17 point margin as the third quarter ended at 56-39. The fourth quarter offense was again led by Neiss, who started to hit from the outside as well as from in close. "Neiss had a great fourth quarter as he hit some from the outside, plus he threw in a couple of layups off the steal and started to penetrate the seam," Kies noted. "Jakubicek started to get open underneath, but he blew a breakaway layup utte in the game that hurt somewhat." Jakubicek did score 11 points, but Kies wasn't ec­ static over his performance. "He's gotta make some that he missed tonight," Kies said. . Tom Pieper had only 2 points on the night as he continually had trouble shooting over the Richmond front line which features a 6'4", and two6'3" players. In fact, the junior only took four shots all night. Other scorers included Chuck Novy with 7,« Scott Valentin and Gary Guetzloff with 6, and Russ Beck with two. For Richmond, Elliot had 11 and Sikora had 10 to go with Spooner's 31. Joel Wakitsch Lloyd To M.C. Banquet Although no confirmation from baseball personalities have been received yet, Harry May of the Johnsburg Oldtimers Club said that Crown Dundee McHeniy Crystal Lake Central Crystal Lake South Jacobs Woodstock Cary Grove SCORERS Name, School Greve, McHenry Schaefer, Jacobs Salerno, Crystal Lake South Gliesman, Crown Zeller, McHenry Schuring, Dundee Leahy, Woodstock Teuber, Crystal Lake Central Waylor, Crystal Lake South Oelkers, Crystal Lake Central Szcepanski, Crown w 1 pts opp 4 0 250 220 3 1 250 207 2 2 228 237 2 2 212 219 2 2 245 "234 2 2 250 229 1 3 218 217 0 4 180 264 fg ft tP 40 4 84 33 13 79 36 6 78 35 2 72 31 6 68 28 8 64 21 18 60 23 9 55 23 6 52 18 15 51 21 8 50 Wrona Tops In Rockford At the Rockford-Boylan Invitational • Wrestling tournament over the holidays, McHenry's Brian Wrona continued on his path' to an outstanding season. Capturing the championship in the 119 pound class, the senior Warrior raised his season record to 18 wins and 2 losses. Four wins gave Wrona a first place medal at the annual 16-team tournament. He scored a 12-0 superior decision over his preliminary round Peoria Manual opponent, pinned his Cary Grove man in 3:18 in the quarter finals, worked up a 6-2 decision on the Rockford-Guilford wrestler in the semi-final round, and scored an 8-3 winning decision over Eickelberger of Joliet Central in the final match. Other place winners for McHenry were seniors Vic Betancourt and Pat Haderly. Betancourt earned fourth place in the 155 weight class with a pin, two decisions and two losses. His season record stands now at 13-4-1. Haderly earned fifth place in the 126 weight class after losing the preliminary round to Slack of Woodstock who went on to take the class championship and the tournament most valuable wrestler award. The local wrestling Warrior went on to win three decisions and lose a close 4-3 wrestle-back. A >6-2 season record is now held by Haderly. The wrestling Warriors travel to Wauconda this Thursday and Crown this Friday for regular duals. Saturday they host the sixth annual Junior Varsity tournament at West campus. Wrestling begins at 9 a.m. with final rounds at 2 p.m. Lynne Sobczak ,AV CROWDS ARE JAMMING THEIR WAY IN ma FOR THIS GREAT SALE NOW GOING ON! THANKS FOLKS! Vince Lloyd, voice of the Chicago Cubs will M.C. the annual "Hit and Run" baseball banquet to be held Jan. 26. This will mark the fifth consecutive year that the radio personality will head the festivities which has featured Cub and Sox per­ sonalities such as Bruce Sutter, Steve Trout, Ray Burris, Bucky Dent, Randy Hundley, Ken Kravec, Larry Bittner and Harry Chapas. Umpire Dutch Rennert has also made an appearance at the event. The dinner-speaker format will also include a formal presentation of the annual scholarship to Kurt Valentin, who won last year's award. All proceeds from the dinner, held at the Johnsburg Community Club, will be put towards this year's scholarship winner. Cocktails will be served at 6 pm with dinner starting at 7 pm. Ticket reservations are limited to 270 to avoid the overcrowding of years past, and any extra tickets will be open to the public after Jan. 14. • • • • The* hardest job is thre one that you put off until the last minute. KIM GRENMAN-p«ts in two of her 12 team-leading points during last-minute afe||pn of Johnsburg's 38-34 loss to Harvard on Tuesday. STAFF PHOTO-JOEL WAKITSCH More Park Programs Registration for Swim Lessons at McHenry High School West campus are now being accepted. Lessons will be given on b e g i n n e r , a d v a n c e d beginner and intermediate swimmer levels. These group lesson are set up in accordance with the American Red Cross. Classes are set up in eight week sessions beginning on Saturday, Feb. 7. Clp-s times are 9 a.m. to 10 a.ui. and 11 a.m. on consecutive Saturdays. The suggested starting age for this program is four. Registration for these lessons is being taken at McHenry City Hall, 1111 N. Green street. STOP & SEE THE NEXT FEW DAYS CAN BE THE MOST IMPORTANT SHOPPING DAYS" OF YOUR L IFE! Eot dunng the nex t f©v» doys you hove o once in o l i f e t ime buy ing oppor tun i t y 1 H you o re look ing fo r tea l ba rgo ins he re •» your onswe i YOU CAN BUY WITH CONFIDENCE THAT YOU Wi l t POSIT IVE! .Y BE THRILLED WITH YOUR PURCHASES' YOU con t l ose wh i le tak ing odvan toge o f th i s sensa t iona l sa le A SELLOUT ON MANY ITEMS IS EXPECTED SO BETTER GET HERE EARI Y ' PRICE CUTTER 'S AX FALLS AGAIN STORE HOURS 9 AM to 5.30PM Dai ly thru Saturday Evenings Thurs. & Fr i Ti l l 8 :30PM 1245 N. Green St., McHenry, II. Phone 385-0047 We Deeply Appreciate Your Terrific Response To This GREAT SALE. GEORSERODENKIRCH USED CAR MANAGER OVERTON RT 31 and Rt I 20 McHenr y FOR 1981 PRICES! CADILLAC PONTIAC (315)385-6000 COME TO THE BIGGEST CAMLLAC-PONTIAC MALE* "COUNTY" The Parks and Recreation Department is now taking registration for an Indoor Soccer Program for area youth. This new program will teach skills and fun­ damentals of the world's most popular game. This program is held at Parkland Junior high school on Saturday mornings. Kids in first and second grades can register for either the 9 a.m. or 9:45 a.m. sessions. Third grade session is at 10:30 a.m. and the fourth grade session is at 11: IS a.m. T h i s i n s t r u c t i o n a l program begins Saturday, Jan. 17, and will be a six week program. Gym shoes are required, all other equipment will be provided. There are only a limited number of openings in this program so you are, en­ couraged to register early. Registration is now being taken for the Youth Basketball program for area boys and girls in grades 2-5. Ttys instructional program will teach kids the fun­ damentals and basic skills of the game of basketball. Eight foot high baskets and smaller balls will be used as teaching aids in this program. Sessions will begin at Edgebrook elementary school on Saturday, January 17. This is a six week program consisting of three weeks instruction and three weeks games. FORMAL WEAR RENTALS for ALL OCCASIONS Stoud . . . .Ob i