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yiny.-p. Ai«.ngtlJTff • ffgDNBgPAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 1W1 Stun Maine North 22-14 """"" ****** Dramatic Rally Lifts Warriors In 2 Choose the adjective which best applies to McHenry's 29-14 double-overtime win over Maine North Saturday afternoon: (kamatic, unbelievable, miraculous, sparkling...they are all appropriate. What occurred in Des Plaines Saturday is the type of game that can 'make' or 'break' a season. Of course, only time will tell if the victory will propel the Warriors on their way to a memorable year. But nothing that lies ahead can ever diminish the fact that, Saturday afternoon, McHenry made one of the more dramatic comebacks any high school football team is ever going to make. The heroes are too numerous to mention. There was junior quarterback Pete Prust, who drove his team in for the two tying touchdowns in regulation play after the Warriors were behind 14-0 at ha If time, and also ran for the two-point conversion which tied the game with Just 1:46 remaining. There was Junior defensive lineman Mike Ahlert, who recovered two fumbles, including one on the Maine North 11-yard line with Just3:S0 to {day to set up the tying score. There was Tim Oakley, who ran for two touchdowns, one of which was the 10-yard burst in the second overtime session which proved to be the winning score. One can't overlook Tim Hughes' contribution either. He intercepted a Maine North pass in the second extra session to secure the win, and although he was carried off the field by his teammates after the interception, a more appropos scene would have been for the fans to carry the entire team off the field because, in reality, it was a 'team' victory. What it appeared to be at half time was something less than a 'team' victory. In fact, there didn't appear to be a victory coming at all. EARL WALSH So I Hear SPORTS EDITOR In the sports world there's good news tonight (Sunday). Those dear to my heart White Sox won two games and used some rookies to spark the lineup which had the blahs lately. Bill Veeck now has players to use in trades. Those play me or trade me boys may be on Veeck's trick or treat list before next season. In football the Chicago Bears beat Detroit 30 to 20 and had to listen to the boo-birds who wanted mere passing. Jack and Bev Justen must be happy tonight after their Green Bay Packers came through with a victory- For Bart Starr's sake, I hope there are more victories. The Cubs split a double header, but can rejoice now that Rick Reuschel won his 20th game of the season. There aren't many 20-game winners. Coach Bill Day and his Warrior football team beat Maine North Saturday and there must have been whoop- de-do on that homeward bound bus. Am anxious to get the report' on the Warrior victory. A radio report tells us it came in double overtime. A team has to have something behind the belt to stay in there and win those kind of games. Don Kintzel phoned to ask if I knew about Ted Turner's Courageous winning the American Cup series. Hadn't heard. Don wonders if it is the dif­ ference in the boats or in the handling that gives this country the victories. In fact, he thinks it would be a great idea to have the crews change boats and run a race. Think we'll leave that promotion up to Don. He has a telephone voice that could sell ice to the Eskimos. After sports news came a report on other news that took the good taste out of my mouth. Politics, especially on the state and federal level, are getting dirtier by the day. There must be something constructive to feed the public. Saw a 1977 magazine in a certain dentist's x office last week. Yep -- 1977. The way names of states are abbreviated nowadays makes me recall grade school days when teachers taught us it was disrespectful not to write the name of our state in full. •y - Don Doherty tells me Harry Dean hasn't left Green St. Not yet. He must be keeping himself in the back room. Never see him up front. Haven't seen Arnold Rauen in some time. May have to get up a posse to find him. He must be out of the country or just resting. That Sunday dinner at the Zion Lutheran church was another good one. George and Mary Freund completed our foursome and a pleasant time it was. Everybody left the hall smiling. Full tummies and happy hearts. George Rodenkirk says he played golf with "Zeke" Bacon when he and his wife visited Arizona. (Confidentially, George, how is the old boy getting around