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FEBRUARY It. 1M2 Hurricanes Avenge Loss, Defeat Johnsburg 56-52 WOODSTOCK -- In many ways Friday night 5 SHARK contest between Johnsburg and Marian CentraJ was a repeat per­ formance of the first meeting between the two schools on December !8 at Johnsburg The score '*as agair. 56-52 Jeff Bartmann *as again the leading scorer for the Skyhawks and Mike Sabatka repeated for tne Hurricanes Only this time Marian prevailed The Hum canes came out like a *hirfwmd in the first quarter playing as though they -Aould bio* the Skyhawks out of the gym. but the% nad to hang on in the closing seconds for their ninth win of the year against sever, defeats Mariar. also moved a half game ahead of Johnsburg in league piay as it evened its record at 3-3 The Skyhawks fell to 2-3 in the SHARK and »-I4 overall The Hurricanes outscored the Sky hawks 22-6 m 'he first quarter connecting on a 'omd II of 17 shots from the f e!d Saba'.ka got *he fireworks going with two quick f:eid goals to open *he game and he 'ossed m two more before "hie quarter errded The Sk> hawks, mean­ while. had all K:nds of problems against 'he Hurricanes roving zor.e defense and didn't get on the scoreboard until Jeff Fowler hit from the outside with 2:42 remaining By then. Marian had a 12-point lead Johnsburg settled down in the second quarter and began finding the open man against the Marian zone Bartmann s three-point piay at 3 41 cut the lead to 15 points at 28-13 and by half- time the Skyhawks wxidled the lead dawn to 11 at 34-23 Johnsburg continued its comeback in the second half and trailed 42-35 going into the fourth quarter With 1 23 remaining in the game. Fowler cut the lead to 49-48 on a pair of free throws But that was as close as the Skyhawks would get as Ricker* and Scott Spengel dropped in field goals. Scott Truckenbrod added a free throwt and with 12 seconds left Spengel iced the game with two bonus free throws Marian coach Hans Rokus went with his starting five as his only five as be elected not "o substitute during the game Saba'ka ied all scorers with IT points and Truckenbrod followed in the H urn canes scoring attack with 13. while Rickert finished with 12. Spengel had 10. arc! Chuck Hartlieb added four Bartmann ied Johnsburg with 13 points, while Joe Meyers and Fowler also hit for double digits as each netted 12 Tom Pieper added ^ever. points and led the team with eight rebounds Pieper Fowler Meyers Bartmann J Leon Wharton ft 3 5 6 6 3 1 ft tp 1-2 7 2-2 12 0-1 12 1-1 13 0-0 6 0-2 2 Totals: 24 44 52 Marias Central fg ft tp Hartlieb 2 0-0 4 Spengel 4 2-2 10 Rickert 5 2-2 12 Truckenbrod 6 1-5 13 Sabatka 6 S-6 17 Totals 23 10-15 56 Johnsborg C-17-12-I?-52 Marian Centra] 22-12- 8-14 -54 SKYHAWKS LOSE AT ROCK FORD LUTHERAN Johnsburg lost a 68-66 non- conference decision to Rock- ford Lutheran on Saturday right ?o drop its overall -ecord to 6-15 Tom Pieper led the locals with 17 points, and Joe Meyers and Jeff Fowler added 15 and 14. respec­ tively. although the team didn t play as well as ex­ pected We were pretty flat after losing to Marian Friday night." said coach Ben Beck McHeary's Randy Baeazti (44) get* sway from W nods lock's Jerry DeWaae (right) to scare aa easy bmekti in Friday night's Fox Valley conference tilt. The game was aa easy sae far the Bine Screaks, however, as they rolled to a 88-55 win to improve their leagne mark to f-1. McHenry dropped to 3-7. STAFF PHOTO - WAYNE GAYLORD Plaindealer D MARI AN MPS HONONEGAH WOODSTOCK - Monday night the Hurricanes won 'heir 'hird game in a row by beating Hononegah 66-65 Chuck Haretlieb tossed in a 23-foot jumper with four seconds remaining to lift Marian to 4-3 in the SHARK and 10-7 overall High scoring guard Scott Truckenbrod tossed in 30 points to aid in the victory Details of the game in Fndav's edition). Woodstock Rips McHenry 88-55 