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/ f legal advisor of the Illinois Office of Education has advised that the Johnsburg school unit district become a legal entity on the date of succtifeful election, which was Aug^ 16, 1975. However, as also revealed in correspondence, as a practical matter, the actual operation of the new unit district should not commence until after July 1, 1976. The opinion also states that the boards of education for those Winners in home holiday lighting contest were Ralph Ott, most colorful; Joe Hilgers* best original; and Walter Stupey, most amusing. Two McHenry area juveniles were arrested in connection with the fire that gutted an unoccupied landmark, the Hanly house at the corner of Crystal Lake and Lillian street on Nov. 13. Dr. James R. Davis reported to the board of McHenry school districts which make up County college that since registration started three weeks ago more credit hours have been registered than at the start of last year's Spring semester. The estimate for total credit hours for this Spring semester is 19,000- more than ever before. the McHenry Community school district should continue to operate until July 1,1976. All possibilities for holding a referendum for the Area Career center before July 1, 1976, were exhausted. Many Nuptial ifites Solemnized During Year JANUARY Jan. 3~Cheryl Ann Adams and Robert Charles Wirfs were married at St. Mary's Catholic church. v. Jan. 5-Miss Lorilee Joyce Klontz became the bride of Thomas Crnkovich, Jr., in LaGrange. Jan. 24-Janet M. Larkin and John J. Smith exchanged wedding vows at St. Mary's church. FEBRUARY Feb. 1- Frances Cook became the bride of Dale Tynan at St. Patrick's church. Christ the King Catholic church, Wonder Lake, was the setting for the wedding of Mary Lee Wight and Richard W. Berndt, Wonder Lake. Feb. 22--Miss Krystal Harrison became the bride of Mr. Randy Courier at the First Methodist thurch of Wood­ stock. Feb. 28~Karen Betts and Avrum Lubing exchanged wedding vows at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran church. MARCH Mar. 6-Eleanore Justen and Marvin Martzall of Muncie, Ind., were married in Wood­ stock. Mar. 8-Miss Denise Thomas became the bride of Gregory Bogacz in Faith Presbyterian church. Miss Joyce Ann Miller and Edward Tuft were married in St. Peter's church in Volo. APRIL Apr. 5-Judith L. Schaefer and Donald P. Reinboldt were united in marriage at St. Thomas church in Crystal Lake. Carol Olszewski became the bride of William S. Dick in St. Mary's church, McHenry. Apr. 11-April Pritchard and Timothy J. Stewart, who met while serving in the armed forces in penver, Colo., were married at St. John church. Apr. 12--A former resident of McHenry, Miss Elizabeth J. Fass, Woodstock, became the bride of David M. Ehardt. Miss Kathleen Patricia Burke became the bride of John Stephen Fedyski at St. - Patrick's church. Apr. 19-Eleanore Taylor and Elbert §chuberth were united in marriage at Shepherd of the Hills church.' MAY May 3--Christine M. Luto became the bride of Dale/E. Rada in St. Mary's church. Gail •Marie Checchin became -the bride of Steve M. Cooper in St. Patrick's church. May 17-Michael John Lamz claimed Miss Judy Ann Pingleton as his bride in St. Patrick's church. May 24^-St. Mary's church was the Scene of the wedding of Miss Barbara Ann McDonagh and Alien Lee Anderson. May 31-Miss Marilyn Michels and Mr. Gary S. e Kumpula repeated their nuptial vows in St. Mary's church. Miss Tamma Ruth Farra became the bride of James Chobot. Karen Spitzbart became the bride of Vernon Griffin at St. Peter's church, Spring Grove. JUNE June 6-Jane McCrary became the wife of Woodrow R. Mauldin in the Springville Avenue Baptist church, Mobile, Ala. June 7-Miss Christine Sweeney and Kurt Thomas were married at St. Mary's church. June 14-St. Thomas church. Crystal Lake, was the setting for the wedding ofXinnea R. Blomgren and John B. Then- nes, both of McHenry. Lynn Wines wore her mother's wedding dress when she married Stephen James Gust in OCTOBER jOct. 