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Page 16 • IM.AINDKALKH-HKR \M>. FRIDAY. JAM AR ̂ 4. 1985 Sports On the Sideline • » V • . J " > Hauser, Channel set to meet again McHenry native ready to attempt swim in August Dick Rabbitt 4 First state hoop poll to unveil No. 1 With the state basketball rankings coming out next week for the first time, it win be interesting to find oUt which team is number one in the-state of Illinois. * A number of teams will lay claim to the first place ranking after the recent holiday tournaments. Proviso West won its own tourney, and it was probably the best high school event in the county. Proviso defeated King of Chicago in the finals, while other teams involved were Simeon of Chicago and St. Joseph of Westchester. Providence-St. Mel, with All-American Lowell Hamilton, won the Pontiac tourney, defeating a good Lockport team. St. Mel has gone over the century mark in points five times .already this season. LEO OF CHICAGO won the Kankakee meet, defeating Dun­ bar of Chicago, while Chicago Carver won the Centralia tourney, and will lay claim to the top spot., t Hillcrest, a south suburb, defeated rival Thornton of Harvey at the Pekin event, and Rockford Boylan won its own tourney in easy fashion. Evanston, lasty year's state runer-up to Simeon, won the Rich South tournament, and in downstate circles, Decatur McArthur defeated the host school to win the first Collinsville tournament. Gordon Tech, one of the Chicago Catholic League powers, won the York of Elmhurst title. Those were the biggies in recent holiday play, and my guess is that the top spot will go to Proviso West, with ProWdence-St. Mel second, and Leo third. Downstate teams that didn't fare too well were of course, my favorite, Quincy, which lost at Illinois State, Springfield Lan- phier and Rock Island, a team which many think will be the team to beat in March. But Rock Island certainly didn't look too good in December. NOT ONE TOURNAMENT winner came out of the Fox Valley, Northwest Suburban or Big Eight conferences. Dundee- Crown finished second to the Elgin Maroons in the Elgin tourney. Gary Collins' Crystal Lake South squad stepped up in class and met its match in Collinsville, losing to the host and Chicago Collins. CL Central defeated conference rival Jacobs for third place in the Northern Illinois Classic at Hampshire, while Cary-Grove lost two at Hampshire as well. Both Woodstock and McHenry were at the Wheeling Hard­ court Classic. The Blue Streaks fell by the wayside, while the Warriors managed to split four games. Deerfield High School's basketball team, under former War­ rior Paul Morenz beat McHenry in overtime. Then the Warriors, in an unusual event, won by forfeit over Gage Park of Chicago. This was the same team that forfeited a game one day earlier. I believe some type of penalty should be administered to the Gage Park team. I'm sure the squad was upset because of the first game forfeit, due to a late arrival. But - that'sno excuse for not showing up the next day. I UNDERSTAND, however, that the Warriors had a good scrimmage in place of the game, but that does not replace a game they badly needed. Anyway, the Warriors went on to defeat Fenton of the North Suburban, 80-54, before bowing in the consolation championship game to Wheeling, 76-50. The Rockets of Richmond-Burton lost in double overtime to Marengo at the Marengo tourney, and then lost the consolation title to Wauconda. Tlfl&kyhawks of Ben Beck were eliminated at Hampshire, losing^ eventual champion Geneva, and to Burlington Central. Our Warriors have a tough week ahead of them with three games. Fremd will be here Tuesday, the Blue Streaks come to *' town next Friday, and then a rematch on the road at Deerfield, . to take on the Warriors of our good friend and neighbor Paul Morenz. Hope he shows some hospitality to the visiting War­ riors. Down memory lane this week, we go back to the 1970-71 , - season, when the Warriors finished with an 8-6 North Suburban record. One of those wins was over the ZeeBees of Zion-Benton ' in a real thriller, 77-72. A 28-point fourth quarter paced the War- riors to victory. McHENRY (77): Harbecke 14 3 31; Hosier 12 4; Gehrke2 2 6; R. Miller 9 3 21; J. Miller 4 715; Hoffman0 0 0; DehnOOO. Totals: 3017-77. ZION-BENTON (72): Fredrickson 114 26; Bickett 0 0 0; Rogers8 4 20; Sanders4 210; Warren4 0 8; Geske 3 2 8. Totals: 3012-72. Total fouls: McHenry 18, Z-B, 18. Fouled out: none. McHenry \ .21 20828-77 Zion-Benton 14 221818 -- 72 'Tired' MCC women rally for third place Plalndealer-Herald News Service CRYSTAL LAKE -- After dropping a second-round game to Truman College, McHenry County College women's team rallied all