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THE WINNER - Breaking the tape to win the 800 meter run is Johnsburg's Missy Christie. Her effort Tuesday helped the EARL WALSH' So I Hear Local Girls Split It was early Monday morning when I returned to the bedroom after putting the tea kettle on the burner as my contribution to preparing breakfast Came a call from the kitchen, "Are you talking to yourself in there?" Huh! Some people don't recognize singing. Actually, my attempt at vocalizing was a rendition of "The Beautiful Tennessee Waltz". _ Maybe the choice of song was a carry over from the night before when our niece, Eloise Freund, was married to Steven Benes (as nice a pair of young people as you will be finding) All of a sudden my ears perked up and an Irish tune wafted through the air Then came a shocker Eloise came over and asked me to dance. Honored as I was, the thought -of not having been on a dance floor for 20 years due to leg problems scared me. _ But, strong urging put me on the dance floor with the beautiful bride in my arms I didn't last long, but the memory must have lingered on as I warbled the Ten­ nessee.; Waltz on Monday morning. Looking over my stack of St. Patrick's cards, this one gave me a chuckle all over again: On the outside: "Thought you might like a St. Patrick's Day card that was a little bit different--" On the inside: "MAZEL TOV" Of course I knew what it meant. That is, I knew after opening Mr. Webster's oft used book which shows "Good Luck -- Often used as congratulations". Hebrew. Happiness was added from John Looze and Sam Diamond In this age of overlapping seasons, basketball still holds the spotlight, but baseball is about to take over the center of the stage. The White Sox won't be playing until Friday so I'll have to watch that other team Thursday. A certain girl who dishes out stamps in Uncle Sam's Post Office talked me into a bet on the Cub game I'll have to go in and collect right after the game. Some of the experts pick the Sox to finish in third place. Others say fourth. I'll go with third for this year Then, look oyt! It just seems terrible that so many are picking the Cubs for last place. Maybe they weren't figuring on that pitcher the Cubs got from the Sox, Ken Kravec He'll show em! Don't know how I ever worked a crossword puzzle before 1 had a special dic­ tionary There are words in there I never knew were a part of our language. Can't remember those odd ones In fact, I've forgotten more than I ever knew. A strong Woodstock team outpointed McHenry 85-43 Monday, forcing the Warrior girls' track team to settle for a split in the triangular meet at McCracken Field The Warriors defeated John- sburg 79-41. Three different girls placed first in the duel with Woodstock. Angela An­ derson won the high jump, Delia Saunders copped the 880 and Sandi Foster was tops in the shot put. The mile relay team, featuring Kristy Howard, Terri Blume, Tracy Brechel and Saunders, also won. Anderson added a second in the 200 meter hurdles and Foster was runner-up in the discus Additional second places were won by Chris Kowalec in the 100 mefer hufdles, Kelly Brough in the mile, Vicky Senn in the long jump and Greta Larson in the shot. Mary Bazan placed third in the two mile and the mile, Brough was third in the 880 and Sue Schramek came in third in the 220 The Warriors had an in­ credible^ firsts in defeating Johnsburg. Winners were the 440 relay team; Bazan in the two mile; the medley relay team; Anderson in the 200 meter hurdles; Saunders in the 880 (Brough was third); the 880 relay team; Saunders in the 440 (followed by Howard and Sharon Foley); Kowalec in the 100 meter hurdles; Brough in the mile (followed by Bazan); the mile relay team; Foster in the shot (Larson was third); and Anderson in the high jump. Schramek was second in the 220, Senn and Kim Fredericks second and third in the long jump and Foster was third in the discus. Johnsburg's results were .not available at press time. McHENRY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TRACK SCHEDULE Monday, April 13 At Crystal Lake South (Crystal Lake Central) McHenry County - Woodstock Dundee & Cary Grove - Home At Wauconda (Warren) Lake Forest Invitational • 11 a.m. At Jacobs (Crown) FVC - Crown IHSA District IHSA State All meets start at 4:30 p.m. unless othersiwe specified. 