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PAGE 18-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4. 1984 oports Trap shooter flirts with perfection Aissen hits 313 targets before missing Plaindealer photo by Mike Lamb Dirk Aissen's sharp marksmanship has made him one of the better trap shooters at the McHenry Sportsman's Club. Aissen waits for the target to fly out of the box in the top and lower photos . He took time out in the right photo to load his gun for another round. By Mike Lamb» Plaindealer sports editor Perfection is an objective of every athlete, no matter the sport. *nie quarterback who throws the most passes without an incompletion is always the top rated passer. The baseball player who hits safely more than any other latter will always win the bat­ ting title. The same holds true for the trap shooter. Perfection is the clear ob­ jective of trap shooting. Just ask one of the McHenry Sportman's Club's top shooters, Dirk Aissen. A member of the Amateur Trap Association, Aissen is just coming off one of those hot streaks a baseball hitter or a quarterback experiences. At the Phoenix Spring Grand American, Aissen hit 100 straight targets in the preliminary round without a miss, and then hit 200 more targets without a miss in the championship round. The 300 score tied him with 11 other shooters, but he had to leave the competition without a chance of winning the cham­ pionship to catch a plane. But s Johnsburg shuts down Richmond again RICHMOND - Shutouts in the spring opener is becoming an old habit with the Johnsburg baseball team. For the second straight spring a Johnsburg pitcher has shutout the Richmond Rockets to kick off the spring season for the Skyhawks. Last spring Johnsburg's Mike Hurckes one-hit the Rockets. This time around, Steve Banaszynski was the Johnsburg pitcher. He only allowed four hits in a 4-0 shutout. Johnsburg coach Jim Meyers had nothing but praise for Banaszynki's opening performance. "He pitched an excellent ballgame for the first one of the year." The senior pitcher only threw 70 pitches in seven innings, throwing 45 for strikes. While the Skyhawk pit­ ching was stifling the Rockets, the offense struck Continued on pog* 17 3UDGET TERMS FREE DELIVERY IN HOME SET-UP /%/»}*.»/l/H FURNITURE ft BEDDING 3UDGET FREE IN HO ^eo/hjewwn ANTIOCH** MCHENRY TERMS DELIVERY SET I Here's APRIL SALE You forget! his streak was kept intact. The streak was broken, however, at Casa Grande when he missed the 14th target for a string of 313 without a miss. Aissen's fling with perfection came to an end. But, of course, that's what trap shooting is all about. "You have to have confidence in yourself," said Aissen. "The name of this game is con­ centration. You have to have total concentration." Concentration doesn't seem to be a problem with Aissen. One look at his baseball cap he wears while shooting tells the story. It's filled with pins and patches from the different meets he has competed in. Each one shows what place he finished. The Amateur Trap Association puts out a book which lists all of its members and scoring averages. His last year's average at 16-yards after 2000 targets is .9655. At the 25- yard line, he has a .8870 average. Aissen has been trap shooting since 1971. Before that shooting a gun was something he did when hunting, and the only hunting he did was on a farm growing up. Racing stock cars and bowling was his source of recreation before 1971. And he was just as successful, filling his house with trophies. But he no longer races cars or bowls. Trap shooting is his first love now. "I enjoyed racing. I raced for 19 years," said Aissen. "But I have met the friendliest people in trap shooting. In trap shooting, you can be rich or poor. You can't buy a score." He added that he has won more money in trap shooting than he ever did in car racing, while putting lots more money and time into car racing. Aissen also likes the aspect of trap shooting because his whole family can participate. Not only does his wife, Gloria, and his children travel with him wherever he goes for meets, but they also compete. One of his sons was a club champion at McHenry Sportman's two straight years at 13 and 14 years old. His travels have taken him all over the country. On one trip to California, he watched Ten­ nessee Ernie'. Ford and Roy Rogers shoot in competition. It all began because a friend talked him into going to a chicken shoot at the McHenry Sportsman's Club. "I was racing modified stock cars with a friend and we owned a late model together. He asked me to go to McHenry Sport­ sman's to shoot chickens. I didn't even own a gun," said Aissen. "He loaned me a gun. He told me about this one guy name Joe and said If I could beat him I'd be alright. He was the club champion. I beat him twice and I ended up spending $30 for a chicken. "I was raised on a farm, and that's all I did (hunting). I bought a model 12 Winchester." Aissen joined the Sportman's Club right away and since then has bought a couple other guns. "The main thing is to get a gun that fits you," Aissen said. His trap shooting career took off in the late 70's. He took a third at the Phoenix Spring Grand American in 1977. He was tied for first after the preliminaries and finals. He settled with third after a seven- man shootoff. Continued on pogo 16 WPpK Libertyville topples Warriors By Mike Lamb Plaindealer sports editor Unlike last spring, the McHenry Warrior baseball team opened up its season on time. However, opening on time means less time to prepare. The Warriors only had one practice outside this season, so coach Brian Wilson used the first game as a tune-up for his entire squad, more or less. His team lost 5-2 to Libertyville, but Wilson used 15 players, including three pitchers in five innings of play. "We haven't had that many days to scrimmage, so I wanted to see how different people would handle the talent," said Wilson. Wilson might have found one potentially tough pit­ cher during the shuffling of pitchers. Wilson knew Jeff Schuster had a good arm, but he wanted to know how the junior would do in a game situation. Schuster came into the game in the fifth inning. He struckout the first two batters he faced. The third batter hit a grounder to Craig Hill at first base. "It was his first time out and he had some butterflies. He was worrying about his control, but he did well. We need a kid like that to throw well," Wilson said. The Warrior pitchers only had one real bad inning. Starting pitcher Pat Dunne gave up four runs in the second inning. John Hornby singled off Dunne to start off the inning, but Dunne was able to get John Stair to fly out. 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