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PAGE 22 • PLAINDEALER -WEDNESD AY. OCTOBER 12. IMS 4% let's' talk m Sports McHenry shocks 10th rated 5-A Crown-Dundee 3y EILEEN BRIESCH Shaw Pree Press New« Service CARPENTERSVILLE - Nobody was quite sure Just who that was wearing No. 44 for McHenry, but the Warriors' mystery man soon made h)s presence felt. McHenry coach Joe Schlender could grin slyly and say he brought up Jim Shaver just to score two- point conversions. And he would be partially right. The sophomore back made his varsity debut memorable. He scored two vital two-point conversions to give McHenry the slightest of edges over Fox Valley Conference leader Dnndee-Crown as the Chargers dropped their Homecoming game 1*15. -W * THE LOSS AND Crystal Lake Central's 41-21 win over Jacobs Frl- day leaves the conference with no Clear-cut leader as the Tigers, the ^Cbargers and Woodstock each have siffered one loss. ; .That makes next week's confron­ tation at Metcalf Field between Cen­ tral and Dundee-Crown all the more important. And Schlender believed that maybe the Chargers might have b#en looking ahead a bit. *'&ey, they Just had the biggest game of their lives last week and tlien they've got another coming up next week," Schlender said. "They could have been looking aheag^a^ I) C coach. Bob Carlson claimed that wasn't the case. "We were pro­ bably Just looking ahead to Homecoming," said the Charger skipper softly. "We wallowed around a bit. When you don't play football, you don't win. That's all." SCHLENDER'S WARRIORS did what the Chargers failed to do, at least in the second half. They outplayed the FVC frontrunners, ac­ ting like the contenders everyone had said they were rather than the pretenders they had been. For the first time in FVC play this year, the Warriors had a sluggish first half in this game while the Chargers roared out of the gate. But., the second half belonged McHenry, as the Warriors two touchdowns and theatttf all- important two-point convulsions. Impressive stats, all the way around, paved the way for McHenry's upset. The defense shut down the Chargers' offensive game in the second half, allowing George Scott the ball Just six times for 28 yards in the second half. Meanwhile, McHenry's offense came alive, as Mike Milinac raced for 67 yards in 14 carries and two touchdowns and Shaver posted 38 of his 50 yards and the pair of two-point conversions. Milinac had 97 yards in the game. QUARTERBACK CRAIG HILL began to click more consistently as well, completing 10-of-17 passes good for 161 yards. "This week was quite the op­ posite," Schlender said in compar­ ing the first two weeks of FVC com* bat. "I don't know which is the best team on the field today, but I felt we were the better team in second half." Dundee-Crown looked as if it would run away with the game in the first half as Scott dashed for 103 yards in 16 carries to spearhead the offense. But several key plays stop­ ped scoring opportunities and the Chargers held just a 7-0 lead at halftime. Wasted chances hurt the Chargers throughout the game, but none were more evident than those in the first quarter. They took the opening kickoff and marched from their own 45 down near the McHenry goal line, only to be turned back at the McHenry 6 as Tim Oshlnski's fourth- and-four run failed, gaining only a yard. McHenry Warrior defensive back Doug Suchomski knocks the ball away from the Cnowi-Dundee received. Defensive plays like Warriors upset the Chargers. this BUT D-C CAME back in the se­ cond quarter and put some points on the board, thanks in part to a 15-yard penalty on McHenry and a nice Curt Everett to Brad Williams pass good for 22 yards. Scott skipped in from 12 yards out for the score with 7:31 left in the half and Scott Bratthauer's kick gave Dundee-Crown a 7-0 lead, which withstood a McHenry challenge near the end of the second quarter. The second half belonged almost exclusively to McHenry, although at times it seemed Dundee-Crown would come out of its offensive shell. The Warriors scored off the second-half kickoff, maintaining a nearly three-minute drive on the ground with Milinac, Hill and Shaver moving the ball from the Warrior 29 into the end zone. M I L I N A C ' S P O U R - Y A R D scamper was good for the touchdown with 7:06 left in the third quarter and Hill hooked up with Shaver for the conversion, giving McHenry an 8-7 lead. The Chargers had a touchdown snatched from them later. Everett's pass was caught by Steve Brown in the end zone but a holding call nullified the score. Then Dundee-Crown's defense ex­ ploded to give the Chargers their on­ ly other score. Dave Ebner sacked Hill deep In McHenry territory, shaking the ball loose. It trickled into the end cone where Jeff Benton finally got his hand on It, leaving the Chargers with a touchdown with 1:05 left In the quarter. 