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I Meet The Athletes I Jeff Hurkes (football) Marty Deener (football) S $ 1 it I Lunkenheimer (golf) , (Not every player can be a star, but every coach will say tbat the pulling guard is just as vital to the team as the halfback who gains 100 yards a game...or that the defensive specialist is just as important as the one who scores twenty-five points a game. Recognizing that ALL athletes, not just a few, are deserving of recognition, the Plaindealer, with this issue, inaugurates a new series which will spotlight the seniof athletes at McHenry high school who participate in any interscholaStic sport, be it football, field hockey, golf, etc.) Jeff Hurkes The son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hurkes, Jeff Hurkes of Johnsburg is the latest in a long line of family members to participate in athletics at McHenry high school. He has six brothers, all of whom are or were involved in one athletic sport or another. Jeff plays football, and is one of three quarterbacks on the varsity squad this season. He saw some playing time as varsity quarterback last year, and called the signals for the junior varsity team. Besides playino^football, the lifelong resident of Johnsburg has alM wrestled every year he has been in high school. As to which sport he prefers, he says, "I like them both." Jeff will graduate from MCHS in June, and indicated he plans on attending college next fall. He has not decided yet what school he will go to, and isn't completely sure what course of study he will pursue. Academically, he carries better than a "B" average for three complete years of high school. # Bob Lunkenheimer One of several returning lettermen to the varsity golf team at McHenry high school this fall is Bob Lunkenheimer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lunkenheimer of McHenry. Bob got interested in golf through his parents, and caddied at McHenry Country club for five years-the same course which he now plays for the school team. His best eighteen hole score ever was a one-over par 71 at Chapel Hill Golf club. Following graduation, he plans on attending college, and possibly studying psychology. He says this year's golf team is potentially one of the best in the state, and hopes the squad can steer away from some bad breaks which proved costly last season. As all weekend golfers know, when playing in a match a golfer has the tendency to play against the opponent rather than playing against the course. Bob stresses that the key to successful golf is concentration, and that playing the man instead of the course invariably tacks a few strokes onto the score. He also says there is more to golf than playing eighteen holes, with work done on a driving range being very important to overall perfopnance as well as playing an actual round. Marty Deener One ojust jseven rurning lettermen on this year's Warrior football team is Marty Deener, sone of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Deener of Wonder Lake. The Deener family moved to Wonder Lake six years ago, from Cherry Valley, 111., which is near Rockford. A senior, Marty is beginning his fourth year of Warrior football, and McHenry fans can expect to see a lot of him rutHth&from his fullback position this fall. Head football coach Bill Day stated that he expects the Warriors to run the ball more than last year, which means Deener should be right in the middle of whatever happens on the gridiron this fall. Marty says he has always liked football, so it was natural that he went out for the football team as a freshman. He's been at it ever since. Besides football, Marty has played basketball for the past three seasons, and also played two years of baseball. As to what the future holds for him, he isn't certain yet whether or not he will attend college. Career plans are not & yet finalized. What is finalized is his desire to help bring a >£ winning football season to Warrior fans this fall. DETROIT TIGERS STAR, RON LEFlJORE WHOSE REHABILITATION AFTER SERVING TIME tN MICHIGAN PRISONS. IS RATHER FANTASTIC. JAILED IN '65, HE SPENT 6 MONTHS IN SOL/TAR/CONFINEMENT. HE GOT INTERESTED IN SPORTS WHILE SERVING HIS SENTENCE. TIGERS GOT WIND OF HIS TALENTS, SIGNED HIM WHEN HE HAS SET FREE. IN 13 MONTHS, Ut FLORE MS PLA/tNG FOR DETROIT. IN '76, HE BATTED .314, ROUNDED OUT 171 HITS, SCORED 93 RUNS AND STOLE 58 BASES/ RON PLAYED IN THE ALL-STAR GAME. HITTING- & THE 20- YEAR OLD LeFLORE IS KNOWN J FOR HIS FAST ACCELERATION. problem. For the pamphlet, "Your Child's Sight", write Prevent Blindness, 79 Madison avenue, New York, New York 10016. True or false? Children may develop vision problems even before they start school. That's true -- one in twenty preschoolers has a vision WE SERVICE ALL MAKES OF COLOR T.V.'S A STEREOS FACTORY AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER FOR ZENITH--RCA --PANASONIC WONDER LAKE 653-7111 , 7224 BARNARD MILL ROAD. WONDER LAKE 385-0979 Products * fops in Service PAGE7-PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1977 Head coach Bill Hutchinson uses the stop watch to time his top three cross country runners during a recent practice session. The three are, from left to right; Kevin Weisenberger, Vince Linnane, and Mike Burmann. All three earned varsity letters last season, and Hutchinson is counting on consistent, quality performers from the trio this season. