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Wrestlers Aim For 10th Straight Winning Season \Nrestlers build up shoulder and arm muscles. W arrior Scott Anderson demonstrates the proper way to climb a rope without the use of his legs. Coach Hutchinson holds the rope as other wrestlers look on. The McHenry wrestlers take pride in their physical fitness. PLAINDELATER PHOTO 4 zj j The following note came from the original conductor of a sports column in Ye Olde Plain- dealer, Harold "Zeke" Bacon of Crystal Lake -- and for you recent day readers it was called "BACON'S STRIP": Dear S.I.H. Knjoyed your recollections of Landmark School - those must have been the good old days. Sound familiar but of course you and Red Winkel were away ahead of me! IX) you suppose you could arrange a trip through both Landmark and MCHS for me? Would enjoy it tremend­ ously. A couple of names you didn't mention - A.E. Nye,0.G. Tread way, Bas singer -- What memories!! /eke Dear Zeke: Fry to make \\ inkel and yours truly out as Oldsters, eh? As A1 Smith used to say, "Let's look into the records." You were breathing right down our necks. \m sure we can arrange a tour of the schools for you. Let's set up a date. - A.E. "Prof" Nye was the superintendent .during our grade school days. O.G. Treadway came the year we entered high school. Don't think we were in Bassinger's classes. Miss Ash- burner was another high school teacher. There were others, but not many. The superinten­ dent taught some classes and there were only three other teachers in high school. Times have changed. When we went through the basement of Landmark, our memory went back to the lunch room. There were two long tab­ les, picnic type. Kids from the "country" were the only ones allowed to bring lunches. But, once a year we had a fruit shower. Oranges and bananas were a real treat. Apples Ave had at home. Grapes went in­ to jelly jars. Why are we mentioning all these things to the likes o'you? You claim to be so darn young that you couldn't possibly re­ member. (We'll take that tour while you are still able to get around.) "EARL WALSH SO I HEAR -SPORTS EDITOR J ching in McHenry. They re­ ported that you are still boost­ ing sports. Good for you! A week or so before that I had received a photo of the Mc­ Henry 1969 football squad clip­ ped from your paper and sent to me by one of my old foot­ ball players. I couldn't help marvelling at the players' size. What I wouldn't have given to have had boys that big in the old days; or a squad that large, or half that large. Not that I did not have good players. I had some marvellous athletes. I would not have traded them for any other group that ex­ isted any place in the country. They might not have been as big in body size as modern players; but they were big - real big - in strength, and fight, and character, and pride. Many of them proved it in World War II; -- some never returning. I was proud of them. We had one team, however, that did have a few big boys on it - (also several smaller boys who gave our opponents plenty of trouble.) They went undefeat­ ed except for one practice ses­ sion that I and the opponents' coach had booked for a pre-sea- son warm-up, in the middle of the week - no quarters timed; no rules on time-out, substi­ tutions; no score kept officially. But they did score one more time than we did. The boys did not consider it a game. One incident I remember about it. Our punter kicked one punt that went straight up and came right back down on our own scrimmage line. Some of the men on that team are deceased now; many are still McHenry citizens I believe. There were other fine teams before that one and some fine ones afterward. Recalling all of them in memory is one of the c hief sources of gratification in my life. I still feel a strong tie to McHenry High School. And it gives me pleasure to note the great growth andrex- pansion of the school. You have always been a great booster for the school, sharply critical at i 2 03 i Mb * ' " Front Row L. to R: John Thomas, Ken Congdon, Lloyd Davis, Bud Lound, John Hamil, Jeff Kasprayk, John Arient, Don Sundby, Jim Sobacki, Paul Voight. Middle Row L. to R: Ed Kroncke, John Laskowski, John Van Duyn, Frank Hig- gins, Dave Kraus, Jim Robison, Chris Nolan, Scott Anderson, Dave Pohlman, Mike Krug, Wayne Smith, Jim Miskovic. Back Row L. to R: Dean Heise, Chris Borchardt, Brad Shelton, Bob Riley, Terry Burton, Tom Meath, Dan Erb, Jeff Bonato, Bob Weingart, Bill Matton, Mark Tomm, Tom Fry, Paul Pictor, Coach Hutchinson PLAINDEALER PHOTO Bert Picks North Suburban Race Through Crystal Ball times, but always for the best. And I thought I ought to write and thank you, for myself and for the school. I was glad to learn that you are still going strong in boosting sports and the school. £ least give iny regards to any of my old time boys you may run across. My regards to your wife. Sincerely, Gerald G. Reed Dear G.G.: It was a real pleasant sur­ prise to receive your letter. How well we remember some of your teams. You gave us some real razzle-dazzle in football. The fans loved it-We never could get a kick out of middle of the line offense. One time you had a big, rough basketball team that wasn't winning. We must have made some comment that prompted you to ask, "What would you do?" Our answer was to go through the school and pick anybody with the name Anderson and put him on the team. Thinking of your football teams always reminds us of the old story -- "It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." Those kids were small by to­ day's standards, but they gave you 110% in every game. It is nice to know you still have a keen interest in Mc­ Henry High. I can tell you that your boys are still very loyal to you. Our interest in our schools