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I On the Sideline Dick Rabbitt ttWtUMf LLAKE SOUTH AL LAKE SOUTH CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH Gators shutout Warrior tennis squad in FVC dual CRYSTAL LAKE - It didn't take long for the inexperience factor to catch up with the McHenry Warrior tennis team. Coach Gary Gray's Warrior squad lost 5-0 to Fox Valley Conference tennis powerhouse Crystal Lake South last Tuesday. Hie match was McHenry's first in FVC play and left the Warriors with a 1*3 overall record. "This was the first match for us in two weeks," said Gray. "I don't think anybody in the conference is going to touch South. The kids played pretty well." The best match of the dual was between McHenry's Matt Roy and South's Steve Leiding at number three singles. Roy lost 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. At number one singles, Gary Strom of McHenry lost to Ed Foley 6-2, 6-0, while Scott Smith lost to Scott Meyer 6-0, 6-0 at number two. At number one doubles competition, Randy Weideman and Tofti Wynveen lost to Bill Buckles and Paul LeCoque 6-0, 6-0. PAGE 24 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1984 let's' talk m Sports Softball a strange game for Norwegian (Plaindealer photo by Mike Lamb) McHenry high jumper Diane Anzinger successfully clears the pole during dual track action against Jacobs last Tuesday. Anzinger failed to place in the event and Wessman of Jacobs won it with a jump of 4-10. When a team is struggling, it Jacobs 66vfe-6l^ Tuesday for seems what can go wrong, will their first dual win of the season, go wrong. "It was a big win for them," That's how things were going said Boland on his girls. "They for the McHenry girls' track have been struggling. This will team. Placing eighth at the do a lot for their confidence McHenry County meet didn't going into the conference meet, help either. * „ This is a real boost." Boland received some note Warrior coach Dan Boland worthy performances from a has proudly announced his girls number of his girls. have broken the slump - for at Senior Tracy Brechel swept least the time being. the 100 and 220 yard dashes. Her < The Lady Warriors edged winning time of 12.6 edged out second place finisher Lisa and McFaul. McFaul won the Lucarz, also of McHenry, 12.9. shot put with a throw of 28-8%. Brechel was timed at 29.2 in the Teammate Cindi Kinsala took 220. » * second with 27-10. John won the 440 yard dash in 67.2. "Tracy Brechel ran real well. Delia Saunders was the only She's really coming into shape other individual winner for for us," said Boland. McHenry, capturing the 880 Boland was also glad to see yard run with a time of 2:35.9. freshman hurdler Hudjera also McHenry also won three of winning. She captured the 110 f°ur relay races. McHenry won yard hurdles in 20.1 and the 220 the 440 yard relay in 56.6, the 880 yard hupfles in 37.8.. yard medley in 2:07.3 and the 880 Boland also noted Selina John yard relay in 2:00.1. McHenry Relays field smaller every year McHenry High School officials are hoping for some fine weather tonight when the 19th annual McHenry Relays will take place at McCracken Field. Only nine schools will compete, a far cry from the 18 schools here several years ago. Running a track meet on a cinder track is about as popular as the horse and buggy and the model T. It just isn't done anymore. So, year by year, schools are dropping out of this once very popular track meet. If something doesn't happen in the near future, the Warriors will have the track to themselves on the last Friday in April in the years to come. Anyway, the field events get under way at 3:30 p.m. Hiese events will be run as a three-man team, with the exception of the pole vault which will be as usual, an individual event. At 5 p.m., the running events will begin, with the varsity low hurdle shuttle relay. My favorite event, the four-mile relay will take pi,ice at 6 p.m. The final event, the 440 yard relay, will take place at 9 p.m, As in the past, the relays are run on schedule and the McHenry crew do a good job of getting people home at a reasonable hour. Schools cos)ipr t ing this year, besides the Warriors, are Dundee- Crovin. Elk Grove, Hoffman Estates, Kaneland, Lake Forest, Ijake Park, Schaumburg and Woodstock. Schaumburg, EJk Grove and Hoffman Estates are the favorites to capture the first place trophy. Medals will be awarded to the first four places in all events. Athletic Director Joe Schlender, and head coach Dan Boland are the meet directors. The Rooster Club will provide plenty to eat during the evening. If you want to see a well run track meet, come to McCracken Field tonight. \<>u won't he disappointed. _ The weather has played havoc with the Warrior athletic teams the past week. Brian Wilson's baseball Warriors did manage to split a pair with Fox Valley foe Jacobs, winning a postponed game 6-5 and dropping a 5-2 contest. Pat Wirtz's I«idy Warriors lost the conference opener to Crystal Lake Central 10-8. For the first time in two years, Gary Trenibley's sophomores lost a Softball game, losing 25-12 to the young Tigers. The girls track team didn't fare too well at the McHenry County meet at Johnsburg last Saturday. Woodstock won it for the sixth straight year with 105 points. Crystal Lake South was second with 91 and Cary Grove third. The Lady Warriors can get some measure of revenge in the conference met May t at Cry stal Lake. Illness and injuries have hit the Warrior squad, but better times are ahead. Mike Shanahan's Water Polo team is. currently 1-6 on the season. This week they take on a couple of toughies -- New Trier and Hoffman Estates. Next week they are entered in the B tourney at Palatine. In