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Section IB arrem rescues MacArtlieF Decatur, Illinois, Saturday, January 15, 1983 Meridian Capitol Conference record Lanphier 7 0 MacArthur 5 1 Griffin' 4 3 Eisenhower 3 3 Normal 3 3 Centennial 3 4 Jacksonville 2 5 Southeast 0 8 Prep conference standings Okaw Valley Findlay 6 1 Blue Mound 5 1 Maroa-Forsyth 4 1 Stonington 4 1 Assumption 4 2 Niantic 3 3 Moweaqua 3 4 Bethany 2 4 Illiopolis 2 4 Tower Hill 2 5 Macon 1 5 Lovington 0 5 Apollo Paris 4 1 Mount Zion 3 2 Effingham 3 2 Taylorville 2 2 Newton 2 2 Charleston 0 5 Big 12 SPRINGFIELD Fabian Warren's free throw with six seconds remaining proved decisive Friday night as Decatur MacArthur High School nudged Springfield Griffin 49-48 in Capitol Conference basketball action. The toss gave MacArthur a 49-46 advantage. Griffin's Dave Balster made a basket at the buzzer. But it wasn't enough as MacArthur stretched its Capitol record to 5-1 and improved its overall record to 11-2. Griffin is 4-3 in the conference standings and 9-5 overall.

MacArthur connected on 19 of 47 shots, but ultimately won at the free throw line, sinking 11 of 18 attempts. Griffin, which had won seven of its last eight games, made six of 13 free throws. Griffin's Dave Snedeker, who is 6-foot-8 and has accepted a scholarship to Iowa, topped all scorers with 22 points. He is averaging 19.2 points. Warren, Al Lawson and Kip Jones each scored 12 points for MacArthur, No.

1 in the Herald Review large school rankings. Eisenhower wins: At Springfield, Duane Huddleston pumped in 29 points and hit on 1,2 of 18 shots as Deca tur Eisenhower swept past Springfield Southeast 68-53 in Capitol Conference action. Huddleston scored 10 points in the third period and nine in the second as Eisenhower notched a second victory over Southeast. Ron Meyer backed up Huddleston's outburst with 17 points. He connected on eight of 15 shots and nabbed 12 rebounds.

Southeast finished by hitting on 27 of 50 shots for 54 percent. Southeast made 23 of 61 for 37.7 percent. Eisenhower improved to 3-3 in the Capitol and 7-6 overall. Southeast is winless in eight Capitol games and is 2-12 overall. In other Capitol action, Springfield Lanphier edged Jacksonville 51-48 to remain in the conference lead, while Normal beat Champaign Centennial 47-46.

Danville 70, Stephen Decatur 61 At Danville, Danville made 22 of 46 shots to overcome Stephen Decatur. Danville won at the free throw line, making 26 of 35 tosses. Stephen Decatur made 7 of 14 free throws. Terry Cook led Stephen Decatur with 15 points. He scored nine in the third quarter.

Stephen Decatur led 51-50 with 4 2 Tuscola 5 1 4 2 Tolono 4 2 4 2 Mahomet 3 2 3 3 St. Teresa 3 3 3 3 St. Joseph 3 3 3 3 Monticello 2 4 1 5 Argenta 1 6 Bloomington Danville Mattoon Urbana Decatur Champaign Springfield East Park Wins: East Park Baptist overwhelmed Alton Mississippi Valley 74-28 in a home game. Steve Grady scored 21 points for East Park Baptist and had seven assists. approximately four minutes to play before Danville began cashing in on turnovers.

In another Big 12 game, Bloomington whipped Champaign Central 70-49. Minnesota at Washington: 1 1:30 a.m., CBS-TV Minnesota Vikings' quarterback Tommy Kramer figures the secret to winning today's encounter is treating it like a home game. The Vikings defeated Atlanta 30-24 in the opening round of the playoffs. Washington advanced by pounding Detroit 31-7. The Vikings won at home.

They haven't won; elsewhere very often, losing eight of the past nine road games. "I don't know why we play better at home," said Kramer. "I guess you perform better, in more comfortable surroundings. But, regardless, I don't think that should have much effect in the playoffs. Everybody knows it's the last shot." Today's game marks the first meetingbe-tween the teams since Minnesota trampled Washington 39-14 in 1980.

The Vikings also have won the teams' only two playoff meetings 27-20 in 1973 and 35-20 in 1976 -both at Minnesota. Among the interesting matchups is Mark Moseley vs. Rick Danmeier both straight-on kickers in the era of the soccer-style approach. Washington's Moseley was named the league's most valuable player by The Associated Press. And Danmeier is regarded as one of the most consistent field-goal kickers from inside 40 yards.