and athletics hasn't diminished, but we no longer cover all games as back in your day. It will be 35 years the first of January since we started on this page. That's a lot of mile­ age. Well, Coach, you maybe sure there are still many people in this area who remember you and will enjoy your letter as we have. It was nice of you to write. Sincerely, "S.I.H." by Bert Hagemann Well, the old swami has pol­ ished up his oft maligned crys­ tal ball for the upcoming round- ball season and the look at the standings come the end of next February shows the North Sub­ urban final lineup as follows: 1. Zion Benton, 2. Crystal Lake, 3. Woodstock, 4. McHen­ ry, 5. Barrington, 6. Liberty- ville, 7. North Chicago, S.Dun­ dee. Zion-Benton figures to be the outstanding squad in the confer­ ence this year with a host of returning lettermen from last year's fine squad. Heading the star list is senior Pete Czop- inski who can play either for­ ward or guard, the two White boys, Frederickson an out­ standing junior, and a run and shoot offense which will be tough to stay with. The Zee Bees figure to have all the tools, size, excellent shooting, and good sgjeed. The only factor which might prove to their undoing iS*their defense, but they figure to put the ball in the hoop more often than their opponents on a consistent basis. The rest of the league is extremely well balanced, and picking their or­ der is a job of mammoth pro­ portions. I pick the beefy Tigers sec­ ond if senior Bud Nystrom can recover quickly from knee problems incurred during the football season. The Tigers can boast a front line of all 6'5" 200 pounders, but their guards could let them down. Couple this with the fact that they are not fast and it could be enough to drop them further down in *the standings. Wood­ stock will have ace guard Gene Stoddard back around Christ­ mas, and if he can get the ball to a good size front line com­ posed of Gould and Silker, the Blue Streaks will be tough to handle. I have to like the Warriors somewhere in the first division because we at long last have some size to go along with ex­ cellent overall team speed. If 6'5" Jim Heard can cut the mustard in the pivot, it would give us three veterans fight­ ing it out for the forward po­ sitions. Fairchild, Morenz, and Weingart can all play the base­ line, and with a year of varsity experience under their belt, our front line could be one of the best in the conference. At the guard posts,' Hurckes, Don Smith, and Mike Freund give us more let- terman depth, and the compe­ tition for all positions which has been provided by the good jun­ ior squad could prove just the needed medicine to bring the Warriors back to some degree of respectability in basketball. Yours, "S.I.H. The week is starting out just dandy. Here comes a letter from a .ormer McHenry High Coach, Gerald G. Reed: 1133 Allgonia \ Oshkosh, Wis. Dear Earl: Last week at Homecoming, I met 2 OSU-O alumni, Mr. and Mrs. \rmstrong, vyho are tea- GOLFERS WISH TO SELL BRAND NEW SET TOP LINE P.G.A. CLUBS. Retail Price $307.00 Can Sell For $205.00 Phone Eves after 6 385-5855 You must have an ILLINOIS FIREARMS OWNERS Identification Card FOR Further Information Call or Visit McHenry Gun Center outside shooting, a menace which plagued us last year, will have to be improved upon if the Warriors are to beat the zone defenses which they are sure to see during the season. Barrington, Libertyville, and North Chicago all have some good personnel, but I feel none of them can put five real good ball players on the floor at the same time. Barrington will have to count on Wyborny, Hendrick- son, and Holcomb to carry their attack, and the Cats willhaveto count heavily on Pranke, Erick- son, and Gossell to move their ball club. Putting the Warhawks in seventh is admittedly a real tongue in cheeker, as their great defense is bound to win them some ball games. However, I base their low finish on the fact that their supersoph will still be a year away, and also that they have run out of Rowells to car­ ry their scoring burden. The Cards of Dundee shouldn't have much, but coach Johnny Paul will come up with a tough ball club, you can be sure. The over­ all balance in the league once you get past Zion is rarely found in high school circles, but this year in the North Suburban it looks like a toss-up. If the Zee- Bees somehow fall on their face, it's anybody's crown; let's hope the orange and black get off to a good start and improve like they can, they could cause a lot of excitement this year for us. SPORTS McHENRY RECREATION Wednesday Nite Mixed 11-12-69 C. Kopp Jr 217-580; B.Scheid 210-584; R. Bujak Jr 213; T. Oeffllng 196; J. Slaughter 208- 591; C. W all win 193; D. Bomke 215-561; L. Thennes 194-542; B. Long 219-574; R. Bujak Sr. 190; N. Groh 221-587; J. Thennes 176-478; G. Porter 163; R. Morrison 164; E.Crane 166-468; L. W inn 154; C. Kiehl 162. M. Guthrie 161; S. Wallwin 170; M.A. Thennes 166-487; T. Bujak 160; W. Crane 155- 463; D. Zimny 153; T. Mor­ rison 151; P. Slaughter 183- 484; M.A. Wegener 174-423; W. Aylward 149; A. Ellmer 160- 418; R. Klemrn 149-397; J. Drlscoll 149-381; C. Humann 130-361; G. Oeffllng 138. GOLDEN AGE LEAGUE McHENRY RECREATION ** Bob Morrison's 209 sparked the Hot Shots to a 2 to 1 wfri over the State Farms. Carl Behnke and John Thelen of the Pete Freunds teamed up with 543 and 527 series to run over the McHenry Reccaations, re- 1clinging on the heels of the leaders. Oufpif.no less than 8 rails, Frank Philipski of the Ladds was happy to con­ vert two consecutive 6-7's in­ to spares. The Golden Agers, a Senior Citizens Men's league, are,for the second year, members of the American Bowling Congress and the McHenry County Bowl­ ing Association. 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