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we PAGE 22 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, JUNE 1 , 1984 Sports On the Sideline Dick Rabbitt Warriors impressive despite regional semi-final loss Coach Brian Wilson's baseball Warriors bowed out of the Rock- ford East regional baseball tourney when they lost to Belvidere 3- 1 Saturday morning. Hie Warriors entered the semi-finals with impressive wins over Rockford Auburn and number one seeded Rockford Guilford. Guilford boasted a 20-4 record during the regular season. However, in Saturday's game it was different story. The Belvidere southpaw held the Warriors to just three hits and kept them at bay throughout the game with a nice curve ball. The Warriors played a fine game, but just couldn't get the hit when it was needed. The Blue Streaks defeated Rockford Boylan Saturday and Belvidere Tuesday for the regional championship. The Lady Warriors lost 4-2 to Lake Zurich in the Grant regional. •••• Warrior athletes and coaches can now take a few months off and get ready for next years season. During the past school year we found joys and disappointment for the Warriors. Both the golf and cross country teams made it to the state finals, with the golf team ending up eighth and the Running Warriors 11th. In football, Fox Valley Conference champion Woodstock went on to win the class 4-A state title. The Warriors wound up with a 2-4 FVC record. Volleyball saw the Warriors finish with a disappointing 1-11 conference record. Girls baskfety>all was more of the same, but things look better next season. Ken Ludwig's Warriors surprised a lot of people and finished third with a 6-6 record. The Warriors were in the thick of the fight until the last two weeks of the season. Marty Sobczak's Rassling Warriors finished fourth in the FVC. Mike Shanahan's swimmers, although not winning a lot of meets, showed a lot of promise with a very limited squad. Girls tennis and boys tennis under Gary Gray showed signs of the future with a lot of underclass members gaining valuable experience. Badminton only had one senior on the squad and Dan Bolands track teams showed a lot of promise with the boys gaining third in the FVC. A good looking boys squad returns next season. The girls took their lumps this season, but have a lot of returning people next season. Pat Wirtz's Lady Warriors started off slow, but came on like gangbusters and finished third in the Fox Valley. They were eliminated by Lake Zurich in regional play. Brian Wilson's Warriors didn't fare too well in the FVC, but showed a lot of hustle in the Rockford East regional defeating Guilford. Quite a few returning lettermen will be back next season. The future looks bright for all Warrior teams. A lot of un­ derclass athletes gained valuable experience this year and should put forth a good effort next season. Maybe the Warriors can add some conference hardware to the trophy case next year. Ran into John Bolton, one of my favorite golfers, and he reminded me to mention the Marian Central Playday at McHenry Country Club today. Along with John, the committee of Bill Bunker, ex-Cub Bob Will, Jim Henry and Mitch O'Connel planned a grand day for all golfers. Bears coach Mike Ditka is scheduled to participate, along with Northwestern basketball coach Rich Falk, Jim LaRue of the Bears, ex-Cub and Baltimore pitcher Moe Dabrosky and former Bear center Mike Pyle. Proceeds go to the Marian Booster Fund to help the Hurricai.es athletic program. Bouquets are in order for all-conference selections in baseball and softball. Warriors on the baseball all-FVC squad include first baseman Craig Hill and southpaw pitcher Ross Vehring. Pat Wirtz's Lady Warriors put four on the FVC squad, leading with unanimous selection Sara Prust. The other three include Greta Larsen, Cindy Gaines and Monique Betancourt. All Warrior fans congratulate these fine young people on their selection by the conference coaches. •••• With the end of the school year, we again bid goodbye. We hope you enjoyed this column the past year. We enjoyed bringing it to you, and the good Lord willing, we will be back next year. To all high school sports fans we wish you a happy summer and good golfing. Thanks a million. Vehring, Hill chosen by Fox Valley coaches If consistency is a trademark of every outstanding baseball player, than Fox Valley coaches made the right decisions in choosing Ross Vehring and Qraig Hill as all-conference performers. Vehring and Hill were the only Warriors to make the all- conference squad. Hill was the only junior chosen. Besides being the Warriors top pitcher, Ross Vehring was one of the top hitters on the team and in the league. He finished with a 3-3 FVC record and a 2.85 earned run average. He struckout 38 batters, while only walking 20. He finished with a .344 batting average. "He did a nice job for us in relief. He was pretty effective," said McHenry coach Brian Wilson. "He pitched in everyone of our ballgames except for a couple. "Batting .344 was impressive. Without him we wouldn't have had the season we did." Hill, despite only a junior and skipping baseball for track his sophomore season, ted McHenry defensively and offensively. He batted .356, but probably his biggest statistic was the .986 fielding average at firstbase. He only made one error all season. According to Wilson, his only error was -questionable. He had to field a bad bounce, and it could have just as easily been ruled a hit. "He was one of the top con­ ference hitters and our top hitter teamwise," Wilson added. "His teammates voted him captain for next year, along with Steve Cunningham." The rest of the squad in­ cluded; Dean Britt (outfield) of Cary-Grove, Mitch Dowdy (firstbase) of Cary-Grove, John Zaharias (outfield) of Central, Steve Markeson (pitcher) of Central, Todd Howell (outfield) of Central, Jim Foley (outfield) of South, Jeff Harris (second base) of South, Jim Krausen U K-Jt j it ROSS