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PAGE 6 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER tt, 1980 Plaindealer Warriors Take On Streaks 1 i Coach Joe Schlender will take his Warriors to Woodstock tonight for a Fox Valley conference game. The Streaks fresh from a 14 to 3 win over Crystal Lake Tigers have to be cast in the role of the favorite. Coach Bob Bradshaw has an im­ pressive record at the Woodstock school, and one again after getting by the Tigers last Friday night are rated the team to beat this season. The Streaks are loaded with talent. Quarterback Matt Krause is better than ever, and he has two fine receivers in John Mohapp (brother of* All Big Ten fullback Dave of Wisconsin) Bill Meyers Leads Foxhole Foxhole Tap wrapped up the 1960 McHenry 12-inch Championship playoffs with an 11-3 victory over Doherty's on Wednesday at Petersen Park. The win gave the new champs a perfect year in McHenry Softball as they went 16-0 during regular season competition plus five straight in po6t-season play. Bill Meyers, a unanimous pick for Most Valuable Player in the playoffs, again led the winners with a homerun .triple, sacrifice fly and five RBIs. Meyers led both teams in RBIs and total extra base hits including four homeruns, plus tied for runs scored. He had 11 hits in 18 attempts for a .611 average. The Foxhole Tap standout was also tough defensively on the mound, stopping Doherty's from going up the middle. Foxhole's Don Bentz also tripled and homered in his final 1960 appearance while Die t Kazlausky raised his playoff average to .636 going two sr two. Doherty's Jerry Brodin added two more hits to his 700 playoff average; four of his seven hits being homeruns. The winners struck first af er holding Doherty's in the top of the first. Twig Miller led off with a walk, the first of five Dick On The Sideline With Dick Rabbitt The McHenry Warriors and the Crystal Lake South Gators put on quite a show for the crowd last Friday night. Any time fifty-seven points are scored in a high school game, and it is not one-sided you can bet that the fans got their money's worth for the evening. At one time it resembled a tennis match, with both teams marching up and down the field. Dave D'Angelo again thrilled the home crowd with a neat 80 yd. kickoff return for a touchdown. Keith Belzer in the third period hit five receivers in a row. I think that the professional team in our area could take notice of that accomplishment. Many fans thought it was simply a great ball game, even though the Warriors came out on the short end of the 36 to 21 debacle. The smaller Warriors just couldn't cope all evening with the larger Gators and finally wore down to a thimble. In the final period the Gators took advantage and scored 15 points to put the game in the bag. However, the Warriors were still in their trying, but three incomplete passes at the end spelled their downfall. Tonight they go after the Woodstock "Blue Streaks" rated 18th in the Chicago area. Past records go out the window when these two team meet. The Streaks have had the upper edge the past few seasons, but there was a period that when the Streaks scored it was quite an accomplishment. Chuck Cuda has assembled quite a golf team this season. They finished second to Crystal Lake South at the Crown Invitaitonal last week by three strokes. Last night they met the Gators at Crystal Lake, but these two teams are the class of the Fox Valley, and with the way the boys are shooting should battle it out for District honors at Pinecrest in Huntley in a couple of weeks. Weather has put a stop on some of the outdoor activities this week, tennis and field hockey. The volleyball team of Pam Shaffer defeated Stream wood this week by the score of 15 to 8. and 15 to 9. Outstanding play by Deb Bauer, Joan Stelmeck and Lisa Benoy got the Warriors the win. Picking teams to win in the Fox Valley is about as bad as Jimmy the "Greek's" pick in the professional leagues. Last week was a another nightmare, but things should be better this week. The Streaks have too much manpower for our Warriors so in a close one I'll pick the Streaks. South still a surpriise, to beat Crown, a winner last week and co-leader in the Fox Valley. Central to rebound and defeat a good Cary ball club, but this could be an upset, the Tigers will have to stop the top passer in the Fox Valley. In the battle for the celler, I'll pick Dundee over Jacobs, neither team has shown any offense this season, and it may end in regulation time scoreless. THINK Why is the Boord offering a substantial amount less, in total monies for salaries than is budgeted for this year' REGISTER TO VOTE Sponsored by League of Women Voters AT McHenry State Bank 3510 W. Elm St. McHenry Own a 4-Wheal Drtv* Thick? Own a 2-Wheel Drive Thick? Whether you're running a 4 x 4 or 2WD truck. 