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f 1' VtiK 6 - i'l.AINDK U.KH-KKtt>AY. MAY 13.1983 The McHenry Plaindealer Tigers Leave Hibernation To Host St. Charles BARB ANSELL JOHNSBURG -- While a major league baseball team claims they are coming out of hibernation, a local men's baseball team has been brought back to life. The Johnsburg Tigers, thanks to Jim Hermann, has been resurrected and will be playing again for the first time in five years. The Tigers will host their season opener this Saturday, against St. Charles, at Tigers Field, located behind the Johnsburg Communtiy Club. Hermann said despite some ring of efta little problem establishing a team. occasional wavering of effort on some of the potential players, he has had ' iblishir 'The interest was there. Some of the guys have even traveled outside of this area to be on teams. So with a nucleus of hard-ball players from this area, I think we've put together quite a team. But the talent level starts at the top. Hermann, who is head coach for the Tigers team, also bills himself as the team s utility man. "My main job will be to coach, but I will be used as an utility player, filling in wherever the team needs me." Also highlighting the coaching positions is assistant coach Lee Mai\ Mai comes to the Tigers with 15 years baseball coaching experience under his belt. During that time Mai has coached several pony and legion teams. But his playing time in the minor leagues as a lead-off cen- terfielder, has already proven to be invaluable. The Tigers find themselves com­ peting in the Northern Illinois Baseball. League, which will include teams from Algonquin, Crystal Lake, and Marengo. Hermann explained why this league was picked for the Tigers, "One of the reasons the old Tigers folded, was because the team had to travel awfully far to play, which made it hard on the guys. "With a 21 game schedule and several local exhibitions, it will give us a chance to play competitive ball in this area. And with the tremendous college players we have on the team, the Tigers should attract the attention of some local scouts." The Tigers' line-up will include many local college stars, such as Steve Mai, who will command the infield at short-stop. Curt Valentin at catcher, Dave Covalt on the pitcher's mound. Rounding out the outfield will be Dave Mauer, Bob Adams, Greg Bruce and Dave Coberg. McHenry Warriors baseball coach BriarrWilson, has also joined forces with the Tigers and will be firing balls from the pitcher's mound too. Hermann believes that with the team's extensive conditioning during the pre-season both in the gyms and out on the fields, their defense will hold the upper hand. "Defense is our strongest area, the team has a lot of "go get". But we have a hitting balance with powerful line-drive batters all the way down the line-up." Hermann says the teams the Tigers will have to beat to find a top spot will be last year's Crystal Lake team and the Carpentersville team, which went down to the wire with Crystal Lake. Hermann has found several stumbling blocks in financially get­ ting the Tigers going again. "Many of the businesses in the area have already been tapped out, not to mention the tough economic times." The lack of funds have made it difficult for the team to pay for such necessities as uniforms. A bowl-a-thon has been planned for June 4 to raise the needed money. Lack Of Fielding Hurt -VwvP1 yV Vji ^ f , Lady Hawks, Lose 25-10 r BARB ANSELL JOHNSBURG -- "We have to learn fy>w to field," said the Skyhawk girls softball coach BobSchmitt, after their loss to Lake Zurich Wednesday. i The Skyhawks had a promising first inning when they took a 3-1 lead. An ^rror by the Bear's third base player put Debbie Tvorah on base. Two Angles by Kathy Butler and Laurie Nichol j helped to score the early runs, with Wendi Huemann's base hit driving Nichols home. However the 'Hawks were soon to find themselves on the bottom of the Jop-sided score, as numerous field errors, wild pitches and passed balls, j&llowed Lake Zurich to bat around ind score 11 runs on six hits during the Second inning. * The Skyhawks failed to do more Jthan threaten in the following innings. JBut managed a comeback in the fifth •inning, that was cut short of bringing jjthe 'Hawks within ten runs to continue •the game. \ Cindy Guetzloff led off the fifth, ^starting the rally with a single. Julie •Anderson entering the game in the Jfifth, slammed a follow-up single right fback to the Lake Zurich pitcher, Linda ^Anderson, forcing her to leave the •game because of an injury. I Lake Zurich walked the next 'Hawk * loading the bases. Guetzloff scored on •a wild pitch, making way for Breck Dixon, who belted the ball out to center field for a double, bringing in Anderson and Jane Pecucci. A sacrifice fly by Tvorah brought in Dixon, and with two out* Butler, Nichols, and Michelle SWartzloff filled the bases again. Butler and Nichols both scored on passed balls. With Swartzloff coming home on Guet- zloff's second single of the inning. But despite the seven run inning, the Skyhawks were forced to end the game by the 10 run slaughter rule. As Lake Zurich had built a commanding 15 run lead, with-Jthe.Befjjaf dumping the 'Hawks 25-10. Schmitt felt the rally came too late, "If we had played the way we could have played, the comeback would have been a win." The loss drops the Skyhawks overall record to 1-15, with their conference record falling to 1-10. The lady Skyhawks will conclude their season Friday, when they travel to Round Lake.