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v-/ »*\GE K - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, l>Kl KMBF.R 21. t»79 ARL WALSH So I Hear SPORTS EDITOR' McHENRY JV-FROSH WRESTLERS -This young squad is keeping on top of things as they recently defeated Crystal Lake South by 33-27. Kneeling from left are Coach Ludwigsen, Butch Sanchey, Kevin Holllan, Mike Zasadny, Eric Karpinski, Dave Hatfield, Matt Ketchum and Curt Rehberg. Standing are^om Burrows, Steve Woo, Dan Clark, Mike Boro, Joe Mullen, Dan Dancyzk, Todd Rehberg, John Clewis, Brian Landis, Mike Connors and Coach WUaon. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD SPORTS Register Now For Ski Program The City of McHenry Department ttf Parks and Recreation will sponsor a cross country ski lesson program for area residents. The program will consist of 4 lessons, 2 indoor sessions and 2 outdoor sessions. The indoor sessions will cover equipment, clothing, dressing for outdoor winter activities, films and waxing techniques. The outdoor sessions will be instruction for beginning cross country skiing. Dates for the program are January 7 and January 9, for the indoor sessions and January 14 and January 16 for the outdoor sessions. All sessions are at 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Indoor sessions will be held at the McHenry City Hall. The fee for the program includes all instructions, materials and ski equip­ ment. Registration for the program is now being taken at McHenry City Hall. All registration is on a first come, first serve basis. Registrations must be made in person by January 7. For further information on this cross country ski program, call the Depart­ ment of Parks and Recreation at 344-3300. MCHS Soph Five Wins Two Games Coach Pat Wirtz 's McHenry sophomores won a pair of games last week. In the sophomore tourney they defeated Deerfield 51 to 45 with Dan DeJa and Dave Smith each getting 12 pts. The young Warriors had a chance to blow the Deerfield five out of the gym in the first half, but mistakes and missed free throws let the visitors hang in there at the intermission. John Huff 's 5 of 6 charity tosses in the final period iced the game for the local crew. The victory clinches at least a t ie for first in the Round Robin tourney. Schaumburg beat Marian and along with Deerfield are 1 and 1 Marian is 0 and 2, while ihe Warriors set at 2 and (I Defeat C.1..S. On Friday night playing their best performance of the year they defeated Crystal Lake South 43 to 39. Dan DeJa with 12, and Dan Long with 10 led the local scoring. Wes Kopsell played his best defensive game of I he young season, and the whole team played steller defense during the second half Dave Williams forced several key turnovers in ihe final few minutes to insure the Warrior victory. As Coach Wirtz said after 'he game. "In the second half we played a patient offense, and hit 9 of 10 from the field." That is good shooting in anybody's league. Mcllenrv vs. Deerfield fg ft pf tP Huff 1 6 4 8 DeJa 4 4 1 12 Kopsell 2 2 3 6 Smith 5 2 2 12 Akins 1 2 2 4 Long 2 0 3 4 Williams 1 0 1 2 Wegner 0 2 2 2 Gartner < 0 1 0 1 Totals: 16 19 18 51 lYUII l. r> II 1 1H 51 Deerfield 7 « 15 17 15 Mcllenrv vs. Crystal Lake South fg ft pf tp Huff 1 0 2 2 DeJa 6 0 2 12 Smith 2 2 3 6 Kopsell 3 0 1 6 Akins 0 2 0 2 Long 4 2 4 10 Williams 1 3 0 5 Totals: 17 9 12 43 M i I I III 13 12 K 43 C.L.S. 12 12 H 7 3!l automatic garage door opener eyatem by ALLIANCE MODEL GS 459 ONLY $16595 *plus modest installation optional See and compare all the Genie® Systems! Opens the door...turns on the light.. dotes the door.. .turns off the light. •SERVICE •SALES •INSTALLATION contractor' 5412 N. Ridgeway Ring wood, 11.60072 Phone 815-653-6936 "10 Years.'of Quality Experience Warriors Play Schaumburg