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PAGE C - PLALNDE ALER - WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 18,1081 McHenry Harriers At First Trip To State .THIRD IN STATE - McHenry high school's cross country team displays the trophy it woo Saturday by finishing third in state. The occasion marked the first time ever that the Warriors had sent an entire team to Peoria. Members of the team are standing in the back: (from 1-r) Marty Koleno, Head Coach Bill Hatchinson. Assistant Coach Earl Kyle, and manager Ben Schweder. Kneeling in the middle are Chris CreuU. Wade Cepulis, Gordy Bourey, and Jim Wynveea. Sitting in the front are Brian Wright and Steve Carby. STAFF PHOTO - CARL MOESCHE At the beginning of the cross country Reason, McHenry bead coach Bill Hutchinson predicted, "1 think well do very well this year. We don't have the one outstanding individual, but we're a very solid team." On paper, the Warriors did seem to be impressive. Last vear's Most Valuable Runner. Wade Cepulis. was back along with his 1979 co- winner Gordy Bourey Both runners were the only senior members this year. And a host of other talented runners followed. Best of the rest were a pair of outstanding sophomores, Brian Wright and Steve Carby, and freshman Chris CreiAz Saturday morning at Peoria's Detwiller park, the Warriors put their talent together and finished higher than any McHenry team had ever done before. The Warriors finished third in the state. Hutchinson had sent in­ dividual runners to the state meet before, but Saturday marked the first time ever that he sent his entire t--m York high school of Elmhurst successfully defended its Class AA state title by finishing with a low score of a mere 44 points. The occasion also marked the ninth time that the Dukes had captured the state meet. Schaunbirg was second in the meet with 185 points and McHenry followed with 211. Finishing third was Sandburg with 248 points and Geneseo was fifth with 261 points. A total of 27 teams plus individual runners competed in the meet Class AA Team Scores All-SHARK Football Team Six members of the Marian Central football team and three members from the Johnsburg football team were among 22 athletes selected to the SHARK all-conference squad last week. Hononegah. which shared the SHARK title with Marian, placed seven representatives on the team including unanimous selection tailback Mike Ainsworth. The other unanimous selection was Marian fullback Tom Pappas. The senior Hurricane rushed for 396 yards on 73 carries for a 5.4 average and he also scored 38 points Defensively, he was credited with 72 tackles. 40 solo and 32 assists. Also selected from Marian were seniors Scott Spengel, Dave and Don Rickert Bill Blume and junior Jeff Cychner Spengel. an end. caught nine passes for 189 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He also kicked three of six field goals and converted 16 of 20 extra point attempts during the year for 37 points. Dave Rickert. the defensive signal-caller, led the team in tackles with 75. 40 solos and 35 assists from his cornerback and linebacker positions. Brother Don completed 21 of 63 passes for 410 yards and five touchdowns. He was the only quarterback selected. Blume started even, game at guard on offense and at defensive tackle on defense. He was credited with 51 tackles. One of only four juniors selected. Cychner rushed for 511 yards or 87 carries for a 5.8 average per carry He also caught 13 passes for 320 yards (24.6 ave.; and scored six touchdowns. Named to the team from Johnsburg were three seniors: Mike Dalan. Paul Smith, and Rob Scbmidt Dalan was a tw o-way starter at his tackle position and w as a two-year letterman. Smith was a three-year letterman that played guard on offense and tackle on defense Schmidt, and end. lettered for the second time and led the team in several offensive catagories He caught a conference leading 28 passes for 411 yards for an average of 14.6 per reception. He also led the team in touchdowns with three and in scoring with 20 points. Members of the Marian Central team that were selected honorable mention were Don Fortin (Sr. C-LB), Justin Traver ^Sr RB-DB', Matt Hayden (Sr. G-NG), John Mass (Sr. T-T>, and Jim Huemann 'Sr. E-E