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rolls past Lady Warriors ».K at'li Put Alt Hood It Henry ill town iihi ( town ti ii sour H W I* IT it'll Blue Ki I tiny he huir- <1. and 01 reetird in h!arts it Jarolis hiHMtuy ii- Lady V In |»layv t\ it I / mi i M squad larohs nil i|4lil l<* th«> hoop Our guards got the ball inside, but we were unable to score with any consistency. By the second quarter, our guards became impatient and we had top many turnovers," Wirtz said Warren jumped out to a 20-6 first quarter lead. McHenry shot one-for-14 from the field, while Warren hit lO^of-H. In the second half, McHenry was just outscored 24-17, but the game was wrapped up. For the game, McHenry only shot 19 percent from the field and shot 42 percent from the line. Renee Mezzano continued to lead the Lady Warriors in soorW, scoring seven, while And#e Norton also scored seven. Shelly Raftis scored 18 for Warren. Mezzano also led McHenry scoring in the Jacobs loss with 14 points. Sarah Prust was right behind at 12. The Lady Warriors took a 10-8 Jead after one quarter, but Jacobs came back in the second to outscore McHenry 22-9. That ended up the difference, as McHenry held Jacobs to only 12 points the entire second half. McHenry scored 20 in the second half. . • . • _ > Again, McHenry had problems on the free throw line, hitting orf only five-of-17. The Warriors missed the front end of five one-and-one situations. "We're being haunted by the free throw syndrome. We're killing ourselves that way," said Wirtz. Heather Rayka scored 16 for Jacobs, 10 of which came in the second quarter. ry 11th at Boylan tourney r,vt'ii fx Mt Henry im at the is itul tonal I Inn nday niananed ii -in" v and i in Hit' 10 I i at hoik; • • with 17.i Hh M'COlld llll'd tl ltd* in the mid have n s coach Mil linht- iok Its toll till of our i h found II ii' tour MM kids tliought should have given us more points." Rob Sarabia raised his overall record to 13-6 with a fourth place at 126-pounds. Jeff Greany, at 185-pounds, took a fourth and raised his record to 12-8. Sarabia defeated the number one seed at 126-pounds during the second round. He defeated •Jeff Taylor of Rockford- Jefferson 5-2. But he lost the yext match to Pekin's Tom Kettle. In the third place title match, he lost to Dale Bearfield of Joliet Catholic in what Sobc­ zak called "Sarabia's best match of his career." Bearfield scored a 10-5 win. "It looked like two cats out there. It could have goft£ either way," said Sobczak. * Greany pinned Tom Weaver of Loves Park-Harlem in the first round, but lost Jhe next match to Barry Hartel of Plainfield. In the consolation round, Greany defeated Greg Kosirog of Chicago-St. Patrick 8-5. Greany was knocked out of the tourney, losing to Jeff Tucker 8-5. "Christmas tournaments are kinda tough, unless ypu are pushing," Sobczak said. "The lead in the top five changed many times." The Warriors will entertain Wauconda on Thursday, and then get back to Fox Valley Conference action, traveling to Crystal Lake South on Friday. Andy Harris of Jacobs, looks like he wants to give the ball to Jeff Kruse of Marian Central, but he ended up keeping SHAW fRFE PRESS PHOTO it. Jacobs went on to the Northern Illinois defeat AAarian for Classic title. little away from the outstanding by forward Chuck Hartlieb. Hartlieb gunned in 27 In lictp of points in the championship, and Ii llituretU. yas named to the all- i Illinois tournament team. Uiil night. "That's probably one of the i tut r a I finest shooting performances of the year. They knew we were » nli s well going to go to him (Hartlieb) in t,it il lor 76 the end and he was double • laimed teamed and he was still popping iiMwutive them in some from 25 feet," Kokus said. H sir tiding^ Jacobs built a quick lead in the ml in stop game, scoring its first three v inisslhr trips down the court for a 6-0 thi'. .flock lead that it never gave up. The mil' down Hurricanes narrowed the lead to ti at them, ' as little as 14-12, but the Eagles <• throws," ended the first period with a •kos said jump shot and a three-point play !»m (tiok a for a 19 12 lead. „ Marian had begun the game in a man-to-man defense, but quickly switched to a zone when Jacobs took the early lead. "I knew they were going to go inside even with thf man-to-man and that's why we had to go to the zone - because they were hurting us inside. When we went to the zone, we stopped them," Rokus explained. "I think their defense forced us to change our attack," kokus said. "That's the most size we've seen. They bring the zone out a little farther and our shot selection at the beginning wasn't as good as it could have been. You have to credit their defense - they're a well-coached team," Rokus commented. The second quarter was even, with each team scoring 14 for a 33-26 haittime score. The third period, too, was a very even battle, with the Eagles having a 19-18 edge. Tournament MVP Mark Slimko dropped in nine for his team, while Hartlieb countered with nine for the 'Canes' in the quarter. A three-point play by Hartlieb pulled Marian within three points, but Slimko hit i three straight jump shots to widen the Eagles' lead. MC went into the final eight minutes trailing by eight, 52-44 ' On jumpers by Jeff Kruse and Hartlieb, Marian cut its deficit to just four points, 52-48. But with time running out, the Hurricanes had to foul, and Jacobs hit the free throws, 18-of- 23 in the fourth quarter, to hold its advantage. "Overall we played a pretty good ballgame. We got it down to two in the first quarter and four in the fourth and then we missed a couple inside and Slimko hit a few from the baseline - that's what killed us. That pretty , much broke our backs - that was the turning point of the game," Rokus said. Slimko and Joe Lipinsky were Jacobs' high scorers with 17 each. Chris Baine, Andy Harris, and Paul Adams had 16, 12, and 14 points, respectively. Dan Lalor had 13 and Kruse added 12 for the Hurricanes. Marian was 3-1 in the tour­ nament to improve its record to 5-3 this season. "These four games did a 4ot f for us. We played pretty good basketball in . this tour­ nament. I wasn't a bit displeased," Rokus said. Jacobs.82 • hj ( tna i \ . k4 Jacobs (82): Baine 6 4-5 16, Lipinsky 6 5-8 17, Slimko 8 1-1 17, Harris 4 4-5 12, Adams 3 8:8 14, Suma 2 l-l 5, Braun 0 0-1 0, Zange 0 2-2 2. Totals 29 24-30 82. A Marian Central ((14) Kruse 5 2-3 12, A- Hartlieb 2 0-0 4, C. Hartlieb 13 1-2 27.