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FEBRUARY 4. 1876 Libertyville Wildcats Claw Warriofs 52-36 By Dick Rabbitt They came, they played, they conquered. That is the story of the Libertyville Wildcats on Saturday afternoon. Before a jam packed howling mob of fans, the "Cats" pushed the Warriors down to fourth place in the North Suburban with a 52 to 36^ victory. The "Cats" shooting at a 48 percent clip to the Warriors 26 percent broke ouf midway in the initial period and were never threatened thereafter. Playing without the services of Tommy Ludwig and Brian Lund, who were both ill from the effects of the flu the past week, the Warriors %eemed confused and at times just plain disorganized. It was one of thpse days when nothing seemed to go right for the local squad. On the other hand the ball seemed to bounce at the right time for the Wildcats. Reilly's basket in the opening seconds put the Warriors ahead 2 to 0, but Tunnicliff's basket a minute later tied it up. Hertel and Koerber put the Warriors ahead 6 to 2, but the Cats came back to tie it up. Again Reilly put the Warriors ahead at 3:30 8 to 6, but then a drought struck the Warriors and the Wildcats pulled out ahead to lead at the quarter 14 to 8. Early in the second period the Warriors pulled to within two, trailing 14 to 12, but Bob Erickson, Tunnicliff and Green all began to hit the bucket and the Cats went* into the in- termission leading 27 to 17. It has been a long time since the »• Warriors have failed to get into double figures in successive periods. In the third period the Cats maintained their 10 point margin throughout most of the period, and in the closing seconds added another three to lead 37 to 24. The final frame was played like the third period, the Warriors shooting and not hitting, and the Cats playing cat and mouse with the Warriors. Steve Koerber came to life in the final period picking up three of his five baskets, and baskets by Hertel, Reilly and Hurckes brought the score to 52 to 36 for a Wildcat victory. Although the Warriors shot poorly, some credit must be given to the Wildcat defense. They held Koerber in check most of the way, and sagged back under the basket allowing the Warriors to shoot from out. However, by not hitting the hoop made it very difficult to get the ball to the big men underneath. „ A disappointed Coach Ludwig remarked after the game, the conference race. Ziaft, "With Tom and Brian both out North Chicago and Libertyville of the lineup, we didn't respond a|| must play one another again to their absence". He also commented that "pressure has been building up to this game and it may have affected the team." Howver. with a smile on his face, he made one last statement for you Warrior fans. "We are going to be back and be tough before the season is over." The loss fat qo means eliminates the Warn this season. However, the Warriors will have to snap back and begin to play a better brand of ball than they have been playing the past several weeks. Next Friday they travel to Zion for another important game. Let's not back down now fans, the team needs your support more than ever on Friday night. LIBERTYVILLE , 14 13 10 15 MCHENRY VARSITY MCHENRY (36) FG FT TP LIBERTYVILLE (52) / Koerber' Reilly Decker Hertel Christy Rode Miller Hurckes TOTALS Green B. Erickson Tunnicliff J. Erickson Matthews Pramski Lenzini TOTALS FG FT Tf* 4 0 8 REBOUNDING - It was all Wildcat* at they easily control the boards capturing rebounds on both ends of the court. Above, Terry Reilly (hidden at left) is outnumbered two-one as he tries for this fourth period rebound. Capturing the ball Is Green (45) of the Cats. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD) EARL WALSH So I Hear There is much support for < running "50 Year Items" in the « i -- .Old Timer read about I H|uxy. Huck, Chief of the I McHenry Fire Department, n gsking citizens to cooperate by {, Clearing snow from the fire hydrants. That was 50 years ' ago. t A lot of effort went into the purchase of McHenry's first fire truck. Tickets were sold for dances and Mrs. Larry (Lillian) Huck won first prize f for selling the most. I Yep. She was awarded a 1- r pound bo* of Whitman ' cholcolates. The "summer people", who had cottages along the river, were very cooperative in buying dance tickets. Memory tells us that Earl "Pink" Gorman, Walter Gorman and Jim Perkins were active in the fire department. Would have to look into the records for other names. t Anyhow, they were dedicated I citizens who started with little , to give us a lot. That much heralded basketball game between Libertyville and McHenry last Saturday didn't result the way McHenry fans had hoped. .SPORTS EDITORJ In a low scoring game, the visiting Widlcats