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/ T tates In- and came team He vitational Saturday: BOYS'TRACK: BOYS' TENNIS GIRLS'TRACK FVC Meet at Cary-Grove, 3 p.m. . .FVC Meet at D-C, 3 p.m, .Sectional JOHNSBURG HIGH SCHOOL Wednesday: SOFTBALL; BASEBALL Thursday: SOFTBALL Grant, 4i at Round Lake, 4 at CL South, NWSC Meet at RL, GIRLS'TRACK BASEBALL:... Saturday: BOYS'TRACK: TENNIS: ...... GIRLS'TRACK Plaindealer-Herald News Service photo by Phil English CARY - McHenry's boys' track team finished its dual meet season Monday with a convincing 85^-62"^ thumping of Cary-Grove. The Warriors finished 6-2 in Fox Valley Conference dual meets, 8-2 overall. McHenry will participate in the FVC Meet at Cary-Grove Friday afternoon. McHenry got sharpened up for the conference meet by grab­ bing 11 first-places of the 18 events. Curt Justen was a double- winner, posting triumphs in the 100 and 200, and Chris Creutz won the mile and the two-mile. Mike Lobinsky tossed a 1447" to win the discus, while Jeff Szamlewski long-jumped 19'6" for a triumph. Brian Smith claimed the low hurdles with a 44.1 clocking. McHenry also nabbed four first in various relay events. The Warriors' oustanding 400 relay unit of Szamlewski, Jim Shaver, Keith Losch and Justen won in 46.3. FVC Boys' Track The two-mile relay group of J.R. Wright, Steve Henshall, Pat Donahue and Creutz won in 9:46. The mile relay foursome of Shaver, Wright, Greg Garde and Jim Wautelet aimed top spot in 3:44.4 The 800 r0iw*y team of Szamlewski, Shaver, Justen and Wautelet topped Cary with a 1:36.9 time. <53 "It went about as expected," said Boland. "We're coming along pretty well. We lost a double dual to South and Cen­ tral, that was our first meet, and since then we've won six in a row." Warriors 3d at Hoffman Estates HOFFMAN ESTATES - McHenry's boys' track team showed its prowess at the five- Hoffman Estates Boys' Track Saturday back with its collective head held high after finishing a strong third. The hosts won the meet easily, while Palatine Fremd finishing just ahead of the Warriors with 39 points to McHenry's 36. Maine East and St. Ignatius followed. "It was a pretty fair effort," said McHenry coach Dan Boland. "There are some real good kids there. It's a high- quality meet. It's always nice to get away from running against the conference teams all the time, too. I think it's important to run against some tougher competition." Senior Mike Lobinsky was the only champion for McHenry, topping the field in the discus with a toss of 133'. "That's not his best throw," said Boland, "but he won it. All the kids seemed to have trouble with the (discus) ring there. He was seeded second going in." Grabbing second places for This club offers a 'wheelie' big show McHenry were the 800 relay team of Jeff Szamlewski, Keith Losch, Curt Justen and Jim Shaver, with a clocking of 1:34.1. Szamlewski placed second in the long jump with a career-best leap of 20'5Mi" in an event won with a 21" feet leap. Rob Williams was second in the Tiigh jump with a 5'10" ef­ fort. , Justen was third in the 100 with a tinie of 10.9, a career best for the junior. St. Ignatius' Mike Sawyer ran an astounding 10.1, which translates to 9.2 in a 100- yard dash. "Qujtck?" asked Boland. "Unbelievably quick. This was a quality meet. He won the 200, too, with a 20.9. I've got two good kids in the 200 (Justen and Losch), andthey didn't even get in the finals." Boland's freshman son, Mike, helped the Warriors with a third in the low hurdles, at 42.9. Chris Creutz was fourth in the 3;200, 10:01, while Brian Smith was fourth in the triple jump, 36'9" tor McHenry. "The competition was good for us, sure, said Boland. "It'll get us ready for Friday (the Fox Valley Conference Meet at Cary- Grove)., We ran well." By Christine Wood Plaindealer-Herald News Service CRYSTAL LAKE - Nearly everyone remember the thrill of learning to ride a bike, or the excitement of owning one. But most people, as soon as the/are old enough to drive a car, exile their bicycles to the back corner of the garage. Not so the members of the McHenry County Bicycle Clii0, who ride for both exercise and enjoyment. "Our purpose is very general and • wide-open," said club president Scott Offord. "It's to promote bicycling in McHenry County." The club tries to provide something for every type of rider, from, those who enjoy racing or