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PAGE IS - PLA1NPEAIJER - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1M4 Sports ? • Chris Jaxwlk Sports Editor Hi. My name is Skip. I'm 10 years old, and Chris is my next- door neighbor. He's busy today, so he asked me to sit in for him. My neighbor has some strange ideas about sports. Just bet­ ween you and me, I sometimes wonder if he really knows what he's talking about. I mean, I ask him some real simple questions, and he shrugs them off with some 'adult-type* answer. Like the other day, for example, we were watching the U.S. Open, and these words flashed on the TV screen: "Triple match point." 1 SO I ASKED HIM, "WHAT'S THAT?" I mean, I just plain didn't know what a 'triple match point' was. So he said what it meant was the score is 40-love, (or love-40) and the person with 40 has three opportunities tier win the match. "So, right now, it's match point, right?" I tfueried. No, he in­ sisted, it was triple match point. "Yeah, but it's still match point, right?" I countered. No, he said, but if the score was 40-30, it would be match point. So, like the kid that I am, I had to ask. "What is it if the score is 40-15?" "Double match point," he said, smugly. Did you ever feel like you were set up? • RECENTLY, I ASKED HIM about the Cubs, sort of a sore subject with him, as he is a big Sox supporter. He told me he likes the Cubs now because they're not really the Cubs. I figured I was in trouble again. My neighbor the sports editor said the Cubs aren't real, because Jody Davis is the only guy who came up through their farm system. If the Cubs were the Yankees, it would be okay, he reasoned, because people expect George Steinbrenner to buy pennants. But the Cubs aren't supposed to do that. They're just supposed to accept their annual fifth-place finish, and go play golf for the winter. ' ^ HE ADDED THAT CUBS FANS aren't real anymore either. Too uptight, he said. He's used to shrilly-toned Cubs backers yelling "we want a hit" over and over again. Losing was always part of the fun of attending a Cubs game, or so he says. He's also worried the success of the Cubs this year will make everyone expect it to happen all over again next year and the year after that. I wondered what was wrong with that logic, and he asked if I checked how well the White Sox were doing this year. Or the Dodgers, Braves, Orioles and Phillies. But then I reminded him that the University of Miami appears to have another national championship-caliber squad, after winning that honor last year. He asked me if I had anything else to do. MY NEIGHBOR, THE SPORTS EDITOR, really got on my case recently about the definition of sports. See, I'm just a kid, so I don't know about all the sports there are. Plus sometimes, I don't really think things through. So I said to kirn, in a discussion about boxing, that boxing wasn't really a sport. "What," he screamed, "are you saying? Why would you say something so urbane, so ridiculous, so... wrong?" He was really upset, and me, like a kid, pushed him further. "BOXING ISN'T A SPORT CUZ IN boxing you don't use a ball." I said, confidently. "And everyone knows anything that doesn't have a ball in it isn't a sport." My neighbor, the sports editor, just got crazy with me, mut­ tered something about being seen and not heard, but I didn't catch all of it. So I asked him that if having a ball involved wasn't the prerequisite for sports, then what was? "Everybody, and I mean everybody, (he was real mad) knows what the common denominator in all sports is, and consequently what makes the definition of sports possible," he said. So I, knowing full well I was in for it again, asked him to ex­ pound on the matter. My neighbor, a guy who graduated from college, gave me his most philosophical answer. * "A sport is a sport if you have to wear white socks to play it." I had to ask. Skyhawk spikers set for repeat of '83 % By Chris Juzwik Plaindealer sports editor Last season Johnsburg High School's girls' volleyball team had a superb 13^1 season, win­ ning the Northwest Suburban Conference title. Coach Sharal Johnson said she expected the result. - "We had 11 seniors," Johnson sUd. "Lots of experience." This season, the team has only five seniors, just three of whom are returners. But Johnson expects a similar fate for the 1964 version. "We should finish first or second," the third-year varsity coach said. tf JOHNSON BASES HER PREDICTION on the fact that last year's sophomore team finished in a tie for first place in the NWSC, plus the return of Cris May and Deb Tvaroh, two of the seniors back from last season's banner season. May will captain the Skyhawks this season, as the team will try to overcome the loss of three all-conference picks of a year ago - Michele Swartzloff, Julie Anderson and Teresa Hauck. Johnson believes the Olym­ pics in Los Angeles brought volleyball to the forefront, and consequently the game has become more complicated, with added strategy. "THE FIRST PRACTICE, ONE OF the girls tried a jump serve," Johnson said. "It's really fired the girls up as far as the season goes." "Volleyball has become more and more organized as the years go by," Johnson said. "There are a lot of coaches' clinics, and the 6-2 offense and defense haye really taken