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SPORTS p- until wm_ " IV up Road Runners Roll On To Beat Llbertyville 20-37 by Bert Hagemann The sleepy coyote, in the form of the Libertyville cross coun­ try team, was no match for the speedy road runners of McHen- ry this past week as the orange and black raced to a 20-37 decision over the host squad. The only thing lacking in this duel of the two top rated teams as the expected ran off between the top Warrior runners and highly touted Dick Hanrath who missed the meet because of ill­ ness. Brad Pictor, co-captain and front runner most of the season, grabbed off another first place for McHenry, fol­ lowed as susal by junior team­ mate Keith Hutchinsc.n in sec­ ond, and slowly improving Glenn Hampton in third. Wayne Smith gave McHenry a sixth place, and Mike Freund rounded out the top five with an eighth place finish. Fred Stark helped the cause with a ninth place fin­ ish, and showed signs of finally rounding into shape to give Mc­ Henry some more scoring punch. If Hanrath had been able to run, perhaps this would have been a closer race, but as it was, the Warriors were not tested that severely. In the frosh-soph division, the little Warriors thoroughly trounced the Lake County champs to the tune of 16-42. Leading the Warrior charge as ufcual was Terri McGibbon, fol­ lowed by Diedrich and Seaton in second and third. Greg Pick- rum gave indication of better things to come as he picked up a fourth place, and Alex Thomas finished the Warrior scoring in sixth place overall. This week finds McHenry tak­ ing on the rest of the confer­ ence at the North Suburban meet which will be held in Crystal Lake. Why not POP down to Veterans' Acres and see if the Warriors can make it two successive North Suburban crowns in a row? # PROTESTING FOR VICTORY -- These young students at MCHS are holding up their fingers in victory salutes at the start of the homecoming bonfire near West campus last Thursday night. Although the event was attended by between '2,000 and 2,500, the scene above, which closely resembles a protest assemb­ lage, actually was only in protest of rain, the opponent, or anything else which would hamper victory the following night. Unfortunately, their spirit was not sufficient, for the Warriors lost to Woodstock by a score of 42 to 0. PLAINDEALER PHOTO, Woodstock Beats Warriors First Time In 13 Years WAGE MUDDY WAR -- Conditions at McCracken field last Friday night were less than ideal as the Warriors went down to defeat against the Woodstock Blue Streaks in the homecoming game. Torrential rain and mud combined to give McHenry its worst loss of the season. PLAINDEALER PHOTO The following is a contri­ bution from an apparent Green Bay Packer fan: Little prayer be on your way That the Bears win at least one game. But, Go-Go- Green Bay All the way Every Sunday for me Another Mother's Day. J.L.S. •EARL WALSH SO I HEAR -SPORTS EDITOR J And, there have been some pret­ ty good arguments for both sides. good records and will send up some good men to the varsity in the next two years. We think the program is great as long as grownups do not take little mistakes too seriously. As long as kids can have fun and the grownups remember that the outcome of a game isn't a matter of life or death, there is a lot to be said for organized and supervised play. perger's Badger football team. Why shouldn't we...haven't we been saying kind things about Herb and his Cubs for lo these many months? We are happy to know the Badgers won a foot­ ball game. What more can we say? by Bert Hagemann The Blue Streaks of Wood­ stock dampened the Warrior Homecoming festivities consid­ erably more than the inclement weather as they rolled to a 42-0 slaughter of the hapless Warriors on Lake McCracken last Friday night. The monsoon like deluge slowed the already creeping Warriors to a crawl, but the mudders from the All- American city slogged over, around, and through the rem­ nants of a McHenry defense for impressive hunks of yard­ age. Leading the rout was Ed­ die Meyers who squirmed and sloshed his way to Ave touch­ downs during the contest. Mey­ ers consistently broke loose for long runs, and while his defensive mates were annihil­ ating the non-existent Warrior offense and capitalizing on the usual McHenry gift bag of mis­ takes, the rain came down. This was no ordinary rain shower either. By the end of the game, the middle of Mc­ Cracken field resembled the trench lines of World War I, chewed up, muddy, and with wa­ ter standing over at least half of the surface. The Blue Streaks they took the opening kick-off