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Page 18. I'l.AINDEALER HER ALD, FRIDAY , DECEMBER 29,1W4 / Sports On the Sideline ' Dick Rabbitt Warriors to spend holiday in Wheeling Fresh from their first Fox Valley Conference win last Friday night, the Warriors stepped into holiday tourney play when they faced Paul Morenz's Deerfield Warriors Wednesday. McHenry entered the Wheeling event several years ago for the purpose of playing teams the Warriors didn't usually see in regular-season play. So last year, as luck would have it, the Warriors wound up play­ ing Woodstock, and this year the Deerfield squad, a team they play again in a couple weeks. I guess the answer is to hold you own holiday tourney and invite teams not on your regular schedule. Having missed my first Fox Valley Warrior contest in seven years last Friday, I am told that the Warriors finally put it all together, got some scoring punch (65 points) and really played a scrappy game. Also told that maybe I should stay away more often, that maybe I'm a jinx to the Warriors. If the Warriors will guarantee a vic­ tory, I'll stay away the rest of the season -- until Champaign, of course. Wouldn't miss a second of that. JERRY RANKIN'S "Rassllng Warriors" finished fourth in the Harvard Invitational, a real tough tournament. As expected, Dundee-Crown was the winner. The Chargers had their hands full with the Warriors last week in a double dual, before finally coming out on top 43-23. The Warriors have had a few on the injured list, and that does make a difference. Mike Shanahan has a lot of underclassmen on his swimming team, but they still break records left and right. The Water War­ riors don't swim again until Jan. 8, when the Blue Streaks of Woodstock come to West Campus. Pat Wirtz and his Lady Warriors will try and notch their first win of the season in the Dundee-Crown tourney this week.'Tough luck is still following the Wirtz crew, but one of these days they'll break out of their slump and hit the victory trail. Naming the top five sports stories of the past year is going to be a real challenge for you fans. As Chris indicated in the paper last week, the list is quite impressive, and I hope you fans will send in your entries. I'm sure that if a loyal Sox fan is the lucky winner, a trip to Comiskey Park can be arranged in lieu of the Wrigley Field journey. So, S.l.H. -- get in your entry. THIS IS THE TIME OF yeat when we wish to bestow some good wishes upon the Warriors coaching staff. For Hutch: continued success with his cross-country program, and enough depth to get to the state finals. For Joe Schlender: a conference championship so we can have a football trophy in the trophy case. For Pam Schafer: a couple of 6-5 girls for her volleyball team. For Gary Gray: a Chris Evert for his girls' team and another Jimmy Connors for his boys' tennis squad. For Mike Shanahan: a squad of 100 for both his swimming teams, and then he;il take on New Trier, and St. Charles, •>. For Ken Ludwig^that big guy that has been missing all these years, surely he has to get one in the near future. For Pat Wirtz: a lot of basketball victories, and another fastball pitcher for his softball team. For Jim Popovich: a full squad of badminton players. For Jerry Rankin: a team without illness and injuries -- then just watch the "Rassling Warriors." For Dan Boland: that much-needed all-weather track, or else the McHenry Relays will be a thing of the past. The longer you wait, the more it will cost. For Brian Wilson: a couple of sluggers for his baseball team. ° And for all you sports fans: a very, very Happy New Year. Down memory lans again, this time another request for the 1960- 61 season, when the Warriors defeated the Woodstock Blue Streaks. Paul Morenz had the hot hand that night, scoring 21 points to lead McHenry to a 56-40 win over the Streaks. McHENRY (56): Creighton5 111; Vaupell4 2 10; Reed0 0 0; Morenz85 21; Miller 3 39; Peterson 102; May033. Totals: 2114-56 WOODSTOCK (40) • ' Wilbrandt 3 8 14; Ritter 2 0 4; Stratton 113; Ecke- 12 4; Brasile 1 35; Widmayer226; Newman 124. Totals: 1118-40 McHenry: 13 121021-56 Woodstock: 615 919 -- 40 Total fouls (fouled out): McHenry 19 (Creighton); Woodstock 16 (none). • • • Bad memories Freund's 22 not enough, Warriors downed in OT By Dick Rabbitt PtaiadMler-Herakl aportswiiter WHEELING - Coach Ken Lud- wig of the McHenry Warriors must be wondering what it takes to win a close game. For the fourth time in their last five outings, the Warriors dropped a close one Wednesday, this time to the Deerfield Warriors of McHenry graduate Paul Morenz, 49-45, in overtime, in the first round of the Wheeling Wildcat Holiday Tournament. The Warriors' misfortunes began Dec. 7 at Crystal Lake Cen­ tral, when McHenry lost to the Tigers, 38-37. A week later, Crystal Lake South did the deed, this time 39-38. Last Tuesday, Jacobs and Mark Slimko bested McHenry by 58-57, in overtime. A win at Dundee-Crown Friday night preceded the latest in what has been a season of nightmares, as Deerfield's Warriors staged a second-half comeback for the win. It was a game that looked as if both teams just got up from their Christmas feasts, as