SECTION 2 - PAGE 20- PLA1>DF4LER-HERALD. FRIDAY , MAY 3.1965 Doubles trouble Solid play of Krodel, Leary pace JHS i. f, X ' i. i & • | #. & t k steady, doubles Dennis Leary, the Johnsburg tennis team won its second match of the season Tuesday, tipping Marian Central 4-1 in a Northwest Suburban Conference meeting. Johnsburg is now 2-7. on the year, 2-3 in the NWSC. Krodel and Leary now have a record of 10-2 on the year, in cluding a championship title at the Jacobs Invitational last Saturday. i "They've done real well," said JHS coach Mark Pasztor. "We're starting to get some of the other guys, the freshmen, NWSC Tennis winning some matches now too." - ... r Against Maria#, Krodel and Leary whipped Bill Darling and Barry Lamb, 6-2, 6-3, while the second doubles tandem of Andy Krodel and Tom Valiant did the same to Mark Ladd and Ken Frahm, 6-2, 6-3. v Freshman No. 1 singles player Joe Hogan won his second match of the year, topping Steve Huemann 6-2, 6-3, and No. 3 singles player Craig Zvonar, also a frosh, toppled Matt Penzinger 6-3, 6-4. The onlv Sky hawk loss came at No. 2, where Dave Hen- drixson fell to Yun Kim, 6-1, 6-1. "Our younger guvs are really starting to develop," noted Pasztor. "We're coming along just fine.*' Johnsburg was scheduled to host Marengo Thursday, and Wauconda next Tuesday, ending the d dual meet season. Next weekend, the NWSC meet will be held at Round Lake and Grant. "We think that Krodel and have a good charice^of the championship at ice," said Pasztor. "They lo§t to the team from Grayslake in conference, but came back and beat them at Jacobs. So, they've got a good shot at it." . Leary winning corifere Area bowlers vie for titles JOHNSBURG - When the going gets tough, the tough get rolling. Well, something like that. With one week to play in the McHenry County Bowling Tournament at Johnsburg Bowl and Richmond Bowl, several competitors from Johnsburg have risen to the top of the standings, and ready them selves for the final series. In singles play, two par ticipants from Johnsburg Bowl - Bret Hoffman ana Don Thielson - are in a dead heat, knotted at 737. In second place in the singles division, is John Toberman, also of Johnsburg Bowl, with a 726 score. Bob Wasilowski of Crystal Bowl in Crystal Lake checks in third with 717. Tt»e doubles competition is just^s hotly-contested. Leading the pack is William Hladik and Phil Laumbacker of the King Pin Bowl in Fox River Grove, with 1,353. Tied for second are Johnsburg Bowl's Pete Lieser and Mike Weingart, with 1,349, and Devery Strissal and Roger Pendrov of Bowl Hi in Huntley. R. Pierce and K. Lange of Wayne's in Woodstock feH to third place, with 1,326 pins. The team event, which is being p played at Richmond, finds Serv All Die from Crystal Bowl in first with 3,144. Ormsby Leasing from Metro Bowl in CL is second with 3,127. Ormsby Motors from the Crystal Bowl is third with 3,114, and McHenry- Woodstock Disposal, of the Johnsburg Bowl, is fourth at 3,113. The final round of play will Bowling take place Sunday. this Saturday and In other bowling happenings around the county, the 26th Annual Illinois State Youth Singles Bowling Tournament was begun recently, as 350 youth bowlers entered the preliminary round of the event at nine bowling centers in» McHenry County, Ninety-one advanced to the McHenry County Affiliate Round, held at Edgetown Bowl in Woodstock, which ended last week. Out of those 91, nine will represent McHenry County at the Illinois State Youth Singles Tournament, to be held in Oak Lawn June 15. The winner of the major boys division was Bryan Anderson of Johnsburg, who checked in with a 717 series. Shannon Bill of Richmond was first in the major girls, with 698. Deric Blanken of Crystal Bowl won the bantam boy category with a 526 series, while Palace Bowl's Shannon Scott was third with 517. In the bantam girl division, Kathy Whiteman of Johnsburg Bowl was first, with 468. The prep boy • winner was Johnsburg Bowl's Chris Strossner, with 530, finishing one pin ahead of Scott Creden of Palace. Palace's Tiffany Miller's 543 series won her the prep girls title, while Johnsburg's Kristin Nordling was third with a 511. In the junior boys grouping, Ken Rado of Crystal Bowl was tops with 759, while Cliff Calson of Woodstock's Edgetown Bowl was second, 691. Johnsburg's Paul Dullberg was third in this division with a 668 series, and also won the distinction of rolling the. tour nament's high game, an im pressive 254. Kathy York of Harvard Bowl had 684 to win the junior girls' championship, while Carrie McManon of Johnsburg had 672 to grab third. . - - er-Herald News Service photo by Jerome J. Edler Johnsburg's Tim Krodel reaches for a shot dur- tral in Woodstock Tuesday, the second win of ing the Skyhawks' 4-1 victory over Marian Cen- the season for JHS. Warriors blanked by South,but edge Cary, 3-2 Rain interrupted McHenry's chance to knock off Cafy-Grove in a Fox Valley Conference tennis match a week ago, but the weather couldn't stop the Warriors Wednesday. McHenry picked up where they left off, as sophomore Scott Smith claimed a victory over C- G's Troy Pawelko at second singles to give McHenry a 3-2 victory, helping break a four- match Warrior losing string. The Warriors were shutout Tuesday by Fox Valley powerhouse Crystal Lake South, 5-0. McHenry is now 2-3 in the FVC. A match against Crystal Lake Central was scheduled for Thursday. "It was nice to get the win over Cary," said McHenry coach Gary Gray. No. 1 singles player Gary Strom and third singles player Tom Wrona had already won matches over their Cary opponents prior to the rainout, so the locals held a 2-0 lead when the match was resumed Wednesday. The Warrior doubles teams of FVC Tennis i just gritted his teeth and ifterhim," Gray said. "He Randy Weidemann-Tom Wynveen and Bill Etheridge- .Tim Gray suffered losses, but Smith overcame a deficit to win in three sets, 6-4. 