4-Kathleen Longhway becamethe bride of Donald G. Etten at St\ Mary's Catholic church: Fran E. Hints of Chicago and Gerald R. Vesely of Johnsburg were married in Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran churchy Pamala #Adkins became the bride of Ernest M. Lease at the First Baptist church. McHenry. Bethlehem Lutheran church, St. Charles, .was the scene of the wedding of Laura Jane Reed and Michael Nevin Hughes. Oct. 12-Eileen Cooper and Duane D. Sperry exchanged marriage vows at the Ramada Inn, Elgin. Oct. 18-Miss Patricia Brown became the bride of Gary Snell at St. Mary's Catholic church. Faith Presbyterian church, McHenry, was the setting of the wedding of Karen Lee Tomlinson of McHenry and William Michael. Hodges of Lake Zurich. Oct. 25-Barbara Marie Letizia and James Edward Caley exchanged nuptial vows at Christ the King church. Wonder Lake v NOVEMBER Nov. 8~Candace A. Freres became the bride of Emanuel Macaluso at-St. Patrick's Catholic church. In St. Mary of the Woods church. Chicago, Miss Marilyn Zeller and Richard Nemec were united in marriage. Miss Janice L. Harris and Mark E. Gibson were married at Zion Lutheran church. Miss Faye Alean Downing of Wilton, Wis., became the bride of Martin Jesski of Ringwood at the Elroy Assembly of God church, Elroy, Wis. Nov. 29--Cathy Ann Freund exchanged nuptial vows with Norbert A. Lippert in St. John's Catholic church. ' DECEMBER Dec. 6-Julie Allen Weber was married to John Francis Rice at Christ the King Catholic church. Wonder Lake second consecutive time, defeating Harrison in a hard- fought contest, 40-35. The McHenry Warriors won the Belvidere regional tour- • nament when they defeated the Belvidere team, 80 to 40. It was the third regional cham­ pionship in the past four years for the Warriors. For the "Fighting Warriors" and their fans the dream was • shattered at Rockford when the Warriors lost an overtinie thriller to the Harlem Huskies 57 to 55. * S1.H. enjoyed St. Patrick s day. ( The "Rassling Warriors" completed a most successful season Vance Roth captured the M.V.P. award and Bill Mahon received the most improved title at the annual swimming awards night at West Campus The McHenry Warriors Freshman "B" «basketball team ended the season with an 8-8 won-lost record. JULY July 5-St. Mary's Catholic church was the scene of the wedding of Miss Sharon Vogt and Gary Fairchild. Karen Kurowski became the .bride of Larry Kayer at St. John the Baptist church. Miss Patrice Mayer exchanged wedding vows with Mel Miller at Christ the King church, Wonder Lake. July 12-Miss Susan E. Mc­ Millan exchanged wedding vows with Mr. Paul G. Eberle of Ant|och at the First Baptist church, McHenry. July 18-Debbie Steinmetz and Keith Winn were married in the Community church of Richmond. July 19~Miss Kathleen M. Curran became the bride of James H.Schlesser in St. Raymond Nonnatus Cathedral, Joliet. St. John's Lutheran church, Bloomington, was the setting for the wedding of James Vyduna and Jeannette Wilke. *' July 25~Miss Terri Lynn Radtke was married to John Michael Shea of Wauconda in St. John the Baptist church, Johnsburg. f AUGUST Aug. 2--A double ring ceremony in St. Mary's church united in marriage Miss Zelinda Anne Bennett and Ronald Paluch of Western Springs. Sherwood John Palmer, McHenry, claimed as his bride, Miss Elaine Suzanne Schaefer of Woodstock, in St. Mary's church, Woodstock. Ralph E. Smith, Jr., claimed M^ss, Peggy Ann DeRango of Rockford as his bride in'St. Peter's Cathederal, Rockford. Aug. 7-Miss Lynne Marie Ink and Nelson L.'Adams repeated their wedding vows before Rev. Fr. Edmund Petit at St. Patrick's church. Aug. 9-Linda Olson became the bride of Darrick Rosinski in the Zion Lutheran church. St. Peter's church, Spring Grove, was the scene of the wedding of Miss Nancy Ann Etten and Howard Eugene Emery. Aug. 16-Robin Ann Domin, Richmond, exchanged nuptial vows with Michael Lloyd Freund at St. John the Baptist church, Johnsburg. Carol Lynn Boehlke and Stephen E. Holland were married at St. Bede's church, Ingleside. Choosing