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VOLLEYBALL TEAMS NEEDED FOR SUMNER LEAGUES •MEN'S •WOMEN'S •MIXED REFEREES ALSO NEEDED BARB ANSELL JOHNSBURG -- "We needed it badly," said a pleased Skyhawk coach Jim Meyers, after watching his team defeat their McHenry rivals Friday 5- 2. The Skyhawks began their attack on the Warriors early in the first inning, when Mike Hurckes got on base with a walk and then moved into scoring position by stealing second. Designated hitter, Mark Hiller, brought Hurckes home when he belted his second pitch deep into right field for the triple. The Warriors, however, had a tough time getting a hit against the Skyhawks starting pitcher Jeff Jayko. In the first two innings, Jayko only allowed one hit to the Warriors' lead- off batter Mike Bauml. While he proceeded to force McHenry's next three batters to fly out and came back in the second inning with three strike­ outs. The Warriors did get on the board, when Tim Pankiewicz hit a single just beyond the reach of the Skyhawk first baseman. Once on base, Pankiewicz managed to move himself around the bases, stealing both second and third, while Bauml was walked to first. Ross Vehring followed with a double driving both Pankiewicz and Bauml home to tie the score at 2-2. The Warriors' pitcher, Pat Dunne, with the strong support of his fielders, kept McHenry in the game keeping all but the Skyhawks' Rob Worzala in the third and fourth innings. McHenry threatened to break the tie when Dunne sent a fly ball up the middle right at Jayko to get to first base. But with one out, Pat Cameron hit a ground ball between first and second, Johnsburg's Jeff Fowler played the ball, throwing to shortstop Hurckes who made the out at second, but was unable to throw to first for the double play. The infield umpire ruled Dunne interferred with the play at first, getting the Skyhawks out erf the inning without loosing a run. The Skyhawks got the action going in the fifth inning when McHenry walked both Wayne Kollenkark and Jeff Fowler. Hurckes followed with a single forcing out Tom Huemann (pinch runner for Kollenkark). Dunne then walked Worzala to load the bases. Hiller again came up with a key double, sending the ball up the middle driving in Fowler and Hurckes, to put the 'Hawks up in front 4-2. Joe Majercik added to the 'Hawks lead by sending a ground ball down the third base line bringing Worzala home, to give the 'Hawks a 5-2 lead. The Warriors brought the curtain down on the 'Hawks rally with a double play, when Jim Bentz sent a ground ball down to McHenry's third baseman Kris Tueber, who threw to Cameron beating Bentz to the base. Although Jayko, allowed two McHenry base runners in the final inning when he hit Cameron and Pankiewicz with inside pitches; the Warriors left both men stranded when they failed Jo come up with a hit. "We were inconsistent," remarked McHenry assistant coach Mark Jadzak. "We just didn't hit the ball the way we could have and that hurt us especially in the final inning." Johnsburg's coach Meyers felt Jayko's pitching was a key to their win. "Jeff pitched an excellent game. He used good control and by keeping ahead of the batters, be kept McHenry's hitting off balance." Meyers also praised the crucial hits, "Mark Hiller had very important hits for us thoughout the game, and Joe Majercik also provided us with a timely hit. Without those hits, the game might have gone into extra innings. BARBANSELL The McHenry Warriors lost their second game in as many games when errors allowed Woodstock to break away for the 9-4 win. "We made severals critical errors," said Warrior coach Brian Wilson. "Not only were they physical errors, but. mental errors. It could have been a much closer ball game without the mistakes." The Blue Streaks found themselves with two fast outs in the first inning, but designated hitter Dave Knudson kept the inning alive by sending the ball into left center for a double. McHenry's pitcher Ross Vehring, gave the Blue Streaks further help by walking Greg Bradshaw to put two men on base. George Birdshell followed with a ground ball to the left of first base, allowing Knudson to score. But the Warriors' Ken Lang caught a fly ball in deep right field to end the inning and leave the Blue Streaks with two men stranded. The Warriors also got on the scoreboard in the first inning, when Woodstock walked Mike Bauml and moved in scoring position on a passed ball. Ross Vehring gave Bauml the opportunity to score sending the ball into deep left field ending the first inning with a 1-1 tie score. Woodstock broke the tie during the second inning on a triple by Wes Crain, and a sacrifice fly to center field and later a sacrifice fly by Gregg Fields brought in Bill Beaman to put the Blue Streaks ahead 3-1 in the second. The Blue Streaks took advantage of the error which allowed Knudson to score from second base during the thrid. Woodstock ran away with the ball game in the fourth inning, with Crain leading off with his second triple of the game. Craig Hanley sent Crain home on a single to short center. Knudson, showed his power, as he slugged a triple into deep right field sending Hawley back to the bench with another run. Bradshaw assisted in scoring Knudson, when his single turned