5-7. 7-5. "He went af turned it around for us." But Smith and the Warriors could do nothing to stop the Gator express in Crystal Lake Tuesday. The five-time defending FVC champs routed McHenry 5-0. Gray moved Strom to No. 1 doubles, teaming the senior with Weidemann in an attempt to knock off South juniors Tim Dagley and Mike Foley, Who are undefeated in the league. The Gator duo prevailed, 6-1, 6-4. "Actuallv, it worked out . okay," said Gray of the move. "The match lasted a long time, as long as some three set matches. It's possible they'll team u up in the districts." Smith was beaten by Scott Meier at No. 1 singles, 6-0, 6-2. Wrona lost to Pat Rogers at No. 2, 6-0, 6-0, and Etheridge was whipped by Frank Swekosky at No. 3, 6-1, 6-2. Gray and Wynveen lost their second doubles match to Peter Salzmann and Wayde Frederichs, 6-1, 6-0. t. gets major honor; BySamNitrop PUmMv Hflrtkl Niii Dirrkt WOODSTOCK - It started out being an honor, m0mm % up being a Woodstock who is a Sgt. Malvin Lien, comes this resident, at stale selected to run in the Lincoln, Neb., as part of the National Guard's "Leading fhe Way To Fitness" marathon is this ym) said he didn't have to qualify for the 26-mile, 385- yard rim, and added that he didn't exactly know how be was chosen, "I've been on the State of Illinois biathlon team for two yg#*s. I guess they got le from that," said "But those were 10- planned to taper down to two , or three miles at the end of the week. "But the weather hasn't been . real cooperative," he said. "It's«something to be proud of to be hosen as one Of nine people i Illinois to ritn," he said. "Not everyone can say they ran that far. "R'll be fun to sho^ the here that you can be do something if you put your mind to it." 11* top 10 runners at the marathon will be picked to the all-Guard team, wfcfch will tour the country and help conduct similar marathons and fitness there's not much Woodstock three he r«r -a "I'm not at the world-class level. There'll be some workMass distance run ners at this thing," He will compete in the 30-34 year- old age division, one of 10 §ge marathon he ran was 1 what I'mi femHhour mark," he said. Lien will leave Friday and - return Sunday. "For some "lest A tot he said/ is a heckuva lot longer than lOititoineters." A biathlon is a race that combines cross and rifle The Crystal Lake High School graduate said he has run in two marathons before - both in the early 1970s. "That was a long time ago," "There's a lot of around here. The t are reminding me that 0es is a long run, so it's a dare, Can I do it or IT* '• Lien began training for marathon last and has "hit it for the last month- Early this week t running eight miles a (he ran 13 miles r), and said he tfCTPf* ill : r . : 1 f wmm Plaindealer-Herald photo by Chris Juzwik Tom Wrona of McHenry returns a shot during a recent match. Marengo trips Skyhawks MARENGO - Johnsburg and Marengo locked horns on the ooftball field almost one month ago, w with the always tough Indians claiming an easy 16-1 victory. „ . Wednesday, the two teams met a again, with a more seasoned Skyhawk team ready to avenge the defeat. The 'Hawks couldn't do it - but they came awfully close, falling 6-4 in a Northwest Suburban Con ference dual. Marengo has one league loss, to first-place Lake Zurich. Johnsburg stands at 4-3 in the NWSC,x7-3 overall, tied for third in the circuit with Grant. "We've definitely improved since then," said JHS coach Todd Lewison. "Offensively ill. NWSC Softball four hits and a walk in the frame. Marengo would collect just two more hits and one more walk the rest of the game, but to grab the lead. The Skyhawks scored three we're not quite ready to play. Once we get into the flow of the game we're fine. But that takes awhile." ' It took about one inning too long Wednesday. Sophomore Cindy Swartzloff walked, stole second, and scored on two consecutive wild pitches, to give the visiting Skyhawks a 1-0 lead. But the Indians scored five times^jn the , first off losing pitcher Swartzloff, who allowed Johnsburg couldn't get enough times in the fifth, as Cris May, Kelly Quinlan and Tracy Scheer tallied to make it 5-4, Marengo. May had a double and Swartzloff a single in the stanza, the only JHS hits of the game. Marengo plated an insurance run in the s ix th , and he ld on fo r the 6-4 triumph. "We played well," said Lewison. "I was happy with our play. We were a little tight at the start, but by the fifth and sixth, we hit better. It was re^l windy out there, and every bail was just going straight up. "Defensively we played okay. We made a couple of errors m the first, and another in the sixth that let them score. We seemed a little hesitant, like we weren't, quite sure what to do at ^imes." Johnsburg was scheduled to finish a game with Round Lake prior to the regularly-scheduled contest with the Panthers, - on Thursday. The Skyhawks will play at Marian Central Monday.