the course?) PICKUPS: He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals. Put your brain in gear before you put your mouth in motion. Not Me On being invited to join an ac­ tors' club, Groucho Marx re­ marked: "I wouldn't belong to any organization that would have me for a member." DOOR COUNTY Motor Coach four 3 DAYS - 2 NIGHTS *119 PER PERSON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY 00 SOLD OUT Tii|» Nu. l...Septen»lwi ?6,?7, ft t% Trip No. 2....0ctober 3,4,45 PRICE OFTRIP INCLUDES ROOMS, TOUR OF DOOR COUNTY AND ALL MEALS EXCEPT LUNCH ON FIRST DAY. STAY AT BAY SHORE INN ON STURGEON BAY FOR FREE DETAILS...TEL. 385-1500 ICC MC 138755 McHenry trailed 14-0 after two periods, and had done little to indicate that a dramatic rally was forthcoming. Prust was 0-for-5 passing and had thrown an interception, and the offensive backfield, which gained just S3 yards in the half, seemed bent on seeing how big a pile of linemen they could run into rather than trying to go around the pileups. The Warrior punt team, which was overly generous in the season-opening loss to Rockford Boy lan, literally 'gave' the Norsemen their first TD, allowing a punt to be blocked, with the ensuing recovery in the end zone giving the hosts a 6-0 lead. Prust threw an interception late in the second quarter, and two {days later, a 30-yard touchdown pass pushed the score to .4-0 with 0:06 left in the period. Then came half time, and the great transformation occurred The Warriors took the second half kick off, and in ten plays, all on the ground, covered the 65 remaining yards for the touchdown. Oakley carried four times in the drive, and put the points on the board with a seven-yard run. Oakley also ripped off runs of 15,10, and five yards during the march, while Mike Tollifson, Marty Deener, and Prust also gained valuable yardage. That brought the score to 14-6, and although the Warrior defense completely shut off the Norsemen attack in the second half, the McHenry offense simply couldn't move the ball in for the tying score. With 5:20 remaining in the game, McHenry faced a fourth down and ten yards to go situation on the Norsemen 41-yard line. Even at that late stage, head coach Bill Day, confident his defensive unit could hold the Norsemen, ordered a punt. Four plays later, Ahlert recovered a fumble on the Maine North 11-yard line. From there, Oakley gained four yards and Deener nothing. An offsides penalty, only McHenry's second penalty of the game, put McHenry on the 12-yard line, from where Prust found Marty Nuss in the end zone. Nuss made a diving grab of the pass to boost the score to 14-12 with 1:46 remaining. Prust then called his own number in the huddle, running over for the two-point conversion. McHenry got the ball back once more in regulation {day, and drove to the Norsemen five-yard line before time ran out, and the game went into overtime. In overtime, each team is given the ball on the opposing 10-yard line, and is given four plays in which to score. Maine North's opportunity was thwarted by a fumble, while McHenry was stopped by a pass interception. That sent the game into a second extra session, with McHenry having die ball first. It took just one play for Oakley to ramble the 10 yards for the scorc, and Prust threw to Dave Pliner for the two-point conversion The Norsemen, needing eight points to tie, were stopped on (Wo running {days. Their next play was a pass which Hughes intercepted, sealing the 22-14 triumph. The win levels McHenry's record at 1-1 entering North Suburban conference play this coming Saturday at Libertyville. Maine North is now 0-2, having lost both of its games in overtime. The McHenry sophomores made it a rare "double-victory" day in football, defeating the Norsemen 14-6. The Warriors scored both their touchdowns in the final period, tallying on a two-yard run by Brian Roberts and on a 25-yard pass from Tim Sabatka to Jim Frantz. ' McHenry Warriors Main* North Norsemen SCORING-STATISTICS i a -1 / • • * 4 • • V IfctOt rvfowrvfi diockco punr in ivm lotto, i kicr fwivq.! • • F aa • 14 S: 10-MoinoNorth: RonStfo«eli and Qt. 0:M~MoiM North: Scott TorlumitM-pass from Stovt Llttol. (Steve Kaplan n*n.) Thirty yards in three plays following pass Interception. irdQt. 