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PAGE 18-PLAINDEALER- FRIDAY, MAY II, 1984 By Barb Ansell Plaindealer Sportswriter The defensive golden glove went to the Marengo shortstop Diana Simons in the Indians game with the Johnsburg Skyhawks Wednesday night. It was several magnetic plays which allowed the Indians to take the Johnsburg Skyhawks 5- 3. Early inning errors by the Skvhawks assisted the Indians' Kathy Dennison, Aydi Farris and Shelly Patrick to each drive in runs. While Simons displayed her offensive talents by scoring from second on an error by Skyhawk third baseman Chris May. The Skyhawks got on the scoreboard with some heads up basey running. With Rene Kticharski and Michele Swart- K- zloff on -first and second base, the ball was overthrown into the outfield. That allowed Kucharski to score, but Swart- zloff lost the race to the plate, leaving the Skyhawks down 4-1. It was the Indians' pitcher Lynnea Loudenbeck who aided her own cause with a double to centerfield to boost their lead to 5-1. The Skyhawks rallied in the seventh inning with hopes of tyinfe the game. A lead-off walk to Patti Schmitt and a single by Linda Bartman put runners on base. A passed ball advanced the runners and a sacrifice fly by Julie Anderson brought Sch­ mitt home. Bartman later scored on a passed ball. A walk to Debbie Tvorah put another runner on base for May who came to the plate with two earlier hits. But again the In­ dians' defense quenched the flames, with May hitting into a double play and leaving the Skyhawks just two runs short. The win gave Loudenbeck a Continued on pogo 14 * ' Lady Warriors 7th inning scoring threat stopped sixth inning. The Warriors helped out the Trojans with two fielding errors. "We're still doing the little things which are hurting us," added Wirtz. Prust only allowed three hits and fqur hits, while striking out eight. Only one of the two Golden Eagle runs were earned runs. ' The Warriors had an ideal chance to at least tie up the ballgame in the seventh inning. Gretchen Fuiava led-off the inning with walk, while Prust popped up to the Jacobs catcher, Millie Hudson. Monique then responded with a line-drive single into cen- f • / ' terfield. The Warriors then received some help from Jacobs when centerfielder Sherrie Stoltman dropped a fly ball hit by Melissa Greve to load the bases. The Warrior scoring threat was stopped when Glaza struckout Val Kilday and Patty Johnson popped up to the second baseman. Jacobs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the*second inning. It all started when Becky Bralich slammed a ball down the first baseline for a double. Prust was able to strikeout Anette Zange, but Gaza layed down a sacrifice bunt, scoring Bralich. The Warriors came right back, in the bottom half of the inning with a run of their own. It all happened with two outs. Prust reached when the Jacobs rightfielder dropped her flyball, allowing Prust to take second base. Another error by the shortstop on a ball hit by Betancourt scored Prust. . For the first time in the game, the Warriors took the lead with a run in the fourth inning. After one out, Greta Larsen slammed a liner down the third baseline that rolled away from the rightfielder. By the time the fielder caught up with it, Larsen touched all the bases fort a homerun. Sports On the Sideline Dick Rabbitt McHenry community saves American Legion baseball Several McHenry community leaders responded to both this column and the story written by Mike Lamb last weekend. They saved American Legion baseball for the young people of McHenry for the coming season. A very happy coach Russ Williams gave me a call late Saturday evening and informed me of the good news. Most of the details have not been worked out at this time as to schedule, finances and a few minor details. More information on the salvation of baseball this summer for the youth of McHenry will be given later. Coach Williams and the players are elated with this turn of events for their program, and it proves McHenry still has some baseball tradition, which they have been noted for in the past years. The national pastime will survive in McHenry this coming season. And on the subject of baseball, Coach Brian Wilson's McHenry Warriors defeated league leaders Dundee-Crown 7-6 on Monday in a thriller. The Warriors blew a 4-0 lead after three innings, and the Chargers took the lead 6-5 going into the bottom of the seventh with their ace (Todd Mitter) on the mound. Wham, the Warriors took charge and it was shortstop Steve Cunningham who came up with the game winning hit to give the Warriors the margin of victory. The nice point about the victory was Coach Jerry Curtright of the Chargers called me Tuesday morning and told me he was impressed with the play of the Warriors. He said they should be complimented on their fine play. What bad things can you write about a losing coach who would take the time to make such a call. Jerry is a gentleman first class all the way. For you old time Warrior fans, Jerry is the son of former White Sox outfielder Guy Curtright, former coach at Woodstock and North Chicago. The Warriors take on Crystal Lake South at McCracken Field tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. in a Fox Valley Conference doubleheader. d.