into an error moving him to second base, and Knudson to the plate. Knudson's run padded the Streaks score to a healthy 8-1 lead. Jeff Harris boosted the Blue Streaks' final score to nine runs in the fifth, after a fielder's choice hit by Hanley brought Harris home from second. Although the Warriors were able to put runners on the bases, inconsistent hitting kept them from seining. "We did make a comeback," said Wilson. "We began to concentrate in the late innings of the games and came up with some hits, better than we have done in some of our previous games." McHenry did get back into the game during the fifth inning with with a pair of singles that put Kris Teuber and Tim Pankiewicz on the bases. Teuber advanced by stealing third, as Bauml brought both men home on a line drive double into left fieM. Bauml advanced to third on a wild pitch and was brought home on a fly into short center field by Mike Podpora. But the Warriors comeback was cut short when Scott Grady hit a ground ball up the middle for the double play to clear the bases. Forcing McHenry to finish the game down 9-4. Wilson was pleased with his pitcher change in the final innings. "Ross Vehring hasn't seen much time on the mound this season, but with Steve Aim injured I needed to put him in the game today. "He just threw too many good pitches and Woodstock has some good batters who know where to put the ball," added Wilson. "But Mike Bauml came to the mound in the last two innings and only gave up one hit. I think Mike threw well, and may find himself on the mound in the future." The Warriors losses drop their overall record to 3-5, and their con­ ference record falls to 1-2. "We have to correct the errors we made today and go for the split against Woodstock on Wednesday," concluded Wilson. HATS OFF for Johnsburg pitcher Jeff Jayko who held McHenry to i their win. Above, while striking out the side in the second inning, to three hits in he loses his hat Jayko struckont nine McHenry hatters and walked two. The win gives him a 1-1 record on the season. STAFF PHOTO--WAYNE GAYLORD The McHenry Plaindealer 6ports Lady Warriors Pound Marian And Antioch U»e slide, the tag, but no hall. McHenry Warrior base runner Tim Pankiewicz is safe at second on this stolen base attempt as Johnsburg's Jeff Fowler has an empty mitt. The Skyhawks defeated McHenry 5-2. STAFF PHOTO -- WAYNE GAYLORD roc TOD4VS hohan Modal DDGb380B GE AUTOMATIC GAS DRYER Automatic ignition needs no pjlot light 4 cycles including permanent press Up-front lint filter, porcelain enamel finish drum MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL SERVING McHENRY AREA FOR OVER SO YEARS CAREY APPLIANCE SALES & SERVICE miN. GREEN ST. MS-SSOO McHENRY McHenry Slips Past Crown To Take Triangular DICK RABBITT The McHenry thin- clads of Dan Boland won a thrilling triangular track meet at Jacobs on Monday by defeating the host school and Crown. The Warriors scored 65 points to Crown's 63V2 and Jacobs had 56^. The Warriors also finished seventh in the 32-team Kaneland In­ vitational. On a perfect balmy afternoon the Warriors showed a lot of depth along with winning two relay events. Steve Carby won the 3200 in 9:48.7 and Denny Shaver nosed out in the 100 by an eyelash by Scott of Crown. Mike Lobinsky won the discus with a toss of 127 feet. Chris Creutz won the 1600 run in the time of 4:41. Brian Wright the regular runner at this distance was home ill, and as a result the Warriors had to shift some boys in various distance events. In the shot put, Hughes was second, Greany placed third, and Lobinsky was fourth. Harth finished behind Carby in the 3200, Dave Beste was second in the 110 high hurdles. Carby came back to finish second in teh 800 run, and Adams picked up a third in the long jump. Mladen Rudman finished third in the 100 meters, and in the high IN OAK PARK HOTEL ft LOUNGE 385-9872 jump Beste and Adams tied for fourth place. Rudman was nosed out by one inch in the triple jump losing to Ezop of Jacobs. Denny Shaver was fourth in the 400 meters Steve Carby who was the workhorse of the Warriors finished second to Creutz in the 1600. In talking with Coach Earl Kyle after the meet, he said "It was a fine meet, run on a beautiful day." Coach Boland was with the girls team at Woodstock and thus missed the thriller. Kyle went on to say,"We missed Brian Wright, and therefore had to make some adjustments in our distance runners. T h e a d j u s t m e n t s seemed to turn out okay as the Warriors picked up a couple of Fox Valley victories. Saturday afternoon the Warriors finished seventh in the Kaneland Invitational one of their highest finishes ever in that meet. Brian Wright won the 1600 in the time of 4:32. Denny Shaver was fifth in the 100 meters, and Mladen Rudman was third in the 200 meters. The 800 relay team of Jim Shaver, Denny Shaver, Rudman, and Mike Miliniac placed third. Steve Carby finished sixth in both the 3200 and 1600 meter races. It was interesting to note that of the 32 schools competing the Fox Valley had three of the six in the finals of both the 100 and 200 meter races. Hawks Defeat Rams, 3-2 T h e J o h n s b u r g Skyhawks baseball team evened its record at 4-4, defeating Grayslake 3-2. P i t c h e r s S t e v e Banaszynski and Mike