beat our Warriors by a 52 to 36 margin. Coach Leon had said before the game that his team would not try to run against the Warriors. They didn't. Nope. They went right into a zone defense and zeroed in on Steve Koerber under the boards. The Leon style on offense was typical of play in the Suburban league where low scores and set-'em-up shooting prevails. Libertyville has a good team and a well coached team. McHenry also has a good team and a well coached team. In fairness to Coach Ken Ludwig and his players, we must consider that the flu bug kept Tommy Ludwig and Brian Lund out of the lineup. They were missed. Met our friend Keith Ryan at the game. He was there to do the live play by play broadcast. Some of us rated Keith head and shoulders above some other sports announcers in big jobs. However, he had an op­ portunity in another field and ANNUAL FUN KITE • GAMES • DANCING • PRIZES SATURDAY - FEB. 7th AMERICAN LEGION HALL RINGWOOD ROAD 7 P.M. TIL? Benefit Of McHENRY AREA RESCUE SQUAD found the offer too good to pass up. We are glad he decided to come back for certain assignments in broadcasting. As you may gather, we like the guy! Elroy Fitzgerald, former catcher for Algonquin teams when they had some real good ones, saw the game and told us not to pick on the officials. He was smiling. You see, Roy is an official and is slated to work the last game of the season here. He was always a hustler so should be right on top of the [days. Roy is also a scout for the Baltimore Orioles. We won't be sending him any tips. Have another team in mind. Roy subscribes to the Plaindealer so let us say it isn't the officials we complain about. It is the rule makers. T.N.T. LEAGUE THURSDAY JANUARY 22,1976 GAMES 150 AND OVER: Mary Ellen Doherty 180-160; Dollie Pecucci 179; Carol Adair 176-173; Judy Schmitt 175; Lina Miller 169; Betty Hettermann 167-159; Bev Greenwood 166; Gladis Rudolph 164-150; Vera Kilzer 164; LuAnn Smith 162- 161; Connie May 161; Diane DeWolfe 161; Donna Mortell 161; Marilynn May 159-156; Joanne Houghton 158; Madeline Johnston 158; Anna Ritter 156-152; Holly Swanson 156; Fran Krabbenhoft 155; Patsy Hiller 154; Mig Joyce 154; Layne Dehann 154-163; Dorothy Hiller 153; Kathy Schultz 151; RAILROADS: Connie May 2- 7-10; Cindy Flebbe 2-7; Dolores Roberts 5-10; Olivia Hiller 5-10, 2-10; Melanie Frett 2-7; Joanne Houghton 5-7. PIZZA WINNER: McHenry Medical Group - 149 pins over average. OOPS, and a mishap opens a path to the basket for Green of Libertyville as he maneuvers around Hertel and Decker of the Warriors. The Wildcats controlled the game and captured the conference win by a 52-36 score. (STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD) There may be some officials we won't be sending Valentines to, but our opinion has always been that officials do not lose the game for a team. They may blow some calls which make them fair game when you want to blame someone for losing. Box scores of the Libertyville games, varsity and sophs, are enough to make a fellow take a second look. Each McHenry team scored a total of only 2 points from the free throw line where many games are won or lost. If you didn't take our tip, you missed one of the best meals ever at the Zion-Lutheran church on Rte. 120 West last Sunday. Met so many people to visit with -- made our day complete. There is nothing ike a small town. Hope McHenry doesn't grow too fast. T.N.T. LEAGUE THURSDAY JANUARY 29, 1976 GAMES 150 AND OVER: Betty Hettermann 199-154; Anna Ritter 194-165; Sindy Popp 179i Madeline Johnston 177-150; Dolores Roberts 176; Connie May 168-153; Pat Schmitt 168-157-153; Layne Dehaan 168; Fran Krabbenhoft 165; Mig Joyce 165; Isabel Stilling 162; Joanne Houghton 162; Carol Adair 160-159; Bev Greenwood 159; Lina Miller 156; Dollie Pecucci 155; Roni Rogers 154; Linda Free 153; Kathy Schultz 152; Dorothy Hiller 151-150; Olivia Hiller 151; LuAnn Amith 151. • RAILROADS: Layne Dehaan 5-7; Isabel Stilling 3-7-10; Marcella Wakitsch 5-7-9, 5-7. PIZZA WINNER: McHenry County Well and Pump - 167 pins over average. r T H E " A F F O R D A B L E H O M E 1 *29,900 complete including lot. FIVE STYLES TO CHOOSE FROM: Burnes ̂BROTHERS. INC. THREE OFFICES SERVING Mc^ENRY COUNTY McHENRY I CRYSTAL LAKE I WOODSTOCK 815/386-6900 I 816/468-6400 I 816/338-3861 4307 W. Rl. 120 I 6316 Rt. 14 | 208 N. Benton *1000 Square Feet *3 Bedrooms * Fully Carpeted * Fully Decorated * Attached garage •All City Utilities FINANCING AVAILABLE CHICAGO SPORTSMEN'S Coming up to the delight of the area's winter-hampered outdoors enthusiasts is the 37th Annual Chicago Sportsmen's and Vacation Show, slated Feb. 13 thru 22 in the International Amphitheatre. The world's larges exposition of its kind, the new edition will be even