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PAGE ft - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, MAY 15.1*1 It Plaindealer D Warriors Whip Cards John Doessel had a perfect day at the plate and Jeff McNish was almost flawless on the mound as McHenrv's baseball team whipped Dundee 8-2 Wednesday. The Warriors belted out 11 hits; their highest output this season, and McNish stopped the Cards cold until the seventh inning McNish had a no-hitter going until the fourth, then saw his bid for a shutout foiled in Dundee's last trips to the plate But the Warriors scored early and often to decide the issue long before that time Doessel had four hits in as many trips to the plate, driving in three runs. Bob Greve and Joe Bauml also contributed key hits f "It looks like those guys might be out of their slumps." said coach Brian Wilson. "We're going to need that kind of hitting when we get into tour­ naments." The Warriors played long ball with the Cards' pitcher, starting with a four-run second inning McNish walked and Bauml doubled him to third Doessel followed with a two-run single after Greve filled the bases with a walk Greve stole third and scored when Doessel swiped second Fritz Larsen doubled home Doessel Bauml led off the third inning with a home run Greve and Doessel singled and scored on a two-base throwing error by Dundee's shortstop. McHenry tacked on its final tally in the seventh on a double by McNish and a single by Doessel. Dundee finally scored with two out in the seventh. A pair of walks, a single, a fielder's choice and a double produced two runs McNish earned the praise of Wilson and will probably start Tuesday's district game at Rockford Jefferson 'game time is 4:15 p.m ). "He pitched very well, ex­ cept he walked six." Wilson noted McHenrv's sophomore team split two games last week They defeated Woodstock 12-2 in a five- inning game Mike Bauml was the winning pitcher, picking up his fourth victory against only one defeat Biil Hermann's bases-loaded triple sparked a seven-run fourth inning for the Warriors. The sophomores lost to Crown. 4-2. The Warriors managed only four hits as Hermann took the loss. He is now 2-2 on the season 15% OFF GOLF SALE! MEN'S ft WOMEN'S Gplf Shoes By ETONIC & ENDICOTT JOHNSON MEN'S ft WOMEN'S LINED &UNLINED Wivtdbraaktrs By WESTWIND in all colors & sizes MEN'S ft WOMEN'S ft»ll Bag* YOUR CHOICE! 15% OflFF OPEN DAILY 9:30 TO • SATURDAYS 9 TO S JOHN'S SPORT STOP ACROSS FROM A A P NEXT TO EBY BROWN McHENRY 344-3580 Dschida Sets Shark Record; Payne Breaks Vault Mark Inge Dschida broke the Shark Conference record in the discus with a toss of 28.10 meters, leading Johnsburg to fourth place in the girls' meet Tuesday at Johnsburg Dschida was a double winner for the Skyhawks. She also won the shot put with a toss of 9.16 meters The Skyhawks finished behind Hononegah. North Boone and Marengo in the team standings The Skyhawks scored 40 points and were only six points out of third. * Johnsburg also had first places from Cheri Kofler in the long jump and Sue Moulis in the 800 TEAM SCORES Hononegah 65. North Boone 49. Marengo 46. Johnsburg 40. Harvard 31. Beloit Catholic 25 and South Beloit 0 GIRLS' RESULTS too - Vogel (NB). Block «M> and Pulaski (Hon); 13:07 High jump - Kline <Hon>. Holt <Hon) and Keis <BC); l 48 meters 800- Moulis ( J ) , Raedecke i H o n ) a n d C h r i s t i e ( J ) : 2:31 97 800 relay - Marengo. Hononegah and Harvard: 1 53 05 400 - Block <M>. Oar 'Hon), and Triknamarczvz < Harv); 1 03 17 100 hurdles - McBride (NB), Pulaski (Hon) and Salvador <BC>; 16.27. 1600 - Hancia (Harv), Rogge (NB) and Raedeke (Hon); 5:59.48 Discus • Dschida (J). DeHesus <Hon> and Christie (J): 28 10 meters (new record) 400 relay - Marengo.Hononegah and Johnsburg; 52.77 3200 - Dahl (Harv). Hansen (Harv) and Massel, (BC>; 12:33 42 800 medley - Hononegah. North Boone and Marengo. 2:00.04 Shot put - Dschida < J ) , Mahon (M) and Johnson (Hon); 9 16 meters 200 hurdles - McBride (NB»,. Edwards (NB) and Salvador (BC); 32 75 Long jump - Kofler (J). Block (Mar) and Edwards (NB); 5.01 meters 200 - Vogel (NB). Pulaski (Hon) and Kofler (J); 27.21 1600 medley - Marengo, Hononegah and North Boone: 4:30.46 Hononegah placed first in six events to easily outpoint runner-up Marengo and captured the 1981 Shark Conference boys' track meet Tuesday Johnsburg had two first- place finishes - John Payne won the pole vault event by clearing a new conference record height of 3.43 meters. And Jay Jackson won the 3200 meter run in 10:20.92. The Skvhawks finished fifth in the team standings with 21 points. TEAM SCORES Hononegah 89. Marengo 66. South Beloit 45, Beloit Catholic 37. Johnsburg 21, North Boone 16 and Harvard 12 BOYS' RESULTS High jump - Althoff (SB). Keenum (M) and Blecker (Hon); 1.83 meters 400 - Drafz (Harv), Borgerding (BC) and Cartwright'(SB); 51 80 Discus - Wood (Hon), Brown (Hon) and Hartzel (BC); 39 91 800 McNabb (BC). King < M) and Moravec <M^; 2:02.33 300 hurdles - Brandt (M>, Anderson < Hon) and Current (M); 39 63 1600 Hilbert <M>, Merriman « Hon) and Ohman (Hon); 4:52.31 800 relay - South Beloit. Marengo and Beloit Catholic; 1:39 84 3200 - Jackson <J>, Hilbert (M) and Lindstrom (Hon); 10:20.92 Shot put - Jordon (Hon). Hunsley (SB) and Ocher (Hon); 13.75 meters 3200 relay - Marengo, Hononegah and South Beloit: 8:29 31 Pole vault - Payne (J), Norris (M > and Magani (M); 3.43 meters (new record!» 