its reserves of strength and conditioning to defeat the College of Lake County, 81-75, and capture third place in the Skyway Conference Holiday Tournament. Elgin Community College defeated Truman for the tournament championship. "Essentially, we showed what kind of team we were on the first day (in a win over Wright). Afjter that, we were exhausted," Coach Bob Edwards said. "The kids with the best conditioning came through." " . . MCC, now 2-1 on the season, led for most of the contest, but couldn't seem to put the hot- shooting Lake County squad away. The Scots opened a seven- point lead on two different oc­ casions in the first half, the second being on Kecia Knud- sen's rebound layin with 4:15 to play in the half to give MCC a 35- 28 advantage. LAKE COUNTY outscored the tired Scots, 10-2, in the remainder of the half to take a 38-37 halftime lead. . Michelle Zimmerman's 14- footer to open the s&ond half started a scoring surge for MCC which saw the hosts score eight of the first 10 points that ended with consecutive hoops by Joyce Bealmear, Hoppmann and Knudsen for a 45-40 edge with 18:02 to play. Nevertheless, CLC hung tough with the Scots and managed to tie the score at 62 with 9:40 left in the contest before taking as much as a 68-65 lead with 7:15 left. After a timeout, however, MCC tallied 10 straight points and went on a 14-3 binge to take a 79-71 lead on Hoppmann's 10- footer with 2:10 to play. ' "During the timeout, I only wanted to implant the fact that we were the better team," Edwards said. "I didn't want them (the players) to look at the scoreboard, see we were behind and panic. L<ake County capitaiiiec on a couple of dumb things we did and all we had to do is' correct those dumb things." H O P P M A N N A N D Z i m - MCC--Page 15 By Chris Juzwik Plaindealer-Herald (ports editor ' . . Perseverence. Determination. Intestinal fortitude. You name it, George Hauser )robably has it. The McHenry lative who attempted to swim across the English Channel last summer was back in town recent­ ly. In discussing his future, Hauser said, as you may have guessed that he plans another try at the ignominous waterway. Hauser, an epileptic, is a McHenry High School graduate. He took up the Channel swim as a way to dispel the myths surroun­ ding his malady, and he says he accomplished what he set out to do. "It was well worth it," the 35- year-old Hauser said. "We established a scholarship fund and started the Epileptic Association of Greater Boston (Hauser's place of residence), so it was worth it." On August 23, Hauser began his trek on Shakespeare Beach in Dover, England. Nine hours later, a victim of high winds, over­ whelming tides and terrible weather, he was pulled into the boat, his journey ended. "IT WAS very disappointing," Hauser says now. "But I did the best I could, and I feel good about that." Hauser said he recovered quick­ ly from his disappointmei^. "I was in the pub drinking beer that night. I had a sore throat, and other normal things you'd expect, but I felt alright. "The conditions in the Channel really changed, and it affected my rhythym. A couple of days earlier, the water was so calm I could have floated across. "My stomach got really bloated too, and the weather never got any better, so they (Hauser's crew) pulled me out," he said. "Our pilot said it was the roughest weather he's seen in years." Hauser then took some time to recuperate, and make some deci­ sions regarding his future. "I got real fat in Europe," he said. "Then I ran a little bit in November, and I've been swimm­ ing since," Hauser said. ANOTHER CHANNEL try Is scheduled for the third week in August, he said, but this time things will be different -- he'll have a partner. * Dave Migillivrary from Med- ford, Mass., will join Hauser, although Migillivrary has never attempted a Channel swim. "He's a triathlon man," said Hauser. "He ran across the coun­ try once. It'll be a lot more in­ t e r e s t i n g s w i m m i n g w i t h somebody," Hauser said. "He's got his own crew and everything. It'll be better for him, I think, since he's never tried it. I can tell him things, and help alleviate his fears,^ calm him down." "THE ENGLISH Channel really does a number on you," Hauser said. "You really have to get used to it. You can't look at it too much. When I first saw it, I couldn't believe it. It was bigger than I ever imagined. I saicT 'I'm going to swim this?' And the salt con­ tent. I couldn't believe it. That's what made my stomach "*so bloated." Hauser said he is "98 percent sure" his sponsor, Geigy Phar­ maceuticals, a manufacturer of one of Hauser's medications, will again handle the sponsoring chores in his return engagement with the