Five In Elgin Tournament The McHenry High Warriors of Coach K^n Ludwig will play Schaum­ burg high school on Wed­ nesday, Dec. 26 at 3:45 p.m. in the Elgin Holiday Basketball Tournament. The Warriors will again see action the following day. If they defeat the Saxons they play the winner of the St. Edward's Rolling Meadows game at 5:30 p.m.. If the.v lose their opener they play the loser at 1:45 p.m. Other teams entered are Elgin, Freumd, Highland Park, Downers Grove North, Rolling Meadows* St. Ed­ ward, Stevenson, Ridgewood and Dunee. MCHS Girls Defeat Wauconda Cagers 53-34 In Opener Coach Vern Peterson's McHenry High girls' basketball team won their opener on Monday by defeating Wauconda 53 to 34. Terri Bohlman led the scoring with 18 pts., followed by Sue Hutchinson with 16 pts. Coach Peterson was well pleased with his team. He said they ran their offense well against the three types of zones employed by Wauconda. The turnovers were at a minimum for the first game, and at times t heir press was excellent. He was also pleased with the play of his underclassmen, as lie cleared his bench early in the game. The Warriors shot a total of 73 limes making 24 for a 33 percent average. Mcllenrv fg ft Pf tP Bohlman 8 2 1 18 Hutchinson 8 0 4 16 Haddick 3 1 4 7 Kopsell 1 0 5 2 Connell 2 2 2 6 Bitterman 1 0 1 2 Geiger ; 1 o 2 2 Totals: 24 5 19 53 Wauconda fg ft pf tp Olsowska 7 3 3 17 Scheid 3 3 1 9 Graham 2 0 1 4 Hubbard 1 1 1 3 Miller 0 1 0 1 Martin 0 0 3 0 Totals: 13 8 9 34 Ml'll 12 17 K Hi 53 Wauconda S 12 II 3 34 Jingle bells. Jingle bells. The weather has been so perfect (Tucson residents please note) that people remark they can't believe Christmas is near. I have been informed that my shopping is nearly finished. There is nothing like having your own shopping service. Stores seem busy in spite of recession talk. Storekeepers and their clerks will be glad to close shop on Christmas Eve and hurry home to slip off their shoes. Thought our day would be dull until the phone rang and our daughter's voice sang out "I'll be home for Christmas". That should liven up the ranch. Mrs. Ben Justen keeps a diary and reports we had deep snow and 8 below at this time last year. From Arkansas comes a nice card with a nicer note that gave S.I.H. a real pepper upper. Kind words from the likes o' Harold Phannenstill (Kenosha) and other readers gives us the old spirit. Santa Claus is for children, but most of us are kids at this time of year. Memories never fail to bring us back to childhood days. At our home, we had to hike off to bed early on Christmas Eve so Santa could come down the fireplace chimney, set up the tree and leave our gifts. Used to look up the chimney and wondered if ol' Santa wouldn't get stuck in there. Our tree was decorated with strands of popcorn. Stockings were hung con­ spicuously and each of us vied to get one of our mother's stockings. They held more. , Apples were plentiful. Other fresh fruit wasn't. Each sock had an orange in the toe. Good old Santa! 4 There wasn't any trouble i On The Sidelines By Dick Rabbi*l Rassling Warriors" picked up third g Marty Sobczak's getting us off to bed. Early the next morning found us either bounding down the stairway or sliding down the bannister. With stove heat, the front parlor wasn't open much in wintertime The sliding doors from the living room were closed. So were the swinging doors into the cold hallway. Old rag rugs sealed the open space at the bottom of the doors and open spaces on the sides were stuffed. Our father built some booming fires in the fireplace as Mom ad­ monished that he would burn the house down. Santa left some games and sometimes very thoughtfully brought fleece lined long underwear. After a hearty breakfast (Mom thought a big bowl of oatmeal "stayed with