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editor Woody Woes Plaindealer photos by Sam Natrop It was a rough day for those McHenry High athletes sportin' it in Woodstock Thursday. Bri­ an Franks, left, and his Warrior golf teammates lost to the Blue Streaks 171-178, despite a pair of 43's shot by Franks and Chris Howertsen, While the Warrior linksters were having a tough time on the course, the Warrior spikers were having much the same problems on the courts. Bonnie Appleyard, right, goes up against two Woodstock de­ fenders. The Warriors and Streaks split the first two games, but Woodstock won the third for the match. Grid Picks If you want to talk about studly picking of high school football games. . .don't look to the Illustrious Board of Prognosticators. The board brought home a paltry 19-21 record last week with three 5-5s taking the top spot. Only Phil English couldn't break .500. But like the teams themselves, it takes the Grid Pickers awhile to get into the swing of the football season. Our pre-season drills This week's games Cary-Grove at Crystal Lake Central Chicago Schurz at Woodstock Richmond-Burton at Harvard Dundee-Crown at Jacobs McHenry at Crystal Lake South Marian Central at Grayslake Wauconda at Johnsburg Marengo at Lake Zurich HunUey at Hampshire New England at Chicago Sam Natrop 5-5 last week 10-5 overall Central Woodstock Richmond-Burton Jacobs South Marian Johnsburg Lake Zurich Huntley Chicago are over and now it's time to get down to winning. The Fox Valley, Big Eight and Northwest Suburban conferences all get underway this week, and the IBP is ready and raring to show its continual quest for flagrant mediocrity. Two-42. Two-42. Set. Hut. Hut. . Chris Juzwik 5-5 last week 11-9 overall Central Woodstock Richmond-Burton Jacobs South Marian Johnsburg Marengo Hampshire Chicago Phil English 4-6 last week 9-11 overall Central Woodstock Harvard Jacobs South Marian Johnsburg Marengo Huntley Chicago Mark Meyer 5-5 last week 12-8 overall Central Woodstock Richmond-Burton Jacobs- South Marian Johnsburg Marengo Hampshire Chicago Natrop: The only solace in being 5-5 last week is that someone did worse than I. Central should have no problems with Cary, nor should Jacobs with D-C nor Chicago with New England; Woodstock's offense has a score to settle with itself after a sub-par showing last week. Defense needs to remain tough, keep intensity and make 'Schurz' the big one doesn't get away; Marian's taken two on the chin. It's time to get the heads up and play with Hurricane pride. . .now; Rockets can be glad the game-time temperature will be less than 100 degrees. Only Friday, the Rocket defense may have the Hornets sweating; Johnsburg has to get into the 'W' column sometime this season, and Wauconda looks like the sacrifice lanu; McHenry's hurting now and South will pour iodine into those wounds on Saturd; y; Hunt ey looking for third in a row. 'Skins can whip the Whips with execution. Juzwik: This is; getting to me. I can't sleep nights. Can we start predicting swimming results This week, I'm sure of exactly five games: Johnsburg to whip Wauconda. Hampshire by a ton over Huntley, Richmond to take Harvard in a close affair, Central to pummel Cary-Grove, and Jacobs to annihilate Dundee-Crown. That wasn't so hard. But it's the remaining games that lead to .500 weeks. The Bears newly-discovered offense swamps New England. McHenry isran enigma, but with South at home, I like the Gators by six. Marengo should handle Lake Zurich, and Woodstock shatild send Schurz back to Chi-town a loser. Marian Central needs a win, should get it. Me? I may need a vacation. English: What's this? Four and six? I guess that means things can only get better. I should rest on the fact that two of my picks last week were within seven points of a win. Excuses, excuses. This week: SorryfTrojans, but the numbers tell the story. The Tigers are just a bigger team and will be at home for the second week in a row. They also had a chance to work out the kinks with West Chicago. But expect the Cary offense to be a bit of a surprise, while the defense will put some life into the game. McHenry'has been spotty in its last two outings, but still won't be able to score points, especially with a Gator defense like the one that stunned LakeTark. Big South win. That's really all that mattefs. Jacobs will win big, as will the Streaks. No surprises, no upsets. Maybe that's my problem. Meyer: The opening of the Fox Valley Conference provides several interesting matchups. Jacobs has an offensive edge over Dundee-Crown at this point, Eagles by 8. South overcomes a non-conference loss to throttle McHenry while Central has a field day with Cary-Grove. The best game of the week? Easy. Harvard and Richmond-Burton. Rocket head coach J. Randy Hofman will be put to the test in this one with the Hittin' Hornets coming off a 27-7 thrashing of Marian Central. Rockets by two -- in overtime. No upsets this week, but Patriots and "Champaign" Tony Eason may give shaky Bear defense a run for its money. South's Hight: We have to stop Pitel By Phil English Plaindealer sports writer CRYSTAL LAKE - Forget the 0-2 record. Forget two straight losses at