Gordon Technical High School - Tech Log Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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ty | |g Don Pierucci touches first base. up only two hits. The Rams lost their second straight conference game strik- | ing out nine batters in a losing cause. The big problem in the St. Lawrence game, May 3, was again lack of timely hitting. Gordon Tech left 15 runners stranded on base losing 5-1. Poor hit- ting continued against St. Rita, as they beat the Rams 4-1. Against St. Igna- | tius, Gordon Tech built up a 9-1 lead, and held on to win 9-7, for their first road victory. Junior Geno Pignataro with two hits plus three RBI’s led the Rams offensively against St. Ignatius. On May 6, Gordon Tech pulled a big upset knocking off powerful Broth- er Rice 5-4. Senior Tim O’Conner went the distance on the mound allowing only 5 hits and 4 unearned runs, Senior Scott Davidson had the game winning RBI. After playing a great game against Brother Rice, the Rams turned right around and played their worst game of the year against Quigley South 11-0. Duke Sienkowski ducks out of the way of an inside GORDON ES pitch. 6 0 3 1 0 2 2 1 3 7 rr weooeonvnovormresisIino P P OPK AS On May 13, against DeLaSalle Gor- don Tech jumped out to a quick three run first inning lead. That was all the Rams scored and ended up losing to DeLaSalle 7-3: The Conference Season ended with a 12-7 loss to Mendel. In 13 conference games the Rams only won 4. After a disappointing conference sea- son, the baseball Rams were looking forward to the State Tournament. In Hales Franciscan‘ RECORD OPPONENT Roosevelt 0 Schurz 10 Taft St. Joseph St. Benedict St. Patrick St. Patrick Proviso West Proviso East Ridgewood Arlington Arlington Niles West Loyola St. Gregory a =Owwe @ hw Oe O ! — OmnNNND CO Mt. Carmel Montini St. Viator St. Francis’ Fenwick’ Weber’ Leo St. Laurence’ St. Rita’ St. Ignatius Brother Rice Quigley South De LaSalle’ b J = J P Ol Gi Season Record their opening game of the Regionals, Gordon Tech defeated a good Holy Cross team 8-6. Seniors Joe Kinahan, Frank Blasinski, and Tim O’Conner led the Rams to victory over Holy Cross with some clutch hitting. The 1981 baseball season came to an end with a tough loss to St. Patrick in the State Tournament. Gordon Tech led 1-0 going into the top of the sev- enth. The Shamrocks scored two runs 181

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Baseball Bottom Row: Gene Pignataro, Louie Vasta, Leigh Hirschauer, Tony Buschner, John Nowicki, Vince Mendez. Second Row: Manager Tom | Martin, Duke Sienkowski, Co-Captain Ron Vanoni, Don Johnson, Scott Davidson, Co-Captain Frank Blasinski, Carlos Chillon, Manager Ken — Magnus. Top Row: Coach Robert Slingerland, Gary Garnowski, Don Pierucci, Steve Smusyn, Dan Mertz, Bob Heybrock, Joe Kinahan, Cap- tain Tim O’Connor, Assistant Coach Robert Kaiser. The lack of an offensive punch doomed the 1981 baseball Rams. They had problems scoring runs. In one half of their games the Rams scored two runs or less. Another major factor for the Rams doom was their lack of hit- ting. Only one starter, centerfielder Tom Vanoni (.333), batted over .300. The Rams opened their 1981 cam- paign on March 26 with a 2-0 victory over Roosevelt. Senior pitchers Steve Smusyn and Don Johnson combined for the shutout allowing Roosevelt only three hits. The Rams evened their record by losing an extra inning game to Schurz by a score of 10-9. Senior Tom Vanoni was the hitting star with four hits. The third game of the season saw the Rams score 17 runs against Taft’s 14 runs. For the fourth game the Rams traveled to Westchester, Illinois to play St. Joseph. The Rams should have stayed home. The final score was 7-1 in favor of ST. Joseph. Against neighbor St. Benedicti senior Don Pierucci hit the first Rai homerun of the season, as the Rari won 14-9. The Rams split a doub- header with St. Patrick winning t? first game 6-4, and losing the secoil game 11-0. Excellent pitching froi senior Don Johnson and a loy homerun by junior Duke Sienkowski - counted for the first game victory. The Rams played their second dc- bleheader of the season against Arlir- ton. The Rams had a tough day losij both games by the identical scores f 3-2. The second game went 9 inning: On April 15, 1981, the Rars opened their Catholic League Conf - ence Season. Loyola was the opponet for the first conference game aid proved to be a worthy opponent wi ning 13-3 over our Rams. The Ras got back on the right track with a ni conference win over St. Gregory 7). Senior Leigh Hirschauer pitched {e shutout—striking out nine and givg

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BASEBALL | ia SOPHOMORES SSS a 4 ED aid 4 BOTTOM ROW: Han Kim, Mike Rohlicek, Pablo De Vera, Brian Prince, Vince Cappello. SECOND ROW: Frank Mylander, Frank Froegel, Mike Abbinanti, T om Pinsky, Kevin Hunt, John Pacelt. TOP ROW: Coach Terry Ehardt, Todd Schneider, Ken Van Haute, Tom Meitzler, Matt Liszka, Glen Noesen. ' RECORD and held on to win 2-1. Nd eo The Rams are looking forward to the 1982 season. In Mickey Mortorano, Coach Slingerland feels he has the top pitching prospect in the Catholic League for 1982. Hopefully the three starting juniors, Duke Sienkowski, Geno Pignataro, and Lou Vasta will provide the hitting to go along with Mickey’s pitching. St. Benedict St. Patrick St. Patrick Proviso East Northridge Ridgewood Schurz Lane St. Gregory Holy Cross Luther North Quigley North St. Viator Hales Franciscan Loyola’ Mt. Carmel’ Schurz Fenwick St. Francis’ Fenwick Fenwick’ Mt. Carmel Weber’ Leo’ St. Laurence’ St. Rita’ Brother Rice’ Lane Quigley South Northridge St. Ignatius’ De LaSalle Season Record e —Ken Magnus — Frank Blasinski shows the look of deterr- nation. AWOMATMWONAMWWOR NEA PH WH PR WON OO = 3 4 3 2 5 2 8 4 2 2 4 5 5 1 2 2 3 0 6 8 4 3 7 8 2 7 4 1 8 7 5