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Tuesday: Volleyball: Johnsburg alt Maren- Hatfy, 4:30 p.m. ' Soccer: Wauconda atMcBenry, •:30 p.m. Tenuis: Johnsburg si/Marian Central; McHenry -WMw0p> Crown, 4:30 p.m. Soccer: McHenry at ftoekford Boylan, 4:30 p.m. v'̂ piPSR Thursday: Cross-Country: Johnsburg at Lake Zurich; McHenry at Bun- dee-Crown w/ Woodstock, 4: H p.m. • Volleyball: CL Souttf at McHen­ ry; Johnsburg at Wauconda, 4:30 By Plalndealer sports staff And because it's not nice to fool Mother Nature, Marian decided to ROUND LAKE -- Marian Cen- mess with something a little more in tral's golf team had two opponents its own league -- namely the North- Monday afternoon -- Round Lake west Suburban Conference, and Mother Nature. Playing in weather analagous to the school's nickname, the Hurri­ canes got a medalist-tying round from senior Steve Huemann as MC edged the Panthers, 184-188, in an NWSC tilt on a cold, windy afternoon. Huemann and RL's Tom Evers carded 41s for the low round of the day. Dan Morris came in second for Marian with a 44, Bill Darling had a 46 and George Frisch was fourth with 53. "Hie weather made it tough, real tough. It was raining as we got there and then it stopped and turned real windy and cold," said Hurricane golf coach Jim Speaker. "Between the cold and the wind, I was sur­ prised we stayed in the 180s." Speaker said his team showed "good common sense in dressing for the weather so that it wasn't a shock onCe they were on the course." Marian is now 4-2 in the Northwest Suburban Conference and 5-3 overall. Marian's JV lost for only the sec­ ond time this season by a 205-209 count to the Panthers. MC is 4-2 in conference action and 6-2 on the season. Holmes never the fighter Marciano was, and that's that By A1 Dunning Scripps Howard News Service Long before time and Michael Spinks caught up with him, Larry Holmes was caught up in a fight he couldn't win. Nobody, not even the heavy­ weight champion of the world, can hit a ghost. So Holmes was never going to beat Rocky Marciano., Legends are bulletproof, safe from coups plotted by mere mortals.. No football wizard will ever outcoach Bear Bryant at the Uni­ versity of Alabama or Vince Lombard! in Green Bay. Babe Ruth's home run records are gone, but the world will re­ member him longer than it re­ members the guys who broke them. So if Larry Holmes ever enter­ tained serious notions about sur­ passing Marciano in the hearts and minds of boxing followers, he was licked from the start. And because he pursued Rocky's re­ cord too long and lacked dignity at the end, Holmes diminished his own stature among titans of the heavyweight ring. Trying to match Marciano's 49-0 record, Holmes answered one bell too many over the week­ end. He lost a unanimous deci­ sion to Spinks, who five years ago wouldn't have lasted five minutes against Holmes. It was Chapter Umpteen of the oldest story in boxing -- an over-the-hill champ who refused to hear what the calendar was trying to tell him. Instead of going out gracefully and enhancing his own consider- Nobody, not even the heavyweight champion of the world, can hit a ghost. So Holmes was never going to beat Rocky Marciano. Legends are bulletproof, safe from coups plotted by mere mortals. Ceiling painters always will be ranked somewhere below Mi­ chelangelo. Nobody will ever sing "Burning Love" the way Elvis did. Or fly an airplane as heroically as Lindbergh. So it is and ever shall be with Marciano. His niche in boxing lore is secure. Trying to dislodge him is like trying to build a new landmark in Paris: They might build something taller, gaudier and more expensive than the Eif- , fel Tower, but nothing's ever go­ ing to appear on more postcards. The Rock was the first -- and so far only -- heavyweight box- fighting champion ever to leave' undefeated. The best anyone else can ever hope for is to be the second. Being first counts a lot with historians ... and among the worshipful masses in sports, it often counts for everything. Ask Roger Bannister; hundreds of guys have traveled a mile on foot faster than he did, but how many o f t h e i r n a m e s d o y o u remember? Strengthening the Marciano legend, of course, were the cir­ cumstances of his death. He died in a plane crash in 1969 at age 45, 13 years after his retirement as heavyweight champion. The tragedy etched his memory even deeper into the consciousness of a public that already idolized him. able stature among heavyweight boxing's most skilled craftsmen, Holmes diminished himself with some post-defeat cheap shots at Marciano. Undoubtedly his re­ marks were rooted in frustration and disappointment, but his post- fight behavior nonetheless will taint memories of his 4$-l record. Boxing fans will remember both Marciano and Holmes as guys who could whip circle saws. Granted, both fought a carload of bums. But both also fought, and whipped, the most dangerous heavyweights of their times. If many