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1»AGE6-PL.\INDEALER- WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER », 1982 Taller Trojans Beat Warriors On Boards And Final Score, 64-57 DICK RABBITT WHEELING - The McHenry Warriors lost their opening game of the Wheeling Holiday Tourney 64-57 to Downers Grove North on Monday night. The Warriors were in the ball game until the taller Trojans began to take command early in the final period forcing the smaller Warriors to fc and the Trojans hitting on six of seve down the stretch for the vict "We just couldn't rebound^with that big team," said Warrior coach, Ken Ludwig. "We were out-reboun3e<f 28 to 16 and that was the big difference." Mike Bauml's two free throws put the Warriors ahead 2-1 at the 7:15 mark of the opening period and the Warriors were off and running up and down the court. With Gary Freund having the hot hand with five baskets and Mark Peterson grabbing two more the Warriors raced out to a 16-9 lead with 2:30 left in the period. Mike Bauml hit a layup at the buzzer and the Warriors led 20-17. Peterson and Freund along with Bill Herrmann had the Warriors ahead 28- 26 and Randy Lively with a 15-footer to Johnsburg Elimanted put the Warriors up 30-28. At the 1:00 mark Todd Bahlman the 6-foot-5 center put the Trojans ahead 31-30. Cory Scott countered for the Warriors, but Enge of the Trojans sunk a 20- footer at the buzzer to give he Trojans a 33-32 lead at the intermission. The Wariors played a respectful first half of basketball. Their shooting was better than average, with Gary Freund leading the way, but at times their defense lapsed with the Trojans getting a lot of easy layups, thus resulting in going into the locker room trailing by a point, instead of having a comfortable lead. In the third period, with Bahlmann the big guy in the Trojan attack sitting on the pines in foul trouble, the Warriors were unable to take ad­ vantage of the situation. Randy Lively hit three quick baskets midway in the period for a short lived 39 to 38 Warrior lead and Bauml hit another minutes later, but then the Warriors hit a cold spell. The Trojans led at the end of the period 44-41. The Warriors just couldn't get going in the period as they had the op­ portunity many times to really take charge of the ball game. The final period was not one of the Warriors best showings this season. They just simply could not buy a basket. Only Steve Babb's bucket at 6:15 had the Warriors trailing 48 to 43. Bill Herrmann's basket at 2:30 had the Warriors trailing by 12, 57-45. In the first five and one half minutes of the period the Warriors were out- scored 13-2. Randy Lively's two baskets and a chairty toss brought the Warriors to within seven 60-53, and from then on the teams traded points until the final buzzer. The Warriors had 13 miscues for the game, while the Trojans committed 14. With the run and gun type of game, that is not too many turnovers for a game. Randy Lively and Gary Freund each scored 14 points to lead the Warrior attack. The Warriors played in the con­ solation bracket on Tuesday against the loser of the Maine West' Riverside Brookfield. The Warriors return to Fox Valley action at Crystal Lake South next Friday night. One Perfect Quarter Not Enough For 'Hawks BARBANSELL HAMPSHIRE -- After a nearly perfect first quarter, the Johnsburg Skyhawks began to slip, which resulted in their loss to the Hampshire Whip-purs 88-74. "We just didn't play hard enough," said a disappointed Sky hawk coach, B$n Beck. "Hampshire played more aggressively and obviously wanted to w(n more than we did." *JThe Skyhawks had taken an <v{erwelming victory over Stream- food's junior varsity before the GJ&ristmas break to advance into the sflcond round in the Norhern Illinois sic Tournament. The defeat to ipshire eliminates the Skyhawks ton the 16-team tournament. ie Skyhawks weren't always the ierdogs in the game however. In ct, the 'Hawks opened up with an lost perfect first quarter. Not only I Johnsburg manage to out-rebound Whip-purs, but they shot better 80 percent from the floor, sing only two shots the entire irter. Capping off the quarter was a three point play by Jeff Fowler. Hampshire barely connected on 50 percent of their field shots. The second quarter was another story. The Whip-purs' Keith Dalby made it a tie game shortly after the quarter opened. The two teams vollied the score, neither ever getting