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IE 20 - PLAIN DEALER - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1984 let's talk ^ Sports Shaw-Free Press writers honor Peterson Shaw-Free Press Service McHenry's Mark Peterson not only is considered to be one of the top players in the Fox Valley Conference, but he can also be considered one of the top two centers. After FVC coaches placed the 6-foot-6 senior on its all- conference team made up of the top 12 players no matter their position, Peterson was also named all-conference by Shaw- Free Press sportswriters. The writers' team was made of 10 players, split into two teams and by positions. Peterson was named on the second team, while Woodstock's Brad Hutter was the first team center. Top honors went to Wood­ stock. Besides placing three players on the squad, the Blue Streaks swept the coach of the year and player of the year honors. Hutter, Woodstock's 6- foot-4 center, was named player of the year by the sportswriters. Gordie Tebo, the second-year coach at Woodstock, was the coach of the year McHenry coach Ken Ludwig is happy to see Peterson receive the awards, calling him one of the hardest working players he's had. The Warriors missed Peterson in the regionals, missing the first two games and only playing a couple of minutes against Woodstock in the final because of a leg injury. During the regular season, MARK PETERSON Peterson was McHenry's top scorer and rebounder. His conference scoring average of 10.8 was second on the team. Overall, he shot 46 percent from the field, 65 percent from the free throw line and grabbed 161 rebounds. Ludwig pointed out Peterson was the most valuable in the rebounding department. In his 2m> years on the varsity squad, he pulled down 400 rebounds. Some of his bigger games included 24 points against Crystal Lake Central in a two overtime win, 21 points against Grayslake and 20 against Woodstock. Peterson's toughest foe during the conference season was Hutter. The 6-foot-4 senior gave Continued on paqe 19 There is no doubt in Ben Beck's mind that he has two of the best players in the area, and sportswriters from the Shaw- Free Press newspaper chain backed him up by naming Jeff Preston and Joe Majercik on the McHenry County All-Area team The two Skyhawk seniors were named to the second team. The all-area team included the best players from all over McHenry County, except for Fox Valley Conference teams Besides Johnsburg's in­ ductees, Marian Central placed Chuck and Andy Hartlieb on the first team, Jeff Kruse on the second team and Dan Lalor on the honorable mention list. Highest honors went to Marengo's Tony Wolf and coach Bill Berry. Wolf was awarded player of the year by the sportswriters, while Berry was slated as coach of the year. "I thought Jeff Preston was one of the best players in the area," said Johnsburg coach Ben Beck. "For his size, to go inside and be effective and he could go outside. He hit the boards and led our break." Preston had to come off a leg injury early in the year. The injury didn't seem to slow him down, as he averaged 12.2 points a game on a ballclub which stressed balances scoring. He had a 9.5 rebounding average, and shot 42 percent from the field. The 6-foot-3 forward was called on by Beck to take on many duties. "We asked him to do a lot of things. He played inside and he played some point guard. He averaged in double figures for his entire varsity career "His biggest improvement came defensively. We asked him to play more defense this year." Majercik helped out John­ sburg scoring with 11 points per game. The 6-foot guard averaged four assists a game and five rebounds a game. He also hit 70 percent of his free Continued on page 19 Woodstock slips 84-72 Hutter, Bradshaw too much fire-power, Hill adds 24 By Mike Lamb After losing three times to Woodstock, McHenry coach Ken Ludwig knew how the Blue Streaks could be beaten. He gave his club three secrets which had to be carried out to win. The Warriors carried out two of the three very successfully, but the third stood in McHenry's way of a major March Madness upset. Woodstock needed 26 points each from Brad Hutter and Greg Bradshaw to hold off the Warriors 84-72 last Friday in the McHenry Regional final. Woodstock advances into the Rockford-Jefferson sectional to take on Antioch at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. McHenry finished the season with a 10-15 record. "Where has that offense been all year," said Ludwig. The Warriors only scored over 70 points once before thi* season. "I thought the kids did a good job. They did everything asked of them," said Ludwig. "We told them they had to stop their fast break and we had to handle their press. It was the rebounding that