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PAGE 1 - PLAINDE ALER - WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER U, 1*79 County Red Cross Swim-A-Cross Raises Nearly $1000 Toward Drive - TWO MILE CROS8 COUNTRY RUN-Shortly after the start, a Crystal Jake runner takes the lead as she pulls away with Just Carrie Mortell of McHenry i®ing P«ce. Crystal Lake Central and South beat the girls' and the men's Varsity squads, hut the McHenry frosh-soph won its meets by run-away scores of 17-40 and 16-44. In above photo, Carrie Mortell, near the finish overtook the Crystal Lake runner for a first place win. * STAFF PHOTO-WAYNEGAYLORD T h i r t y s w i m m e r s representing 362 McHenry County sponsors raised almost $1,000 in its annual membership drive. This annual event is also an opportunity for young people and adults to demonstrate skills learned in Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety programs and is open to anyone interested in Red Cross ac­ tivities. Each swimmer received an official Swim-A-Cross emblem and every sponsor will receive a Red Cross membership card. The pledges are in and top money raisers have been awarded snorkel, mask and fin sets. They are: Paula Berman ($200) "representing McHenry and Michele Nieman, who swam at Lake Killarney, Cary ($103), Scott Rankin of Wood­ stock was winner in a drawing of participants. Woodstock City pool hosted the event held on Aug. 11 which included water games fnd refreshments. Red Cross Water Safety instructors, under the direction of Kelly Marunde, of Woodstock, supervised the program. It is gratifying to have the support of so m^ny enthusiastic young people interested in maintaining tyed , Cross programs. 1 J : • I submitted by: Marianne Berman Rusty Nail 10-9 Winner Raymond's Bowl . Nail Take One Game Lead in Series -Rusty Nail Inn and Raymond's Bowl clashed head on the first game of the best of five championship series. After seven innings the score stood at seven a piece but two more inning gave the fans all they r could handle with each team struggling for the important first game edge. Rusy Nail finally pulled out a 10-9 win in the fading light of the evening. t * The Nail's Twig Miller, who has 12 hits in 16 at bats in the playoffs, led the game with a! homerun up the middle. Raymond's countered in their half of the first when Jeff Meyers led off with a walk, advanced on Billy Meyers' double and scored on Myron Bentz's groundout. 1 In the second inning the Bowl took a 2-1 lead. Wayne Hiller slashed his first of 3 hits to lead off. Phil Oeffling cracked a double out later to score Hiller. o > Nail Scores 4; Creden Homers Rusty Nail scored 4 rims in the third to take a 5-2 lead. The first 3 batters singled to load the bases, Pat Wirtz on third, Twig Miller on second and Dave Sundby on first. Roji Miller forced Wirtz at the plate but (lary Schmitt drove in the tying run on a hard grounder tp first. Myron Bentz stopped the grounder and threw Schmitt out at first on a nice play but all runners advanced. Phil Creden followed with a 2-0 count homerun over right center and the Nail had a 3 run lead. Bowl Retakes Lead; Bentz Homers In the third the top of Raymond's batting order started a rally with Jeff Meyers hitting a leadoff double. Billy Meyers singled and moved Jeff to third where Paul Morenz drove him in with a sacrifice fly. Myron Bentz doubled to keep the inning alive getting an RBI. Don Bentz, Jr. followed with a deep drive to left center which Twig Miller nearly had but went for a 2-run homer off his glove. The Bowl led 6-5 after three. Both teams went scoreless the next two innings. The Nail hit the ball hard but right at someone both innings while the Bowl hit into a doubleplay to end the fourth besides leaving runners in scoring position in the fifth. The Nail tied the score in the sixth when Ron Miller led off with a single and went to third on an outfield error. Phil Credon scored Miller on a groundout to first. The Bowl loaded the bases in the sixth but failed to score. Rusty Nail went to work in the seventh. Nail Takes lead • Bowl Counters After one out Len Ackerman reached base on