Channel. "It's really tough to raise money," Hauser explained. "Cor­ porations in Massachusetts are tight. It looks good with Geigy again, though. Hauser said he is working on a different breathing technique. "I'm going to try to breath from both sides of my mouth. I think that will be more efficient. Last time I just breathed out of one side. I also have to do something about my goggles," he lamented. IN HIS first bid in August, Hauser's goggles filled with con­ densation, making it difficult for him to see. _ "Dave and I are working on stroke mechanics now," Hauser * George Hauser continued. "In January we'll start to go real hard. I feel like it's sum­ mer. I'm ready for it to begin. I want to give it another shot." In the more immediate future, Hauser and Migillivrary have ten­ tatively planned a nine-city media tour, which includes lectures and press conferences, for the spring. "People know now that I can do it, or at least try. Before the first swim, I was an unknown com­ modity. 'Can he do it?' But this swim will be a lot bigger than the first one, a lot bigger. The mysti­ que is gone." George Hauser was talking about the epileptic mystique, as well as the one surrounding himself. "I wouldn't have traded the chance to try it for anything. I was disappointed, but I'm ready. This time, we're going to do it right." Somehow, you can't help but believe him. Plaindealer-Herald photo by Chris Juzwik 'I dunno, what do you think?' Marian Central's Bill Hartmann (rear) and Johnsburg's Jeff Nichols appear to be checking out the merits of the time line dur­ ing the recent Johnsburg win. Both teams will return to Nor­ thwest Suburban Conference action this weekend after disap­ pointing showings at the Northern Illinois Classic in Hampshire last week. \ _ . .--.. ,i . * Dent, Bears to test Montana9s 4courage9 By Randy Minkoff UPI iport* writer LAKE FOREST - Richard Dent and the rest of the Chicago Bears flew to Califor­ nia New Year's night and they brought a little something for San Francisco 49er quarter- . back Joe Montana. "We'll find out how much courage he has," Dent said. "(Washington quarterback Joe) Theismann showed a lot of courage. He stood in there and took his licks." Dent and the rest of the Bears' defensive unit put a lot of pressure on Theism ann last Sunday when the Bears beat the Redskins, and that's the game plan for Sunday against the 49ers and Montana. Dent may be the most soft- spoken of the Chicago Bears' "sack pack" but he's been a leader statistically of the club's * ferocious pass rush. DENT, A part-time player until this year, led the NFL in sacks*with 17.5 this year. He tacked on three in Sunday's 23- 19 NFC playoff at Washington and will be looking to add to that total in Sunday's NFC title game in San Francisco. Dent, a third-year player out o f T e n n e s s e e S t a t e , acknowledges he got many of his sacks early in the year when he wasn't rating double coverage. "Man on man, I was getting a lot of sacks," Dent said. "I got some double-team by the Red­ skins." Still, he got three of the seven sacks recorded by the NFL's N6.1 defense. Against the 49ers, Dent said he still may wind up getting on­ ly single coverage from his defensive end spot. "I THINK I'll see man to man from them. Ri^ba Paris is a pretty big guy." TJie Bears left for Santa Rdta, Calif., late Tuesday afternoon, where they have been training at the Los Angeles Raiders' training fac?lity all week. Dont said chasing Montana will be similar to Theismann. "It may be harder," Dent said. "You don't want to let Joe Montana have the time to throw the ball." Theismann was under a heavy pass rush throughout the game. Because Theismann is slightly shorter than Montana, Dent said he expects Montana to have an edge against the Bears' defense. DENT AND his fellow lineman have given punish­ ment to quarterbacks all year. Against the Raiders, they knocked out two quarterbacks in the same game. Against Detroit in the final game of the regular season, Chicago recorded 12 sacks, an NFL record. On the season, the Bears' defense registered 72 sacks, also a new pro mark. "It's a challenge playing them," Dent said of the 49ers. "But they are a slow fourth- q u a r t e r t e a m . " • ' BEARS--Page 15 LOOKING AHEAD... ; McHENRY HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday: BASKETBALL: Fremd, 6p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL at Cary-Grove, 6 p.m. SWIMMING: Woodstocjj,4:30p.m. JOHNSBURG HIGH SCHOOL Friday: , . v / BASKETBALL: Wauconda, 6 p.m. WRESTLING: .. at Wauconda, 6p.m. ..Saturday: .„ WRESTLING : at Geneva Tournament, 9 a.m. Tuesday: BASKETBALL: at Richmond-Burton, 6 p.m. „ GIRLS BASKETBALL: .Grant, 6p.m. '