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On The Sideline With Dick Rabbitt A couple of unknown teams from the unknown suburbs of the big city, didn't do too bad in basketball this season. Both the Crown Vikings and the Woodstock Blue Streaks reached the sectional finals, before they fell by the wayside. And another unknown, Antioch, is playing in the Supersectional tournament. the Crown Vikings lost to Palatine 49-46 in the Fremd Sectional, and like DePaul had a lead in the final period. The Blue Streaks lost to Antioch 41-35, after defeating the state's 5th ranked team, the East Rockford E-Rab. Rockford sportcasters and writers still haven't figured {his efts out. Crown best 3nether Fes Vs!!s" foe in the sectional, uary uoinn s crystal Lake Souin Gain*. It seems that our area does not receive the credit due the type of athletics that are engaged in the Fox Valley. Sullivan high school, one of the top teams in Chicago in football, was a patsy for Cary Grove. Taylor Belt the nPAmiAP cn/toteiirmUo tJt tko PUionrfA Con TtmAa the Warriors. Don't worry about the early date, the Warriors have played earlier in past seasons, Ken Swanson and I can both attest to that, as we still have frocen ears to prove it. Jean Natoli opened her badminton season on Tuesday against DeKalb and they are attending the Lake Forest Invitational tomorrow. Gary Gray's tennis team is awaiting its opener when they host a Quad on March 28, and Mary Osterman girls' softball team will open April 3. The veteran coach Don Seaton has plenty of girls out for the girls' track team this season, and his thine lads will open the season hosting Johnsburg and Woodstock on April 6, and Mike Shanahan is getting his water polo team ready for the coming season. This time of year always brings back memories of the >i yei state tourney. We will take you back to the 1952 season when the Hebron Green Giants with 96 students stunned the prep world of Illinois with their 64 59 overtime vic­ tory over the Quincy Blue Devils. The Biue Devils hau beaten my team in the first game of the Quincy regional (I will not give the score, it was really that bad) and I still think if tney played 10 times Quincy would win 9, but the most important game, the Green Giants won the hearts of the fans of Illinois. I can still remember seeing a lot of McHenry people at Champaign that year rooting for Hebron, and scalpers had a field day in front of Huff gym. STATE FINALS -1952 HEBRON premier "prep" sports writer of the Chicago Sun Times, forgot to mention that McHenry qualified for the "Sweet Sixteen", saying thsit no northwest suburb team ever made it..the ultimate goal of all teams. Coach Ken Ludwig corrected him on that statement in a phone call, and on Saturday McHenry was mentioned as the last team in this area that made it to the "16". The UpState Eight and the Big Nine (Rockford schools) did not have a team in the sectional finals, and don't you think that Buckner gym would have been filled lor a game between Woodstock and Antioch, rather than having both teams travel to Freeport for the game. Anyway, I still haven't figured out after all these years how you can compare conferences or teams, when it comes to tourney time. Who would have thought that little old St. Joseph's would defeat mighty DePaul, or that a school only in existence three years would defeat Kentucky. As they say in the coaching ranks, it's a second season, throw out all past performances, it's the next game that counts. Basketball may be over for the Warriors, but their is alot of activity going on these days at M.C.H.S. Coach Dan Boland has his thinclads working out every day, they have an indoor meet at Crystal Lake this Saturday, and then on April 6 they will engage Johnsburg in an outdoor meet at Johnsburg. The team has already participated in a meet at Northern Illinois university several weeks ago. New head baseball coach Brian Wilson is getting his squad prepared for the opener on March 28. ft will be a double dual here with Libertyville, Zion, Woodstock and EARL WALSH' So I Hear PAGE 7 - PLAINDEALKR - FRIDAY, MARCH 20,1M1 workers to organize.If they Something new down that Wilbrandt Phil Judson Schulz Paul Judson Spooner Totals: '? 