The game, however, figures to be a passing circus. Last week Kramer was 20 of 34 for 253 yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, the Redskins' Joe Theismann burned Detroit with touchdown tosses of 217' 21 and 27 yards to Alvin Garrett. The Reds- kins' also had a healthy John Riggins, who. gained 119 yards in 25 carries.

It'" THE LINE Washington by Teutopolis nips No. 4 eecher City Millikin handles Top 20 pressure By GARY DYMSKI Herald Review Sports Writer How does the Millikin basketball team feel about being No. 17 in the latest National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III rankings? According to Craig Patton the recognition is gratifying, but it's also a burden. gives our opponents added incentive," said Patton, one of the team's tri-captains. ''Being ranked will make every team play that much harder against us." 1 If Friday night is any indication, Millikin appears well-equipped to handle the burden of being a Top 20 team.

With Patton and fellow captain Wayne Dunning in top form, Millikin dumped Carroll 87-74 in College Conference of Illinois-Wisconsin action in the Griswold Center. It was a sixth straight triumph, improving Millikin's conference mark to 3-0, 10-2 overall. Patton scored 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting, while Dunning contributed 19 points (9-of-ll shooting), 11 rebounds and four assists. Although Greg Goodrich the team's other captain didn't have the offensive numbers (4 points, 5 rebounds), the 6-foot-3 senior was steady defensively. And that type of steadiness, says Patton, is what's important.

"We can't let the rankings go to our head," he said. "It's nice to look at, but we know we have to work hard or Dunning agreed with Patton's hard-work hype and with the incentive angle for Millikin opponents. "We're pround of being ranked," said Dunning. "It shows what hard work will do. But it also means other teams will be shooting for us.

W7e have to be ready." Millikin looked prepared against Carroll, running off a 32-11 spurt in the first half to all but wrap things up. Eddie Taylor hit three of the first four baskets in the spurt. Dunning and Goodrich each followed with a pair of baskets and it was off to the races. And Millikin was one horse Carroll wasn't about to catch. Millikin led 46-24 at half time and stretched it to as much as 58-30 in the second half.

That's when Coach Joe Ramsey used his bench, playing TEUTOPOLIS Teutopolis High School, with Jerry Krone scoring 24 points and nabbing 12 rebounds, spilled previously undefeated Beecher City 68-67 Friday night in National Trail Conference basketball. Teutopolis trailed by five points midway in the fourth quarter before scoring 10 straight points. Beecher City never could catch up as it suffered a first defeat in 13 games. No. 4 in the Herald Review small school rankings, Beecher City is 4-1 in the conference.

Teutopolis has a 3-1 conference record and is 6-6 overall. St. Anthony 40, St. Elmo 34: At Effingham, Dave Westendorf picked off 20 rebounds, while scoring 10 points, and Pat Peters connected on eight of 10 shots and scored 16 points to help drop St. Elmo.

It is St. Elmo's first conference defeat in five games. St. Elmo is 8-5 overall. St.

Anthony, which hit on 16 of 39 shots, also has a 4-1 conference record and is 6-8 overall. Nebga 68, Brownstown 51 At Neoga, Barry Williamson scored 25 points for Neoga, including nine points in the third quarter. Free throws were the difference, Neoga making 26 of 32, Brownstown making seven of 21. Neoga has a 3-2 conference record, 6-6 overall. Brownstown is 1-6 in the conference.

Windsor 79, Lovington 49: At Lovington, Mike Giesler poured in 24 points to pace Windsor, which has a 7-4 record. Lovington is 2-10. No. 1 Lawrenceville rolls FAIRFIELD Lawrenceville High School steamed to a 49th consecutive basketball victory Friday night with a 89-46 North Egypt Confer- ence rout of Fairfield. North Egypt Marty Simmons led the as- sault with 28 points and 13 rebounds.

Simmons connected on 13 of 21 shots. He totaled 10 points in the fourth quarter. No. 1 in both The Associated Press and Herald Review small school sizzled by hitting on 39 of 66 shots. Flora 37, Mount Carmel 34: At Mount Car- mel, Flora avenged a three-point loss to Mount Carmel in December.

Mark Stanley led the way with 15 points. He totaled eight in the third quarter. Greg Leib led Flora with eight rebounds and Mike Milner added seven. Flora has a 6-2 North Egypt record and is 11-4 overall. Langenbahn powers Lincoln LINCOLN Dave Langenbahn scored eight points in the third quarter, 17 overall to lead Lincoln High School's 48-44 victory over Urb- rr: ana Friday night in Big 12 Con- Big 12 ference basketball.

He made seven of 11 shots. It gives Lincoln a 2-4 Big 12 record, 6-7 overall. Mattoon 60, Springfield 50: At Mattoon, Doug Thompson scored 17 points for Mattoon. It gives Mattoon a 4-2 Big 12 Conference record; 7-7 overall. N.Y.

