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V. Page 23 - PI.AI>I)KAI.KK HKK 41.I), ^ H>M-Sl)4> . IIKCKMBKH 5. I'W4 Sports Warrior mat men take two Key injuries take sparkle off 5-1 record The McHenry High School wrestling squad continued their early season success, claiming two dual meet victories over the weekend. The Warriors trounced Warren at East Campus on Friday, 36-19, and edged Grayslake on the road Saturday 34-26. The two wins rais­ ed the Warriors' record to 5-1. Despite the fine showings, there was a black cloud hanging over the team's head. Injuries con­ tinued to plague Coach Jerry Rankin's troops, as Chris Brown (155 lbs.) was lost for the season after suffering a dislocated shoulder Saturday. Randy Hawley will also be out of action for the Warriors for a couple weeks, Rankin said. Against Warren, it was pin-fest for McHenry. Junior Chris Mann (98) started things off with a pin of his Blue Devil opponent in 1:57. Mann raised his record to 5-0 with the win. Jason Hoffman (105) followed suit with a pin in 3:34. Aaron Mils- tein captured a 6-4 decision at 112 lbs., and junior Tom Wrona upped his season mark to 5-0 with a pin in 1:12. JUNIOR Dan Parisi pinned his Warren counterpart at 132 lbs. in 5:02, while Brown won at 155 lbs., 6-4. Heavyweight Mike Lobinsky, a senior, pinned his Blue Devil foe in 1:32. "We wrestled pretty well against Warren," Rankin said. "We had five sophomores in the lineup, and the score^was about what I had expected." The Warriors' win string moved to Grayslake Saturday, and six sophomores saw action in Rankin's iineup. "We wrestled six sophomores, and three of them won by pins. They've really risen to the occa­ sion. They've picked up the slack left, by our injuries," praised Rankin. MANN suffered his first defeat of the young season against Grayslake, a tough 8-7 loss. Hoff­ man lost to Pat Kasten, a state qualifier last year, 6-1. But the Warriors bounced back, as Milstein pinned his opponent in 3:10, Wrona won by forfeit and Ivan Cvitkovic (126) won by a pin in 4:47. At 138, David Parisi, a sophomore in his first varsity match ever, won 11-0. .it Brown lost by default after his injury. Steve Scheuer won by pin at 167, and Lobinsky kept his perfect (4- 0) record intact with a pin at 2:42. "There's really nothing you can do about injuries," Rankin said. "Every team has to contend with them. You just hope the rest of your team can come in and do the job. So far this year, our guys have." ABOUT McHenry's sparkling 5-1 start, Rankin admitted he is surprised. "I really didn't expect us ts^be 5- 1 We've played tougher schools to this point than we did last year at this time. "I'm pleased with the progress of the entire team," Rankin said. "But we have to remember it's not how you start, but how you finish." The Warriors will open Fox Valley Conference play against Crystal L6ke Central at East Campus Friday night. " W E ' R E d o i n g s o m e experimenting in the early part of the season. Our whole objective is to point for the conference and district meets, and try to qualify some kids for sectional and state. That's our philosophy." McHenry entered the weekend with four undefeated wrestlers, and came out of the battles with just two, Wrona and Lobinsky. Mann lost his first match of the young season Saturday, and junior Dennis Gaines (185) lost both of his matches. "He wrestled two real good kids," noted Rankin. "One of the matches he only lost 3-2. As a team, we're wrestling pretty good right now." McHenry's Dan Parisi (132 lbs.) looks to be in a heap of trouble against his Warren opponent Friday night. But Parisi got out of the jam and Plalndealer Herald photo by Otrli Juzwik recorded a pin, helping the Warriors to victory. The McHenry matmen will host Crystal Lake Central Friday night at East Campus. Skyhawk grapplers win R-B tourney RICHMOND -- The Johnsburg Skyhawk wrestling team captured the Richmond-Burton Classic Saturday, outdistancing second- place Valley Lutheran by over 50 points. "We're real happy," conceded Johnsburg coach Mike Roberts Monday. "Things are really fall­ ing into place for us. We're very pleased with the way things are going." v a, m The Skyhawks boasfeVfoi dividual champions. Ed Klein won the title at 105 lbs, Jim Walker raised his season record to 4-1 by winning the championship of the 126-lb. class, Mark Dumelle is now 5-1 after capturing the 167-lb. title, and