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD . «.v»yji • „ • - ' • v • • Warriors Lack Depth Entering 977 Season $ s WANTED: A supporting cast for some very talented cross country runners. Bill Hutchinson, varsity cross country coach at McHenry high school, hopes he can find the answer to that pressing need among a half-dozen runners who have been working out for the past two weeks. Hutchinson's problem is that it takes five runners to win in cross country, and the Warriors enter the 1977 season needing help from inexperienced runners in order to have a banner year. McHenry opens its season Tuesday, Sept. 6, facing Antioch and Schaumburg on the Antioch Cross Country n/Lnnnr<-.-<-rii-|- *r --• -- -- i î--•"i~«~ -- course. The first home meet will be Sept. 8, against Belvidere and St. Charles. As to what kind of season the Warriors will have, suffice it to say that they certainly have the nucleus to be a consistent winner. Returning for his senior season is Mike Burmann, who was the second place finisher in last year's North Suburban conference meet, and finished fourth in the 1976 state district meet. He was also the winner of the county cross-country meet, and Hutchinson expects him to have another big year, The coach is also counting heavily on Kevin Weisenberger, another senior letterman, who $ Xv 1 88 ' * - * • / pifum . m m* w w ' > • :W• fli .!(•-.At •. | f»i'S A GALLANT EFFORT...was made by Carol Cooney, who finished second in the McHenry Country r fchib Women's club tournament, losing an eighteen-bole playoff to Judy Smlthson by four strokes, here, Mrs. Cooney displays her outstanding form, chipping ball within three feet of the cup. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Arizona sun 3321 W. ELM (RTE. 120) MCHENRY PHONE 815-385-1833 AUTHINT1C INDIAN JEWELRY * QUALITY WESTERN WEAR I WE'RE BACK... FROM OUT WEST! ^ARIZONA SUN Because We Bought Direct, We Have Many Great Buys! 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You've got to have five guys who can run." Looking good in practice thus far have been lettermen Jerry Haines and Mike Shoopman, along with Jeff Mitacek, Jim Smith, Rich Parizanski, Randy Wright, Jerry Baczkowski, Pete Morales, Chris Dixon, and Pat Teuber. Parizanski and Wright were both injured last year. "We don't have a lot of depth, but we could get help from some of these sophomores and juniors as well as the seniors," the coach said. "This could be a better team than last year (8-7 and fourth in NSC), but it depends 6n injuries and how some of these guys improve." Hutchinson figures that Libertyville, the defending conference champion, and Crystal Lake will be strong in cross country this year. Where McHenry fits into the picture depends on a let of tilings--but mostly it depends on whether or not a couple of runners can run out from the shadows and move to the forefront, making what promises to be a good team even better. After both the first and second place clubs were knocked out of the Twelve-Inch playoffs most fans were picking Rusty Nail to win in four. After all, the Nail swept three regular season games from St. Regis this year. However, anything can happen when two teams tied for third place in regular season {day meet in a pressure filled championship series. It ~ certainly was proven in game four as St. Regis won by a 6-2 margin over Rusty Nail to even . the series at two games apiece. St. Regis: 5 Hits, Only 1 Run St. Regis opened the scoring with one run in the first as the first five men in the order singled. Nail center fielder Ray Thelen saved one run as he cut down Gary Connell at the plate. Irish Decicco provided the big hit with a bases loaded single for a 1-0 lead. An inning ending doubleplay left the bases loaded, but St. Regis scored again in the second. Mark Decker led off with a base hit; Mike Conway advanced him to second with a single and after a fielder's choice Pete Smith drove in the second Regis run with a sacrifice fly. Regis Leads 4-0 After 3 Innings In the third St. Regis was on the scoreboard again as they upped the score to 4-0. John DeCicco led off with a single, his second hit of the game. Matt Oik did likewise .pushing DeCicco to third on the hit. Don Prazak flied put to left and DeCicco scored. Irish DeCicco singled and Mark Decker, with two outs, came up with his second hit of the game scoring Oik. On the [day Ray Thelen rifled the ball to catcher Len Ackermann and DeCicco was out at the plate. Thelen Robbed By Connell At the plate Thelen was having his troubles as he hit the ball well but was robbed on a fine catch by leftfielder Gary Connell in the second. The rest of the Nail team