over." The Skyhawk mentor said he? team will utilize the 6-2. JOHNSBURG'S SCHEDULE WILL BE difficult, according to Johnson. "It will be a little toughfer. We have three games a week, plus Columbus Day weekend (Oct. 5- 8) we'll play in „ two tour­ naments," Johnson said. Plaindealer photo by Chri» Juzwik The first such tourney will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5 and 6, at Chicago Latin High School. "I'm unsure about the Latin tournament," Johnson said. "But I would assume it would be pretty competitive." Monday, Oct. 8, the Skyhawks Harvard'! about »P* on ews Service JoeAnn Hurst tries to coax her putt into the hole on number 18 Monday, during the final round of the Chapel Hill Club Cham­ pionships. Hurst fired an 88 in the final round, enabling her to finish second in the championship flight. Club champs crowned Both the men's and women's club championships at Chapel Hill were contested the past two weekends, and Labor Day marked the fourth and final round. Hie 1984 men's club champ is Tim Byers, who fired a four- round total of 298, with a low round of 71, while the women's winner is Mae Fuiava, who shot 335 fbr^the tournament, with a low round of 81. Runners-up in the cham­ pionship flight were Jeff Michels, (299) for the men, and JoeAnn Hurst (347) for the women. Michels had a round of 71 to tie Byers for that honor. In Flight A, Don Prouty shot a 316, defeating second place Larry Lowery, who had 323. For the women, Sandy Donovan had 364, edging Judy Schmitt, 368. Flight B saw Bruce Koepke shoot 339, with Howard Leonard second at 349. Kathy Kaiser took the women's title, with a 405, six strokes better than Sue Beam's 411. Bill Kemp won Flight C, with a 376. Jim Bienieck was second at 380. Glenda Wieck took the women's crown, at 427, with Theresa Schroeder second at 441. In Flight D, Jim Kalis won. with a total of 369, while Jeff Thielsen and Ernie LaBay tied for second at 404. Lorraine Houda won the women's honor, with a 430 total. Nancy Kemp was second at 474. By Dick P< Plaindealer While the %ext Race Across America is a year away and the fatigue of RAAM '84 is still being felt, the top survivors may not compete next year. winner iPeter Penseyres and runner-up Lon Haldeman are undecided about next year, but they do not believe they will compete. "I kind of said before the race I wasn't going^o race again," Haldeman said. "There's other things in my life, too." Penseyres he probably won't race again, either. "And that's a very strong probably not," he said. "It would take a lot to make me come back." Preparation for the race, the engineer said, monopolizes what little spare time he does have. His vacation next summer may be more family-oriented, like backpacking or bicycle touring. Penseyres and his Jrife have a 13-year-old daughter. will travel to Zion-Benton for a tourney, which Johnson is confident about. "We could conceivably win it," she said. "We'll finish first or second." AS FAR AS THE NWSC GOES, Johnson said Grayslake and Wauconda should be bat­ tling, along with Johnsburg, for the championship. The Skyhawks opened their season yesterday at home against Bound Lake. Today they will travel to Woodstock for a 4:30 p.m. match with the*Blue Streaks, the team which knocked Johnsburg out of regional competition last year. Any revenge factor there? "Yes," Johnson said em­ phatically. "We really want to beat them." The Skyhawks 4 will return home for a match next Tuesday against Marian Central, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Haldeman unsure AM future" percent the same." The support and en­ couragement they give each makes a big difference. "When I'm around, she really wants to prove herself," he said. And in a race the magnitude of RAAM, that can be a decisive factor. The three women in RAAM '84 were unable to meet the 36-hour drop rule. Notorangelo holds the women's transcontinental record of 11 days, 16 hours, 15 minutes. The couple also holds the tandem transcontinental record of 10 days, 20 hours, 23 minutes. Interestingly, the Haldeman and Penseyres crews had the same core of family members. Haldeman's parents, Ed and Mary Jane, and brother, Ken, were on his nine-person crew. Penseyres' wife, daughter, parents, brother and sister-in- law, were on his crew. "It's really important to have a cohesive crew," Penseyres said. "When you take family mem­ bers, you know they are going to Haldeman said he probably % work out." will spend more time in RAAM organizational work and working with his wife, Susan Notorangelo, who plans to compete again next year. "We need each other on each other's crews," Haldeman said. Having separate crews did not work as well as expected, he added. While Haldeman's crew was essentially the same, Notorangelo had a new crew. "I probably got along better than Susan did," Haldeman said. "For me it was kind of 90 His parents decided to join the crew after watching the ABC "Wide World of Sports" program on RAAM '83. At 41,. Penseyres was the oldest RAAM competitor, something he believes does not inhibit him. "It's hard for people to believe that you can be over 40 and compete," he says. "I think that's a miscon­ ception," he added. "I don't think I'm unique. They just don't think the can. 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