and marched straight down the field behind runs by Booker and Meyers to score at 5:13 of the first period. After re­ ceiving the kick-off, the War­ riors played their give-away game, handing the slick sphere over on a fumble on the Mc­ Henry 47. The Streaks promptly capitalized on a 20 yard touch­ down pass, and Meyers added a 37 yard touchdown sprint at 6:45 of the second quarter to make the margin 20-0, and erase any hopes the down­ trodden Warriors had of making a ball game out of it. Two more Warrior fumbles in the second half led to two more touchdowns for the mud- der Meyers, and he also cap­ italized on a 10 yard War­ rior punt for another score as the hungry Streaks buried Mc­ Henry under a deluge of points for the fourth straight North Suburban disaster. The question that has to be asked as the sea­ son rolls into its final three games is what is wrong with McHenry? This reporter does not claim to be the world's greatest foot­ ball authority, but he does know that good football teams do cer­ tain things well. They block crisply; tackle with authority,** and they are hungry to the point** -SUPPORT- CROSS COUNTRY PG. 6- PLAINDEALER WED. OCT. 15, 1969 One guy said, "Yeah....we heard that story before." Looks like the Bears need a Wing and a Prayer. They just can't win for losin.' Maybe a Bart Starr could pull them together, but where do you find another Starr._ You can bet those Bears will make some trades if they can find anybody interested. Being a patient fan, we will just wait a while. As long as the players give their best, we are for them. About all any losing team needs is arv upset victory. Next Sunday will be a big day on Marian Central's grid­ iron when former stars clash. They will bring back former Cheerleaders, some now mar­ ried women. And former queens will be back. Sports personal­ ities from near and far will al­ so be there. Looks like a big day. It seems youth programs in baseball and football are here to stay. As long as we have qualified men handling the boys and do not "emphasize winning at all costs" things should be fine. MCHS Sophs Float Away 24-6 As Defense Folds Maybe the good doctor has something when he says the curve ball and screwball should be outlawed before age 14 is attained. Most good base­ ball men urge boys to use the fast ball and develop control. The other pitches come later. They know that arms can give trouble if not handled prop­ erly. The doctor seems to have all the facts. Things aren't too good on our own football front. The War­ rior varsity just doesn't seem to have it. Close followers tell us to be patient before joining the crowd that asks, "What's wrong with our football team?" A newspaper clipping, in which a doctor says overemph­ asis on competitive sports had become a health hazard, was mailed to us with a note," What do you think of this? I think it's true. A Little League Mother" As long as we can develop clean, competitive spirit and good sportsmanship, there are great benefits to youth pro­ grams. We have to remember that the sport is for the boys, sportsmanship is for all of us. It has been observed that our freshmen and soph teams have Well, Mother, you handed us a hot potato. The pros and cons of starting young boys in ath­ letics at a tender age have been bouncing around a long time. It was Dave Kent who phoned to suggest that we say a few kind words for Herb Reihans- by Paul Palmateer Friday night's Homecoming was a complete "washout", in all sense of the word! The young Warriors dropped the opener 24-fe, but more import­ ant was the loss of two val­ uable players for an undeter­ mined amount of time. The main festivities of Homecoming were ruined by the constant rain and constant defensive mistakes on the part of the Warriors. The sophomore Blue Streaks sailed into the end zone three times in the first half to go ahead 24-0, before the young Warriors finally found out what the gridiron was for. In the sec­ ond half, Woodstock was blanked, while the sophomore Warriors managed one scoring drive with fullback Mike Stark diving over from the one yard line. We had our scoring op­ portunities, but just didn't take advantage of them. We either dropped a pass or violated some football rule for a penalty. DEFENSE The Warrior defense for the evening was not all intact, due to the illness of Dave Carlson, a broken leg of Mike Ruemelin on the first play of the game, BUILDING & REMODELING ALUMINUM SIDING ROOFING SHINGLES ADDITIONS DORMERS STORES & OFFICES KITCHENS, BATHS CONCRETE WORK MASONRY • FREE ESTIMATES & PLANNING SERVICE INSURED. 