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"HOME OF THE ATHLETE" DAM.Y john4 MM SAT. 9-5 feUS IffllElEMff MXm SHnrv sho»SS 'loves FULL SIZE SELECTION OF •BASEBALL JERSEYS •BATTING GLOVES Girls Win First PAGE 7 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, APRIL 10,1981 Pat McCrystal was not a hard man to spot Wed­ nesday. The coach of Johnsburg's young girls' track team had an ear-to-ear grin after the Skyhawks won their first meet ever the day before The Skyhawks scored 69 points to edge Grant (62.5 points) and Alden-Hebron (31.5) to end four years of frustration. "I think it's important to point out that we have only 13 girls out for the team Some of the teams we've been running against have had 30 or 40," said a joyous McCrystal. Mark (Pasztor. the assistant coach), /he girls and I were all very happy to win this one." Johnsburg placed first in 10 of the 16 events Inge Dschida and Cheri Kofler each won three events Dschida took the shot put. Skyhawks win a triangular meet over Grant and Hebron. It was the first girls' meet victory ever for the Skyhawks. STAFF PHOTO - WAYNE GAYLORD discus and 100 meter hurdles and Kofler copped the 100 and 200 meter dashes and the long jump Also winning for the Hawks were the 800 meter medley team; Bridget Thorne in the 200 meter hurdles; Missy Christie in the 800 meter run: Lydia Oakley in the 3200 meter and Alicia Fveretsen in the 1600 meter Fveretsen added a second place in the 3200 meters "This was our fourth meet of the year," McCrystal said "We've befen running really well considering our opponents have been mostly class A A schools " John1 sburg is in class A. which is for smaller schools The Skyhawks will try to maintain their winning ways when they travel to Round Lake Saturday Hawks Hammer Rams Johnsburg's offense finally came to life Monday, as the Skyhawks hammered Grayslake 13-0 at Tiger's Park Pete Barroso limited the visitors to just five hits and did not allow a walk. He struck out five en route to a complete-game victory. "Pete did a heckuva nice job for us," said an elated coach Jim Meyers. "We played good defense to back him up and we finally hit the ball. I'm very pleased." Although the win was only the first in three tries for the Hawks, Meyers claimed the pitching has not been totally at fault. "We've only allowed six walks and four earned runs in three games " Johnsburg got all the runs it needed in the second in­ ning. Joe Meyers reached on an error, stole second and scored when the Grayslake catcher dropped Doug Wick man's third strike and threw the ball into right field Wickman later scored on a fielder's choice In the third, Tom Pieper walked, moved to second on Rob Peisert's sacrifice and scored on Dave Maurer's double. Meyers followed with a single to score Maurer The Skyhawks tacked on four in the fourth They loaded the bases on a triple by Randy Wakitsch. a walk and an infield single off the bat of John Armon Barroso's grounder erased Meeting Set An organization meeting for the youth 16 inch softball will be held Wednesday, April 22. This meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. at the parks and Recreation office. City Hall, 1111 N Green St All team managers are required to attend this meeting We will be discussing this year's league schedule, fees and rules and regulations. If you have any questions regarding this meeting, call the Depart­ ment of Parks and Recreation at 344-3300 ACROSS FROM A * P - NEXT TO IBY BROWN M4-UM •CUSTOM PRINTING AVANABLE YOU CRN on it! Presented By STATE BANK of RICHMOND Member F.D.I.C. Q. It eeeme each month the new consumer price index it awaited with greet enticlpetion. How should I view the index es en individuel con­ sumer? A. As an individual con­ sumer, the best view to take of the consumer price index is probably a critical one. Although a statement like, "The same goods and services which sold for $100 in 1967 sells for $230 today", does make a point concerning the ravages of inflation, it is misleading in that the goods and services bought today are not the same as those bought thirteen years ago- In formulating the CPI, figures are gathered from a number of geographic areas, some figures are weighted white others may be distorted, although not arbitrarily. Thus, your best individual indicator is your own "CPI" derived from past records. Your financial advisor is a good source