's, Johnsburg To Doherty's, Fox Hole In Semis WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 1C. 1*1 f Wayne's swept aside Rusty Nail Inn 15*0 in first round playoff action to advance into the Men's 12- Inch semi-finals - their opponent undefeated Doherty's. In the other first round series the Johnsburg Businessmen twice defeated the Old Bridge Tavern by scores of 11-6 and 13-6. The victories wiped out the Bridge one game lead in the series and send Johnsburg into the semi-finals versus last year's playoff champs, the Fox Hole Tap. Semi-final play will conclude on Wednesday, Sept. 16 with the second game in the Wayne's- Doherty's 3 game series. If either series needs the third game both will be played on Wednesday. In the Wayne's-Nail contest the winners simply overwhelmed Rusty Nail with a 23-hit effort while the losers could manage but three singles. Defense was also the key as winning pitcher Pat Burke single handedly shut down Nail attempts to hit up the middle. Two superb catches of line drives in the first inning plus four more assists including a 1-6-3 doubleplay in the third all helped as not one Rusty Nail runner could get to third base! Wayne's did not get on the scoreboard until the third. George Cadotte led off with a single followed by Scott Stull's base hit. After Don Prazak flew out to left Rich Kuchera singled in Cadotte. Tom Prudden doubled in Stull and Tom Burke drove in both Kuchera and Prudden to give Wayne's a 4- 0 lead. the ^in the sixth, Wayne irst Roewer and Kevin Horner both singled and scored on Rick Wiegman's double. George Cadotte and Scott Stull kept the rally going with doubles followed by Don Prazak's two run single to give Wayne's a commanding 9-0 lead. Six more runs in the seventh put the game too far out of reach for the Nail. Pat Burke, George Cadotte, Rich Kuchera and Tom Burke had RBI singles while two more runs scored when left fielder Len Ackerman got stuck under the fence and dropped Don Prazak's long fly ball. Rich Kuchera had four hits to help the winners. Wayne Roewer, Rick Wiegman and George Cadotte all had three hits each. Tom Burke led in runs batted in with three. run on a Wayne's Rusty Nail 0 0 4 0 0 5 6-15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 T h e J o h n s b u r g Businessmen were in the hole on paper only as they went into Wednesday's second game versus Old Bridge Tavern. Although the Bridge held a one game to none advantage in their best of three playoff series they could only Held five regulars with two of those five playing despite being injured. Gary Gilpin, broken toe and all, still managed to put Old Bridge out in front with a two-run homer in the first. Tom Ludwig was on third with a triple. Johnsburg scored four runs in the second to take a two-run lead. Jim Meyers lead-off single, an error and a base on balls loaded the Joel Wakitsch next singled in a pair of runs, Scott Letzter singled in one run and Mark Schultz drove in the fourth fielder's choice. Ken Ludwig and John Pitzen hit Bridge singles in the top of the fourth with Ludwig scoring on an out field throwing error and Pitzen scoring on Dan Thennes' sacrifice fly. That tied the score at four each. But a Tim Frantz sacrifice fly and a Jim Meyer's RBI single put Johnsburg back on top by a score of 6-4 in their half of the fourth. The Bridge's Tom Ludwig and Gary Gilpin teamed for RBI singles in the fifth to tie the score for the last time. The Businessmen came right back in their half of the fifth as Phil Oeffling led off with an inside the park home run. A couple of errors helped score Joel Wakitsch in the same inning. In the sixth Johnsburg's Harry May singled in Wayne Hiller while both May and Phil Oeffling scored on Scott Letzter's base hit. It was icing on the cake as the Businessmen won 11-6. Joel Wakitsch and Phil Oeffling had three hits each to lead the winners. Oeffling included a walk and three runs scored. Old Bridge 2002200-6 Johnsburg Businessmen 0 4 0 2 2 3 x-11 Both Doug and Greg Freund were in the Old Bridge lineup for game two however, and Johnsburg greeted them with an eight- run first inning. Wayne Hiller's two-run homer plus Phil Oeffling and Scott Letzter's two-run singles were the big hits. The Businessmen had nine straight hits in the first in cluding Marck Schultz's bad hop infield single. Tim Frantz's sacrifice fly ended up in a doubleplay to end the inning fyowever Johnsburg was in the driver's seat for the rest o f the first round series rubber match. Gary Gilpin drove in the Bridge's