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John DeCiccio slashed a single to right to drive in Rogers, but was cut down at second base on a perfect throw f rom Twig Miller when he tried to stretch it. Bill Meyers slammed a two-run homer in the bottom half of the third, scoring Jim Yawarski in front of him. Then Doherty's Wayne Roewer nailed a Meyer's pitch over the left field fence an inning later to cut theFax Hole lead to4-3. The bottom of the fourth started bad for Doherty's and only worsened. Don Bentz led off with a homerun and before it was over, nine more Foxhole players had batted, six runs had scored to put the score at 10-3. The fireworks were all but over when Don Bentz tripled in the fifth and scored on a throwing error. However, an inning later, an incident occured in which a Foxhole batter and Doherty's pitcher exchanged words which led to punches and both teams clearing the benches. After order was restored and five ball players ejected (three from Doherty's), the game was completed. Sidelights...The top hitters in the league, Rich Meyers and Matt Oik, batted only .353 and .333 respectively in the five- game playoffs, although Meyers had six for 10 in the three- game finals. Doherty's Mike Rogers finished 12 for 19 for a .632 clip while the Tap's Myron Bentz had a .556 average going 10-18. President Dave Sundby called it quits after five years. There is an opening for the position if anyone is interested. Pat Wirtz Prep Round-up Cross Country It looks like Marian Central's cross country team may be on its way to better its number seven ranking in the state of one year ago as they moved their record to 7-0 with a 15-50 victory over St. Francis. Because of trouble with the stop watch, times were not available, but Marian did take the first nine out of 10 places to stampede easily over St. Francis. As usual, Mike Eisele took first and Paul Sandell finished second. Tom Wottreng finished third, Brad Gregory, fourth; Jay Chapman, fifth; Joe Johnson, sixth; Andy Mass, seventh; Jeff Wottreng, eighth and Gary Dernelle came in tenth. Paul Herckes finished 12th, Chris Nylander took 13th and Tom Wember took 17th for Marian in the three-mile run. Golf Last Thursday, the Hurricane golfers lost to Benet at the Woodridge Golf Club as the varsity record dropped to 0*3 in the West Suburban Catholic Conference and 2-5 overall Senior John Leucht shot a 40 for the loaer, but Ron Nye and Jeff Schaefer carded 48s and Sam Anthony shot a 49, which spelled disaster for Marian. Volleyball After a 15-8,15-10 victory over Harvard at home, the Marian girls volleyball squad moved its record to .500 overall to go with their 0-3 conference mark so far in the Fall campaign. Every player sewed either a point or a sideout in the Harvard win, while Debbie Ligget and Sandi Kasting had three points and Holly Ryan had four. Earlier in the week, however, Marian lost big to the Benet Redwings, 15-2 and 15-4 in a conference match with Sandi Kasting showing well with three points and six sideouts. They also lost a conference match to Immaculate Conception in three games, 15-8, 15-17 and 15-5, last Friday. Sandi Kasting again was in top form, scoring eight points and nine sideouts. Julie Berna had three points and Jacicie Weber had eight points. The McHenry varsity spikers ran their season mark to 1-2 Monday at home, as they went down in defeat to Stream wood by a 15-8, 15-9 score. Deb Bauer, Joan Stemech and Lisa Benoy played well in defeat. Tennis Last Friday, the Johnsburg girl tennis team lost to Woodstock in a n on-conference battle, 4-1. Johnsburg was only able to take the number three single match in the loss. In their West Suburban Catholic Conference opener at Lombard, the Marian tennis team lost to Montini 4-1 as McHenry girl Ellen Miller was the only one to win her match in the number two singles slot, 6-4, 6-2. Karen Truckenbrod lost her number one match, 6-0, 6-0 and Donna Liston fell in the number three slot, 6-4,6-2. Doubles teams of Joanne Hanrahan and Heidi Reihansperger and Terry Koch and Sue Bolger also lost in two set matches. The varsity now stands at 4-2. Don't Miss Art Work on Display Main Building Lobby at McHenry State Bank 3510 W. Elm Street McHenry along with Scott Ritzert a 6'3" end who can high jump over his head. Although the veteran coach has said his line is small, they have shown that their speed is quite an asset, and they have two linebackers that are among the best in the con­ ference. Brad Dowining and Ron Readel led the defensive corp