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4 PAGE I - PLA1NDEALER • FRIDAY. FEBRUARY It. lftZ Woodstock Crushes Cross-Town Rival Marian Central 89-61 WOODSTOCK -- Woodstock's Blue Streaks may be the No. 2 basketball team in its conference, but there's no question who's No. 1 in town. The Blue Streaks bulled past Marian Central 26-11 in the first quarter and never looked back as they blasted the cross- town Hurricanes 86-61 in a Tuesday non-conference match. "They're good, they're physical, they run real well, and they run then- defenses real well," said Marian coach Hans Rokus. Woodstock looked like it could do no wrong, scoring virtually at will and in different ways while keeping the Hurricanes from penetrating inside. "We played the kind of game we wanted to. We played loose," said Streak coack Jack Renkens. "We let them (his players; shoot outside more tonight. Against South we were tentative. I told them if you think you have a shot, takp it" All the Hurricanes could depend on was their outside shooting. "We couldn't go inside. Their zone was tough inside arittthey were much more physical," Rokus said "We wanted to go zone with them and make them go outside," he went on. But it didn't work so the Hurricanes switched to a man-to-man defense and occasionally used a press "They went right through our press," he said. "We got too far in the hole. It's pretty hard to play catch-up with a team like that," Rokus said. 'I wish Jack 1 Renkens) and the team well. I hope they go a long way and I wish them the best." Rokus added. The Blue Streaks came out strong in the first period, leading 13-3 as the four minute mark approached. After Scott Spengel cut it to 15-5 with 3:16 remaining, Woodstock rattled off nine straight points to claim a 24-5 lead with 1:50. A Mark Rigby-Bill Firnbach combination worked particularly well in that stretch, Rigby stole the ball twice and passed it to Firnbach for scores Marian then outpointed Woodstock 6-2 in the last 1:06 to reduce the Streak margin to 26-11. Woodstock suffered a slight letdown early in the second period After Firnbach scored on a lay up after the opening tip, the Hurricanes outscored the hosts 8-3, cutting the lead to 31- 19 with 5 40 left in the half. A minute later, a Chuck Hartlieb jumper sliced the Streak lead to 33-23 Woodstock's Jerry DeYYane «50» escapes from Marian Central's Dave Rickert (23) and scores an easy bucket in Tuesday night's inter-city rivalry. DeYYane scored 14 points and dominated the Inside game as Woodstock rolled to an 89- 61 win. - v ST AFF PHOTO -- CARL MOESCHE, But Woodstock replied with seven straight points, takhic a 40-23 lead with about 3:25 left and eventually rolling to a lt- point 50-32 margin. In the third quarter, Woodstock opened 19 a 24-point, 60-36 lead, H»lpi«lalniyhy«hr pnii<«frmHwliyi(j WDO taffied On a feed from Todd Burns, scored another on a rebound, and canned a short jumper. By the end of the third quarter, the Streaks led 6*43. Substitutes saw plenty of action in the final quarter as the Streaks outscored the Hwricanes 20-16. The final Woodstock point was scored by Bob Madsen. It was his first varsity point of the season and it brought the crowd to its feet. Firnbach paced the Streaks with 26 points. Jamie Ericksen added 15, while Jerry DeWane had 14, and Rigby 12. "We got too for in the hole. It's pret­ ty hard to play catch-up with a team like that (Woodstock).9' Marian Coach Hans Rokus Scott Truck en brod led the Hurricanes with 16 points, while Hartlieb had 10 and Spengel added nine. Woodstock was 37 of 73 from the field for 50.6 percent, while Mariah hit 23 of 60 for 38.3 percent. The Hurricanes did better at the free throw line, however, tallying 15 of 25 attempts for 60 percent, while the Streaks were 15 of 26 for 53.5 percent. The Streaks unofficially had 38 rebounds to the Hurricanes' 32. Both teams will face conference games Friday. Woodstock, now 17-3, travels to Cary Grove Friday for a Fox Valley match, while Marian, now 11-9 closes out the regular season at Marengo. The Hurricanes begin Class A state regional tournament action on Monday. By Jack McCarthy Marian Central's Scott Spengel (55) lofts a si ot from the corner as two Woodstock players try in vain to stop him. The Hurricane senior finished with nine points in the game, bat the contest belonged to the name painted on