more than four points ahead. But Hamp­ shire's shooting percentage began to warm up and it was just enough for Hampshire's Chuck Meyer to swish a shot with four seconds remaining in the quarter to break the tie and have a slim 36-34 half-time advantage. The third quarter brought poor shooting percentages to the Skyhawks as they sank below 50 percent and Whip-purs boosted their field goal percentage to nearly 60 percent. Yet, as the Skyhawks shooting continued to cool, the Whip-purs got hot on their free throw tosses too. Fowler hit eight buckets for the Skyhawks, but his efforts'alone were not enough to override the 'Hawks fouls and the Whip-purs mounting strength. "Hampshire closed us down. We didn't run the ball during most of the second half," said Beck. "We were forced to play a half-court ball game. We just never got the offense to flow." Hampshire wasted no time in blowing their six point lead into a 10 point gap early in the fourth quarter. Fouls forced the Skyhawk's Jeff Preston and John Wharton to the bench and sent the sharp shooting Whip-purs to the charity stripe where they sank one-free throw for almost every field goal made in the final quarter. The Skyhawk's Jim Leon sank a 25- foot shot from the right side of the court, which was followed by a Hampshire turnover allowing Fowler to make a successful three point play, that still left the 'Hawks short 84-73 with less than a minute to play. Hampshire's second effort on rebounds, their ability to come up with loose balls and accuracy at the free-throw line iced their win over the Skyhawks. Fowler led the Skyhawks scoring Warrior guard Mike Bauml looks for the open man while in the air during Monday's loss to Downers Grove North. Bauml finished the night with 10 points. Corey Scott looks on for the Warrios and so does Mike Heyse of the Trojans. STAFF PHOTO -- MIKE LAMB efforts with the game high 28 points. Beck praised Fowler's outstanding performance. "Jeff has been super and very consistent all year for us. He controls the leadership on the court and we need that from him." Jim Leon Assisted Fowler in double figures with 16 points and John Wharton scored 12 points. Beck says the Skyhawks will work on regrouping and prepare for Nor­ thwest Suburban Conference action. The Skyhawks will continue con­ ference play agiainst Round Lake Jan. 7. Warrior Start Makes Good Trivia Here is a good piece of basketball trivia for jyou McHenry Warrior fans. What was the best start of any McHenry Warrior team as a member of the Fox Valley Conference going into the holiday break? 5 The answer is the 1982 Warrior team. This ^ year's version of the varsity Warriors are 4-0 in the FVC, before taking the holiday break. The £ best any Ken Ludwig squad ever did in the FVC was 2-2. That was in the 1978-79 and 1979-80 seasons. That kind of start has improved the opinion of the Warriors by conference foes. Lets face it -- here's a team that went 3-20 as juniors. Even though that same team are seniors now, the past always seems to leave a lasting impression. And there isn't a so called superstar and height isn't a strong suit. But look at those Warriors now. So far they have proved those critics wrong. Ken Ludwig was one FVC coach that wasn't surprised. "I knew the kids were capable of it. With seven lettermen returning, I would respect them. I think that's pretty good. If they didn't prepare for us, I would think they were pretty dumb." If there were any dumb coaches out there when the season began, that has changed. One coach, especially has respect for the surging Warriors. Crystal Lake Coach, Gary Collins has scouted the Warriors twice so far this season in person. The last time was Monday's loss to Downers Grove North. That brings up another interesting fact. While winning every FVC game, the Warriors have failed to win a non-conference game in four tries. While Ludwig isn't too happy with that fact, he doesn't feel his team should be too overly concerned or give up. "I don't feel good about it," said Ludwig. "There is no reason we can't win one. I thought the Grant game was one we could have won. We should have beaten those guys. "But we have played some pretty good non- conference teams. This team we played tonight (Downers Grove North) has played better competitive teams t^an we have. Their record Sport Talk Mike Lamb Sports Editor isn't too good, but they do play in a pretty good league." Ludwig pointed to