the thirtieth an­ niversary date of the wedding of the groom's parents, Thomas Edward Gausden claimed Miss Virginia Frances Bishop as his bride in St. Mary's Catholic church, Roslyn Long Island, N.Y. Camilla Sue Steiner and James Henry Knaack were married in Zion Lutheran church. Miss Kim Marie Crook became the bride of Kevin J. Sheahan in Christ the King church, Wonder Lake. Aug.22~Miss Susan Diedrich exchanged nuptial vows with Randy G. Nawalaniec. Diane M. Conway and Dennis J. Calhoun exchanged wedding vows. Aug. 23-Miss Carol L. Mc- Farland and Charles T. Reilly were married in St. Mary's Catholic church. Miss Ava Annette Hamaker became the bride of Steve Horsley at Mt. Zion Baptist church, Hunt- sville, Ala. Aug. 30-Sandy Patzke and Kevin Summers were married in the bride's home before Judge Roland Herrmann. Michele Dusthimer exchanged wedding vows with Terry Brown in the First United Methodist church, Woodstock. Area 'Couples Wed 50 Years JANUARY Jan. 30~Mr. and Mrs. Frank Plank, Sr.«, of 1304 W. Oeffling drive, Whispering Hills, ob­ served their sixtieth wedding anniversary. FEBRUARY Feb. 13-Mr. and Mrs. John W. Etchingham of McHenry Shores celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Feb. 20.- Mr. and Mrs. Otto Pyritz observed the fifty- seventh anniversary of their marriage. Feb. 24-Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Fischer of Woodstock, former McHenry residents, celebrated their fiftieth wedding an­ niversary. MAY May 10-Mr. and Mrs. Charles Michels celebrated their golden wedding an­ niversary They were married May 6, 1925. SEPTEMBER Sept. 15~Mr. and Mrs. Otto Adams observed their golden wedding anniversary. OCTOBER Oct. 12--Mr. and Mrs. L£rii£ Olsen^ Sr., observed their golden wedding anniversary at the Knights of Columbus hall. Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Sullivan of Wonder Lake celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with an open house at the McHenry American Legion home. Oct. 19-Mr. and Mrs. Harry Donner celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a Mass at St. Patrick's church and open house at the Legion hall. Oct. 25-Open house was held at St. Peter's hall, Spring Grove for Mr. and Mrs. George A. May on (he occasion of their golden wedding anniversary. Oct. 27-Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Freund celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. NOVEMBER ' Nov. 2-Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mulligan of Whispering Hills celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Nov. 18-Mr. and Mrs. Martin Stoffel were married fifty years. An open house was held on Nov. 23 in observance of the occasion. Nov. 24-Mr. and Mrs. John Kuna observed their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary. APRIL McHenry Thinclads placed fifth in the thirteenth annual ^quadrangular meet Crystal Lake invitational tracIr have time to go see his beloved White Sox play and mavbe the Cubs. i The McHenry high trackmen ran their way to a triangulaj win over Zion Forest The McHenry high scl girls' track/and field tej participated/in the first am Lake Forest girl's track field relays and placed sixth of the twelve schools entered Randy McCafferty hit a grand slam homerun against Marian Central in a lopsided game. 23-0 For the second year in a row. the high school track team brought back the big trophy from Woodstock as they suc­ cessfully defended their relays title The Warrior defeated North Chicago 7-6. The sophomore team defeated Marian Central, 5-4 The Frosh-Sophteam won the Libertyville quadrangular by scoring 1134 points to out distance the other three school The varisty finished second to Libertyville in the PAGE 13 • PLAIN DEALER-FRIDAY. JANUAltY ». Insurance and Riversidfc S A C. tokley Fed the Warriors U Pigtail league senior division. State Farm won 104. > Old Bridge remained in first all by themselves when two games over Wetteland Decorating in the 12 inch softball league. « Hettermann's took over first place in the Men's 