this tourney the top three teams qualify for the state finals at Circle Campus May 9-12. In the past several years the Water Warriors have qualified for the state and we hope this year is no different. Gary Gray is hoping [or dry courts so his tennis team can get Hack into action. Tin: squad didn't fare too well at Schaumburg last Saturday, but are hosting the annual frosh-soph tourney tomorrow at West Campus. Starting time is 10 a.m. Ijet's just hope the weather warms up for all Warrior teams, and they can all get back on the winning track. CRYSTAL LAKE - Neither the McHenry Warriors, or the Crystal Lake South Gators will be blamed for a boring track meet lasy Tuesday. The Fox Valley Conference dual meet was far from boring. The Warriors won the meet, but not before the very last event was completed. The Gators and Warriors were tied 68-68 going into the last event of meet - the 1,600 meter relay. The Warrior 1,600 meter relay team of Greg Garde, Dave Suchomski, Marty Koleno and Chris Creutz edged out the Gator entry 3:42.3 to 3:46.8. The 1,600 meter relay win handed the Warriors a 73-68 win over the Gators. It was the first FVC win for the Warriors, who are preparing for today's McHenry relays. "I'm real happy with the win," said Warrior coach Dan Boland. "The boys on the mile relay team really did a nice job. I'm really pleased." Besides the 1,600 meter relay team, Boland was happy with the whole squad. "I was really concerned about this meet. Crystal Lake South is a real good team," Boland added. Another Warrior relay team came out with another sur­ prising win. The Warrior 800 meter relay squad, made up of three sophomores and a fresh­ man, won in a time of 1:37.0. The time broke the sophomore school record in the 800 meter relay. Jim Shaver, Curt Justen, Keith Losch ' and Jeff Szamlewski were members of that winning team. Szamlewski also helped out with a 18-10 winning leap in the long jump. Distance runner Brian Wright picked up McHenry's first vic­ tory, capturing the 3,200 meter run in 10:15.9. Koleno figured into his second first place with a winning time in the 800 meter run of 2:06.9. Garde also picked up some more first place points, winning the 400 meter run in 56.0. Mike Lobinsky and Shaver also picked up some firsts for McHenry. Lobinsky won the discus with a fling of 125-0 and Shaver won the 200 meter dash in 24.5. Lady Warriors back on winning track By Mike Lamb Plaindealer sports editor Imagine a space ship landing near your home and the strange people aboard kidnap you. They take you to a strange land. Once there, the aliens drop you in the middle of a playing field where they play a strange game. Although you never played or watched the game before, you are instructed to play the game. That's somewhat the situation 17-year-old Britt Aasegg found herself involved with. Although she wasn't kid­ napped and forced to play a strange game, she is in a strange land and playing an unfamiliar game. Aasegg is an exchange student from Norway attending McHenry High School this school year. And "for just the fun of it," this spring Aasegg is playing one of America's greatest pastimes' -- Softball. Aasegg went out for the varsity softball team. The only problem, however, is she never so much as watched or played the game before coming to America. The result has been an interesting softball season thus far for Aasegg, her teammates and softball coach Pat Wirtx. Why play a game so un­ familiar? "I looked for something fun and something different," said Aasegg. Another reason might be that Norway doesnt consider sports an important activity for youngsters, as Americans do. Norway doesn't have high school teams competing in different sporting events. For Aasegg, playing on the high school softball team gave her the chance to experience something Americans take for granted. "I really enjoy it," Aasegg added. "I like it more and more. I'm understanding it more. At the beginning I didn't know what to $>, or why I was doing it." Understanding the game is something Aasegg is still trying to grasp. While such a simple task as throwing the ball properly might be easy to any American high school girl or boy, it was something Aasegg had to learn. "I didn't even know what a bat was," said Aasegg. "I'm learning all the time. I'm learning the rules. I'm learning how to hit the ball. The special positions. I'm .still confused where I'm going to throw the ball." Confusion has been a widely used language Aasegg, her teammates and Wirtz have been learning to understand. "You can see the question mark on her face," said Wirtz. "The girls and I stop and try to explain things to her. It's been "The ldtis on the team are so "accepting of her. At the beginning I wasn't so sure. Everyone has accepted her and took the time to explain things to her." Both Wirtz and Aasegg laugh when mentioning her first game appearance. She entered the game as a pinch-runner at third base. The batter hit the ball safely into the outfield and Aasegg broke for homeplate. In all the excitement of scoring her first run, Aasegg forgot to touch homeplate. Her screaming Crystal Lake South's Scott Przybyla (left) and McHenry's Dave 110-meter high hurdles. Przybyla, a sophomore, won the event in Bestc are neck-and-neck midway through Tuesday's running of the 16.7 seconds while Beste was second in 16.8. S McHenry track teams win FVC duals Britt Aasegg teammates alerted her, and she went back to touch the plate. "I'll do better" promised Aasegg. Even Wirtz has seen improvement, but both added her uneasiness towards ever going up to bat during a game. Aasegg says she also has problems with the baseball lingo Continued on pago 22 Warrior Relay team breaks tie with Gators