the wall behind Urn. STAFF PHOTO -- CARL MOESCHE Hurckes Lone Skyhawk To Sectionals Mike Hurckes wil l be J o h n s b u r g ' s l o n e represtat ive to I l l inois Hass A State Sectionals Ahich begin tonight in Piano Hurckes. a junior 132- pounder. won three matches at the Harvard Distr ict including a 4-0 decision over Harvard s Tim Soutar in the third place bout to earn his Sectional berth Hurckes also upset Har vard 's clean sweep in the competi t ion as Soutar was 'he only Hornet not to qualify Harvard ran away with its r. in? h straight District championship by wrnning fi\e individual titles along 'he a ay and recording 190' 2 'earn points to easily out­ distance the 11-team field The Hornets are sending 11 wrest lers to Piano. Maple Park-Kaneland finished a distant second with 149 points, and was followed by Geneva, third with 83: Valley Lutheran, fourth with 55. Marian Central, fifth with 30. Johnsburg. sixth with 28 Hampshire, seventh with 22; Richmond-Burton. eighth with 20; Elgin-St Edward, ninth with 1812. Wheaton Christian, tenth with 18: and Hebron, eleventh with 10' 2. Marian Central will be sending two wrestlers to Piano Mark Wohnrade. at 98 pounds, and Tom Scher merhorn at 126 both lost their respective title mat­ ches to Harvard wrestlers, but will represent Mike Garvey's team. Seeded second at District. Hurckes received an opening round bye. then defeated John Sheehy of St Edward 9- 4 Hurckes then lost his second match on Friday Sectional Qualifier Johnsburg's 132-pounder Mike Hurckes, shown here working for a pin in a December match, will be the school's lone representative to State Sectionals this season. The junior Skyhawk raised his team-leading record to 22-4 by finishing third at the Harvard Class A District meet last week. STAFF PHOTO -- CARL MOESCHE McHenry Cagers Face Judson Brothers The McHenry Warriors take to the road tonight for a Fox Valley conference game at Dundee The Cardunals of Paul Judson must be given the t i t le of the 'hard luck team' of the FVC as five of their seven losses have been by four points or less. Last Friday. howe\er. Dundee did manage to am a close one. edging >hirH place Crystal Lake Central 52-50 for its fifth conference win. The Cardunals are led by FVC scoring leader Jeff Killough who has scored 214 points in the 12 games for a 17 8 average Back on January 15. Blair .Johnson's basket at the buzzer lifted Dundee to a 62- 60 win over McHenry here at Buckner gym The Warriors. 3-9 in the FVC. will be out to make amends for that loss Overall records: Dundee. 7-14: McHenry. 3-16 ZEE BEESHERE TOMORROW Tomorrow night Phil Judson. twin brother of Paul will bring his Zion-Benton Zee Bees to Buckner gvm The Zee Bees, S-5 in the North Suburban conference FROM FARM TO LAWN EVERYTHING IN BETWI and 6-13 overall, are led by 6- 5 all-conference forward Bobby Worthington who is averaging 16 points per game. Other starters for Zion- Benton include Sam Payne, Kevin Henderson, Mark Ruchbeil. and Jimmy Jones. The contest will renew an old rivalry that has existed many years going back to the North Suburban days. Tip off is 8:00 p.m Dick Rabbitt COMPACT CUTTING POWER COMPACT LIFTING POWER Plaindealer night, a 9-7 decision to Wheaton's third seed Dietrich Heyer. On Saturday, Hurckes won his first match in the con­ solation bracket by pinning Todd Humes of Valley Lutheran at 3:37 to advance to the consolation cham­ pionship. The Skyhawks had three other wrestlers who made it to the semi-finals, but were all defeated. At 119, Lars Swanson lost his third place match 9-0 to Pat Sheehy of St. Edward. Swanson. a sophomore, finished the year with an 11-10 record. Freshman Martin Dreyer advanced to the semi-finals at 167. but lost 13-2 to Geneva's Jerry Beyer. Dreyer ended the year with a 6-10 record. Johnsburg's final semi- finalist was senior 185- pounder Mike Dalan Dalan lost a close 6-4 match to Geneva's Dave Chierici to end his season with a glossy 19-5 record In the first round of Sec­ tional competition. Hurckes, now 22-4. will oppose Scott Peselt of Providence New- Lenox who has a 22-9 record. "Mike will represent us well because he is a winner," said Johnsburg head coach Don March. March also felt that the season went pretty much as he had anticipated as the Skyhawks did manage a better than .500 record. "I couldn't have designed a better realistic