16" league. Tjhe McHenry American Legion team defeated Algonquin 3 2 A "Birdie Tree" is a feature of the Chapel Hill ladies golf league Dolores Strossner has two birds on the bird LaVerne Harpling captained her team to victory in the McHenry Country Club playing a Calcutta team event S.I.H. found it very hard, to retire He received an offer to start a shoe business from his home Don Hojnacki fired a fine 73 to defeat Chris Newkirk in the final round in Class A in the President's tournament and Reveal Exciting Sports Stories In '75 Review SEPTEMBER Sept. 6-Miss Veronica Sue Bierman and Michael James Rogers were married at Zion Lutheran church. Sept. 7-Judith A/Steadman, McHenry. and Lyle Given. Christ the King church. Wonder Woodstock were married in Lake. Zion Lutheran church. June 20-Miss Pamela Miller Sept. 12-Ethel Conway and and Mr. David Oeffling Frank Low exchanged nuptial * repeated their nuptials vows at vows at St. Mary's church. St. Patrick's church. Sept. 13-Christine A. Sanders June 21-Miss Patricia E. and Christopher H. Kennebeck Pitzen became the bride of exchanged wedding vows at St. Glenn May of Mount Prospect Mary's Catholic church. in St. Mark's Catholic church. Sept. 20-Miss Patricia Ellen Jane Rice and William Fit- Miller and Dennis Neil Cerise zgerald, Jr., were married in were married in St. Peter's Christ the King church. Wonder church. Spring Grove. Lake. Sept. 27--A former Marine June 28-Miss Lynn Louise pay queen in 1973. Miss Nancy Folliard was married to stalev. was married to Kenneth William C. Harvey at Christ the Betts* at St Mary's Catholic King church. Wonder Lake. church JANUARY S.I.H. had an exciting New Year's Eve sitting in his living room watching Guy Lombardo. He thrilled as Notre Dame squeaked by Alabama 13-11 in a game that wasn't easy on the blood pressure. It was Coach Ara Paresghian's last game at Notre Dame, What a way to go! He could imagine Meanderin' Mary jumping up and down with glee when Southern California edged Ohio State 18- 17 in the Rose Bowl game. Somebody sent; Lawrence Welk one of S.I.H. columns that mentioned him, so Welk sent him a letter thanking him. And it wasn't a rubber stamp signature. He wondered if Arnold Rauen or Clyde Black- well had something to do with it. With Marian's gym filled to an overflow crowd of McHenry fans on both sides of the floor, the Fighting Warriors won a hard fought game 62-53. The Sophomore team split a pair of games, losing to Mundelein, 40 to 38, and defeating Marian Central, 54 to 35. -The Warriors remained one game behind Zion and Liber­ tyville in the North Suburban league as they defeated Mundelein, 94 to 55. Buffalo Grove beat McHenry swimmers, 96-72. McHenry high wrestlers downed Cary Grove and lost to Mundelein. The McHenry Freshmen lost to Mundelein 70 to 48. They defeated McHenry, 44 to 37. Warriors overpowered Barrington 78 39. They also edged Dundee on Stark's clutch free throws, 72-66. Freshmen wrestlers won Mundelein and Woodstock matches. Varsity Wrestlers lost to Woodstock, but the Sophomores won. A strong Dundee wrestling team beat McHenry, 40 to 12. The Sophomore cagers split a pair, of games bowing to Dundee. 49-36, and defeating Barrington. 71-57. West Aurora Wim team was victorious over MCHS, 109-58. The "Rassling" Warriors split in a double dual meet They lost to Harvard 28 to 12. but defeated Harlem of Rock­ ford, 36-12. In a crucial battle for second place the Warriors defeated Libertyville 57-45.~ S.I.H. enjoyed a letter from Harold Bacon who wrote Bacon's Strip" before Earl took over So I Hear. FEBRUARY Warriors routed Cards. 