— Hammond Gavit pitcher Dan Schwader had great stuff Saturday in the sectional semifinal against Hammond in Munster, Ind., striking out 24 batters and allowing just two hits in nine innings. He also had some bad luck, getting the loss as the Gladiators were eliminated from the state tourney 9-8. Gavit coach Jerry Blastick had planned to save Schwader, who threw two no-hitters this season, for the sectional finals, but had to go to him in the first inning after Hammond scored seven runs. Gavit later went ahead 8-7. The two hits Schwader gave up both figured in Hammond`s victory. Mike Lamont homered with two outs in the fifth to tie the game, and Dan Alexander`s single in the 10th drove home the winning run. According to the 1987 National High School Sports Record Book, the seven-inning strikeout mark is 24 by Brett Jennings of Lingleville, Tex., in 1986. Schwader struck out 19 through seven innings. The national record for an extra-inning game is 37 in 17 innings by Billy Brimm of Asher, Okla., in 1971. ”The whole situation was unbelievable. ”You had to be there to see what Danny was doing,” said Blastick. ”Because he`s a left-hander, his fastball normally tails away from right-handed hitters anyway. But Saturday, he was throwing into a crosswind, and his fastball was really ducking away and sinking. He was nearly unhittable.” Schwader (8-6) averaged 13 strikeouts per seven innings and only two walks this season. His previous single-game high was 17 strikeouts.
— Lyons coach Terry Sullivan was looking for a Monday match in the Niles West sectional final against Oak Park. ”There`s a special kind of emotional attachment between us,” Sullivan said. ”We both play in the West Suburban Conference, and we`ve played two close games with Oak Park this year, each team winning once.” Lyons, however, will have to play Stevenson, which defeated Oak Park 7-6 Saturday.
— Stevenson center-fielder Craig Robertshaw, who made three diving catches Saturday, will attend Indiana or Purdue. Oak Park coach Jack Kaiser said that Robertshaw`s running, diving stab of a line drive off the bat of Joe Rumero in the fourth inning ”was a great play, but I don`t think it was that smart. It was early in the game, and if the ball gets past him, it`s a triple.” Robertshaw disagreed. ”My right-fielder (Scott Krennrich) yelled at me to go get the ball,” he said. ”That means he was backing me up in case I missed it.”
— Kevin Foster, Evanston`s best pitcher this year, ended his season with a 6-7 record but was drafted in the 25th round by Montreal as a third baseman. — Stevenson pitcher Steve Lemke had given up one home run in 16 games this year, but Oak Park`s Rich Lissuzzo tagged him for two homers Saturday, including one over the left-field fence on the third pitch of the game.
— Catcher-pitcher Dan Wilson of Barrington has been named the Gatorade Circle of Champions High School Player of the Year from Illinois.
— If St. Benedict wins the Class A title, it will be the first team from the city of Chicago to capture a state baseball crown since Marist took the 1978 Class AA championship.
— St. Rita will sponsor a boys` baseball clinic from next Monday through July 1. The clinic will be divided into eight four-day sessions. For information, call Jim Prunty at 925-6600, ext. 273.
SOFTBALL
— Prospect pitcher Laura Stock suffered the ninth loss of her high school career Saturday in the Knights` 3-1 loss to New Trier. The senior, who closed her high school career in that game, posted 80 victories in four years. — As soon as they had finished their 4-1 victory over Grant Saturday in the sectional semifinal at Hersey, Mundelein`s players wanted to know what time it was. Graduation ceremonies at the school started at 2 p.m., and the seniors were late. Mundelein sophomore Susan Musselwhite struck out Chris Churchill to end the game at 2:06 p.m. A school van was poised and waiting just outside the playing field to whisk the Mustang seniors–uniforms and all –to graduation. They were late, but they did receive their diplomas.
— New Trier catcher Kristen Kepler is used to tournament pressure. Kepler teamed with the Trevians` Lisa Bosler to finish second in doubles in last fall`s state tennis tournament.
— Oswego players also had to hustle to a graduation open house after Saturday`s 5-3 victory over Glenbard South put the Panthers in the sectional final at Downers Grove South opposite Lockport. The school`s graduation ceremony was Sunday. Pitcher Denise Fogler (19-3) was her usual stellar self, but she wasn`t a one-woman team, much to the delight of coach Fred Miller. Diane Hettinger hit a two-run home run, and the bottom third of the order came up with key sixth-inning hits to give the Panthers the lead. ”In the past, people have looked upon us as a one-man team,” said Miller, ”but we showed them we`re a team today. We made some mistakes, but they didn`t fold.” This is Oswego`s first trip to the Sweet 16 since 1981.