-- Warriors settle with split over Chargers CARPENTERSVILLE - Still in the Fox Valley Conference race, coach Brian Wilson and his McHenry Warrior baseball team would have loved to have swept its two-game series with Dundee-Crown. But, on the other hand, a split with the first place Chargers is better than nothing. The Chargers were ready for the Warriors on their own diamond Wednesday after a 7-6 loss Monday, defeating McHenry 9-4. The win keeps Dundee-Crown on top of the FVC, while McHenry drops to 3- 5. "It would have been nice to win to keep us in the conference race," said Wilson. "We're not too far out of it. Even with a 3-5 record, we can still end up pretty good as far as the con­ ference is concerned. A six-run second inning was the determining factor in the D- C win. Pat Dunne started for McHenry, and gave way to Ross Vehring in the second inning. Vehring lasted until the sixth inning, when Kevin Moore en­ tered. The Warrior pitchers gave up two D-C home runs. Todd Mitter went the distance for the Chargers, holding McHenry to a single run in the first inning and three in the third inning. "They were ready for us. They stroked the ball well and outhit us," added Wilson. McHenry took 31-0 lead in the first inning. Tim Pankiewicz readied first oh a walk and took third on Kris Teuber's single. Craig Hill then hit a sacrifice fly to'knock in Pankiewicz. Hill led the Warriors with a two-for-two performance and three rbi's. Hill's second and third rbi's were knocked in the third in­ ning. Teuber reached on a walk and Mike Podpora doubled, moving Teuber to third. Hill then responded with a double, knocking in both Teuber and Podpora. Hill scored on a ball hit by Moore which got by the D-C infield for an error. Skyhawks . tVith bases loaded and one out, all the McHenry Warrior soft- ball team needed was one little hit. But Jacobs pitcher Rita Glaza wouldn't allow that little hit and the Warriors went down to 3-2 defeat to the Golden Eagles. The loss left the Lady Warriors with a 3-3 record in the Fox Valley Conference. "Sarah Prust pitched her best gafae ever," said Wirtz on his ace pitcher. "It's too bad the game was so close." The game turned out to be a pitching thriller between Glaza and Prust. But Glaza received the edge when her teammates scored two runs in the top of the 's softball defense holds off Lady This afternoon the Fox Valley Conference will hold its track meet at Woodstock. The favorite is the Crystal Lake Central Tigers under Dick Kloepfer. The Tigers have run away with the opposition in the conference, dual and triangular meets this season. On paper they should win with ease. Hie meet begins at 3:30 p.m. and if you have the time, it would be worth your while to attend this meet. There are a lot of good athletes that will be performing in this meet. Hie Warriors of Dan Boland don't figure to be contenders this season. With a young squad, it will be an almost impossible task to match the Tiger squad. The Chargers of Dundee-Crown with George Scott should give the Tigers some trouble, but their hope is to finish second. The Warriors, Cary-Grove, Woodstock and Crystal Lake South could be in a good position for third place. This meet brings out the best in the athletes and like any high school sport, anything can happen. The girls track team finished last in the Fox Valley last week. However, again the Warriors have youth on their side, and ac­ cording to coach Dan Boland, all the girls did their season best and that is all you can ask of anyone. IIIIIM Gary Gray and his tennis team will be in the Fox Valley con­ ference this weekend. As usual Crystal Lake South is the heavy favorite, with the Cary-Grove Trojans given an outside chance for the title. Again, youth is on the side of the Warriors. Maybe one of these days, all Warrior teams will have veterans to compete in the various athletic events. (Plaindealer photo by Mike Lamb) The double steal was on during fourth inning action of Johnsburg's late for Jim Bentz, but Jeff Preston was called out at home plate as baseball name with Round Lake. The throw to soeoad base was too he slides In under the tag of Panther catcher, Kurt Schmidt. Panthers hand Johnsburg 2nd NWSC loss By Mike Lamb Plaindealer sports editor JOHNSBURG - The week started out rough for the Johnsburg Skyhawk baseball team with a loss on Monday, and Wednesday it didn't get any better. The Skyhawks dropped from the drivers seat in the Northwest" Suburban Conference with a 15-6 loss to Round Lake. "No matter what happens, we tied it up," said Johnsburg coach Jim Meyers on his team's 5-2 NWSC record. Facing its third straight game in three nights, Meyers couldn't go to either one of his top two pitchers, Steve Banaszynski or Jeff Jayko. He ended up going with his regular centerfielder on the mound, Bill Pecucci. Pecucci held his own for the first two innings, but ran into trouble in the second and third innings. After losing a 5-3 lead in the sixth inning, Pecucci was pulled by Meyers for Bill Wade. After closing the door in the sixth, Wade ran into some trouble in the seventh, giving up six runs before giving way to Tim Adams. "The difference tonight was the pitching," said Meyers. "I thought we could get by with Billy (Pecucci). We should have gotten out of the sixth inning with still a 5-3 lead." " Meyers pointed to two fielding errors the direct cause of the sixth inning collapse. Johnsburg committed four errors in the game. "We didn't help ourselves. We're having a rough defensive week," Meyers added. It was the first pitching performance for all three pit­ chers used by Johnsburg. Johnsburg jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning. Both runs were scored after two outs. Joe Majercik sparked the scoring with a single, and took third on the fielding error by the Round Lake shortstop on a ball hit by Mark Majercik. A wild pitch sent Joe Majercik home, while Adams double knocked in Mark Majercik. Round Lake tied it up in the third inning. A walk to the number nine hitter Jim Lane, with one out ended up hurting Pecucci. He was able to strike out Brian Harn, but Robert Jewell and Jeff Keske each singled, while Robert O'Conner doubled. Pecucci was finally able'to get Jeff Adkins to tap a little grounder to the mound for tfie third out. Round Lake added another run in the top of the fourth inning Continued on pogo 17 Warrior softball pitcher Sara Prust winds up to fire a pitch during McHenry's 3-2 loss to Jacobs Tuesday.* (Plaindealer photo by Mike Lamb)