Honorable mention players selected from Johnsburg included Dan Williams (Sr. QB), Larry Dix (Sr. G). Pat Rorig 'Sr RB;. and John Miedzianowski 'Jr. RB>. The Hurricanes under the guidance of first-year coach Don Penza finished 5-1 in the SHARK and 7-2 overall The Skyhawks. coached by Bob Schmitt. finished 1-4 in the SHARK and 2-7 overall Plaindealer pts York 44 Scha urn burg 185 McHENRY 211 Sandburg 248 Geneseo 261 Springfield Lamphier 281 Hinsdale South 290 Hoffman Estates 304 Oak Park 315 Lockport 316 Deerfield 324 St. Ignatius 338 O'Falkn 339 St. Charles 348 Marist 366 New Trier 376 Bkmmington 396 Thorton Fractional S 414 East Peoria 420 Crystal Lake Central 427 Rockford East 432 Palatine 435 Danville 470 East St. Louis Lincoln 487 Loves Park Harlem 339 Lane Tech 644 Calumet 796 Jim Knudsen of Lockport high school was the event medalist finishing the three mile couse in 14 minutes and 22.2 seconds., Carby paced McHenry with an 18th place finish with a time of 15:06. It was also the third time in as many races that the sophomore had led the Warriors at the finish gate. He was the top finisher at the McHenry District, and he also led his team in the Lake Forest Sectional held a week ago. Bourey was the second McHenry finisher as he came in 32nd with a time 15:16. and Wright was next in in 43rd place with a 15:23 clocking Also figuring in the scoring were Creutz. 47th in 15:24, and Cepulis 71st with a time of 15:34 McHenry finishers: place Carby Bourey Wright Creutz Cepulis 18 32 43 47 -II 211 Other McHenry runners that competed among the 225 entrants were sophomore Marty Koleno and junior Jim Wynveen. They finished 100th and 177th with times of 15:47 and 16:44. respec­ tively At the onset of the season. Hutchinson knew that he would have a young, com­ petitive team, but he never knew that his team would go so far "Our goal this year was to win the conference, which we did," be said "Anything more than that we figured would be an added bonus. "But we also won the county meet, our „ own District, a real tough Sec­ tional, and now we place third in the state. It's pretty tough to do much better than that," he added. McHenry lost only one dual meet of the year, that to Fox Valley opponent Crystal Lake Central 27-28 But the Warriors avenged the only loss on their 14-1 record by beating the Tigers in both the County and in the con­ ference meets. McHenry also reached av final ranking of sixth in the state in the final Class AA Power Ratings In both the conference and the county meets, it was Cepulis that propelled the team to victory. But later when Cepulis became ill, someone else had to take over and that someone was Carby. Competing against some of the top ranked schools in the state, Carby led McHenry in the Sectional meet with a ninth place finish And he repeated his performance Saturday. "This has to be the best team I've ever coached," concluded Hutchinson, "^t just goes to show that two or three outstanding in­ dividuals isn't enough You have to have at least five guys to be successful." At McHenry. they have those guys. Carl Moesche Parents Put A Hold On Johnsburg Wrestling Name Yr Pos Hi Wt School Mike Ainsworth * Sr TB 511" 186 Hononegah Tom Butler Sr LB 511" 165 Hononegah Barry Compagnoni Sr C 5'9" 202 Hononegah Bill Larson Jr E 60 '" 196 Hononegah Dave Tansor JR FB-E 6'3" 192 Hononegah Tony Warneke Sr E-K 6 4" 221 Hononegah Scott Wedwick Sr ' S 60" 190 Hononegah Bill Blame Sr G-DT 6'1" 205 Marian Central Jeff Cychner Jr HB 5'10" 160 Marian Central Tom Psppss « Sr FB-LB 5'7" 165 Marian Central Dave Rickert Sr DB-LB 60" 175 Marian Central Don Rickert Sr QB-S 60" 175 Marian Central ScoU Spengel Sr E-K 60" 200 Marian Central Brad Behrens Sr T 5'9" 205 Harvard Tim Frost Sr G-LB 5'8 ' 170 Harvard Mike Shepherd Sr E-DB-K 60" 170 Harvard Scott Somerville Sr G-DT 61" 175 Harvard Mike Dalan Sr T 60" 200 Johnsburg Rob Schmidt Sr E-K 59" 166 Johnsburg Paul Smith Sr G-LB 510" 180 Johnsburg Tom Brandt Sr LB 510" 175 Marengo Bob Stuntz Jr E-LB 6'3" 170 Marengo a Unanimous Selection SPENGEL MEAT PACKING CORPORATION "Whara tha TOP Aran Restaurants Buy Their Maot" U.S. GOVT. INSP. EST. NO. 5701 There will be wrestling at Johnsburg high school this winter. There was some speculation as to whether