V w;K « - IMAIVUfcW.KH - FKH>AV. HK4-KMHKH «»• **'-* Five McHenry Runners Are National Champs On The Sidelines RlWALSH So I Hear SPORTS EDITOR George P. Freund, another good and true friend left this earth for a better place this VML ^ Known as "Mr. Mayor" by many friends long after his retirement from office, George enjoyed real stature in our community. Up from the ranks of hard working, God fearing and God loving men, George combined his million dollar smile with fairness and sound judgment to become a strong leader. Since illness began to take its toll, 11 visited George several times, but not as often as I should have. Ill miss my friend -- miss him a lot. But, McHenry's loss is heaven's gain. Something new has been added. Drive past the Bob Blaney home and you can't miss the green (extra green) trees out front. Somebody in there must be Irish. Dear Earl: We bought a condo in Florida and moved down here for 6 months. Location 82 miles north of Tampa. Thought you would like to know I enjoyed the Bear win so so much. Best regards to all -- don't forget Bimbos. Thoughtfully yours, Bill Molnaire And, thoughtful it was, Bill, for you to remember us with your note and clippings from The Tampa Tribune. The Christmas season is busy as usual. The annual Rotary dinner party at McHenry County Club Sunday night drew a large and happy crowd. As I looked over the crowd, memories of the past twenty odd years made me realize that many former members have moved away, strayed away or passed away. They are nice to remember and hard to forget. Right on the heels of that party came the Senior Citizens' Christmas dinner at West Campus with about 250 members present. George Collette sat at a table -- the only man with a flock of ladies. He really put the rest of us on the spot the way he waited on those girls. The Seniors were royally entertained by that now famous Sweet Adeline group. The singers said we should have seen them on Saturday night when four male singers were added. No question. Men do add a lot! But, I'd rather look at the girls. One fellow asked, "Do you know what makes that group so good? It is because every one of them shows they are enjoying what they are doing." That I believe. It is also true of every group that entertains for pleasure. Singers and musicians fall in that class. One woman was telling about depression days when she turned the collars and cuffs on her husband's shirts. A man across the table retorted, "In those days you were glad to have a shirt". Hope you have noticed the fine reports we have been enjoying on the McHenry High Wrestling Warriors. The articles are so well written that we are giving Lynne Sobczak a by-line. She didn't ask for it. Her reports add much) to our sports section. Five McHenry boys were part of the seven member Lakers Running Club team that won the 12-13 year old Junior Olympics Cross Country National Cham pionship held in Hightstown, New Jersey Saturday, Dec. 8. Over 200 boys represen ting all states participated in the AAU event at the Peddie school in Hightstown. The Lakers qualified for this meet by placing second as a team in the regional meet held in Dayton, Ohio Saturday, Nov; 17. Despite winds of up to 50 mph and less than ideal running conditions the boys' team score of 235 points gave them first {dace and the national championship. The members of the team and their places in finishing are: ' Nick Kalivas Glen Ellyn Jim Lane, Crystal Lake Brian Wright, McHenry Chris Creutz, McHenry 14th 16th 46th 56th Freshman Basketball Tourney At Johnsburg Steve Carby, McHenry 103rd Darren Cepulis, McHenry 110th Jeff Wallace, McHenry 122nd These boys are coached by Jim Lane. Several parents accompanied them on the trip. A motor home was used for traveling and sleeping...all boys agreed that it was a great ex perience and are looking forward to next year. P.S. The windows kept falling out of the motor home! FOX VALLEY CONFERENCE BASKETBALL Johnsburg high school is sponsoring a freshman basketball tournament on Dec. 19, 20 and 21. Par ticipating schools are McHenry, Richmond, Round Lake and Johnsburg. McHenry meets Round Lake at 4:40 p.m. on Wed nesday, Dec. 19 in the first game of the tournament. Johnsburg takes on Rich mond at 6 p.m. On Thursday Round Lake vs. Johnsburg at 4:30 p.m. and Richmond vs. McHenry at 6 p.m. In the final day of the tournament, Friday, Round Lake meets