Jets at LJ. Raiders 3 p.m., NBC-TV In this era of pass-happy teams, both the Jets and Raiders have strong running attacks, Freeman McNeil, who shredded the Cincinnati Bengals for 202 yards in an opening round 44-17 victory of Cincinnati, gears the' Jets' ground game. McNeil led the National Football League in rushing with 786 yards. Offensive rookie of the year Marcus Alien (697 yards rushing) is the feature of the Raiders land-roving unit. Both.

have California roots. McNeif was a standout at UCLA while5 Allen was one of the many sparkling tailbacks at Southern Cat-- Both teams have excellent off tacks. The Jets gained 5 7 yards against the Bengals, last week with quarterback Richard Todd completing 20 of 28 passes fQT269 yards. The Raiders chewed up 510 yards in eliminating Cleveland 27-10. Quarterback Jim Plunkett clicked on 24 of 37 passes ior a career-high 386 yards.

And the. defenses ae just as impressive; Ask Cincinnati quarterback Ken Anderson who was sacked four times and intercepted three times by the Jets last yteek'. Cr' Meanwhile, the Raiders, sacked Cleveland Photo by Doug Gaumon Eddie Taylor goes up for two as Carroll's Len Jensen looks on. latest NCAA Division III polls. "This is what we've been looking forward said Patton.

"August-ana and North Park will show us how far we've come." every one but the trainer. Millikin shot a sizzling 58.5 percent (38 of 65) to 40.6 (26 of 64) for Carroll. Taylor finished with 14 points for Millikin and Ken Jackson chipped in with 11. Brian Jones led Carroll with 15 points. Patton hopes the good shooting continues.

The toughest part of Millikin's schedule is ahead. Always a conference contender, Augustana (2-3 in the conference) visits Millikin Tuesday. Then Millikin is on the road against North Park Thursday. North Park is 4-0 in the conference, 9-4 overall and ranked 14th in the Lincoln women win: in the Parkland College tournament at Champaign, the Lincoln College women nudged Lake County 62-59. Jannifer Johnson of Decatur got 11 rebounds and 12 points to lead Lincoln.

Thornton Community College and Lincoln play today at 3 p.m. Games follow at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. quarterback Paul McDonald six time's' Irad in tercepted one pass. 1 THE LINE Raiders, by ZVt) 71 i 3 rosetts No 6 Mlaroa OUIBCii O.

1 1 BLUE MOUND Bruce Bailey and Ed Morr each scored three points in the overtime period to give Blue Mound High School an upset 54-50 basketball victory over Maroa-Forsyth Friday night. Bailey totaled 17 points Meridian and Morr 16. Maroa-Forsyth is No. 6 in the Herald Review small school rankings and beat Blue Mound 65-62 in the Macon County tournament in December. Free throws were the difference.

Blue Mound made 10 of 20, Maroa-Forsyth made four of 10. Blue Mound has a 5-1 Meridian Conference record, Maroa-Forsyth 4-1. Maroa-Forsyth's only previous loss was 54-51 at Hartsburg-Emden Dec. 4. Niantic 60, Macon 42: At Macon, Jerry Turner popped in seven points in the first quarter as Ni-antic-Harristown took charge 21-6.

Turner finished with 20 points. Tim Snelson added 15. Derek Malcom topped Macon with 12. Niantic is 3-3 in the Meridian, Macon Tower Hill Wins: At Moweaqua, Tower Hill zoomed to a 16-0 lead, then had to go into overtime for a 60-55 victory. In the overtime, Tony Riley scored five points for Tower Hill and Jim Potts two points.

Potts' basket with 10 seconds to go sent the game into overtime. Tower Hill has a 4-10 overall record, Moweaqua 5-9. Assumption 78, Findlay 60: At Assumption, Rod Sloan got eight points in the fourth quarter, 26 overall to trigger an upset. Scott Hajny got 14 rebounds for Assumption. Findlay suffered a first Meridian loss.

Assumption has a 4-2 Meridian record. Stonington 58, Bethany 50: At Bethany, Bob Colbrook led a first-half charge for Stonington with 12 points. He finished with 16. Stonington clicked on 25 of 48 shots, while Bethany hit on 19 of 53. Stonington led 33-28 in rebounds.

Stonington has a 4-1 Meridian record and is 10-3 overall. Bethany, paced by J.R. Throneburg's 18 points, has a 2-4 conference record and is 7-7 overall. No. 8 Nokomis rolls 80-54 NOKOMIS Barry Sides scored a season-high 17 points as the Nokomis High School basketball team smacked Virden 80-54 Friday night in a South Central Conference game.