that completely shut down the Tigers last weekend. The Warriors put up a game battle againt the Gators last Friday night. They finally wore down, to the point that they could no longer contain the ground attack, and stop the Jewel brothers and John Murphy. However, you can toss out all previous play by these two teams when they meet. The rivalry goes back along way. The Streaks won last year 21 to 12 after the Warriors had grabbed a lead in the second half, but couldn't hold on to it. Kickoff time is 8 p.m. Montini On The Third Half Joel Wakitsch Sports Editor Top In three pressure-packed games, the Montini Mustangs came through battered and challenged, but unbeaten. Against St. Catherine, it took a fifth-inning pinch-hit two-run homer by Mike Widhalm to break a 3-3 tie and eventually gain a 6-3 victory. Timely hitting by Brian Diedrich, Jim Koleno, Joe Tonyan and Mark Wray assured the victory, while John Wiedeman pitched a consistent game. Against St. John's, Montini gave the opponents a five- run lead in the first inning, but the boys chipped away with three of their own while holding the opponents scoreless thereafter. The game was later for­ feited to Montini due to an unfortunate incident. Transfiguration was next and after the lead changed hands almost each inning, the game was tied in the sixth at 11. Winning pitcher Steve Baldwin and his defense tightened up while Diedrich, Koleno, Widhalm and Scott Freund connected at the plate for a 16-13 vic­ tory. Montini played St. Bedes on Tuesday in Fox Lake. If they win, the Mustangs will hold sole posession of first place in the conference. The Montini girls finally won their first game of the season after losing to league leading St. Peter and Paul of Cary. It was not a warm day at Petersen Park, but Montini used aggressive base run­ ning and consistent hitting which brought across 23 runs for the victors. Every girl on the team was on base at least once, with Tracey Jensen scoring four times. Winning pitcher Cindy Kinsala gave up 13 runs, while fipe plays were turned in by outfielders Kerry Prater and Jody J us ten. Infielders Paula Wray and Gerry Haner also did a fine job defensively. With the season half over, the girls await visits with St. Bede, St. Johns and St. Thomas before the con­ ference tournament. It's winding down in the Major League Baseball season, so the local sports editor is going to go national for a column or two. A total of nine teams still pray for the chance to soak in the big bucks of playoff and world series glory, and with a total of 11 games to be played by mo6t teams only one division race has been decided. Kansas City is way out in front in the American League West so I'll concentrate on the other divisional races in picking my favorites to hook horns in the playoffs. With the pro and college football season, also comes the betting season, but I'm gonna place my money on the baseball races this year while the rest of you betters take out your loans in order to pay off on the recent Pittsburgh Steeler loss. In the National League East as of Wednesday, the Pirates and Expos are currently clashing in a head-on three-game series that could separate the men from the boys. I look for Pittsburgh/o move closer to the Phillies (who are in first by xk game) after this series and then move ahead of the pack as Philadelphia and Montreal kill each other off as they {day each other 6 times in 11 remaining games. Pittsburgh seems to have an easy schedule with New York, St. Louis and the Cubs for the rest of the season, so I see Pittsburgh pulling out on top by 1 Vfe games at season's end. Even as a Cub fan, I can't see the Wrigley Circus playing the role of spoiler this year. I look for the Pirate bullpen to get it together in the late going and save some big games while the Cute spoil only the dreams of Joey Amalf itano returning as manager. In the National League West I'd love to see Houston stay on top for a change, but I can't see them continuing at this torrid pace without J. R. Richard at 100 per cent. While everyone else was watching the Chargers beat the Oilers in football last Sunday, I was analyzing the Doger-Reds clash on another network and came to the conclusion that Los Angeles,who started the year in the pits, will overtake Houston in the days remaining. I like Cincinatti If Bench could shake his back spazms, but L.A. seems to be the safer bet with ' the power of Cey and Baker, the hitting and RBI punch of Garvey and splendid pitching of Reuss, 17-6, Sutton, 12-5 and Hooton, 13-7. The' Orioles in the American League East are giving the Yankees a run for it, but the numbers are working against Baltimore at 5 games out of first. The