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A in in o • • ̂ t: MCCOtinT McHENRY S A V I N G S t i o t a « s s o c i « r i o a HOW TO SUBSCRIBE 10 THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER During my first week as sports editor, 1 met a lot of people. I Probably only remember half of the names, but one person wafc unforgettable. I met him on my/first full day. A older man, walking with a cane, entered the news room. He walked in he wa ' It int Walsh was no :ed st th such stature, one could tell, ranger to the surroundings nder. That elderly man was as Earl Walsh. For 40 years, editor of the Plaindealer, up until two years ago, when he retired. A short time later, after that introduction, I was able to sit down with Earl and talk sports -- now and then. At the age of 77, he had no trouble recollecting the McHenry County sports scene, as far back as 1925. He started as sports editor in 1935. "We had basketball and football-, they were the leading sports, but we had no girl sports," he said, but adding, "We did have girls basketball. "We didn't have any full-time sports reporters. Most sports reporters of today had training and in those days, we didn't have that. Most went by experience." Earl.kind of paused and said laughingly, "You bumped your nose few times." Earl went on to say that the sports editor's job was just a part-time job. Besides writing sports for the Plaindealer, Earl was City Clerk for 38 years and ran a insurance agency. 9iii \o <$ru* sntu ii oi i>a» ci ici ~v "Basketball was big in McHertry County in the early years according to Earl, but the schools were small and not a great number boys were out for sports. He said Woodstock was the team to beat for a number of years. "In 1925, McHenry had a real good basketball Sport Talk Sports Editor Mike Lamb team," he went on. "They won the county championship, which was big at that time. Very little scoring was done -- 25 points would be a big score." During the days of no television, Earl said Sunday baseball was a big event in McHenry and Johnsburg. "Sunday afternoon games; everybody looked forward to that. They weren't distracted by TV -- and there weren't too many golfers back then too. Everybody went to the ballpark." "It wasn't uncommon for a little betting on the side." *mi Vlis ,0, ;•* • •'.j Earl has seen a lot of improvement since the HBKle earlier days. "In the early days, there was one coach and he coached all of the sports. Today we have specialized coaches. We didn't have physical eduacation programs during school hours, as they do today. "The program (athletic) wasn't very extensive. We didn't have the facilities. There were no lights, so all games were played Friday and Saturday afternoons. Crowds were small then, because the business people couldn't come to Ihe games." Earl was a little critical of today's professional athletes compared to to the early years. * "All the athletes in those days were hungry. r they fought hard for their jobs, and injuries in those days -- they didn't pay much attention to them. They would slop a chew of tobacco on the injury, wrap it up and kept on playing." I asked Earl if he still goes to the high school games. "Not as much as I use to do. I still enjoy them. There was a time I never missed them. The wife and me would drive in any kind of weather." And then he added with a laugh, "Maybe its old age that's slowed me down." Forty years is a long time. You can bet, Earl Walsh did his share of chasing after the big sporting events of McHenry County. Glacial Park Course Record Skyhawk Volleyball Team Win's SCOTT MCCLORY The Johnsburg girls volleyball team hosted conference rival Rich- m o n d - B u r t o n o n Monday and won the match in two gimes. The win raised its record to 3-2 in the West Suburban Conference and 3-3 overall. In the first game, the Skyhawks had a tough game and the Rockets took a 12-8 lead. But, the Skyhawks rallied to defeat the Rockets 15-12. Diane Heard lead the Johnsburg squad with seven spikes and Theresa Havck took the top spot in the setting column with nine. In the second game, Johnsburg took a quick 9-0 lead. The Skyhawks Theresa Hauck served five straight points. At 12-2, Paula Wroblewski replaced Megan Hall at the serving line and she shot three straight serves over the net, which won the game 15- 2. Thursday, the girls traveled to Lake Zurich and the Skyhawks won the match in two games again, 15-9 and 15-9. "I'm really proud of the way the girls are pulling together," said C o a c h S h a r a l Koenigseder. "I was impressed about the fact that they were determine and confident throughout the match. It was a definite team effort by the players on and off the court." NOTICE McHENRY COUNTY ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FALL TERM FOR INFORMATION CALL (815) 338-7363 PAGE 6 - PLAINDE ALER - WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 22,1982 Warriors Sting Grant 25-0; The McHenry Plaindealer Raise Record To 2-0 unning < Lewis i 5. [The^i DICK RABBITT The McHenry Warriors won its second