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Chicago Tribune, Wednesday, March 18, 1987 Section 4 3 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Elgin hoards all the luck as E. Aurora falls in OT with King and Marcus Liberty. The Maroons 28-2 were paced by All-State forward Mark Baugh with 23 points, six blocked shots and a crucial free throw with nine seconds left in regulation. It tied the game at 65-65 and sent it into overtime. Baugh had missed his first shot after he was fouled by the Tomcats' 6-foot-1 -inch guard Troy Smith.

With the East Aurora fans in Chick Evans Fieldhouse creating a deafening roar, Baugh calmly swished the next shot. "I knew I had to sink it," he said. "The season was on the line. I just drew a deep breath and con centrated on the basket as hard as I could." Baugh scored a basket on an offensive rebound to put the Maroons up for good at 67-66 with 2:09 left in overtime. He pulled off his final heroics of the evening with a pinpoint pass through two men to Pat Barnhart; he made the layup to ice the game at 70-66 with 12 seconds left "It was the luck of the Irish on St.

Patrick's Day," Harrington said. "We told our kids when we went into overtime that when that happens we always win and usually dominate." Elgin started out as though the 3 Block spaces, for 0 Picas. lout-come of the game was already decided by outscoring the Tomcats 13-2 in the first 4:08. Elgin threatened to send East Aurora home with a kicking it wouldn't forget But Tony Matthews, a 5-10 point guard, got into foul trouble early. With its floor leader on the bench, Elgin's defense came apart and allowed the Tomcats to cut the lead to 35-34 at the half.

East Aurora led 45-42 midway through the third period, and the lead changed hands four more times until the final seconds. East Aurora's Smith, who was the hero in the sectionals with a last-second jumper that beat Benet, almost caught lightning in a bottle for a second time when he hit a 12-footer with 17 seconds left It gave the Tomcats a 65-64 lead. Smith, who led East Aurora with 19 points, then fouled Baugh on Elgin's last-second drive, leading to the tying free throw. "Elgin has the best team, apparently, said coach Scott Martens, whose Tomcats finished the season 25-5. As the Maroons prepare to play the defending state champions, Harrington believes his kids can meet the challenge.

"Marcus Liberty is the best player in the state," Harrington said. "King's a great ballclub, but anything can happen in the tournament. Just ask about Austin Peay." ELGIN 71 Mark Baugh 10 3-6 23, Pat Barnhart 1 2-4 4, Mike Adklne 2 0-0 4, Tony Matthewe 7 4-5 18, Tim Morttz 6 14 13, Stave Hlnton 2 3-6 7, Mike Beck 1 0-0 2. Totala 28 13-23 71. EAST AURORA 66 Randy Vlaor 2 3-4 7, Keith Cross 6 6-8 16, Troy Smith 8 1-2 18, Durrell Williams 6 6-918, Thomas Wyatt 2 24 8.

Totala 24 18-27 68. Elgin Eaet Aurora 20 16 17 13 671 11 23 17 14 Total foula fouled out Elgin 17, East Aurora 18 Visor, Smith. Paul Sullivan Elgin coach Jim Harrington has in the stands of Champaign's Hall for the last 12 years, watching the state finals and wondering what it would be like to through the tunnel to the court with his team behind him. Thanks to what Harrington called "the luck of the Irish," that seat will be filled by someone else 4his year. Harrington's Maroons edged -East Aurora 71-66 in overtime Tuesday at the De Kalb Class AA ''supersectional and will advance to Champaign for a Friday encounter i New Trier upended by Boylan Evanston hurt by Gorman Injured senior leads Oak Forest to supersectional win 1, tk.

