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PAGE 7-PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY. APRIL 23.1M2 fox Hole Tap, West End Pub Favored In 12-Inch East The McHenry 12-inch Softball league will twgin its fourteenth year of play when the first ball is thrown out on Monday, May 10. The league, which originally began with four teams in 1969, will feature 12 teams wi third, year in succession. _ , , previously _ Patersen park. Also new this year will be the use of a "live" ball rather than a restricted flight model. The following is a breakdown of the six Eastern division teams which will play 12 of 16 games on Monday night: The Fox Hole Tap won the East last year with a 13-3 record and went on to win the 12-inch championship by downing Wayne's in three out of four games m the championship series. 1981 marked the second straight year that the Fox Hole won both the Eastern and playoff crowns, having defeated Doherty's in three straight games in 1980. TheFox Hole has a great two-year regular season record of 29-3 and has only lost one playoff game in the last two years, that being the unforgettable 47-28 wind blown affair versus Wayne's last August. Tne Fox Hole is expected to open with a starting lineup of Bill Meyers (P), Vinnie Freund (C), Mike Peterson (IB), Joe Dehn (2B), Ron Miller (SS), Gary "Gulps" Gilpin (3B), Rich Meyers (LF), Jeff Meyers (LC), Twig Miller (RC), and Jim Yaworski (RF). Twig Miller returns to defend his batting championship as his .703 average also established a new league record. A perennial All Star since he joined the league, Twig also won the batting crown in 1979 when he hit .671. Brother Ron Miller will again give chase for the title. Always around the .600 mark, Ron was runner-up last season with his .638 average. Rich and Jeff Meyers hope to improve upon poor seasons last year and return to their 1980 form. Rich batted only .490 after winning the batting crown in 1980 (.667), but had a strong playoff series last August. Jeff also slumped last year at the plate with a .492 mark after a .630 campaign in 1980. One of the Fox Hole's returning power hitters is Bill Meyers who socked the ball at a .545 clip last season and included six home runs, 26 RBI's, and 26 runs scored. Key losses for the Fox Hole include Don and Myron Bentz who have both opted for the Johnsburg Businessmen. Both should hit between .550 and .600 during the season. But the Tap got rich in the free agent draft acquiring ions for the sluggers Dehn and Gilpin from the now defunct Old Bridge team. Dehn was third in the league in hitting last year (.636) and was the top RBI man with 36. In Gilpin, the Tap acquired the league's single season home run champion, as the powerful right-hander blasted 15 roundtrippers in 1961. He followed Dehn in the RBI race with 35 ana was sixth in the division in hitting (.571). This gives the Tap four of the top six hitters in the East! A valuable eleventh man is Steve Dobner who batted .514 as a walk on in 1981. Freund and Yaworski should both hit around .500. while Peterson, who came over from Doherty's, will ancnor first base and give the Tap some left-handed power. He is one of seven lefties on the Tap roster. In one of the key trades of the spring, the Fox Hole dealt away two wooden bats and a lopsided Wilson to snatch free agent Jim Maclnerney away from Little John's. "Mac", who skippered Little John's last season, will move into the first base coaching box during the 1982 campaign. As a team, the Fox Hole led the league in batting average (.528), hits (293), runs (231), and RBI's 211. Defensively, the Tap allowed less than five runs in nine of its 16 games, and in 13 of those 16 contests scored at least 10 runs themselves. West End Pub-Kiss It (Wayne's in 1981), the first team to beat the Fox Hole three times all told, may begin the season with star pitcher Pat Burke (eight homers ana .542 ave.) on the bench due to a knee injury. Handling the mound duties will be starting All Star catcher Wayne Roewer, while Kevin Horner is expected to start behind the plate then move to the outfield when Burke returns. The remainder of the starting lineup includes: Tom Wallin (IB), Bill Boltz (2B), Chuck Adolfe (SS), John Michaels (3B), and outfielders Tom Burke, Don Prazak, Rick Weigman, and Bobby Truax. Prazak, the batting champion in 1976 and 1977, was the division's fourth leading hitter last season (.604) and was third in runs scored (28). He also socked seven home runs and had 14 extra base hits in 16 games. Roewer was the division's tenth leading hitter (.550) and belted 11 homers and had 30 RBI's. Another power hitter is Tom Burke who had 17 extra base hits including 13 for home :? W#* f t runs. A third baseman-shortstop who hit .527 in 1961, Burke led the league in runs scored (29), and was third in RBI's (32). Horner should also add considerable punch to the lineup as