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R O U T E 1 2 C 3 4 4 - 3 5 8 0 M c H E N R Y • • JOHN'S SPORT STOP * • PAC.F s . PI . AINDEALER - FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 18.1M Members of the McHenrv Warrior football program go through some ballet excercises under the guidance of Sarah Lam bourn STAFF PHOTO -- WAYNE GAYLORD McHenryFootball And Ballet Go Together This is part two of a two part series dealing with McHenry and Johnsbnrg High Schools off­ season training. MIKE LAMB The McHenry High School football team is like moat other high school football teams in the country in today's era. Off-season training has become an im­ portant part of today's young athletes. , The Warrior football team trains during the off-season at East Campus every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. First they report to the weightlifting room to build up their strength. Next is the dance hall for 30 minutes of ballet. Yes, you read right -- ballet. Warrior football coach Joe Schlender just doesn't want muscle bulging football jocks that try and over-power the opposition. He wants players that are agile, quick and most im­ portantly -- injury free. And that's were ballet comes in. Every Monday, players that want to participate (volunteer basis) gather in a large room at the East Campus that serves as a dance hall. There, ballet dancer Sarah Lam bourn takes the team through ballet excercises and dances "We are not a breeding ground for Mikhail Baryshnikov's (famous Russian dancer)," said Schlender. "We are trying to increase agility and decrease in jiffies. That's what were af­ ter." Schlender says the initial shock of football payers doing ballet is ;«ver. "The flexibility gained is ' tremendous. The ballet program has a big turnout. They are in there all the time -- it's a big attraction. »"A lot more football teams are going to the dance aspect" Even McHenry's weigh tlif ting program is geared towards agility as well as strength. The program is called properly performed repetitions and it revolves ararnd a concept of heavy negative emphasis The two main terms in this concept is negative and positive. The positive part is when the weigh tlif ter pushes the weight up in the air. The negative part is when th«» 'ifter brings the weight down. Schlender pointed out that the negative part is the most important. Schlender also said that how much weight a lifter can lift on one try is not important. What is important is the total amount of time a muscle or group of muscles is excercised deter­ mines the amount of strength that will be built. Hie strength is built by continuing the lift until a point of momentary muscle failure. If you can't perform another repetition, you have worked that musple or groups of muscle to the maximum. The number of repetitions does not build strenth, intensity of repetitions builds strength, is the idea followed. The weight program was started four years ago by "We are trying to increase agility and decrease injuries." - Joe Schlender Schlender. "We feel this program is the answer. I grew up with the powerhfting and this is a new program for me. The first summer, Brian Wilson (assistant football coach) did his master thesis on this program." Schlender added the ballet to the program this year after using other forms of agility excercises and finding out they weren't working. As far as he knows, Schlender says their ballet program is unique in the Chicago area. "There isn't a real lot of laughing going on. There is a lot more groaning. The players do take it seriosly." Even Schlender and Wilson dance right with the players. That was part of the deal he made with the team when he announced the program to them. Although skeptical at first, the players have realized what ballet can do to enhance their athletic skills. "At first I was skepticalsaid Doug Mitsven, a • guard and defensive end on last season's football team. "But it helps you a lot. I like it and I will keep doing it. The progress is beneficial." Vic Roman dine, a junior guard and linebacker, said be didn't think it would help that much at first, but he gave it a try and is a believer in it now. According to Schlender, the weight program is becoming popular in both colleges and high schools. He said such college football powerhouses as Pom State, Clemson and Washington and super bowl champion Washington Redskins use the same program "We hope to have tremendous gains from this program. The team feels stronger this year and we are turning the corner," added Schlender "The program has been statistically proven to have in­ creased strength. It's as good for the little guys as much as for the big guys " Another advantage of the weight program, said Schlender, the small amount of time the program takes up. "You don't need a warmup. You warm up the muscles as you go through the program The Program takes about 25 minutes. And it's very safe, because you're not throwing the weights You are building strength to enhance athletic skills." Romandine has been involved with the program for three years now. "It keeps you in shape. It also prevents injuries and I had a lot of theih before." Jeff Greany just moved to McHenry from Ohio and he is impressed with the Warrior program. "I like the program from the other school. He (Schlender) cares more about the team than my other coaches. I think this is going to help me a lot." Weight lifter Vic Romandine excercises his muscle* on the bench press daring Mondays weight training session at East Campos. STAFF PHOTO -- WAYNE GAYLORD Baseball Registration McHenry The McHenry youth baseball League will continue registration this Saturday from 12 noon to 5 p.m. at the VFW Home, 3002 W. Elm Street. Boys living within School District number 15 boundries are elgible to play. The ages are 8-9 years-old minies, 10-11 minors and 12-13 majors. Parents are requested to accompany the boys at the time of registration and a small fee is required. For more information call Tom Roach 385- 8706. Johnsburg The Johnsburg boys baseball League registration will be held at Bush School Feb. 19 and March 5 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. The registration will be held in the multi-purpose room and a fee of $15.00 will be required. Boys between the ages of eight and 15- years of age are elgible to play in the league which features 14 baseball diamonds and more are being constructed. A number of trips and tournaments are being planned for the upcoming season. 