Bret Tuetken got 12 points in the second quar- Others ter, 25 overall, and grabbed 11 rebounds. Phil Brookshire had four assists. Nokomis is 6-0 in the conference, 8-2 overall and No. 8 in the Herald Reviw small school rankings. St.

Bede 55, Clinton 35: At Peru, St. Bede made 18 of 36 shots, Clinton made 13 of 42. In the first half, Clinton made three of 18 shots. It gives Clinton a 5-9 record. Farmer City 64, LeRoy 62: in a Sangamon Valley Conference game at Farmer City-Mansfield, sophomore Chris Campbell scored 16 points in the second half, 24 overall for Farmer City.

Paul Davis got 12 points in the second half. It gives Farmer City a 2-3 con- ference record, 4-8 overall. Pawnee 61, Illiopolis 55: in the third-place game of the Sangamon County tournament at Springfield, Dave Matheny popped in 23 points to spark Pawnee. Rod West had 21 points for Illiopolis, which has a 5-6 record. Auburn defeated Rochester 73-65 for the championship.

Mount Auburn falls: At Springfield, free throws sparked Springfield Calvary to a 74-55 triumph over Mount Auburn. Springfield clicked on 28 of 36 free throws to 15 of 23 for Mount Auburn. No. 12 in the Herald Review small school rankings, Mount Auburn has an 11-4 record. Colfax Octavia 74, DeLand-Weldon 42: At DeLand, Colfax outscored DeLand 18-7 in the first quarter and rolled to victory.

DeLand is Cerro Gordo rips Atwood CERRO GORDO Brent McNamara and Mark Gi-singer each scored 18 points to power Cerro Gordo High School to a 79-48 Little Okaw Conference basketball victory Little Okaw over Atwood-Hammond Fri- day night. It boosted Cerro Gordo's conference-leading record to 5-0. It is 10-2 overall." McNamara sank 8 of 13 shots, Gisinger 8 of 14. Arthur 54, Villa Grove 52: At Arthur, Joe Ascherman pumped in 17 points, including eight in the second quarter. Arthur has a 2-3 conference reocrd and is 5-7 overall.

Villa Grove is 3-2 in the conference and 6-6 overall. Bement 54, Areola 45: At Areola, Tom Walsh popped in 16 points, including six in the final period to spark Bement. Bement sank 23 of 52 shots in raising its conference record to 3-2. Areola is 0-5. Murray lifts Tuscola MONTICELLO John Murray scored 19 points and Dan Meyer 14 to spark Tuscola High School to a 59-58 'Okaw Valley Conference basketball victory over Monticello Friday night.

Tuscola boosted its conference record to Okaw Valley 5-1 and overall mark to 12-3. Murray scored six points in each of the first and fourth quarters. Monticello staged a 16-10 final-period rally, but free throws proved decisive. Tuscola sank 21 of 31 to offset a 27-19 deficit in baskets. Monticello shot just four free throws, sinking all of them.

Monticello has a 2-3 conference record, 6-8 overall. Tolono Unity 70, Sullivan 55: At ToionWttie home team improved its record to 11-4. Sullivan dropped to 4-10. Mahomet 63, St. Teresa 60: At Mahomet, Eric Seamands scored 14 of his 20 poins in the fourth quarter to lead Mahomet.

St. Teresa stayed close by sinking 10 straight free throws in the fourth quarter and made 22 of 26 overall. Mahomet is 3-2 in the Okaw Valley Conference and 10-4 overall. St. Teresa is 3-3 in the conference and 7-8 overall.

St. Joseph 74, Argenta 46: At St. Joseph-Ogden, Tom Fortune had 13 points and six rebounds for the home team. Argenta had just four baskets in the first half as it trailed 39-17 at halftime. Argenta is 1-6 in the Okaw Valley and 1-11 overall.

St. Joseph is 3-3 in the conference, 11-6 overall. Effingham tops Charleston CHARLESTON Jude Koester connected op 13 of; 15 free throws and scored 19 points as Effingham High School slipped past Charleston 56-48 Friday nighl in Apollo Conference basketball. Effingham finished by hitting Annllo '-i-' on 22 of 29 free throws. Effing ham has a 3-2 Apollo record and -t is 9-3 overall.

Charleston is winless in five Apollo games and is 5-7 overall. No. 2 in the Herald Review large school rankings, Effingham beat Charleston in December by one point. Paris 71, Mount Zion 67: At Mount Zion, David Holycross scored eight points in the fourth quarter to help hold off a Mount Zion rush. Paris was outstanding in free throw accuracy, making 23 of 28.

Paris has a 4-1 Apollo record, Mount Zion 3-2. Mount Zion is No. 3 in the Herald Review large school rankings..