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PAGE 6 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, MARCH 11.1983 Red Devil Schedule Set HARVARD - The Red Devil Football Club announced the contract has been signed with Harvard Community School District No. * 50 and the 1983 Schedule has been released. The Red Devils will play five Northern States Football League games at Dan Horne Memorial Field located next to Harvard High School. The team will play under the name of the McHenry County Red Devils and all home games will be on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. The first game is scheduled on June 25 against Peoria. Town and Country Restaurant in Harvard has been selected as the headquarters for the Red Devils and a room downstairs will be called the Devils Den. Season tickets will go on sale starting this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Devils Den. There will also be a tryout oamp on Saturday, May 7 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Practices will be held every Saturday until the season begins. Other practices will be held every Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. After the May 7 tryout camp at the High School, anyone in­ terested in playing or being a coach can call 815-648-4211 or come to the Devils Den. Lady Canes Play For Championship HARVARD -- Marian Central's Hurricanes came out in gale force Wednesday in the Harvard Class A Regional semifinals. But they had to hang on to a 41-40 win over scrappy Richmond-Burton, with a Beth Penza free throw with seven seconds left icing the game. The win sent the 16-9 'Canes into the regional championship game Thur­ sday against Harvard, 36-33 winners oyer North Boone Wednesday. Har­ vard is the No. 1 seed with a 17-7 record. Tiffanni King hit rebound bucket to give Richmond-Burton a 4-2 lead, then Marian Central hit 18-straight points extending into the second quarter. A Penza layup gave the Hurricanes a 20-4 lead with 5:40 left in the half. The Rockets, who finished the season with a 17-7 record, outscored Marian 8-3 in the remainder of the quarter and trailed 23-12 at halftime. The Rockets used a scrappy 1-3-1 halfcourt press which forced numerous Marian Central turnovers and got the Rockets into the game. King scored nine points in the third quarter to cut the Marian lead to 29-24 going into the final stanza. King, who scored 19 of her game-high 25 points in the second half, gave the Rockets a 30- 29 lead with two free throws with 6:17 lo play. Penza hit a 15-footer and Holly Ryan made good on a technical-foul free throw to give Marian Central a 32-30 lead. At the 2:15 mark, Kim Kuper hit a short shot and Marian Central led 38- 34. King hit two-straight field goals, with her second coming with 1:26 left to slice the margin to 40-38. Marian Central controlled the ball until seven seconds were left and Penza was fouled. Western Open GOLF -- The 80th annual Western Open Golf Championship, to be played June 30-July 3 at Butler National Golf Club in Suburban Oak Brook, will feature a record purse of $400,000. The announcement was made by Western Golf Assosciation President Michael Highland Park Edges Water Warriors For Title Shanahan Expects Polo Team To Repeat State Trip The McHenry Warrior Water Polo team began its season with a second place in the Chicago Latin Tour­ nament last Saturday. Three Warriors made the all-tournament team. The Warriors began the meet with opening victories against Washington and St. Lawrence. They lost their next match against Highland Park 12-9, but came back with a victory over Leo 13- 8. J ? Facing elimination, the Warriors received another chance against Highland Park and defeated them 18- 7. That Warrior victory gave both Highland Park and McHenry the best records of the tournament at 4-1 and the right to play for the championship. Highland Park won that match 10-9. John Clewis, Rich Miller and Bob Schaeffer all made the all-tournament team for the Warriors. All three are seniors. •„ Schaeffer led the Warriors in scoring with 28 goals and Miller scored 20. Schaeffer scored the 28 goals on 56 attempts for a .500 per­ centage and Miller scored his 20 goals on 42 attempts for .476 percentage. Darren Cepulis led in steals for the Warriors with 21 and Schaeffer had 25 assists. Cepulis turned in the best goalie performance with a saving percentage of .641. ****** Coach Mike Shanahan is expecting another good season out of his water polo team, with the potential of gaining another state meet berth. A total of seven lettermen return from last year's team that lost in the first round of the state meet. They include: Schaeffer, Miller, Jim Patterson, Cepulis, Brad Shaver, Mike Fritz and Clewis. "We don't have a real good goalie," said Shanahan, pointing out one