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r«Ke20• PLAINDEALER-HERALD. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 22,1985 Sports Skyhawks, Beck seek to maintain consistency By Chris Juzwik PhkMMhnM^irtiidtw JOHNSBURG - If there was ever a perfect time for a team to start gaining momentum, now is that time for Johnsburg High School's boys' basketball team. The Skyhawks have two games remaining before the start of the Crystal Lake Regional, and Ben Beck would like to put those two games into the 'W' column -- for obvious reasons. Friday night's duel will be at Grayslake. The Rams are cur­ rently one-half game behind Nor­ thwest Suburban Conference- leading Marengo. In the two team's meeting at Johnsburg Jan. 18, the Skyhawks pulled off a shocking overtime win, one of only three league triumphs this season for JHS. Next Friday, Johnsburg will be at Round Lake. "Grayslake's playing for the conference championship, and they want us because of the game last time, but hey, we want to win too. We want to get out the cellar. To do that, we have to win our last two games, and Grayslake is first," said Johnsburg coach Ben Beck. The Skyhawks are currently 3-9 in the NWSC and firmly implanted in the league's basement. But two regular-season wins could propel Johnsburg past sixth-place Wauconda, and also provide the Skyhawks with some much- needed momentum heading into their regional meeting with Crystal Lake South March 4. "It's tough to win on the road, We know that," Beck said. "We know Grayslake will be sky-high and ready to go, but we'll be up too. We have a lot to play for. a lot of incentive too." Beck has been the victim of a serious injury bug which has af­ flicted the Skyhawks since day one. Johnsburg has not played with its entire roster in uniform, all season long. Three starters -- Mark DuRei, .Tom Walsh and Rick Easterling -- have missed several games each, and substitute Mike Toussaint had been out since Jan. 1 before retur­ ning to action last Friday against Lake Zurich. The latest casualty is Easterl­ ing, who suffered a sprained ankle in the Round Lake game. The junior forward is doubtful for Fri­ day night. "He's 50-50 for Friday," Beck said. "We're planning on not hav­ ing him. He's recovering pretty quickly though. We'll definitely have him for Round Lake and for regionals. "The injuries seem to have stayed with us this year," Beck added. "It'll be nice to have everyone back and ready to go. The big problem has been in prac­ tice. We haven't be able to have a real good, competitive practice with all these guys out.'v If there is a positive aspect of in­ juries, it's that players who wouldn't normally see too much action play a much greater role. Case in point: Bernard Wharton. The Skyhawk senior was seeing limited playing time prior to the injury bug, but progressed into a starting role last Friday and Saturday, against LZ and Jacobs. "Bernard's been doing a super job for us. He's gotten a chance to play, and he's really taken ad­ vantage of it. He definitely had the best game of his career Saturday night. Once we get Easterling back, Bernard's improvement will make us that much stronger." Wharton had six poyits in the win over LZ, and came back with 10 in the loss to Jacobs, including several key baskets and rebounds in the first half which kept the Skyhawks close. Beck said the recent play of the Skyhawks has encouraged him. "We were playing this well a month ago, when we played Grayslake and Round Lake (a 48- 47 loss). Since January, except for a couple games here and there, we've been coming on. We're on the right track. We're heading in the right direction. We just want to get some momentum, and carry it through to regionals. "These two games will be good tests for us going into the South game," Beck added. "And South has been in a situation similar to ours. It'll be tough in the regionals. We need to get started Friday night." Sounds like the right time. He ' ~ /'/jOi. :'j " <:• i4V'> ih " m 's Brian Smith named as Evans Scholar at McHenry's Brian Smith was recently announced as the reci- ient of a scholarship from the vans Scholars Foundation. Smith, a senior it McHenry East, was the most valuable golfer on Coach Chuck Cuda's Warrior golf team last fall. The Evans Scholars Founda­ tion awards its scholarships to outstanding caddies across the country. Scholarships were recently awarded to 37 caddies, including Smith, which brings the total to 70 the total number of Chicago-area caddies o be named as Evans Scholars this winter. • Evans Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis considering caddie record, the need for financial aid and the high school academic record. They are one-year grants whichmay be renewed for up to four years. The grants included full tuition and housing, usally at one of the 14 major midwestern universities where the Foundation owns and main­ tains Evans Scholar Chapter Houses. Smith will attend the Univer­ sity of Illinois in Champaign- Urbana. Brian Smith Other universities which will be attended by this year's win­ ners are: Northwestern, Mar­ quette, Northern Illinois, In­ diana, Colorado, Missouri, and Miami of Ohio. * ' The 17-year-old Smith, who caddied at McHenry Country Club, is the son of John "Jack" and Betty Smith, 3601 W. Clover Ave., McHenry. Wauconda, Cermak trek to Johnsburg Tuesday Plalndealer-Herald photo by Chris Juzwik Johnsburg forward Bernard ^barton shadows Todd Suma of Jacobs last Saturday night in a game won by the Golden Eagles, 57-52. Wharton, a