May 21, 1976
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Hawks W i n Squeaker, Enter Sectionals by Rich Olson The Maine South Hawks will enter the Baseball sectionals against York this Saturday at noon at Glenbrook North. If the Hawks advance, they will play this Monday at 4 p.m. against the winner of the Glenbrook .\orthLibertyville game Maine South qualified for the Sectionals by beating Rolling Meadows 5-4 in the Regionals on Wednesday. The Hawks were trailing 4-1 going into the fourth inning, when Bob Byrne hit a grand slam home run to win the game.
On Monday. Maine South qualified to play in their Regional championship bv beating Gordon Tech 5-2. The Hawks won the West Leyden District by defeating Holv"Cross 2-1 and West Leyden 8-3. In conference play, the Hawks evened up their conference record to 6-6 by losing to .Maine West 8-1 and beating Niles East 7-3 and Maine East 5-2. Their overall record is now 12-8. In the Gordon Tech contest. Gaydon Brandt went seven innings and gave up three runs and four hits. In the first inning, the
Hawks scored three runs when Gaydon Brandt tripled in Rick Smith and Dan Linden and Bob Byrne drove in Brandt. In the third. Rick Smith stole home on a double steal and the Hawks added one more in the fourth on an error. Gordon Tech scored all of their runs in the second inning. Gaydon Brandt was the Hawks' big" gun as he got three hits and two rbis. Tim Snow made a big defensive play, and Brandt shut them out except for the second." commented coach George Verber.
A week ago Wednesday, the Hawks defeated Maine East 5-2 behind Glen Hendries 5 and 1 3 innings of pitching in relief of Ralph Russel. Hendrie allowed only two hits, striking out four. In the first Dan Linden doubled and Gaydon Brandt drove him in with a single. The Hawks did the most damage in the second when they scored four runs aided by two errors on the shortstop. Dan Linden paced the Hawks with two hits in three attempts. "We've been playing our best ball in these past two weeks.
That was Hendries best ball game of this year, he really stuck in there," slated coach Verber. Against Niles East, on last Tuesday, the Hawks with seven runs on nine hits while Steve .Maltn held the Trojans to three runs on six hits. Dan Linden drove in Phil Pawiowski, and Bob Byrne and Tim Snow lashed two run singles in the first to give Malin all the cushion he needed. Tim Snow had two hits and three rbis. Bob Byrne had two hits-
Tennis Faces District Meet
Tim Snow lashes out at a pitch in a recent game.
by Russ Skiba Mike Nelson are up. we've got a The .Maine South varsity tennis good chance to win. team will compete in the district Don Kopach was the only meet this Friday and Saturday. Hawk to advance at the District winners will advance to conference meet last Saturday the state tournament at Ar- by beating a seeded Maine East lington Heights on May 27-29. player 1-6, 6-2, 6-2. Mike Nelson •We'll probably finish first or and Bill Muno lost first doubles second in districts," said coach 2-6, 6-2, 4-6. Les Kent. "A lot depends on our "Our doubles teams were too coaching strategy, so I might try tight. Also, we didn't get the play a little different line up. " I expected from second and third "Elmwood Park is the only singles, " added coach Kent. team we could have trouble with The Hawks beat Glenbrook because they have a good doubles team, However, if our South 3-2 on Thursday, May 13th. doubles team of Bill Muno and Don Kopach won first singles 6-4, 6-2. At second singles, Ray Emerick won 6-3, 6-1, while Mark Dzulynski lost 4-6. 