Richmond at 4:30 p.m. and Johnsburg challenges McHenry at 6 p.m. One trophy will be issued to the team with the best record in the tournament. If two teams have the same number of wins and losses, then the team that has the least total amount of points scored against them will be declared the winner. If a tie still remains, then the team with the highest total free throw percentage for the tournament will be declared the winner. McHenry Crystal Lake S. Dundee Crystal Lake C. Jacobs Cary Grove Crown Woodstock w 1 pts opp 2 0 142 114 0 148 109 0 135 122 1 115 139 1 108 130 2 120 153 2 124 130 2 114 119 SCORERS fg " tp Gliesman, Crown 20 4 44 Greve, McHenry 19 5 43 Meyer, Cary Grove 16 11 43 Schaefer, Jacobs 15 5 35 (5 tied with 30) Gwen Bennett Geraldine Haner 133 133 Warriors In Showdown Tonight Against Gators By Dick Rabbitt The McHenry High "Fighting Warriors" will host the Crystal Lake South "Gators" in an early showdown of Fox Valley leaders tonight at Buckner ^Gym.jBoth teams are 9J^rently 2 and 0 in the ^conference along, with Dundee. The Warriors have defeated Jacobs and Crown, while the Gators have defeated Cary Grove and city rival the Tigers from Crystal Lake Central. The "Gators" of South coached by Gary Collins are picked by the coaches along with the Warriors as the team to beat this season. Collins lost some of his regulars from last year's regional winner, but will still have three lettermen to call upon. Leading his returning crew are Dean Anderson a 6'6" center, Tom Neustetter a 6'4" linebacker in football and forward, along with 6'3" forward Bruce Christensen. The Gators for the season are 3 and 4, but their losses have been close. The Warriors of Ken Ludwig would like nothing better than to hang a defeat on the Collins crew. Last year the "pupil" defeated the old master twice, and that doesn't happen often to a Ken Ludwig coached team. The Warriors fresh from a win over Crown, and a disappointing loss to Grant, are ready and able to meet the "Gators". Having found the concept of team play, the' Warriors played super basketball over the past weekend. The defense has improved, and their passing off to teammates in the open is something to behold. Now if they can only eliminate the unnecessary fouls away from the ball, they could really be a tough ball club. With the FVC lead at stake, a good crowd is expected tonight. McHenry Police Officers Association Jr. Bowling League Week of Dec. 8,1979 Team Standings Team no. 9: won 24, lost 18, 37,363 pins. Angelo Tirado, Mark Peterson, Jeff Bjorn, Ricky Williams and Mark Dunford. Team no. 10: won 24, lost 18, 37,060 pins. Jesse Tirado, David Ricker, Mike Walsh, David Toussaint and Jeff Grandt. Team no. 1: won 24, lost 18, 34,928 pins. Debbie Allen, Shona Adelizzi, Kari Bracker, Gwen Bennett and Laura Clewis. High Series - Girls Marlene Krueger 372 Kim Loesch 348 Gwen Bennett 334 High Game-Girls Marlene Krueger 144 Maureen Serritella 134 MARIAN CENTRAL SPORTS NOTES Frosh B-Ball Scores Dec. 8, Marian vs. Driscoll - Marian 45 - Driscoll 44. Top Scorers: All from McHenry: Jim Leon, 10 pts., Mark Thompson, 12 pts. and Tim Truckenbrod, 12 pts. Marian vs. Montini - Marian 41 - Montini 45. Top Scorers: J. Leon, 13 pts., M. Thompson, 8 pts. and T. Truckenbrod, 11 pts. Johnsburg Skyhawks Hit The Road This Weekend By Randy Swikle The Johnsburg Skyhawks take to tjie road this weekend for games at Beloit Catholic Friday night and Grant Saturday night. The Beloit Catholic Crusaders have the same record as the Skyhawks, 1-1 in the Shark Conference and 5-1 overall. Last year the Skyhawks defeated the Crusaders 72-54 and 72-59. The Skyhawks also defeated Grant High School last season on the Johnsburg court. The overtime contest ended 67-65 in favor of the Johnsburg club. Directions for getting to Beloit Catholic (Brother Dutton Gym) -Take 120 to Charles road. -Charles road to McGuire road (turn left). . jj 11 -McGuire road to 14 in Harvard (turn right). -Rt. 14 to stop light (173) (turn left). -173 to White Oaks road (turn right). -White Oaks Road to Hunter road (turn left). -Hunter to 51 (turn right).;; -51 to Jet. 51 and 75; (Gardner St.) (turn left at Holiday Inn). -Gardner to end* (Blackhawk Blvd.) turn right. -Blackhawk to 1st light. (Sgt. Pepper's) turn left : (Shirland Ave.) i. High Series - Boys David Toussaint 387 David Ricker 382 Pat Ziebel 377 High Game - Boys Jesse