101- 67. to ring up the 100th win for their coach. Ken Ludwig The McHenry Sophomores were defeated by Barrington, 47-36. Then they edged Dundee in a thriller, 56-54. Three Warrior wrestlers advanced to the sectional tourney at Rockford, Ken Scanlin, Steve Lane and Bob Eppel. The Warriors won their eighteenth game of the season and ninth in conference play as they defeated Barrington, 47 to 44. Bill Moerschbaecher poured in 26 points to lead Marian Central to a 82-48 victory over St. Francis in a West Suburban Catholic conference game. Ken S&nlin qualified for the state finals in Champaign. Ken has 25 wins, 5 losses and 2 ties. The Warriors hit another milestone when they won their twentieth game of the season by defeating Crown, 70 to 61. It was the first 20 game season for Coach Ken Ludwig as Warrior coach, and only the second time in history of the school that a McHenry team has won 20 games in a season. The other was in 1958-59 when Cliff Fulton's five won the North Suburban Conference. Marian Central defeated Huntley, 83 to 61, in the first game of the Class A regional basketball tournament. Bill Moerschbaecher and Sam Anderson from McHenry had the hot hands for Marian. MARCH C.B. Claypool and George A. Hoffman, Jr., won angling recognition in the Metropolitan Miami Fishing tournament when each caught a 15 lbs., snapper in the general division. The Warriors closed out the regular season play by defeating Crystal Lake, 63 to 52. It was their twenty-first win oi the season. The Sophomore cagers closed out their season on a winning note by defeating Crystal Lake, 55 to 48. Steve Koerber and Marty Zeller were named to the North Suburban All Conference team Koerber was an unanimous selection of the coaches. The West Suburban Catholic All-Conference basketball teams lists two local boys who have been great performers on the Marian Central team this year, Sam Anderson and Bill Moerschbaecher The McHenry high school "Fighting Warriors" showed why they were picked in the number one spot in the regional as they defeated Hononegah of Rockton. 94 to 37. at the Belvidere tourney. The Johnsburg Wildcats captured the Fox Valley con­ ference tournament for the meet. Steve Kasprzyk was named most valuable player at the annual awards night. Steve Koerber received the annual Coca-Cola award. Other awards were given to Kenne Ludwig for best free throw percentage; Marty Zeller and Steve Koerber, all conference. Rick Swanson, former McHenry high school swim­ ming star, finished second in the National N.C.A.A. division II swimming meet in two events. The high school tennis team opened the 1975 season with a win over Lake Zurich, 5-0 The Warriors opened their long awaited baseball season with a double win over visiting Lake Forest, 4 to 0 and 8 to 4. The Sophomores dropped a twin bill to the Lake, Forest Sophomores, 8 to 0 and 6 to 2. The MCHS Thinclads placed fifth in the Oswego Relays. The high school tennis team went down to defeat by a score of 5 to 0 at the hands of Libertyville. Warriors won their third game with a 12 to 3 win over the Dundee Cardunals. The Fresh­ men team split a pair of games when they lost to Crystal Lake 8 to 7 and defeated Dundee 14 to 4. The Sophomores defeated Crystal Lake 2 to 0 and then lost to Dundee 9 to 4. McHenry's tennis squad captured championsips in five of the six singles classifications and won second place in the remaining contest in the Rock­ ford Jefferson quadrangular meet at Rockford. After racking up six straight \pis, the Warriors finally went down to defeat against Mun­ delein, 8 to 6. The Warriors won the first game by the same score. Earlier the^ Warriors defeated WoodstockTs to 4, and Cary Grove, 10 to 7. The Sophomore team dropped a doubleheadef to Mundelein, 6 to 1 and 14 to 4. In a display of power and depth, Coach Wally Scott's McHenry high track team easily defeated North Chicago and Barrington in a track meet at North Chicago. McHenry won the second quad tennis tourney, defeating Crown, Oswego and Marian Central. The team dropped a 5 to 0 match to powerful Barrington, and then defeated Woodstock, 5 to 4. The Warrior baseball team came from behind to defeat the BarringtolTBroncos 4 to 3. Thetrack team ran its way to a triangular win over Antioch and Waven. For the second time in 2 years, the Plaindealer photographer, Wayne Gaylord, was on the winning bowling te4m. The Kaneland Knights repeated as relay champions when they won their fifth straight McHenry crown. Bill George, former Chicago Bear, attended the Bronco Warrior baseball game at McCracken Field where his son, Leo, was playing first base for Barrington. McHenry's Frosh-Soph tennis squad won the first annual tennis tourney. Coach Toby Scott's boys won first and second places in both singles and doubles. They also defeated Stevenson, 5 to 0, and Crown, 4 to 1. The Freshmen baseball team was victorious twice over Lake Forest. 