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On the Sideline Dick Rabbitt Busy weekend for Fox Valley athletes There will be a host of busy athletes in the Fox Valley Con- fprpnpp fhic u/ppkpnH * Friday night at 4 p.m., the FVC boys' track meet will be held at Cary-Grove. Suspense? Not here. The big battle of the evening will be for second place. The Tigers of Crystal Lake Central, under veteran coach Dick Kloepfer, should run away with the meet. CLC has defeated all the other league schools in easy fashion, and have gone over the century mark in points several times in FVC meets. The battle for second place is, however, another matter. Crystal Lake South and our Warriors should be in a heated fight for the runner-up spot. The Warriors have four good relay teams that should garner McHenry some points, and are fairly strong in the sprints. The Warriors should also do well in the distance races, score in the shot and discus, and get some points in the long jump. What the Warriors need is some strong showings in the hurdles, high jump and pole vault. Hie otner schools -- Woodstock, Jacobs, Cary-Grove and Dundee-Crown -- may have something to say about it. South and McHenry should be the two in the running for No. 2, but one never knows what will happen at a track meet. Sickness and injuries are common, and some athletes may just have the juices flowing on a particular day. All of a sudden: bingo! There's an upset in the making. Anyway, we wish the Warriors the very best. Gary Gray will take his tennis team to Dundee-Crown this weekend for the tennis tourney. FVC champ Crystal Lake South is agian the heavy favorite, with CL Central looking to edge Woodstock for second. As in track, anything can happen. A cool, or windy day can always lead to an upset in the making. We again wish Gary's team good luck. Brian Wilson's baseball Warriors brought their bats with them to Cary-Grove Monday. Brad Snyder tagged his third homer of the year, and other homers by Tom Budreck, who was 3-for-4, and Merrick Steiffer, led the Warrior attack. Craig Hill had a perfect 4-for-4 day at the plate, and Pat Dunne was 2-for-3. The Warriors won 17-6 to give them a 6-6 mark in the league. The Warriors will try to avenge two early-season losses to Woodstock when the Blue Streaks come to town Friday af­ ternoon. Pat Wirtz's Lady Warriors took it on the chin 15-5 at Cary- Grove Monday, picking up only one hit in the five-inning contest. Rachel Prushinski's first-inning double was the only McHenry hit. The Warriors committed five errors which led to their downfall. , Politics again played a part in high school - in particular McHenry High School -- athletics. Mike Shanahan's water polo team was not invited to participate in the Palatine Regional last v weekend. The Warriors had defeated some of the teams that did participate, but one of the suburban schools made it to the tourney instead of the Warriors. Here's a quick quiz for you: What Warrior coach has-a perfect record this season? Give up? It's Pam "Yogi" Schaefer, who took charge of the McHenry Softball team when Pa| Wirtz was ill, leading the Warriors to victory over Grayslake. The popular volleyball coach is walking on air these days at McHenry High School. Rumors are still flying around about the two basketball coaching positions open in District 300. With Ken Slimko retiring from Jacobs, and Dundee-Crown's Jim Hinkle moving on to Elgin Community College, there are two handsome spots open. I'll make a stab at picking out the two coaches and see just how wrong I can be. I think Ken Mattini, who led the St. Ed­ ward's girls' team to the Class A basketball championship this past year, and former girls' coach at Dundee, will get the job at Jacobs. At D-C, I look for old friend Paul Judson to leave Hampshire and return to man the Chargers. But my guess is as good as anyone's. Mark Slimko, Jacobs' and the Fox Valley's Mr. Everything this past eyar, is going to attend the Air Force Academy in Colorado. He is, however, comitted to another five years of military service after his four years in school. We, as well as all Warrior fans, wish this fine young lad the