Tirado 163 Pat Ziebel 158 Wayne Dixon 157 Highest Games Over Average: Noel Mecure (52>, 128; Laura Dworniczek (66), 124; Terri Williams, (76), 128; Geraldine Haner, (90), 133; Chris Linderman, (72), 112; M. Serritella, (781, 116; Kim Loesch, (89), 123; Cecilia Serritella, (83), 117; Shona Adelizzi, (69), 101; Ted Dawdy, (70), 134; John Divita, (86), 147; Jeff Grandt, (60), 120; j Richard Dobberlin ., (55), 109; Mark Peterson, (101), 150;. Christopher Maxson, (87), 132; Jim Shaver, (93), 135 and Ricky Williams, (71), 106. ATTENTION PARENTS: There will no bowling Dec. 22 due to Christmas holiday. Jan. 5 will be parents' day at the bowling alley. We would like to see at least one if not both parents attend. We are also looking for 2 boys and 1 girl between 6th and 8th grade to fill some vacancies. Contact Mrs. Maxson, 385-5190. McHenry School League Raymond's Bowl Decemeber 5,1979 This week was position bowl and Just For Fun finally got out of the -Shirland to Hackett St. (1 block past Rosen and Shanes) turn right. -Hackett to Brother Dutton school (gym on back side of school). Coach Bob Kies suggests that all Skyhawks fans arrive at the gym quite early, because there is very limited seating and a big crowd is expected. By Okk Rabbin I The Warriors played a couple of flood basketball last weekend. Defeating the Vikings at Crown quite an achievement®* locdoK* came beck after* £ apt deficit to wingy to6«. Whatimpressodmemost was g the Warriors finally arrived as a team. I liked tbeirteam g S SHOP INSIDE IN OUR HEATED, LIGHTED SHOWROOM! CHRISTMAS TREES ON DISPLAY!!! FRAMES SENIOR WITH CITIZENS pufEcNHsAEsE °f ggli* js$Sz? THER 750 IN STOCK! 3 REASONS WHY OUR TREES ARE BEST! 1) RAISED ON OUR OWN FARM 2) SHEARED & SHAPED ANNUALLY 3) SPRAYED WITH A FIRE RETARDANT CHEMICAL " FREE! 8 TURKEYS TO BE GIVEN AWAY. BOUTIQUE DESIGNER ^•SECTION^H .» LATEST FASHIONS SPECIAL PRICES DO NOT APPLY. SALES 904 N. FRONT STREET McHENRY, ILLINOIS (S15)3S54232 basement; not by much, but they are out. There were some other changes making some people happy and others not so. Splits were easy pickings with J. Hamilton and L. Homo picking off the 5-7; R. Homo, 3-5-7; D. Miller 3-7-10; J. Lescher, 3-6-7-10; W. Farrell, 5-8-10. Please note that W. Farrell only appears on the Honor Roll once this week. N. Losch and B. Thompson are mentioned quite a few times and begin by rolling four strikes in a row and each winning a pizza. High games went to B. Doran with a great 210, B. Street outdid him by rolling 200 and 204, N. Losch got a nice 1%, B. Thompson took a good 193, and A. Boeldt racked up a 191. High series has some repeats, as could be ex pected, but there are a few additions. B. Street totaled a 546; T. Strumbris, 543; B. Doran, 517; J. Lescher, 504; B. Thompson, 487; and N. Losch, 487. For the third time this season, the J.K.L.'s won the special pizza and will share greasy fingers next week. They're not only greedy, they're hungry. Here go the standings as we begin the second round of regular bowl next week. w I Three Strikes and a Spare 32 16 W.G.A.S. 27>£ 20Vfe Willie's Dillies 27V<! 20Vz The Even Splits 27 21 J.K.L.'s 26 22 Rabble Rousers 24 24 , Alkies 24 24 Ron's Rollers 22 26 Bud's Broads 21 27 Quik Steps 20 28 Just For Fun 19 29 Road Runners 18 30 K. Lescher Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Bowling League Fox Hole: Flo Manzardo, 467 series with a 5-10 split, Barb Schurr, 411 with a 2-7 split. Havenmeyer: Dottie Hayes, 494 ( 201) with a 4-10 and 5-10 split, Jane Switzer, 479, Joy Panucce, 473, (177). Glaviano's: Diane Michels, 468, her 234 game was quite spectaculor since it was 103 pins over average. Lil Michels showed her daughter how it's done, 509 series, (188). Southgate: Virginia Orr, 327, Fran Weyland, 471, Joan Buss, 438 and Cathy Boro, 517, (181). City Wide: Lorraine Freund, 472, Pat Gass, 341 with a 5-6 split, Gwen Smith, 448. work, their passing was great, they helped one another on defense, and cared less who scared the points. This is the g mark of a good team, and if they continue this way of thinking we can expect great things out of them this season. Although they dropped a thriller to Grant on :•:• Saturday nî t n t̂helelTthey continued their fine play. With Gary Collins brii«ing his Crystal Lake ~ " "Gators" to Buckner Gym tonight, we are another good ball game. The Ludwig crew owes an friend "Gary" one