400 relay - South Beloit. Hononegah and Beloit Catholic; 45 90 110 hurdles - Brandt < M ) , Bskin (Hon) and Wood (Hon): 16.61 Long jump - Wood (Hwr), Anderson (Hon) and Killam (NB); 6.22 meters . 100 - Oberst (Hon), Borgerding (BC) and Bell (SB); 11.61 200 - Oberst (Hon"), Borgerding <BC) and Bell «SB>; 23 67 1600 Marengo. South Beloit and Beloit Catholic; 3:36 32 Triple jump - Wood (Hon), Killam <NB) and Cartwright (SB); 13.13 meters If You Think The Cubs Are Bad... RECORD PERFORMANCE - Inge Dschida did not earn a place in the hurdles event in Tuesday's Shark Conference track meet, but the Johnsburg trackster did fare very well elsewhere. Dschida set a new conference record in the discus with a toss of 28.10 meters. Dschida also placed first in the shot put. The Skyhawks placed fourth in the team event. STAFF PHOTO - JEFF STERN Bumble, stumble, toil and fumble That's what the Chicago Cubs are made of I guess even Steinbeck would have difficulty describing the 1981 Cubs, lackluster certainly applies, but it doesn't quite capture the futile efforts put forth by the players. Hapless seems too harsh Let's face it. the guys are trying. It's just that everyone else tries a little harder * Many have lost faith in the Cubbies Jack Brickhouse. the television announcer whr has described the team's fruitless campaigns for eons, has run out of tolerance. The Bleacher Bums who used to shed their shirts and guzzle beer in mass quantities have gone elsewhere Even Ernie Banks, Mr Cub. the ever-cheerful ambassador of Beautiful Wrigley Field, wears a puzzled look these days Yet as bad the Cubs may be this year, they still oc­ cupy a warm spot in my heart For I have seen a team that was .infinitely worse than the current Cubbies, a team so dreadful that words cannot ac­ curately describe it. I should know I was on the team The team was the 1974 Scorecard By Jeff Stern Waterford High School sophomore football squad We lost all eight of our games and were outscored :U7-8 Our leading rusher hid a sinflp game high of 19 > N vound up with 87 yards < r (>;•• We were so terrible that oven our parents didn't show up for the games. Our cheerleaders cancelled appearances at the last two games of the season because of lack of interest. And one time we reduced the referee to tears He was laughing so hard he could barely stand. I was the starting left tackle on offense and defense Not because I was good, but because I was the second-biggest kid on the team Playing both ways was a punishment, not an honor Our roster consisted of 14 players, including two guys with eye glasses so thick the lenses stuck out farther than the facemask on the helmet. The offensive line featured myself; a kid of Indian heritage with a vile temper; ;> big mouth from Penn- s ivania who claimed lie would've earned a scholarship at Notre Dame if his parents hadn't moved; a fat kid with an IQ somewhere near 7; and my dear friend Wesley, like me a straight-laced guy who couldn't stand getting pounded physically and on the scoreboard 'week after week. The backfield was horrible, the ends were worse and our poor coaches wondered what they had ever done to deserve such a bunch of mistfits. We weren't a team, we were a menagerie. Our season opener was against a school called Wilmot. another team of vo- vos from our conference. They opened the game with an onside kick and. believe it or not. returned it for a touchdown We were off and running We lost that game 38-0 -nrl embarked on a streak that would see us roll up negative yardage in our next four games You could count the first downs we earned on two hands and one foot, bu' you'd need a calculator to up our mistakes As we entered our sixth ^arne. the rumor floating arouri school was that we were approaching some sort of national futility record (I should poitjl out that we hadn't scored in our last five freshman games). If we failed to score in our next game, a call would be put in to Sports Illustrated magazine r Stardom, it seemed, was right around the corner Our next game was against Burlington, easily the best football school in our area Destiny awaited us But late in the first half, we were only behind 6-0 T£ fat kid recovered