4-6 at third singles. Mike Nelson and Bill Muno were victorious at first doubles 6-4, 6-4, but John Thomas and in fifth with a time of 3:42.0. Eugene Guay in the shot put. John Condon were defeated 2-6, Tom Kroeschell with a 10.5 in the 6-2, 6-7 at second doubles. The 100-yard dash, and Dave Mueller Hawks now have a 2-5 in the 440-yard dash with a time conference record and a 7-8 total of 55.0, came in sixth to round record this year. out the scoring for the Hawks. Coach Les Kent commented, "Despite the bad weather, we i thought we should have won had some of our best times, " those close matches at second said South Coach John Kilcullen. doubles and third singles, but we •'What hurt us was that we didn't did win where I expected. " score in some events. " "I was a little disappointed in
Track Run CBS Districts by Carole Papastefan This Saturday, the Hawks will enter District competition at 10 a.m. at Glenbrook South. Other competing schools are Maine West. Maine East, Evanston. Glenbrook North and South, and Loyola. Coach John Kflcullen believes that the team should do well in the 440 and 880 yard relays and in the mile and two mile relays. Mike Sandrock and Steve Senf will go in the two mile run, while Tim McNamara will be in the mile run. Eric Sprieser will run the 330 yard low hurdles, and Kevin Durack will be in high jump.' "We have team effort and we have no weak spots in the relavs, added Coach Kilcullen. in the Central Suburban Conference meet last Saturday at Glenbrook North, Maine South placed fourth with 65 points, behind maine West's 173 points. Glenbrook .North's 104 points, and Maine East's 67 points. The Hawks had held third place until the final event. The Hawks received a first place finish from their two-mile relay team of Tim McNamara. Jim .McNamara. Randy Niese. and Dave .Mueller with a time of 8; 12.3. their best of the year. Mike Sandrock came in second in the two-mile run with his best time of the year, a 9 44.0. Randy Niese also came in second in the 880-yard run with a time of 2:03.0.
Coming in third for the Hawks were the 440- and 880-vard relav teams and Steve Senf "in the twomile run. The 440-yard team of Eric Sprieser. Jeff Knutsen. Scott Sutschek. and Ted Zaworski recorded their top time this season, with a 45.8 performance. The 880 relav team also had their best 1976 run with a 1:34.2 effort. On the relay team were Ted Zaworski. Scott Sutschek. Jeff Knutsen. and Tom Kroeschell. Placing fourth were Jim Coduti in the discus with a 100-foot throw. Kevin Durek with a 5-8 high jump. Eric Sprieser in the 330-yard low hurdles, and Tim .McNamara with a 4:31.9 time in the mile run. The mile relay team of Eric Sprieser. Ted Zaworski. Alan Ivaska. and Jeff Knutsen came
Trackwomen Finish Well at Prospect by Mary O'Keefe The girls' track team has had a busy and successful season and will now face their state and conference meets. Last Saturday. May 15, at the Prospect Girls' District Meet,
Maine South came in third with twenty-three points. The 880 medlev relav team of Diane Havlir, Cathy Sutschek, Virginia Hug. and Liz Boeson qualified for the State Meet with a first place time of 1:54.1. Also qualifying in the 880 yard and 440 yard runs was Diane Havlir who came in second in each event. Some other outstanding Maine Mike Scheuermann, BobSteuart, South performances were turned in at this meet by Liz Boeson and Paul Van Tellingen. The freshman basketball who missed qualifying by one champions were Mr. T. Ziemek's second in the 440 vard run and seventh period class. The team Darcy Tastad who failed to qualwas composed of Jim Deichman. ify by two seconds in the mile. In previous outings, the Hawks Russ Gunnell. John Guslafson. Bill Luvisi, John McMeen, Joe were quite successful. They have Nuccio. Brian Sirois, and John Linczmaier. Mr. J. Riccitelli's ninth period freshmen were the intramural volleyball champions. Vincent Albachiard, Pat Black, Mike Doyle, George Pucci, Marshall Wells, Greg Kreuger, Dan Sullivan, and Scott Hoist.