McHENRY - The Woodstock Blue Streaks showed the local fans some classic basketball Friday- Woodstock fg ft tp DeWane 8 0 16 Burns 6 6 18 Firnbach 8 4 20 Ericksen 7 3 17 Brads haw 2 0 4 Rigby 0 0 0 Krause 1 0 2 Knudson 1 1 3 Hutter 2 0 4 Sankey 2 0 4 Totals: 37 14 88 McHenrv fg ft tp Bauml 2 0 4 Hermann 7 6 20 Peterson 3 0 6 Babb 3 0 6 Freund 2 0 4 Lively 2 0 4 Buenzli 1 3 5 Wynveen 3 0 6 Totals 23 9 55 Woodstock 24-21-20-21 -88 McHeor> 10-12-13-20 - 55 night as they whipped the McHenry Warriors 88-55 The Warriors were simply dominated m every phase of '.he game as the tall talented visitors from Woodstock upped their record to 9-1 in • he Fox Valley conference and 15-2 overall McHenry dropped to 3-7 in the FVC and 3-13 overall Both teams started out slow as the Streaks used a pressing defense to force the Warriors into numerous urnovers < 10 > in the first period Woodstock led 10-8 midway through the period out then some fancy passing to the big men. 6-6 Jerry DeWane and 6-4 Todd Burns oroke the game wide open The Streaks ran off 14 unansweed points, and only a basket by Mark Peterson broke the string as McHenry trailed 26-10 at the end of the firs' period The Warriors committed 14 turnovers in the second period and had trouble catching up to the Streaks who built up a 38-20 lead with 3:00 remaining The visitors went on another scoring Spree, this one for nine straight points and took a commanding 47-22 lead at intermission Bill Her­ manns bucket in the closing seconds was all McHenry got in the last three minutes The concession stand gang w as praising the play of the visitors and the big question was how high would the score be° In the third period. McHenry got more production out of its offense as Hermann.Randy Buenzli. Mike Baurnl. Gary Freund. and Randy Lively all got on the board, but the problem was. Woodstock continued to score almost at will With one period left to play, the Warriors were still down 67- 35 With the huge Woodstock throng on its feet, and there were many in the visiting stands, the two teams began the final eight minutes Still using the press, the Streaks continued to score easily, but coach Jack Renkens went to the pines early to get all of his players in the game The Warriors were out- scored 21-20 in the final period and went down to a 88- 55 defeat The Warriors played without the serviced of suspended guard Mike Burgdorf and without him bringing the ball up the court. the turnovers mounted as the locals finished with 34 miscues Bill Firnbach led Wood­ stock with 20 points and he was followed in the scoring parade by Burns with 18, Jamie Ericksen with 17, and DeWane with 16. The Warriors' high note if indeed they had one was Hermann's season high of 20 points He was the only McHenry player to reach double figures. The Warriors wil host a pair of games this weekend beginning with last place Crown '1-9) on Friday. Feb. 12 and a make-up game with Libertyville on Saturday, Feb 13. Both contests are slated for 8:00 p.m. Dick Rabbitt Scoreboard FOX VALLEY CONFERENCE BOYS BASKETBALL Buss-Stop Wins Men's Loop conf all School w 1 Pts Opp w 1 Crystal Lake South 10 0 695 471 19 1 Woodstock 9 1 662 502 15 2 Crystal Lake Central 5 5 548 537 13 8 Cary Grove 4 6 525 .567 8 9 Jacobs 4 6 579 609 12 9 Dundee 4 6 589 601 6 13 McHenry 3 7 503 613 3 13 Crown 1 9 506 689 7 13 Buss Ford-John's Sport Stop won the title in men's Parks 6 Recreation basketball by easily defeating Christopher's Men's Wear 73-56 The Buss-Stop, who finished the regular season with a 9-1 record, led Christopher s 36-17, at half time and were never headed Eight players scored for the winners including four who reached double figures Jim Heard led the Buss-Stop with 21 points and finished the year as the league's top scorer with 192 points in 10 games Randy Neiss (leagues fourth leading scorer 1 followed with 14 points, and others in double figures Johnsburg s Jim Leon <right) is a picture of concentration as he prepares to stop Marian I,1 Central guard Mike Sabatka '20) from driving down the court. Sahatka, however, was as( „ Steve Kasperczyk with W- Jk -J I.J 4L. VI l « t .1 M t . 