the, program would cont inue^ after a shaky first year, but thanks to the efforts of concerned parents. Don March and his assistant Mike Roberts will again have a team this season The Skyhawks were a young, inexperienced team a year ago and finished with a 3-10 record There were no seniors on the team. Funds to support the program were equally lacking and the program faced extinction this year with a $3600 deficit. But parents of Johnsburg athletes came to the rescue by forming a Wrest l ing Booster Club that would raise the needed funds. "The parents and the athletes did just a little bit of everything." said a pleased March "They did all that they could so that we would have a program." Among the many activities that brought in money were T-shirt and cushion sales, sel l ing taffey apples a t Johnsburg 's "Saufen and Spiel Days", and cleaning up the football field after each home game. The wTestling program is now intact for this season and Johnsburg has also been put on the schedule when it moves into the Northwest Suburban conference Of the 31 athletes out for wTestling this year, the team is again dominated by un­ derclassmen Only four seniors are competing. "Our program is based on a two-level system," said March. "But since we're so £ young, we've combined our two teams, and we're looking for leadership from our upperclassmen." One of the seniors that March is counting on heavily is Mike Dalan who will wTestle in the IK pound weight class He was also recently selected on the SHARK all- conference football team as a tackle Also expected to fulfill big roles for the Skyhawks are co-captains Joe Kalisek and Mike Htrckes Kalisek, a senior, is expected to compete in the 138 pound class, while Hurckes, a junior, should wrestle at 126. Both are also coming off successful fall sports seasons, Kalisek in cross country and Hurckes in football Two sophomores that fared well as freshmen last season are Lars Swanson (at 119) an Kenny Pedraza (at 132). Both are returning starters The two other seniors on the squad are Larry Kohn and Brett Everett, while junior members include Dave Free. Dave Moravec. Joe Hendrix. Steve Knight, and Paul Staib Other sophomore Skyhawks are Bentley Treat. Jim Roberts, Mike Cahill. Norman Rokosz. Dale Zalke, John Grenman. and Brian Elia. The 12 feshmen wrestlers are Guy Bazilwich, Marty Siddons, Dave Haisma. Mark Dumelle. Kirk Cosper. Martin Dryer, Rich Thayer. Tom iKinney. Tom Ziebel. Tony Garcia. Joel Rowland, and Bob Dunavan Manager of the wTestling team is Bob Heber With one year of ex­ perience under their belts, the Skyhawks feel that they can be more competitive this year Of the Skyhawks' 10 losses last season, four of than were by four points or less. Johnsburg also has more athletes involved in its program than it did last year. In 1980, 128 athletes took part in grades K-12. while this year's total im­ proved to 153. "Our goal is to have a winning dual record," said March. "We would also like to advance a few kids to Sectionals, we do have the athletes to do it. "Geographically, we're in the middle of two of the best schools in the state," he continued. "Grant is one of the top Class AA schools and Harvard is a very strong ClaSs A school. We'll be competing against Harvard in conference this year, and next year we'll be moving into Grant's conference. We'll take our lumps, but we'll also better ourselves." Johnsburg will open its season on Wednesday, Nov. 25 when it travels to Win­ nebago for a 6:30 p.m. match. Carl Moesche Coach's Corner In only the second year of the program. Don March begins his second year as head wrestling coach at Johnsburg. This is his ninth year in coaching, and his fourth at Johnsburg where he is also serves as an assistant football coach. March attended Illinois College where he graduated with a B.A. degree in English and was also very active in athletics there He also played football and competed in wrestling and track. He previously coached a Sbeibyville high school and prides himself in having sent wrestlers to state four years in a row from 1973-78 at that Ihp 11 »iu I'V DON MARCH school Originally from Rock- ford, the 30-year old March now makes his home in McHenry. 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