Yanks are just too deep even thtXigh Baltimore has Bumbry, .313, Murry ,29 homers, and pitchers Steve Stone, 24-7, McGregor, 19-8 and a good bench. Look for Baltimore to do it all next year. Kansas City is way ahead in the American League West with George Brett leading the way at .393 as of Tuesday. W t Brett will go wild in the last 11 games and end the season with a .400 average, collecting 15 more hits in 30 more at bats. His feat should carry the team highly into the playoffs against the Yankees. I'm going to save my predictions for the playoff and World Series winners for my next column in order to dabble in a little bit of fun with the rest of this mess. In order to make rational decisions about the divisional winners above, I went through team rosters of the 9 teams still involved and started to realize that us Cub fans are really not missing out... you see, there are a total of 14 ex-Cubs playing on the 9 teams hoping for playoff births. I put together a team of ex-Cubs which looks rather impressive on paper and could probably beat the Cubs of today. Rodney Scott, shortstop-Scott is hitting a pathetic .229 as a leadoff man for Montreal, but he has stolen 58 stolen bases (almost as many as the whole Cub team) and has scored 79 runs which means he is getting on base. Manny Trillo, second base-The Philly second baseman is hitting .289 this year and is a good hit-and-run man. Next to Glenn Beckert, the best second baseman the Cute have ever had. Bill Madlock, third base-Having an off year, Madlock can be deadly as he proved in his first three seasons with the Cubs. He is batting .269 so far, but will carry some of the Pittsburgh load in the playoffs. u Bobby Murcer, right field-Not a regular player at New York, Murcer still comes up with the big hit. Rick Monday, center field-Always give 100 per cent. More desire than the whole present Cubs outfield. Played center in Wrigley Field better than anyone. Oscar Gamble, left field-Playing only shortly as a Cub, Gamble had good years with the Sox and has displayed power. He is platooned with the Yankees. Peter LaCock, first base-No one gave him a good shot with the Cubs, so LaCock got cocky and was sent to Kansas City where he played regularly and helped put them in the playoffs. He is now a benchwarmer again, playing behind Willie "Mays" Aikens. Jose Cardenal, catcher-Jose now spots in the outfield of Kansas City after moving to Philly from the Cubs. I put him in the catcher spot since he was the third catcher as a Cub and Randy Hundley said he wouldn't play on my imaginary team. Besides, with the pitchers we have, Jose would have an easy time of it. Steve Stone, pitcher-Stone is 23-7 with Baltimore with a 3.12 ERA. He would probably be a .500 pitcher with the present Cub team. Other pitchers in the four-man rotation would include, Larry Gura, Kansas City.with a 18-8 record and 2.82 ERA. Joe Niekro, Houston, with a 16-12 record and a 4.02 ERA and Burt Hooton L.A., who has a 13-6 mark to go with a 3.34 ERA. Power, speed, and good pitching seem to be represented We and there are a few more names we could throw in like Jerry White from Montreal and Sam Majias. If you can find aiw more players for my team let me know, or if you want play the same game with the Sox be mv guest. J The point here is that the Cute have given up some quality players, especially in the pitchiitt ranks.. .or could it be that these players never develope until they leave the Cubs. If you want to send in your picks for the National and American League pennant plus your World Series pick, I'll include it in my next column. All predictions must be to me bv Oct 3 however. J ' ' Many questionairres from the sports supplement came in so far A final tally of what . m m McHenry thinks about the present sports program will be included with interviews of players, Miomets Home coaches and athletic directors in the Oct. 17 issue of the Plaindealer. On Sunday The McHenry Hornets Football team lost on all three levels last Sunday. The Heavyweights lost to Wauconda" on the road 34-0 and will play Fox Lake at McHenry west campus on Sunday, Sept. 28 at 2 pm. The Lightweight team also lost to Wauconda, 31-6 with McHenry's only touchdown being scored by Jeff Szamlewski. The Pee Wees lost to St. Mary of Woodstock, 13-6. GOOD NEWS about By Lynn Swann National Director Possibly the most unusual home run ever was hit by Babe Ruth off Hod Lisenbee, pitcher for the .Washington Senators in the 1920s. Lisenbee has claimed that Babe hit a screaming line drive that passed be­ tween his legs and then soared over the centerfield fence. # • • ALEXANDER LUMBER CO. 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