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PAGE 6 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY ̂ APRIL 22, 1*83 Wheeler, Hall And Usrey Survive Boston And Heart Break Hill MIKE LAMB Greg Meyer and Joan Benoit might have been the winners of the 1983 Boston Marathon, but three McHenry area runners were winners in another way. They ran in the 87th 28-mile, 385- yard Boston Marathon and finished. It was an event that all three said they would long remember. Although no official times or places were released, all three knew what their unofficial times were. McHenry West teacher, Jim Wheeler finished the race in two-hours and 33 minutes. Meyer, who was the first man to cross the finish line, finished with a time of two hours nine minutes. Bobbie Hall, a elementary teacher at Bush and Ringwood schools, finished in a time of 3:05.04 and McHenry East High School librarian, Linda Usrey finished at 3:26.00. Benoit was the first lady to cross the finish line with a time of 2:22.42. Lady Warriors Slam Central In FVC Opener DICK RABBITT The Lady Warriors softball team won its Fox Valley opener by defeating Crystal Lake Central 15-5 in six innings on Tuesday. On a cold chilly afternoon, the Warriors gathered in 10 hits and committed only two errors. Cissy Pinkstaff, the Warrior hurler, went all the way allowing only seven hits, while the Central Tigers committed five errors behind Laura Jensen, the Tiger hurler. * "We played good defense. Our tough defense took a little out of them. We really played tough," said Pat Wirtz, the Warrior skipper. Each team scored a run in the opening inning, but in the second inning the Warriors went ahead to stay ahead. Two walks, an infield hit, and Karen Karpavicius' two run double put the Warriors ahead 3-1. In the third inning, the Warriors scored five more, as Norton walked, and after an out, Kilday singled. Norton scored on an error on the throw. A double scored two more runs and Patty Johnson single scored another for a Warrior 8-1 lead. Holding the Tigers to a run, the Warriors managed four more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. The big blow was Karpavicius' two run single. Leading 12-5, going into the bottom of the sixth inning, the Warriors Johnson singled. Prust got on by error by the Tiger third baseman and Pinkstaff walked to fill tht^j^aes. Greta Larsen forced the runner at home. Renee Mezzano doubled to score three runs and the Warrior victory. Dundee Surprises Warriors In Tennis Dual The McHenry Warrior tennis team is finding out life in the Fox Valley Conference will be a lot tougher than in the past. The first sign came on a 3- 2 loss to Dundee Tuesday. "We certainly didn't look like a conference contender," said Gary Gray, coach of the Warriors. "Dundee is a good team, but they didn't figure to do much. There is a lot of young kids in the conference. Everybody in the conference have picked up some good young kids. It's as tough as the conference has ever been." The Warriors two wins came from number one singles and doubles. Scott Rhode defeated Chris Cook 8-3, 6-2 to capture number one singles. The Warrior team of Brad Salman and Kevin Burgess defeated Matt Traver and Brad Lachel 6-1, 6-1. Chris Stumbris' undefeated streak ended, losing to Bob Schliefer 6-3, 6-2. In number three singles, Joe Flowers defeated McHenry's Todd Rhode 7-5, 3-6, 6-2. The number two doubles team of Steve Fallon and Brian Nellis lost their match to Scott Carlson and Jeff Richardt 6-1, 6-3. "We didn't play well," said Gray. "In number two doubles, the inex­ perience showed. It's going to take awhile. Besdies, they played singles last year on the sophomore team. All three runners gave their thoughts on the prestigious race. JIM WHEELER Wheeler was a little disappointed in his performance .in his first Boston race. "I ended up running a much faster pace and at the 18-mile mark I started to fall apart a little bit," said Wheeler. "The first part of the race was very fast. Faster than I hoped. That and the hills had something to do with it. After the 18th mile it was quite a struggle." Because of his 2:28.00 qualifying time, Wheeler didn't have to worry about the huge crowd of runners, as much as Usrey and Hall had to. He said he was only six or seven rows behind the front. "I was really impressed with the crowds -- the people really came out to watch. They were enthusiastic and they encouraged you all the way. It's hard to find