Rockford Boylan's Chad Gallagher, a 6-foot-9-inch center, poured in 21 points on 10 field goals and a free throw Tuesday anight to lead Rockford Boylan to 64-52 victory over New Trier in front of 6,300 spectators in the -Class AA supersectional at the Metro Centre in Rockford. The victory put Boylan 28-2 in the state quarterfinals against Westchester St. Joseph in the 12:13 p.m. opener on Friday. St.

fc Joseph qualified with a 77-65 victory over Leo in the Hinsdale Central supersectional. With Gallagher showing the way iand Brad Ferger adding 12 points, Harris 10, Ken Linsky 8 and LaMont McGee 7, Boylan finished ROUNDUP thing that went up." The Bengals' Troy Agler had 6 of his 13 points during the fourth period. Sidney Pointer and Mark Loyd had 14 and 11 points, respectively, for the Wildkits. Delaney, who had only two points at halftime, opened it up with four baseline bombs after intermission. "I told myself I was going to be aggressive in the second half," said Delaney.

"I was shooting the ball real well. For the last week I shot real well, and I was confident. "Evanston was tough. They hustle, they scrap for everything." Gorman didn't get the doctor's okay to play until Monday night. Tuesday, he served as doctor to the Bengals' psyche during Evans-ton's rally.

It was he who tried to calm his teammates on the floor. "I didn't want their pressure to get to us," said Gorman. "I wanted to make sure we kept our heads because we still had the lead." EVANSTON 60 Martin Freemen 2 1-2 8, Mark Loyd 4 3-8 11, Jim McHolland 1 04 2, Tyrone Belt 6 04 12. Sidney Pointer 7 04 14, Juvon McOerry 4 2-2 10, Lennox Forrester 3 04 6. Totale 27 8-10 60.

OAK FORE8T 62 Tom Heeme 0 1-2 1, Jeff Delaney 6 2-2 14, Casey Brennan 7 3-4 17, Troy Agler 6 1-2 13, Dan Leltz 1 04 2, Larry Gorman 8 3-4 15. Totala 26 10-14 62. Evaneten 13 12 18 2688 Oak Forest 14 14 17 17-82 Total foula fouled out) Evanston 13; Oak Forest 12. and Casey Brennan had 4 of his team-high 17 points. Oak Forest needed its big cushion because Evanston 16-13 fought back with a 26-point fourth quarter, finally closing to within two on sophomore Tyrone Bell's jumper with :01 left.

Bell had all of his 12 points during the rally. "We were so aggressive offensively and defensively in the third quarter. We just took over total dominance, said Oak Forest coach Denny Denman. "Then all of a sudden we got a little tentative with the lead. We weren't attacking them." Evanston coach Mike Hart leaped to his feet to call time after Bell's last shot.

Hart thought the Wildkits should have had three seconds left on the clock, but referees Jim Czocher and Kurt Anderson said there was one. It really didn't matter. "The problem is that I'm trying to trade three seconds, and it was a four- or five-minute span that killed us," said Hart, whose team was bidding for its second straight Elite Eight appearance. "Our ticket usually is that in the third and fourth quarters we wear 'em down, but the problem tonight was they came back fresh after halftime and threw in every ii la tumbles to r5, a Leo's Darryl Arnold 24 tries to St. Joseph 77-65 victory in the St.

Joseph Continued from page 1 little edge and just used it well the rest of the game." For the first time in its last four games, St. Joseph didn't have to go into overtime, and Pingatore believed all those close encounters kept his team's adrenalin pumping. "I think close games help you in the tournament," he said. "We seem to do better after we play close games." "St. Joseph is the first really good screening team we've seen, 0 ft Tribune photo by Charlee Cherney block a shot by Carl Hayes during Hinsdale Central Supersectional.

said Fitzgerald. St. Joseph shot 55 percent 26 of 47 from the field to 45 percent for Leo 27 of 60, but the Lions held a slight rebounding advantage, 28-27. LEO 85 Don WhHeekle 8-8, 04 12, 8hawn Frleon 0-5, 04 0, Lorenzo Hall 04, 2-4 2, Darryl Arnold 8-18 44 22, Thor Palemore 6-12, 3-4 13, Deon Edmonde 1-3, 0-1 2, Demien Event 6-12, 2-3 14. Totale 27-80 11-18 65.

