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On the. Sidelin Dick Rabbitt Rivalry basketball action Incentives leave Warriors, Streaks hungry I* 20 - IM.\IM)»:\I,KH - FHIDAY. DECEMBER 16. >983 let s talk Marian Central whips Huntley for first win By Sam Natrop Shaw-Free Press Service WOODSTOCK - It didn't matter who or how or why or when. The only thing that Marian Central Coach Hans Rokus was concerned about was getting that first "W." And his team went out and got the W (win) in grand style Tuesday night as four of the five Hurricane starters scored in double figures and Marian used a devastating fast break to whip an outmanned Huntley squad, 69-42, in a non-conference battle in the Marian gym. "The kids felt pretty down after Friday's game (a 42-39 setback to Lake Zurich). They felt they let it slip away," Rokus said. "They didn't want that to happen again tonight. "It feels really good to get the first (win) under our belts. It gives us the chance to point to Friday and Johnsburg," he added. Actually, the 'Canes were never in danger of losing the contest they dominated the start to finish on both ends of the court. Dan Lalor corralled a career-high 17 rebounds to go along with his 10 points. His dominance (being the tallest player on the floor at 6-5) under the boards spurred Marian's fast break until he left the game for good early in the fourth quarter. "Dan did a real nice job. He really had some nice outlet passes to get the break going,' Rokus said. "I was really pleased witfcf everyone's play tonight." Chuck Hartlieb, who led all scorers with 20 points also grabbed 10 rebounds and triggered several fast-break buckets. The 6-2 senior forward spread his points evenly through the game scoring six markers in the first and fourth periods and four in the middle two segments. Junior Andy Hartlieb added 14 points and Chris Brown chipped in 11. "We thought we'd get the tempo right away and we were able to play man-to-man for the first time this season," Rokus said. "The shots that fell for us tonight didn't drop in the other two games." Huntley, whose tallest player was 6-3, received a rude welcome from their hosts as, after the score was tied at 2-all, Marian popped in the next 11 marker to take a 13-2 lead. Andy Hartlieb had two buckets in the surge. MC upped the margin to 19-4 on consecutive baskets by Lalor, Tom Will and Chuck Hartlieb.- The quarter ended with Marian holding a 21-8 advantage. "We just couldn't stop them on the boards. They're a lot stronger inside that we are," Huntley Coach Jim Tichy said. i J.R. Wright of the AAcHenry Warriors attempts a shot over two Marian defenders during a sophomore tour­ nament held at West Campus Tuesday. Wright led A/VcHenry to a 52-25 win over AAarian, scoring 16 points. Mike'Wozny (left) and Kurt Stevens are the AAarian defenders. Jon Schultz is in the background. The Warriors finished the tournament with a 2-1 record for second place. Zion-Benton won the tournament with a 3-0 record, while Marian finished 1-2 and Round Lake was 0-3/ Marian splits double dual RICHMOND - Marian Central's Mark Wohnrade continued his unbeaten streak and two other Marian wrestlers recorded a pair of wins as the Hurricanes split a double dual meet at Richmond-Burton High School Tuesday night. The 'Canes lost to Valley Lutheran, 44*18, and defeated Richmond-Burton, 60-11. "We're coming on quick. The kids are definitely improving," Marian Coach Mike Garvey said. "I'm real pleased and even the parents are noticing the improvement." Wohnrade, who improved his record to 11-0, recorded two pins in his two matches depsite wrestling at 112 pounds. He normally wrestles at 105. Wohnrade stopped Valley Lutheran's Brad Peterson in 3:02 and then came back to stick the Rockets' Rob Kinsch in :24. Chris Noe, at 119 pounds, also recorded two victories as he pinned VL's Brian Choules in 5:00 and did the same to R-B's Joe Leli in 5:32. Eric Swanson won two matches by forfeit for the Hurricanes. Singles winners on the night for Marian included Keith Schultz (98 pounds) with a pin over Brian Goho in :13, Jim Herff (132) pinnned Paul Carey in :50, Rich Powers (138) pinned Perez in 1:08, Steve Stilling (145) pinned Agate in 1:03, Jeff Snow (167) pinned Baxter in 1: 47 and Tony Piwowarczyk stuck Becker in :53. John Powers won by forfeit. Richmond-Burton's Paul Vogel, • a 1982 state meet qualifier, pinned Marian's Ton Snow in .50 while Brian Baxter stuck Matt Carzoli in 5:05. Monkey off Warrior cagers back Coach Ken Ludwig and his McHenry Warriors finally got the monkey off their back. After four straight losses, the Warriors hit the win column last Saturday night against Gray slake. No doubt the Warriors had been discouraged after four losses. In all four games the Warriors made a fight of it, only to fall because of miscues and poor shooting. Saturday night they had the right ingredients, and as a result, came up with their initial win of the season. The floor play was much improved, Mark Peterson found the basket for 21 big points, and the outside shooting of Craig Hill and Dave Toussaint must have brought a gleam to Ludwig's eyes. Tonight the Warriors face an old rival, the Blue Streaks of Woodstock. The Streaks, along with Tuesday night's foe the Tigers of Crystal Lake Central, are at the top of the heap in the Fox Valley. Both have strong teams and the Warriors will have their work cut out for them in both games. Two new changes in the basketball rule book this season are most welcomed by yours truly and a lot of Warrior fans. The first is that a team is only allowed two timeouts per half. Coaches like Bill Blankenhora and Gary Collins must be tearing their hair out on thafr*«Ae. Remember how these two would call three timeouts in the closing minute, even with a 20 point lead. The game would drag on for what seemed hours. Now coaches hesitate before calling a timeout. They don't want to waste one of the two in the early going and that saves a lot of time. The other rule is a Fox Valley rule. Sophomore games begin at 6 p.m. in- Continuod on pago