that in a race in the midwest. "It was a worthwhile experience. I don't have a whole a lot of negative feelings." Wheeler does have the itch to go back next year. "The first time around, the hills beat me. Now I want to go back and beat them." In order to beat them the second time ground, Wheeler said he has to change his training. "I would have to do a lot of weight training; a lot of strength training. Start 12 months before and run a lot of hills." BOBBIE HALL "It was really exciting." Bobbie Hall just coudirt"t>elieve the excitement createdf by the Boston event. And the mo&f exciting part of the whole rac&-#6r her was the part she was the/most scared about -- Heart Break Hill. "I wasn't really nervous about it, but I was really excited about it. I just waited for it. I was really excited when it came and I relaxed through it. I had no real problems with it at all." What surprised Hall the most was the support spectators gave to the runners. She had never seen so many people watching a marathon. "The crowds were so supportive. They were so supportive of female runners. They had posted the runners numbers and names before the race, so they knew who the runners where. The people would call my name out which was encouraging to me. I said to my self, who do I know in Boston? But then I realized the names and numbers where posted before the race." As she said before the race, Hall ran like the way she felt. "The first mile I started out real slow. I hit the first mile at over nine minutes. I quickened the pace and started passing people, but then I was going too fast. So I slowed down. I just went how I felt. "They warn people to don't start out to fast." And would Hall run Boston again? "I certainly would. I hope to do it again next year. They say Boston is the race and nobody should miss it. It's true." LINDA USREY Wheeler wasn't the only one to feel the effect of the hills. The combination of a hamstring injury she had three weeks before the race and the hills took its toll on her. "What got me down was the hills. The pressure really got to my knees. I started to feel what those hills really do to you. "It (the injury) didn't really effect me to the end. It felt like I did the splits." Usrey said their were about 700 ladies in the race, and she thinks she finished some where in the middle of that 700. But what she will always remember is the hectic start. "In Chicago I ran a wide street. Here it took me three and half minutes to cross the finish line. It was a good five miles before I could see clear daylight. It was a very narrow course. A person could get claustrophobia. "I was Ave minutes off where I wanted to be. I just coudn't get going. I finished six minutes off my Chicago time. "I finished real strong, but I just didn't get going. It was just a different kind of marathon than the Chicago. They had 6700 runners funneled in a two lane country road." Usrey said they ran in a lot of suburbs, and a lot of people who weren't in the race just jumped in and ran a few miles. She said there were a lot more people running in the race than registered." She said she will only go back to Boston under one condition. "If I found I significantly improved. I might. I'm not ready to quit yet." The McHenry Plaindealer 6ports Warmth Sparks Warrior Bats And Evans Shuts Jacobs Out The McHenry Warrior softball defense cutdown a potential Crystal Lake Central scorer at the plate. Catcher Cindy Gaines put the tag on the tiger runner who iried 10 score all the way from second on a base hit. Hie Warrior defeated Central 15-5 at the West Campus field. STAFF PHOTO -- WAYNE GAYLORD MIKE LAMB All the McHenry Warrior baseball team needed was a little warmth. After losing to the Jacobs Golden Eagles 11-1 Tuesday night in 30 degree weather, the Warrior rebounded with an 9-7 victory over Jacobs Wednesday „ night. The temperature was con­ siderably warmer, and so where the Warrior bats. McHenry managed only three hits Tuesday, but came back with 15 hits on Wednesday. The Warriors are now 1-1 in the Fox Valley Conference and 3-2 overall. "Every day is a different day," said Jacobs skipper, Sherman Morgan. "One day things go right, and the next they don't. They (McHenry) were hitting the ball well today. Today is a Kiernan Gives Johnsburg The Edge When area number one tennis players look on the schedule and find Johnsburg is the next opponent, they probably perceive a little uneasy feeling going