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rnor.• - ri.Aimiir/ti.r.n - nE.unc.auni. mnnv^n t. im LOOSE BALLS-were evident during more playi than just this one in Richmond's 69-64 win over Johnsburg on Friday in the Harvard Regional. Above. 6*3" forward Jim Sikora (30,white) of the Rockets couldn't get to this carom as Frank Jakubicek <52, black) grabbed it away. But throughout most of the day, Johnsburg lost many turnovers and continually were allowed only one shot at the bucket. STAFF PHOTO-JOEL WAKITSCH The Johnsburg Skyhawks were eliminated in the final game of the Harvard Regional, falling to Rich­ mond-Burton 69-64 despite a gutsy second half per­ formance by the locals. Johnsburg outscored the Rockets 46-32 in the second half, but the Skyhawk surge was preceeded by a second quarter siumn in which thev ----4 I- # 4-4-1 .T# WWil 9VUICICM 1U1 CI IVUIJ Ut over 4 minutes. Richmond scored 13 points in that same 4 minute period at the end of the second quarter. The Johnsburg strategy was obviously to stop the top Rocket scorer, Todd Spooner. The Skyhawks succeeded in stoping the 6'1" guard, allowing him only 6 shots the whole game and a total of 6 points on two field goals and two free throws. In concentrating on Spooner, the Johnsburg defense continually allowed Richmond to penetrate to the baseline where they racked up 22 of their 38 first half points. Center Dave Elliot did most of the damage with 8 field goals) first points, while Matt scored 8 second points from down ma most c 13 (Cy of 8 half poii Horton quarter low. Meanwhile, Johnsburg spent most of the first half^ trying to dribble against the Rocket press which resulted in 16 first half turnovers and a 38-18 defecit at the in­ termission. Unable to lob the ball over the taller Rockets, the usuallv sure-handed Tom IH-- - - * tmm UU a ivKvt noo aa uou ciwu aaa iiao attempts to dribble between the Richmond press. Johnsburg found them­ selves in front 4-3 in the early going on a Pieper drive and long bomb, but Johnsburg managed only one shot in the next two minutes as Rich­ mond converted two steals and a couple of second ef­ forts off the boards to take a 13-4 lead with 3:30 left in the period. Johnsburg came back to 13-8 on a Frank Jakubicek 10-footer and a Rick Neiss 20-footer after a time out, but Richmond used the baseline to get four points right back and take a 17-8 lead into the dismal second quarter. Rick Neiss was the only bright spot for Johnsburg in McHeniy Settles For Third In Fox Valley Gary Collins got his revenge on the Warriors and as a result thev had to settle for third place in the Fox Valley losing to the Gators 71-53 at Crystal Lake last Friday night. It was anything but a second place battle as errors of commissions and omissions were frequent throughout the game. The Gators committed 26 turnovers to the Warriors 22, and there were just as many mental errors during the game. At one point in the game the Gators had 8 points and 8 turnovers, and the Warriors were not far behind. The Warriors, with John Co6tigan having the hot hand, led by 3 throughout the initial period, until the closing minute when a flurry of Gator baskets gave them a one point 17-16 margin at the buzzer. After Zeller's charity toss tied the game at 17, South hit for three quick baskets in a minute and twelve seconds and then proceeded to score 2 more to have 10 Unanswered points in a short span of playing time. The Gators increased their lead to 17, %hen the Warriors began to find the range. Within a space of 40 seconds, they narrowed the margin to a mere 10 with the help of Zeller and Burgdorf. During this spurt, a most unusual play occured. A Gator made a basket, but as the ball camil through the net, a Warrior grabbed it and sent it flying down court to Mike Burgdorf who went in for an unmdlested layup to score. It happened so fast that Coach Gary Collins was unaware of what happened, and I must say it took the officials by surprise (or were caught napping) as nothing happe For any of you wno are not familiar with what was going on, after a basket, it is necessary to take the ball out of bounds before you put it into play. Anyway, the Warriors trailed by 10, 38-28 at the intermission. In the third period the Warriors iust couldn't get their attack going and try as they might, the Gators picked up three more ana led 50-37 going into the final period. In the fourth quarter, the Warriors made another run at the Collins crew. At 5 .