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NOVEMBER 8,1»78 Marian Heads For State "EARL WALSH So I Hear SPORTS EDITOR r j iK-> Heavy hangs the hammer i^^ver our ba ld ing head •• A Sfimebody goofed in put t ing the wr ing name below Red Grane s pic ture Who got the b lame" ' One guess Of course , the younger nera t ion wouldn ' t know Red ( i range f rom a load of hav The Gal loping Ohost ran wi ld on the gr id i ron long before the young uns were born Hut . we have the o ld boys to contend wi th in th is case Another bomb dropped on me for sk ipping a column las t week One ca l led to see i f 1 was i l l Others ca l led to say i t was OK to go away, but there was no excuse for not doing our work before leaving The next t ime 1 go away, one of those dear readers wi l l be g iven a chance to wr i te a gues t c o l u m n M i g h t e v e n c h o o s e a (ub booster What fun tha t would be ' A grea t oppor tuni ty I t might be l ike the now famous saying Give em hel l Harry" The grapevine te l l s us tha t our former Pol ice Chief . Ken Kspey. was seen in F lor ida r id ing a b icycle Trus t i t was a b icycle bui l t for two We are mighty g lad to see Coach Bi l l Day and his Warr ior footbal l team wind up the season wi th a v ic tory over Crown High on Saturday I t i sn ' t easy to come back af ter some losses tha t should have been v ic tor ies P layers ba t te r the i r way. only to lose the bal l when pay d i r t i s in s ight There were d isappointments dur ing the season, but a v ic tory in the f ina l game leaves a be t te r tas te in the mouths of wel l w i shers Hadn ' t seem M.ona in a long t ime unt i l she showed up a long the Oreat Whi te Way (River­ s ide Drive> Saturday night She is s t i l l loval to the Whi te Sox and th inks The Sox wi l l be f ine in '79" SI DDKN THOUGHTS When was the las t t ime you saw a man get a barber shop shave ' ' And Does anybody unders tand those loud speake-r an nouncements a t O Hare Air por t ' ' Invite Your Family To THANKSGIVING DINNER RED CARPET ROOMS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC McHENRY COUNTRY CLUB 820 N JOHN ST McHENRY The Chicago Bul ls won a basketbal l game That ' s news Before we f in ish th is epis t le , the Bears may have put a win on the board We' l l wai t to see . but won ' t hold our brea th TIME OCT Now the game is over and the Bears los t a c lose one . 31 to 29 The Bears could score , but the i r defense could not hold the Seat t le Seahawks Mike Phipps came off the bench in the las t ha l f , a f te r a long sp l in ter spe l l to quar te rback the Bears to a thr i l l ing f in ish He threw some in te rcept ions but par t of i t was the fac t tha t h is rece ivers were out maneuvered by the defense Somet imes you can b lame the passer Somet imes not Our f r iend Bif f Meyer wr i tes and his funny bone must have been s t ruck He notes tha t pol ice have been g iv ing .dr ivers t ickets for be ing overweight Thinks those overweight fe l lows could learn a lesson f rom he and I by s taying wi th the i r d ie ts He jus t f in ished 832 pushups ' Bif f a l so got in some digs by enclos ing c l ippings about the Sox get t ing Don Kess inger a ( ub» to manage the team th is year We see nothing wrong about Kess inger ge t t ing exper ience wi th the Cubs before moving up Pus t i em up Bif f sees the Sox in the World Ser ies next year and "What s your thought ' ' The Sox in sevent \ n ine tha t ' s mine ." says the man. Tel l you what my thought i s Those push-ups must have rushed too much blood to h is head He never sa id anything good about the Sox before The mai l i s good Here i s a very n ice le t te r f rom (Mrs . i Mary Hinspater . enclos ing some choice c l ip­ p ings f rom the la te Wal l ie Nelsen ' s co lumn in the Ft l^uderdale News The Hinspaters wi l l be back in F t Lauderdale soon -- "and cont inuing our subscr ip t ion of twenty f ive years to the McHenry Pla indealer" That we l ike to hear Whoops ' Almost forgot to ment ion t h e f a m o u s , a n n u a l r o a s t b e e f d i n n e r a t t h e R i n g w o o d C h u r c h Saturday night Many McHenry feas t seekers a re seen up there every year She l ived to a r ipe o ld age She couldn ' t go away any sooner There was too much to do on th is ear th , too much to t ie done for o ther people Now El izabeth Thompson has lef t th is ear th for a be t te r p lace That p lace wi l l be s t i l l be t te r wi th the addi t ion of such a k