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! - PLAIN DEALER-FRIDAY, APRIL 27^1984 let s talk SPORTS LOG Lake Geneva Raceway opens Rain all day Sunday prevented drivers practice drives at Lake Geneva Raceway before the start of the 1984 season of stock car auto racing. Bob Brownwell of Crystal Lake is the defending champion of the hobby stock car group, but he will race in the late model division this season. Time trials for tins Saturday night are at 7 p.m. with the first race at 8 p.m. The Lake Geneva Raceway is located on Bloomfield Road, Southeast of Lake Geneva. The 24-hour weather and information number at the raceway is 414-248-8566. / The Sunburst Corvette Club of Crystal Lake is holding a sanction speed event on April 29 at Bennet Raceway, Utica. The event is open to all types of cars. Registration opens at 9 a.m. and untjl 11 a.m. The drivers meeting is at 11:15 a.m. The first car is off at 11:30 a.m. For further information call Tom Fellberg at 815-455-2927, or Mike Letry 815-459-3545. N it Jaycees community run The McHenry Area Jaycees will be holding its fifth annual Community Run May 6 at 8 a.m. The starting and finishing lines will be at McHenry High School West Campus. The course will consist of a two-mile and a 6.2 mile circuit for runners. Runners can pre-register prior to April 25. The Jaycees will also register runners on the day of the run. You may write to the Jaycees for a registration blank by mailing a self addressed number 10 envelop to McHenry Jaycees, PO Box 163, McHenry, HI. 60050. This event is open to all ages. Those under 18 years old must have the registration form signed by a parent or guardian. There will be a registration fee required. This yeaA proceeds will benefit the Aurora Blood Drive which serves the McHenry area and the McHenry Jaycee women infant car seat program. For more details, contact the Community Run Chairman, Rick Bronars at 385-1137, or Frank Corrado at 344-1080. Softball marathon set Over 60 teams are officially registered in the upcoming Miller High Life-Easter Seal fifth annual softball marathon set for McHenry's Peterson Park, May 5-6. Registration will remain open until Wednesday, May 2. There are openings for 36 more teams. Play is open to men, wdmen and co-ed teams, 12 inch or 16 inch, slow or fast pitch. Teams are limited to 15 members. Special Olympic track meet The first annual spring track meet of the Woodstock Jaycees and the Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association will be held this Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon at the Woodstock High School track. The mafct ia(j»r sftpial olytjapic, athletes and other youth and adults witti special needs. The events will be the 50-yard dash, 100- yard dash, standing long jump and the softball throw. Spectators and volunteers interested in helping at the meet are W6lC0IT16d To register call Lisa at the NISRA office: 815-459-0737. Johnsburg Tigers first practice The Johnsburg Tiger baseball team will be holding its first practice of the season tins Sunday at noon. Anybody interested in playing for the Tigers this summer should attend this practice. For more information, call Jim Herman at 385-3205. Red Devils meeting Hie McHenry County Red Devil Football club will be holding a meeting for all interested players At Greg's Never Inn in Johnsburg Sunday at 2 p.m. At that time, the schedule for 1984 will be announced. Also, the date and other information on the opening of camp and practice schedule will be announced. The meeting will be attended by'tvw members of the board of directors of the Metropolitan FoptbaU League. •H v f: * *i ir - ay • w v ' £ \ . k m si? $ i v * mi - w • ' - - v . • • . . , • * •. ' V v ; fV'-' ,* if *y SPORT FANS... I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW Brought to you .. by Phil Ooffling Here's a sports od­ dity that proves something aobut life in general...It's about Ed­ die Arcaro, one of the most successful jockeys in rocing history...But, at the beginning of his career in 1931 and 1932, he rode 250-- that's right, 250-- consecutive losers before he won his first roce!...You'd think af­ ter going to the post that often, and losing EVERY time, Arcaro would have quit; but he practiced patience, perseverance and hard work and it finally pai^i off...After thot miserable start of 250 straight losing races, Arcaro became the greatest money win­ ning jockey of his time...He went on' to win 4,779 race* in his career and earned millions of dollars...Bui back in 1931 and 1932 no one would' have predicted that. • • *' While Dele Murphy won the Most Valuable Player Award in baseball's National League last season, he became only the fourth man in the history of the league to win the MVP 2 years in a row...The only other ployers to do it were Ernie Banks in I95B-59, Joe Morgan in 1975-76 and Mike Schmidt in 19S0-«l...No one has EVER won the award 3 years in a row in either ma|or league. * * * I bet you didn't know...McHenry Stote Bank is your boat and recreational vehicle loan headquarters. And with Spring just around the corner, . novy's the best time )o see Keith Leathers or myself for your boat or recreational vehicle loan. Come in todoy or call 385-1040 ond we'll help your Sumtnertime Vacation dreams come true. . •. Com* in today or call 3i5-1040 McHENRY STATE BANK Up, up and away Vicki Senn has a good running start and she flies through