of those challengers were punchless palookas, neither Mar­ ciano nor Holmes could help it. They both took on whatever crawled into the ring with them, which is all the public can ask from its champions. Could Marciano have beaten Holmes? We'll never know; just as we'll never know whether Christopher Columbus could have rescued the America's Cup from Australia. What we do know is that The Rock was 49-0 and Holmes isn't. We also know that Marciano did it with class. Holmes loses on that scorecard, too. (A1 Dunning is sports editor of The Commercial Appeal in Mem­ phis, Tenn.) i Huemann, MC golfers topple Round Lake Tuesday, September 24,1985 Jacobs tops CHS golfers in tight one roll over Harvard Plalndealer photos by Mark Meyer McHenry's golf team fell to Jacobs in a dose Fox Valley Confer­ ence match at Pinecrest Golf and Country Club in Huntley Monday afternoon in the cold, damp weather. The Warriors were led by Chris Howertsen, who fired a 39. McHenry will host Crystal Lake Central Thursday at McHenry Country Club. By Plalndealer sports staff HUNTLEY -- Monday was cer­ tainly not an ideal day for golf, by anyone's standards. The wind and cool weather were enough to drive away even the most dedicated of linksmen. Nevertheless, Jacobs was able to lift its Fox Valley Conference to 2-1 by virtue of a 172-177 victory over visiting McHenry at Pinecrest Coun­ try Club. The win also upped the Golden Eagles' overall record to 5-3, while the Warriors remained win- less in the FVC at 0-4. . • "It was definitely not a good day for golf," said Golden Eagle head coach Cas Kowalski. "The wind was pretty gusty and that was enough to bother some of the kids. score of the day with a 41 while Dan Week and Kevin Stanek fired a pair of 43s. Briah Okon rounded out the Golden Eagle scoring with a 45. FOXVALLfeYCOl Golf NFERENCT^ Ooof. Overall CL Central ' Jacobs Woodstock Dundee-Crown Cary-Grove CL South MCHENRY Monday's Results: Jacobs 172, MCHENRY m Woodstock 177, Cary-Grove 1B4 CL Central 220, D-C 224 (playoff) Thursday's Matches: CL Central at McHENRY "I told them to try and cut down on their swings, but even that was tough to do on a day when the wind is really strong." As far as the Warriors were con­ cerned, Chris Howertsen earned medalist honors with a 39 while Bri­ an Franks and Darren Mereness shot 45 and 46, respectively. Phil Webb completed the McHenry top four with a 47. Dan Lamond carded Jacobs' low "It's tough to concentrate when the weather is like that," said Kowalski. "The cold weather was one thing, but the wind made it even worse." The Warriors will return to FVC action Thursday, Sept. 26, when they host Crystal Lake Central at McHen­ ry Country Club. Warriors seek win No. 2 Trent Castle, above, and the McHenry soccer team will seek their second win of the season Tuesday afternoon By Plalndealer sports staff \ HARVARD -- Now this is the way Sharal Johnson had envisioned it. Johnson, the volleyball coach at Johnsburg High School, had seen big things for her team before the sea­ son started. But the Skyhawks had a wrench thrown into their plans -- inconsistency -- as they dropped three straight matches. But things have since turned around. Johnsburg has begun to put it all together, and Monday night, Harvard was the brunt of the JHS strong play, as the Skyhawks topped the Hornets 15-9, 8-15,15-9 in a non- conference match at Harvard. Johnsburg is 5-3 on the season and will conclude the first half of the Northwest Suburban Conference schedule Tuesday at Marengo. The Skyhawks are 4-2 in the league. "Marengo's the only team we haven't seen yet," Johnson said. "We shouldn't have lost any of our conference matches, but it definitely gives us something to shoot for in the second half of the season. We have to make up for it." After the Hornets battled back to tie the match at 1-1, the Skyhawks raced out to a 13-4 lead, only to see the Hornets come back to close the gap to 13-9. JHS finally put the match away at that point. "We didn't serve very well to­ night. We missed two in the first game, six in the second and seven in the third," Johnson said. Senior Kelly Quinlan had nine good serves and five points to lead the Skyhawks. Senior Laura Oeffling had three aces and five good serves. Oeffling had five kills at the net, while senior Vicki DuBeau had four. "Laura has been consistent for us all year," Johnson said. " Very consistent. "Harvard had a very good at­ tacker, one of the best we've seen this year," Johnson said. "But we blocked her quite a few times and may have intimidated her. We were very aggressive defensively tonight. Our best blocking night of the year. "J DuBeau had five blocks, while ju­ nior Cindy Swartzloff and Oeffling added three each. "Our setting was really good, too," Johnson added. "Arlet Mann and Patty Butler both did a nice job * of setting." After traveling to Marengo Tues­ day, Johnsburg will play at Wau- conda Thursday. Plaindealer photo by Chris Juzwik