you"), it was time to bundle up and walk a mile to old St. Patrick's Church on Court Street. (I couldn't figure out why I shouldn't join my pals at the Methodist Church less than a block away.) That was a long, cold walk. Mom carried a big fur muff to shield her face, especially near the present site of the McHenry Savings and Loan building. The wind whistled across the open space from the Mill Pond to the west. That was the way it was. Today means having your children and grandchildren with you. It means happiness when friends or relatives write, phone or come a - callin'. It means turning a button if we need more heat in the house. It means riding to church in comfort and joining the true spirit of Christmas. It means thinking of others and doing for some less fortunate. It means being over­ whelmed with the spirit of goodness and promising God to right any wrong we may have done to others. It means showing our love. It means good will toward man. AND -- It means sincerely wishing each of you a • MERRY CHRISTMAS! Wrona at 119 who pinned his opponent from Holy :j:j ijij Trinity, Brda at 132 who won on a decision over Jacobs, V. g iji; Betancourt at 138 who defeated an opponent from Jacobs. g Ramer at 145 defeated Kunkel of Harvard and Eddie :j:j jiji Hughes who pinned his opponent from Jacobs at 167. g: Things are brighter for the genial coach, who has had :j:j: iji: problems with illness and injuries the past several years, g: jiji Let us hope that the Warriors can continue their fine :j:j: j i j : d i s p l a y o f w r e s t l i n g . . . . & Speaking of illness, Coach Ken Ludwig is getting his :j:j: jij: share this season. High scoring guard Bob Greve missed :j:j: last week's game against the Crystal Lake South jiji "Gators" with a bout of the flu. Tuesday night Bob Zeller :g: missed the Dundee game due to illness, and let's hope in :•£ jiji the future this season that all Warriors stay healthy. I jjjj: i£i really think the remedy for all this illness is to go out and :•£ jij: hit a few off the practice tee. Old golfers may die, but they :£: i;ii don't get sick in the middle of the season. i;ii Coach Pat Wirtz's sophomores are playing good g: jij: basketball these days. Having clinched atleast a share of g: jiji the Round Robin tournament title, by the time you read *i this they should be undisputed champions. Only an upset g: jij: from Marian Central can set the young Warriors in a tie. & After last week's "Down Memory Lane", had a chance :£ jiji to visit with the grand old man of McHenry Sports "Mac g jiji McCracken". It seems that this was "Mac's" first year at :j:j jiji McHenry in 1929, and he gave me a lowdown on all the g ijij players mentioned. . ig Mac has a memory that would put an elephant to :j:; shame, as he almost recalled play by play of the game. g: Before going down Memory Lane once again, I would ;j:j ijij like to take this opportunity to wish all Warrior fans very :j:j Happy Holidays from the Warrior coaching staff and :j:j ijij administration. They appreciate your support, and hope it ijij ijij will continue. ijij ijij After giving a lot of thought about this week's Memory ijij ijij Lane game, I decided that since I haven't heard from an ;j;j ijij old friend for several years, I would put in a game that he ;j;j ijij will long remember. Although I am not fn the same age % ijij class as "Zeke" Bacon, nevertheless I had the wonderful ijij ijij experience of teaching his three daughters at St. Mary's ijij ijij of Woodstock, and found him to be a good and true friend ijij ijij along with his wonderful wife. He never missed a game ijij ijij while his daughters were cheerleaders, and was a true ijij 8 sports fan. i£ i;ii We are going back to the 6th McHenry County tourney ijij ijij at Crystal Lake in 