\15 the Warriors narrowed the lead to 10 and had possession, but then the mental errors vegan to come to the front and the Warriors let the Gators off he hook. They began to fall behind, and eventually the clock ran out with the home crew ahead by 22, 73-51. It was not a good ball game for both clubs. With regional {day this week, one would think that both teams would have displayed better basketball. I'm sure that over the weekend both coaches will have some words of wisdom to say to their respective squads because with a game like that in state tourney {day, you can pack up your duds until next season. Here is hoping I can have the pad and pencil Friday night with the Warriors in the finals instead of becoming a disinterested spectator watching Hononegah playing either Woodstock or Belvidere. McHenry Co6tigan Bryniarski Zellc ler Burgdorf fg ft tp 4 2 10 1 1 3 8 2 18 5 0 10 Greve Bauml Freund Haley Boeka Totals Goodwin Waylor J. Murphy Salerno S. Murphy Mitby Dayton Totals - McHenry Crystal Lake Crystal Lake 4 0 8 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 7 51 Jg ft tP 1 4 6 8 8 24 0 0 " 0 8 2 18 5 4 14 4 2 10 0 1 1 26 21 73 12 3 4 16 12 3 14 51 17 21 12 23 73 the first half, hitting 4 of 11 from the field and 1 of 2 free throws in collecting half of the Johnsburg points. Overall, Johnsburg hit on only 8 of 27 first half shots. Johnsburg trailed still by 20 in the early going of the third period, 46-26. Rick Neiss hit a five-foot jumper and another short rebound shot off his own miss, while J• Hi# Ham throws to put Johnsburg at a 48-32 defecit. The big Johnsburg center then hit a layup after stealing the ball and Chuck Novy put in the bound on a missed charity toss by Russ Beck and the locals trailed by 12 at the buzzer, 48-36. Richmond had gone the last two minutes of the period without scoring. The Johnsburg fans could smell a come-from-behind win going into the last eight minutes, and the Skyhawks did their best to make the wish come true. Johnsburg started to make its press work as Rick Neiss and Chuck Novy started to hit the hoop with precision. Novy hit a rousing 10-foot hook shot from the middle at the 5:50 mark to cut the Rocket lead to 11, 54-43. The margin stayed at 11 as Novy con­ tinually hit from 10 feet out and Neiss mixed good out­ side shooting with free throws. On a 10-foot swish at the 2:05 mark by Novy, Johnsburg broke the 10-point barrier and put the score at 62-55. Johnsburg caught a break when Jim Sikora fouled out with <1:43 remaining, but Gary Guetzloff hit only one of two from the line to put John­ sburg within 8, 62-56. Rich­ mond turned the ball over and Johnsburg called time out to regroup for the final surge. After a Richmond free throw, Jakubicek came down with a defensive bound and hit Rick Neiss for a layup. Johnsburg trailed by five, 63-58. Brad Christensen countered with a Richmond bucket and Jakubicek hit another Johnsburg keep the Johnsbur] to 65-60. Gary G fouled Dave Otto seconds left in the i_ the junior guard sank two clutch free throws. Chuck Novy gave it his best, hitting a 12-foot jumper with 21 seconds remaining. Randy Wakitsch, in for Russ Beck, fouled Christensen and aithouffh the HodwT ward missed the first half of the one-and-one situation, Tbdd Spooner put in the rebound to take the wind out of the Skyhawk sails. Rick Neiss went the length of the floor to hit a layup with 8 seoQpds left, but time ran out with Johnsburg down, 0M4. ' Both Neiss fttd Novy popped in 10 last quarter points, hut it wasn't enough to overcome the 12 point lead held by Richmond. Neiss ended the night with 25 points on 11 field goals on 22 shots (50 percent) while putting in 3 of 4 from the charity stripe. Tom Pieper, (5 of 9), Chuck Novy, 16 for 13), and Frank Jakubicek, (3 of 14) all gathered 12 points apiece. Gary Guetzloff hit on one of four and one of two free throws for 3 points. » Dave Elliot led Richmohd with 20 points (9 of 14), wHUe Dave Otto had 17 including 7 of 9 free throws. Johnsburg hit only ',40 percent (26 of 64) field goals compared to 52 percent (27 of 51) for the Rockets. Rich­ mond had 15 of 25 charity shots and Johnsburg had 12 of 20 (both 60 percent).. Johnsburg had gottenj>to the finals by beating Ntrth Shore Country Day of Winnetka, 67-36 on Tuesday and then taking Marian Central 74-61 on Thursday. (See related story). Richmond, after beating Alden-Hebron, 67-38 on Monday, defeated Harvard in double-overtime, 7448 on Wednesday to