3 12 6 2 P* 4 3 2 3 3 tP 10 12 24 13 5 26 12 15 64 Fast Gower Brothers Payne Harvey Thompson Totals: QUINCY . fg ft 3 5 8 1 2 2 Pi 4 2 5 1 2 0 tP 10 11 20 2 8 8 21 17 14 59 Plaindealer I OneoTMcHenry's favorite sons, Tommy Sutton, was on camera at Grand Old Opry recently Such notoriety has caused a local group to start a "Tommy Sutton Fan Club". Fame comes to a few oponie " Others never get on camera Lawrence Welk is going to hear from at least one of his loyal listeners. We rushed home Sunday night to tune in 01' One-a, TWo-a, thinking he would have some Irish music in honor of that great one, St Patrick Nary a tune. As Marie Yegge (a Sullivan) remarked, "Not even a song by Joe Feeney". You can't do that to us, Lawrence ... Eddie Bimbo presented us with a National League Championship rain check for Wrigley Field. It was marked "100th Anniversary Year" No date on the ticket, but hardly a man is now alive who can remember a championship game in Wrigley Field. A sign at a nursery reads -- - "Think Spring". It wasn't hard to think spring last Sunday as we covered some ground Baseballs and gloves were in evidence. Kites were flying Parachute jumpers were in action A tractor was Thompson with 197; E. Rogers with 184; M Krauz with a 173; and B. Novak (coming from outer space) with a 172 The men held their own with B Doran gleaning a 191, 172 and 179 for 542; B. Street < the professional dog sitter) getting 176, 165, 172 for a nice 512. Bowling Scores McHENRY SCHOOL LEAGUE 3-11-81 Only one more week of my dazzling articles... and aren't you glad? It has been quite a year and with position bowl all that is remaining, you can see it will be a battle for first place, but the bottom is pretty well sewed up Well, B Doran will know the feeling of both ends, but I don't think he'll take home a trophy this year Leading the women off was M Raasch with 153, 198 and 180 to total a smashing 531. She was followed by B FREE DRAWING • FREE DRAWING 1981 McHENRY CHAMBER TRADE FAIR working in a field Grass was burning And -- as we reached Lake Geneva, a few golfers were swinging away 'Twas breakfast time at our house on the 17th of March when the phone rang None other than "Zeke" and Charlotte Bacon were calling from Tucson to wish us the Top O' The Mornin'. There is no such thing as distance between good friends Two people, Bob Kilday and Evie Albright, are responding to our plea for items to be placed in the NlcHenry Library historical room The caller didn't identify himself because he doesn't relish having his name in print He just wanted to let us know he was watching a TV news report and four strikes were reported, one after another The caller recalled a note in S.I.H appraising the unemployment situation -- "Half the people are not working and the other half are on strike". To workers of todav. I say. "Baby you have come a long way " ... Of course, we know that conditions in earlier days made it necessary for would only find a term to replace that overworked word "Demands". In the old days if you set down the rules for your boss, you would be out the door before you had time to grab your hat Saw a state license plate that read. "SHAMPU" If I were a dealer, that TV barker who pronounces the name of the car "Shivrolet" would hear from me ( narh Kay Meyer's remark after DePaul lost the game to St Joseph's is a classic: "Tomorrow is Sunday". Whenever there is ice on the roads, warnings are announced to be careful on the slippery bridges Maybe the old time covered bridges were not such a dumb idea Now comes an after nap call from Ft Lauderdale with Arnold Rauen on the other end of the line That was nice St Patrick's is not Ar­ nold's day. but he wanted me to know they had a big parade down there way. Without much success, he is trying to promote something for St. Joseph's Day. That Irish O'Bienapfl was all dressed up without a bit of green on our day After I gave him the "business" i bout it, he phoned to say he ate two big helpings of corned beef and cabbage to make up for it. At the start of the last basketball season, that 01' . Crystal Ball Gazer. Dick Rabbitt. told me to keep an eye on the Antioch team Sure enough -- that team is now headed for Cham­ paign I.thought that crystal ball was getting cloudy Maybe Dick can see through the clouds. . • Whoops' Another long distance call Our daughter, Patricia, remembered how hfer father wore the green To all. family and friends, who crossed our threshhold, phoned or sent cards, you made our day bright -- bright green ... Twas a great day from mornin' to night, with the wind at our backs all the way Locals Enter Horse Bowl Ten 4-H members enrolled in the horse project will compete in the regional Horse Bowl in Wheaton on March 19 The 4-H'ers were the highest scoring participants in the Feb. 24 county Horse Bowl The Senior team members are Laurie Nank of McHenry. Julene Hahn of Crystal T.aWp Biane Knox of McHenry. Alicia Ragni of Crystal Lake and alternate Cathy Indermitte of Marengo The Junior team consists of Samantha Barnicle of McHenry, Arden Liotta of McHenry. 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