of the team's weaknesses. "That was the only real reason we didn't capture the tournament championship. We have to find somebody or they guy we got has to improve." Cepulis and John Neuman played goalie in the tournament. Neuman saved 55 goals in 86 attempts for a .437 percentage. Shanahan added that Neuman only has one year of ex­ perience at the goalie position. Shanahan said swimming ability is another weakness of his team, but he also said his team can overcome that weakness. "We'll have to rely on ballhandling and motion offensively. All the top swimming teams play water polo." With a tournament under his belt, Shanahan has his lineup all set. "We are looking for a lot of scoring from Schaefer. Cepulis is going to be our point guard. The guy who sets the pace and brings the ball up. - "Bob Schaeffer and Mike Fritz will be the two defensive players." The Warriors next match will be at Highland Park Wednesday. The rest of the schedule has not been deter­ mine yet, but will be released next week. The McHenry Plaindealer 6ports Resurrected Tigers Looking For Area Hardball Players Members of the McHenry Water Polo team hold their trophies after capturing second at the Chicago Latin Tournament. They are left to right (standing); Angelo Tirade, John Neuman, Jim Patterson, Darren Cepulis, Brad Shaver, Greg Hall, Mike Fritz and Coach Mike Shanahan. Two Warriors who made the ail-tournament team are kneeling; Bob Schaeffer and Rich Miller. John Clewis, also on the a 11-tourney team, was not present. STAFF PHOTO -- WAYNE GAYLORD In the last few years, hardball baseball has been ignored quite a bit by the adult sandlot player in favor of softball. A new hardball league in McHenry County is trying to change that. Last year the Northern Illinois Baseball League was formed. Hard ball players who had to abandond their sport or traveled miles to play, now had a hardball league. The league consisted of teams from St. Charles, Carpentersville, Crystal Lake, Algonquin, Palatine • and Huntley. This season, the league will have a new entry. McHenry resident, Jim Herman has announced he is forming a team. The team will be called the Johnsburg Tigers, abandoned several years ago. Herman calls it the "resurrection of the Johnsburg Tigers." The Tigers will play all of their home games at the old Johnsburg Tiger ball park. "The Johnsburg Tigers have always been a big thing here," said Herman. "We havn't had the Tigers the last four or five years." Although the team will play its games at the Johnsburg field, Her­ man is looking for players over the age of 18 from all over the Johnsburg and McHenry area. "We need ball players and money," added. Herman. Herman said the Northern Illinois Baseball League has a entry fee of excessive of $400 from each team. Herman is looking for some of that money to come from the players and maybe a volunteer source. Herman will nold a meeting Tuesday, March 22 at 7 p.m. for in­ terested players to talk about the team and the needed money. If anybody in the area is interested in playing, coaching or helping out financially he may contact Herman at 385-3205 after 5 p.m. Paul Galloy of Algonquin, is the president of the league. He explained that the entry fee is need to pay for equipment and umpires. Galloy is happy to see the John­ sburg entry. He added that the league had two financially weak teams last season and it sounds like the John­ sburg entry would be sound finan­ cially. Being a baseball area, Herman expects to have no trouble fielding a competitive team. "It was a pretty competitive league last year and we will need a good team." League games will be played on Sunday and several doubleheaders will be played. Herman also said his team will play several exhibitions. Three Lady Canes AII-WSCC WOODSTOCK -- Three Marian Central basketball players were named to either the first or second all- West Suburban Catholic Conference girls basketball team. The Hurricanes placed two mem­ bers on the first team and one on the second team. Junior guard Nancy Walsh and senior forward Holly Ryan accorded first-team honors while junior Beth Penza was named to the second team. Marian opens regional play at 8 p.m. Wednesday when it will face the winner of the Richmond-Burton-- Alden-Hebron winner of the Harvard Regional. World's Toughest Rodeo The Rosemont Horizon will be the site of the Miller High Life World's Toughest Rodeo April 7-10. More than 350 of America's top ranked cowboys, hoping to cut themselves a chunk of more than $65,000 in prize money, will compete. L. McDermott of Evanston. Ticket information for the 1963 Western Open may be obtained by . calling (312) 724-4600 or writing WGA at Golf, Illinois. Harlem Globetrotters The familiar strains of "Sweet Georgia, Brown" whistling through the air can mean just