through their body. Why? Dan Kiernan. Kiernan is Johnsburg's number one player, and so far he has made it clear he is number one in McHenry County. In the past two seasons, the senior Sky hawk has not lo6t a number one singles match in regular season play. Last season he went 5-0 in the SHARK Conference and 13-0 overall. He is 5-0 overall this season. So far, number one singles players from Jacobs, Marengo, McHenry, Marian and Schaumburg have fallen to Kiernan. "Anytime you can guarantee a win at number one, you only need two more wins," said Denny Spraetz, coach of the Skyhawk squad "He gives you an edge going into a match." Experience has given Kiernan the edge over tennis opponents, according to Spraetz. "I think what separates him from the rest is his nice strong basic strokes. He executes very well," said Spraetz. "The thing that has made the difference is he has played a lot of tennis. He is tennis smart. That is nothing you can really teach." Kiernan has been playing the game of tennis since -he was iS-years-old. His father is the tennis instructor at Lakeland Tennis Club in Western Lake County. Last Saturday, Kiernan captured the number Athlete Of The Week 1 Wk mi kfc Dan Kiernan one singles championship at a quadrangular hosted by McHenry High School He defeated the Warriors number one singles player. Scott Rhode, for the title. Tuesday, Kiernan defeated Jim Jobes of Grayslake 6-0. 6-1. The Skyhawks went on to , ̂ „ defeat Grayslake three matches to two for their first conference win of the season. Thursday's match against Round Lake will be Kiernan's toughest match, according to Spraetz. The Panthers Scott Hayes is rated with Kiernan to be top contenders in the Northwest Suburban Conference. "Hayes and him have payed some real close matches. That one could go either way," said Spraetz. Kiernan only has two main goals for his last season as a Skyhawk--win the conference and go to the state meet Kiernan won the conference last season and the district last season. He also has been to the state meet the last two years. What has bothered him the most is his inability to get past two rounds of competition at state. Both coach and player feel things will go differenty this time around. "I think he will do a lot better because he has a lot more experience," said Spraetz. "He has played a lot of tournaments and he knows what to expect. But you never know. It depends who he draws in the first round. Luck of the draw has a lot to do with it" Kiernan expects the amount tennis he has played should prepare him for state. "I'm playing more consistently and not waisting as much energy." Gap Is Shortened, But Central Wins Track Meet CRYSTAL LAKE --, The McHenry Warrior track team has closed the gap on Crystal Lake Central quite a bit, but it still wasn't enough. Last March, the Warriors finished second to the Tigers at Central's indoor meet, 111-46. Wednesday, the Warriors was edged by 8*6 TOUR OF THE MONTH• Escorted Motorocoach Tours Departing from Chicago Tour Days' Price CALVaniA fin NEST CMOLMAS CNERtY HOSSOM TNE FLOtIM ft DISNEY WOttl HAND MI 0W MEAT SOUTHWEST HOUANO TULIP TME j NEWDUEANS ! NEW THKIPWLAKIMNA I TNE OZARKS SIMUES WASMN6TM ft VMNUA * a 12 fi 12 4 19 3 II n 7 i ii $152! sin S 431 S7I1 S 251 sm7 S I M (M S 7 N S4H S433 SM (lilts Bisal m Twhi fcofncf) Summer tours ovoilobl* to tho Apottlos, Canadian Roclcio*. Colorado Rockios, Eastom Canada, Now England, Nova Scotia, Pacific Northwoit, and Yollowatono 8 tho Black Hlll>. the Tigers 85-56 on Central's outdoor track. Crystal Lake South was third with 33 points. "We closed the gap a little bit," said Dan Boland, coach of the Warriors. "It wasn't as much as I hoped. They are not coming around as quickly as I wanted them to. The weather has something to do with it. I'm hoping we will have a better handle on things by the McHenry relays." The McHenry Relays is next Friday. The 800 meter relay team, Steve Carby, Mladen Rudman and Brian Wright were the only Warrior first place finishers. The 800 meter relay team of Matt Adams, Mike Mila, Denny Shaver and Rudman finished with a time of Central which was disqualified and South. As in' the past, the distance crew sparked the Warriors. Carby and Chris Creutz finished (me and two in the 3200 meter run. Carby came in at 9:55.1 and Creutz was timed at 10:16.4. The 800 meter relay team ran its best race. They had real good handoffs" said Boland. "Steve Carby ran real A ALEXANDER LUMBER CO. 