get into the finals against Johnsburg. The Rockets now travel to Oregon for Sectional play. Joel Wakitsch Marian Falls To Johnsburg In Semi-Finals McHenry Girls Fall To South Coach Pat Wirtz's McHenry High girl cagers lost to Crystal Lake South last week, 47-40. The Gators jumped out to a quick lead and the locals could not catch up. Although they made a last quarter spurt, the gap was too great to overcome Terri Blume led the scoring for the Wariors with 11 points. Tomorrow night the Warriors close out regular season play at Jacobs. Next week they play Crystal Lake Central in the regionals at Crystal Lake. Dick Rabbitt GIRLS BASKETBALL MCHS Nam* F&. F.T. T.P. Blume 5 1 11 Haddick 1 2 4 For Your Dining Pleasure RE-OPENING THURSDA Y, MARCH 5 The RUSTIC INN «t Crystal Woods G.C. NIGHTLY SPECIALS WEDNESDAY THRU SUNDAY FRIDA Y NlGtfT FISH FR Y All You Can Eat Fried Perch *3.95 COMPLEMENT A R Y GLASS OF WINE With all dinner entrees (excluding Friday night fish fry) EARL Y BIRD SPECIALS Before 6:00 P.M. 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Marian led 11-8 after one period as Pieper kept Johnsburg close with 6 first quarter points. Pieper also scored 9 second quarter points including the last second basket, but it was Rick Neiss who gave Johnsburg the lift mid-way in the period. At the 5:10 mark with the locals down, 15-11, Neiss drew a foul on a drive and sank two of two free throws. After Marian's Carl Brown missed a 10-footer, John­ sburg cleared out the right side for Neiss who found himself all alone. He tied the score at 15 with a swift layup. The two teams struggled and exchanged the lead numerous times throughout the rest of the period before Pieper hit his shot at the buzzer. 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Rick Neiss took over where Pieper left off, putting in 11 fourth quarter points (9 free throws) before the starting team gave way to the second string with 3:30 left. Marian's second string manhandled the locals the rest of the way in an effort to make a comeback. John­ sburg led 70-51 with 3:00 remaining and scored only 2 points in the next 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Marian closed the gap to 70-59 before coach Bob Kies returned his starters to the floor with 34 seconds remaining. Amidst stares from Marian coach Hans Rokus and assistant Kerry Muldawney, the Johnsburg five came back in and scored 4 points on Pieper and Neiss layups in the remaining seconds. Hurricane Joe Johnson hit a 20-footer as the buzzer sounded, but John­ sburg held on for the 74-61 win. Hans Rokus called the Kies escapade "bush", but did give Kies credit for doing what he felt he had to do to preserve the victory Kies explained that he was afraid of a Marian surge late in the game and decided to go with his starters because he "wasn't about to end the season tonight." Tom Pieper led the locals in the semi-final victory with 25 points on 8 of 17 from the field and 9 of 12 from the line. Rick Neiss score 21 on 5 field goals and an accurate 11 of 13 charity shots. Frank Jakubicek scored 12 (8 in the last quarter) despite missing another dunk shot, and Chuck Novy hit 8 points and gathered 7 caroms to lead the Skyhawks. Gary Guetzloff added 5 and Jeff Bartmann had 2. Carl Brown led Marian with 18 (8 of 14), while Scott Truckenbrod put in 11 in­ cluding 5 free throws. Marian led in the rebounding department, 29-26, but hit on only 22 of 51 shots compared to 25 of 62 for Johnsburg. Marian also fell short on free shots, making 17 of 25 while the Skyhawks hit 24 of 32 (20 between Neiss and Pieper). Richmond-Burton went on to beat Johnsburg in the finals of the Harvard Regional and end the Johnsburg season at 17-11. Joel Wakitsch 16" League Needs Teams The McHenry County 16" Industrial League is looking to add new teams to its 8- team league for 1981. Any business looking to sponsor a team should call Trey Covalt at 385-4920. The league will be holding its meeting in mid-March. Advertising Notice: Ban Franklin Dollar Days CMhr The fellewiiig liens had Ml arrived, as ef ear lasf weekly delivery Page 1 Strawberry Shortcake Doll Page 6 Wicker Casserole Holders Page 6 Zipper Pillow Covers Page 6 20 gal Trash Can Page 7 Star Wars Figures I aealaa • M "Vpv«| IMII ITvOTf Will •VTIV9 •rooks doll very. M they da aet we *M I AM SORRY FOR ANT CASK. 0 m||L «Ufl IHWviMy WVWi npl TMS MAT tSinczxtly ^ZJom (Wi£[Uim±/ownzx V. 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