heavyweight Bob Bentz re­ mained undefeated, winning his category. The junior is now 5-0-1. "Winning this tournament was one.pf our goals at the beginning of the season," Roberts said. "And we achieved it. We were cautious­ ly optimistic going in, because we have such a young team. But we were second last year, so we thought we had a good chance to win it this time." ROBERTS lauded the efforts of Terry Eifler (119), who finished in second place. "He had to wrestle a pony match just to get into the opening round," Roberts explained. "He pinned that guy, and then came back 45 minutes later, and pinned the number one seed in the first round. Eifler eventually lost to Tim Haack of Timothy Christian, 10-9 in the final, his first loss in five outings this season. "He picked up so many team points for us," Roberts continued. "He just did an outstanding job. I'm thrilled about him." Bentz won by pins in all three of his matches, all in the first round. "He had an outstanding per­ formance," Roberts said of his heavyweight. Roberts also noted the fine showing of freshman Jesse Basile, who finished second at 112, raising his season record to 4-1. "HE'S THE only freshman in lineup," Roberts said, "and he finishes second. But he's upset with himself because he didn't win the final. And he's just a freshman. That says a lot about the quality type of kids we have in our program. Those are the kind of intangibles we in the coaching world look for in an athlete." About senior Dumelle: "He lways wrestles well. Whenever re nefcdTiUTdoSf^H! look for Mark. He's a real leader." "We're right where we want to be," Roberts said. JHS' Thoren, at 132 lbs., took third place, upping his season record to 4-1. JOHN Shlman took third at 138, his record now standingat 3-1. Brian Hauck (145) and Pat Bjer- ning (185) each took fourths for Johnsburg. Bjerning is 4-2; Hauck 2-3-1. McHenry girls ripped ROUND LAKE - The McHenry girls' basketball team opened its season Monday night on what can quite simply be called 'a downer.' The Lady Warriors of Coach Pat Wirtz dropped a 73-39 deci­ sion to the Panthers, a team which McHenry defeated for two of the three Warrior vic­ tories in 1983. Point guard Renee Mezzano was out of action for McHenry as her recurring knee injury surfaced. „ "We've. gpt some work to do," Wirtz said. "They had so much size on us." Center Theresa Bentz scored 38 points to lead Round Lake. Bentz and Johnna Stager scored all their team's third quarter points, as the Warriors were outscored in the period 21- 9. Bentz added 15 tallies in the final quarter. "We weren't too bad off in the first quarter or at halftime," Wirtz said. The Warriors trail­ ed by just six -- 14-8 -- at the quarter, and 30-18 at halftime. "We really weren't in real bad shape." But the Round Lake size helped the panthers to jump out to a 51-27 lead after three quarters. Patti Johnson and Cindy Gaines paced McHenry with eight points each. Kim Buche and Kris Carlson had six apiece, and Peg Chilvers five. Thft. JILwcrior*. SQBhomprgj*. crushed Round Lake 44-22. 4 The Warriors will jump out of the fire and into the frying pan, as they host state-ranked Wauconda Thursday night at West Campus. "They aren't that big," Wirtz noted, "but they'll run-and-gun and press the heck out of us " The sophomore game will begin at 6 p.m. McHENRY (Continued from page24) ice the win If Ludwig could find solace amidst the bumping and bruising, it was the play of his bench. "That's one advantage of get­ ting into foul trouble," Ludwig conceded. "Our bench did a good job." ANOTHER plus on the McHenry side was the defense played on Kohl, whom Ludwig said has "always hurt us in the past." In the Boylan tourney, the Grant center scored 19 against the Warriors. --A*Oniy 1 appoints9-" Ludwig ask­ ed. "I didn't think We played him that well. We tried to put three guys around him. Ten points, huh? That's the best we've ever done against him." Ludwig said the Warriors' defense isn't his major concern. "We're supposed to be a running team, but we're not doing it," he lamented. "I'm real disappointed in our fast break. We're getting the ball, and going, but we're not «Marian wrestlers fourth at Richmond RICHMOND - Marian Central's wrestling team finished a takedown or two from third place as the Hurricanes boasted two champions and one second-place finisher at the nine-team Richmond-Burton Invitational