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Sports Sked Wednesday: Tennis: Elgin at McHenry, 4:30 p.m., Wauconda at Johnsburg, 4:30 p.m. Thursday: Cross-Country: Elgin at McHen­ ry, 4:30 p.m., Wauconda/CL South at Johnsburg, 4:30 p.m. Volleyball: McHenry at Wood­ stock, 4:30p.m. f Golf: McHenry at Woodstock, 4:30 p.m. Swimming: Zion at McHenry, 5 p.m. Friday: Soccer: McHenry at Cary-Grove, 4:30 p.m. Volleyball: McHenry at Johns­ burg, 4:30 p.m. Football: Richmond-Burton at Harvard, 8 p.m., Saturday: Football: l >nda at Johns­ burg, 1 p.m., McHenry at CL South, 2 p.m., Marian Central at Grayslake, 2 p.m. » Tennis: McHenry at Dundee- Crown Invitational, 9 a.m.. Cross-Country: McHenry at Wauconda Invitational, 9 a.m. Golf: McHenry at Dundee-Crown Invitational, 8 a.m. Wednesday, September 11,1985 Warrior booters blanked by South By Plaindealer sports staff McHENEY -- Another milestone for McHenry's soccer team came Tuesday afternoon at West Campus. It was the first Fox Valley Confer­ ence game ever for the Warriors in their inaugural campaign. Unfortu­ nately, it was also a loss. The Warriors were handed a 5-0 loss by Crystal Lake South on windy, cool day. "The goals haven't come too easi­ ly lately," said McHenry coach John Sytsma, whose team has been shut­ out in three straight contests. South scored its first goal in the first quarter, and held that slim one- goal edge until halftime. "It was a pretty easy goal they got, we just didn't clear the ball out," Sytsma said. "Our strategy was to try to stop them when they were with the wind, and they score when we had the wind advantage," he explained. Center-forward Ivan Cvitkovic, the scorer of all four McHenry goals this season, had two breakaways in the second period, but South goalie made nifty saves to thwart the junior. "Ivan will learn to shoot away from the goalie. He shot both of them right at him. Their goalie did a nice job. He came out and cut down the angle, and was a pretty good goalie. "They got another goal in the third, again because we didn't clear the ball. And later in the third, they scored on a corner kick, which went right around the bar. It was a fluke. Their last one came on a penalty shot," Sytsma said. "We did quite a bit of playing in their half in the second quarter. But they just did better against the wind than we did, basically." Sytsma cited the play of Trent Castle, Steve Peter and Scott Smith on defense for McHenry. "All the back line did a really good job. I've been trying to get them to clear it out to the side, and they did a good job of that today. Mark McClaughry did a good job a center-midfield, using the wings more, which is something else I'm trying to get them to do." (m, "They're in the same position we were when we first started in the league. We didn't have the frosh- soph program, and when we finally developed one, our program got stronger," said South coach Craig Kendall. "They have an excellent center- forward," Kendall added, compli­ menting Cvitkovic. McHenry will continue FVC play Friday at Cary-Grove. Marian spikers get that winning feeling By Plaindealer sports staff WOODSTOCK -- Remember that Northwest Suburban Conference team that was respectable in volley­ ball a few years back, but disap­ peared into the haze last year? Well, it's back. Marian Central improved its re­ cord to 2-1 Tuesday afternoon when it topped Marengo in straight games. The Hurricanes posted wins by scores of 15-13 and 15-8. "I thought we played well. I thought we played better than (we did) against Grayslake (a match that Marian won) and I felt we did considerably better than against Johnsburg (a Marian loss)," MC Coach Tom Faber said. "Everyone played well, and we got a few out­ standing performances." One of those performance came from senior Julie Callahan. "She was very disappointed with the way she played against Johnsburg," Faber noted. "But she turned it around tonight and played well. It „ was mostly a mental turnaround. Plaindealer photo by Chris Juzwik McHenry's Melissa Rhode concentrates on a backhand during the Warriors' 4-1 whipping of Grant at West Campus Tuesday. Skyhawks race past Harvard, Big Foot By Plaindealer sports staff HARVARD -- Johnsburg's boys' cross-country team started off its dual season on the right foot, so to Speak, pounding Harvard and Big Foot (Wis.) Tuesday afternoon. The Skyhawks, paced by a first place finish from junior Mark Wid- halm, ripped Harvard 17-44, and de­ molished Big Foot 16-47. Widhalm covered the three-mile course in an impressive 16:18. Johnsburg's Ed Nichols was second, in 17:26. Senior Bill Meyer moved up for third, in 17:42, while freshman Matt Hennigan was fifth, 17:52, and Brian Berndt seventh, 18:11. Johnsburg runners John Hernandez, Mark Clary and Brett Bartkoske were ninth, 10th and 12th, respectively. "We ran very, very well," under­ stated Johnsburg coach Bob Texi­ dor. "Widhalm did a real nice job, he's really coming along, his times are getting better, and he's really running relaxed. I expect a lot from him. I expect him to win the confer­ ence championship," Texidor said. "It takes a change of attitude, a change of your point of view when you become the No. 1 runner," Texi­ dor said. "And Mark is really com­ ing into his own. It's easy When someone else is pushing you. But when you have to push yourself, it can be