one thing, the Harlem Globetrotters are back in town. The famed Magicians of Basketball will make their annual appearance at the Chicago Stadium March 18-19. the Friday game is 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets go on sale at the stadium. Christensen In Shrine Game BLOOMINGTON - Richmond- Burton's Brad Christensen has been named to play for the West squad in the ninth anuual Illinois Coaches Association Shrine High School All- Star Football game at Hancock Stadium on Aug. 6. Christensen, a 5-foot-ll senior wide receiver, was the only area player named to the 44-player West team. More than 300 players were nominated by their high school coaches. Central Rout Leaves Sour Taste -iloJ The basketball season is over for the Warrior teams. Last week the Warriors went down to a surprising 88-63 defeat at the hands of the Crystal Like Central Tigers in the regional at Crystal Lake South. Both teams had split a pair during the season, the Warriors winning by three and the tigers by four. It' wasn't the defeat last week that left a sour taste in the mouth of Warrior fans, but the margin of defeat. The Warriors fell behind early and couldn't quite catch up. They had an opportunity early in the third period, but also the Tigers responded for the win. The Lady Warriors dropped their game in Woodstock regional (HI Monday night to Crystal Lake South 69-46. After trailing by only six, 31- 25 at the intermission, the Gators showed why they are one of the better teams in the ar^a. They outscored the Warriors 38-21 in the second half. The Gators will probably win the regional and advanced to the Crown Sectional where they must meet once again Dundee. The Cardunals have whipped the Gators twice already this season. District number 300 had to solve another problem this week. Gene Mitz, former football coach at Dundee and newly appointed coach at Crown-Dundee for next season, up and left for a college position at Ball State in Indiana . Craig Hall, assistant at Jacobs the past sue years, was named coach at Jacobs. That sent old friend Bob Carlson, former coach at Crown, appointed at Jacobs, back to Crown for next season. Confusing isn't the word for the mess in District number 300. A lot of bitter coaches in the district. Coaches who had success are being left out in the cold because of the changes. Jim Root, who has won 300 games at Hampshire is going to'be the girls coach at Dundee next season, making way for Paul Judson head boys coach and athletic director. From a good source I hear Root, after 16 years, is not too happy with his new assignment. Crystal Lake South will carry the banner of the Fox Valley into sectional play this week at Loves Park at Harlem. The Gators of Gary any ce Snanahan's Water Polo team took second {dace in the recent Chicago Latin Tourney. They lost to Highland Park 10-9 in the last 16 seconds in the finals. The "Water Warriors" have made it to the state finals several times in the past, and it lodes like they could do it again. On The Sidelines By Dick Rabbitt Collins defeated their cross town rival in the regional finals 57-55 in the closing seconds. It was the eighth win of the year by two points for the Gators. Just an opinion, but the law of averages will catch up with them one of these days. They are the unanimous choice at Rockford this week. But with Rockford East and Freeport, along with Grant in the tourney, I will be surprised if they come out on top. But a? With the sectional tourney play at this time of the year, we must go back to the glorious year of 1976 when the Warriors were the talk of the town, county and this part of the state. In their opener against Rockford Auburn, with Terry "Radar" Reilly leading the way with 27 points, the Warriors won in fine fashion 72-62. Steve Koerber scored 20 for the Warriors. McHenry 72 Rockford Auburn 62 McHenry: Koerber 5-10 20, Decker l-i 3 Lund 3-0 6, Reilly 9-9 27, Ludwig 3-2 8, Hertel 0-3 3, Miller 2-15, Christy 0-0 0, totals 23-26 72. Auburn: Mannery 4-1 9, Kelley 4-2 10 Thompson 8-5 21, Skarpac 3-5 11, Creed 2-1 5! Reed 1-2 4, Anderson 0-2 2, totals 22-18 62. McHenry 2116 2015 -- 72 Rockford-Auburn 19 231110 (2 Next week we will bring you probably the most thrilling game a Warrior team ever played. The finals that brought the Warriors to the SWEET 16 with their win over Rockford Guilford. Maintenance Free: NIGHTHAWK i J k 7 S 0 ' 6 5 0 > S S 0 > 4 5 0 Honda's Nighthawks™ are mom available in lour T* SsOmd Mtghttuw**' Hotn me Shadow 750 and Shadow™ 500 combine the styling of handmade custom motorcycles with Honda's advanced tachnotegy to create the hottest V-twins on the American road. I??r2?rS^X' '̂ W-cooled angines have the look, sound and J? * to* vibration than ever before. 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