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PAGE • - PLAINDE ALER - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1182 Lady Warriors Win FVC Tilts McHENRY - When McHenry's girls basketball team opened its season by losing seven of its first eight games, coach Pat Wirtz's pre-season expectations of a .500 season appeared dismal at best. The Lady Warriors' only win during that eight-game span was in the North Chicago holiday tournament when they surprised last year's Class A champion Christian Christian 34-32. They often beat them­ selves by turning the ball over and failing to handle the full court pressure that has challenged them all season. The offense sputtered as McHenry often found itself playing catch-up basketball. In four of those first eight games, the Lady Warriors' leading scorer was held to single figures. But McHenry has turned it around. Although still owning a losing record at 7- 12, the Lady Warriors have pulled even in the Fox Valley conference with a 6-6 record. good for fifth place, and have opened a few eyebrows along the way. Last Thursday, McHenry pulled its biggest upset of the season when it disposed of second place Crown 44-42. Saturday afternoon, Cary Grove fell victim 42-32, as the Lady Warriors won their fourth in their last six games.' After taking a 52-31 beating by the Vikings earlier this season, the Lady Warriors put the clamps on the Crown offense and cruised to victory. Crown led 16-15 at the end of the first quarter, but from then on it was all McHenry. The Lady Warriors shut down the Vikings in the second quarter outscoring them 10-4 and taking over a 25-20 lead. McHenry also led 31-27 at the end of three quarters as for the second straight period the defense held Crown's Jean Heger without a point The Viking forward currently ranks third in the Plaindealer league in scoring. The Lady Warriors led throughout the fourth quarter except for an early moment when the Vikings knotted the score at 31-31. Heger came back to score seven of her 13 points in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough as the McHenry offense continually found the open man for an easy basket. A pair of Karen Kar- pavicius free throws, the defensive rebounding of Terry Blume, and the fine- all around play of reserve Lynne Podpora made the difference in the closing minutes. Karpavicius led a well- balanced scoring attack with 15 points, while six of her teammates netted at least four points. Blume con­ trolled the board work and finished with eight caroms to lead all players. Cathy Woid led all scorers with 19 points for Crown. McHENRY * - On Saturday, McHenry made it two straight over Cary Grove by blowing out the Trojans in the fourth quarter. Tied at 26-26, the Lady Warriors outscored the visitors 16-6 to win handily. "The girls played so well in the fourth quarter," said Wirtz. "The 1-2-2 zone defense was especially tough." Blume spearheaded the defense with three key steals in the fourth quarter and seven defensive recoveries for the game. She was also the leading rebounder with 13 boards. And Karpavicius again led all scorers. With nine field goals and 2-for-5 from the free throw line, the junior center became the first Lady Warrior to crack the 20-point total this season. She also followed Blume in rebounding with seven. Sue Smith also played a fine game with two key fourth quarter steals, and the play of the guards, noteably Debbie Koerber, Robin Geiger, Cissy Pinkstaff, and Greta Larsen, has been much improved against full court pressure, noted Wirtz. Kim Boos, the league's fourth leading scorer, led the Troans with 13 points, while Jodi Jacobson added 11. The Lady Warriors will go after their third straight Thursday night when they travel to FVC leader Crystal Lake South (11-1). Carl Moesche Crown fg ft tp Oshinski 2 0-0 4 Heger 5 3-4 13 Woid 8 