8T. JOSEPH 77 Brian Metre 10-17, 64, 25, Shawn Tyler 24. 04, 4, Terry Mieter 2-4, 4-4, 8, Clifford Scalea 7-14, 4-8 18, Oliver Ceeelr 0-1, 04 0, John Dreoaa 04 04 0. Cert Hayee 64, 12-16 22. Totale 2543 77.

Leo StJoeeprt 12 13 22 1886 18 13 16 3077 Total foula fouled out Leo 23 (Arnold, Palemore, 81. Joseph 18 Ceeelr. Rebounde Leo 28 Arnold end Palemore 8, 8L Joeepn 27 McHte 10). 1:58 of Sunday afternoon's 4-2 loss in Dallas. Granitza scored twice and had three assists as the Sting 18-19 improved its overtime record to 5-4.

"I was too nice in many games," Granitza said. "I wasn't shooting enough, just passing. Today, I wanted to get more shots." Granitza had six shots, while first-year midfielder Teddy Krafft had eight KrafTt scored one goal and turned in his best performance as a Sting. Batata, Ben Collins and rookie Randy Prescott netted one goal apiece. Prescott'i goal was his first in the MISL.

Chico Borja scored twice for Wichita, with Barry Wallace, Dave Hoggan, Mark Kerlin, Mickey Thomas and Erik Rasmussen adding one goal apiece. Wichita (19-18) held the lead five times, including a 5-3 margin at the half. Krafft's sixth goal of the season gave the Sting a 6-5 lead in the third quarter, but Wichita came back with a pair. That set the stage for the heroics by Moreira and Klopas. "This was a strong confidence game for us," said Sting coach Erich Geyer.

"I changed the lineup a bit to strengthen the mid-Held somewhat and give us a By Linda Young Larry Gorman insisted it didn't hurt a bit The 6-foot-8-inch Oak Forest senior didn't even notice the left index finger that he fractured four days earlier, scoring 15 points and blocking six shots Tuesday to lead the Bengals to their first Elite Eight appearance with a 62-60 supersectional victory over Evans-ton at East Aurora. They Bengals will meet East St. Louis Lincoln in Friday's 7:15 p.m. quarterfinal at the Assembly Hall in Champaign. "You have to take your mind off tilings like that injury," said Gorman, a varsity player since his vfreshman season.

"If you don't, you're going to play tentative and you're not going to win." Oak Forest led 28-25 at halftime, but Gorman and his teammates broke open the close game with a 16-2 spurt to open the third quarter, then held on despite a frantic comeback in the final quarter by the Wildkits. The Bengals 28-2 took turns starring throughout their first supersectional appearance, but in the third quarter, Jeff Delaney found the range from outside, scoring scored 8 of his 13 points, Lockport By Reid Hanley Chicago Tribune NORMAL, 111. You'd think Bob Basarich would have started talking about the shot that beat his Lockport team or the shot that didn't beat Quincy. Think again. It wasn't any one thing that stuck in the mind of the Porters' coach after a tough 43-42 supersectional loss Tuesday at Illinois State's Horton Fieldhouse.

It was "The Game." Not so much this game but "The Game." "That's the thing I like about basketball," said Basarich, whose team 27-4 saw a victory slip away when Mike Allen's 15-foot jumper missed with three seconds to go. "I'm the biggest pusher and screamer against all these new rules they are trying to put in. This type of game will go into the archives as one where a team without as much talent can win ballgames with great coaching and a great program. "With the three-point play, the 30-second rule, the bench decorum rule, they want to wipe this out and give all the advantages to the talented team. Jerry Leggett once again proved how great a coach he is and how good their program is." SOCCER stronger attack." Wings' coach Charlie Cooke lamented the fact that his club had three-goal leads against the Sting three times this season and lost all but once.

"It's enough to almost make you sick," Cooke said. "We deserved to win all three times. But give Chicago credit. They played for 60 minutes tonight and we played 30." WfchHa 2 3 6 1 67 6TIN0) 6 2 3 1 1-8 FIRST QUARTER 1. Wlohlta, Bora (McGeuley) 03O: 4.