indly loveable soul F i rs t t ie r fami ly wi l l miss t i e r N e x t c o m e h e r m a n y f r i e n d s i n t h e c o m m u n i t y L a s t , b u t f a r f r o m l e a s t c o m e m a n y s e r v i c e m e n i n h o s p i t a l s w h o m s h e v i s i t e d f o r y e a r s t o b r i n g cheer and comfor t subs t i tu te for t ie r never replace them You kind can but WHOLE TURKEY Plus All The Trimmings SERVED FAMILY STYLE Dad Carves And Takes Home The Leftovers -Minimum 5 persons for whole turkey Reservations a must by Sunday November 19th. COMPLETE DINNER and Dessert Table *6 Pet Person Pius Ta< 4 Gratuity w SERVING FROM 12 PM to 6 PM Limited Menu in Addition to Whole Turkeys J L I M I T E D T I M E O N L Y g : save your s • carpet ; |||̂ •mfey |||̂ m jjPlHi ii Kg Tennis Courts Near Completion Work is nearly complete on the tennis courts at JohnsburffMlddle school. Assistant Superintendent of Johnsburg Unit School District 12, KenFalkinham, observes the erection of the fence posts around the edge of the courts. Over the past three years, the Johnsburg Parent Teachers Organization has held numerous fund raising events to fund the erection of the courts at a cost in excess of $18,000. The Parent Teacher organization funded the construction entirely and donated the courts to the Board of Education. The courts should be completed next month. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Cheered on by the crowd. Marian senior Darry! May heads for the finish in Saturday's Class A state cross country sectional at Woodstock City park. May finished the race in first place to pace the Hurricanes to a third place finish, that earned them a trip to the state finals for the sec«>nd straight year. May covered the 3-mile c<Mirse in 15:40. just 3 seconds ahead of teammate Paul Sandall. who finished in second place. Mike Davis was the third Marian runner to cross the finish line in 31st place, Mike Eisele w as in 39th. Brad Gregory in 65th. Mike DiPirroTOth, and Jesse Garcia finished in 75th. Marian's team total of 138 points, placed them behind Winnebago, who won the meet with 71 points and Aurora Central who finished second with 104 points. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Down Crown 20 - 16 Warrior Rally Wins Already There Pres iden t Frank l in Roose i e l t , FDR, uas once t o ld tha t Wende l l Wi lk i e had h i s e ye s on the pre s iden t ia l cha i r "Tha t may be t rue , " F l )R sa id , "hu t l ook uha t Fve go t an i t Bv Dick Rabbi t t Marching 57 yards in 11 p lays in the f ina l per iod , the McHenry Warr iors came f rom behind to defea t Crown 20 to 16 in the f ina l game of the season The Warr iors d id everyth ing poss ib le to g ive the game to Crown, but the s tubborn Vikings refused to take ad­ vantage of the Warr iors ' miscues They fumbled f ive t imes . wi th the V' lkes recover ing three of them They had a se ldom cal led ' b locking below the wais t" penal ty on a Crown punt tha t would have g iven them excel lent f ie ld pos i t ion And f ina l ly they a lmost le t Crown score on a 76 yd pass p lay in the c los ing minute of the game I t i s no wonder Coach Bi l l I )ay was shaking his head when he came off the f ie ld on Saturday af ternoon On the p lus s ide for the Warr iors was again a s tubborn defense , tha t he ld when necessary , and the pin poin t pass ing of Pe te Prus t for two Warr iors touchdowns The Warr iors k icked to the Vikes 28. Af ter three p lays the Vikings punted to the Warr ior 32 Warr iors marched to the Crown 30. and then the f i r s t of f ive fumbles took p lace wi th the Vikings recover ing in the i r own ter r i tory Seven p lays la ter Woodcock of Crown scored f rom 13yds out . and added the 2 poin t convers ion and the quar ter ended wt ih Crown leading H to (I This was the f i r s t t ime in n ine games th is year tha t Crown had held a lead in a ba l l game With 11 29 remaining Prus t found Tim Frantz near the goal l ine and he dove in the end zone for the score The PAT fa i led and Crown led 8 to ( i Af ter hold ing and taking over on the i r own 30 the Warr iors s ta r ted a march to the Viking 33. Mark Vogt . senior ha l fback of the Warr iors , broke loose off le f t t ackle , swung agains t the gra in and scampered 26 yds to the 33 Two players^ la ter the Warr iors fumbled again on the 24 and the Vikings recovered A penal ty se t them back to the 14. and then wi th a long run by Woodcock a long wi th a screen pass