an infield error. Larry Jones followed With a single. John Connell pinch hit for Pat Wirtz and loaded the bases with an infield single, Wayne Hiller making a super stop on the ground shot. Twig Miller grounded to Hiller at short but the throw had to go to third and Ackerman crossed the plate. Dave Sundby flew out to end the top of the seventh with Rusty Nail ahead 7-6. John Connell went in to pitch for the Nail and walked Paul Morenz to start the bottom of the seventh. Myron Bentz forced Morenz but Don Bentz, Jr. and Wayne Hiller both singled, Hiller driving in the tying run with one out. The next 2 batters flew out to end the seventh sending the game into extra innings. Extra Innings; Both Teams Score Twice Rusty Nail loaded the bases for the second inning in a row in the eighth with only one out. Ron Miller singled to lead off, Phil Creden reached base on an infield error and Ray Thelen singled. Rich Peterson drew a walk and was credited with an RBI. Len Ackerman singled to 'put the Nail ahead 9*7 before Larry Jones grounded into a doubleplay. With their "backs up against the wall" Raymond's Bowl mounted an eighth inning rally of their own which resulted in two runs and another tie score. Tim Frantz singled to lead off but was forced on Rich Meyer's fielder's choice. Jeff Meyers grounded to short for the second out, Rich taking second. The Bowl did not give in as the next three batters singled - Bill Meyers, Paul Morenz and Myron Bentz. Meyers and Bentz drove in a run each. Don Bentz, Jr. had a chance to win the game however the talented slugger flew out to end the inning with 2 runners left on base. Gary Schmitt Drives Winning Run The Nail^scored the lie breaker in the'tiinth when after one out Twig Miller, Dave Sundby and Ron Miller all singled. Gary Schmitt drove a fly ball to right which scored Miller and put the Nail ahead for the fifth and final time in the contest. Wayne Hiller singled for Raymond's to lead off the ninth but the next 3 batters flew or popped out and Rusty Nail took the all important first game of the championship series. Twig and Ron Miller had 3 hits and 3 runs scored each to lead Rusty Nail. Phil Creden had 4 RBI's with 2 hits and 2 runs scored. Myron Bentz had 3 hits, 3 RBI's and 2 runs scored to lead Raymond's. Don Bentz, Jr. and Bill Meyers added 3 hits each. Rusty Nail 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 r h e t 10 16 3 Raymond's Bowl 114 0 0 0 12 0 r. h e 9 18 3 Sidelights: The best of five series continued Monday, Sept. 24 and, if needed, Wednesday Sept. 26 and Monday, Oct. 1. Game time is 6 p.m. at Petersen Park. Pat Wirtz Injury Riddled Sky hawks I / , - ' ' v . ' • v ; ' * - Lose To Honnenegah, 41-0 MCHS Netters Win Over Dundee 3-2 Gary Gray's McHenry High tennis team won over Dundee last week by the score of 3 to 2. Sue Hutchinson and Nancy Glick both remained un­ defeated in dual meets this season. RESULTS No. 1 Singles: Hutchinson, McH. defeated Zthean 6-1, 6-2. Sue Hutchinson Singles Champ At Rock ford Jefferson No. 2 Singles, Glick, McH. defeated Harris, 6-7, 7-6,and 6-3. No. 3 Singles, Hoch, McH. defeated Gedmin 6-1, 6-3. No'. 1 Doubles: vKnapp- Bergmann, Dundee defeated Melahn-Prust, 6-1, 6-4. No. 2 Doubles, Kamp- Jung Dundee defeated Dowe-Kraus, 6-3, 6-3. Sue Hutchinson, McHenry High senior, remained un­ defeated in singles play as she won the Rockford Jefferson Invitational championship last Saturday. She defeated Sharon O'Brien of Rochelle in the finals. The Warriors finished fourth in the meet, while Crystal Lake South another Fox Valley member won the meet. Golfers Lose To C.L. South Mike Leveille's two under par 33 enabled the Crystal Lake South golf team to register their 12th straight win bf the season over the McHenry Warriors 151 * to 157. Mike Lawler led the Warriors with a 36. Other Warrior scores were Terry Remke; A1 Ekeroth 40; and Joe Bellich 42. By Joe Kost The Skyhawk football squad has suffered a rash of injuries that have had disasterous ef­ fects on team success. Last Friday night, the ailing Skyhawks dropped a game to an enormous Honnenegah squad, 41-0. Johnsburg has been losing steady players