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GAME-WINNINU UOL- Crane Klopae. 8TINO Ml REFEREES Okie OppoHtO, seee penermaat. Jason Gay made a layup with 17 seconds left after an inbounds play to give Quincy the right to play unbeaten Peoria Manual at 8:30 p.m. Friday in the Class AA quarterfinals at Champaign's Assembly Hall. Gay was open because Lock-port blanketed Larry Loethen, who made his first eight shots and was the game's leading scorer with 18 points.

wasn't surprised," said Gay, who scored six points. "The play was designed to go to Larry, but they overplayed him so them dumped it to me." Quincy used a combination of defenses to keep the ball away from 6-foot-7-inch Dave Mi-tidiero. The Blue Devils played mostly a zone defense but threw in some man-to-man, doubled up on the ball, played a box-and-one and generally made life difficult for Mitidiero, who scored 14 points despite coverage as tight as the se-migloss paint on the locker-room walls. Maurice Hamilton led the Porters with 15 points. Lockport led from the fifth basket of the game until there was 3:30 left in the final quarter.

The Porters were patient, perhaps too patient. "Their style of play allows you 4 the game with a flourish by out-Jsconng New Trier 22-8 in the "fourth quarter. JiNew Trier 22-81, behind Peter 'Henry's 20 points, had led 28-25 at the half before Boylan rallied to tie he score at 42 late in the third quarter. Simon Lincoln, New 6-7 senior center and the tleam's top scorer, played only the three minutes of the game injuring a knee. He left the game and came back briefly before leaving the game for good.

NEW TRIER 52 Simon Lincoln 1 0-0 2, Peter Henry 8 2-4 20, Michael Ryan 2 0-0 4, Jim Houser 0-1 8, Bryan Bird 2 04) 4. John Strecke 4 0-0 8, Jeff Knobal 2 04 4, Jeff Danlelsen 1 00 2. Total! 2-5 52. ROCKFORD BOYLAN 64 Paul Fulling 12-3 4, Jeff Po 1 0-0 2, Ken Unsky 3 2-3 8, Brad Ferger 4 4-5 12, LaMont McOee 3 1-2 7, Chad Gallagher 10 1-4 21, PI Heme 8 0-0 10, Ernie Sharer 0 0-10. 27 10-18 84.

New Trier 12 18 18 8 62 Ptocktord Boylan 15 18 17 2284 Total route (fouled out New Trier 19; Rockford -Boylan 8. At Peoria Top-ranked, unbeaten Peoria Manual outlasted Rock Island 67-63 in the Peoria in front of 7,100 spectators in the Peoria Civic Center. Jr Curtis Stuckey scored 28 points and pulled down 13 rebounds, f'David Booth added 21 points, and j.Shun Williams pulled down 10 re-abounds to pace Manual to its 31st consecutive victory. "When you're No. 1 in the state 'and No.

5 in the nation, everybody you tooth and nail, but these kids have shown that they are able 'to handle the pressure all season long," said Manual coach Dick Van Scyoc. Manual will meet Quincy in the last game of the state quarterfinals f' at 8:30 p.m. Friday. MANUAL 871 Shun WHHeme 0-2 8. Curt 8tuckey 8 12-14 28, David Booth 8 6-8 21, Lynn CoWna 1 4-8 6, Ken 8ydnor 2 2-3 8.

Total 22 23-33 67. ROCK ISLAND 83 Kelan Ritchie 8 2-4 12, "Tony Ledbetter 6 0-2 16, Todd Halt 2 2-2 8, BW Red 3 7-11 13, John Bame 8 04 12. Maurice i Wooda 0 2-2 2. Jemee Fleher 1 04 2, Totete 25 13- 63. Peerte Menuei 13 17 17 2087 Wook letand 18 14 13 2883 Total foula louled out Manual 16.

Rook (stand B4Rwd). At Carbondale Top-seeded, East St Louis Lincoln, expected, delivered a 35-26 knockout blow to Mt. Vernon in the Carbondale supersectional at "Southern Illinois University. But it was much closer than expected. Although 6-9 All-Stater LaPhonso Ellis was held to a subpar six- 'point, six-rebound efibrt, Lincoln '25-1 still staged a second-half 1 surge to deck Mt Vernon 24-61, 'which trailed only 14-10 at the half and scored the.