very best of luck. McHenry's Tim Gray will team with fellow sophomore Ed Miller at No. 2 doubles dur­ ing th>Fox Valley Conference Meet this weekend at Dundee- Crown. CL South is the meet favorite, but Gray's father -- Warrior coach Gary Gray -- hopes his team can surprise the rest of the league. Plaindealer-Herald photos by Chris Juzwik Strom, Weidemann key MCHS hopes By Chris Juzwik PUlndeaier-Herald sports editor If you glanced over the seedings for this weekend's Fox Valley Conference Tennis Meet, you certainly wouldn't think McHenry's squad had much of a chance to win anything. But if you talked to Warrior coach Gary Gray, you might change your mind. I*r Contrary to popular belief, this is the Fox Valley Meet, not the Crystal Lake South Meet. The Gators are again (yawn) the favorite, vbut some in­ teresting finagling by the FVC's coaches, including Gray, could make the meet, which will be held at Dundee-Crown, quite an interesting one indeed. McHenry secured two seeds at the Wednesday seeding session. Sophomore Scott Smith, who Ladies' Golf CHAPEL HILL The Tuesday Ladies League team standings after the match play of April 30th, showed FVC Tennis had a fine season at No. 2 singles, is seeded fourth at No. 1 singles. Junior Bill Etheridge is seeded fourth at No. 3 after playing doubles much of the year. Warrior co-captains Gary Strom and Randy Weidemann will team up to play No. 1 doubles, while sophomores Tim Gray and Ed Miller will unite to battle it out at second doubles. Junior Tom Wrona lost only one conference match at third singles this season, but has jumped up to play at No. 2 for the conference meet. Wrona will face Tim Moeller of Jacobs, the second seed, in the first round. Moeller dealt Wrona a 6-3, 6-3 loss earlier. » "We're kinda laying in the grass nice," said a coy Gray. "We're getting our guys used to playing together, especially Strom and Weidemann' I think they've got a heck of a chance at going downstate, and for us, that's always preferable to winning a conference meet. "Those two have a real good chance," said Gray. "And the rest of the ^baches are aware that Gary and Randy are quality players." Woodstock s Pat Han, gar- 'mhsl.. - _ nered the top seed at one singles, McHenry is currently in and rightfully so. The Blue fourth place in the conference, Miller will have the opportunity to knock off the Mordi-Mayes team right off the bat, as they will meet in the first round. i "We've got high hopes for Weidemann and Strom/' added Gray, the coach. "We'd like them to get some victories together, and get seeded for the sectional." Streak soi field ea is first a Swekowsky of South, is tops at No. 3. iv. South's Pat Rogers it No. 2, while Frank Steffans Jewelers and Little Chef still tied in first place with 14% points each. Since all eight ladies on the team won their The Gators' No. 1 duo of Tim Daglev and Pat Foley are first- seeded, w while Chris Mordi and Rick Mayes of CL Central copped the top seed at No. 2 doubles. McHenry's sophomore pair of Gray (the coach's son) and match, Classic Trophy moved ice to third with 12 points. South has 26, Central 21 and Woodstock 18. Cary, Jacobs and Dundee- Crown closely trail the Warriors. Conference meet points are added to regular- season points to determine the final standings. "South got every possible break in the pairings," said Gray, "and Central got every bad break. It should be an in­ teresting meet." up from last place with Girls set for tough track sectional Hoffman, John gain seeds By Chris Juzwik Plalndealer-Herald sports editor McHenry's and Johnsburg's „ girls' track teams will par­ ticipate in the Dundee-Crown Sectional this weekend, and both squads may return from Car- pentersville in a daze. The 18-team sectional is the final stop before the state meet. The opponents won't be un­ familiar to either McHenry coach Dan Boland or Johnsburg coach Bill Hurckes, but that doesn't make it any easier. The Fox Valley's seven teams will be in attendance, along with the same number from the Northwest Suburban. In ad­ dition, Barrington, Mundelein and Carmel will be vying for spots in the state meet. "It's a real toughQheet," said