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PAGE 6 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1981 w S- * Miller Wins BALL WASHER? The Plaindealer didn't know whether Chris Wirtz, co-chairman of the McHenry Chamber of Commerce Annual Golf Outing, was just using the creek at McHenry Country Club to wash his golf ball or to take a shower. Co-chairman Tom Miller stated that Wirtz was just getting in some early practice for the big event that will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 16. The all day affair includes a longest drive contest and closest to the pin during the 18 holes of golf that will be followed by dinner. Tickets may be purchased at the McHenry Plaindealei and reservations for tee times should be made by phone to Vale Adams at 385-3435 at the McHenry Country Club. ' STAFF PHOTO - WAYNE GAYLORD The Fox , Hole Tap's Twig Miller won the 1981 McHenry 12-Inch batting title with an impressive .703 average. Miller's crown was his second in three years with his average of .995 winning the crown in 1979. Tom Spasojevich was second overall, tope in the West, with a .887 clip. The Fox Hole again took honors as the leading team in batting with a .528 average, 62 points higher than Wayne's .488 average, but 40 points lower than last season. Joe Dehn and Gary Gilpin, both from the Old Bridge, were number one and two in RBI's. Dehn had 38 runs batted while his counterpart drove in 35. Gilpin also led the league with 15 home runs setting a new league record in that category. Wayne's Tom Burke finished in second with 13 roundtrippers followed by teammate Wayne Roewer, who belted 11 out of the park. Wayne Hiller from the Johnsburg Businessmen scored 30 runs to lead in that department. Tom Burke and Doug Freund of the Old Bridge were close behind with 29 each. Doherty's Mike Rogers hit safely 36 times while Joe Dehn was right behind with 35 base hits to lead in that category. In doubles Chuck Marke from King's Row led with 10 while (Johnsburg's) Tom Spasojevich hit 9 two taggers. Johns burg's Tim Frantz, Doherty's Irish DeCiccio and Mike Rogers all led in the triples department with 4 each. EASTERN DIVISION , TOP TEN (8ept. 8,1981) ab h aver Twig Miller 37 26 .703 Ron Miller 47 30 .638 Joe Dehn 55 35 .636 Don Bentz 53 32 .604 Don Prazak 53 32 .604 Gary Gilpin 49 28 .571 Chuck Marke 51 29 .569 Myron Bentz 50 28 .560 Kevin Horner 47 26 .553 Wayne Roewer 60 33 .550 RUNS SCORED: T. Burke (29); D. Freund (29); D. Prazak (28); B. Mevers (26); D. Bentz (24) RBI's: J. Dehn (36); G. Gilpin (35); T. Burke. (32); W. Roewer (30); D. Bentz (29) HITS: J. Dehn (35); W. Roewer (33); D. Bentz (31); D. Prazak (33); Bill Meyers (30); R. Miller (30) 1 DOUBLES: / C. Marke (10); J. Dehn .(7); C. Freund (7) TRIPLES: T. Burke (3); V. Freund (3); K. Ludwig (3); J. Meyers (3) ; J. Spindler (3) ; F. Stacker (3); and'J. Walkington (3). HOME RUNS: G. Gilpin (15); T. Burke (13); W. Roewer (11)'; M. Bentz (8); P. Burke (8); D. Prazak (7) < SACRIFICES: J. Dehn (5); R.Miller (5); R. Meyers (4); T. Miller (4); and J. Yaworski (4). * • 1 1 WESTERN DIVISION TOP TEN ' , (Sept. 8,1981) . . ; " ab h aver T. Spasojevich 45 30 .887 RickWakitsch 49 30 .612 HarryMay 33 19 .576 LenAckerman 37 21 .588 Wayne Hiller 55 31 .584 Mike Rogers 85 38 ^ .554 v< Kevin Freund 49 27 .551 Irish DeCiccio 54 29 .537 PatZwilling 41 22 .537 Matt Oik 49 25 .510 • RUNS SCORED: W. Hiller (30); J. DeCiccio (25); T. Spasojevich (24); R. Waktisch (24); M. Oik (23); M. Rogers (23); and R. Thelen (23), RBI's: T. Spasojevich (33); R. Waktisch (33); W. Hiller (26); D. Prorok (23); I. DeCiccio (22); M. Oik (22) . HITS: M. Rogers (36); W. Hiller (31); T. Spasojevich (30); R. Wakitsch (30); I. DeCiccio (29); K. Freund (27); and John Meyerrs (27). DOUBLES: T. Spasojevich (9); John Meyers (8) ; D. Prorok (8) ; R. Wakitsch (8); W. Hiller (7); S. Letzter (7) ; and Jim Meyers (7). TRIPLES: I. DeCiccio (4); T. Frantz (4); M Rogers (4); L. Palatas (3) ; and II. Thelen (3). HOME RUNS : T. Spa«ojevich (8); R Wakitsch (7); K. Freund (6); W. Hiller (6) fit Oik (5); and J. Brodin (4). SACRIFICES: S. Letzter (4) ; P. Oeffling (4); and R. Wakitsch (4). t' -• • ;• I PLAYOFFS The first round of the playoffs were concluded Wednesday night. The Johnsburg Businessmen won their opening series over Old Bridge defeating them 11-6 and 14-5. Wayne's won easily over Rusty Nail Inn 15-0 to wrap up that series. In the second round to begin Monday, Johnsburg will play Fox Hole Tap in the first and third games, and Wayne's will play Doherty's in game two. (Highlights of Wednesday's games will be in next week). Pat Wirtz On The Sideline With Dick Rabbitt Coach Joe Schlender will take his McHenry Warriors to Stevenson high school tomorrow to open the 1981 football season The Warriors have been working