-- Badminton Tourney . McHenry High School is holding a faculty-badminton team doubles tournament Tuesday at West Campus at 3:15 p.m. A faculty member will be/ paired with a Warrior badminton team member to form the double teams. It will be a single eliminations tournament. We lust Trimmed The Price J ^ Of Our Best Electric Trimmers. Right now, get a cash rebate on two of our best trimmers. Choose either the powerful" Toro® 1100 Electric Trimmer. With features like easy handling. And automatic line feed. Or the Toro 700 Cordless Trimmer. It gives you the freedom to trim for up to 45 minutes before recharging. Now when you buy a Toro, you'll be saving more than just work. You'll be saving money. Model 700 Cordless Trimmer Model 1100 Electric Trimmer We believe in making things better. We believe you do, too. "JHE HOUSE THAT SERVICE BUILT " Geo. P. Freund, Inc. 4102 W. CRYSTAL LAKE RD.. McHENRY (815) 385-0420 Donna Hoch Has Achieved Her Goal -\ i. BARB ANSELL When you set a goal, achieve it. That is exactly the attitude that has earned McHenry Warrior Donna Hoch a chance to compete in the girls badminton state finals this weekend. At the start of the badminton season, Hoch had said that this year she would go down state, and last weekend Hoch took third place in the district matches to qualify. Hoch has been a member of the Warriors badminton team since she was a freshman and a varsity player for three years. With an individual record of 6-6, Hoch says this year has been her best season. But her battle to state has not been easy. Badminton coach Jim Popovich feels Hoch has made a serious effort to reach her goal. "Donna was always at practice. Out of all the girls on the team, Donna worked the hardest and was the diligent player on the squad." One of the areas Hoch has had to work on was her mental game. "I wasn't moving my feet enough during the game," explains Hoch. "I would get mentally over-worked because of it and sometimes I just couldn't talk myself out of it" Constant motion beginning with her pre- Athlete Of The Week Donna r Hoch game warm-ups has helped. Î'ye realized the consequences of not being able to move, said Soch^'So I start moving right away and keep movii«. The faster I can move to meet a shot, ^H^SysatSding tteJtattonal Badminton finnic this year has helped to improve her game. "By watching them, I've worked to put my clears farther bade into the opponents court, and keep my serves high and deep. Popovich says in preparing for the state tournament Hoch has focused on her smashes. "Donna's smashes are her most effective offensive shot, and we've been refimng her target placement." „ , . "My smashes work the best when I drive them down hard and fast where my opponent isn't," added Hoch. • "I test out my opponents during the warm- ups to see where they are weak," commented Hoch about her game strategy. "That way rfuring the game I can concentrate on just playing the birdie." . , "I feel great about going to state and I am very excited," said Hoch. "I want to go down there and play the very best that I can..' McHenry's Donna Hoch gets a few practice swings at the birdie before the state tournament with a third place finish at the Waukegan East District meet last badminton tournament at New Trier High School. She qualified for the Weekend. _ _ x STAFF PHOTO--WAYNE GAYLORD McHenry Warrior Aces Silence Bats Bauml Pitches Second Straight Shutout MIKE LAMB Good pitching will always beat good hitting. ; ,9i J a A lot of baseball experts believe in that theory,...and for the McHenry Warriors, it's paying off. Mike Bauml pitched the Warriors third shutout in the last four games Wednesday. That totals up to fhree wins in four games. The latest McHenry victim was Crown as the Warriors escaped with a 1-0 win. A big win, because it keeps the 5-5 Warriors in the thick of the Fox Valley Con­ ference race. "It's his second shutout in a row. You definitely have to be impressed with that," said Warrior Coach Brian Wilson on Bauml. "He hasn't given up a walk in four appearances." The first shutout was a 4-0 win over Cary-Grove. Tim Evans pitched the first shutout against Cary and the 4-1 loss to Crown Monday. Both pitchers are below the 1.00 earned run average. Wednesday, i Bauml only allowed four hits and c «. struckout six. - « Wilson would like to see some more hitting to go along with the pitching, but is happy to j*ist be winning. "This was a good ballgame," said Crown's coach, Jim Konaromy. "We hit the ball well the first couple of innings, but right at them. They played us well." / Crown's starter, Bob Grant pitched well, himself. Konaromy said it was Grant's first complete game: He had been out for most of first part of the season with a sore shoulder. Grant, who allowed the only Warrior run in the first inning, gave up six hits, struckout five and walked three. Bauml led off the first inning with a triple. He hit the ball well over the left fielder's head. He scored when Grant was called for,aJialk by^the,umpire, One put later, Kevin Moore singled, but that would be all McHenry vyould get in the inning. The triple was Bauml's only hit of the game. Roving around the .500 mark in conference play, Wilson says his batting has slumped since forced into the pitching rotation. Moore's story is different. Moore was the designatediiitter in the third spot of the McHenry batting order. He came into Wednesday's game with a .388 batting average and hit two singles in the game. "Kevin Moore has been one of our hottest hitters. The guy has been a substitute trying to (find a place to play," said Wilson. \v 1 The only other real sedfing threat made by the Warriors was in the second inning. Tim Evans and Steve Aim led off the inning with singles, before Pat' Cameron struckout. Tim Pankiewicz walked Cb load but both Baiuml and mis1, Tttdjfer'^ popped up to the catcher* to end the inning. Crown threatened to score in the sixth and seventh innings. They had base runners at second anid third with two out when Hank Faukner was cut down at the plate by Mike Podpora on fielder's choice play on ball hit by Dave Tamblay. Bauml struckout Grant to end the inning. Two erorrs helped Crown load the bases in the seventh with one out. Bauml got out of the jam with a ground out and fly ball to right field, which Tim Evans made a running catch to end the game. Pinkstaff Loses No-Hitter In Seventh MIKE LAMB ALGONQUIN -- The seventh hasn't i Cissy Pinkstaff's inning. At least for the last two games, ist Monday the Warrior softball pitcher was given a 15-10 lead to protect against Grayslake going into the, last inning -- she gave up 14 runs. Tuesday, the senior Warrior was breezing along with a no-hitter and shutout against Jacobs going into the seventh inning when it happened again. The same Jacobs hitters who _j't figure her out for six innings, were able to get three hits off her and jone run. Bases were loaded when JPinkstaff finally got Brenda Westerberg to fly out to centerfield for the final out. Pinkstaff lost her no-hitter and shutout, but the Warriors went home 7-1 winners. The win leaves the Lady Warriors with a 8-1 Fox Valley Con­ ference record and tied with Crystal Lake South in first place. The Warrior overall record stands at 11-2. "I wasn't letting the cat out of the bag I wanted a no-hitter," said Pat Wirtz, skipper of the Warriors. 'Two just fell in and one up the middle. Jacobs isn't 5-3 in the conference for nothing." Wirtz was just happy that his team got the bad game playing out of their system against Grayslake before Jacobs. ^J'This has to equal our performance at South. We're back on track. "There is no comparison from yesterday and today. Cissy was throwing changeups and fooling the hitters." # The seventh inning was really the only inning Pinkstaff had any trouble with the Jacobs offense. The fifth inning was the only other inning a Jacobs player reached pass first base. Jacobs batters got on by an infield error and a pass ball after a strikeout. Pinkstaff also gave a walk in the second and fourth innings. Wirtz also added that some good defense helped the Warrior cause. One particular defensive play that stood out in Wirtz mind was one made by third baseman Patty Johnson in EVERY TUESDAY NiCHT iS SPECIAL WORLD'S FINEST EATIN' CHICKEN BROASIHT the fifth inning. Jacobs Sandy Smoot lined one towards Johnson that was destined to go past her into left field. Johnson was able to knock the ball down, picked the ball up while on her knees and fired to first base to just beat Smoot for the out. [ and defense were game, so Warrior batting action started in the second inning. Karen Karpavicius led off with a triple and Andee Norton doubled, scoring Karpavicius for the 1-0 lead. Greta Larsen followed with a walk and Norton scored on a Val Kilday fly ball. McHenry scored again in the third inning. With two outs, Pinkstaff tripled and sewed on single by Karpavicius. Karpavicius led the Warriors in hitting with a triple, double and single and she also knocked in three runs. A home run would have given her the cycle. The Warriors added another run in the fourth. With one out, Johnson singled, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. She scored on an infield error on a ball hit by Cindy Gaines. McHenry's fifth run was scored in the sixth. After one out, Johnson again singled, stole second and scored on a single by Kilday. Hawks Tie For 7th At Girls NWSC Meet The Johnsburg girls' Track team .tied for seventh place with Round Lake in the ' Northwest Suburban Conference meet on Wednesday. Johnsburg and Round Lake scored 28 points and Lake Zurich captured the NWSC title with 103 points. Missy Christie led the Skyhawks with second, third and a fourth. She placed second in the discus with a heave of 94-6 and set a school record in the mile with a third place time of 5:35. Her fourth came in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:26. , Bev Hiller took a fourth in the long jump with a 16-1 jump. The surprise of the whole meet was the Hawks mile relay team. Not'even seeded in the meet, the Skyhawks team took a fourth with a time of 4:20. Jonnie Schwaubuer, Vickie DuBeuer, Bev Hiller and Missy Christie were members of that team. VILLA 3709 W. ELMST., McHENRY 344-1103 TUESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL 3-PIECE $ 1 7 9 CHICKEN DINNER | (INCLUDES FRIES, COIE SLAW &TIOLL) AT BEEF VILLA FEATURE A FULL LINE OF SUBARU\ SAAB VfgfEa MMAlYMIt ' ALL J&ODELS IN STOCK I MOTORS Vi MILE EAST OP McHENRY ONRTE. 120