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SECTION 2 - PAGE 15. PLAINDEALER-HERALD, FRIDAY. MARCH 8,1985 Sports Tournament excitement continues CL Central hangs on, outduers South, 43-39 By Phfl English Several Crystal Lake Central fans had the right idea when they hoisted Tiger guard Mike Harvel to the rafters following the buzzer ending the third and final meeting' of the South and Central cage teams this season. With the way Harvel played the fourth quarter, if had he stayed on the Central Fieldhouse floor, the court would've started smoking. The mid-size playerdrove the lane enough times in the last three minutes to give the Gators tread- marks. His two baskets and two key free throws with 14 seconds remaining handed Central a less- than-corafortable 43-39 win. The. win not only ends South's year, but puts to rest one of the town's best surprise end-of-the- season comebacks. Central (16- 10) will advance to the finals of its own Class AA Regional against Wfcpdstock (16-9) Friday night. The winner advances to the RockfoTd West Sectional next Tuesday. With 33 seconds left in the game and Cental's lead once again nar­ rowed to only four points, guard Charlie Collins put up a despera­ tion 20-footer in an effort to keep South alive, but it was Harvel again comi .g up with the tipand later drawi ig a foul, good for two freebies, a id Central was out of touch. "We pla *ed better defense in the fourth juarter, and we didn't let them un their offense. We made son* key free throws at the end, and t lat put us up," Central Coach Aritie Kay said."Our bench strength came through. We keep going through players, seeing who plays well, getting towards a total jteam concept BOYS'BASKETBXH Crystal Lake Central CtaHAA Regional Monday's Results > . McHenry 62, Cary-Grove 40 CL South 58, Johnsburg 47 • Tueeday's Result Woodstock 41, McHenry 38 " Wednesday's Result a Central 43, CL South 39 Friday, March 8 OiampWMhip fi«m> Woodstock (184) vs. CL Central (18-10), 7:30 p.m. Wtnmr meets Anttocfa Regional cheap in BecMartWeetgectttnal. ing mob on the Tiger side obvious­ ly taking its toll in the Gator pressure department. "It was a game of errors tonight," South Coach Gary Col­ lins said. "We made some key er­ rors that really shouldn't have hurt us. And thesewere not because of our lack of experience. They came from the kids that played a lot. "In the latter part of the fourth quarter, we had six unanswered- points, and they got over us," he added. "Like I told the kids, we accomplished a lot more than peo­ ple thought we would. And these people got to see a better basket­ ball team by the end of the year." The sophomore-laden Gators (7- 18) supplied the right stuff in the first half, grabbing a 14-9 first quarter lead on Andy Soden's eight points, including a 30-foot jumper at the buzzer, before four straight costly second-quarter tur­ novers and an 11-4 Tiger scoring mismatch gave Central a 22-20 half time lead. The lead exchanged hands several more times before Gator Pat Roche caught fire forsix straight field goals in the third quarter and a fiery 33-28 lead. The fourth quarter once again __ saw a turn of events as Rich Stem- "They played a zone, and pinski shot 5-for-7 from the line madeoiSpu^eHelTgoals^ the foUrtfi.'lte grini"W US. The Mark Rolander scored 12 to lead kids from both sides get pretty the Tigers while sophomore tight before a game like this, and I thought we'd be the tighter team," Kay added. "We had everything to lose tonight and they had everything to win. There was a lot of pressure on the kids, what with being the favored team and on the home court." But the home court seemed the proper advantage with a deafen- NICHOLS lost to Crystal Lake South in regional action Tuesday night. Hartlieb was also a unanimous pick. The 6-foot senior averaged 17.1 points per game in the NWSC, and also gathered in eight re­ bounds a game for the Hur­ ricanes, who were 6-8 in the con­ ference, good for fourth place. Will, a 5-10 senior guard, averaged 16.1 tallies contest and five rebounds. He and Hartlieb provided the bulk of the scoring for the freewheeling Hurricanes. Also unanimously chosen to the squad were: Gary Link, a 6-7 center and Brian Garrity, a 6-1 forward, both from Grayslake, which calimed the NWSC title. Mark Kohl, Grant's 