more difficult." Johnsburg's three underclassmen girl runners were also impressive. Freshman Jenny Baehne was sec­ ond overall in the varsity race, at 14:29, while sophomore teammate Tammy Policky was right behind, at 14:30. Sophomore Lisa Nunamaker finished in 14:59. Johnsburg's Tom Valiant was the winner in the frosh-soph race, finish- ing in 18:05. Craig Zvonar was sec­ ond in 18:05. "All the runners were lumped to­ gether, so I was able to see how everyone relates to one another," Texidor explained. "With those two finishing 1-2 in the frosh-soph race, they'll be ready to run varsity very, very soon." Johnsburg will open conference action Thursday at Glacial Park when Wauconda comes to town, along with Crystal Lake South, in a double dual. Sky hawk spikers humbled, stunned i: by Round Lake By Plaindealer sports staff JOHNSBURG -- Complacency, it has been said, is the pits. Or some­ thing like it. Johnsburg's volleyball team fell back down to earth Tuesday night, suffering a 15-8, 7-15, 12-15 loss to Round Lake, slipping to 2-1 on the season. "I think the girls were expecting Round Lake to be a pushover," said JHS coach Sharal Johnson. "We made Round Lake look good. There were a lot of instances they (the Panthers) didn't put up a block at all, and if we did attack, we hit the ball out a lot. "In the third game, we blew a lot of serves, hit the ball out of bounds quite a bit. It wasn't very good," Johnson said. The Skyhawks had opened the sea­ son with blowout wins over North­ west Suburban Conference oppo­ nents Wauconda and Marian Central, and were expecting to do the same to Round Lake. But the Panthers would have none of it. "We played pkay in the first game, we only missed two serves, compared to missing seven in the last game. "The second game, we played ter-^ rible. 1 guess a lack of communica-! tion was the really big factor. We just didn't keep the ball in the court," she said. Johnson said she scolded her squad after the loss. "I told them they better not expect any team to be weaker than they are. They have to believe that every team is stronger, and work toward perfection. And in practice, they have to have their heads into it a- little bit more." But, if there was a good time to lose, this was it, no? "That's exactly what I told them," Johnson said. "If we had to lose, I'm glad it was at the beginning of the season, instead of at the end. Now we can work toward improvement." Johnsburg will continue NWSC ac­ tion Thursday, when it travels to Fox Lake for a meeting vi/ith Grant. Friday, McHenry will trek to Johns­ burg for a non-conference match. The Johnsburg sophomores won 15-5, 15-11. The freshman Skyhawks lost 1-11,11-6,11-13. Warrior netters zip past Grant Plaindealer pliotos by Chris Juzwik McHenry's Scott Smith, top, heads one away from the Warrior goal duiflng McHenry's 4-0 loss to Crystal Lake South Tuesday. Lower, Aaron Milstein keeps one step ahead of South's Eric Bloomquist. By Plaindealer sports staff McHENRY -- Another match, an­ other win. It's getting to be commonplace for McHenry's girls' tennis team to go out and win their matches, but War­ rior coach Gary Gray says not to expect too much, , "We're 3-0 nowl but these haven't been the tough,\ tough matches. They're still to c6me," Gray said after his squad battered Grant, 4-1 Tuesday. / "We can't be counting too many eggs before they're hatched. But, things are going pretty well right noW,*rhe added. The only loss for McHenry came at No. 1 singles, where senior Melis­ sa Rhode fell to Grant's Jennifer Spencer, 6-2,6-3. "Melissa had a tough time today," Gray said. "She played a dinger, in tennis terms. And Melissa kept go­ ing for the winners. She was hitting into the net, or long. The girl didn't win very many points, Melissa lost most of them "It frustrated Melissa a lot, but you have to learn how to take con­ trol. It's early in the season, and we know Melissa can play better than what she showed today." Rhode's teammates picked up the slack, however, destroying Grant in the other foUr duels. Sophomore Becky Marsh dumped Sue Sayles at No. 2 singles, 6-2,6-3. Junior Lisa Rigsby dumped Cheri Caley 6-2,7-6 at No. 3. The Warriors' No. 1 doubles duo of seniors Michelle Landis and Melanie Smith crushed Belinda Taylor-Julie Kruk, 6-2,6-0. At No. 2 doubles, junior Katie Prust and senior Sue O'Halleran dis­ mantled Wendy VanZant-Carol Ly­ ons, 6-2,6-0. "That was Becky Marsh's second varsity match, and she's won them both," complimented Gray. "She looked good. "And Lisa Rigsby was playing her first varsity match. She played pret­ ty well also. Cheri Caley has played for four years at Grant. Lisa had it almost too easy in the first set, but the second set went to a tiebreaker, and she stayed right with her. "Both doubles teams did very well. They were both totally in con­ trol all the way, and were upset they let a couple games get away in the first set. Our No. 2 doubles team was tied at 2-2, and won the next 10 games," Gray said. The Warriors will host Elgin Wednesday at West Campus. "Elgin should have a very good doubles team. I hope we can get off to a little better start. We seem to have a tendency to start a little slow,- We're going to increase OUr physical activity before the match­ es, jump a little rope, run a bit more, so that we don't dig a hole for ourselves early." §m . .y