hard all week to take out the rough spots that showed up in last Saturday's scrimmage. Kickuff time is 2 p.m. with the sophomores getting under way at noon. Chuck Hilda's golfers lost a tough one to Antioch last week With tour of* his golfers shooting 40 or better, the veteran coach is going to be tough once the boys get more playing time. They along with Crystal Lake South should battle it out for conference and district honors this year. To pick a Fox Valley football champion this season is going to take some effort. Last year Cary Grove came out of the pack and went undefeated, but the loss of all stater Neil Britt will put the Torjans back in the pack this year. Crystal Lake Central with the veteran Bill Mack at the helm has to be one of the favorites. He has 14 lettermen returning, and experience in the skill positions. The Tigers are always a tough defensive club and this year should be no exception. The favorite for the past three season the Blue Streaks of Bob Bradshaw, will again be in contention, but lack of depth is a main concern for the Streak mentor Although not as talented as in veu ~ past, the Streaks do have a fine football program and u.H bt n th< thick of the race. Crystal Lakp has si/'; a ic peed this year Coach Bob Hight hopes to have a high scoring offense, that was the trademark of the Gators last season. With seven lettermen returning and an undefeated sophomore team to rely on, the Gators can make some waves this season. According to most of the coaches the sleeper this year mav be Crown. Coach Bob Carlson, a former Woodstock high athlete now in his third year at the helm of the Vikings, has 23 lettermen returning. The Vikes have good size, but not too much speed. All they need is a couple of early season wins under their belt, and they could make it interesting for some teams. Dundee under new coach Gene Mitz formerly at Northwestern university is going to find the Fox Valley as tough for his Cards as the Wildcats found in the Big 10. They just don't have the horses to be in contention for the league crown. Jacobs was winless last year after winning the championship in 1979. The Golden Eagles with 15 lettermen returning should show some improvement. Pre-season injuries have not helped the Eagles, but they have~no place to go but up this season. The Warriors of Joe Schlender will be a representative team. Inexperience at the quarterback spot is still a question mark. Doug Mullen, a senior, has not played the game before. Once he gets some game experience under his belt, he can be a good one. He can throw with the best of them, and last Saturday in the scrimmage time and time again hit his man on the numbers. With a fairly good size line, but an entire new backfield this season, it may take the Warriors a couple of games to get going this season. One thing you can be sure of, they will be in good cpndition. It is time for the old Crystal ball to come out of mothballs, so I'll start out with Stevenson defeating our Warriors in a close one. Woodstock to beat Mundelein, Marengo to outscore Jacobs, Crown in another thriller to defeat Lake Zurich, Grayslake to beat Dundee, Central to win over Antioch, South to beat Conant, Cary to defeat Wauconda, Grant over Johnsburg, and St. Ed's over Marian Central. Usually the best costs a little more. Right now it costs a little less. Save on every'loro during lore's Late Summer Rebate. (.jet $100 back on anv Toro8 rider, $150 on any lawn rractor, $50 on any self-propelled model Or $30 on any Toro walk mower. All with the one thm^ money alone can t buy The quality of a "ioro THE HOUSE THAT SERVICE BUILT Haven't vou done without a Toro long enough' Geo. P. Freund, Inc. 4102 W. CRYSTAL LAKE RD. McHENRY, II. 3t5-0420 Plaindealer Defense Leads Hornets' Win The McHenry Hornets varsity football team began its season with an im­ pressive 13 0 shutout over St. Mar.* s of Woodstock last Sunday. A strong ground game and a stingy defense were the two big plusses for the Hornets McHenry ac­ cumulated 143 yards of total offense in the contest and scored both touchdowns on the ground In the first quarter, John Diedrich scored what proved to be the margin of victory on a 14 yard sweep around end. With the extra point successful, the Hornets made their 7-0 lead stand up through the second quarter and into halftime. Mike Schultz tallied the final score for McHenry in the fourth quarter on a one yard plunge. The extra point attempt failed, but the 13 points were more than enough as St. Mary's found it almost impossible to move the ball all afternoon. In the first half, Woodstock had a total of minus 10 yards total offense. In the second half they improved that total to a plus 27 giving them 17 total yards on the afternoon. Much of the credit for this is due to the swarming defensive line