10 6 -- - " » " * d r i v i n g wwu w ivw». oawiuui, uvwcrci, was m easily contained as he scored 17 points and led the Hurricanes to s 54-52 win over the Skyhawks. Johnsburg had beaten Ma rian earlier by the exact score. STAFF PHOTO - CARL MOE8CHE Vici*" "Mi, FAMILY VIDEO GAME CENTER PRE-VALENTINE--1 SPECIAL! THMRSSAT-FES. I lth 8 Tokim f«r $ 100 45 Tokras for $ C00 Ask About Our Birthday Partios 385-6488 Ken Ludwig led Christopher's, which finished in fourth place with a 5-5 record, by scoring 14 points. Twig Miller added 11 points and Dan Stanowski had 10. Hiller Construction finished second in the league by downing third place St. Regis Pub 70-54 Ben Beck led Hiller 8-2) with 21 points and Don Bentz added 20. Bentz collected 16 of his points in the first quarter as Hiller led 39-31 The Pub's Brian Miller • third in the league in scoring i led all scorers with 27 points Hiller Construction 3S-31-70 SI. Regis Pub 31-23-54 In the "Game of the Week". Peer Inn won its first game of the season by holding back Orchard Heights 68-64 Brett Decker led Peer Inn with 20 points and Roger Wanta and Cary Decker pumped in 18 and 10 points, respectively Playing without the ser­ vices of Jim Zasada who was scoring at a 20.9 clip per contest. Orchard Heights relied on the scoring of Jim Walberg (23 points) and Marty Baker '20 points) Regular Season Final Standings The Buss-Stop w 9 1 1 Hiller Construction 8 2 St. Regis Pub 6 4 Christopher's 5 5 Orchard Heights 1 9 Peer Inn 1 9 Top 10 Scorers: fg ft tP J Heard 77 38 192 B Beck 71 34 176 B Miller 74 22 170 Ra Neiss 74 5 153 D Bentz 66 20 152 J Zasada 65 16 146 R Wanta 62 11 135 D Lawson 50 17 117 K Ludwig 55 2 112 S Strange 54 4 112 Semi-final playoffs will Leading Scorers: (conference games only) Name School Killough Dundee ^ Mitby Crystal Lake South T. Dayton Crystal Lake South DeWane Woodstock Ericksen Woodstock fg ft 81 15 68 39 64 32 69 20 tp 177 175 160 68 14 150 Games for Friday, Feb. 12 Crow n at McHenry Dundee at Crystal Lake Central Car> Grove a t Jacobs Woodstock at Crystal South FOX VALLEY CONFERENCE „ L , GIRLS BASKETBALL School Crystal Lake South Crown McHenry Dundee Crystal Lake Central Cary Grove Jacobs Woodstock The Boss-Stop Christopher's 34-37 17-3S Peer Inn Orchard Heights 28-40-48 29-35 - 64 3421 W. PEARL ST. / McHENRY 10 The schedule is: 7:15 p.m. St. Regis Pub (3) vs. Hiller Construction (4). 8:15 p.m. Christopher's (4) vs. The Buss-Stop (1). On Wednesday. Feb. 17, the playoffs will conclude with the following games: 7:15 p.m. Third place final (losers from Feb. 10). 8:15 p.m. Championship final (winners from Feb. 10). Pat Wirtz Name Scherman Hustzi Boos Kwkkinski Leading Scorers: School Crystal Lake South Crystal Lake Central Cary Grove Jacobs w 1 Pts Opp 8 0 437 323 7 1 397 304 4 4 293 369 4 4 416 360 4 4 324 333 2 6 317 398 2 6 344 376 1 7 249 363 fg ft tP 60 24 144 42 34 118 46 14 106 38 28 104 GamesforThursday.Feb.il mo ^ G a m e s f o r S a t u r d a y , F e b . 1 3 McHenry nt Crystal Lake Central Dundee at Crown Woodstock at Cary Grove Jacobs at Crystal Lake South JOIN US FOR OUR VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL AT TOP DECK SATVR1AY FEATURE: PRIME KID LIVE ENTERTAINMENT STARTING AT 9:30 1232 N. GREEN ST., McHENRY 3S5-9S3* fjMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMl ATTENTION VOTERS! VOTER'S REGISTRATION BY League of Women Voters" WILL BE AT McHENRY STATE BANK (Main Building Only) 3510 W. Elm Stroot FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH From 9 to 3 PM ?rfyriT.'iyiyi , i • iviviv,...,.,.. - «« »» wgmrnm?- , v v * '****• -mm # e 0? 1