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Pmgr n - PL AlttPE ALER HER ALP, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13.1985 Sports Marian defends itself, upsets Gray slake -T. By Steve Peterson PliMtailir HmM Ntwi Strrlct GRAYSLAKE - "It was the highlight of the year so tar. Most definitely." With those words, Tony Huemann, assistant coach of Marian Central's boys basketball team, accurately described the significance of Marian's 51-47 upset of Grayslake Friday night. Huemann took over the coaching reigns last weekend because a death in the family prevented head coach Hans Rokus from attending the game. The Hurricanes used a for­ mula consisting of stopping Grayslake's inside game, points off its own inside work, and holding back a fourth- quarter rally to upend the Rams. The hosts came into the contest as co-leaders in the Northwest Suburban Confrence. The victory improved Marian's mark to 4-7 in the NWSC, 7-11 overall. ' "Shutting off (Gary) Link was the big thing. (Sean) Callahan did not do much either," said Huemann, who is a Johnsburg resident. The responsibility for stopping Link fell on the shoulders of junior Kurt Stevens. Stevens, with help from his teammates in Marian's sagging zone defense, not only did the job defensively but scored 11 points as well. 'Kurt played an excellent game,1' Huemann said of the 6-3 center. - ... ~ Offensively, the Hurricanes eqjoyed a balance of inside and outside shooting. Tom Will, who led Marian with 16 points, contributed baseline jumpers, but the Hurricanes also got the ball into Stevens. Link also played a role in the Hurricanes' offensive strategy. Marian led 42-33 after three, but Grayslake used a full-court press in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter to. produce three Marian turnovers. The Rams scored the quarter's first three baskets by Kelly Bye and two from Mike Andre to trim the lead to 42-39. Johnsburg girls rout Grayslake GRAYSLAKE -- Bouncing back from a hard-luck, disappointing defeat to Lake Zurich, the Johnsburg Skyhawks' girls' basketball team routed Grayslake 46-90 in a Northwest Suburban Conference battle Thursday. The win, coupled with Waucon- da's shattering of LZ last week, moves the Skyhawks to within two games of the Northwest Suburban Conference co-leaders. Johnsburg is 6-3 in the NWSC, 12-4 overall. The Skyhawks have won nine of their last 10 ballgames. "COMING OFF the Lake Zurich loss, the intensity was up," Johnsburg coach Nancy Fahey said. "We gave them a day off after the Lake Zurich game (a 48- 45 defeat), and that probably helped some too." The Skyhawks had slipped past Grayslake in the two teams' last meeting, but the Rams didn't ap­ pear ready this time around, ac­ cording to Fahey. "They were a little flat. They've had a rough season. They gave us a better game the first time," she noted. JUNIOR Laura Oeffling paced the JHS effort with 21 points. Oef­ fling, who usually tallies many of her points from the outside, pleas­ ed her coach with her drives to the basket and inside play Thursday. "Laura came out real strong," Fahey complimented. "She had 10 WRESTLERS (Continued from page 22) his move in the second three minutes, busting out to a 10-1 ad­ vantage. He led 12-2 at the time of the pin. "MARK HAD a great tourna­ ment," Roberts said. "He held his own with Kaifesh. If nothing else, to say you wrestled the number one guy In the state, that's an ac­ complishment." McHenry's Gaines and Geske had more than their share of bad luck throughout the tournament. Gaines, the Warriors' 185-lb. junior lost a heartbreaking 5-4 decision to Central's Grant Gabel in the semifinals. Gaines had the lead throughout the match, clinging to a 4-3 lead late in the battle. Gabel scored two points to take a 5-4 lead, and Gaines was thisclose to tallying one point for an escape as the buzzer sounded. Gaines then tipped South's Steve Schaper 6-1 in the wrestlebacks, before losing to Woodstock's Bruce Eddy 8-3 in the third place match. Geske, at 145, was pinned by D- C's Steve Bushy in the semifinals, and then edged Dave McMorran of South 5-0 in overtime in the wrestleback