was having its troubles as the first nine men were retired, including a doubleplay to end the third. Schmitt Hits 2-run Homer Tn th*» fourth Rusty Nail struck for its only two runs. After another- infield doubleplay, Dave Sundby singled and Dennis Schmitt hit a full count pitch to left center. Hie ball just barely glanced off Connell's glove going for a two- run home run. An inning later the Nail threatened with two outs and runners on first and second. Greg Johnson sent a hard grounder up the middle but John Connell could not get out of the way as the ball grazed his foot for the out. St. Regis felt the pressure as they came up with two more runs in the fifth. Gary Connell singled followed by Don Prazak's two out base hit. On the play at third Connell was safe and Prazak took second. That set up Irish DeCicco's third hit in a row good for 2 RBI's. The Nail threatened once more in the sixth. A1 Elliott and Dennis Schmitt singled but John DeCicco caught a hard hit line shot at third base off the bat of Bill Huff to end the inning. DeCicco Takes Charge Durihg game four Irish DeCicco was in command on the mound. After six bases on balls last game DeCicco walked no one. With one out in the last inning DeCicco struck out Ray Thelen, caught looking, and Larry Jones, whiffing ill an impressive turnaround from last Wednesday. RUSTY NAIL Elliott, A1 Sundby, Dave Schmitt, Dennis Huff, Bill Connell, John Thelen, Ray Jones, Larry Sowers, Charly Johnson, Greg Ackermann, Len AB 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 H 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RBI 4 0 " 0 -• 2 <• 0 0 . 0 0- 0 v 0 I 0 J 27 2 7 2 ST. REGIS AB H R RBI Connell. Gary 3 1 2 0 DeCicco, John 3 2 2 0 Oik, Matt 3 1 2 0 Prazak, Don 2 1 2 1 DeCicco, Irish 3 0 3 3 McQueeney, Hawk 3 0 , 0 0 Decker, Mark 3 1 2 1 Conway, Mike 3 0 1 0 LaFontaine, Joe 3 0 0 0 Smith, Pete 1 0 0 1 27 14 Rusty Nail St. Regis 000 200 0 112 020 x 6 R H E 2 7 0 6 14 2 Homeruns: Schmitt Base on Balls: (by DeCicco) none; (by Huff) none. Sacrifice Prazak, Smith Pat Wirtz Hits; MENS 16" SOFTBALL By Don Bentz Tuesday, Aug. 23 No games were played due to rain Thursday, Aug. 25 Hettermann's Slips By Bridge Scoring 4 runs in the fifth inning, Hetteramnn's held on to beat Old Bridge 4-2. After 2 were out, Mark Bentz singled and stole second, and scored when Phil Oeffling tripled him in; he scored when Old Bridge committed an error. Het­ termann's was led in hitting by a 2-2 night by Phil Oeffling end a 2-3 by Wayne Hiller. Old Bridge scored their 2 runs in the second when Wayne Frantz walked and Steve Rohrer tripled him in and he scored when Sam Spasovich singled him home. Ron Miller went 2-3 for Old Bridge, Hettermann's leacU the series 1-0. tie the game, and 1 in the fifth to take the lead 6-5. In the seventh Hiller's had men on first and third, nobody out, but the batter hit intp„a double play to end the threat. Steve Hill and Pete Blackburn each had 2 hits for Hiller's, while Marty Conway went 2-3 as did Kevin Freund. Hiller's Fox Hole 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 - r h 5 9 6 7 Old Bridge Hettermann's 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0- r h 4 7 Fox Hole Wins By 1 Scoring the first 5 runs of the game, Hiller's lost the lead in the fourth and eventually the game 6-5. Going into the fourth inning Hiller's was leading 5-1 when Fox Hole scored 4 runs to Monday Aug. 28 Fox Hole Wins BIG Scoring the first 22 runs of the game Fox Hole had a very easy time defeating Hiller's 22-3. Every man who played for Fox Hole got at least 1 hit. Leading the way, Marty Conway went 3- 4 with 2 homeruns, and a single, driving in 5 runs and scoring another 4 runs. Richie Meyers went 3-4, a single, double, and tripel, driving in 3 runs and scoring 3. Hiller's limited to just 4 hits one by each Jim Yaworski, Jim Quinn, Steve Hill and Mark Schultz. Fox Hole Hiller's Hettermann's Wins Slugfest Scoring 13 runs in the final inning Hettermann's defeated Old Bridge 20-12. Old Bridge scored 6 runs in the fourth and 6 more in the sixth and was leading 12-6 going to the final stanza. But Hettermann's sent 18 men to the plate, 15 got on base, 13 of them scored. Old Bridge got a tough break when4 short center fielder Ron Miller left the game due to a serious injury. Taking advantage of that Hettermann's hit the hole right up the middle. Old Bridge did hit more extra base hits as they had 6 doubles, and t triples. Hettermann's had 3 doubles and 2 triples. Tom Les went 4-4 and John Meyer went 3-4 for Old Bridge. For Hettermann's Joe Dehn went 4-5, and Rick Wakitsch and Phil Oeffling both went 3-4. Hettermann's Old Bridge 0 3 3 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 r h 20 22 12 H Slicing Bread When slicing a loaf of warm crusty bread, turn it on its side make slicing easier. Buying Water When buying bottled water in, the store, make sure that the boU. tie cap has been tightly sealed tcr avoid contamination or sub­ stitution. 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