home. Bob Hight is wary of McHenry. The Crystal Lake South football coach hopes his team is ready to tangle with the Warriors at South Saturday afternoon. The defending Fox Valley Conference champion Gators are 1-1 on the season. dy after efeat By Chris Juzwik Plaindealer JOHNSBURG -- It would be easy for Johnsburg's Skyhawks to lay down and die after losing a 21-point lead last Saturday in a 22-21 defeat to Nazareth'Academy. < But they're not quite prepared to do that. And even if they were, head coach Mike Roberts wouldn't let them. The 0-2 Skyhawks will open North­ west Suburban Conference play at home Saturday against Wauconda "We had a real good week of prac­ tice," Roberts said Thursday night. "We put in long hours all week, and I really think we're ready to go. "Wauconda has a multiple of­ fense. They threw it 21 times a week ago. They'll try to spread you out a little, and do a lot of things. We didn't do a good job of shutting down the short pass against Nazareth, but we've made some adjustments this week in hopes that we can shut that off." Offensively, one wouldnrt expect the Skyhawks to change much, after pouring in 21 points in a little over 24 minutes of play last week. "We scored 21, but we should have scored a couple more touchdowns," Roberts said. "Bill (offensive coor­ dinator Bill Hufckes) is a very cre­ ative person, and that's always go­ ing to help us. He's put in a couple more plays this week, a little more razzle-dazzle." Roberts cited the play ot Charlie Giovanni in the Nazareth loss. "After looking at the films, r think that Charlie Giovanni just had an outstanding game," Roberts said. "He was in charge of shutting down (Nazareth halfback James) Harris, and he did a great job on him. We lost the game on the short passes." Giovanni was solid in a stint at fullback, and came up with two in­ terceptions on passes intended for Harris. "He really looked said. "It's really easy kids after a game don't get down can't," Roberts said. "I truly believe these kids will bounce back. We just need to correct some things. We'll come back. We really don't have any choice." •- Wauconda comes into the game with a 1-1 season mark, topping Cary-Grove 18-7 in the season open­ er, and getting blitzed by Jacobs last week, 35-0. Roberts get down on that, but I this team, I sports Friday, September 13,1985 Johnsburg's Charlie Giovanni By Plaindealer sports staff FOX LAKE -- This is getting to be a ritual. And Sharal Johnson is none too happy about it. The Johnsburg High School volley­ ball coach watched helplessly Thursday night as her Skyhawks dropped their second straight match, this time to Grant, 2-15, 16- 14,10-15. Johnsburg is now 2-2 on the year, all four matches being Northwest Suburb ' Conference affairs. "We had problems with communi- cat» »n. v:ah ^isic fundamentals, witli, ..ilh serving," a disap­ pointed 'inson said. Johni ell to Round Lake Tuesday > ee games after start­ ing the season with two wins over Wauconda and Marian Central. "Yeah, we got off to a slow start, very slow. Grant, I think, put up the strongest hitting attack we've seen thus far." Johnson cited the play of Cindy Swartzloff and Jill Jurik as being the bright spots in an otherwise dis­ mal defeat. "Cindy and Jill were very aggres­ sive at the net, which was really nice to see. And Laura Oeffling did a nice job of serving. "I hope we can start making things right against McHenry," Johnson said. "We're looking for­ ward to being at home again." The Warriors and Skyhawks will face off Friday afternoon at JHS. Johnsburg spikers shocked "They have an awful lot of speed," Hight said of Coach Joe Schlender's unpredictable Warriors. "They have a lot of good people and we have to stay away from the big plays. * , - ,/ "They lost two games, but they also played two pretty good teams (Riverside-Brookfield and Gcant)," he added. "With that kind of speed, and that great of a fullback (Dana Pitel), it ought to be a good test for . our defense." Pitel, a senior, rambled for 107 yards last week, after rushing for 111 the week before against R-B. "Offensively, we have to learn to block a lot better," Hight said. "We actually moved the ball well a lot of the time last Saturday (a 14-9 loss to Lake Park) after looking at the game films, but we fumbled way too many times. People say that when you run the option, you fumble a lot, but these were not option fumbles. Maybe it had something to do with the heat, or maybe just lack of concentration. "We're still very inexperienced," he added. "The kids were kind of standing around, waiting for some­ thing to happen instead of being aggressive." South has plans to be aggressive, just as much as they have been in the past. With the return of Vince V ' Hellem, who aggravated his foot in last week's match, combined with running backs Mike Struck and Matt Feck, South boasts an ample ground game. South's main concern comes from the 5-11, 202-pound Pitel, who is one of the top rushers in the Fox Valley Conference. "I think the game will be won on the defense," Hight said. "Their fullback is a big boy. He runs very hard and has good speed, so to beat them, we have to take away their big play and stop him." r