defeat, and tonight is the night to I one on the South crew. Am not going to complain about Wisconsin officii if they are going to officiate in Illinois, they must that we play a better brand of basketball, and they don't ji;! champs if they couldhave Wisconsin officials. $ The McHenry High Booster Club has planned another "gala evening". Mark down February 9th on your jij: calendar. The Good News Bears, another name for that jij: team in the big city will be here to play . In the opening ;jj: game of the evening Alumni Squads will again play. Although you will be hearing more about this, we want a gj good turnout of Alumni to participate. Call Bill . Blankenhorn at 385-8880 or Dick Rabbitt 385-5182 to sign up j:j: i for the game. The Booster Club needs your support and • will appreciate your partaking in refreshments at the i Warrior games. j For you gal sport fans hang on It won't be long before • Coach Vern Peterson has his girls' basketball team on the :j:j : floor playing games. The Warriors open their season at i;!; • Wauconda on Monday the 17th. From all reports the girls :j:j : have a good attitude, and have been working hard under : the veteran coach "Pete". Coach Mike Shanahan's McHenry High swimming team $ : is having its troubles in the early season. Lack of :£ : experienced swimmers is the big thong in the coaches jij; • eye. He has promised me better results next week. We jij; : hope the team does improve. Two good friends Ken Swanson, baseball coach of the j-j; : Warriors and Gary Fields, former principal of East, now iiij : principal of Woodstock high school, are doing a bang up • job of officiating basketball games this season. If they i;!; •i continue their good work, and play politics as per custom iji; j: in the state, look for them to be on T.V. later in March in :$ •j the State Finals. Some time lata- in the season I will give you a lowdown j:j: jj on what it takes to officiate in the I.H.S.A. tournaments, jjj: •j You won't believe it? jij: Forma: football coach Bill Day suggested that I pick out jij: :j a game of fifty years ago to go down Memory Lane for this jij: ij weekend basketball game. I hope that some of the £: :j participants of this game are stili around and will enjoy & :j reading about their accomplishments so long ago. I'm jiji; ij sure that S.I.H. can give a better description than the jiji; jj records indicate. jijjj McHENRY COUNTY TOURNEY At Crystal Lake, Feb., 1929 McHenry Richmond fgftpf tP fg ft pf tP Frett 1 2 3 4 Motley 12 1 4 Patzke 0 0 0 0 Gibbs 0 0 0 0 Justen 2 2 1 6 Darrow 0 0 0 0 Smith 1 0 4 2 Tamblyn 0 0 4 0 Miller 1 1 0 3 Brill 1 2 0 4 Harrison 3 10 7 Austin 0 0 1 0 Gardner 0 0 0 0 Totals: B 6 9 22 • . t j c . . . 1 .v; Totals: 2 4 6 8 MCH 5 6 7 4 22 Richmond 2 13 2 8 . A p.r. •• MAY AIDS NORTHWESTERN VOLLEYBALL SQUAD Marianne May, a four-sport standout while at Marian Central Catholic high school, has completed her final season as a member of the Northwestern University women's volleyball team in Evanston, 111. May, who also plays on the Wildcat softball team, served as center blocker on the Northwestern squad which posted a 18-16-5 mark this fall. The Rich mond native is majoring in psychology and philosophy. Clark Station: Shirley Lossman, 3-10 split. Peter Justen: Shirley Haufe, 305 and Dodie Corser, 503, (193). McHent-y Inn: Bari Joyce, 497, (191) with a 5-7 split, Annette Joyce, 412, 4-5-7 split, Carol Cooney, 539, (191) and some other nice games which contributed to the team's winning this week. ONE MINUTE WONTS QUIZ 1. Who won the AL Rookie of the year? 2. Who won the 1972 Super Bowl? 3. Bob McAdoo plays pro basketball for what team? 4. Who won the 1978 World Series of Golf tournament? 5. Sugar Ray Leonard is known in what sport? Aisvers To Sports Qaiz 1. It is shared by John Castino, Minnesota Twins and Alfredo Griffin, Toronto Blue Jays. 2. Dallas Cowboys over the Miami Dolphins. 3. Detroit Pistons. 4. Gil Morgan. 5. Boxing. REMINDER . . . Lovely SHerrie Skinner fills her pig gy hank at Florida's Sunken Gardens. Sherrie models at the vacation spot when not busy pursuing her career as a stewardess. Don't Miss!!! Hotpoint Cooking Demonstration Satu rday , December 15 10 AM to 2 PM AT Lee & Ray Electr ic 1005 N . Fron t S t . McHenry 385-0082 A Bargain "Why did you give the checkroom girl a dollar tip?" "Look at the bat she gave me!" Sales I Mrs I SHEET •r«Qi$