Hurckes combined to hold Grayslake batters to two hits. Banaszynski received the win. Maury Sage was the losing pitcher for Johnsburg. The Skyhawks scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Eric Bear, scoring Joe Majercik. Mike Hurckes was the leading hitter with two hits in three appearances and he had a run scoring double. Sarah Prust proved she could do it. «22nkS £5JVtfi& against the Marian Central Softball team and came out a winner, 13-7. And if that wasn't enough for any skeptics, Prust started again Monday and held Antioch to six runs, as the Warriors won 16-6. "Sarah Prust did an excellent job," said Warrior coach Pat Wirtz, on Prust's pitching Friday. "Many of her runs were unearned. She proved to her coach she wanted to start." The Warriors are now 5-0 on the season. Prust only had one rough inning Against Marian. The Warriors were breezing along with a 9-0 lead until the fourth. Central sent 12 batters to the plate and scored six runs to cut the lead to 94. The fourth inning was was also the first inning Marian pitchers were able to hold McHenry from scoring. Diane Knox started for the Hurricanes and she gave up three runs in the first, second and third. Prust helped her own cause by hitting a triple in the second, knocking in a run. The Warriors came right back in the fifth with three more winning runs. After two quick outs, Prust walked, and Cissy Pinkstaff got on by error. Karen Karpavicius then followed with a triple, knocking in both Prust and Pinks taff. She also scored on another Marian error. t MflHei^addedoneflwi^n^Uw sixth, but Prust hanged^ to only allow one more run in the sixth and she shut them out in the seventh to gain the win. . j Pinks taff, Karpavicius and Julie * Hettermann all collected two hits for • McHenry. Nancy Walsh was the Hurricanes leading hitter with two hits. • Monday, McHenry banged out 16 hits against Antioch. Renee Mezzano had three hits and three other Lady Warriors collected two hits each. One of Mezzano's hits was a triple and she knocked in two runs. -{ "Once we get warm weather, watch < out," warned a confident Wirtz. TTie Warriors sewed three runs in > the first inning. Patty Johnson , singled, Prust walked and Kar- » pavicius knocked them both in with a double. Karpavicius scored on a wild pitch and a pass ball. The Warrior defensive highlight of ' the game happened in the first inning » After two outs, an Antioch player hit one over Cindy Gaines head in left field. Gaines recovered, however, to throw a perfect strike to Karen Karpavicius in the infield, who then threw a perfect strike to home plate to ' nail the runner. Last Thursday the Warriors defeated Crystal Lake Central 7-4 at Central. Renee Mezzano led the Warriors with four hits. . McHenry Relays Boast 12 Teams A total of 12 teams will par­ ticipate in the 18th annual McHenry Relays boys track meet next Friday at McCracken Field. Besides Fox Valley foes Crown, Dundee and Woodstock; the Warriors will be competing against Belvidere, Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove, Hoftman Estates, Kaneland, Lake Forest, Lake Park and Schaumburg. Field events are scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. and running events 5 p.m. The last event is scheduled to begin at 9:35 p.im. Tennis Win Warriors Lose Number One, But Take The Rest If you'll be traveling to foreign parts, it's a good idea to register any foreign made p e r s o n a l i t e m s (cameras, watches, etc.) with U.S. customs before you go. McHenry's Scott Rhode battled the number one tennis player in McHenry County and took him right to the wire before losing. But, that would be the only loss for the Warriors, winning the other four matches and defeating Round Lake 4-1 Monday. The Panthers number one player, Scott Hayes defeated Johnsburg's Dan Kieroan last Thursday, what was considered the battle for county bragging rights. Both players were undefeated this season. Hayes edged Rhode 6-3 and 6-4 during Monday's match. "Scott Rhode got off to a slow start again," said Gary Gray, coach of the Warrior squad. "We have to try and get him started earlier." The Warriors number one doubles team continued their undefeated streak with a win. Kevin Burgess and * - • Brad Salman defeated Tony Sclay and > Rob Gulgh of Round Lake 6-0,6-2. The ! Warrior team is now 54 on the season. > "They are playing very good," said I Gray on his undefeated team. "Bfit < they haven't run up against a real ! good challenge yet. They will meet j one against South." The Warriors took j on Crystal Lake South on Tuesday. The Gators are the pre-season choice to take the Fox Valley Conference. , In number two singles, Kurt Stumbris defeated Bill Fracole 6-0 and 6-3 and Todd Rhode took number three singles with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Steve Schindler. The number two doubles team was a 6-1 and 6-1 winner over their op­ ponents. They defeated Martin Miller and Toby Schneider of Round Lake. The win raises the Warrior record to 3-2 on the season. • - • •' • • ^ P.UiKS^PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, APRIL^^ISM. McHenry Falls To Hawks Jayko Silences Warrior Bats Enroute To 3 Hitter . s In Baseball Show Down Critical Errors Hand Woodstock Win Over Warriors