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regional Concrete Work and Sidewalk Rhode, Burgess and Kiernan To State CRYSTAL LAKE -- If tennis fans thought the Fox Valley Conference meet was one heck of great battle, they should have watched the the Crystal Lake district meet Saturday. Crystal Lake South won the meet as expected. But they did receive a lot of heat. McHenry was right behind them with 16 points and Johnsuburg scored 14. Cary-Grove was fourth with 13, Wqodstock 8, Marian Central 4, Mafengo 2 and Crystal Lake Central 0. : The McHenry Warriors will be sending the doubles team of Scott Rhode and Kevin Burgess to the state meet at Arlington . this weekend. Johnsburg will be sending number one singles player Dan Kiernan. "We won a battle, but lost the war," said Gary Gray, coach of the Warriors. "We decided our best bet to win the district was to split Salman and Burgess and put a left hander in each of the doubles." Rhode and Burgess qualified for the McHenry Nine End FVC Play With Shutout CRYSTAL LAKE - The McHenry Warrior baseball team ended Fox Valley play with a 4-0 win over Crystal Lake Central. The Warriors ended the season with a 6-8 FVC mark and in fifth place. They are 8-10 overall. -Mike Bauml pitched the shutout for the Warriors. He only allowed five hits, three walks and he struckout three. Steve Markinson was the losing pitcher for Central. Bauml lowered his ERA to 1.28. IKris Teuber and Steve Aim each hail two hits for the Warriors. Teuber knocked in one RBI and Aim scored twice. ^Warrior coach Brian Wilson was satisfied with the season. "Only the top teams were we unable to beat. We split with everyone else. With another ye£r of experience, we might win the o<her half." m Win First Baseball state meet with a battle with two brothers from Johnsburg. They defeated Paul and John Hendrixson 7- 5, 6-3. The Warrior team lost the district doubles championship to\South's Paul LeCoQue and Jed Aberna^hy 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. ^ "It was just a classuf high school tennis match," said Gray. The Johnsburg ^doubles team finished in fourth place. Rhode and Burgess defeated Greg Wallwerts and Jim Enright of Crystal Lake South 7-6, 6-4 in the first round. In the quarterfinals, they defeated Joe Lillie and John Huh of Woodstock 6-0, Kiernan qualified for the state meet by eliminating Tim Foley of Crystal Lake South 6-3, 6-3. Earlier, Kiernan defeated Rick Tilltson of Cary-Grove 6-2,6-0; Chris Stumbris of McHenry 6- 0, 6-0 and Gene Williams of Crystal Lake South 6-1, 6-1. "It was expected. He was seeded number one," said Hawk Coach Denny Spraetz on Kiernan's district championship. "He played very well. He was healthy this time. He had a lot nore energy this time. "He was sick at the conference leet. He had control over his op­ ponents. He ran* the show." Both Gray and Spraetz came into the meet with their minds set on winning. Gray felt his strategy for the meet was the right one. As it turned out, it ended up to be very close finish. "We we're hoping for second or first. The teams we played were very good," sdded Spraetz. Besides losing the district title to South, Gray's only regret was not getting Salman to qualify. Salman was teamed up with Todd Rhode. They opened up with a win over Jerry Jarosz and Mike Lahti of Crystal Lake Central to advance into the quar­ terfinals. There, they lost to Crystal Lake South's number one doubles team of 7-6, 6-3. Chris Stumbris and Steve Fallon played the singles spots for McHenry. Stumbris defeated Bruce Franklin of Marian 6-0, 6-2, but lost to Kiernan. Fallon defeated Rick Anderson of Marengo 6-2, 6-2, before losing to Crystal Lake South's Ed Foley, the number one seed. Lady Warriors Knock Out Hawks In Regional Kevin Burgess Sectional and FVC Champ Todd Rhode FVC Champ Scott Rhode Sectional Champ Brad Salman FVC fham11 DICKRABBITT The Lady Warrior softball team won it's opening game in the John­ sburg regional by defeating the Johnsburg Skyhawks 14-0 Saturday morning at West Campus. * The Warriors now face trie jacuus Golden Eagles on Thursday. Jacobs defeated Woodstock 16-3 in the first round. It was a combination of Warrior hitting, and a Friday night prom at Johnsburg that led to the lopsided win. The Warriors pounded out 17 hits with Renee Mezzano collecting four, Karen Karpavicius and Kris Keevil three and pitcher Cissy Pinkstaff two. Pinkstaff hurled a five hitter. In fairness to Coach Bob Schmitt of the Skyhawks, his girls were not alert Saturday morning, having their an­ nual Prom night the night before. The word was that several of his girls were missing from the lineup. Pat Wirtz, coach of the Warriors, was well pleased with his slugging Warriors. "It is a lot easier playing a team that has a prom the night before. We hit the ball pretty good today, and when you do that you