VEHRING (pitcher) of South, Ken Jahkys (catcher) of Jacobs, Chris Pokorony (outfield) of Jacobs, Adam Brancamp (outfield) of Jacobs, George Birdsell (pit­ cher) of Woodstock, Greg Bradshaw (designated hitter) of Woodstock), Gregg Fields CRAIG HILL (catcher) of Woodstock, Tim Weber (outfield) of Dundee- Crown, Todd Mitter (pitcher) of Dundee-Crown, Kurt Everett (catcher) of Dundee-Crown, Hank Faulkner (first base) of Dundee-Crown and Steve Spencer (first base) of South. Doug Jones' two-run triple pushes River Shannon to win Doug Jones hit a two-run triple to hand River Shannon the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning, and then hung on in the top of the seventh to grab the come-from-behind win, 5-4, during McHenry Wednesday night men's 12-inch at Knox Parte. Lakeside Inn was winning 4-3 going into the bottom of the sixth. It was River Shannon's second win of the season. Dan Conway helped out in the winning cause with an one-run triple, and he also scored on Ron Freund's second single of the game. Ken Bottari added a double. Brad May gave Lakeside Inn an early 2-1 lead with an rbi triple, and his sacrifice fly in the fifth scored another run. Doug Eschner was three-for-three. Johnsburg 18 Huemann's 6 Hie Johnsburg Businessmen jumped out to a 11-0 first inning lead and went on to pound Huemann's Water Conditioning 18-6 fueled by 17 hits. Maxic Mayer's three-run homer was the big hit for Johnsburg and he was three-for-three at the plate with three runs scored. Matt Oik and Mayer added doubles. Gary Wagner also added three hits. Jim Althoff led-off the second inning with a homerun for Huemann's. Althoff added a double, while Frank Cuda also doubled. Lakeside Inn 5 Johnsburg 4 Lakeside Inn overcame a 3-1 deficit in the fifth inning and went so to defeat the Johnsburg Businessmen 5-4 for its first win of the Hilde Reardon was walked with the bases loaded in the sixth inning to give Lakeside the lead for the first time. Johnsburg's Irish pp^n singled in a run for Johnsburg to tie the contest, but Jim Continued on p«g« 20 Happy Jack's first baseman Kristen Gilbret waits for the ball as the Otto's Girls runner reaches base Plaindealer photo by Mike Lamb on time during junior Pigtail action at Petersen Park Tuesday. 4 Warriors on FVC softball squad The four girls who were probably the most instrumental in the McHenry Warrior late- season surge, were chosen by Fox Valley softball coaches as all-conference performers. Leading the Warrior selec­ tions was unanimous choice Sarah Prust. Greta Larsen was chosen for the second straight season. Both Monique Betan­ court and Cindy Gaines are only juniors. McHenry coach Pat Wirtz said Prust's 10-5 overall pitching record this season and her 3.65 earn run average wasn't too bad. But he added it was her hitting skills that made her one of the complete ballplayers on the squad. "In the last conference game, she hit a grand slam and a two- run single. She also hit well during the last six games with a .444 batting average," said Wirtz. Prust pitched in every one of the Warriors games except one. She finished with a .349 overall batting average, .353 in the FVC. She knocked in 15 runs and scored 15 times. Last season Larsen made the all-conference team as a cat­ cher, but this season she played shortstop. "She only made three errors all season, with only one a fielding miscue. That's pretty incredible for a shortstop," added Wirtz. Larsen is the owner of a.952 fielding average. She hit .563 during the last six games, while finishing with a .400 FVC batting average and .371 overall. She scored 19 times, while knocking in 10 runs. Cindy Gaines was McHenry's top hitter for most of the season. She had a .500 batting average in both the FVC and overall, while slugging out two homeruns, and leading the team with three triples and six doubles. She had 17 rbi's and scored 22 runs. "She hit safely in every game this season," Wirtz said. "She is Continued on pago 20 ~ •••mm* ' CINDY GAINES SARAH PRUST f-f MONIQUE BETANCOURT; GRETA LARSEN American Legion ball saved Just when it looked bleak, American Legion baseball was saved. Last May 4 American Legion baseball coach Russ Williams announced that McHenry wouldn't field a team for the 1984 summer season due to the lack of funds. But a McHenry business came to the rescue and bailed out Williams. Boys 18-years-and under will be able to play for McHenry thanks to the help of MCHenry Nautilus. The McHenry business has flipped for the bill for the entire McHenry team ex­ pense. Because Nautilis is financing the team, Wtyliams' squad will be named* McHenry Nautilis American Legion baseball team. According to Williams, the McHenry County American Legion Baseball League has accepted McHenry back into the league. McHenry will open the season Monday against Wonder Lake. "We're thrilled," said Williams. "I talked to a couple of the kids after Saturday's loss (McHenry high school's baseball loss in the regionals) and they are anxious to start a new season." Williams expects most of his squad to come from the McHenry high school team. But he is also expecting some players from the Johnsburg high school squad to come out for the team. Williams held his first practice Tuesday. Williams will be helped by former players Dave Williams and Dave Schmitt. Besides the McHenry County teams, McHenry will be traveling to Rockford East and participating in tournaments in Waukegan and Madison. SCHEDULE June . 4 Wonder Lake 6 p.m. June • at Richmond* p.m. June 10 at Rockford East DH 1 p.m. June 11 Crystal Lake 6 p.m. June 13 at Genoa City 6 p.m. JunelS at Algonquin • p.m. June 26 Richmond 6 p.m. June 25 at Wonder Lake6 p.m June 27 at Crystal Lake 6 p.m July .2 Algonquin 6 p.m July 4 Genoa City 6 p.m. July . 6 Waukegan Tourney July 9 Wonder Lake 6 p.m. July 11 at Richmond 6 p.m. July 13 District tourney July 16 Crystal Lake 6 p.m. July 18 at Algonquin 6 p.m. July 23 at Genoa City 6 p.m.