3-4 19 Hall 2 0-1 4 Wormdiey 1 0-0 2 Totals: 18 6-9 42 McHenry fg ft tp Koerber 3 0-0 6 Larsen 2 1-4 5 Blume 2 0-2 4 Karpavicius 6 3-4 15 Smith 2 0-0 4 SITTING THIS ONE OUT? -- Not really. After a mad scramble for a loose ball, a Crown player (41) comes away with it as McHenry girls Terry Blume (left) and Lynne Podpora (middle) are left stranded on the court. The Lady Warriors left the Vikings behind, however, with an upsetting 44-42 victory Thursday night. McHenry also won on Saturday defeating Cary Grove 42-32. STAFF PHOTO -- CARL MOESCHE No Warrior Tanker To State; One 'Cane Goes ROCKFORD -- McHenry high school's swim team failed to qualify anyone for the state swimming meet as the Warriors finished ninth in the Rockford Jefferson District on Saturday. Rockford Guilford won the District meet with 280 points and was followed by runner up De Kalb. McHenry's top finisher was the 400 relay team of Wade and Darren Cepulis, Rich Miller, and Mike McNish who were eighth with a time of 3:47.3. The Warriors' 200 relay team of Dave Zimmerman, Bob Schaefer, Bill Iwanski, and Todd Hughes finished ninth with a 2:04 clocking; and Wade Cepulis and Miller were tenth and twelfth, respectively in the 200 freestyle. The one area swimmer that did qualify to state was Marian Central's Henry Mather. The sophomore captured first place in the 100 breastroke with a time of 1:02.33. Mather also took second in the 200 individual medley and joined teammates Dan and Darren Fortin, and Guy Chapman for a fourth place finish in the 200 medley relay. Dan Fortin also finished fifth in the 100 butterfly, while Chapman added a fifth place finish in the 100 backstroke and a seventh place finish in the 100 but­ terfly. The four boys scored 78 points in the meet to finish eighth as a team. Saturday also marked the first time that they competed in an interscholastic meet this season. Without a pool of their own, the boys were forced to practice on their own which they did at the YMCA in Volo. The state meet will be held this weekend at Hinsdale South high school in Darien. IW V* M« Ml W* IA# *A# mi ¥\i lAi W W Vtf Ml M4Ml WW Ml WW tftf VW Ml Vtf WM Ml tftf Vtf V* (ftl VM ¥¥ WM Ml Mi W W Vtf WI •Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Mf Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml£ L ATTEND 1 *********************************** *********& H PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES FEB. 25 6:00 PM • 9:00 PM FEB. 26 12:00 NOON - 3:00 PM McHENRY HIGH SCHOOL EAST & WEST CAMPUSES km WE'D LIKE TO MEET YOU! j r^* ****** ******************** mmmm ********** *********************** Podpora 3 04 6 Pinkstaff 2 0-0 4 Geiger 0 04) 0 Totals: 20 4-10 44 Crown . 16- 4- 7-15 •42 McHenry 15-10- 6-13 •44 'Cary Grove fg ft tp Brockway 2 OO 4 Jacobson 5 1-2 11 Boos 3 7-13 13 Thurber 2 0-0 4 Morrison 0 0-0 0 Totals: 12 8-15 32 McHenry fg ft tp Koerber 0 0-0 0 Blume 4 0-1 8 Karpavicius 9 2-5 20 Smith 2 0-0 4 Larsen 2 0-0 4 Podpora i 0-0 2 Pinkstaff l 0-0 2 Geiger I 0-0 2 Totals: 20 2-6 42 Cary Grove 9- 6-11- 6 -32 McHenry 6- 6-14-16 -42 Lynne Podpora, a reserve forward for McHenry, scores in the closing minutes against Crown Thursday night. Podpora sparked the Lady Warriors to an upset victory against the second place Vikings as she came off the bench to score six points. STAFF PHOTO -- CARL MOESCHE McHenry Cagers Drop A Pair 1 CA RPE NTE RSVILLE - The McHenry Warriors took it on the chin again last weekend when they dropped a pair of games. Friday night they lost at Fox Valley conference opponent Dundee 60-59, and Saturday they dropped a 73-51 non- conference tilt to Zion Benton. The Warriors, now 3-10 in the FVC and 3-18 overall, will host crowned conference champion Crystal Lake South on Friday, Feb. 26. The Gators of Gary Collins wrapped up the title with a 56-55 win over cross-town rival Crystal Lake Central