first run with a sacrifice fly. Later in the fifth Gary would drive in his second run before pulling himself. Gilpin somehow accounted for 4 RBI's going 3 for 5 with a home run and sacrifice fly in the two games. However, Johnsburg matched the Bridge in the final six innings while the Old Bridge could never come up with the big hit. Three of six Bridge runs were batted in on sacrifice flies while eight runners were stranded on base with half of them in scoring position. Scott Letzter led John sburg with three base hits and three RBI's. Tom Spasojevich and John Meyers added three hits each while Wayne Hiller scored three runs. Nine Johnsburg batters hit safely in the 18-hit attack. Doug Freund went four for four to lead the Old Bridge. Jim Zasada, Ken Ludwig and Dan Thennes had two hits each. m u I ' J rfc- '* TYING RUN - Mark Schultz(left) of Nancy's Tavern steams in towards home plate as John's Sport Stop catcher Bob Hlousek (center) waits for the relay throw. Looking in on the play is umpire Don Bentz (right). Schultz would dive in safely on the play tying the game at six runs apiece, and Nancy's would go on to win 7-6. They also won the second game 20-11 to advance to the semi-finals of the 16-inch post season tournament. STAFF PHOTO - WAYNE GAYLORD Nancy's Eliminates Sport Stop Johnsburg Old Bridge Businessmen 8 110 12 0-13 1110 10 2-6 Pat Wirtz Warrior Netters Blank Grayslake 5-0 McHenry high school's tennis team looked im pressive in shutting out Grayslake Thursday night 5- 0. Coach Gary Gray's netters all won in straight sets to even their season record at 1-1. Number one singles player Chris Knox opened the scoring for McHenry defeating Margaret Idstein 6-2, 6-1, and number two singles, Julie Larkin, defeated Nancy Lee 6-6, 6-3. The Warriors number three singles player Kelli Williams won over Lisa Patzke 6-2, 6-3. Williams is now 2-0 on the season at number three singles. Sluggish Drop Two After a long Labor Day weekend, the Johnsburg volleyball team looked sluggish in losing two games, but the Skyhawks turned it around to win their final game of the week. Kathy Bull's squad now stands at 2-2 for the season. At Williams Bay Tuesday night, Johnsburg could do little right losing in straight sets 15-6 and 15-9. Besides their own mistakes, the Skyhawks fell victim to one of the Williams Bay girls who scored on 12 straight serves. Hosting Wilmot Thursday night, Johnsburg played better physically although mentally they were still lacking, according to Bull. They again lost in straight sets 15-11 and 16-14. "We didn't really have any enthusiasm out there," said Bull. "When the crowd left after the game was over we went back on the court to work on our offense and our defense for another half an hour." This strategy had ap parently worked, as the following night Johnsburg played the way Bull feels her team is capable of playing and handled Rourfd Lake in straight sets 15-11 and 15-13. "The girls looked like a In the doubles matches, Leah Melahn and Jenny Prust defeated Cheryl Hermon and Dawn Wendt in the number one spot 6-1, 66. In the number two doubles, Kris Sorling and Laurie Campbell won over Paula Peterson and Sue Baker by identical 6-3 scores. Gray was pleased with his team's performance and noted that the girls played with a lot more confidence than they did In their opening loss to Belvidere. McHenry will return to action on Thursday, Sept. 17 when it travels to Grayslake for a 4:30 p.m. match. Spikers Of Three totally different team out there Friday night," said Bull. "Our serves were a lot better, our offense was a lot smoother, and we looked super." "Hopefully this puts us back on the winning track," she added. After a Monday encounter with Hebron, the Skyhawks will begin conference play on Thursday, Sept. 17 when they travel to Hononegah for a 6 p.m. contest. Harriers 3-0 Marian Central's cross country team ran it's record to 3-0 last Thursday by defeating conference rival Harvard 18-43. Sophomore John Wottreng was the individual medalist in the event with a time of 17 minutes and 52 seconds, just four seconds better than his brother Tom who was runner-up. Freshman Yun Kim finished fourth with a time of 19:17, Dave Zabielski was fifth at 19:22, and Greg Albinger concluded the , Hurricanes scoring with his sixth place mark of 19:41. Coach Hans Rokus' harriers will resume action on Thursday, Sept. 17 when they travel to Jacobs for a ; 4:00 p.m. meet. a calendar of upcoming events Johnsburg Tennis Marian Volleyball Wednesday, Sept. 16 atJacobs4:00p.m. St. Edward 5:00 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 McHenry Cross Country at Lake Zurich 4:30p.m. McHenry Golf Jacobs 3:30 p.m. McHenry Tennis atGrant4:30p.m. McHenry Volleyball Crystal Lake South 4:30 p.m. Jdkisburg Cross Country at Crystal Like S.