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Of the five Warrior wrestlers competing at the sectional meet for a spot at the State meet in Champaign, two are freshmen. This is also the largest amount of Warrior wrestlers to qualify for the sectional meet under the guidance of Coach Marty Sobczak. However, it has only been the last two seasons that third place finishers qualified for the sectionals. "Some will have to battle to get there," said Sobczak on the possibility of some of his Warriors qualifying for the state meet. "But that's what the sectionals are all about. It looks like we could get two there." Russ Bunday and Tom Wrona are the two freshmen going on the trip to Barrington. Ric Connor is the only junior and Mike Love and John Clewis are senior qualifyers. Based on experience, Sobczak expects his two seniors to qualify for the state meet But he also said the 132-pound weight class in which Love wrestles at, will be awfullv tough. Love's first opponent is Scott Herring who has a similiar record to Love's. Love carries a 21-10-1 record into the sectionals. Also waiting for Love are Bob Waters of Hersey with a 31-3 record and Tad DeRousse of Antioch, the state champion at 126-pounds last year. It's not impossible. He has a shot of getting there," said Sobczak. Love says the stiff competition at 132-pounds will only psych him up. "I would like to least take third," said Love. "It's mostly psychological. I have to be real aggressive. I have to be as aggressive as I can." John Clewis has a 11-3 record going into the sectional meet. "John's (class) won't be as quite as hard, but you never can tell about heavyweights," said Sobczak. Clewis has been only wrestling at heavyweight the last couple of weeks He originally wrestled at 185-pounds "I give up a lot of weight usually, but I'm usually quicker and faster than the people I wrestle," said Clewis. "I'm just going out and wrestle aggressively. I'll just see how it goes.'% Sobczak says Connor is physically at his peak. The 112-pounder scored his 17th career pin last Saturday. Connor says he is shooting for third place. The two freshmen makes Sobczak extremely happy, because it means good experience for the future. "For Bunday and Wrona it will be real good experience." Bunday missed the Fox Valley Conference meet with an ear injury, but came back for the Crown regional to take a third. Bunday knows what his realistic chances are on qualfying for the state meet. "Maybe one out of six," said Bunday on his chances. "I want to place at least or go to state." Wrona will carry a 8-3 record into the sectionals. The freshmen feels he has as good as chance as the other 105- pound wrestlers. "I feel this will help me a lot and good experience. I just want to win a couple matches. "I want to get the take down. If you can get that take down, you have an advantage of winning the match." The first round of the sectionals will take {dace Friday evening and the semi-finals and final round will be Saturday. "I anticipate everybody winning the first match on Friday," said Sobczak "Wrestling the second round will tell the rest of the story." Hurckes To Give It One More Last Try At Sectionals The sledding and tobogganing area of Knox Park is now. open to the public JOHNSBURG -- Experience is a major factor in just about every sport -- the more of it, the better off the athlete is. Johnsburg's 132-pound wrestler Mike Hurckes is hoping that will hold true for him during the 1963 class A sectional at Piano tonight and Saturday. Hurckes will be joined by 96-pound Guy Bazilewich to represent the Johnsburg Skyhawks. Eliminated in the first round of the 1962 sectionals, both Hurckes and Coach Don March hope a trip to Champaign will be waiting for them after the sectionals. "I would like to qualify for state," said Hurckes. "I saw the pairings and I have a chance, but everybody has a chance. It means a lot for me to get through. "I looked at the other records and no one has an outstanding record. The records are pretty even. It comes down who wants it the most." Hurckes owns a 25-7-1 record going into the sectionals. March feds pretty good about his senior's chance of qualifying for the state meet. "He does have a couple matches that are going to be real tough. Number one seeded Ray Crawford (17-6) of Piano worrys me. He is seeded in there with Mike. Jeff Putnam (32-5 Harvard) and Hurckes will probably wrestle for state qualification." Hurckes wrestles John Jones (6-12) of Wilmington in the first round. The winner of that match wrestles Crawford. "I'm just going to wrestle as hard as I can. If I screw up, I'm done. I'll take each match at a time and wrestle as hard as I can," said Hurckes. Bazilewich, a sophomore, win take a 18-11 record into his first sectional meet. "Guy will have his hands full with Ben Shipper (26-7 Lisle)/' said March on Bazilewich's first opponent. "He wrestled real tough at the district He was seeded third and he took a third." Bazilewich is battling a cold and missed Wednesday's practice. But March expects him to be ready. "When you get to this point it (missing a practice) won't effect you physically. It will effect him mentally. He will feel down and there is no reason for him to feel that way." March says both wrestlers will have to remember the basics to have any success at all this weekend. "They will have to wrestle a control match. The closer you get to the state match, the more attention is given to the basics. Hie person with the more technical basics are more likely to survive. "It's a cut-throat operation and you have to give 150 percent." 4th Quarter Surge Topples Hawks ROUND LAKE -- A fourth quarter rally by the Round Lake Panther girls' basketball team proved to be successful as they defeated Johnsburg 44-35 Tuesday. The Skyhawks led for the first three quartos and took a seven point lead into the fourth quarter. "They were pressing the whole game. The didn't do anything dif­ ferently," said Nancey Fahey, coach of the Skyhawks. "We haven't played four solid quarters. It takes four quarters to win." Johnsburg held a 12-10 lead after one quarter and took a 19-16 lead into halftime. The seven point third quarter lead evaporated as the Panthers outscored the Skyhawks 26- 10 in the final quarter. The loss was the llth straight Northwest Suburban Conference loss without a win for the Skyhawks. They are now 3-13 overall. Michele Swartzloff and Kathy Butler each scored 10 points for Johnsburg. OVER 400 NIKES! FOR MEN. WOMEN & KIDS SOECIH) STYLES 15%OFF 1983 Styles S Colors! Sensational Coordinating Spring Colors for Women!!! i