round. GESKE FACED Johnsburg's Hauck in the third-place match, and the Warrior junior lost, 5-4, sending Hauck to the sectional. "I'm kind of disappointed in our performance," Rankin said. "I figured us, as a team, to finish anywhere from fourth to sixth. I thought Gaines was our best bet after Mann, and I thought Geske had a shot. 1 wasn't really sure how many we'd have, but realistically, I figured about three or four." Roberts said he was "extremely happy" with the showing by Thoren. ^ "He was the highlight of the weekend, no question about it. He was just tougher than nails this weekend. We're real proud of him," Robertssaid. Thoren emerged from the 132- lb. division -- one of the toughest in the regional -- in third place. THOREN WAS ripped by Woodstock's Bob Birdsell in the f i rs t round, 7-1. In the wrestlebacks, the Skyhawk junior nipped Marty Turner of D-C, 9-6, and in the third-place match, he toped Greg Alcazar of South, 6-1. Alcazar had the division's second-best record going in, 21-8- 1. Thoren's two wins in the tourna­ ment raised his season mark to 20- 12-2. Johnsburg heavyweight Bentz stuck McHenry's Terry Knoll in :18 to move into the semifinal round, where he had the misfor­ tune of facing Woodstock's Carnell Washington, who at 30-2-0 is one of the s tate 's top heavyweights. Bentz lost a tough 6-3 decision to the Blue Streak senior, and then rolled through the wrestleback round, pinning John Even of Cen­ tral in 1:51, and then routing D-C's Ralph Honegger 23-4. "Carnell is a great, great wrestler," Roberts said. "Bobby did all he could. Six-three? That's not bad at all. "WE LOST two of our best wrestlers, Eifler and Walker," Roberts said, "and that's rough. But guys like Thoren and Hauck come in and pick up the slack. That's just so encouraging. Wrestling is so funny. We've got a guy like Walker, who comes m at 25-5, and he can't get out of the regional. Then we've got a guy like Hauck, who's 15-15-2, and he qualifies. Brian wrestled outstan­ ding, and he qualified. Simple. But it's just so unpredictable." What wasn't unpredictable was Dundee-Crown, which decisioned and pinned its way into the sec­ tional, where the Chargers were scheduled to face Wheeling Tues­ day. "They're just super," praised Roberts. "No question about it." "Yeah, Dundee didn't do too bad," Rankin joked. "They have nine seniors, and they've been together a long time. They had more champions (nine) this week than they did last week (eight)," Rankin noted. "They ought to do pretty well in the state tourna­ ment." The total of four wrestlers in the sectional is the most ever for Johnsburg, shattering the old school record of two, set in 1982 and matched in 1984. As it stands, the five qualifiers from the area will be able to at least stage a small get-together at the sectional. Had their respective teammates fol lowed sui t , however, it could have been a bona fide party. in the first quarter alone. We've been trying to get her to take the ball to the hoop, and she really im­ pressed me with that aspect of her game. It was one of her best games of the season." Johnsburg took control of the glass on both ends of the court. Freshman center Caroline Shine claimed 12 rebounds, while Oeffl­ ing and junior Vicki DuBeau col­ lected nine caroms apiece. "We really hit the boards well," Fahey said. FAHEY LAUDED the play of Shine and reserve Cindy Lane, who came oft the bench to score a key hoop. "Cindy played well. She only had one basket, but it came at an important time in the game. I was very pleased with her play." "We had a lot of baskets from the outside, but we played well in­ side as well. It was a nice win for us. This is the tough part of the season. It's a long season, and now comes the stretch, the hard part." Johnsburg will travel to Grant Wednesday, before hosting Marengo Saturday. The Skyhawks edged Marengo 44-40 in the first game between the two. "Marengo will be out to get us," Fahey said. "We surprised them the first time around." Unlike previous losses, in­ cluding a 52-50 decision to Lake Zurich the previous week, the Hurricanes did not let the op­ ponents score a