he batted over .550 in each of the last two seasons. As a team, Wayne's set a league record for most home runs last year when they socked 48 roundtrippers. Wayne's was also second to the Fox Hole in runs (200), hits (252), RBI's (187), and batting average (.466). Wayne's held its opponents under 10 runs in 10 of the 16 games and scored more than 10 runs per contest in 12 of the 16 games. One of the biggest losses is outfielder Tom Prudden who helped anchor the outfield. The Whale's Tail, as a first year team, defeated both Wayne's and the Rusty Nail Inn to prove it could play with the ' stronger teams in the league. The expectant starting lineup for the Tail includes: Ranay Rodiek (P), Jim Gray (C), Jim Lewis (IB), Ron Mueller (2B), Henry Glick (SS), John Sytsma (3B), and outfielders Fred Stocker, Jack Spindler, Tom Nusbaum, and either Tom Burke or Jim Oreskovich. Spindler was the team batting leader last season at .511, while Sytsma followed at .422, and Stocker and Rodiek were third and fourth respectively (.413 and .409). As a team, the Tail had the fourth best average in the East, but now the Old Bridge is gone. Sytsma, the general manager and head coach, feels that his team has improved hitting and better defense with the addition of five new players. The Tail also dropped seven players that hit under .350. The Tail already has three games under its belt as it competed in the recent Elgin Open tournament. Peer Inn is the youngest team in the league as only Dave Oeffling (P), Joe Sullivan (3B), and Bob Michaels (OF) are the only league experienced players. The remainder of the starting lineup includes: Gary Rosing (C), John Oeffling (IB), Brian Greve (2B), Doug Oeffling (SS), and outfielders Steve Knox, Jeff Lehman, and Dan McCauliffe. Michaels adds power to the lineup as two-thirds of his hits went for extra bases last year, while Sullivan will also hit the long ball, and Rosing has hit well in the last two Rusty Nail tournaments. Peer Inn will be shooting for third place this season. King's Row, a 7-9 finisher a year ago, is expected to open with: Tim Whitman (P), Dan Brenner (C), Rich Sorenson (IB), Ken Whitman (2B), Gary Nosko (SS), Bob Petrie (3B), and outfielders John Walkington, Bill Cable, Mike Rankin, and Jeff Hand. Sorenson is the Row's top hitter from last year (.483), while Walkington followed at .474 and is one of the quickest players in the league. Walkington also led the Row in runs scored. The team will need a solid performance out of Tim Whitman, who batted .538 in 1980 but slumped last season, to contend. The loss of shortstop Chuck Marke (to the Rusty Nail) will hurt as he was the team leader in batting (.569), hits (29), and doubles (10). Marke also holds the shortstop record for most assists as the relay man from the outfield to home plate. Late Inning Rally Tips Warrior Girls McHenry's tennis team won its own quadrangular meet Saturday and by doing so improved its record to 6-0. Members M the team are standing (left to right): head coach Gary Gray, Tim Hill, Dave Bauer, Randy Glick, Kevin Burgess, Ed Donohue, and assistant coach Toby Scott. Kneeling in front are (from 1-r): Jim Humphreys, Jason Warren, Todd Rhode, Brad.$almai), Scott Rhode, and Chris Stumbris. STAFF PHOTO -- WAYNE GAYLORD Jackson Keeps The Meters Running Bullpen By Carl Moesche Jay Jackson is the meter man at Johnsburg high school. Jackson, a junior on head coach Bob Texidor's track team, broke two of his own school records last Thursday as he ran in the Round Lake traingular. While the Skyhawks finished a distant second in the meet with 58 points to trail the host Panthers who scored 102, Jackson cap­ tured both the 1600 and the 3200 meters and at the same time established new school records with times of 4:46.2 and 10:07.0, respectively. His time in the 1600 meters now ranks as the sixth fastest in the state in boys Class A, while his 3200 clocking places him tenth. Jackson also won the 3200 meters at the annual A1 Bohrer Invitational at Cary- Grove last Saturday with a time of 10:23.3, and placed second in the 1600 with a 4:55.6 clocking, only :02.4 seconds behind the winner. "He's running tough right now," said Texidor of Jackson who is undefeated in the 3200 after three races. "He has a good mental state of' mind and seems to be back in form." Jackson had been slowed down during the cross country season last fall by sickness and a pulled hamstring. My Player of the Week for April 11-17: Jay Jackson of Johnsburg. HONORABLE MENTIONS: Doug Mullen, senior pit­ cher on McHenry's baseball team, who threw a four- hitter and struck out nine in a 8-3 win over Johnsburg; Joe Meyers, Johnsburg's senior first baseman, who lashed out a tremendous three-run homer for the only runs against Mullen; Cissy Pinkstaff, who tossed a one- hitter and added a double as McHenry's girls softball team won its first game of the season, 6-2 over