straight game of the season by defeating Grant 25-0 at Fox Lake Friday. The Warriors, relying on its runnim game on the rain soaked Paul Field, rushed for 229 yards Bulldogs managed a mere 56 yards on the ground against the Warrior defense. It was a case of the Warriors having ball control, with the offensive line opening holes for the running game. But, Grant held in tough in the first half, down only 6-0 at the half. "They (Grant) did a good job on defense during the first half," said Joe Schlender. "The first half rainfall prevented us from establishing a passing game. But, I was pleased with the play of the entire Warrior team throughout the entire game." Mike Love only manged to complete one pass out of 10 attempts during the game. The one competion was to Corey Scott for 24 yards. With the rain falling, the Bulldogs In the second quarter, after both teams exchanged punts, the Warriors had the ball on its own 43 yard line. Then the Warriors began to click. Mike Miliniac went to the 44 on two carries. A 14 yard sprint put the ball on the Bulldog 30. Lane and Miliniac made a first down on the 30# and the Same duo again made a first on the 15 . yard line. With a first and three, the Bulldogs held and Love then scam­ pered into the end zone for the Warriors touchdown. The extra point failed and the ^-Warriors entered halffime leading 6*0, The third period was almost the same story as the initial period, as both teams marched only to have to punt on the wet field. Neither team could muster any offense. With the Warriors shouting "Four, Four, Four" from the sidelines as the final period began, the scoring rally began. Denny Shaver returned a pUht 76 yards for a touchdown with only 11:03 remaining. The extra point again was no goog^and the Warriors led 12-0. ^ v kicked off to the Warriors 33 yard line.S, Later in the period, Clayton Lane But Grant defense held and the Warriors kicked to the Grant 26 yard line. That was the story of the first period; both teams getting the ball, but kicking on fourth down. With the rain still falling, the period ended scoreless and from all indications, it would be a matter of time before one team would get a break and score. campered 10 yards for the touchdown and Doug Mitsven kicked the extra point for ^Warrior 19-0 lead. After the Warrior^xickoff, Steve Woo in­ tercepted a pass and raced 41 yards for the final Warrior touchdown. The extra point was no good and the Warners hung on for a 25-0 win over the Grant Bulldogs. Capture Wauconda Girls' Finish Third V^AUCONDA --"tinker the guidance of Coach Bill Hutchinson, the boys and girls McHenry Warrior crosscountry teams invaded the Wauconda In­ vitational Saturday and both came home successful^ The boys capt^ed~-a-iii«Kplace finish, while the girls finished third. It was the highest finish ever for the Warrior girls at an fctvitttttattai. Itwkras also the first Wauconda title for the boys. The boys easily won over second place finisher, Harlem; 90-190. Kaneland was third with 129 and Crystal Lake South was fourth with 167. Steve Carby led the Warriors with a third place finish with a time of 15:50. Brian Wright was ninth with a 16:37, Marty Koleno was 10th at 16:39, Jim Skyhawks Jackson, Breaks Wynvesn 31st in 17:25, Bob Sarabia 37th at 17:36 and Todd Rhode with a 19:03. \ The girls wj^wrled by the fourth place finish^ Delia Saunders, who crossed the finished line at 11:47. The Warriors placed behind Antioch with 70 and Crown with 89. Other finishers for McHenry on the 1.9 mile course were} (6) Pam Bradley 11:55, (15) Michele Paul 12:22, (36) Debbie Kennedy 12:53, (43) Tiffini Hinger 13:03 and (50) Annie Cepulis 15:06. For the sixth straight year, the freshmen-sophomore team placed first in its division at the Wauconda Invitational. Chris Creutz was the individual winner with a time of 9:37. Terry Harth was second and Jeff Pankiewicz was fourth. MARIAN HALFBACK, DAVE KUBACKI -- found some running room late in the fourth quarter. Number 68, Clancy Green, is leading the way for Kubacki. The senior back ended yards and one interception the ^mtest with 85 yard* rushing, two receptions for 50 iFF PHOTO -- MIKE LAMB. Marian's Balance Attack Too Much For Skyhawks MIKE LAMB WOODSTOCK -- "I'm 50-50 with my offense," said Marian Coach, Don Penza. And that's exactly what his Marian football team did. The Hurricanes used a combination of passing and running in its offensvie drives to defeat Johnsburg 20-6 Friday. The win for the Hurricanes was its first of the young season and the Skyhawks lost its second in two games. The Hurricane offense racked up 198 yards rushing and 112 yards passing. The Skyhawks, meanwhile, could only manage 28 yards rushing and 70 yards passing. "We had decent runs at the right time -- one of them went for a touch­ down," said Penza on the Hurricane offensive performance. "Sometimes it (offense) works the way you want it to. We finally put the two (run and pass) together. Although the total yards and score was lopsided in favor of the Hurricanes, the Skyhawks only trailed 