more so in keeping with Producer Tom Durant's Bicentennial salute to the frontiersmen of our nation's early days. Features, new as well as popular old favorites, will abound throughout the vastness of the Amphitheatre complex. Among the new will be "The Great White Shark", a live specimen of the type seen in the record-breaking movie "Jaws". For the eighteenth successive year, Hollywoods' John Brom field will head a stellar cast in the twice-daily Parade of Outdoors Champions stage and waters show. The famous movie personality hailed as "Mr. Outdoors" because of his proficiency as an outdoorsman will be surrounded by such performers as Sven Johnson, a world's champion lumberjack competing in northwoods competitions in the show against Dalton Peck, Bill Fontana and other stalwarts of the Canadian wilds; Bill McGuire and his array of high diving thrill specialists; archery champ Ann Clark, Merle. Cook and his comedy car, among others. . The complete boat, camping, travel and resort, fishing, hunting, and recreation halls will please show visitors and offer holiday aid and in­ formation. Personal par­ ticipation in live trout fishing, casting, archery and other forms of recreation will be available to the attending public. The big show, for the em- joyment of the entire family, will have hours of 6-11 p.m. opening day, noon to 11 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and 1 p.m. -11 p.m. remaining days. The Amphitheatre's large lighted and policed parking area adjacent to the building can accomodate many cars. Parade of Outdoors Cham­ pions will be presented at 8 p.m. opening evening and 2 and 8 p.m. daily thereafter. MCHENRY RECREATION LADIES TUESDAY NITE BOWLING LEAGUE 1-27-76 Better late than never... Happy Birthday Bitsy Schaefer 458, and Joan Buss (Jan. 30th) and, in recognition of our "Super Bowlers"; Betty O'Brien 206-576! Kathy Miller 520; Tinky Meyer 492; Elanoi Glaviano 500; Barb Leight 490.. "Hot Streackers"; Jean Plucinski 441; Donna Bauml; 478; Shirley Lossman 487; Marie Diedrich 442; Mae Collins 453; J. Zuierzynski 453; Sharon Klonts 438; Fran Zank 446. "Lu-king Good!": Wilma Aylward 464; Jean Weyland 442; Teresa Steffan 471; Lorraine Freund 433; Isy Thompson 433; Rose Freres 427; Elaine Freund 452; Flo Dercole 477; Sharon Kuzak 465. "Hangin' in there": Clarice Buenzli 436; Nel Fidler 430 ; Lill Michels 448; Ron Romkowske 445; Annette Joyce '433; Sub Smith 436; Cathy Boro 460. Railroads: Mae Collins 6-7- 10; Bitsy Schaefer 3-7-10. MCHENRY SCHOOL LEAGUE 1-28-76 Things are really getting very warm as there is now a tie for the first place due to a sound trouncing taken by "Bowlers" and a mighty win by "Spare Parts". There is no battle at the bottom as "Phoenix" has a monopoly on that spot. Subs are in the news again as E. Rogers bowled a 184 and totaled a 491 for the women's high game and series and J. Gallegher rolled a 203 for high game for the men. Regular W. Farrell totaled a 542 and must have outdone himself as he was home ill the next day. J. Lescher, D. Prazek and J. Gary picked up the 5-7 split; but doing it once didn't satisfy Judy, so she did an encore. L. Ludwigsen picked off the 5-10, and B. Miller got the 6-7-10. Don't know what M. Kangas had for lunch, but she hit a 144 for her high game of the season. L. Johnson got his personal high series with a 491 even if he did have to fall in the process. The joys of bowling. Bowlers 424 294 Spare Parts 424 294 Headstart 41 31 Stars & Strikes 39 33 Chokers 364 354 Handicappers 35 37 Chuckers 33 39 US'S 324 394 Positive Thinkers 314 404 Phoenix 264 454 K. Lescher THE PAWS OF THE CATS keep Steve Koerber la check a* McHenry's leading scorer was held to ten points. This attempt, under tight pressure, fails as the ball bounced off the rim and Libertyville captured the rebound. (STAFF PHOTO-WAYNlS GAYLORD) A Special Feature of GRgSCENT <$AY" lAKPINQ 8«sg& Salutes the Cuisine of SPAIN Tues., Wed., Thurs. Only Feb. 3-12 A total experience in ethnic dining consist­ ing of great dishes of the land - a complete Spanish dinner including Sangria. Call for information and reservations 815-385-8899 Crescent Bay Landing 3309 N. CHAPEL HILL RD. McHENRY, ILL. SWIMMING LESSONS Red Cross swimming lessons for children will begin Feb. 7 at West campus. Registration will be held at the central ad­ ministration building on Main street from Feb. 2 -6, or until it is necessary to close because of maximum numbers enrolled. Further information is available by calling 385-7900. Over 15,000 separate parts go into the manufacture of an automobile. FORMAL WEAR RENTAL for ALL OCCASIONS 6 edl § Stjuai ....(jit dm l#i MA 1214 N. Green St., McHenry Chicago Sportsmen's Show Slated Feb. 13-22 PAGE 6 - PLAINDEALER-WEDNE8DAY,