can score a lot of runs." The Warriors wasted no time in the opening inning when the first four batters hit safely, including a two run homer by Karpavicius. Patty John­ son, Mezzano and Pinkstaff had the other hits in the inning. In the second, the Warriors again scored four runs. Keevil had the first of her three doubles, followed by hits from Johnson, Mezzano and Pinkstaff. Pinkstaff knocked one in with a fly ball also. n the third, the Warriors managed •HARVARD -- The Johnsburg Sl^hawks won their first baseball championship by S&lman Valley 5-4 in nine innings Monday. The 13-9 Skyhawks now move on to ttye Immaculate Conception Sectional in.Elmhurst this Saturday. It was unknown as of Tuesday morning, who Johnsburg was scheduled to play. johnsburg won the game in the njnth inning when Joe Majercik sUpnmed a double and scored on a single by Jim Bentz. johnsburg was behind 4-1 in the sifcth inning. They came back in the seventh to score three runs to tie the game and send it into extra innings. J$ff Fowler led off with a double, Mike Hqrckes walked and Majercik tripled tcfscore two runs. Majercik scored the tyfog run on a fielder's choice by B|ntz. •fiurckes was the starting pitcher. H&pitched the first six innings, before gjiring way to Jeff Jayko. Jayko pished the seventh and eighth, picked u$- the win, and then gave way to Htfrckes who pitched the ninth. Hjirckes picked up the save. sjoe Majercik led the Skyhawks in hitting by going three for five and two RlSl's. 'ft was a rough road to the cham­ pionship game for the Skyhawks. •Johnsburg defeated Oregon 8-7 on Friday and then defeated Harvard 2-1 oa'Saturday behind the pitching of J$ff Jayko. The Harvard game was tied at l-l in the seventh inning. ?Tm happy for a lot of reasons," said Jim Meyers, coach of Johnsburg. "J$ is a great group of kids. The pit- cljing came through and they played g#6d. defense." FORCED AT THE PLATE -- and the Skyhawk catcher Jim Bentz prepares to complete a tough double play as he sets to throw out the batter at first during Friday's game with Oregon. The play begins on a tap to the pitcher, Steve Banaszynski (center of the photo, who began this action with an underhand toss to Bentz. Johnsburg won the game 8-7. STAFF PHOTO -- WAYNE GAYLORD Basketball Program The City of McHenry Department of Parks and Recreation is in its second year for the program Major Basketball. Terry Reilly, the assistant varsity basketball coach of McHenry High School will place emphasis on fundamentals, conditioning, and weight training relating to basketball skill development. The instructional Basketball program for ninth grade students and older will begin on June 13 and run for six weeks. It will be held at East Campus. 16-Inch Softball Decker Falls Short In Late Innings Rally Tomorrow Wrigley Field! final River Shannon Marauders • • VS Opponents. r • ; Ken • Suchomski Gary • McDougall £ Ken Schneider J# Bob Puck [• Bill Gartner 1* Kelly Gartner K Art MM Jay Payne Lookout World! For Game Information Call344-1660 or See Us Live Thursday At The River Shannon! Bert Minger Norb Adams Wayne Norm John Emrich Bill Gahlbeck Scott Persky Ed Hennigan Scott Srednicki lorn Zorn 1 KenBeese Andy Fortin Tomato Music In 1973, a gentleman from Eastport, England, grew a whopping 4!/2-pound toma­ to. He attributed his unique success to his idea of playing music to the tomato through the stereo headphones plac­ ed on it. For Decker Construction it was too little, too late. Decker Construction went into the sixth inning down by seven runs against Smitty's Tap. They got five of the runs back in the sixth, but came up with only one run in the seventh and lost 7-6. Smitty's Tap scored five of their runs in the first inning. After Dan Holand reached on a error and John Hastings flewi out, Mike Warner doubled scoring Holan. Warner scored on a single by Jerry Schiller and Greg Passifiume singled. Dave Smith followed with a triple, scoring two and scored on a ground out by Jim Lay. Smitty's Tap scored once more in the third on a triple by Passafiume and a sacrifice fly by Smith. The last run came in the fifth on a single by Hastings, a double by WE MAKE HOUSE CALLS! Warner and ji double by Schiller^ Raymonds Bowl 7 Palace Bowl 4 Raymonds Bowl turned two double plays to kill Palace Bowl scoring threats in route to a 7-4 victory. Raymonds Bowl took the lead, after a 1-1 tie, in the second inning with three runs. One hit, one walk' and two Palace Bowl errors helped the Raymonds Bowl cause. Raymonds added one more in the third, when Ron Wisnieski singled, reached second on an error, took third on sacrifice fly by Marty Palmer and scored on another Palace Bowl error. But Raymonds only held an 5-4 le%d after four innings. A single by Mike Reardon, a double by Tony Aiello and single by Butch Savord scored two runs. George Hiller 6 R. T. Dees 1 Defense was the story for George Hiller as they held R.T. Dees to one run. Offensively, Jeff Meyers helped out with two singles, scoring once. George Hiller was also helped out by some McHENRY HEARIN6 AID CENTER 3937 W. MAIN STREET, McHENRY 385-7661 WHOLESALE BATTERY SALE! BATTERIES 40% DISCOUNT MON. -TUES. -THURS. -FRI. 9 AM TO NOON SERVICE CENTER HOURS: WEDNESDAY 9 TO S. EVES. BY APPOINTMENT REPAIRS ALL MAKES ROBERT STENSLAND, MGR. 