critical basket. "We did not let them get that next basket. : We've had problems with that. Toni^it, I think we were aware you can lose a 10- orl2- point lead and wind up losing the game," Huemann *iaid. He added that he expected the Grayslake press. "They have some tough guards. We knew that was going to happen. We saw that against Marengo (in a Grayslake win) when Grayslake got behind and we knew that was coming. So we gave the ball to Old Reliable - Andy Hartlieb - and he takes care of it for us/ Two Grayslake turnovers prevented the hosts from scoring the basket to pull the lead to within a point, and Hartlieb sank two clutch free throws for a 44-39 lead with 4:19 remaining. Hartlieb then picked up a loose ball, and scored off a nice pass from WiH for a 46-39 Marian lead with 3:47 left. Hartlieb, who scored seven of his 15 points from the free-throw line, made four in the fourth quarter. Still, the Hurricanes had to survive a wild finish^' The referees who had long lost control of the game, whistled two technicals in the final three minutes. > One was on Marian's Steve Lalor and Grayslake's Andre canned a free throw to pull the Rams to within six. Andre's third basket of the final period made it 47-43 with 1:15 remaining. "I think the referees let that happen the whole game. I think they could have taken control of the game earlier," Huemann said of the finish. "But the coaches are really happy with the way the whole team played." KEEPING SCORE FOX VALLEY CONFERENCE BOYS: \ Boys' Basketball Standings McHenry 80, Cary-Grove 48 Cant All McHENRY (M) WTV «T, Dunne• 5-517; HUI52-2S; Wright 10-02; Freund W L W L 30-06; Anderson 36-1114; Nolan02-42; DiGlotla Dundee-Crown ..... 7 2 15 6 •£>JL:.l2S?£>1#la Woodstock ,. 7 2 12 8 cary-grove<a> CLCentral ...6 4 12 8 I***4 M M ; M a l m g r e n 31-27, TheUnder71-2 tfln/iH* c Kin n Altendort 01-31; Adee 0 2-3 2; Young 10-12; .? S Helmer 12-44; Hampaon 11-2 3. McHENRY 4 5 8 13 Totals: i7i«.2J-«s. £LSouth 4 6 5 16 ^^I,££)out>: McHenry 19 <HU,,; Cary-Grove 0 9 1 17 mmSHTJ nnun-W Cary-Grore: 1415417 --45 NW SUBURBAN * ***' Basketball Standings McHenry 54, Jacobs45 Conf All W L W L McHENRY (54) Dunne 7 216; Mill 7 216; Wright 14 6; Freund 4 1 o o id a ' •;Tonyanl57;Ethertdge000; NoUn000. Marengo 9 3 12 9 TOUU. 2014-54. Grayslake..: 8 3 11 9 JACOBS(4S> p. m 1 <• *n Sclmel0 2; KuInlkOOO; BraunSOlO; SlimkoSQ. 5? .I » *111* 16; Suma3 4 10; McDonough0 11; Ialbue2 0 4; Round Lake 6 5 11 9 Porkornyl02. Lake Zurich k c ( u Total*; 20 5-45 utMAuriCH a O 9 1* Total fouls: McHenry 16. Jacoba 16. Fouled out: Wauconda ...4 7 9 12 MM. MARIANC .. 4 8 7 12 JOHNSBURG 2 9 6 14 -nn-m BIG EIGHT Grant 50, Johnsburg 38 Boys' Basketball Standings 0RANT (w) Conf All Kelly 4 4-5 12; Wehrateln 5 2-4 12; Kohl 5 3-8 13; W L W L • King 13-65; Dabrowskl 12-34; Hartig20-24. Totals; It 14-28 -- 50. JOHNSBURG (S|) Harvard. • . ' . . . 10 0 18 1 1 M Nichols 3 5-6 l l ; DuRel 1 1-3 3; Genoa-King. ....... 7 3 13 6 8SS»5.M 1#: D"11" * ̂ 2 M 4: RICH -BURTON ... 7 3 9 10 TotaU: iss-i-s®. Burlington C 7 3 12 7 Total fouls: Grant 13, Johnsburg 23. Fouled out: Huntley 5 5 9 8 omit: ISIOMIS--50 Hampshire 2 8 3 15 miou-» Sandwich ... 2 8 2 15 Valley Luth 010 0 17 Marian 51, Grayslake 47 POX VALLEY CONFERENCE MARIAN <M> Girls' Basketball Standings | i4 VI "a n . A. Hartlieb47-1115; Truckenbrod 10-02; LalorO lOni All j-2 ]; Wozny 10-0 2. W L W L Totals: It 15-22-51. GRAYSLAKE (47) „ _ . Castino32-2l; Bye30-06; Andre53-413; Lui 12- CL Central . . . 7 0 9 5 34; Link 50-110; Callahan 30-16. Dundee-Crown 4 3 9 7 Cary-Grove 4 4 11 7 Marian: 1217151 -- 51 Woodstock.... 3 4 7 8 Oraystato: •14UI4-47 CL South . 3 4 8 9 Jacobs 2 5 511 McHENRY 0 3 010 GIRLS: *. REC LEAGUE Johnsburg 46, Grayslake 30 Men's Basketball Standings johnsburg («> i. May SO6; Oeffling 10121; DuBeau 5 212; Scavo Johnsburg Businessmen.. 9 0 1 °2 Christopher's. 8 1 GRAYSLAKE<K» St. Regis Pub 4 5 Capul204;Dunbar33»; Ware6016; WhiteOll. Murphy S-Gambler. 4 5 Total fouls: Johnsburg 12, Grayslake 10. Fouled State Farm 2 7 «*= Henehan-Mclntyre0 9 "M i t iy~S WHY WAIT? 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