10 to 0, in five innings and 9 to 6 in the nightcap Gary Gilpin, a senior at Marian Central high school, set a new record in the shot put with a toss qf 52 feet 10 inches at the Bishop O'Neill Relays at Marmion academy. Aurora The Warriors were defeated by Crown 7 to 3 The Sophs defeated Crown 3-2 The high school trackmen ran their way to a triangular win over Zion Benton and Lake Forest The Warriors scored 75 points The varsity tennis team defeated Stevenson. 4 to 1 The tennis team defeated North Chicago. 4 to 1. and Zion Benton, 3 to 2. They lost. 4 to 1, to powerful Lake Forest. The track team won another triangular meet at Mundelein. S.I.H thoroughly enjoyed the "Roast Party" held for him and Tom Bolger at the V.F.W. MAY . ' S.I.H marked a big change in his life He retired from the office of city clerk after 38 years This year he marks the fortieth year of wrirtng sports for the Plaindealer Now he will JUNE Johnsburg Tigers dropped the home opener to Dixon, 4 to 3. > Wonder Lake tennis boosters plan courts for Harrison school. The girls golf classes of McHenry high school-West Campus were on an all day golf outing at Chapel Hill country club. Three members of Coach Ken Swanson's McHenry high school baseball teaifi made the North Suburban all star team. Randy McCafferty, senior outfielder, was an unanimous selection. Dave Wickenkamp and Tony Christy were the other two selected. The Warriors split with Libertyville in the final games of the season The "Cats" won the first game, 1 to 0, and the second game, 3 to 2. The Warriors wound up 10 and 8 in the conference and 19 and 8 overall. " , The House of David, 12 inch softball team, remained un­ beaten with a close 15 to 14 win over Wetteland Decorating. Phillips' 66 ended Old Bridge's 3 game win streak with an 8 to 5 win. "Vj, * The McHenry1 Pigtail league was in full swing at the Whsipering Oaks field. ~ Brian Nuss, a junior at West Campus, captured the high point trophy for scoring 171 points during the 1975 track season. Kenne Ludwig was named recipient of the Gary Vogt Memorial award at the Senior Tribute at West Cam­ pus. He had the highest scholastic rank and earned his Major letter in at least two sports during his senior year, f Steve Kasprzyk was named the Athlete-of-the-year. This award goes to the graduating senior who has earned his major letter in at least two sports during his senior year and is voted most valuable by the coaching staff. Randy McCafferty received the most valuable award for baseball. Terry Reilly was voted most valuable award for tennis, with a season record of twenty-one victories against only seven losses. Montini Middle school held its annual sports banquet More than one hundred students received awards for their participation in the school interscholastic athletic program for the year 1974-75 Marty Zeller was accepted at New Mexio Military Institute. « Shamrocks joined the Shoreline league More than 3,200 McHenry county bowlers have helped provide a $400 contribution to Pioneer Center through the McHenry County Bowling Proprietors association. JULY In the finals of the Directors' tournament played at the McHenry Country club Gary Adams defeated Art Jackson on the 18th hole in Flight 1. Flight 2 winner was John Steinbach over Dick Freund. Tom Burke birdied the seventeenth and eighteenth holes to win one up over Fred Ballstaedt in Flight 3.* * Lakeview won the first place trophy and Apple Inn took second place in the Men's 16" tournament. Rusty Nail took over first place in the McHenry Area 12- inch slow pitch league McHenry cheerleaders won the spirit stick awards in the final week of the Illinois State u n i v e r s i t y s u m m e r cheerleadering clinics The American Legion baseball team was defeated at Genoa. 