TRACK AND FIELD
— Kamy Kashmiri of Reno, Nev., who holds the national high school record for the discus at 224 feet, 3 inches, will compete in the Keebler Track and Field High School Invitational June 20 at York. His father competed in the 1968 Olympics for Iran and holds the Iranian record of 200-4.
— Illinois athletes invited to the Keebler meet include Oak Park`s Alvin Campbell in the triple jump, North Chicago`s Alan Turner in the long jump, Tony Daniel of Mendel and Dave Rill of Fenwick in the steeplechase, James Robinson of Thornton in the 200 meters, Chris Canaday of Riverton in the discus, Jim Westphal of Oak Park and Ryan Cahill of Glenbrook North in the 3,200 and Len Sitko of Notre Dame in the 1,600. Invitations chairman Neal Robinson has also asked Glenbard West`s Jim Cramton to run the 400. Cramton was the Class AA state 400 champion as a junior but passed up the event this year because he lost conditioning time to illness and injury. He made the state finals in the 200.
— Out-of-state stars expected to compete include 25-5 1/2 long jumper Percy Knox of Bakersfield, Calif.; 7-2 high jumper Todd Wylie of Pasadena, Tex.; 17-1 1/2 pole vaulter Kyle Anderson of Karnes City, Tex.; and 72-8 shot- putter Charles Moye of Akron.
BASKETBALL
— Fenwick will conduct a camp June 29 through July 10 for boys entering the 5th through 8th grades. Sessions run from 9 a.m. to noon. For information, call head basketball coach John Quinn at 386-0129.
— Holy Cross will sponsor a camp June 22-July 2 for boys entering 6th through 9th grades. Sessions run 9-11:15 a.m. For information, call coach Dan Vashinko at 456-5110.
— St. Rita will sponsor a summer basketball camp June 22-July 10. It will be divided into six four-day sessions, including one for 4th- through 8th-grade girls. For information, call Jim Prunty at 925-6600, ext. 273.
— The B/C organization, directed by Bill Cronauer, will have 10 camps for boys and six for girls around the nation, including a series of camps through most of the summer in Rensselaer, Ind. The first Indiana boys` session is June 21-26. The following week, Cronauer will conduct a ”team” camp at the St. Joseph`s College site. Both a ”Big Man” and a ”Junior B/C” camp will take place July 12-17 there. That will also be the site of a girls` camp this Sunday through June 19 and a girls` team camp July 5-10. B/C also has camps in Pennsylvania and Georgia. For information, contact Cronauer at 6370 90th Ave. North, Pinellas Park, Fla., 33565.
— The eighth annual Cage Scope/High Potential Blue-Chip Basketball Camp will have three sessions this summer, all at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Ky., near Cincinnati. The sessions are this Sunday through June 19, July 12-17 and July 26-31. Speakers will include ex-Kentucky coach Joe Hall and National Basketball Association players Kyle Macy of the Indiana Pacers and Kenny Walker of the New York Knicks. For information, call Dave Bones at 419-878-0076 or Rick Bolus at 502-543-7308.
FOOTBALL
— John Dauskurdas, a 6-6, 210-pound tight end from Benet Academy, and Lindsey Knapp, a 6-5, 230-pound offensive lineman from Deerfield, have been selected by Scholastic Coach Magazine as two of the nation`s top 112 college prospects for next season.
GOLF
— New Trier coach Earle Metzger has been named 1986-87 Class AA Coach of the Year by the Illinois Golf Coaches Association. Metzger, whose Trevians finished second in the state tournament last fall, was selected for his accomplishments with that team, his career accomplishments and his
contributions to the game. He was selected over Loyola`s Jim Jackimec, whose team won the Class AA title, Dan May of O`Fallon and Mike Nissan of Rolling Meadows. Bill Pieper of Class A champion Monmouth was named Class A Coach of the Year. Dick Gerber of Edwardsville was picked as girls` Coach of the Year over Vi Reego of Regina and Bill Jackson of Lockport.
MISCELLANEOUS
— Sandburg has the following coaching vacancies for the 1987-88 school year: head varsity baseball, assistant varsity wrestling, freshman boys`
basketball, freshman wrestling, freshman girls` basketball, frosh-soph girls` gymnastics and freshman softball. Letters of application should be mailed to athletic director Cliff Eade or principal Arthur Newbrough at the school, 133d Street and La Grange Road, Orland Park, 60462.
— Marist will conduct a soccer camp next Monday through June 26. There will be a daily session for boys entering 6th through 8th grades and one for incoming freshmen. For information, call Don Barwacz at 881-6360.