Soph-Frosh Champions by Irving C. Schlock The sophomore intramural basketball champions were Mr. Q. Sullin s eighth period. Team members were Roman Benko. Bob Robin, Ron Reporto, Tom Christie, John Stubblefield, John Hall, and Jay Dunsing. Mr. G. Verber's first period sophomores won the intramural volleyball title. Team members were" Dave Arend. Gary Bialk, Bernie Brady. Paul Djonlich, Bob Helin, Wayne Madsen, Kevin Mikell, John Mosarski, Tom Pientka, Wiencz Raslawski,
our seventh place conference finish, I thought we should have been at least fifth. We didn't stay tough this year, and we wound up with only 10 of 35 possible conference points. .Another thing that hurt us was our record at three set matches, we won 3 and lost 6. " The Hawks were defeated by Niles West 1-4 on Tuesdav. .Mav nth. Don Kopach lost 6-4,1-6. 4-iB at first singles, Ray Emerick ' lost second singles 5-7. 4-6, while at third singles, Mark Dzulvnski was defeated 3-6.4-6. = The first doubles team of Bill .Muno and Mike Nelson were victorious 7-5. 6-1: however. John Condon and John Thomas lost 16, 4-6 at second doubles. Maine South lost 1-4 to Glenbrook .North on Monday, May 10th. Don Kopach lost first singles, but Mark Dzulynski lost third singles 3-6. 4-6. Mike Nelson and Bill Muno lost first doubles 4-6. 2-6. John Thomas and John Condon lost 26. 3-6 at second doubles. Finally,' sophomore manager Sherry Glasscock said. 'I think they should hold our state meet in Ohio this vear.
won all of their dual meets except one against Libertyville. They also came in second in a tri-meet during the season. The team came in fourth in the Waukegan Invitational. Diane Havlir won the 880 yard run and Darcy Tastad placed second in the niile run. Miss Schultze commented on the teams future. "We've got a lot of freshmen who have potential. They need more experience so next year we should have a lot of improvement." The Hawks have their work cut out for them with the State Meet today and tomorrow and the Conference Meet next week.
Softball Kills Niles East, Maine East by Judy Lottich On Thursday, -Mav 20, the Maine South" Girls' Softball Team competed against the winner of this week s Maine West vs. Niles West game in its second regional game of the state tournament. The team defeated Niles East on Monday. May 17 with a score of 14-6. Meg Seng hit a grand slam home run and the team had a fielding percentage of 89 per cent. South s quick runners stole twelve bases Maine Souths first state game was against Maine East on .May 12. South was victorious 9-2 and played a good game, with a fielding percentage of 73 per cent and a total of ele"en stolen bases The team played Maine East the previous week also and were vic-
torious with a game score of 14-5. Contributing to this victory was Souths fielding percentage of 80 per cent, fourteen stolen bases, and doubles by Terri Lusignan and Mary Lee. Terri Lusignan also led in RBI's. Against Glenbrook South on May 8. South suffered a temporan- setback. The final score was 3^13. Leading in RBI s were Terri Lusignan and Linda Egem. Coach Ms. Chris Voelz commented. We should do very well in the tournament. The team has peaked and is working together. We have cut down on our communication problems and are continuing to get better. The infield looks exceptional and the players work well together." She also stated. "The team is
very strong on bunting and base running. Several players have really improved this year. During tlie last few games, Linda Egem has really pulled through. She is starting to hit and field with confidence. Sue Leonard has also contributed with solid fielding at third base. Meg Seng is doing well at shortstop and is a good hitter. Mary Lee has improved more than anyone. Her authority as catcher has made a big difference. Terri Lusignan has also had a very good season. Cathy Sturm has also improved this season and is much more consistent." "The team knows what it's like to work, they know what it's like to work as a team, and they really want it," added coach Voelz.
This year's girl's interscholastic 12" softbal! team is, top: Coaches C. Voelz, P. Goll. 4th row: Mgr. M. Crow, S. Cubberly, B. Cash, K. Krause, D. Spoonholtz, L. Duncan, L. Krajewsici, J . Kwasegroch. 3rd row: Mgr. P. Buchanan, J. Huffman, J . Bixby, J . DiCola, C. Kazuk, S. Ratcliff, M. Lee. 2nd row: B. Lukens, S. Leonard, T. Lusignan, L. Egen, C. Sturm, M. Seng, M. Rotondo, K. Pabst. 1st row: A. Fischer, S. D\h mond, D. Spoonholtz, S. Fay, L. Fry, M. Wilson.