8-5 They were held to 1 hit by the Algonquin pitcher, when they lost. 5-0 Crystal Lake beat McHenrv 24) Team No 7 of the Pistakee Ladies league gained first place by talprfg"t&rmJow net They now lead with 1J$ points A triple play was made in the fourth inning of the State Farm AUGUST Out of the 100 years the Plaindealer has been printed. S.I.H. has spent 40 years get­ ting out a column and editing the sports page. His first column appeared August *5. 1935 Barbara Gilpin and Janet Anderson of McHenry won the 1975 Women's Doubles Summer Tennis tournament held at the Racket club. Crystal Lake. . Bill Santino of Crystal Lake won the open division of the second annual McHenry Marathon in ' the record breaking time of 37 minutes and 38 seconds to shave 30 seconds off of the mark set by Alex Thomas of McHenry in last year's race Paula Shearer of Mt. Prospect captured first place in the first McHenry Woman's Invitational golf tournament held at the Country club. The annual McHenry All Star games were held between the 16 inch stars and 12 inch stars * Two 5 inning games were played and both turned out to be real crowd pleasers. The 16 inch All Stars won the 16 inch game by a score of 8 to 4. In the second game the 12 inch All Stars came back to win the 12 inch match by a score of 19 to 18 Pat Barber, Georgette Calcese and Heide Kuehn were winners and champions of A B and C class tournaments at Pistakee golf league. Hettermann's came up with another fine season by taking first place and number one spot in the playoffs with a season's record of 18 wins and 3 losses in the Men's 16" softball league. Rich Meyers of. Apple Inn captured the 1975 batting crown with an average of 563. House of David team was the 1975 champion in the 12-inch softball league. They defeated Old Bridge. Art Jackson won the club championship at McHenry Country club. His final score was 287, ten strokes better than second place Gary Adams with 297. Ed Buss was third with 306. McHenry Girls' 12" fast pitch traveling team completed a very successful season winning three first place trophies. They won the North Division title, the North-South title and < the McHenry County tournament Marilyn Bishoff, captured the club championship at McHenry Country club. Carol Cooney finished second. Judy Smithson was third and Alvina Yopp. fourth. Monkey Golf was the special event at Chapel Hill Country club Winners were. Class A, Nance McAuliff, Class B. Mary Jane Nowak tied Gretch Gerritts. Class C was Lois Anderson SEPTEMBER The football Warriors opened their season with a wton over North Chicago. 26 to 14. The Cross Country squad opened its season with a split at Mount Prospect They defeated Schaumburg 22 to 35 and lost to Prospect, 28 to 29 The golf team at MCHS split a pair of matches by defeating Grant high school of Fox I.ake. and losing to Lake Forest Elmer Shaw captured the Chapel Hill championship golf tournament Dick Kosing won the^ Crystal Woods club championship The "Running Warriors" defeated I^ake Zurich' 15 to 50 and lost to Hoffman Estates 22 to 35 Warriors beat Dundee. 18-13, for their second conference win The ' Running Warriors" defeated Barrington and Grant at the West Campus course They brought home the third place trophy at Maine West invitational The McHenry high golfers won two matches, defeating Libertyville and Klgin They continued their winning ways as they defeated Dundee and Woodstock Our Farm located on Bull Valley road, conducted the first horse trials ever held in McHenry county The Warriors went down to their first defeat of the season when the Wildcats of Liber tyville won. 27-2 The Running Warriors continued to overpower the opposition as they defeated North Chicago. 15 "to 50. and Zion Benton. 18 to 45 AndV double win by winning time of 16 20 High school golfers Mundelein 159-161. They defeated Zion Benton Antioch The MCHS Field Hockey girls m defeated Dundee, 2-0. LI The Montini Mustangs win! their first football game by defeating Countryside. 