First basket of the quarter to close the gap to two points at 14-12. But Mt Vernon was to come no closer. Lincoln, behind James Har- ris 10 points, Ellis and Chris Rodgers 7 points, outscored Mt Vernon 1 1-4 the rest of the quarter to take a 25-16 advantage into the eight minutes. Marc Johnson had 10 points and Patrick Shields 8 for Mt Vernon. East St 'Louis Lincoln will meet Oak For-V est 28-2, a 62-60 winner over at East Aurora, in Friday's "quarterfinals in Champaign.

I LINCOLN 361 Jemee Heme 04 10, Cnne ftftodgwe 3.3 7, UPhonao Ewe 3 04 6, Mark 4 Chamber 2 2-3 8, Braotord Lawrence 0-0 4, Rodney cnevte IMI. rotate la a-e 30 MT. VERNON Mere Johnson I 04 10, Patrice SrwjMa 4 04 8. Tom Hevee 2 1-1 6. Troy Hughes 1 04 2.

Robert jonee 8 4-1 1. Totata 12 2- i 4 26 teet tUnlt Uneokt a ML Vernon 18 4 1038 1028 10, Ml Vernon 6. Quincy not to get buried," said Leggett, who will take a 25-5 team to Champaign. "They allow you to hang in the're two, three, four points behind. Then we've got good shooters." Those good shooters were great shooters in the second half.

The Blue Devils shot 79 percent 11 of 14 from the field in the second half and 63 percent 20 of 32 for the game. Loethen was 8-for-9, and Chris Jones, who found Gay open on the winning basket, was 4-for-5. Loethen hit most of his shots from the corner, a weak spot in the 1-3-1 zone Lockport used. "I had a great shooting game in Springfield 9-for-12 in the sectional final victory over Decatur Eisenhower and I just wanted to carry it over into this game," said the 6-5 senior. "It did.

We had to shoot well to beat this team. They had too much size for us and kept going inside all the time." QUINCY 431 Bailey 34 04 6. Oey 34 04 6, Jonee 44 1-2 1. Ooene 04 04 0, Loethen 84 2-2 18. Blea 2-8 04 4.

Totale 2042 3-4 43. LOCKPORT 42 6 MondretK 1 14 3. MOW Aden 1 04 2, Joe Jeckeon 3 2-2 6. Maurice Hemd-ton 6 3-7 16, Dave Mruoiero 5 4-4 14. Totale 1841 10-18 42.

Owlne 12 8 13 1043 14 11 10' 742 Total fouM Ifouled out I Oulncv 14. Lookoort 6. A 2,000. 4V" APUeerphoea Sting Klopas clips Wings in 0T By John Leptich Frank Klopas scored at 1:51 of overtime Tuesday to give the Sting a thrilling 8-7 victory in front of 2,445 at the Horizon. Defender Chico Moreira's fourth goal of the season with only seven seconds left in regulation sent the game into overtime.

It was scored with Heinz Wirtz replacing Sting goalkeeper Victor Nogueira as a sixth attacker. The smallest crowd in the Sting's seven-season indoor tory and the smallest in the Major Indoor Soccer League this season saw the Sting snap a three-game skid. The previous low crowd was 3,254 for the Sting's first indoor playoff game, Feb. 17, 1981 at the Stadium. "The luck of the Irish was with us," said Klopas.

Seamus McDonagh must be wondering why. He's the Wings' goalie, and he wore a green jersey during the game. "I saw Batata with the ball in the comer and I posted up in the'' box," said Klopas, whose joal was his 27th of the season. "I just took the shot and it went in." Sting striker Karl-Heinz Gran-itza played a standout game after being benched for all but the final Karl-Heinz Granitza, who scored twice, dribbles away from Wichita's Mark Kerlin during the Sting's 8-7 victory Tuesday In overtime. I Ifea4faMfeeCejB4i eW I.