Friday night to improve their record to 13-0 in league play and 22-1 overall. On Friday night, the Warriors played one of their best games of the season only to fall short by a mere point as the Cardunals held off a last period rally to notch the win. The first period was a typical Dundee-McHenry game as both teams cam§ out shooting from the hip. When the smoke had cleared at the end of the first period, the score was knotted at 19- all. Six different players scored for McHenry, while Jeff Killough, the FVC's leading scorer, did most of the damage for Dundee. The second period was more of the same hot , shooting as Mike Bauml connected several times for the Warriors and Killough continued his torrid shooting for the Cardunals. The 6-6 center scored 25 of his game- high 33 points by in­ termission as Dundee led 37- 34. In the third period, a Randy Lively basket brought the Warriors to within one point at 37-36, but then the Warriors hit a cold spell as the Cards ran off eight straight points. Bauml continued to find the range to lead McHenry, but Dundee held a 49-42 lead at the end of the third quarter. With 7:10 remaining in the game and with the Cards ahead 53-43, the Warriors made their move. Lively started the McHenry comeback with a free throw, followed by consecutive baskets by Gary Freund and Bauml, and Warrior fans were on the edge of their seats. Bill Herrmann's two free throws, another Lively field goal, and a Hermann two- pointer brought the Warriors to within one point at 55-54, but that was as close as they would get. The Cards stretched their lead to 60-57 in the closing minute and an uncontested layup by Bauml at the buzzer made the final score 60-59. It was the Warriors sixth straight defeat. McHenry showed a lot of fight playing on the road. A costly turnover in the closing minute, when the Warriors had an opportunity to go ahead, probably cost them the game. The Warriors' fourth quarter comeback from a 10- point deficit, however, was pleasing to the coaching staff as well as the crowd. Another bright spot was the shooting of Bauml who returned to the lineup following an injury and netted his season high of 26 points. LOSE TO ZEE BEES McHENRY -- On Saturday night it was a complete turnaround for the Warriors. Not displaying very good basketball, McHenry fell behind 19-10 at the end of the first period and never really threatened thereafter losing its seventh straight 73-51. With 6-2 Sam Payne and 6- 6 Bobby Worthington sweeping the boards and scoring uncontested layups, the Warriors struggled in the second period scoring only 11 points to the Zee Bees' 25 to trail at intermission 44-21. McHenry played even with Zion Benton in the second half holding a slight 30-29 edge in scoring, but the first half difference was too much to overcome. Coach Ken Ludwig was not pleased with the per­ formance of his Warriors Saturday night. Although bigger than the Warriors, the Zee Bees are no better of a team. One can see why they are only 8-15 on the season. They are an un­ disciplined ball team prone to many mistakes, and play more of an individual game than a team concept. Lack of size hurt the Warriors especially in the rebounding department, as the Zee Bees got numerous second shot attempts after failing on their initial at­ tempt. The Warriors, however, had only two miscues in the second half which has to be their best effort of the season in this department. Bauml and Gary Freund shared scoring honors for McHenry as each player tallied 14 points. •<> j Dick Babbitt i McHenry McHenry Dundee 19-15- 8-17-59 19-18-12-11 -60 ZION •BENTON fg ft tp Worthington 9 3 21 Ruckebeli 2 2 6 Payne 8 11 27 White 2 0 4 Henderson 3 4 10 Grant 1 0 2 Collins 1 0 2 Jones 0 1 1 Totals:, 26 21 73 McHenry fg ft tp Bauml 6 2 14 Freund 7 0 14 Herrmann 1 0 , 2 Lively 1 3 5 Babb 4 1 9 Wynveen K f .1 3 Buenzli