7:43--McHenry: Tim Oakley 7-ftin. (Kick failed.) Sixty-five yard drive in It plays following second haft kickoff. ' • 4th Qt. ,, £ l:4*-McHenry: Marty Nuss 12-pass from Pete Prust. (Prust run.) Twelve yard*In three plays following fumble recovery. andOT McHenry: Oakley Id-run. (Dave Pliner pass from Prust.) TSAM STATS M .r MN 1st downs u . i) yds.rush. a«-l«d l' " 51-1S* yds. pass. m -• « total yds. 234 m passing 7-14-J - 4-tl-a tumbles-lost 5-2 if M panalties a-ao 2-12 punts-ave. s-as ; 4-27.5 INDIVIDUAL LCADKRS Rushing McH.-Tollifson 12-44, Oakley 7-54, Deener 17-47, Prust 2-2. MN-B. Keller 22-d4, Kaplan 11-M, Littel 7-l«, K. Keller 5-17, Jones 1-4, Jacobean Kl, Lombardo 4-( -2). Receiving McH.--Nuss 2-34-1 TD, Nowell 2-90, Deener 1-5, Oakley l-(-S). MN-Toriumi 4-40-1 TD. Passing McH-Prust 7-fer-14 with 2 Int. and 1 TD pass. MN-LHtel 4-for-ll with 2 Int. and I TD pass. Lose To Marengo 18-8 Marian Stumbles Again SAVING PAR...is what Norm Strossner did on the thirteenth hole Sunday during the final round of the Chapel Hill Golf club tournament. Strossner exploded out of the sand and sank the putt for his par. Strossner was crowned club champion Sunday, shooting a 36-hole score of 148, easily outdistancing Geo Street and Bob Dobecld, who each shot 155s. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD The "real" football season for Marian Central starts this Saturday afternoon, when the Hurricanes open their West Suburban Catholic conference schedule, hosting St. Francis. What occurred last Friday night (an 18-8 loss to. Marengo) and in the opener (a 27-6 loss to Harvard) were only tuneups, games in which head coach Tom Parker experimented with various combinations in hopes of finding the twenty-two • players who will lead the team to the conference title. . Hopefully, Parker will find his winning combination during practice this week, because it certainly wasn't on the field Friday night at Marengo. The Hurricanes struggled throughout the game against Marengo, with the Indians jumping out to a 12-0 halftime lead. Marian put its only points, on the board with 6:48 remaining, when Mike Wenzel caught a screen pass from quarterback Jim Ringness, and maneuvered 43 yards for the score. Both of Marian's touchdowns this year have come on screen passes that have broken for long touchdowns. Following their lone touch­ down, Marian still had plenty of time to pull the game out. However, it just wasn't to be Marian's night. The Indians returned the ensuing kickoff to their own 47- yard line, and in just eight plays had scored the clinching touchdown. Following the third MA-eifgo score, Marian had the ball for just three more plays, two incomplete passes and a pass interception. Marengo dominated the statistics as well as the scoring. The Indians gained 189 yards rushing to 88 for Marian, and led in total yardage 246-162. Gary Burg and Ringness split the Hurricane quarterback duties, each playing one half. Burg was l-for-6, while Ringness was 5-for-10 with one interception. Ed Sandall and Tom Siciliano led the Hurricane rushers, with Sandall gaining 24 yards in five carries and Siciliano 27 yards in 11 carries. But, as Parker has pointed out, Marian is still 0-0 in con­ ference play , and the coach is confident of a big effort Saturday afternoon against St. Francis. The varsity contest will start at 2 p.m. on the Hurricanes' field. The Marian sophomores were also defeated by Marengo, losing 6-0. President Carter Praises Sportsmen For Historic Role In Conservation President Carter, in an of­ ficial White House statement recently released, has praised the nation's hunters and fishermen for their historic role in conservation and has recognized Saturday, Sept. 24, as National Hunting and Fishing day in tribute to the n a t i o n ' s s p o r t s m e n - conservationists. In issuing his statement, the President said, "The con­ servation movement, which now has widespread support throughout American society, was launched about 80 years ago, largely by the nation's hunters and fishermen. The efforts of these dedicated sportsmen have been crucial in promoting the American system of conservation and wildlife management-a system now considered among the best in the world." The President, an occasional quail hunter himself, used the occasion of the upcoming National Hunting and Fishing day to commend sportsmen, in saying, "Sportsmen currently provide most of the funding for those state agencies charged with the protection of fish and wildlife. Through the payment of license fees and special taxes, hunters and fishermen supply millions of dollars an­ nually for the acquisition and improvement of fish and wildlife habitat." In the last 50 years alone, sportsmen have contributed over $5 billion to conservation and swell that total by ap­ proximately $250 million each year. These impressive A DIVISION OF WORTS TRANSIT CO.