miscues were noticeable time and again. The local Warriors won the battle of errors, as Deerfield committed 23, toMcHenry'sl6. INABILITY TO get the ball in­ side to the so-called Warrior 'big men,' mostly due to the defense of the Morenz-coached crew, left McHenry taking shots from the outside, especially in the second half. Not hitting those shots enabl­ ed Deerfield to come back and ral­ ly for the triumph. The opening period saw McHenry's J.R. Wright get the .first basket of the game, and a Scott Freund bucket followed to put the Warriors ahead 4-2. Deer­ field then ran out to a 9-4 lead, before Mark Etheridge's tip-in at the first quarter horn knotted the game at 11. The second period saw McHenry break out of the gate. Despite having forward Pat Dunne on the bench with three fouls, aftter picking up his third with 2:52 left in the first quarter, the Warriors began to hit the mark. With a full-court press that bothered Deerfield, forward Craig Hill scored a basket and two free throws, and Joe Tonyan and Freund added two free throws each. Freund then hit an 18-footer and Wright scored as McHenry cruised out to a 23-16 lead. Etheridge and Freund con­ tinued their assault on the Deer­ field five, and with 1:15 remaining in the first half, the locals led by 10, 30-20. Things were looking bright. HOWEVER, A lapse on defense in the closing minute allowed Deerfield to score six quick, unanswered points, leaving McHenry ahead by just six, 30-24, at the intermission. Deerfield, with 6-5 Bill Leslie and Eric Dahlquist leading the way, knotted the game at 30 with 5:15 left in the third quarter. The hot-shooting Freund's two baskets put the Warriors ahead 36- 32, but the resourceful Deerfield crew took a 37-36 lead with 30 seconds to play in the quarter, the first DHS lead since the opening period. The irrepressible Freund cann­ ed a 20-footer at the buzzer, though, and the Warriors clung to a 38-37 lead after three. AT 5:18 OF the final stanza, Morenz had his squad go into a semi-stall, as Deerfield kept the ball for over a minute. McHenry then forced a turnover, and then returned the favor promptly to Deerfield. Freund scored at 3:15 of the quarter to put the Warriors ahead 42-41. The 5-11 senior guard scored an astounding 12 of the Warriors' 15 points in the second half and tnfe overtime session. Deerfield pulled ahead 45-44, and McHenry's Wright was fouled with just two seconds left in the contest. The junior center stepped to the line for the bonus free throw opportunity. He made the first, but missed the second, sending the game into overtime. Both teams were scoreless for the first two minutes of the extra period, but Lindgren scored a lay- up for Deerfield with a minute left that proved to be the winning hoop. Dahlquist nailed two free throws with five seconds to play to put the nail in the Warriors' coffin. MORENZ SAID he thought his Deerfield squad was fortunate to win. "I thought they (McHenry) outplayed us, but with Dunne in foul trouble, they lost some re­ bounding strength. We were a lit­ tle taller. "I thought we were about equal after scouting (McHenry) a few times. We had to get the lead. That zone defense was giving us trou­ ble, and when he (Ludwig) is ahead, that's what he will do." Ludwig could just shake his head. "When your front line ean't score, then you're in trouble." Wright's last-second free throw was the only points from the McHenry front-line in the second half. Freund's 22 points led all scorers. He was the only McHenry player in double figures. Wright's eight was next. Dahlquist had 12 and Lindgren 10 for Deerfield, which played Rolling Meadows Thursday. The Warriors were scheduled to play Gage Park of Chicago Thurs­ day morning. Gage had to forfeit Wednesday's game to Rolling Meadows because of a mix-up in times. McHENRY (45): Dunne 0 G 0; Hill 12 4; Tonyan 2 2 6; Wright 3 2 8; Freund 9 4 22; Etheridge 215. Totals: 1711-45. DEERFIELD (49): Kerstein 0 0 0; Reed 10 2; San- dgren 3 2 8; Dahlquist 5 2 12; Jones 2 0 4; Leslie 3 17; Fied- man 14 6; Lindgren 5010. Totals: 20 9-49. Total fouls: McHenry 14, Deer­ field 15. Fouled out: none. 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This is what the Marian Central Hurricanes are hoping Wednesday night's last-second 72-70 victory over fellow Nor­ thwest Suburban Conference member Round Lake in the Northern Illinois Classic will do. The Hurricanes held a 70-68 lead with 16 seconds left in the game when Andy Hartlieb went to the line for a bonus freethrow attempt. He missed the shot, and Round Lake went on the offensive. The Panthers missed two field goal tries, but a foul was called on the second rebound. Marian center Kurt Stevens fouled out, putting Round Lake's Dan Horn on the line with a bonus freethrow situation. Horn hit the first shot to make it 70-69, so Marian co;u'h Hans Rokus called two ronsecutive time outs to let him think about the '•possible gatnc-lvmg shot. 1H>K\ Ill I) th*1 contest by making the second shot, but Marian w as -prepared. '"We set up a final piay in case he made it." Rokus explained. "(Hill) Hitrtmanri and (Mike) Green M.>t a pick for Andy." 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