the air in one of her attempts of the long jump. Senn failed to place, but (Plaindealer photo 1 teammate Michelle Landis took third with a leap of 13.0. Warrior softball team splits Fox Valley pair Plaindealer news service CRYSTAL LAKE - A tank of oxygen might be a good addition to the Crystal Lake softball bench. For the second time in a week the Tigers rallied late to beat Fox Valley Conference rival McHenry. Host Central scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 9-8 win Wednesday. "My heart may not take it next time," Tiger coach Doug fclundy siSff His ticker, though, is beating a first-place beat. Central is the lone unbeaten FVC team at 3-0. "It's a tough conference this year and there's a long way to go. I'm not worried about places yet," Blundy said. Warrior coach Pat Wirtz is worried. He watched his squad fall to 1-2 in the FVC. McHenrv defeated Dundee-Crown 17-5 Tuesday. "We really have our backs to the wall," said Wirtz. "We're going to have to beat the teams we have to beat." Hitting the ball and scoring runs hasn't been a problem for the Warriors. A total of nine hitters on the Warrior squad are hitting over .300. McHenry led 5-0 and 7-2 before the Tigers' gears began meshing. "I'm really proud of the way .the girls didn't give up," , Blundy said. "It would have * pe£n %asy 'fcr let up'and say* we've lost this one, but they didn't." After McHenry regained the lead, 8-7, in the top of the seventh, the Tigers again went to work. McHenry botched a force play at second, putting runners at first and second for pinch-hitW Lisa Williams. She tried to sacrifice the runner over, but her bunt went for a hit to fill the bases. Kelly Mathews followed with a squeeze attempt. Her bunt started foul, but rolled into fair territory before stopping on the third-base line. Amy Erickson scampered home for an 8-8 tie. In an interesting strategic move, McHenry coach Pat Wirtz moved right-fielder Val Kilday to second base with hard-hitting Jean Barry coming up. "We didn't hit the ball to right all day. He figured a fly ball would score the run anyway,' Blundy said. \ n , ogiilrSlll) "Hie switch seemed to work when Barry popped to Kilday. But the Warrior fell down after the catch, and Blundy sent Judy Barry for home. She beat the throw to improve Central's overall record to 8-1-1. The Warriors belted 14 hits in the losing cause, with five of them going for extra base hits. Cindy Gaines slugged one that hit the fence and bounced over for a ground-rule double. She had two doubles for the day. Patty Johnson and Monique Betancourt had three hits each, while Renee Mezzano singled, doubled, tripled and stole two bases. Sara Prust hit two-for-two and scored three runs. Prust was the losing pitcher. Gaines did clear the fence against Crown-Dundee Tuesday. Her hosnerun was the first s»nt did h i law on clearing homer for a girl ever at the Dundee-Crown field. Andee Norton helped out with three hits, two for doubles. She also knocked in three runs. Greta Larsen and Mezzano also added three hits. Prust was the winning pitchr, giving up only eight hits and three walks, while striking out four. Johnsburg drops two in track double dual The Johnsburg Skyhawk boys' track team lost a pair of Nor­ thwest Suburban Conference matches in a double dual meet with Lake Zurich and Marengo Wednesday. v - The two losses left Johnsburg with a 2-2 NWSC record. The Skyhawks lost to Lake Zurich 92- 55, and edged by Marengo 74-71. Several Skyhawks picked up firsts against both opponents. Mike Lawrence picked up the Skyhawks first points, winning the 3,200 in 10:21.78. Dschida also took the 110 high hurdles in 16.0 and Brian Suidak managed to capture the shot put with a heave of 48-9." Other firsts against Lake Zurich included Mike Siudak in the pole vault (8-6) , and Dschida in the 300 low hurdles 41.7. Other firsts against Marengo included Kirk in the 100-meter dash (11.6) and feOO meter dash (24.5), Norman Rokosz in the 800 meter run (2 .03.9) and the 3,200 meter relay team (8:48.9). Second places were recorded by Meyer in the long jump, and Brian Siudak in the discus. Hie Johnsburg track squad will will travel to Algonquin for the Jacobs Invitational. SOFTBALL used by her teammates and the words (ball, strike, single, double) to express the dif­ ferent mechanics of the game. • "The words used are words I never heard before. At the beginning I had no idea what they were continued from page 24 talking about," said Aasegg. The words and the game will be something she will always remember, but she doubts she will ever play the game again back in Norway. "I think it's nice and I enjoy it. But with homework and practices everyday, that's a lot to handle. It's been more of a relaxing- year for me. "They (Nor­ wegians) are not into sports like here. There's more pressure to get into sports here." Back in Norway, her dad knows what - s : o f t b a l l a n d baseball is, but Aasegg has had to explain the game to her mother. Aasegg knows she may never become a real good softball player. But she just played the game "for the fun of it." 3400 N. RICHMOND RD. McHENRY, IL. 385-8400 SUMNER LEAGUES NOW FORMING •Monday....Ladies 9 AM •Tuesday...Lad ies j . . . . 8 PM •Wedncsday..;Mixed .. 8 PM •Thursday..Juniors. 9:30 AM •Thursday...Ladies& Men. 8 PM ALL LEAGUES! YOUR CHOICE OF BALL & BAG, BOWLING SHOES OR JACKET! 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