a fumble deep in our own territory and set up shop The quarterback com­ pleted a short pass over the middle for six yards After two runs gained only three yards, we were facing a fourth-and-one with a few seconds left in the first half. We called a timeout and the coach decided not to punt He called for a sweep around the left end to kill the clock Our right halfback took the pitchout. followrH »h» blocks i»f the left halfb. rw he left tackle (yours truly) and scampered 73 yards for a touchdown We even scored the two-point conversion and led this powerful team 8-6 at intermission Of course. Burlington beat us to a pulp in the second half. And we went winless and scoreless the rest of the season I was never so happy to see winter in afl of my life ? I doabt that this in­ formation "wrtL^onjfort any of you Cub fans out there Butlremember that things can^only get better. .Waterford won the con­ ference championship last season and could very well win it in 1981 The moral to this story. I guess, is that things could be great in 1988 Skyhawks Advance In Regional After his Johnsburg baseball team picked up only four hits in the final games of the regular season, coach Jim Meyers was a bit worried He wondered if the Skyhawks would recover in time for Tuesday's regional tournament game against Hebron. Meyers saw his wish come true when Johnsburg devastated Hebron 12-0. The Skyhawks wore their hitting shoes, slamming 14 hits, including nine for extra bases "Naturally I was con­ cerned after those two conference games (against Harvard and Hononegah)." Meyers confessed "We didn't show much offense in either game and I could only hope for the best." The best included a five- for-five day by Dave Maurer and a fine pitching per­ formance from Rich Preston Even the defense got into the act, as the Skyhawks cut down two Hebron runners with perfect relay throws Johnsburg hosted the game but lost the coin flip and batted first That gave the Hawks an early chance to show their firepower. Tom Pieper doubled and took third on a sacrifice by Rob Peisert. Mauer then triple him home and Joe Meyers hit a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0 Peisert got things going in the third when he reached on an error Maurer singled and both runners moved up on a double steal Scott Valentin followed with a two- run single Johnsburg put together a pair of four-run innings in the fifth and seventh frames. Maurer hit a one-out single in the fifth. Meyers clubbed a double to put runners on second and third Randy Wakitsch's grounder forced Maurer, but Valentin delivered a triple for two runs Doug Wickmann doubled in a run. stole second and scored on Preston's two bagger. In the seventh. Preston doubled. John Armon reached on an error and Pieper tripled them in Pieper scored on an error. Peisert walked and Maurer doubled him home Preston went the distance for the victory. He fanned to. walked four and allowed only five hits. The output helped Meyers forget about those two previous games, a 10-0 loss to Harvard and a 14-3 defeat at Hononegah Valentin's two-run double was the only Skyhawk hit against Hononegah. Johnsburg's other run scored when Pete Barroso and Mike Leon walked and moved up on an aborted pickoff attempt Peisert hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the run Seven of Hononegah's runs scored thanks to six walks and one hit batsman Several defensive miscues also contributed to the defeat Harvard used a more conventional method in whipping the Hawks The Hornets pounded out 13 hits, including five for extra bases »•* .,u., Marian Coach Fired SHAW MCD4A NCWS MRVtCE The coaching staff at Marian Central Catholic has been reduced by one once again. Karl Mathews, who has taught at the Woodstock school for three years, was relieved of his duties by the Rockford Diocese. No reason was given for the action. Earlier this week, head football coach Lew Miskowicz resigned his post Miskowicz said he was leaving Marian because of the administrative shakeup at the school which began in March. In that action/enacted by the Area Board principal Tom Parsley and dean of students Lou Hartlieb were asked to resign. Mathews said he received a letter from the diocese informing him of his dismissal. He was told to ask Marian assistant principal John Burke the reason for the action, but Burke claimed inquiries would have to be directed to the diocese. "Apparently they are going to say nothing," said Mathews. baseball coach MEMBERSHIP & PLAY TIME INDIVIDUAL $100 COUPLE $125 MTu THni stpr 15 courts RACOUETBALL CLUB Call: 815-455-3330 1 7 95 •Ml Bottoms *Boot Joans •Straight Logs ARIZON. SUN Women's BENMVER LEVIS SLAWS $I995 i / / ^ARIZONA SUN AUTHENTIC WESTERN WEAR ft INDIAN JEWELRY 3321 W ELM ST (RTE 120) McHENRY M5-1S33 DAILY 10 to 5 30, FRI. 10-9