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lie—-lumDien a pass insiae, u nanoran misiaxes nave Kinea us ail year ana mey st Laurencemade the recovery, and Witter drew his caught up with us. We have to live with this H r13 15 9 16—538 14 17 13—52Best Teams Don't Always Win(Continued from Page 27) ranked No. 1 in the state from November to March, a team that had won 28 of its last 29 games going into the sectional, a team that allowed its opponents exactly 41 points a game.HERE’S SOMETHING ELSE:Tomorrow night’s Class AA sectional champions make up the state's Sweet 16. Some will be legit. Some will be ludicrous.For an example of the former, think of poor Maine South. Rated second in the state most of the season, Maine South was put in a regional tournament with good teams like Sfr. Patrick and Niles West. Then it advanced to a sectional with Evasnton, Prospect and Arlington, all fine teams.After all that, if Maine South would reach the super-sectional at Evanston, it probably would draw Waukegan, a team whose sectional tournament iat Waukegan r indudes three incredible weaklings — New Trier East, Crystal Lake and Deerfield.WHILE CRYSTAL LAKE was playing Cary Grove for a regional championship, there were regional finals where good teams were bounced because someone had to go. Bloomington over Normal, for example. So what happens next? While Crystal I^ke winds up in a sectional where only Waukegan is respectable, Bloomington winds up in a meat-grinder at Kankakee with Joliet Central and Urbana. Pontiac lost, otherwise four state-ranked teams would have played in one sectional.It’s not exactly fair, but little can be done about it. The IHSA can only blueprint the tournament geographically. That’s why six teams with winning records can end up in the same regional at Rich South, while at the same time three out of four at Homewood-Flossmoor come in with losing records.There are no remedies available, no suggestions to offer. Only a constant sense of awe and mystery that surrounds Illinois’ major high school sporting event, the state basketball tournament. Get your office pools going, man. It’s that time again.Conrad Hits 30 for CatsThe St. Michael Wildcats received help from Pat Cassidy,concluded their home schedule 12 points, and Bob Santos with with twin victories over St. 11.George of Tinley Park last n .. 11 J ^ -Monday night. UUiiaOCJS wOThe heavyweight Wildcats T c* * A A 4outlasted their guests 39-30, I O ^TaT© fVI©©Twhile the lights pounded their The Tinley Park Bulldogs counterparts 71-25. took second place in the age 14-St. George trailed only 21-20 under wrestling sectional last at halftime of the heavyweight weekend at Sandburg high game, but St. Michael forward school.Mike Choffin turned in his best Eight boys will go to the state performance of the season, finals Saturday in DeKalb. leading the team in every Tony Prate, 60 pounds; Don category. He connected for 18 Stuckly, 65 pounds; Patrick points and grabbed 12 rebounds. McMahon, 90 pounds; TimThe lightweights massacred ™oll, 105 pounds, and Ed St. George, 71-25. The Cats ran Valasie, 152 pounds, were away with it in the first period, sectional champions. Kirk building up a 19-2 lead. McMahon, 85; Bruce Tholl, 112,Brian Conrad hit a career an(^ Ortit, 134, took run-high 30 points in the contest. He ,neruP honors.
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Orland Park Star Tribune
Orland Park, Illinois, US
Thu, Mar 13, 1975
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