-Lalor 3 7 8 13, Ferrero 1 0-0 2, Woz.ny 1 0-0 2, Truckenbrod 20 0 4 Totals 27 10- 14 64..' Jacobs 19 14 19 30 --*82 Mar ian Cen t ra l 12 14 . 18 20 -- 64 U i WKDNKSDAV. JANUARY 4. 1984 300 is more thai! a number to Ludwig V SHAW FREE PRESS PHOTO ((kith Ken Ludwig gives his team (Kirn during a timeout in a game with •»*k, When Kenneth Ludwig decided it was time to leave Newton after leading the Eagles to three straight conference titles, he was looking for the right community. He was looking for the kind of community he could settle his family down and do .what he does best -- teaching youngs men the facts of life through basketball. McHenry High School was no basketball factory. Ludwig knew that. There"were good ballplayers, but there would never be superstars year, and year out. Just good ballplayers who wanted to play the game of basketball - Ken Ludwig's type of ballplayers. Ludwig found McHenry in 1967, or maybe McHenry found Ludwig. But 207 victories later, Ludwig wouldn't have it any other way. Last week Monday, Ludwig ex­ perienced a feat very few basketball coaches can claim, no matter the level. When his McHenry Warriors defeated Downers Grove NoHh 69-41 in the Wheeling Holiday Tournament, it marked Ludwig's 300th career win. Although it was unforntunate the event was held away from the friendly con­ fines of Buckner Gym, his family and some of his friends were there to wit­ ness. When Ludwig looks back on the 300 wins, he doesn't just see numbers, he sees 25 years of setbacks and ac­ complishments. "It's a great ac­ complishment," Ludwig said. "It makfcs m^eel good I'm not coaching at a basketball factory. I took a program at Newton and made it a gqod program and I went to McHenry and tukied it around. I'm very happy with the success." It all started in 1959 as coach of the . Newton Eagles. He coached eight years there, compiling a 93-97 record. His squads captured the conference title the last three years. His final team finished with a 23-3 record. The move to McHenry wasn't easy. He Sport Talk stoy Mike Lamb Sports Editor inherited a team that only managed three wins in the last two years. His first squad finished with a 0-21 record. The losing streak would hit 28 games into the second season. He finally won his first game at McHenry against Geneva in the Batavia Holiday Tournament. , Ludwig remembers that first win as one of his greater moments as a coach. "Our fans went crazy. It was like we won . a state tournament." That 1968-69 team finished with a 4-17 record, but the road would get smoother. His next seven squads finished with winning records. His 1969-70 squad went 17-6. His program peaked between 1974 ^ and 1976. The two squads in that span finished with 23-5 and 25-5 records. Conference titles eluded Ludwig's grasp throughout that span. In fact, Ludwig has never won^a North Suburban or Fox Valley title. His teams finished second fiddle several times. He also won several regional titles. His 1975-76 team won the regional and sectional titles, but lost in the super-sectionals ,to West Aurora. "As for his knowledge of the game and organization, I never met a individual that cares for the game as much as he does," said^erry Reilly, his current assistant varsity coach-1 and former player. "He is first class. He is well liked by the players and the people involved with the game. He won being open- minded, learning every game." Ludwig has always gone along with the times in his coaching career, but he says he alwayslhad the same philosophy. "To be successful, you have to be disciplined. In basketball, defense is the . key," said Lqdwig. "If anything has changed, I let my players run more. When I first started, I was more pat­ terned. I didn't let the kids leave the pattern. "I'm getting more liberal. When I first started crew cuts were in style. I was very conservative. I have changed a little bit." After the 1975-76 success, two lean years followed. But he came back with a 18-9 record in 1979-80 and 17-9 in 1980-81. He ran into some player problems _jn 1981-82 and settled with his worst record since he started at McHenry. 3-20. Last year's team finished with 9-16. His present squad is 3-6, but he sees promise for a good finish. "He's a hard working coach," said Dick Rabbitt, West Campus teacher and Plaindealer sportswriter . Rabbitt has covered #the McHenry Warrior basketball team for the Plaindealer for several years. He's always been well respected by other coaches and always put a representable team on the floor. He's never been embarrassed at a game. The kids all seem to like him. "He's always well prepared He's a good bench coach. He can make ad­ justments." The characteristic Rabbitt most respected Ludwig for, was his patience with reporters after a game, no matter what the final score. "When he ever got beat, he was never groWly with repor­ ters." With 25 years of coaching under his belt, Ludwig could be considered the dean of Fox Valley coaches. "I always wanted to be a coach," said Ludwig, who played basketball and baseball at Eastern Illinois University. Continued on page 20