6-5 center and Rick Tauras, a 6-2 forward from Lake Zurich. Also, Dennis Hubbard, a 5-10 guard from Wauconda and Round Lake's Brian Horn (5-11 guard) and Frank Ptak (6-3 forward). A£arengo, the conference's second-place squad, placed two - players on the team. Carlos Velaz­ quez, a 6-2 forward, and Paul Williams, a 6-4 center. Williams was also named the conference's most valuable player. Ptak and Velasquez are the only juniors on the senior-dominated team. center Bill Heppner hit on eight. Soden and Roche shared the Gator lead with 10 points each. "We have to regroup after tonight, forget about this and get ready for Woodstock now," Kay said. Ironically, Harvel's free throw last year beat South 51-50 in Game One of McHenry's regional. (Continued from page 16) Jeff Nichols By Joe Kusek Plated--tar-Herald News Service ELGIN -- Dundee-Crown's boys' basketball coach Jim Hinkle wasn't happy with his teams' half- court offense. That's a small con­ solation to St. Charles. For the Chargers' transition game and defense were more than enough to run the Saints out of the Elgin Larkin gym Wednesday night, 82-65, in a semifinal game of the Larkin Class AA Regional. D-C (19-6) now advances to the finals against Elgin on Friday. The Maroons are the last team to beat Dundee-Crown, ac­ complishing the feat in the finals of the Elgin Holiday Christmas Tournament. The Chargers broke away from St. Charles (13-13) midway through the second quarter. Slimko's 43 leads Jacobs to final By Joe Kusek PlalndMler-Herald Newt Service ALGONQUIN -- Mark Slimko. That's all that needs to be said. Jacobs' 6-foot-5 center-forward- g u a r d - s c o r e k e e p e r - concessionaire poured in a lifetime-best 43 points in leading the Golden Eagles to a surprising- ' ly easy 82-66 win over Wauconda in the second game of the Jacobs' Class AA Regional Tuesday night. The Eagles will face Barrington for the championship at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The Broncos intimidated Lake Zurich into a 72-39 victory Tuesday. Slimko scored from the outside, inside, along the baseline, from both corners, off rebounds and one dunk, in accumulating 19 field goals and five free throws. "I didn't even know about," the Harvard cagers roll to sectional final, 50-47 - , Plaindealer-Herald Naws Service phpto by Steve Metpch f i ' " •» eJdJOQ CI i'UBOHUd Crystal Lake South's Kevin Beck, left, can't stop Crystal fake Central's sophomore center Bill Heppner from ripping down a first-half rebound Wednesday night. Heppner scored eight points as Central won, 43-39. Chargers rout Saints Nursing a 22-19 lead, D-C cut xoose an 11-2 splurge. Dan Schultz (15 points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots) hit both ends of a one-and-one and was followed into the scoring column on a side jumper from Jeff Leitner, two free throws by Mike Harris and the rebound bucket by Schultz. Harris (22 points, six assists) capped off the outburst with a three-point play with three minutes left in the first half that made it 33-21. D-C, which had four players in double figures also shined on defense holding the Saints' high- scoring Jeff Surges to just nine points before fouling out wth little more than two minutes left to play. Surges carried a 24-points- per-game scoring average into the contest. senior said, "until they said, 'you've got 41, go after1the ball.' "It wasn't until midway through the second quarter tMat I got go­ ing. I was a little rOcky out there first. But then we started running the offense and I went inside with it. We were also taking our time on ofiense, which lulled them a little and let us work for a better shot." By Dick Peterson Ptalod--tor lUmtdNewgerrfc* * ' OREGON - Harvard never trailed, but Elgin St. Edward came oh-so-close to pulling off the upset Tuesday night in the Oregon Class A Sectional semifinal. Mike King, whom Green Wave coach Joe Tullo calls a streak shooter, got a hot hand in the fourth quarter, scoring 10 points from the outer stratosphere to help forge a 43-all tie with just over three minutes to play. However, the Hornets swit­ ched defenses to shut him down and Harvard held on for a 50-47 win to advance to Friday's 7:30 p.m. Oregon Sectional cham­ pionship against Stillman Valley, a 51-50 winner over Mount Morris. The