the next three weeks as the big test for his Warriors. They will play Crystal Lake the first weekend after New Years and then play fellow FVC leader Jacobs the third weekend. But, the veteran Warrior coach doesn't believe his team will be out of it if they lose one or both of them. Ludwig believes his team can keep on making a lot of noise in the FVC and he knows the Warrios can win a non-conference game. The key, according to Ludwig, might be the inside game. While the Warriors continue to burn the nets from the outside, Downers Grove 'North killed the Warriors on the boards. The Trojans out- rebounded the Warriors 28-16. "That's too many chances at the basket. You can't do that. They shouldn't have gotten that many rebounds. We have to work on our inside game. We have to get in more to (Mark) Peterson. We got the ball in to him only three times and he hit all three." Six-foot-six Peterson started the season with a 19 point performance in the opening game of the Sycamore tournament, but since played the silent role in the Warrior offense. Against Downers Grove he shot three field goals and made all of them for six points. It has been the guards who have picked up the slack for the Warriors in scoring. Randy Lively has turned in three 17 point and one 16 point performances. Bill Herrmann has been the high scorer twice at forward. It isn't so much the speed of the Warrior guards, but their deadly outside shooting. Ludwig wouldn't admit his team lives and dies by the outside shot, but he said it has been the main ingredient in their success so far. Time will tell if the Warriors will live or die at the Win and loss column, but one thing is certain -- the Warriors are so far the leaders in the pack, along with Jacobs. It makes for good holiday spirit for McHenry fans to see their team in first place. » The McHenry Plaindealer 5ports Scots Enjoy Early Win liicifl U5 D"*i t>- YJ) ibiijj Christmas came a little early for the McHenry County Scots. They secured their first victory of the season, defeating Niles Men's College 89-84. This gives the Scots an overall record of 1-3 and a bit of psychological advantage when they meet the Niles Men's College again in the first round of the Morton Grove Holiday tour­ nament. "It was nice to win," said a pleased Scots coach, Bruce Harbecke. "However in order to be consistent winners we must shoot with more accuracy and make better use of all our free-throw opportunities." The Scots led throughout the entire game Starting out with an early lead in the first half and building it up to 10 points, 35-25, with less than five minutes remianing in the half. However, the Niles team was determine to continue their un­ defeated streak and closed out the half narrowing the Scots lead to just six points, 47-41. The second half was a display of free throw shooting, as each' team battled each other at the free throw line. McHenry went to the the free throw line 24 times during the second half, only to make six shots. While the Lions went to the charity stripe 26 times and succeded in making use of 15 tosses to stay on the heels of the Scots. "We were able to finally put our offense and defense together in the same game, and we still managed to hold our own on the boards as we out- rebounded the Lions 47-39, with at least 18 offensive rebounds to help out," said Harbecke. "We should win the Morton Grove Holiday Tournament, especially if we can dump Niles in the first round. A tournament victory would do an awful lot for the Scots. It would put us on the right track as we head into conference action starting the first week of January." Leading the Scots to their first team victory was Mark Wilkenson, who scored 18 points, while Dave Witt aiid Steve Murphy each added 12 points and Hans Mast contributed 11 points. Following the Christmas tour­ nament action, the Scots will go onto face their first Skyway conference opponent on Jan. 4 when they will meet the Morton Grove Panthers. yw^TMir JOIN US FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE! Area Student Earns Letter •COMPLETE WINE RIB OWNER •4 HOURS OPEN BAR *H0RS POEUVRES •DANCING ) •BREAKFAST ' •LITERS OF WINE AT YOUR TABLE •ENTERTAINMENT BY "BK * PCTEICOJTAS" PHONE FOR RESERVATIONS McHenry area student Michael Eisele, 914 Center Street, McHenry, earned a varsity letter for his par­ ticipation on the 1982 Carthage fe. 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