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i I'aRe 24 - SECTION 2 - FLAINDEALKR-HKHALI). WEDNESDAY. MAY 15.1985 Hoffman, to state C A R P E N T E R S V I L L E - McHenry's Tracey Hoffman lived up to her pre-race billing, by grab­ bing second place in the 800 run at Saturday's Dundee-Crown Sec­ tional Meet, thereby qualifying for the state meet, to be held this weekend at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. The Warriors finished 15th in the 17-team field. Hoffman was the only state qualifier from either McHenry or Johnsburg. Hoffman, a freshman, was seed­ ed second in the event behind Dundee-Crown's Tracy Lorenz, who won the race. Lorenz, a junior, as expected, moved to the front, but Hoffman, Kate Kelly of Jacobs, and Viki Wpher of Antioch stayed on her Girls' Track Tracey Hoffman heels. Lorenz shifted gears along the final turn, but Hoffman did the same, as the two left Kelly in their wake. Both runners barreled down the final 30 yards before Lorenz squeezed out one last surge to nip Hoffman by two-tenths of a se­ cond. McHenry coach Dan Boland had expressed surprise at Hoffman's seeding prior to the race, and also concern that her inexperience might damage her chances of get­ ting downstate. But the freshman didn't falter, and almost came away with a big­ ger surprise -- the first-place medal. Twice is nice for JHS Both Sky hawk doubles teams claim NWSC championships MARENGO - Doing the old theory "two heads are better than one" one better, Johnsburg High School's tennis team finished a strong third at the Northwest Suburban Conference Meet last weekend, claiming championships at both doubles slots. > Lake Zurich won the con­ ference with 28 points, followed by Grayslake with 24. Johnsburg had 18. Both JHS tandems of Dennis Leary - Tim Krodel at No. 1, and Andy Krodel -- Tom Valiant at No. 2 copped titles. Each of the duos were the conference's top seeds at their respective positions. "They played very, very well," understated Skyhawk coach Mark Pasztor. "Denny and Tim were very psyched up. They looked really good." Krodel and Leary, both juniors, finished the regular season with a sparkling 7-0 record in the NWSC. In round one of the tournament, the Johnsburg pair whipped Doug Stanley and Rick Williams of Marengo, 6-1, 6-1. Thev moved on to batter NWSC Tennis Wauconda's Dan Gaschler and Jeff Smith by the same score, and then demolished Russ Rockenbach and Jim Norton of Grayslake 6-2, 6-2. The Grayslake team had defeated Krodel and Leary in a tour­ nament earlier this season, but the Skyhawk team wasn't to be denied this time around. More surprisingly, Andy Krodel and Valiant cruised through the field at No. 2 with as much ease, not losing a set. The two Skyhawks are freshmen. "Yeah, I was a little bit more surprised at Andy and Tom," admitted Pasztor. "That was a real big thing for them to win it. I thought they might take it, but as freshmen, I thought they might be hurt by lack of ex­ perience." Tim Yoho and Chris Nikaloau of Wauconda were the first victims, 6-3, 6-1. Marengo's Tim Driver and Mark Andrews fell next, 7-5, 6-2. In the cham­ pionship bout, Grayslake's Randy Reidel and Scott Wor- thley lost the first set 6-3, but led in the second 3-1, before wat­ ching Krodel and Valiant win the next five games to claim the title. "The other coaches thought our freshmen were very good. It's hard to believe, let's say that," said Pasztor. "We're extremely happy. We never thought at the beginning of the year that we would be this good. It's turned out extremely well. This is such a young team. We've g got a lot to look forward to." Johnsburg's three singles players - Joe Hogan, Dave Hendrixson and Craig Zvonar - were all knocked off, facing the top seeds in their first matches. Johnsburg will participate in sectional play this weekend at Crystal Lake South and Crystal Lake Central, along with the seven Fox Valley Conference schools. The seeding meeting will be held Thursday night. "Hopefully, some of the higher seeds will get stuck right away," said Pasztor. "We know there will be some tough players and teams there, but we're going to remain optimistic. We're gonna go . for it, and practice hard. You never know what can happen." • V \ / m CRYSTAL LAKE -- Buoyed by a third-place finish [from the No. 1 doubles team of Gary Strom and Randy] |Weidemann, the McHenry High tennis team grabbed! Ifourth place in the Fox Valley Conference Meet held at| |Crystal Lake Central and South Saturday. South easily defended its title by garnering WJVi\ I points, outdistancing Woodstock, which came in iwth 40Vfe. Central had 39'^, while McHenry had 25, Cary- I Grove 23 Vi, Dundee-Crown 19Vfe, and Jacobs 15. Strom and Weidemann, the Warriors' senior co- Icaptains, began their trek to the third-place finish by [whipping Crystal Lake Central's seeded duo of Brad [Banker and Scott Seyer, 6-0, 6-2, before losing to South's eventual champions Tim Dagley and Pat |Foley,6-2,6-l. In the third-place match, Strom and Weidemann I captured the medal, downing Dundee-Crown's seeded | pair of Marty Folio and Ed Sherman, 6-4,4-6,6-3. McHenry also got three fourth place finishes, two in |singles, and also from its second