senior, made his first starts of the year for Johnsburg in a pair of home games last weekend, scoring 10 points against Jacobs in Johnsburg's final home game of the season. The Skyhawks will play at Grayslake Friday night, l£fcre winding up the regular season at Round Lake next Fittay. : Johnsburg girls rebound, topple Round Lake ROUND LAKE -- The resilien­ cy of the girls who make up t Johnsburg's basketball team can­ not be questioned. After being crushed at home Saturday by Marengo, 47-33, the Lady Skyhawks traveled to Round Lake Tuesday to face a Panther ,|team which had succumbed to JHS, 38-35, in the first meeting between the two. You would expect a close, low- scoring, defensive battle. You would probably also expect Round Lake to win, getting revenge for the earlier defeat. If you thought gpthose things, you don't know the r Lady Skyhawks. Johnsburg broke open a 28-28 halftime tie by pouring in 22 third quarter points to take a 50-41 lead going into the final period, and then hung on to win easily, 62-52. "We played much, much bet­ ter," said a relieved Nancy Fahey, the Skyhawks' head coach. ^"1 felt going in that it would be a r key game for us. We could have folded after the Marengo game, but we came back and played real, real well. I'm pleased." MARIAN- Fahey used her bench exten­ sively. Starting point guard Cris May was slowed by a fever, and was replaced in the starting lineup by Cindy Lane. May came off the bench to score five points, as the Johnsburg substitutes scored 12 points to help the 'Hawks to the win. "Cindy did a nice job in place of Cris," said Fahey. "But Cris is our quarterback. We need her in there. The rest ,of the team has a lot of confidence in Cris, and she knows how to run the show out there. "I was able to use my bench ef­ fectively, we had everyone play in the first half. That's to my benefit as we head down the stretch before regionals. I have a lot of people who can play." One person who can definitely play is junior wing Laura Oeffling, who scored 28 points. "She had some baskets inside, and she also had some steals and lay-ups," Fahey noted. "Laura's outside shot was on, too, and that's great for her confidence." The Skyhawks had been blasted on the boards by a taller Marengo team Saturday, but Tuesday, Johnsburg battled RL to a 34-34 tie in the rebounding department. "We did a lot better job on the boards," Fahey said. "Certainly not as bad as against Marengo. Their big people (Theresa) Bentz and (Johnna) Steger had four fouls each in the third quarter, so that helped us." Junior center Vicki DuBeau chipped in 13 for Johnsburg. Steger had 18 to lead Round Lake. The Skyhawks, now 8-4 in the Northwest Suburban, will host league-leading Wauconda Tues­ day (see accompanying story). Cris May JOHNSBURG - One of the state's leading scorers among girls' high school basketball players will bring her team into Johnsburg High School Tues­ day for a Northwest Suburban Conference duel. Saundra Cermak, who plays for the NWSC's first-place Wauconda Bulldogs, will tote her hefty 30-plus points a game average into town for a game against the Skyhawks. Waucon­ da is 9-1 in the conference, Johnsburg 8-4. "We usually take Saturday off and don't "practice if our game isn't until Tuesday," said JHS coach Nancy Fahey; "But the girls asked to practice on Saturday. That's the first time I've ever seen that," she added. W a u c o n d a t h r a s h e d Johnsburg 53-36 in the first game between the two back on Dec. 20. "We're going in with the idea of winning," Fahey. said. "They're good, but we're not playing to lose." Regional time is creeping up on the area's prep basket- ballers, and Fahey said a game lead on Charley Grover's 15- footer with 3 :07 remaining in the half. "If we had been able to get a lead or even get close, we would have slowed the pace a little, but we did neither," Rokus said. The Hurricanes close out their regular season Friday night when they host Round LaJdb for Parents Night. Mon­ day, Marian opens regional action against Alden-Hebron. Friday, Woodstock plays host to McHenry in a key FVC tilt. -(Continued from page 22) "The game meant a lot to me because it's in a community where I live and it's a cross-town type bf thing," Tebo said. "It doesn't mean as much to me as a (Fox Valley) conference game, though. "But to those guys," he said motioning to the noisy lockerroom, "it means 10 times more than most games." Hartlieb and Will tied for game scoring honors with 23 points apiece while Hill and Grover netted 20 each for the Streaks. WILL IT LAST? V, VALUE Step up to a New LENNOX Pulse furnace and high efficiency LENNOX AirConditSoner GAS: YOUR BEST ENERGY VALUE lOoemun 3511S. WRIGHT RD. CRYSTAL LAKE 81S/4S9-2300 FINANCING AVAILABLE HEATING AND COOLING SINCE 1931 SALES 24 HOUR SERVICE SPORT FANS... 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The best way might be to see that Cermak misses the team bus. The senior had 32 points against Johnsburg last time. "She's not big, but if you put a guard on her, she'll post up right away, and she's unstop- Sble that way. She can shoot >m outside too, but she gets most of her points inside," Fahey explained. "Plus she gets a lot of points from the free throw line. She seems to get fouled quite a bit. "If anything, we want to force her outside. Wauconda's other four players aren't that great. Whether it works or not, we'll have to wait and see. But I'd like to keep her under 20 points. "We have to stop her from getting those easy bunnies down low. Game time is 7:30 p.m.