long-distance riding, to those who prefer easy-going, short distance excursions. "We sponsor all kinds of bicycling events," said Offord. "Our main events are our weekly rides, which are generally from 5 to 20 miles in length. "That's basically for casual riders, people just interested in having a good time. All of our rides are fun, but they all have a clever twist to them. We have historical rides, scenic rides, pizza rides, ice cream rides and Sunday brunch rides." "Most bicyclists would like to avoid hills as much as possible," said Offord, "but we have one fellow who likes them. He has a 100-mile ride that hits every major hill in McHenry County. According to Offord, one of the' best things about group riding is setting your own pace. "Often," he said, "there are couples in the club. The guy wants to go out and ride like a maniac, but his. wife can't keep up with him. If they're with a group, all the maniacs take off and get to the ice cream parlor (or wherever) in 10 minutes, and everyone else rides together and has someone to talk to." Many of the longer treks are followed by a "sag wagon," a van or truck that carries water, and, if necessary, tired bicyclists and their bikes. Major invitational rides draw 'Bicyclists from all over the country. The Udder Century is a 100-mile ride that ends up at the Harvard Milk Day Festival. Double Trouble is a timed ride of nearly 400 miles. The club also sponsors bicycle repair and maintenance clinics. The club, which meets the second Friday of every month at McHenry County College, also has a newsletter to keep members informed of coming events. For more information, write: MCBC, P*.0. Box 917, Crystal Lake, 60034- McHenry's Mike Lobinsky heaves the shot at Monday's Warrior thrashing of Cary-Grove. Lobinsky was the Warriors' only champion in the Hoffman Estates Invitational Saturday, where McHenry finished third. Warriors pound Cary McHenry finishes in basement at FVC Meet ALGONQUIN - Dan Boland couldn't ask for any more. So he won't. The McHenry High girls' track coach watched his Warriors finish last at the Fox Valley Conference meet at Jacobs Friday, but it's really worse than it sounds. Really. "We had a couple girls in­ jured, and they couldn't run which really nurt our relay teams," said Boland. "Almost everyone on the team had rsonal bests Friday. I was ping we could catch Central (Crystal Lake) and get out of the basement, but not quite." CL South won the meet with 112, while Cary-Grove was second with 97. McHenry's 24 trailed sixth-place Central by 13. "We did pretty much as I expected. Lisa Lucarz got hurt and couldn't run in anything. That hurt our times," Boland said. The top finisher for McHenry was freshman Tracey Hoffman, pe hoi FVC Girls' Track who was second in the 800 run. "She just did a super job," said her coach. It was her personal best by a long shot." Selina John grabbed a third in the 400 dash, little more than one second off the winning time. The Warriors' mile relay team finished third, eight seconds better than its previous top time. McHenry's 400 meter relay unit was fifth, while the 800 medley relay unit was sixth. The Warriors will be at the 14- team Dundee-Crown Sectional Meet this Friday and Saturday, and Boland said he has outside hopes of some of his team members advancing to state. "Realistically, I would say that Tracey Hoffman and Selina John have an outside chance. Our m mile relay team might have a chance, too. But they'd have to improve their time to do it," Boland said. LOOKING AHEAD McHENRY WGllSCllOOL Wednesday: , BASEBALL: .Mundelein, 4:30 p.m. Friday: ' BOYS' TRACK: FVC Meet at Cary-Grove, 3 p.m. BOYS' TENNIS: .FVC Meet at D-C, 3 p.m. GIRLS' TRACK: Sectional. BASEBALL: Woodstock, 4p.m. SOFTBALL: Woodstock, 4 p.m. Plaindealer-Herald News Service photos by Jerome J. Edler McHenry shotputter Donna Devenecia is a study in concentra­ tion during the Fox Valley Conference meet Friday afternoon at Jacobs High School. The Warrior girls will move on to compete in the sectional tournament this Friday and Saturday along with Johnsburg and the other FVC schools. McHenry's Selina John gets into gear at Friday's Fox Valley Conference meet. John finished third in the 400 meter dash for the Warriors, who finished seventh as a team. John was edged by D-C's Maureen Michelski and Cary-Grove's Liz Celske in the 400 meter event