II Peterson plays center role Former Marquette basketball coach A1 McGuire always said a team needs that aircraft carrier in the middle. Of course, he was referring to a dominate center. Last Saturday night, 6-foot-6 Mark Peterson played the role as the aircraft carrier for the McHenry Warrior boys' basketball team against the Grayslake Rams. The senior scored 21 points to help his team win its first game of the season, 53-45. There was no doubt it was Peterson's best game of the season. "It was the best one of the year for me," said Peterson. "We're starting to play a little better as a team. We're working Continued on pago It Mark Peterson ATHLETE of the week mind, he said there is an in­ centive. "We feel we have to show ourselves in a good light against the teams we didn't beat last year," said Tebo. After an 0-4 start, McHenry finally won its first game of the season Saturday, defeating Grayslake. But McHenry has yet to prove itself in the FVC. Its only conference game was a loss to Cary-Grove. A win over Woodstock would be a good step in the right direction towards respectibility in the FVC. "It's not life or death this early in the season, but it would be nice to knock them off," said Warrior coach Ken Ludwig. You might say the roles have reversed since last year. While McHenry had all the returning starters back last year and picked for the upper half of the conference, Woodstock was young and picked for the bot­ tom. Now Woodstock is picked as one of the top contenders for the 1984 FVC ,title, while McHenry is ' struggling. Woodstock carries a 2-0 FVC record into the contest and 5-3 overall. Jeff Harris, a 6-foot-2 forward, is leading the Woodstock of- fehsive attack with 17 points a game. It's an offensive attack that likes to run. "Our offense places emphasis on transition," said Tebo. Ludwig is well aware of that and he is preparing his team for that kind of game. "We have to control the tempo. They like to run. We have to stop their fast break. They can score a lot of points in a short time," said Ludwig. "We have to play smart basketball. The team that plays smart basketball will win." Although Harris has been the big scorer for Woodstock, Ludwig is also concerned about Brad Hutter. The 6-foot-4 senior is averaging 12 points a game, but he also has been pulling down 10 rebounds a game. "We have to be concerned about Brad Hutter. Last year he scored 25 points against us. He's a strong force inside. We got to concentrate on him." On the other side, Tebo is just as concern with McHenry's Mark Peterson and Corey Scott. "We feel they have strong inside people with Peterson and Scott. We feel we have to contain them to win the game." Other games in the FVC this Friday are; Cary-Grove at Crystal Lake Central and Jacobs at Crystal Lake South. By Mike Lamb * When McHenry and Wood­ stock meet each other on the basketball court tonight, something more than just picking up another Fox Valley Conference win might be in­ volved. The incentives of revenge and respect might be the main motives for the Blue Streaks and Warriors. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at Woodstock High School. Last year, the Warriors slipped past the rival Blue Streaks not just once, but twice. McHenry defeated Woodstock 61-57 on its own court, and then nipped Woodstock 67-66 at their place. Woodstock went on to an 4-10 FVC record, while McHenry finished 7-7. Although Blue Streak coach Gordon Tebo wouldn't admit revenge is on his . . . Hurricanes, Skyhawks to solve problems JTAFF PHOTO WAYNl GAVlO*D The Warriors would like to make this a common site against the Woodstock Blue streaks. AAark Peterson attempts the hook shot against the Cary-Grove Trojans. A free shot at the basket from only 15-feet away. No defender in front of you. Just you and the basket. , * Free throw shooting should be easy. Right? Well, for the Johnsburg Skyhawk basketball team, free throw shooting has been anything but easy. Last Friday at Marengo, the Skyhawks only made seven free throws of 21 attempts for 33 percent. Against Round Lake two weeks ago, the Skyhawks made 21 free throws out of 40 attempts for 52 percent. The free throw snooting problem has developed right from the start of the season. In the Marian Central Holiday Tournament, Johnsburg only made 10 free throws out of 22 attempts. The low percentage free throw shooting continued in the next two games in the tournament. "It just seems to be one of those things. We just can't put it in," Johnsburg coach Ben Beck said. The Skyhawks will attempt to break the free throw shooting rut against the Marian Central Hurricanes Friday night in Woodstock at 7:30 p.m. "We shoot them too good during practice to worry. We are going to get out of the rut. We have to keep it in perspective. I don't think I want to dwell on it," said Beck. Marian on the other hand, has its own problems. Having the school football team win the state title has had its side effects on the basketball team. Two of last year's starters are out with injuries (Gary Tonyan and Jeff Kruse), and the team has had only a couple weeks of full practice. The result has been a couple of lopsided losses to Northwest # SuburB&t opponents. "We're still working on get­ ting our basketball legs, get the endurance and getting the shooting touch," said Marian coach Hans Rokus. "Maybe after Christmas we will be more competitive." The Hurricanes won their first game of the season Tuesday against Huntley. Dan Lalor, who plays the post position, led Marian with 10 points and 17 rebounds. Despite ^ Marian's disad­ vantage, Beck is not taking the Hurricanes lightly. "It's becoming a good rivalry. Records don't mean much. It's been that way since I have been here. We anticipate a tough ballgame." Last year, Johnsburg deteatea Marian 78-64 in the Holiday Tournament, but was edged by the Hurricanes later on, 60-58. "They (Marian) have been starting slow. They lost the big kid (Tonyan) in the middle," added Beck. "Each time out they get better." In other games in the NWSC Marengo will travel to Wauconda.