1925. The Warriors won the tourney, but ijij ijij the game to be talked about was the semi-final game ijij i;ii against the Marengo Indians. "Zeke", who scored 21 ijij i;ji points in this game high for the tourney, and also wound ijij iiji up as the leading scorer with 33 pts., led the Warriors to an ijij jiii amazing 34 to 4 win over Marengo. Present day coaches ijij vii take notice the half time score. Warriors 25 - Marengo 0. ijij jiji (Boy, would Ken Ludwig like to have a score like that this ijij jiji season). ijij I am sure in the near future I will receive a card with a ijij jiji nice picture of a green golf course, while we hope it won't ijij iiji happen, but can expect in the near future a lot of snow. Mrs. S.I.H. mjssed the Crystal Lake South game the iji jiji other night, had to go shopping for the "boss". The iji jiji Warriors lost and we could blame her, as in the past she iji i£i has been good luck. Have a Merry Christinas. 6TH McHENRY COUNTY TOURNEY at CRYSTAL LAKE, MARCH, 1925 McHenry Marengo Sec. General Waldheim asks calm in crisis. TOURNEY CHAMPIONS--McHenry Wrestlers captured five first place finishes in the recent Jacobs Invitational. In the 167 weight class, Ed Hughes bettered his record to 4-0 and holds the quickest pin record of 32 seconds. Dave Ramer captured the 145 weight class with three victories to put his record at 6- 2-2. A pair of decisions by Victor Betancourt in the 138 weight fg ft pf tp fg ft pf tp Bacon 10 1 3 21 Stock 1 0 0 2 Overton 0 0 0 0 George 0 0 1 0 Freund 3 1 1 7 Wright 0 0 0 0 J. Whiting 2 0 0 4 Ward 0 0 2 0 Thomas 0 0 2 0 Wilcox 0 0 0 0 A. Conway 1 0 0 2 Snider 0 2 0 2 Totals: 16 2 6 34 Totals: 1 2 3 4 McH 12 13 5 4 34 Marengo 0 0 13 4 Northern Illinois Classic Basketball Tournament Dec, 26 class improved his record to 7-3. A pair of pins and a decision for Bruce Brda kept his record clean at 10-0. Brian Wrona (not pictured) captured the 119 weight match by pinning his final challenger for a 9-1 record. STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD The 6th Northern Illinois Classic Basketball Tour­ nament at Hampshire will showcase some of the top area Class AA and Class A Basketball powers in Nor­ thern Illinois. Twelve of the 16 teams entered in the field have winning records. Johnsburg is the defending champion and will have to be considered as a favorite again this year. Other teams who have to be considered as favorites are Providence-St. Mel (winner of the Streator Thanksgiving Tourney), Lake Zurich, St. Viator, Rockford Jefferson (winner of the Jacobs Thanksgiving Tourney), and Harvard. Some of the top names in the field include Calvin Ivy 5' 11" guard from St. Gregory, Tom Bafia 6'0" forward from Hinckley-Big Rock, Jack Enright 6'2" forward from St. Viator, Brad Halbach 6'5" forward from Lata Zurich, Tom Brown 6'1" guard from Providence- St. Mel, Dan Jenkins 6'5" center from Harvard-St. George, Mark Laurence 6'6" center from Harvard, Brett Zimbrick 5' 11" guard from Johnsburg and Gabriel Robinson 6'5" guard from Rockford Jefferson. BRIEFS Khomeini urges Moslems to arm. Housing costs rise pushes up inflation. How-To! Save Heat Loss _ -- Condensation and heat loss from plumbing and hot water pipes can be pre­ vented with slip-on pipe in-., sulation. Pre-slit and easily cut with scissors, it is sold in sizes to fit most standard pipes. ^ARIZONA SUN WESTERN WE^lti ft INDIAN JEWELRY SALE! SALE! SALE! Ladies' Fashion Boots -ARIZONA Some say green jasper will prevent snakebite --SEVEN STYLES- NO. 7958 ALL SUEDE For Your Holiday Convenience... No. 7454 ALL LEATHER We will be open this year on 14 MONDAY, DECEMBER 24th 1309 N. RIVERSIDE DRIVE 385-0044 3321 W. ELM ST.-McHENRY (Across from Jepsen Tire) 3S5.1S33 M-F 10-8:30. Sat. 10-5:30. Sun. 10-3, Chrittmas Eve til 6