Tony Freeman, St. Joseph`s 5-foot-7-inch guard, has told Indiana he wants to attend, but he must get his grades up. Freeman would become the third St. Joseph player to be coached by Bobby Knight, following Isiah Thomas and Daryl Thomas. . . . Rich East coach Dale Fruendt, asked how long it has been since the Rockets have been on the winning side of the ledger, said, ”When Steve Fisher was the coach and Craig Hodges was a senior, we were still a losing team.” Fisher is now an assistant coach at Michigan and Hodges plays for the Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association. . . . If Randy Doss and Chris Henderson, Leo`s 1-2 punch, ever play well at the same time, coach Jack Fitzgerald will be happier. ”Each has had good games, but it`s been one or the other,” Fitzgerald said. . . . Weber`s Ken Redfield had 19 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and four steals Friday in a 65-55 victory over De La Salle. . . . Rich Rogala scored 26 points, including the winning shot at the buzzer of the third overtime, to give Jacobs a 60-58 victory Friday over winless McHenry. The teams were tied 50-50 after four quarters. . . . Bill Heppner of Crystal Lake Central was given a technical foul Saturday when he broke a basket during his team`s 56-55 victory over Genoa-Kingston in the Hampshire tournament. The tournament was delayed more than 30 minutes for repairs. . . . Anton Collins (25 points) made the winning shot with two seconds to play in Brother Rice`s 51-49 victory Friday over St. Ignatius. . . . Curtis Peterson`s free throw with two seconds left in overtime gave St. Patrick`s a 66-65 victory over Marist Friday. . . . Elmwood Park coach Tom Shields was ill Friday night and missed his team`s 50-47 loss to Evergreen Park. . . . Holiday basketball tournaments kick into high gear Monday. St. Charles (8-0) is the team to beat in De Kalb, opening against Glenbard South at 2:15 p.m. . . . Romeoville is favored to capture the Lemont tournament. The Spartans start off Monday against Downers Grove North in a 9 p.m. game. . . . There are 14 teams in the Wheeling tournament, maybe none better than Rich East. It faces winless Conant 10:30 a.m. Monday. . . . A three-point shot in high school basketball is a distinct possibility next year, according to Don Robinson, assistant executive secretary of the Illinois High School Association. He said: ”If you asked me six months ago, I would have said absolutely no, but we`ve had some experiments with a three-point play and everything I`ve read about it and everyone I`ve talked to about this likes the idea.” Glenbard West and Marian Central Catholic experimented with a three-point play during their Thanksgiving tournaments. Rich South`s Big Dipper Holiday tournament has used a three-point play for two years. One reason coaches and officials like the rule is that it cuts down on the banging around the backboards. The rule would have to be approved by the National Federation of High Schools. It okayed a bench decorum rule this year that is producing technical fouls and angering coaches. The IHSA doesn`t need to follow the recommendations of the national federation, and the board of directors can amend such a rule. ”But we like to stay in step with the national group,”
Robinson said. He recalled the years Illinois` wrestling programs were at variance with national rules in more than 100 instances. ”It got so confusing, we decided to stay in line with the national rules and now we have only one variation,” he said. . . . Lyons Township coach Ron Nikcevich believes the bench decorum rule is just another example where ”we are forced to accept a rule made by people who know nothing about basketball in Illinois.” The national body, Nikcevich said, is a ”czarist organization. They do what they want to do and there is no accountability.” . . . There is also talk of implementing a 45-second clock for high school games, but Robinson doesn`t believe such a rule would go into effect in Illinois. ”The clock is strictly a monetary problem,” he said. ”It costs money to buy and maintain such a clock and you have to have an extra person at the scorer`s table just to operate it.”
GIRLS` BASKETBALL
New Trier`s Deana Poulos hopes to get into the Trevians` lineup by January. Poulos, a 5-11 junior, broke a finger while diving for a loose ball three days before the Trevians` season opener. . . . Lockport senior Jackie Myers is aiming for the first week in January to remove the cast that protects her ligament-damaged left ankle. Myers, who was injured during a game Dec. 10 at Naperville Central, hopes to be back in the lineup Jan. 30 for the Porters` South Inter-Conference Association West Division showdown with Lincoln-Way. . . . Downstate power East Moline spent the weekend in the Chicago area. The Panthers, considered among the top teams in the state outside the Chicago area, beat Conant 50-43 Friday and lost 53-49 Saturday at Maine West. Suzanne O`Keefe had 20 rebounds, Gay Crain had 14 points and Nancy Kennelly had 9 assists and 9 steals for Maine West. Dundee-Crown plays host to perhaps the most improved holiday tournament Dec. 26-28. Maine West and Lockport, both in the top 10 of The Tribune poll, are newcomers to the tournament, which has been won the last two seasons by York. The Dukes (2-0) are also entered this year.