brought the bal l to the Warr ior 24 Af ter a f i r s t down, the Warr ior defense dug in and held , tak ing over on the 8 On the next p lay the Vikings recovered another fumble on the 15 wi th 12 seconds remaining in the hal f Again the Warr ior defense held and the score remained 8 to 6 a t ha l f - t ime Tony Sroka re turned the second hal f k ickoff to the Warr ior 44 Again on the next p lay the Warr iors fumbled The Vikes going for the 1s t down ins tead of punt ing , fa i led on the Warr ior 40 The Warr iors punted to the Vikings 35, and on the f i r s t p lay Bar t Decker in te rcepted a Vike pass on the 37 Af ter a f i r s t down on the 25, Prus t h i t T im Frantz wi th a beauty on the y On the next p lay Greg Mroz was a l l a lone in the end zone on the rece iv ing end of Prus t s pass , and when the k ick was wide the Warr iors led 12 to K wi th 4 52 remaining in the th i rd per iod i'enalt> Hurts With the Vikings deep in the i r own ter r i tory and forced to punt the Warr iors were gui l ty of b locking below the wais t , and the 15 yd penal ty gave the \ ik ings a f i r s t down on the Warr ior 48 Woodcock broke loose to the Warr ior 7 Zin se lmeier then went in for the score , and Woodcock 's two point convers ion was good and the Vikes led 14 to 12 Taking t f ie k ickoff on the i r ow n 43 I f i e W ar r iors s ta r ted what was to be the winning march of the game With Mark Vogt running and Pete Prus t pass ing the Warr iors got to the Viking 18 Vogt ' s l8yd run was nul l i f ied when a c l ipping penal ty took p lace a t the goal l ine With f i r s t and 10. a t the 15 Vogt took the hal l to the 1 . and then Pete Prus t tak ing no chances on another fumble ran i t in for the score , and Vogt ' s two point convers ion gave the Warr iors the bal l game 20 to 16 Crown did throw a scare in to the Warr iors With 50 seconds remaining, a Viking pass w as comple te to Woodcock who danced down the s ide l ines , but s tepped out of bounds on the 40 Although the Warr iors d id not p lay outs tanding bal l , they d id win the game They came up wi th the defens ive p lay when needed Mark Vogt was again the workhorse of the Warr iors He car r ied 25 t imes , good for 143 yards , a n ice af te rnoon 's work Prus t had a good day pass ing , h i t t ing 8 of 15 . good for 82 yards and 2 touchdowns Tim Frantz caught 3 passes for 40 yds Jus t to s ingle out a few of the defens ive s tandouts were . Fddie Walker who was a l l over the f ie ld . J im Wilson who put pressure on the Crown quar te rback a l l a f te rnoon Rich Sund who was in on many a tackle . Bar t Decker who carhe up wi th a key in tercept ion . Nick Whipper who made a couple of saving tackles f rom his safe ty spot The W ar r iors deserved to win the game They had a lo t of tough luck dur ing the season, and had one coming to them They played hard a l l season and are to be congra tu la ted for the i r per formance on Saturday af ternoon McHenry 0 6 6 8 20 Crown 8 0 8 o 16 Scoring Woodcock. Cr - 14 yd run i Woodcock run i . T im Frantz . McH 13yrd pass f rom Prus t ik ick fa i led» Mroz, 9 yd pass f rom Prus t (k ick fa i led > Zense lmeier . Cr 7 vrd run < Woodcock run i P rus t . McH 1 yd run i Vogt run> Warrior Stats Rushing: Vogt - 25 for 143 yards Wilson - 10 for 23 yards T Frantz 2 for 14 yards Prus t 6 for 1 yard 43 for 181 vards Passing: Prus t 8 for 15 touchdowns Receiving: Mroz T Frantz J Frantz Wilson 82 vards 2 for 14 3 for 40 2 for 23 I for 5 8 for 82 All Day Or Overnight Rental • Steair*e/'qets the dirt other methods don t reach1 • Removes old shampoo1 • Carpet Ones quickly1 Do it yourself and save! Rent the pro RESERVATIONS-815-385-1072 rrcnmcx: carpet cleaner SHAMROCK S CLEANERS Z McHenry Market Place • Rte. 120, McHenry, IL J 815-385-1944 SOFT • WATER RENTAL No installation charge NEW ful ly automat ic sof teners TWO year opt ion to buy wi th FULL renta l fee deducted ONE phone cal l can answer any quest ions per month RENT PHONE 312-259-3393 SOFT Rent-o Soft a division of the Arlington Soft Wat»r Company. Arlington Heights Illinois 60004 Serving McHenry Area JollNSBL'RG SKYI1AWK runner Jim Smith is near the leaders of the Woodstock Class A sectional Saturday as the race nears the halfway point. Smith, the only Johnsburg runner who qualified for the meet, finished in 36th place. Smith had finished in 13th place at last week 's Winnebago district meet to qualify for the section*I•* STAFF PllOTO-W XYN'F G*Y| ORf)