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Craig Hill and Dennis Casey finished third and fourth for the Warriors in the long jump. Warrior Seconds were recorded by the 3200 meter relay, Marty Koleno in the 800 meter run, Casey in the 400 meter dash and Dave Beste in 300 meter low- hurdles. JV Track The McHenry Warrior sophomore track team finished a distant third place behind Crystal Lake Central and South. Central won the meet with 83Ms, South 79% and McHenry 22. T h e W a r r i o r s recorded only one first. The 1800 meter relay team was first in a time of 1:48.8. good example of this league this year. Anybody can beat anybody on any given day." After watching Tuesday's Warrior performance, Warrior Coach Brian Wilson, was glad to see the hitting come around. "Before the game I told the kids we needed a good showing, win or lose. We had done so poorly. I just think it's a lack of experience. It's easy to lose your confidence. Without confidence, it's difficult to concentrate. I'm afraid it's going to be up and down all year. "With the lack of confidence, the intensity goes up and down and you don't swing well. It has been a matter of not swinging well." Tuesday, Jacobs Ron Bender was throwing a no-hitter against the Warriors until the fourth inning when Chris Vehring touched him with a single. The Warriors only run came in the first inning. Mike Bauiftl and Kris Teuber led off with walks. Ross Vphring foflpwed with a fielder's enei&fthat Ait-down Baunai at third. After Mike Podpdra Strati Teuber sewed on two wild pitches by Bolder. Ross Vehring was the starting pitcher for the Warriors. He only lasted two inning, and gave way to Pat Dunn. Wednesday was a whole new ballgame for the Warriors. And it showed right from the start. / Bauml led off the first inning with a walk. After Teuber popped up to the shortstop, Ross Vehring walked. Steve Aim struckout, but Podpora responded with a double to left to score both Bauml and Vehring. Jacobs came right back with two runs of its own in the bottom of the first inning off Warrior starter Aim. The McHenry bat continued to keep warm in the second, as they scored two mare. Two singles and a walk sewed Tim Pankiewicz and Mike Bauml. Jacobs exploded in their half of the first, scoring five runs and knocking Aim out of the game. He gave way to senior right-hander Tim Evans. After giving up two singles, Evans struck out the next two batters to end the inning. Evans continued to overpower the Jacobs hitter in the third, striking out the first two batters. He completely shut the door on the Golden Eagles. He struck out six hitter?, walked one and gave up four hits, while shutting Jacobs out. "That's the best he has pitched in his four years," said Wilson. "He always could pitch the ball well. I think today he found his style and I think he will maintain that." Not only did Evans spark the Warriors with his pitching, but he also collected three hits on four ap­ pearances. He helped the Warriors score five runs in the last five innings to win it. Four of the runs came in the third inning. Podpora singled, vehring doubled and Bob Hawley singled to knock in Podpora. Three more runs sewed as Pankiewicz walked, Bauml singled, Vehring walked and a single by Aim. A total of 10 Warrior batters appeared in the fourth. The Warriors held onto the slim 8-7 lead til the seventh, when they added (me more insurance run. IMPARK HOTEL & 10UNGE McHenry JV Nine Split VOLLEYBALL TEAMS NEEDED I FOR SUMMER LEAGUES •MEN'S *W0MEIfS'MIXED REFEREES ALSO NEEDED The McHenry junior varsity baseball team split two games with Jacobs. McHenry won the first game 9-4. The game was halted after seven innings Tuesday tied a four. The game was finished on Wed­ nesday and the Warriors won in the eighth, scoring five runs. Jim Torkelson was the winning Warrior pitcher and Tom Bor- dreck hit safely on all four plate appearances. Jacobs came back with a 5-3 win over the Warriors on Wed­ nesday. Golden Ager Bowlers Finish FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL i OAK PARK HOIK ft LOUNGE 385-987? The Jelly Golden Ager Bowling Group are finishing their winter season of bowling next Monday and Thursday. The summer season will start on May 2 and May 5 at 12:30 p.m. at the Palace Bowl. A bowlers banquet will be held on May 4 at Warsaw Inn for all the Golden Agera and husbands and wives will be welcome. For any information, call Frank Giel at 497-3846.