Saturday. Marian, in fourth place, had 104 points just one point away from third-place Timothy Christian which had 105. Johnsburg won the event while Valley Lutheran was second. "They performed very well. I was real pleased," Marian Coach Mike Garvey said. "The thing that made me happiest is that most of them showed im­ provement. They're showing that the hard work is starting to pay off. "After all, it doesn't do any good for me to believe in them if they don't believe in themselves' first." Sophomores Rich Powers and Jim Gardner won individual championships for the Hurricanes at 145 pounds and 155 pounds, respectively. Chris Noe was the runner-up at 138 and Bill Creighton and Tom Snow finished third. Ben Tauge, Marian's 98-pounder and heavyweight John Powers took fourths. "The quality of the com­ petition down there has im­ proved each year I've been here," Garvey said. "That's why finishing fourth is nothing to be ashamed of." Rich Powers, who was totally dominating in winning three matches by pin, according to his coach, spent a total of 6:55 on the mat - the equivalent of two matches and one minute. He stuck Hampshire's Sorg in 2:32 and came right back for a 56- second pin of Timothy Christian's Steve Larson. In the championship match, Powers pinned Big Foot's Kevin Collier in 3:27. "He scored 30-some points in those three matches and didn't give up any points and then he went ahead and stuck them," Garvey said. "From the first whistle of every match, he was in control." Gardner won with somewhat the same ease as did his teammate. Gardner scored only one pin in three matches, but he racked up 36 points in his other two to win going away. He opened with a 20-2 shellacking of Hampshire's Mike Fluery and then pinned Johnsburg's Jeff Carden in 4 19. In the finals, Gardner had little trouble in beating Timothy Christian's Don Pethokowkis, 16-5. Noe won two matches before losing in the 138-pound finals to Hampshire's Jim Quilico bv pin at 1:27. In getting to the cham­ pionship, Noe decisioned TC's Peter York, 13-8, and then stopped Richmond-Burton's Ken Radcliffe, 10-8, in a - close semifinal. Bill Creighton took a third place for Marian as the Im­ pounder open< d with a pin over Alden-Hebron's Boyle in just 44 seconds. Creighton was then defeated by eventual-champion Tim Haack, Timothy Christian, 8-0. In the wrestleback, Creighton edged Hampshire's Tory Randels, 4-2. In the third- place match, the Hurricane grappler bumped Valley Lutheran's Alex Pomremke, 11- 6. Tom Snowi went a similar route as did Creighton. Snow opened by nipping Ron Desantis, Timothy Christian, 6-5, and then was decisioned by Johnsburg's Jim Walker, 6-3. running the fast break we//." Ludwig said he believes his' ! team is, however, in shape to start the Fox Valley circuit. "We're ready. We've got some * things' to work on, but we'll be ready." The McHenry sophomores drop­ ped a 45-33 decision to Grant. The. Bulldogs opened up a big lead ' after the game was tied at halftime at 18. Freund's 16 points gave him game-high scoring honors. Hill, chipped in a dozen, and Dunne 11.V Wehrstein's 14 paced Grantj», which dropped to 3-4 with the loss. GRANT: Pat King 0 0-0 0; MarV, Kohl 4 2-5 10; Brian Kelly 4 0-0 8;- Frank Wehrstein 5 4-4 14; Mat . Dabrowski 1 0-0 2; Gary Hartig 2 " 3-3 7; Casey Mull in 0 0 0 0. Totals; • 169-12 -- 41. McHENRY: Pat Dunne 5 1-3 11 • Craig Hill 4 4-5 12; J.R Wright 0 0- 0 0; Scott Freund 4 8-9 16; Joe To^ " nyan 2 0*0 4; Chris Anderson 0 0-0 - 0; Bob Nolan 0 0 1 0; Mark • Etheridge 1 0-0 2; Rich White 0 0-0 . 0. Totals: 1613-18-- 45 GRANT- 8 12 9 12- 41 McH -8101512- 45 Total fouls (fouled out): Grant 19 (Hartig, Dabrowski) McHenry 16 (Wright). FOX VALLEY CONFERENCE Conf All WL WL Woodstock. 10 42 Dundee-Crown 10 3 3 CLCentral 10 23 McHENRY 0 0 24 Jacobs 0 1 2 4 Cary-Grove....' 0 1 15 CL South 0 1 15 Friday'8 Results: Central 54, South 44 Woodstock 70, Jacobs 53 Dundee-Crown 70, Cai y-G 36 * Saturday's Results: Glenbard North 70, South 42 Woodstock 59, Waukegan W 57 McHenry 45, Grant 41 Marengo 73, Jacobs 59 Elgin 74, Dundee-Crown 71 1 , SERVICE SPECIAL1 figfraH9 Of THE WEEK 'MCHENRY9M N. FRONT ST. DON'T SET CAUGHT OUT IN THE COLD! Nave Your Car TUNED 59 12 ' REGULAR PRICE 81.32- •PRICE IS BASED ON LATE MODEl LULL SIZE GM PASSENGER CAR •PRICE INCLUDES REPLACEMENT OF SPARK PLUGS. 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