which had seven sacks on the day. Jim Shaver, in particular, registered five of those sacks for losses totaling 18 ya^d|S -"Our entire defense played extremely well," said coach Phil Thorne. "We really shut them down, but if we hadn't had so many turnovers of our own the score would've been a lot higher." The Hornets fumbled the ball away three times, once as they were driving for a score on the St. Mary's fdur yard line. The junior varsity squad didn't find the same success losing its opener 13-6. The Hornets took a 6-0 lead late in the second quarter when Mark Davidson took a lateral from Joel Pagose and raced 65 yards for the score. Two minutes later, however, St. Mary's in­ tercepted a pass and went on to score making it 7-6 Woodstock at halftime. McHenry failed to muster up enough offense in the second half for a go-ahead touchdown, but Woodstock tallied once again in the third quarter to conclude the scoring. Roth the varsity and the junior varsity Hornet squads will open up their regular seasons on Sunday, Sept. 13 against the Antioch Vikings at McCracken field. The jayvee game will begin at 12:45 p.m. with the varsity tilt to follow at ap­ proximately 2:00 p.m. McHenry senior Chris Knox fires one over the net In Wednesday night's contest against Belvidere. Playing in the Warriors number one singles spot, Knox Went three sets with Jackie Laclde before losing 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. Belvidere won 4-1 on the nisht. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Warrior Netters MCHS Harriers Fall To Belvidere Win Triangular McHenrv's airis tonniJ doubles teams also fell w McHenry's girls tenni team dropped its seaso opener to Belvidere at West Campus Wednesday night by a score of 4-1. Gary Gray's netters ran up against a team that had already played three matches this year, and the experience showed. Senior Chris Knox, McHenry's number one singles player, took Jackie Lackie to the wire before losing 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. The number two singles player, Julie Larkin, lost in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 to Jeannie Gang. Kelli Williams was the only girl to chalk one up in the win column as she defeated Anne Reisdorf in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 in number three singles. Both of the Warriors doubles teams also fell victim in straight sets. Leah Melahn and Jenny Prust lost in number one doubles to Kelly Kregeen and Ann Switzer 6-2,6-4. Kregeen and Switzer were both state qualifiers for Belvidere last year. In the number two doubles match, Kris Sorting and Laurie Campbell were beaten 6-1, 6-2 by Kathy Williams and Lori Nimocks. Gray, nonetheless, feels that his team will do a lot better considering that this was the first match of the season. "WJien we get some expereince We'll be alright," he said. The Warriors will be off until Thursday, Sept. 17 when they travel to Grant for a 4:30 p.m. match. BRAKE SPECIAL FRONT AND REAR 10 % SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT ALSO! OFFER GOOD THRU SEPT. 30.1981 AUTOMOTIVE DETAILING AND REPAIR 926 N. FRONT ST. (Rte 31) McHenry 385-3580 SEPT. 13TH, SUNDAY s2°° CAR WASH and FREE complete car inspection (9 am-4 pm) CALL FOR MORE DETAILS *Hut SUMMER SPECIAL * This Coupon Is Worth ^ OFF A LARGE PIZZA or SO XOFF A MEDIUM PIZZA Offer Good Only At PIZZA HUTS I I 11 I I I Coach Bill Hutchinson's McHenry high school cross country team started out the season on a winning note by defeating both DeKalb and Grant at West campus Tuesday afternoon. Taking five of the first six places, the Warriors easily defeated DeKalb 19 to 36 and Grant 15 to 46. Senior Wade Cepulis led McHenry by winning the three mile event in a time 16 minutes and 17 seconds. Sophomores Steve Carby and Brian Wright were third and fourth with times of 16:32 and 16:49, respec­ tively. Chris Creutz was fifth at 16:51, and Gordon Bourney was sixth with a time of 17:05. It was a long awaited victory as DeKalb had defeated the Warriors in each of the last two years. In the sophomore event, Marty Koleno and Brian Ahlgrim finished one-two to lead McHenry to a 24 to 32 win over DeKalb, and a 20 to 36 victory over Grant. The Warrior girl's team lost to DeKalb, but defeated Grant in their race. Delia Saunders captured first place in the event for McHenry. Varsity vs. DeKalb(36) Cepulis i Carby 3 Wright 4 Creutz 5 Bourney 6 . . . p Varsity vs. Grant(46) Cepulis v 1 Carby 2 Wright , 3 Creutz 4 Bourney 5 15 Soph. vs. DeKalb(32) Koleno 1 Ahlgrim 2 Gaza 5 Wynveen 7 Pankiewicz 9 24 Soph. vs. Grant(36) Koleno 1 Ahlgrim 2 Gaza 3 Wynveen 6 Pankiewicz 8 20 The Warriors will be off until Tuesday, Sept. 15 when they travel to Schaumburg with Conant in a 5:00 p.m. race. . 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