since the beginning of the season, when tailback Mike Lyons was put $ut with a twisted ankle. Since then, several players have been sidelined with assorted ailments including defensive linebacker-offensive fullback Kurt Valentin. Valentin is out with partially torn knee ligments, and isn't expected back for 3 to 6 weeks. Dana Andreas and Doug Free are two offensive linemen out on the sidelines with injuries. Beside the fact of injuries, Johnsburg is a very young team. More than half of it's offense is made up of juniors and one sophomore, Paul Smith. The Indians took the opening kickoff and in a matter of four short plays, Honnenegah scored the only points they would need against the Skyhawk squad. ; Johnsburg quarterback Scott Valentin had no chance to move the ball because of the powerful defensive rush on the Skyhawks weak line. The Indians broke through countless times to sack Valentin or to catch a running back behind the line of scrimmage for a big loss. With Valentin, Free, and Andreas missing from the line­ up, Johnsburg's defense had several holes in it. Honnenegah quickly took advantage of the Skyhawks losses and at the halftime, the Indians led 34-0. Skyhawk coach Mike Heimerdinger must have given his team a confidence pill, because when the second half started, Johnsburg looked like a totaly new team. Honnenegah scored only one more touchdown, as Johnsburg really hit and hurt the Indians in the second half. Randy Wakitsch came in to complete 5 of 7 passes for the Skyhawks. The plague of injuries doesn't seem to be faltering on behalf of Johnsburg. Bill Houseth left the game in the fourth quarter with a badly bruised hip and may be out for several weeks. Coach Heimerdinger's job is really cut ou^now. He's got to arrange a new team every week and when four of his top players are out, it's not an easy job. The Skyhawks next showdown is at home, Saturday against the Vikings from North Boone. Sophomores play at 12 and varsity kicks off at 2 p.m. Field Hockey Team Wins One, Loses Two The McHenry High girls' field hockey team won one and lost a pair during the past week. On Tuesday they lost to a strong New Trier East club by the score of 2 to 1. Chris Connell scored the only goal for the Warriors, her fourth of the season. In this match outstanding defense was displayed by Kathy Bitterman and Terri Bohlman. WARRIORS WIN IN OVERTIME On Wednesday the local crew won a 7 to 3 victory over Schaumburg in overtime. The Saxons scored first to take a 1 to 0 lead, but late in the first half Sue Haddick on a long kick from the corner tied the score 1 to 1 that remained the halftime score. A scoreless second half took the game into overtime. Schaumburg again put the Saxons ahead 2 to 1, but center Chris Connell in the closing seconds of the ten minute half tied the score at two all. The second overtime is called penalty strokes, and McHenry's five strokers were Terri Bohlman, Sue Bielslci, Sue Smith, Sue Haddick and Chris Connell. Each of the five Warriros were able to score, while the defensive play of goalie Kathy Bitterman allowed only «>ne Saxon to score and the Warriors won 7 to 3. LOST TO MAINE EAST 1-0 , For the third straight day Ihe girls played an outstanding opponent. Maine East from DesPlaines won a close 1 Co 0 victory. The offense just couldn't get it together and lost. Fine play was recorded by Jill Wohnrade, Kathy Bitterman, Julie Dowell and Colleen Byrne. Tomorrow the girls open Fox Valley play when they invade Crystal Lake Central at 4:30 p.m. ..... t A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning. -George Herbert. SHORT YARDAGE PLAY, as Warrior Jim Wilson takes the down. Wilson gained 20 yards in nine carries and John Doessel handoff from Tim Sabakta. Although it appears there is no carried 12 times for 21 yards in the Warrior victory over the opening, the Warriors opened a hide for Wilson to gain the first Trojans. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Discover BEN FRANKLIN We bring variety to life! OPEN DAILY ft SAT. 9-5:30 - FRIDAY NIGHTS TILL 8:30 1250 N. GREEN ST. • McHENRY, ILL. 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