outcome for us this season," he ad­ ded "We still know where we are in comparison toother schools such as Grant and Harvard, but we feel we have gained a tremendous amount of skill, and we are basically a young team which should be a plus for our future." With an 8-6 mark, the wrestling team is also the only Johnsburg varsity team to have a winning record this year Carl Moesche D Last SHARK Contests Tonight 12-Inch Softball Meeting A manager's meeting will be held on Sunday, Feb. 21 for those involved in Men's Parks & Recreation 12-inch Softball. The meeting is scheduled between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. at the Rusty Nail Inn in Ringwood. All managers are encouraged to attend. Both Johnsburg and Marian Central will play their last SHARK conference games on the road tonight before preparing for Regional play which begins Monday. Johnsburg travels to Rockton to seek revenge against Hononegah and also to decide who will be the conference's last place team. Both teams stand 2-5 in league play after the Indians won the first meeting 78-70 at Johnsburg on Saturday. The loss was also the Skyhawks' fifth straight and dropped their overall record to 6-17. The Indians are 9-9 overall. First-year coach Ben Beck is expected to open with a starting lineup of Jeff Bartmann at center, Joe Meyers and Tom Pieper at the forward spots, and Terry Boyer and Jeff Fowler in the backcourt. Despite a sore ankle, Bartmann scored 24 points in the first game with Hononegah to lead all scorers. He and Pieper have consistently been the one- two punce in the Johnsburg offense, as either one or the other has emerged as the leading scorer in the last 12 games. 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"Johnsburg" McHOnry, II. 60050 Service On All Makes Get te Ink II--lice* HIIEMANN WATER C0NMTMMMN6 Div. of Hwomoann Water Mgt., Inc. SERVING NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOR OVER It YEARS in H5 itf j 24 Hours Fr** Wot*r Tmt1 * *otes On RoqvMt champion Marengo. The Hurricanes lost the first meeting between the two schools on their home court 71-68 in January. At that point the Indians sported a 3-0 conference mark and they enter Friday's contest standing 6- 1. Marian has already clinched at least a tie for second place with a 4-3 record as Harvard has concluded its conference schedule with a 4-4 mark. Marengo improved its overall record to 14-8 with a 90-48 thrashing over Wilmot in a non-conference tilt Tuesday night. Marian is coming off a 89- 61 drubbing by cross-town rival Woodstock on Tuesday night to put its overall mark at 11-9. (See related story) The Blue Streaks led 26-11 at the end of the first quarter and never looked back. Woodstock's Bill Firnbach led all scorers with 29 points, while Marian was again paced by the outside shooting of Scott Trucken- brod who finished with 16. The Hurricane senior guard has led his team in scoring in 15 of the 20 gam^ this season and has five pli 30 point games to his credit. His season high is 40 against Belvidere in the Hampshire Christmas Tournament. Marian coach Hans Rokus is expected to open with a starting lineup of Truckenbrod and Mike Sabatka at the guards, Dave Rickert and Chuck Hartlieb at forwards, and Scott Spengel at center. Marengo handed Marian its only home loss in nine games this season, while Rokus' team is 3-8 on the road. On Monday, Feb. 22, competition will begin at the Marian Central Class A Regional tournament. Competing schools include M a r e n g o , J o h n s b u r g , Harvard, Alden-Hebron, Richmond-Burton, North Boone, and Winnetka-North Shore Country Day. The Regionl champion will ad­ vance to the Byron Sectional which begins on Monday, March 1. Carl Moesche Marian Central Regional Monday, Feb. 22 6:30 p.m. - Marengo vs. Johnsburg 8:00 p.m. - Harvard vs. Alden-Hebron * Tuesday, Feb. 23 6:30 p.m. - Marian Central vs. Richmond-Burton 8:00 p.m. - North Boone vs. Winnetke-NSCD Wednesday, Feb. 24 7:30 p.m. - Monday's two winners meet in semi-finals * Thursday, Feb. 25 7:30 p.m. - Tuesday's two winners meet in semi-finals Friday, Feb. 26 7:30 p.m. - Regional championship game Rfl #U* MKH AM 0U* THE LAID OfflCfiS Of STANLEY KUBACKI ROBERT BURKE HAW RELOCATED TO: 4721 RTE. 120, McHENRY (ACHSS fftOM WHITE HEN PANT8V) M. ton 216 344-1800 BY 2/25/02 fw4V\'. ¥4 Wtf W 4 k * WWW W W W WW WW W W W M W W * V