GYMNASTICS
Junior Christy Hoschouer`s 8.43 all-around average and first-place finishes in vault (8.8), floor (8.6), bars (8.0) and beam (8.3) weren`t enough for Streamwood. The Sabres lost to Elgin 126.1-123.2 in Saturday`s Larkin Invitational. Alexia Ross of Elgin tied Hoschouer in vault, while Streamwood sophomore Kristin Gilbert tied Hoschouer on bars. Gilbert`s 8.18 all-around average was second behind Hoschouer.
SWIMMING
St. Charles won nine of 11 events and piled up 110 points Saturday to smother visiting Fenwick in what had been billed as the prep swimming meet of the year. Andy Edmondson doubled in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle and swam the third leg on the Saints` winning 400 freestyle relay. Edmondson set a pool record in the 100 freestyle with a time of 46.77 seconds. The Saints` David Fix won the 100 butterfly (52.39) and 500 freestyle (4:47.96). Fenwick junior Chris Brundage captured the 200 individual medley (2:05.75) and 100 breaststroke (1:02.74). The Friars are regarded as the only roadblock in St. Charles` path to a fifth straight state title in February. . . . Brother Rice and St. Laurence captured team honors in two key invitationals Saturday. Brother Rice scored 124 points to top Naperville Central (118) at Marmion and St. Laurence amassed 299 points to outdistance Leyden (225) at Leyden. St. Laurence`s Eric Fischer doubled in the 200 (1:55.68) and 500 freestyle
(5:10.23), Tim Konstanty in the 100 butterfly (1:01.03) and 200 IM
(2:15.54) and Rick Acosta in the 50 (23.35) and 100 freestyle (52.05).
WRESTLING
Ointment can`t heal the shoulder of Proviso 119-pounder Terry Murphy. He`ll be out five more weeks with a hairline fracture of the scapula. Murphy, who finished fifth in the state last year, was first injured at the West Chicago Invitational and reinjured his shoulder while winning the Fenton Invitational. ”It hurt Saturday, and Sunday I went to the hospital,” Murphy said. ”I hope this doesn`t hurt me too much. I`m going to be on a program and do a lot of running. I run cross country and track and I`m going to start running. I hope I`ll be back Jan. 24 for the Lyons Township meet.”
. . . Naperville North scored 199 points to outdistance runner-up Hinsdale Central to win the Hinsdale Central Invitational with Mike Meluch (98 pounds) and Chris Pradel (145) winning titles. Fenton`s Ben Morris pinned Hinsdale Central`s Eric Monte in 2:57 in the 112 final and Fremd`s Ed Fulton won a 10-2 decision over Sandburg`s Dave Manson for the 132 title. Mickey Marchese, Hoffman Estates` 119-pounder, was named the meet`s outstanding wrestler. . . . Lyons Township and St. Laurence each had four individual titlists, but Lyons had more finalists and scored 211 points to finish first in its own invitational. St. Laurence finished second with 196 points. Lyons` winners were John Larrison (112), Brian Caron (145), Dave Striech (185) and heavyweight Sean Frisdie. Mike Urwin (119), Tino Gonzales (126), Joe Cascone
(132) and Brian Lynch (185) were St. Laurence winners with Lynch taking outstanding wrestler honors. . . . Palatine outscored Mt. Carmel 184-167 to win the Prospect Invitational with Mike Cheatham winning a technical fall over Maine South`s Bob Selleragrens in the 132 final and Morgan Gersdorf gaining a 7-5 decision over Mt. Carmel`s John McCabe for the 185 title. Dan Dutt (126)
and Scott McCabe (heavyweight) were Mt. Carmel`s winners. Barrington`s Chuck Brady, who won at 112 with a technical fall against Forest View`s Mike Pasdo, was named the meet`s outstanding wrestler.
