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\ PAGE 17 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, Jl NE 8.198^ Sports Park's MMI'S 12 Inch Back Door Tavern edges Oak Park with 7-run 7th The Back Door Tavern exploded for seven runs in the top of the seventh inning to edge Oak Park 15-14 last Tuesday during men's recreational 12-inch softball at Knox Park. Oak Park had held a 10*6 going into the sixth inning. Tim Sahatka, Archie Estey and Butch Pintozzi all knocked in run during the sixth and seventh inning winning rally. - Oak Park jumped out to a quick lead in the first inning with a three-run home run by Pat Sullivan. A two-run homerun by Rod Naber sparked a seven-run fourth inning for Oak Park. Sabatka led the Back Door attack at four-for-four and a double, while Jim Johnson had three hits, including a double. Pintozzi was two-for-two. Naber finished three-for-three for Oak Park, while Sullivan added a double and a triple for six itoi's. Blue Camel 8, Bimbos 4 Fielding errors and walks by Bimbos-John's Sport Stop helped Blue Camel to a first inning 6-0 lead and then hung on for the win Pitcher Butch Meyer alao helped out at the plate with two-run. double, while rbi hits by Ed Mack, John Griffith and Jeff Munson gave Bimbos just four runs. Funk's 13 , Old Bridge 7 An rbi double by Hugh McGowan and a two-run double by Greg Bartos helped Funk's Plumbing to a first inning 5-3 lead. Funk's built up a 13-3 lead going into the final inning. Bartos added a second double for three hits «nH three runs scored. Dale Lunius helped out with three-run homer, while McGowan finished with two hits. Charlie Jesky and Doug Mayer led Old Bridge with two doubles each. Cullom Knoll I 14, Uncle Bunky.'s 10 A two-run homer by Lenny Jensen, a homer by Randy Glick and three-run homer by Tony Sroka led Cullom Knoll I to a 14-10 win. Both teams banged out 21 hits. Bob Staley was the winners top hitter at four-for-four with two doubles. Tony Sroka and Tore Sivertson both went three-for- three. Sroka also added a double. Dave Giannini led Uncle Bunky's with three hits, inrinding a double, while John Branski knocked in three runs for two hits. Women's Tuesday 16-inch Ed's 7, After the Fox 6 Karen Freund and Mary Varda each , hit doubles to help Ed's Rental hand After the Fox its first loss of the season, 7-5, during Tuesday night women's 16-inch softball. A five-run first inning and two insurance runs in the third in­ ning was all Ed's Rental needed for the win. Varda led Ed's with three hits, while both Freund and Kathy Knox had two hits each. After the Fox was led by Patty Amore and Amette Pintozzi, both with three hitsf River Shannon 11, Greg's 3 River Shannon remained undefeated and took over sole possession of first pluejuritfe* 11-0 win ovej Greg's Never Inn.i Julie Oeffling, Sharon Smith and Annette Coughlin all had two hits for the winners, while Lora Jacobs slugged a homer. Oeffling added a double. Colleen Freund had two hits few the losers, while Kim Melhan had one hit. Oak Park 12f Greg's 1 Carrie Mortell went five-for-five at the plate, hitting one double, to lead Oak Park to the 12-1 win. Mary Koleno was two-for-two for the winners, including a homerun. Kathy Fisher had two hits, including a triple and Tj" Karpawich also had two hits. Doreen Rasbaugh hit a homerun for Greg's. River Shannon 12, Cullom Knoll 0 River Shannon pitcher Karen Hintz didn't allow a hit, while Annette Coughlin was three-for-three to lead River Shannon to a 12-0 win over Cullom Knoll. Sharal Koenigseder added a triple for the winners, while Janice Schmitt had two hits. Tennis leagues offered Tennis leagues for adults and youths will be offered by the parks and recreation this summer, with instuction given by McHenry High School coach Gary Gray. The youth league will begin Wednesday and continue every Wednesday night for six weeks. The adult league will begin Tuesday and also run six weeks. Adults who have completed beginning and intermediate tennis lessons, or have a solid tennis background are encouraged to paricipate in the adult leagues. -- -- -- -- B M l a l f t l i L S ! ! WESTERN SERVICE C0.™ ÎL < • lilt r/vmunAMiur /ZO lUOd HEATING I AIR C0NMTMMHII6 LAST CHANCE DEALS, CMC ZENITH 19" fKtt COLOR TV WITH PURCHASE OF HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACE & AIR CONDITIONERIinstalledl THRU 6/15/84 LAST CHANCE COMPLETE AIR CONDITIONING CHECKUP 29oo NOW ONLY _ THRU 6715/84 •fHE ESTIMATES WE NOW HAVE EitLIEHud liter) HOURS WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY 6:00 am, last wash 8:30 PM THURSDAY 7:00 AM, last wash 10:00 PM COME SEE IK! THE WEST ELM UtlHMtY 4506 W. Elm St.