-Spnc. Opp. RENTAL NO installation charge NEW fully automatic softeners TWO year option to buy with FULL rental fee deducted ONE phone call can answer any questions PHONE 312-259-3393 rent Q Serving McHenry & Greater McHenry County soi\> Rent s-Soft, a Division of the Arlington Srft Watef Company, AriiaftM Heights, IR. (0004 Service is Ow Business - Wa want yM te he onr i per month financial contributions have made possible the purchase and improvement of millions of acres of wildlife habitat and have funded research that has helped to increase the populations of many wildlife species to near-record levels. The white-tailed deer population, for example, has grown to nearly 12 million today from a low of 500,000 at the turn of the century. Also benefiting from sportsmen- supported conservation are numerous species of non-game wildlife such as songbirds and chipmunks. President Carter also cited the biological importance of hunting and fishing, stating, "Regulated hunting and fishing also play an important part in s c i e n t i f i c w i l d l i f e m a n a g e m e n t . G o o d management benefits all of us who are ̂ interested in the quality of our environment whether or not we hunt or fish." Sept. 24 will mark the sixth annual observance of National Hunting and Fishing day. According to the national Shooting Sports foundation, some 3,000 separate programs and activities are expected to be held this year at sportsmen's clubs, schools, wildlife management areas, shopping centers, parks, etc. Some 20,000,000 participants are expected. frii B0WHUNTING CLINIC Learn all about one ol America s fastest grow­ ing sports This clinic designed and endorsed by Fred Bear. World famous Archer Sat., Sept. 24 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. All Area Rifle Hunters Invited BE A TWO SEASON HUNTER Hunt with Both Rifle and Bow 4400W. *»., 120. Crystal Lake Only- Unbeaten NSC Team Just two weeks into the season, conference favorite Crystal Lake remains the only un­ defeated North Suburban conference team. The Tigers defeated Lake Park 14-6 Friday, after opening with a 34-0 victory over Belvidere. Other winners this past weekend included* North Chicago, 21-6 over St. Edward of Elgin, Crown, 14-0 over Waubonsie Valley, and Mundelein, 12- 7 over Carmel. Libertyville, McHenry's opponent this Saturday, lost 36-0 to Deerfield. Zion- Benton lost to Hillcrest 7-0, and Take Forest was" * whipped by Oak Forest 25- • 6 . - " • Thus far, Libertyville and Zion-Benton hold the dubious distinction of, not only having lost both - games they've played, but of not having scored a point all season. This week, North Suburban conference play opens, with McHenry facing Libertyville, Crystal Lake at' Zion- Benton, North Chicago at Mundelein, and Lake Forest at Crown. AH games will be played on Saturday. • * ' a Tennis Team Improves, But Loses Second Mata The McHenry varsity tennis team lost a close match to Elgin Larkin last week, falling 3-2. The Warriors are now 0-2 on the season and were scheduled to play Belvidere at home Tuesday. In the loss to Larkin, Lisa Jackson, playing No. 1 singles, and the No. 1 doubles team of Barb Kuna and Christi Sten- nell, were victorious. Jackson defeated Pam Shannon 5-7, 7-5, 6-3, while the Kuna-Stennel duo defeated Jane Haley and Joyce Bluemle 6-4, 6-2. "I'm proud of the way all the girls played," coach Barb Popovich said. "Lisa and our No. 1 doubles team played extremely well, not just because they won, but because they overpowered their op­ ponents." The coach noted that Larkin's tennis team had practiced for a month prior to the match, while McHenry's team has been handicapped, first by the uncertainty over a coach, and now because of poor weather. Du£ to the volleyball NEW BANQUET HALLS AVAILABLE i ' . - t f ' i P s f r o m 2 5 t o team utilizing the gymnasil at West campus, when it rai the tennis team cannot pr6 tice. RESULTS No. 1 singles: Lisa Jac (McH) def. Pam Shannon (El 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. No. 2 singles: Carla Hult„.. (EL) def. Sue Hutchinsf (McH) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2. No. 3 sing|es: Penl Thompson (EL) def.V Mi Adams (McH) 6-0, 6-0. No. 1 doubles: Barb Kuna! Christi Stennell (McH) Jane Haley & Joyce (EL) 6-4, 6-2. 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