Naperville North will control its own destiny in the Du Page Valley Conference race.
The Huskies (17-5, 9-3) bumped Glenbard North out of a tie for first place with an 83-72 victory Friday in Carol Stream, but Wheaton North (15-7, 9-3) kept pace with the Huskies by trouncing Glenbard South 55-32.
Glenbard North (14-8, 8-4) dropped into a tie for second with Wheaton Central (17-7, 8-4), which plays at Naperville North Saturday. The
championship probably will be decided in the final game of the season when Naperville North plays Wheaton North.
Mike Proctor, a 6-foot-3 1/2-inch guard, scored 32 points and 6-6 1/2 forward Brad Kampschroeder added 19 to pace Naperville North, which led 28-15 after the first quarter. Scott Wilhelmi had 26 for Glenbard North.
The Huskies, won have won seven straight, had lost 64-59 to Glenbard North in their first meeting.
Kent Graham scored 21 points to pace Wheaton North`s victory over Glenbard South.
St. Joseph 63, Notre Dame 48–St. Joseph (21-1, 13-0), No. 3 in The Tribune`s ratings, cruised to the East Suburban Catholic victory. Sterling Mahan had 13 points and 7 rebounds, Billy Stanback 12 points and 10 assists.
Rich Central 66, Kankakee 56–No. 4 Rich Central (23-1, 8-1) clinched the South Inter-Conference Association South Division title. Kendall Gill led the way with 29 points.
Homewood-Flossmoor 56, Thornwood 46–Dick Seidel tallied 18 points and Glenn Howard 15 as the seventh-ranked Vikings (18-4, 9-1), who play host to eighth-ranked Lockport in a nonconference game Saturday, prevailed in the SICA East. Thornwood is 6-17, 2-9.
St. Viator 70, Holy Cross 52–Pete Altenberger and Ted Sharpenter each had 15 points for No. 9 St. Viator (18-5, 9-4) in the East Suburban Catholic game.
Lane Tech 87, Clemente 41–The No. 15 Indians (20-2, 10-0) held Clemente without a basket until 2:03 before halftime as they continued their Public League Blue-North blitz. Eddie Silas (15 points), Tom Killen (12), Baron McLaughlin (12 points, 11 blocked shots) and Adrian Moore (12 points) led the way.
Oak Forest 70, Bremen 63–No. 16 Oak Forest (19-4, 8-1) retained a one-game lead over Hillcrest in the SICA Central. Troy Agler`s 17 points led Oak Forest, which plays Hillcrest next week.
St. Charles 64, East Aurora 62–Kirk Nelson had 18 points and Brian Rogers 17 as the No. 19 Saints (19-3, 9-2) held first place in the Upstate Eight. East Aurora is 13-9, 7-5.
New Trier 65, Highland Park 61–Scott Lewis had 18 points and Simon Lincoln 16 as New Trier (16-7, 5-4) avenged an earlier defeat and kept Highland Park (14-9, 6-3) from taking sole possession of first place in the Central Suburban South.
Maine East 45, Evanston 44–Keith Parlich scored 19 points as Maine East
(10-11, 3-6) upset Evanston (16-8, 6-3), which remains tied with Highland Park for first in the CSL South.
Deerfield 51, Waukegan East 48–Deerfield (16-8, 9-0) clinched the CSL North title when Peter Sandgren scored the only three points of the second overtime.
Woodstock 77, Crystal Lake South 59–Woodstock (13-10, 7-3) outscored South 28-18 in the fourth quarter to prevent the Gators (16-6, 10-1) from clinching the Fox Valley title. Dan Hill had 32 points for Woodstock.
Weber 61, Mt. Carmel 56–Ken Redfield had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 4 steals to power the Red Horde (16-7, 9-3) to the Catholic League victory. Mt. Carmel is 5-18, 1-10.
Downers Grove South 85, Hinsdale South 51–Kit Mueller poured in 24 points as Downers South (18-4, 9-0) rolled in the Des Plaines Valley. Hinsdale South is 8-15, 5-4.
Providence-St. Mel 80, St. Benedict 48–The Tribune`s top-rated Class A team led 42-16 at halftime in the Chicagoland Prep game. Illya McGee had 20 points for St. Mel (19-5, 9-0).
Westmont 74, Lemont 60–The Northeast Conference champion Sentinels
(22-3, 10-0), No. 2 in Class A, geared for Monday`s Class A regional opener at Lisle with Tim Porter scoring 32 points. Lemont is 10-14, 6-4.
St. Gregory 56, Quigley South 55–Kevin Footes` layup earned St. Gregory
(19-6, 8-2), No. 4 in Class A, second place in the Chicagoland Prep. Footes had 28 points and 5 assists.
Aurora Central Catholic 72, Nazareth Academy 71–Torri Rush`s layup with three seconds left in overtime dropped Nazareth (18-6, 9-5), No. 5 in Class A, out of first place in the Private School League. Denny Kellen had 22 points and Andy Weis 20 for Aurora (16-8, 9-5). Wheaton Christian (18-6, 10-4) won the league title by defeating Timothy Christian 54-42.
BOWLING
Defending champion Fenton faces an uphill struggle in its bid to join Forest View (1977-78) and Rich Central (1983-84) as the only schools to win back-to-back titles in the history of the girls` state bowling meet.
Fenton posted a 4,901 total pinfall Friday in the first two rounds at Plaza Lanes in Peoria to finish 10th among the 12 teams that qualified for Saturday`s two-round finals.
Morris led the team qualifiers with a 5,341 total. Rich Central was second at 5,252. Richards` Jan Kovats led the individual competition with a 1,164 total, including a 276.