41-6. Mundelein team spoiled the Warrior homecoming by a winning 10-0 <-«l The McHenry high golf sqoal 1 finished fifth in the twenty team Crown Invitational held at Randall Oaks The Harriers split with tlar Mundelein and Lake Foregkx teams They finished third if>>n •the annual Crystal Lake i%u|s vitational meet held **<><, Veterans Acres t>(M Pat Barber captured tlifcu> championship for the seconA, I time in many years at ChapeL.b Hill Country club ladU#[/ tournament „ ' t The MCHS Girls field hockeys team defeated the Hoffmatii Estates team, 2-0. The Cuda golfers downed t« Crown. 155 to 179 Art Jackson defeated Haok,^ Leisten in the Past President*}** <r tournament at McHenvtfi Country club. The Warriors spoiled thai*! Tigers of Crystal Lalwo homecoming by defeating then*.* 12 to 3. , ?A >• The Barrington Bronetov golfers successfully dsfrndei their North Suburban goM*« crown. Crystal Lake wmh> second and McHenry placode third. ,rMi The Harriers split witte r Conant and Grayslake and«* defeated Antioch The Cross J Country squad finished sia**i teenth in a forty-four team field •*» at the Peoria invitational. » The water polo team defeated Libertyville, im > The Waukegan swim 1«mi i j was too much for the MCHS gtoftii *• swimmers The McHenry golfers won ttofco I.H.S.A. district title at Hwhr McHenry Country club. 11 the first district win for A McHenry team in nearly thirty * years. tw The Parkland Vikings wtf»H the first place trophy in tlM||ii newly formed Fox Valley Eigtt conference for softball teaiMv»i The Harriers placed seceadio in the County Cross Country!", meet. <t »»t In a game marred Iqm- nineteen penalties the Warriorsol won their fourth game of the season. 14 to 6. usod The "Running Warrioretfm qualified for the Lake Forest.t sectional i-M-n * ... -.in-rj The Montini Flsg footMfc* tesm defeated Harrison by iMi score of 33-7 and clinched Fox Valley Conference** championship. *jp In a game delayed ksrftl lightning, the Lake Foreeiq Scouts defeated the McHenry Warriors.3S to 12. The McHenry SophomorO won the North Suburbaw] conference Cross Country metfe* held at Crystal Lake. TImI i McHenry Freshman place fUVi in the Crystal Lake Froeh-Sopteh invitational at Crystal Lakeiq After the World Series. the<] National league fans realty! poured it on S.I.H., afMfrt Cincinnati defeated the BostoH Ked Sox in sevcWgames '!*•» S.I.H thoughtabout writing) to the Chicago Tribune because? they cut the Orphan Annie strip/ from the comic section HA uiq thmi NOVEMBER Dedication, hard work intestinal fortitude was theme of the day as Coach Btilrl H u t c h i n s o n ' s R u n n i n g Warriors won the North, Suburban Cross Country Crow1 at Crystal Lake. <\* The McHenry high croee* country team woh a double dual, meet at West Campus whea~ they defeated North Chicago. 15 to 50 and Zion Benton, 18 to 40i< The Zion Benton Zee BecflT beat a tough Warrior team. 14^ 6. and won the north suburban j Football championship. Montim's flag football team* finished its season undefeated by beating Big Hollow School/' 2<M> * ». The McHenry high school girls field hockey team won the sub-sectional championship by. defeating Woodstock, 2 to t. Three McHenry high Warriors were selected by the conference coaches for the Ail North Suburban Team Briaft Nuss. Brett Decker and Tommy Ludwig were ttee Warriors selected " »»• The Girls' Athletic association hosted the annual Daddy Date night in the West Campus gym. The varsity golfers ended the 1975 season by taking the IHStft district golf with a 12 win - 4 loss varsity record Outstanding seniors were Bob Buenzl»< Lowell Kively and Jim Burke, The MCHS girls swim team finished the season with a second place in the final meet against Dundee and Crown S I H observed a very happy birthdav DECEMBER After an opening game loss to West Aurora, the Warriors came roaring back and won tjie c o n s o l a t i o n c h a m p i o n s h i p i n ' the King Korn Tourney at Sycamore They defeated DeKalb. 85 to 72 in the cham­ pionship game