doubles team. Sophomore Scott Smith, sliding up from his normal |second singles slot to play No. 1, edged Chris Johnson [of Cary-Grove, 7-6, 6-4 in round one, and then ran into [Woodstock's Pat Han, the conference's defending [champion and No. 1 seed. Smith, although being handed a 6-0, 6-1 defeat, I received some consolation by being the only player to |win a game from Han in the tournament. In the third place match, Smith lost to CL Central's |Steve MacAuley, the No. 2 seed, 6-4,6-3. Junior and No. 3 singles player Bill Etheridge finish- led fourth as well, topping Jeff Young of Cary 6-0, 6-1, Ibefore losing to Woodstock's Tim Propeck, 6-1,6-1. In the third place match, Etheridge lost to Steve iBycosky of Central, 6-1,6-2. I The sophomore tandem of Tim Gray and Ed Miller also made a fine showing, taking fourth place. The two led off with a 4-6,>6-2,7-6 (7-3) loss to the No. 1 seeded -- land undefeated -- second doubles team of Rick Mayes ! and Chris Mordi of Central. In the consolation round, Gray and Miller played [ another marathon match, but emerged victorious this time around, over Jacobs' Matt Pribyl and Kevan Da vies, 4-6,7-5,7-6(7-4). [TENNIS--Page 201 ---- , PUindealer-Herald photo by Chris Juzwtk Gary Strom eyes his toss Saturday at the Fox fellow senior Randy Weidemann finished third Valley Conference Meet, held at Crystal Lake at No. 1 doubles. South and Crystal I^ake Central. Strom and Johnsburg's Laura Oeffling races toward the finish line during her 800 meter leg in the medley relay event at Saturday's Dundee- Plaindealer-Herald photo by Chris Juzwtk Crown Sectional. The Skyhawks won their par­ ticular heat in the event, put failed to place. r Hurckes, Skyhawks end rough season CARPENTERSVILLE Johnsburg girls' track coach Bill Hurckes had hoped a couple of his team members would 'sneak in' to the state meet coming up this weekend. After the Skyhawks' per­ formance at the sectional, that's exactly what he'll have to do - sneak them in. Junior Vicki DuBeau's fifth place in the high jump was the only points the Skyhawks could manage Saturday at the Dun­ dee-Crown Sectional Meet, as the Skyhawks finished last in the 17-team field with %-point. Hurckes has had a trying season, what with the freshmen- dominated squad getting their sea legs. Girls' Track "It's been a good year, though, a fun year," said Hurckes. "Our underclassmen are high-quality people. Down the road, we're going to have a good team here."^. The only other bright spot besides DuBeau's performance was that of the 400 meter relay team (Keri Butel, Sheri Scavo, DuBeau and Laura Oeffling), which won its heat but finished seventh overall, with a 53.1 clocking, a new Johnsburg High School record. "Every one of our people did pretty well Saturday," said Hurckes. "But nobody really had what you would call an outstanding d day. I really think that a lot of our girls were a little bit intimidated, especially the younger ones. "We've got a solid team coming back. We lose Sheri, she's the only senior. She'll be tough to replace, she's been a real team leader all season for us. We'll miss her speed, too. But we've got some good people coming back, and some good freshmen coming in next year. "A lot to build on? We sure do. It will be interesting in the years down the road. Very in­ teresting." LOOKING AHEAD SOFTBALL CL Central. Mr. " ' : TENNIS: GIRLS' BASEBALL *, .CL Central, • M - GIRLS'TRACK l! State Meet at Charleston. : boys'TRAC*:.^^.^^.'.'. « - ' W M S r v . . . v . ' BASEB wim <!•••••••" • • •..........a . .Grant, 4:30p.m. Friday • • * » Meet at RL, GIRLS JHS back on track JOHNSBURG -- One day they needed runs, the next day, they needed defense. But whatever their needs are, Johnsburg's Skyhawks always seem to find a way to fill them, as was the case in two wins last week The JHS softball team topped Crystal Lake South 10-5 in a non- conference affair on Thursday, and then nipped Northwest Suburban Conference foe Grayslake 3-2 Friday. The two wins pushes the SKyhawks' record to 12-4 overall, 8-4 in the NWSC. The victory over the Gators is a good indicator for Johnsburg. The Skyhawks are seeded third in the regional which begins next week, while South is second behind Woodstock. "Yeah, it's kind of en­ couraging," said JHS, coach Todd Lewison. "I feel better knowing that we beat them and they threw their best pitcher (Jenny Gibson) for a tew in­ nings, arj that we hit her pretty hard " NWSC Softball Johnsburg scored three in the first and never trailed, though South attempted to come back with a three-run sixth. The Skyhawks pounded out 11 hits off Gator pitching, tl three each from Cindy Swartzlof, Deb Tvaroh and Deb Linn. Swartzloff ha a home run among her total. "Our defense was tough, and Cindy pitched real well. She was keeping the ball down, and they made 15 ground ball outs out of their 21 outs," said Lewison. Johnsburg 3, Grayslake 2 Swartzloff continued her fine pitching Friday, as she checked the Rams on six hits. Johnsburg could muster just six safeties, but four of those came in a three-run third. Singles by Cris May, Tvaroh, Swartzloff and KeUy Quinlan were sandwiched around a walk to Linn, accounting for the entire JHS total.