Crystal Lake South; Randy Glick, number two singles player on McHenry's tennis team who is unbeaten , Aric Akins, who won four first places at Round Lake and added two more at the Zion-Benton triangular for McHenry's boys track team; Terri Blume, who combined for five first places at Crystal Lake South and at Grant for McHenry's girls track team; and Dawne Haynie, who was the winning pitcher and had three hits for Johnsburg's girls softball team as they won their first game 19-4 over Richmond. Carl Moesche Jay Jackson Player of the Week April 11-17 WOODSTOCK - Falling temperatures and a biting April wind tend to keep baseball scores from getting out of hand. But that wasn't the case when McHenry and Woodstock squared off against each other Tuesday night in a girls softball game. After the two teams were finished hammering each other for combined totals of 25 runs on 26 hits, the host Blue Streaks emerged the Winners as they pulled the game out in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 13-12 decision. The loss dropped the Warriors to 1-2 in the Fox Valley conference and 1-3 overall. McHenry pitcher Cissy Pinkstaff took a 12-10 lead in the see-saw affair into the bottom of the seventh frame when Woodstock quickly put an end to the game. The first two Streak batters reached safely on a single and a fielders choice, then Vickie Lang followed with a run-scoring single. Lisa Readel walked to load the bases, then Kim Adams slapped the ball into left field which scored the tying and winning runs with no outs. Readel with three hits including a triple and Adams with two hits including a double, were the big guns for the Streaks in support of winning pitcher Cathy Shuefer. McHenry jumped out to a 5-0 lead after its first at bats with a walk to Pinkstaff, singles by Robin Geiger, Andee Norton, Pam Reinholm, and Joan Stelmack, and the aid of four Woodstock errors. The Streaks, however, came back with three runs of their own in their half of the first inning and tallied in every inning thereafter except the sixth to catch up. Woodstock took a 10-9 lead after five innings before McHenry tied it up in the sixth on a walk to Karen Karpavicius and a double by reserve Jodi Werhane. The Warriors broke this tie in the top of the seventh frame when Donna Chesler's RBI single and Karpavicius' second double of the game scored Pinkstaff and Geiger for their last lead of the night. Geiger led McHenry with three hits including a triple, while Pinkstaff, Kar­ pavicius, Norton, and Reinholm all connected safely twice. Pinkstaff, now 1-3, suf­ fered the defeat for McHenry. The junior right­ hander gave up 11 hits and six walks, while striking out three in her six innings of work. The Warriors will host Cary-Grove in a 10:30 a.m. doubleheader on Saturday, April 24, then host single 4:30 p.m. games on Monday and Tuesday against Antioch and Crown. Carl Moesche Hutchinson Wins For Illinois CHAMPAIGN - Sue Hutchinson, a graduate of McHenry H.S. and now a sophomore member on the University of Illinois tennis team, had her best week of tennis at Illinois last week by winning the Illinois In­ vitational in both the singles and doubles competition. She began competition last Friday and won against Miami of Ohio University in straight sets. Against the Marian Softballers Romp ROCK TON -- The 19-day layoff due to Easter vacation and inclement weather didn't seem to bother Marian Central's girls softball team as it opened SHARK con­ ference play at Hononegah Tuesday. The Hurricanes, who haven't played since their 7- 6 win at Cary-Grove on April Fool's Day, pounded out 16 hits and forced a five-inning slaughter rule to be inforced as they scalped the Indians 20-4. "We really hit the ball well for rtot playing for over two weeks," said first-year coach Kathy Bull. /• Jackie Weber led the hit parade with three safeties including a' triple and three RBI's. Nancy Walsh and Betsy Bauman also collected three hits each with Walsh including a triple, and teammates Sara Traver, Beth Penza, and Debbie Liggett followed with two hits each. Trailing 2-1 after two in­ nings, Marian exploded for six runs in the third, eight in the fourth, and five in the fifth to put the game away. Joyce Kennebeck picked up her second win of the year for the Hurricanes as she allowed only six hits and three walks, while striking out three. Marian will play at Woodstock on Thursday then host Harvard on Friday, April 23* University of Michigan Saturday morning, she again won her singles match in straight sets, then teamed up with Maureen McNarma of Peoria to capture the doubles match as well. That afternoon, Sue again won in straight sets over Drake University, and again teamed up with Ms. Mc­ Narma to win the doubles competition. The Invitational concluded on Sunday against Michigan State University and the results were the same. Sue won her singles match in straight sets