(Rt. 120) McHenry Off-season training important in football By Barb Ansell Plaindealer sports writer Hie start of the football season may still be four months away for high school athletes, but Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka says summer is a good time to prepare for the fall season. "For the professional athletes, football is a 10-months a year job," said Ditka. "During the four months the players don't play, I expect them to train and build-up their strength." Ditka stressed the importance of off-season training. "Athletes can't expect to build strength during the season. The best they can do is maintain their strength. Most athletes will lose 30 percent of their strength. This forces them to finish the season with only 70 percent of their starting strength, at a time when they need the most strength." For the junior high and high DITKA continued from page 18 one of the best secondaries in football." Fourth-year cornerback Leslie Frazier had seven in­ terceptions to lead the team last year and Mike Richardson had five. "And Frazier dropped at least three and Richardson dropped five," Ditka added. "(And) with Gary Fencik at 100 page percent at free safety and Todd Bell being one of the better strong safeties in the game, we'll be real strong back there." The Bears open the regular season Sept. 2 at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On that Sunday, the plain and simple truth will begin to unfold. Youth Baseball McHenry minors Orioles 31, Sparrows 7: The winners were powered by 17 hits. Adam Orenberg and Nick Iannelli led the hitting attack three-for-three. Iannelli hit two doubles and knocked in three runs and scored four times. Ronnie Neece hit two triples and knocked in four runs while scoring four times. Ron Boneze added a homerun. Neece was the winning pitcher with 14 strikeouts. Chris Wilbus hit a double and a triple, while Jerry Luciano added a double. Pigtail Seniors Kiwanis 17, McHenry State Bank it: (June 1) Kiwanis' Kim Powers hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the contest and then Erin Money doubled in the seventh Greve also added a homerun for die winners, credited with three hits and three rbi's. Juniors Country Junction Drive In 2€, Happy Jacks 3: Heather Mack hit a grand slam, while winning pitcher Cami Schultz threw a five-hitter, struckout eight and only walked one to lead the winners. Mack finished the game four-for-four, eight ibi's and adding a double. Laurie Pottgetter was three-for-three with four rbi's and one homerun. Jenine Arient was two-for-two with four rbi's and Candy Broker knocked in five rbi's with two hits. Johnsburg majors Indians 5, Yankees 2: (June 3) A four-run third inning gave the Indians the edge. Jim Rorig led the winners with two hits and two rbi's. Mike Lewallen added a double and was the winning pitcher with three strikeouts and only allowing one walk. Indians 8, Twins 2: (May 31) Mike Lewallen slugged two homeruns and added a double for four runs scored and knocked in four. Tom Smith also doubled. Winning pitcher Trebor Hart struckout 13, while only allowing four hits and one walk. Indians 13, Wonder Lake Royals: (June 1) A nine-run third inning was the difference. Jim Rorig led the winners with two singles and five stolen bases, while scoring three times. Winning pitcher helped out at the plate with three hits, including a triple. On the mound, Hall struckout 11 and gave up only one walk. school student whose bodies are still growing, Ditka recom­ mended for the young athletes to work with weights, endurance, conditioning and some running work. "A specific training program should be geared to the in­ dividual athletes. The students' goal is to improve the athlete's endurance. Lots of repititions with weights and running a variety of timed sprints (40 yard dashes to 440 yards dashes) are the best exercises to improve endurance." Ditka discouraged running four or five miles a day as way to increase an athlete's en­ durance. "Aeorbics are geared toward increasing the car­ diovascular ability. However, it does not have much application to football." When working with the weights, Ditka said the athletes should concentrate their efforts on the large muscle groups such as; shoulder, back, legs and trunk. "Squats and a variety of leg lifts are some of the best exercises to build up these muscle groups," Ditka said. Determinatin plays a big role in off-season training said the Bears head coach. "Exercising with someone else often makes exercising easier. The competition between two people will improve an athlete's motivation to excel." Ditka respects those athletes who exercise alone. "I like to exercise alone, but it takes a lot of self-discpline to routinely follow an exercise routine and to MIKE DITKA push yourself to your limit " Participating in other sports and keeping active athletically all year-round was another way Ditka agreed was helpful to being physically ready to play football. "Being involved in other sports will help keep an athlete active and may prevent them from becoming out of shape Different sports teach different things and some of the skills may be valuable, even though they don't directly relate to football. But it is always good to find new ways to improve eye hand foot coordination." While Ditka felt studeot athletes should participate in a variety of sports, he also added that an athlete who is really dedicated, or has a lot of potential in a certain spent, should concentrate on that sport. McHENRY COUNTRY CLUB INVITES YOU TO JOIN US FOR SUNDAY BRUNCH served every Sunday from 10am-2pm ADULTS *7.25 CHILDREN(™>ii')$5.95 V 820 N. JOHN ST.. McHENRY 383-1072 / SPORT FANS... I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW Browgkt to you by Phil Oeffling Hero's a baseball oddity for you . 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