killed us." Woodstock only out-rebounded McHenry 31-28 on the game. ' Even Woodstock coach Gordie Tebo admitted the Warriors handled his Blue Streaks fast break and press well. "They were prepared. Ken Ludwig did a helluva job coaching," Tebo said. Tebo was a very relieved coach. His squad wasn't able to gain complete control of the game until., the fourth quarter. The Warriors fadd a slim 53-52 lead with three minutes left in the third Quarter. An upsabkTbegan to fade away with just one play. After Bradshaw hit a jump shot to hand Woostock back the lead, Hutter followed with basket on an inside move and was fouled. He hit the free throw to give Woodstock a 57-53 lead. Woodstock went on to outscore McHenry 6*2 during the rest of the third quarter to carry a 63-55 lead into the last quarter. "That was it. That hurt us. It gave them the momentum to go," Ludwig said. Ludwig just couldn't get over the performance of his squad. But nobody shined more on the Warrior squad than Craig Hill. The junior guard scored a Johnsburg, Marian players on all-area team sm H m •i- •< STAFF PHOTO-WAVMI GAYlOtO SANDWICHED -- Woodstock's Greg Bradshaw must feel like the filling of an Oreo cookie as AAcHenry's Corey Scott and William Schmitt out-reach him for the rebound. career high 24 points. "What he has done the last two days is fantasitic," said Ludwig. Hill scored 16 against Cary- Grove Wednesday. "He really has been struggling. How do you explain it." Hill came into the contest with a 5.5 scoring average. The big difference for Woodstock, as usual against McHenry, was Hutter. With 6- foot-6 Mark Peterson out for most of the game, nobody on the McHenry squad matched up well with Hutter. Besides his 26 points, Hutter added U rebounds. "We just ran out of fire­ power," said Ludwig. "We just didn't match up well with them on the boards. .Our kids got awful tired in the fourth quarter. It's a tough job pl&yiftg three games in one week. Every game is an all-out effort." Scott Freund's jump shot gave McHenry a 2-0 lead to start the game. Hutter, however, came right back with a basket, and Bradshaw added another. Pat Dunne's rebound shot tied the contest up again, and the lead swung back and forth through the first quarter. The game was tied at 10, 12 and 14 until Woodstock pulled out a 19-18 lead when Bradshaw hit a jumpshot as the first quarter buzzer sounded. Woodstock went on to score the next nine points of the second quarter and held a 28*18 lead. Corey Scott's jump shot at the 6:12 mark was McHenry's first basket of the quarter. But Woodstock's Ron Neps followed with a basket and was fouled. He Ait the free throw for the three point (day to give the Blue Streaks their biggest lead at 31- 20. The Warriors hung in their for the rest of the second quarter, outscoring Woodstock 17-11 to close the gap within, 41-37. Scott hit the jump shot just before the end of the half. After Woodstock built up a 45- 3p lead in the third quaster, Hill went to work for the Warriors. After the 6-footer hit a jump shot, he came back with a baseline move that resulted in another basket. A traveling call oh Neps gave Hill another chance, as he scored again on another baseline move. ftiat tied the score at 45. Back came Hutter, as he used his inside domination to score another basket and was fouled in the process. He hit the free throw to give Woodstock back the lead, 48-45. ? The Warriors charged right back on jump shots by Freund and Hill to give McHenry the lead for the first time since the first quarter. The Blue Streaks took a timeout at the 4:39 mark, but Freund came right back with another jump shot to give McHenry its biggest lead, 51-48. Woodstock came right back with jump shots by Dennis Powers and Bradshaw. Freund was able to muscle in two points Continued on page II How to get theU.S. Government to help finance your retirement. \ It's possible with a First National Bank of McHenry Individual Retirement Account (IRA). Because while you're building your retirement sav­ ings, you get a break on your income taxes. Here's how it works. Every year you can contribute up to 100% of your annual income - to the maximum of $2,000.00 ($2,250.00 un­ der certain conditions) - to an IRA plan at First Na­ tional Bank of McHen­ ry. Even if you are pre­ sently covered by a pen­ sion or profit-sharing plan where you work, you're eligible for an IRA. The money you contri­ bute each year to your IRA is deductible from your taxable income. And taxes on all the money on your IRA are deferred until you begin receiving benefits. Take a tax break now. What' s more, if you open your IRA plan with ur before April 16, 1984 you can claim the deduction on your 1983 income tax return. 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