-Harvard 4:30 p.m. Johnsburg Tennis Johnsburg Volleyball Marian Cross Country Marian Tennis at Marengo 4:00p.m. at Hononegah 6:00 p.m. at Jacobs 4:00 p.m. at Hononegah 4:00 p.m. Nancy's Tavern advanced to the semi-finals of the 16- inch post-season tour nament by eliminating John's Sport Stop in two straight games Thursday night by scores of 7-6 and 20- 11. On Thursday, Sept. 17, Nancy's will meet the winner of the Old Bridge-Fox Hole Tap series for the championship. In the first game, Nancy's jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first two innings before Sport Stop answered with two of its own in their half of the second inning. One of the runs came on a solo home run by Rick Wakitsch. In the fourth frame, Sport Stop scored four times on three hits and took a 6-5 lead when Bob Johnson doubled in the tying and go-ahead runs. '* Mark Schultz tied the game in the top of the fifth for Nancy's when he singled and scored on a double by Jim Meyers. Brother John Meyers scored the winning run in the top of the seventh inning for Nancy's He reached on a fielders choice, went to third on a hit by Jim Meyers, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Wayne Hiller. Jim Meyers, who picked up the win, had two hits to lead Nancy's as did Bill Meyers. Bill Melville had three straight hits to lead Sport Stop. In the second game, the two teams exchanged leads twice in the first three in nings with Sport Stop leading 5-4. But in the top of the fourth frame, Nancy's turned a double play to end Sport Stop's inning and open a big inning of their own. Nancy's erupted for nine runs on eight hits to take a com manding 13-5 lead. An inning later they tacked on five more runs to put the game out of reach. Sport Stop put together a five-run sixth inning and scored once more in the seventh, but by then it was too little too late. Both teams banged out 20 hits in the contest with John Meyers of Nancy s and Rick Wakitsch of Sport Stop getting three each to lead all batters. Carl Moesche Marian Spikers Win Two Of Three Matches M a r i a n C e n t r a l ' s volleyball team opened up with two impressive wins last week, and then ran out of gas in Friday night's game losing in the deciding third set. Coach Mary Stoner's spikers now have a 4-2 record. At Woodstock on Tuesday night, the Hurricanes topped the Blue Streaks in three sets. Marian won the opener 15-6, lost the second set 15-9, then won the deciding set 15- 9 to defeat the cross town rivals. Senior Debbie Liggett led the Hurricanes in scoring as she had 12 points. Hosting Crown on Wed nesday night, Marian played one of its best matches of the season winning in two straight sets 15-10 and 15-5. "We played a real good team game," said Stone. "I was real pleased with the girls play, especially since we had such balanced scoring." Senior Julie Nylander took scoring honors with eight points and was followed closely by Liggett, Holly Ryan, Jean Thompson, and Sarah Traver who all con tributed five points each Marian got off on the wrong foot Friday night losing the opening set 15-10 to Richmond. The Hurricanes tied it up at one set apiece winning the second en counter 15-6. But in the final set, Marian dropped a 15-12 decision after leading at one point 11- 6. "We just had too many mistakes," said Stoner. "We let one get away from us Once they caught up to 11-10 we couldn't stop them." Liggett led the Hurricanes in scoring with nine points, while Traver had eight and Nylander and Thompson had six each. Marian will host St. Ed ward on Wednesday, Sept. 16 in a 5 p.m. match. Fall Service Specials w\ GM QUALITY SERVICE PARTS j i w\ GM QUALITY SERVICE PARTS j GENERAL MOTORS PARTS DIVISION |KeepThat^Gr^ 16" Tourney Set A double elimination 16-inch Softball tournament will be . 18- day held this Weekend on Friday, Satjifrfey, and Sunday, Sept. 18- 20 at Petersen park. The first game will begin on Frii night at approximately 6:30 p.m. Twenty teams are expected to compete in the tournament and entrees are still being taken. Refreshments will be served ft dogs will be available to the For further information call "Mr. Robert Hamm at 587-0296. pop, brats, and hot 4216 N. WILMOT RD. 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