of information on how to budget using your own "CPI". Wakitsch at the plate, but Pieper hit a run scoring fly ball Peisert walked to load the bases before Maurer delivered a clutch double to empty the sacks Johnsburg put the icing on the cake with a five-run salvo in the fifth Wickman walked. Wakitsch doubled and Armon executed a perfect squeeze bunt Barroso singled. Pieper and Peisert walked and Maurer earned a free pass to force in a run Meyers singled in the final Skyhawk run Grayslake had only one threat. A double and an infield out put a runner on third Tom Kirk singled, but left fielder Dave Williams cut down the lead runner with a perfect strike to the plate. "That play v\as just beautiful," gushed Coach Meyers 'The guy was out by so much I couldn't believe it That's the kind of defense we had todav. " On The Sideline With Dick Rabbitt This nice weather has helped the athletic activit :k team S] 1 lr, Brian Wilson s my a McHenry High. Don Seaton's girls' track team split i pair, Dan Boland's boys won a pair, Brian Wilson' baseball team is still finding it rough, Gary Gray's tennis team is 4-2 on the season, and the girls' softball team of Mary Osterman lost a tough 2-1 game against Streamwood. Sue Haddick gave up only two hits, but the locals could only put one run across the plate The annual County Basketball banquet was held Monday night at West campus. It again was a gala affair, with 32 of the county's finest basketball players in attendance. Eight newspapers in the county sponsor the event, and it is becoming bigger and better every year. Bob Greve, ^Bob Zeller and John Costigan of the Warriors were honored, along with the Skyhawk's Rick Neiss, Tom Pieper and Chuck Novy The colorful Dick Versace of Bradley university was the main speaker In between blowing his own horn, the colorful mentor of the Braves gave a good talk, and left a message to the athletes that attended the banauet He had ; been only-in major college coaching for three years At that rate Ray a press release of ovef six pages, and he has Meyer of DePaul will have to Iteve a pickup truck just to carry around his press releases for the media The Bradley coach was under a bit of pressure last Monday evening He had to fly to Chicago to meet a recruit at 10 p.m and told me that the unnamed lad he was seeking could make or break his program for the next four years So with that kind of pressure I guess you can forgive some of his faults He did lift some eyebrows when he mentioned that he never was a starter in any level of basketball in which he participated, yet became a student of the game. Give credit where credit is due, he is coaching in the major college ranks Bob Matte, former Marengo coach and now an instructor at McHenry County college, was the emcee for the evening Not as witty as our Own S I H columnist, nevertheless he did an outstanding job during the evening Eleanor Regelin, chief cook and bottle washer at West campus, and ner fine crew of ladies put out an excellent meal for the crowd of 130 There were a few boys slipping in for seconds We would like to welcome Jeff Stern to the Plaindealer and to the city of McHenry. Jeff is taking over the sports department, as our good friend Joel Wakitsch moves up the ladder We hope Joel will occasionally have a "Third Half" in the sports page. Hope you fans get to meet Jeff soon He likes to hit that little round ball, so he can't be all bad Fox Valley conference play opens this week both in baseball ancl softball Dundee should be the team to beat in baseball, and its a toss-up in softball. with the Warriors getting some mention from some of the coaches Wouldn't it be nice if we could grab some spring championships this year in athletics. oin MnnvHL /pftinc /flie | April 9th, IQtli 111th • Thursday, Friday t Saturday LIE & RAY ELECTRIC 1005 N. FRONT (S. RTE. 31)_ 50% OFF MOST FIXTORiS M STOCK McHENRY 385-0882 SALES I SERVICE PIUS MANY IN-STOftE SPECIALS AVAILABLE , Great New Collections For Spring! Weather the warmth in KENT by Arrow Vou' 'avo'tC A"C\\ 0ress •"* •'Cs1 ^ 'as* • e : • c" "st •• 1 YOU VE coo F 'V I • ,'cs c • ' V ire PO'ves*er vo woe v.v e*\ tC'on ar\d weat^et sun^e weather Short sleeves From S16.00 -Arrow The first great designer label worn by half the men in America. Chrtstnphrr'H MEN'S WEAR 3902 W. 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