13-6 going into the final minutes of the game. The Johnsburg defense and Marian penalties were the two main causes. "Our kids played very hard," said Johnsburg coach, Randy Oberembt. "Marian had good field positon early and our defense played very well. Our defense helped us stay in the ballgame." Penza, however, is troubled with the number of penalties his team has received in this game and the game against Crystal lake South. The Hurricanes were peanlaized 10 times for 90 yards. "I don't know how we are going to get around it," Penza said. He said he has a couple young sophomore's who are inexperienced and sometimes get a little reckless. Johnsburg only score came on a kickoff return late in the second quarter by John Miedzianowski. He raced 87 yards to help the Skyhawks close in on the Hurricanes 13-6. But, that would be the only score the Skyhawks would put on the scoreboard. The Skyhawk defense was able to hold off the Hurricane attack until late in the first quarter. Twice, while Marian was deep into Skyhawk territory, the Hurricanes failed to get a first down on fourth down plays. Marian fianlly scored on a one yard quaterback sneak by Chuck Hartlieb. The score was set up by a 36 yard pass play from Hartlieb to halfback, Dave Kubacki. The_play orginated on the Skyhawk 41 yard line. With the ball on the five hard line, Andy Hartlieb ran the ball to the one yard line and his brother, Chuck, scored on the next play^ Kubacki accounted for 135 of Marian's 310 yards. He rushed for 85 yards on 10 carries and caught two passes for 50 yards. Thanks to some timely penalties in the second quarter, Johnsburg went into halftime, down only by a score of 6-0. A total of four of Marian's nine penalties occured in the second quarter. A clipping call wiped out a 17 yard gain by Kubacki. The Hurricanes came right back and scored another touchdown early in the third quarter. The score was set up by a 30 yard p\|nt return by Kubacki. He facked the handoff on the reverse and kept the ball, nearly breaking it for a touchdown. He was tackled on the 10 yard line. Fullback Jeff Cychner took the ball to the six yard line and Kubacki rushed for three more to the one yard line. Pete Sandall finished the job with a one yard touchdown and the extra point gave Marian a 13-0 lead. Miedzianowski followed with his touchdown return for Johnsburg on the following kickoff. Before the game, Penza said his team had to be careful with the Johnsburg passing game. While Johnsburg quarterback, Jeff Jayko, did complete a few big pass plays, the Skyhawk passing game wasn't very successful. Jayko completed five of 14 passes for 70 yards. J One of his big passes^ame early in the third quarter. With the ball on its own 36 yard line, Jayko completed a 40 yard pass to Matt Anderson. That put the ball on the Marian 25 yard line. But, Jayko threw one pass for an incompletion and was sacked twice to stall that drive. . "They got three or four receptions that could have hurt us," said Penza. Oberembt, however, wasn't very pleased with the Skyhawk^ passing performance. "We did a very poor job throwing the ball. We just did a poor job," he said. The last Marian touchdown came with no time on the clock. After the Marian defense held Johnsburg on four downs, the Hurricanes took over on the Skyhawk 27 yard line. On first and 10, Chuck Hartlieb threw a pass into the end zone that fell for an incompletion. On the next play, Kubacki took the ball and ran the 27 yards for the touchdown. THIS YEAR MAKE IT FS LPGas. Why? Because FS LP Gas prices are rock bottom. And because deliveries are dependable. Did you pay too much last year? Call FS and compare! fps)McHENRY FS V^TMarengo McHenry Elkhorn Woodstock Zenda Huntley Chemung JOHNSBURG -- Skyhawk harrier, Jay Jackson, shattered the Glacial Park crosscountry course record of 14:46, during a meet at Johnsburg against Lake Zurich and Crystal Lake South. Jackson's time ctf 14:09 for the 2.6 mile course, broke the old record by 37 seconds and was good enough to record victory number five. Crystal Lake South captured first as a team, while Lake Zurich finished second. Mike Lawrence was the second Skyhawk runner to finish, with a time of 16:09. Other Skyhawk finishers were; Jeff Nichols with a 16:20, Mike Dodge 16:33, Ken Schoenig 18:20, Steve Schmidt 19:30 and Bill Schmitz 21:58. The Skyhawks host Wauconda and Harvard Thursday in a 4:30 contest at Glacial Park. At the 21-team Wauconda In­ vitational Saturday, Jackson finished second, three seconds behind Harlem's Tom Milray. His time was 15:42. Ken Schoenig and Steve Kalsch finished 110 and 111 repectively. The sophomore team finished tenth. "The boys were ready to run today," said Skyhawk coach, Bob Texidore. "They are improving with each meet and are starting to realize they can rim some decent fimes and finish well as a team." \ Address City Prices good in McHenry County Name • 3 YEARS - $40.00 • 2 YEARS - $28.50 • 1 YEAR-$16.50 •6 MONTHS - $8.50 • PAYMENT ENCLOSED The McHenry Plaindealer 3812 W. Elm Street McHenry, II. 60050