giving her a clean sweep over the weekend, and the tandem of Hutchinson-McNarma again proved victorious in doubles. During her prep career under McHenry coach Gary Gray, Sue was twice a State District champion. In her first two years as a member of the Fighting Illini, she has a stellar 64-5 record. Sue is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hut­ chinson, 3704 W. Lee, McHenry. FINALLY, SPRING IS HERE! We Are Now Serving Lunch DAILY (TUES-SAT) LUNCHEON BUFFET (TUES-FRI) Dinner Served Wed. Thru Sat. NEW THIS SEASON OUR THURSDAY DINNER BUFFET $550 COMPLETE (All You Can Eat) SERVED 5-8 PM FISH FRY EVERY FRIDAY 5- 10 P.M. SUNDAY BRUNCH 10 A.M. -2 P.M. For Reservations Please Call 385-1072 PRO SHOP 385-3435 McNENRY COUNTRY CLUB "THE BEATIFUL OLD CLUB ON THE RIVER BANK" WE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC From RT. 120, Co South on Croon St. To Tho High School, East 2 Blocks On John St. From RT. 31, East On John St. To Tho Club. Also gone from last season is Willie Howard who jumped to the Fox Hole. The Row has always been around the .500 mark since joining the league in 1978. Little John's, which won only once last year (that being a forfeit), hit only .344 as a team which placed them at the bottom of the East and tenth out of 12 teams overall in the loop. Little John's is expected to open with a starting lineup of Ray Rigsby or Bob Pendergast (P), John Little (C), Dave Miller (IB), John Griffith (2B), Bill Petefson or Kip Novotney (SS), Steve Lane (3B), and outfielders Jim Grabowski. Don Rode, Mike Yaworski, and Dave Schmidt. Novotney was the team batting leader last season with a .563 mark, while Griffith followed at .475 and was the team leader in hits with 19. The addition of Lane will help as he hit .460 in 1980 with nine extra base hits on a playoff team, Second Federal Savings. Key losses include outfielders Ray Buss (.450), plus Gary Snell and Dan Stanowski who are both holding out for more money and are seeking arbitration to determine if they will be resigned or reassigned. Owner John Little has promised manager Dave Miller an extension to his one year contract should the team win one regular season game other than by means of the forfeit route. Next week, the Western division will be highlighted. This concludes part one of a three part series. Pat Wirtz On The Sidelines By Dick Rabbitt With the weatherman not cooperating at all this week, ut putting McCracken field. Spend a couple of chilly days over there maybe we should think about ig a dome over watching Warrior activities, and it was COLD. Brian Wilson's Warriors after winning their first two, have run into a little bad luck and have dropped three in a row. Gary Gray's tennis team won their own Quad last Saturday in an all day affair, with spitting rain and wind along with very cold weather. At this writing the veteran coach has his team undefeated this season. It looks like another banner year for the tennis team this season. Dan Boland's thinclads looked impressive in their win over Crystal Lake South on Monday. It was simply no contest, and the likeable coach did a fine gesture, when he made some changes so as not to run up a 100 points on his hapless rival. There was nothing to gain by it, and I'm sure the Gator coach appreciated the fine gesture on the part of Coach Boland The Warriors finished third at Kaneland last Saturday, and return tomorrow to Kaneland for the 28 team Invitational. This is an individual affair, and there are some top notch athletes competing. It should be a good experience for the Warriors. While on the subject of track, next Friday the Warriors will ho6t the 17th Annual McHenry Relays. This meet has become one of the favorites in this part of the state. It is held on a Friday night, which gives some teams the opportunities to compete again on Saturday in other relays in the area. Schools competing this year are Belvidere, Buffalo Grove, Crown, Crystal Lake Central, Dundee, Elk Grove, Hoffman Estates, Kaneland, Lake Forest, Lake Park, St. Charles, Schaumburg, Woodstock and the Warriors. St. Charles is the defending champion, and next week we will have relay records for you to see. Don Seaton's girls track team won their opener trouncing Crystal Lake South 88-44. The veteran coach has some good ones this season, and tomorrow they will be at Cary for the McHenry County meet. With a lot of underclassmen the Warriors look to be about a year away fmm a great season. Talk around the Fox Valley is that Dundee is the team to beat in baseball. Coach Jerry Curtright's team has already played eleven games, and are 2 and 0 in confernece play. That is a lot of ball games played at this time of the year. Next week we hope to bring you up to date on Badminton and Water Polo. It is hard to keep up with all the activities along with the girls softball team. 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