46xu#t's pass to Tim Ed­ wards was good for the two-point conversion and D-C led 15-7. BUT THE ONCE-charged up Charger defense was picked apart by Hill, who clicked on a crucial third-and-10 play with Pat Dunne, who ran the necessary one yard for the first down and then reeled off three straight first downs to bring McHenry near the goal. 'They didn't surprise us edCa with anything," insisted Carlson. "What made the difference was us not stop­ ping them, letting them take first aown after first down after first down. That's the first team which has consistently done that to us." Milinac danced in from the one for the touchdown and Shaver became the man of the hour with his second two-point conversion with 7:36 re­ maining on the clock. Plenty of time for a Charger touchdown, but Everett's next pass was picked off by Dave Suchomski and MC the ball time. IcHenrv effectively held onto to chew up the rest of the Johnaburg has a grand homecoming DfWANt STUOtO Johnsburg runningback Harry Walk Skyhawks finds an opening for a big gain during the Marengo. homecomeing game with Shaw-Free Press Service JOHNSBURG - After playing its first four games of the season on the road, Johnsburg High School's fifth game was indeed a happy way to return home. Tne Skyhawks' stingy defense limited Marengo to 91 total yards as they routed the Indians, 22-0, Friday night. "We attempted to guard against the letdown," said Johnsburg coach Randy Oberembt, after his team had been toppled by Marian Central a waelnearlier. "It was our first home game of the season so it was good to be home." "we were real defensively," Oberembt "Holding them under 100 yards was a real solid indicator that we did a good job on defense." The Skyhawks' defense held the Indians to just 57 yards in the air and 34 on tne ground. Oberembt said ' he was especially pleased with the olav of defensive end Brian Siudak who he said "had an outstanding Siudak later forced a le in the fourth quarter. After the Johnsburg defense held Marengo on the first ion of the game, Jim wasted no time in getting the liosts on the board as he broke loose for a 57-yard touchdown on Johnsburg's first play from scrimmage. Mike Majercik kicked the point after for an early 7-0 lead. ' "It was a great boost for us," Oberembt said. "Jimmy broke to the outside on the run. had an angle on him but he and he just outran It was the longest run of Hopp's career. Majercik also booted a 30-yard field goal later in the quarter for the Hawks' last score of the half and a 10-0 advantage. The only disappointment for Johnsburg in the first half was that in three excellent scoring Opportunities, the team only scored a TD and a field goal. "To their credit, Marengo real good defense inside 20," Oberembt said. "We should have score more when we were that close but we didn't." Marengo threatened once in the second period, but Jim Bentz picked off a pass to thwart the scoring attempt. Bentz was the Skyhawks' defensive standout with six assists, one unassisted tackle, two tackles behind the line of scrimmage and the one interception. 01>erembt said Mike Haag also played an outstanding defensive game. The Indians, however, were forced to play without the services of the top miming back Oole Samuelson. "Whenever you lose someone of that caliber, it's boupdtotake a dimension out of your offense," the JHS coach said. But he save due credit to his young offensive line which sports two juniors and one sophomore. "We've been averaging 240 to 250 yards per game rusning. The offensive fine is just beginning to gel for us," Oberembt said. "We have one all-conference guard in Brian Siudak and Phil Thennes is a tremendous guard. Mo Dreyer (right tackle) and Tom Kinney had super days for us." Jeff Javko scored on a one- run in the third and Bentz 1 from five out in the fourth to complete the Hawk's scoring. Bentz carried 20 times for 73 yards while Hopp rushed 21 times for 113 to lead Johnsberg to 301 total rushing yards. "We've played five games, and with tne exception of the Marian game, our tailback and fullback (Hopp and Bentz) have had over 100 yards rushing. Our offensive line has really improved this year," said Oberembt. Johnsburg had 301 yards rushing.' Bentz had 621 yards this year, and Hopp has 540 . . . 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