385-0830 •twm OPEN On th« North Shor* of Long Lako ROLLINS ROAD HARVEST DINNER DANCE Saturday, P. O. InglMld*. Illinoia November,22nd (Reservations Recommended) and the absence of an ejected player. These were all first string players from one section of the defense, and replacing them on the sophomore level is not easy. The tackling and defensive assignments the first half by the Warriors left much to be desired, as the score indicated. In the second half, there were some bright spots on defense from Mike Carlson, John Bassi, Denny Hovseth,and Jeff Frantz. OFFENSE The sophomore offensive unit started slow by only managing a few first downs in the first half. In the second half, the momentum picked up by gaining most of the two 76 total yard. Denny Hovseth again turned in a fine performance in 15 car­ ries for an average of 7 yards a carry. Quarterback Ronnie Miller had a fine evening in the passing department by com­ pleting 6 passes out of 10 at­ tempts for 58 yards before he was injured in the last quar­ ter and also had to be taken to the hospital for treatment. The emphasis for the week is going to be the regrouping of the defenses and working in Mark Hoffman at the quarterback spot vacated by the injured Ron Mil­ ler. The Warrior fans may see more passing lhan ususal because of the accurate arm of Mark, so travel to North Chi­ cago Saturday to see the young Warriors start a new winning streak. STATISTICS Rushing Att. y Yds. Hovseth 15 109 Stark 7 42 Miller 6 22 Prazak 2 7 Pradraza 1 3 Total 31 183 Receiving Yds. Rodick 1 8 Prazak 1 11 Stark 4 39 Pradraza 2 13 Hovseth 1 6 Scheid 1 6 Total 10 93 Passing Att. Comp. Miller 10 6 Hoffman 5 4 Stark Total 16 10 Silver Savings Statements 5% PAID QUARTERLY AND COMPOUNDED DAILY MlcHenry State Bank 3510 W. Elm 385-1040 of wanting to smash into some­ one from the opposition. Mc­ Henry is none of these. The fi­ nal ingredients to this losing formula are lack of speed and very costly mistakes. It would take a computer to calculate all the fumbles and pass inter­ ceptions this season, and when you add this to some sleepy defensive lapses, you have all the makings of some very bad losses. I still fail to believe that everyone is going to ride roughshod over us, but the fact remains that in the next few weeks we must play the top teams in the conference. This week we march to North Chi­ cago on Saturday afternoon to face the speedy Warhawks and another Parker at halfback. Hopefully some kind of turn­ about is in store, we can only hope. That springs eternal. STANDINGS: W L 1. North Chicago 4 0 2. Zion Benton 3 1 3. Barrington 3 1 4. Libertyville 2 2 5. Woodstock 2 2 6. Dundee 13 7. Crystal iJike 1 3 8. McHenry 0 4 Running Warriors Snare County Crown Saturday by Bert Hagemann The running Warriors blitzed all competition this past Satur­ day on'lhetr home turf as they raced to their second consec­ utive county cross-country vic­ tory. The Warrior steamroller flattened all competition as the orange and black snagged off the first four places in scoring a low 19 points for victor. Brad Pictor flashed across the finish line to gain the status of county champ in a time of 14:55. Three Warrior teammates follow­ ed him as Keith Hutchinson won second, Glenn Hampton third, and Wayne Smith a strong four­ th. Fred Stark finished the War­ rior scoring with probably his best race of the year as .he grabbed off a ninth place finish, and Mike Freund and Bruce Da­ vis, in 11th and 15th respective­ ly, helped push the scores of the opposition up even further. Following the Warriors score of 19 were Crystal Lake with 56, Gary Grove with 79, Woodstock with 86, and Marian Central in last with 125. So the varsity blitzk^eig continues on as the orange and blkck have added another trophy to an already bulging cross-country trophy case. In the frosh-soph meet, the little Warriors were upset by a strong contingent from Crystal Lake, 34-47. The Tigers team effort was a shade better than that of McHenry as Mike De- Labruce took first place in a time of 15:41. Sophomore ace Terry McGibbon took second, followed by John Diedrich in 7th, John Seaton in 10th, Alex Thomas in 11th, and Tom Light- ner in 17th. This Friday is Conference meet time at the Crystal Lake course, why not give our guys a little stpport and dash down to Veteran's Ac­ res at 4:30 to watch the thin- clads. Defense Tackles Asst. Int. M. Carlson 6 5 Bassi 6 3 Hovseth 5 6 Frantz 5 4 Miller 4 5 1 Lehman 5 1 Higgins 4 4 Stark 3 3 1 spurgeons 5-DA Y FABRIC SALE! 7,000 YARDS OF FABRIC ARE BEING SACRIFICED DURING THIS 5 DAY SALE! SAVE UP TO 50%! Hurry, JHurry, Stop in Today! SALE ENDS SUNDAY, OCT. 19th