Hurckes. "There are some fine, fine schools involved." "You never know what can happen at a meet with this many teams," said Boland. "Some people may just decide to go like crazy this one day." McHenry garnered three in the meet. Freshman Hoffman was a sur- third seed in the 800 after strong second-place showin the FVC Meet last weeken Selina John was seeded sixtn in the 400, and the Warriors' mile relay team of Pam Bradley, Hoffman, John and Trudy Milstein grabbed a fourth seed. "Yes, I was a little surprised at Tracey's seeding," admitted Boland. "But second in our conference meet was im­ pressive. She has a pretty good shot. The only thing that might hurt is that she's a little inex­ perienced. She's not run in a lot of big meets. But anything can happen. "Selina will be competitive, I believe. She needs to improve her time to have a shot, but she's kind o of sitting on the plateau. She can do it," said Boland. "We got seeded right about where we figured we would," said Hurckes. "We've got some girls with an outside chance of making state. Our goal is to get as many personal bests as we can, and let the chips fall where they may. There are some big> schools in this meet. But we're ready." ap is in place with 9 Mi. McHenry Favorite Sports and McHenry Floral followed with 9 points each. Mar Ray Costumes has 7 and Acu Pac trails with 6. The event of the day was low team net and was won by Little Chef with 308. May 7th began on a sunny but chilly note, however, the girls with the latest tee times eot firm rain descended causing a delay in play. By the time the rain had dissipated and the sun returned the field of players had diminished to a few handsful of the more stalwart players. Of those finishing the 18-hole event Floss O'Connell with 41 points was the leader. One point behind was Betty Gossell with 40 points followed by Betty Mohan with 39, Betty Smith with 38, Janet Conway with 35 -and Liz Nolan and Ruth Hisel with 34 each. McHenry's Trudy Milstein (left) and Yvette Fuiavaprenfpfor the D-C Sectional. soaked on the last three holes. Darn that weather man who guaranteed sunshine all day. Linda Fornacairi seems to pick off birdies easily with that tremendous drive of hers. Today, she got her bird on 2. Sandy Donovan, another one we can count on for birds, got hers on 5. Sandy also had a nice chip in on 4. Mickey Holland was ecstatic when she chipped in on 14 to par the hole. It was nice to have former members Ruth Vines and Mae Collis visit our club house after the match. These two are game ladies that adversity can't put down. That's all folks except I did want to warn Wanda Gerke that dropping frozen pot roast on your toes is not conducive to good golfing. Esta. MCtffsNRY COUNTRY CLUB The day began well enough with sunshine and a light breeze as the ladies of McHenry Country Club teed off for a shotgun-start Individual Point tournament on Tuesday the 7th. Midway through the event, however, clouds gathered and a v Some of the action on the course proved to be more pleasing than the interrupting rain. To wit: Espar Oja's skillful treading of her ball through the giant tree on 2 without catching leaf or limb. Chip-ins were recorded by Freida Miller arid Rita Sayler on 9 and by Floss O'Connell^on 10. Virginia Turner exhibited flightiness by birdying 5 and 18 while Judy Smithson tied into a drive that placed her over the creek on her way to birdying 17. Tangling with the creek on 8 Liz Nolan waded in sans shoes and socks to retrieve her ball and came up with an assortment of 5 extra balls. All in all it wasn't too bad a day. Even Terry Becker was out there playing for the first time this year. Results from the preceding week's Best Ball team tour­ nament found Carol Cooney and Joan Blair taking Flight I with 61 while in Flight H it was Floss O'Connell and Dot Freund with 67, Flight HI had Mabel Smith and Speedy Neuman with 65 and Flight IV had Betty Gossell and Peg Anderson with 59. Next week's event will be an ABCD 3-Ball Calcutta which, at least for some of the Divot Dolls, should make for Happy Golfing! Uz Sports SECTION 2 - PA<,E lb -I'LAiMJKAl.KH-HKHALl). KKIDAl. WW 10. 1985