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE SALES ALL MAKES & MODELS "You'll Like Our Servicer TODD 60LDMAN LANDSCAPING & CARPENTRY Landscaping • Total Plant Design Work • R.R. 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He recorded one double, scored three times and added four RBI's. Jim Yaworski also added three hits. He scored twice and knocked in four RBI's. Ray Karntz added an inside the park home run •>. 3-D Bowl 12 St. Regis 4 (3-D Bowl had a shutout going until (Continued on page 7) only one run. Keevil had another double, went to third on an infield out, and scored on Mezzano's hit. The local crew wrapped it up in the bottom of the fourth by scoring five runs. Pinkstaff opened the inning with a hit, followed by Karpavicius third hit of the day. Andee Norton's hit scored both runners / After infield out, Sarah Prust was safe on an error. Another hit by Keevil, her third double of the day, ended the scoring for the Warriors. Pinkstaff then retired the side for the Skyhawks and the Warriors emerged as victors. Jackson Gains State Track Berth T.TST.F. -- Jay Jackson became only the second track athlete in John- sburg's short history to gain a berth in the state track meet which will be held at Eastern Illinois University next Saturday. The Skyhawk senior took a second in the 3200 meter run with a time of 9:46.00. John King of Immaculate Conception just edged Jackson at the finish line for first place. ^ Jackson's time was a new John­ sburg school record. The Hawks as a team scored 10 points for 11th place at the Lisle Sectional. Luther South was the sectional champion with 42 points. "We're real happy to send Jay down to represent our school," said Ben Beck, coach of the Hawk track team. "I think he ran a pretty good race. The pace started out slow and King and him ran together the whole way. They broke away from everybody else at the mile mark. King just broke away at the end. "I. think Jay ran a real smart race. King just had a little bit more on this ft 14.! :> John Payne and Brian Siudak were the only other Skyhawks to place in the 25-team sectional. Payne took a third in the pole vault at 12-0. Siudak was fourth in the shot put with a heave of 47-8. It was a new Johnsburg school record. "Jay will be one of the top seeded in class A at the state meet," said Beck. "I'm real excited about his chances this weekend. A large amount of people were sent from our sectional and I'm real happy about sending Jay. I hope it (sending people to state) becomes a habit. Season Ends For Warrior Track Team ROCKFORD -- The season for the McHenry boys' track team all but ended at the Rockford sectional Friday. The Warriors failed to qualify anybody for state and placed 11th. Fox Valley Conference opponent, Crystal Lake Central, won the meet with 55 points. Rockford., East was second with 51V2, Rockford Guilford 24V2, Rochelle 24, Rockford Auburn 24, Belvidere 211/4, Loves Park Harlem 14, Rockford West ISA Sycamore 12, Freeport 12, DeKalfilO, McHenry 8M>, Rockford Jefferson 8, Rockford Boylan 7%, Crystal Lake South 3, Rockton Hononegah 1, Woodstock 0. Steve Carby was the top finisher for the Warriors with a third place in the 3200 meter run. He was Jimedwat 9:40.5. Dave Halle of RocENfrff- Guilford was first in a time of 9:15.1. Jim Lane of Central was third at 9:25.0. Marty Koleno was third in the meter run with a time of 2:00.3. He was tied with Bob Merrick of Rock- _ ford East. Pat McDaniel of Central y was first in a time of 1:56.1. A fourth place was turned in by Chris Creutz in the 1600 meter run with a time of 4:25.6. McDaniel of Central was first in a time of 4:21.2. Mladen Rudman was fifth in the 200 meter dash in a time of 22.8. DENNIS CONWAY 331$ W. Elm St. McH«nry 385-7111 "See me for a State FarmUomeowners Policy with Inflation Coverage." like a good neighbor. State Farm is there &l«ir I.it mo Comor-. •W* 0«ic» gix mmo.j Parks And Recreation The City of McHenry Department of Parks and Recreation will kick off for it's fourtb year in s u m m e r s o c c e r program. This year the instructional program is for children ages six through nine. ^ Par­ ticipants will learn the various skills and rules of the game. This program will be held in t h r e e l o c a t i o n s : Petersen Park, Knox Park and West Campus. PAGE «- PLAINOKALER - WEDNESDAY. MAY 25,1®83 McHenry 2ndf Johnsburg 3rd at Tennis Sectionals The McHenry Plaindealer