Hornets and 23-6 Car­ dinals are no strangers. Har­ vard defeated Stillman Valley 59-45 for the Marengo holiday tournament championship. "We were nervous," admitted Harvard coach Bruce Firchau, whose No. 5 Hornets won their 24th straight to improve to 26-1. "We were shooting airballs out there just warming up." The victory margin was the narrowest since the Marengo Holiday tournament when the Hornets stopped Franklin Center by six points. Harvard's average win margin is in the neighborhood of 25 points. In the first half, the Hornets unofficially connected on only 8- of-24 shots, well under their average, while the Green Wave hit on only 6-of-20 as Harvard opened a 18-12 halftime lead. "They're an ~ intelligent group," Firchau said, noting that four starters are in the top 5 percent of their senior class. "They didn't rattle." And they may have shook off the sectional jitters. Harvard didn't score for nearly the first three minutes until Mike Fisher canned a 15- foOter. The Wave didn't hit until Craig Schmidt hit from the perimeter halfway through the period. The low-scoring first quarter ended 8-4 in Harvard's favor. Tullo wanted to slow the tempo of the game down, which the 18-9 Green Wave did, but it didn't produce. "We just stood around and didn't do anything (in the first half)," he said. "I think that was the key of the game. It wasn't what they were doing. It was what we were not doing." "To hold a team like that to 50 points?" Tullo said. "We had the tempo. We had everything the right way. We didn't get the shots to drop for us. "They're a very tough basketball team to defense. You can't shut them out, but you can hold them to 50." Tullo knew if Harvard got into the 70s, it would be all over for St. Ed­ ward. Harvard started moving out in the third quarter, opening an eight-point, 36-28 lead at the end of the period when the Hornets outscored the Wave 8-4 down the stretch. "We were double-teaming Martin," Tullo said. "We did a great job on him." Martin was limited to 14 points, but the Hornets again proved their mettle with four ifi double figures. Tom King fireij in 11, and Erik Schimke and Jajjr Jones notched 10 each. Martin's performance left hinj a point shy of Ton$ Amelianovich's single-season scoring record of 569 points^ which was set 19 years ago in 30 games. > "The chemistry among them was so good," Firchau said. "I think they enjoy passing to eacfi other, getting that assist, thai) they do scoring." It was Jones' easy lay ups in the fourth quarter that sparked Harvard. With Martin being double teamed, Jones was found four times in the second half under the basket, generally unguarded. * After the three bombs by Mite King, Harvard called a timeout for a strategy session. "After he hit about three of those, that was it," Firchau said. The Hornet King shadowed the Green Wav€ King in a box-and-one to cut hin| off. > King's baskets pulled the Wave within 43-41, and 6-foot-7 junior center Mike Jeffers tied it 43-43 with a pair of free throws. But the Hornets regained the lead when Jones was found all alone under the right side of the hoop for the easy shot and a 45-43 edge with 3:03 to play. Tom Tustin had a chance to close the gap with 2:14 to play when Jones fouled out, but he missed the first shot of a oner and-one. Tustin snared the rebound and put the ball up twice, but he was called for offensive charging. Hornet Tom King padded the lead to four with 1:55 to play with a pair of free throws, and it was 49-43 when King assisted Schimke for an easy basket. But sophomore guard Ron Russell hit one from the corner and Jeffers fired in a short baseline shot to cut the Hornet lead to 49-47 with 44^seconds to play. Before Jeffers' shot, Tullo was desperately trying to call a timeout, but his players didn't see him and couldn't hear him over the din created by 1,700 fans, most of them Harvard partisans. "We didn't get three timeouts," Tullo said. "The opponent at the end of the game isn't the other team, it's the clock." ; Jeffers fouled Tom King with 17 seconds to go, and the Hornet hit the first shot but missed the second for a three-point lead. Russell tossed up a long one, but it missed; Tustin rebounded, but missed; and Jeffers rebounded but missed as time expired. 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