i 0 2 Peterson V~ Totals: 22 7 51 Zipn-Benton 19-25-10-19-73 McHenry , >. L 10-11-14-16 -51 ! - h fi fg ft tp Herrmann 2 2 6 Peterson 1 0 2 Babb 3 0 6 Bauml 9 8 26 Freund 4 0 8 Lively 4 3 11 Buenzli 0 0 0 Totals: 23 13 59 Dundee fg ft tp Kelly 1 3 5 Paul 3 3 9 Killough 15 3 33 Johnson 3 2 8 Kahoun . o 1 1 Fielding 2 0 4 Totals: 24 12 60 Correction - ' . < - \ l L ! ; It was incorrectly stated in Friday's edition that the Johnsburg varsity wrestling team has the only winning record at the high school. Correctly stated, the wrestling team is the only boys team to date with a better then .500 mark. The Johnsburg girls volleyball team finished with an 18-8 season, and the girls basketball team stands 9- 7 after defeating Marian Central Thursday night. Skyhawk Cagers Lose Finale ROCKTON -- Johnsburg's basketball team concluded its regular season schedule on a losing note Friday night as the Hononegah Indians made it two straight against the Skyhawks 73-61. Johnsburg led by two, 44- 42, at the end of three quarters when Hononegah went on a scoring rampage. Aided by several Skyhawk fouls, the Indians set up camp at the free throw line in the fourth quarter and ran off 29 points to the ^^^•¥VVVMItfVMtM§MIMilMIM*MlMIM*VWVWWWVWMIWWWMIM*MIMIM«MIM*MJMIMIMIMi4£^^H £ ilj HELP US HELP YOUR CHILD! j|j H.I.T.|[.r. ̂ .T.I.T.T.T.I.T AD PAID FOR BY THE McHENRY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS ASSOCIATION i MM ********************************** **** *************** INVESTMENT/HEDGE We are witnessing the end of an era in 1982. By year's end, the copper coin will be history. Rather than the 95X copper, 5% zinc composition, the K piece will be 97% zinc, 3% copper overlay. Germany went to the zinc coin during WWI. Shortly thereafter the Notgeld Era, a period of several years of 300% or better in­ flation brought the country to its knees. Adolph Hitler was welcomed by the Ger­ man people. He walked into power un­ molested. I'm not saying to save your copper pennies in bulk. But rather collect/invest into Uncir­ culated nice grade coins. By doing this, you will not be subject to the price of copper. In order for the 11 coin to be worth one cent in value, copper must be at $1.51 a pound. Today's price of copper is around 70C a pound. Think about it. Gene Nowell <©!& 3HDorlb Coin# 3310 ELM STREET McHENRY. ILLINOIS 60050 815-344-4010 CORNER OF RIVERSIDE DR. ft HWY. 120 Skyhawks' 17 to win handily. The loss dropped John­ sburg (6-18 overall) into the basement of the final SHARK season with a 2-6 record. Hononegah finished at 3-5 winning its last three conference games. Johnsburg had its chances to score in the fourth quarter, but on several fast break opportunities tur­ novers resulted instead of needed baskets. The Skyhawks also hurt them­ selves at the free throw line in the fourth quarter making only 6-of-14 attempts after converting 11 of their first 13. Hononegah led 16-12 at the end of the first quarter, but Johnsburg came back to knot the score at 27-all at halftime and then take the lead at the end of the third quarter. Jeff Bartmann paced the Skyhawks in scoring with 16 points, while Dan Williams followed with nine, and teammates Tom Pieper, Jeff Fowler, and Joe Meyers all finished with eight. Jeff Clemmons led the Indians with a game-high 20 points, while Rod Wecker and Jem Brown chipped in with 14 and 13, Carl Moesche Johnsburg Pieper 3 2-2 8 Fowler 3 2-4 8 Bartmann 6 4-7 16 Boyer 1 0-2 2 Meyers 4 0-0 8 J. Leon 1 2-4 4 Williams 3 3-5 9 Wharton 0 0-1 0' Metzger 1 2-2 4 M. Leon 0 2-2 2 McClory 0 0-0 0 Totals: 22 17-27 61 Hononegah fg ft tp Brown 5 3-3 13 Tansor 2 0-3 4 Eicher 3 1-2 7 Clemmons 7 6-7 20 Blecker 0 2-2 * Bennett 2 0-0 Pash 0 0-1 T ° Larson 0 / 0-1 9 Cofoid 3 3-4 ' 9 , Griffith 0 fcl : o Wecker 7 0-3 14 Totals: 29 15-24 W. 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