Thornton Township High School - Thorntonite Yearbook (Harvey, IL)

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THORNTONITE Robert Jones, Michael Giooondo, Theodore Czeck, Edward Beinor, Vergle Caress, William Shumpes, Harold Boysen, Bale Geizer. Howard McMorris, Louis Boudreau, Kenneth Hellman, Darwin Hutchins, Miles Klein, Thomas Nisbet, Jack Hansen. Basketball-Heavies Thornton's heavyweights followed the example of the light- weights and finished their regular season as co-champions. How- ever, in the heavyweight division Kankakee shared the honors, both teams losing one game apiece. The regulars under Coach K. Jack Lipe were Klein, Boudreau, Sliwinski, Nisbet, and Hutchins. Date December December December December January January January January January February February February February February SEASON'S ENCOUNTERS Team Score Fenner . , 33 Joliet .... . 23 Parker . , . . . 2-1 Morgan Park . . - . 34 Bloom ....,.. . 14 Thornton Fractional . . . 27 University High . , . . 14 Kankakee - - - . 33 Blue Island . . 26 Bloom -..... . 18 Thornton Fractional . . 26 University High . . 19 Kankakee .... . 25 Blue Island V . 21 Team Score Thornton. . . . . 40 Thornton .... . I 26 Thornton .,.. , , 25 Thornton ---, - . 41 Thornton - 37 Thornton .,,, . 31 Thornton 4..- . - 45 Thornton 31 Thornton 39 Thornton .... . . 28 Thornton. . . , , 55 Thornton. . . . . 56 Thornton. . . - . 40 Thornton. . . . . 43 f I Page One Hundred Four

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1 J fi .l r JTHORNTONITE , lifjllf Manager Frank Csupak, John Vogler, Kenneth Hellmann, Raymond Jenkins, Gordon M Co b Co h K J k L' c m , ac . ac ipe. Theodore Sliwinski, Thomas Nisbet, Louis Boudreau, Miles Klein, Darwin Hutchins. Howard MeMorris. Championship Team At the close of the regular basketball season a team consisting of ten men selected from the heavyweight and lightweight squads enters a district tournament at Joliet. This year Thornton met the Lemont team in the first game and defeated it 26 to 22. Thornton next beat Plainfield 44 to 8, Braid- wood 27 to 22, and Blue Island 38 to 18, thus winning the district tournament. Thornton's team again journeyed to Joliet to enter the sectional tournament. Thornton was again able to turn back her first foe, winning over Waukegan 45 to 35. The next game was against Downers Grove, which ended with a score of Thornton 33, Downers Grove 21. The final game of this tournament was between Thornton and Sycamore. Finally, after battling a tight zone defense, Thornton's men went into the lead and won 23 to 19. Thornton drew Mahomet for her first rival in the state contest and 'beat them, 39 to 28. The next night Springfield beat Gillespie, and Thornton won over Benton 28 to 19. This left Springfield and Thornton to play for the state championship. At the end of the first half the score was 6 to 4 in favor of Springfield. In the second half Thornton forged ahead and obtained a lead of 5 points. In the last few minutes of play Springfield made a rally and scored 4 points, but it cam-e too late, and the game finally ended Thornton 14, Springfield 13, making Thornton the Illinois State Basketball Champions of 1933. Page One Hundred Three

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THORNTONITE Oswald Tattum, Edward Ruzinsky, Henry McKenzie, Fred Lindsay, John Klein. Harry Roush, John Vogler, Raymond Jenkins, Forrest Reid, Gordon McComb, Robert Taylor. Basketball-Lights The Thornton lightweight basketball team under the direction of Coach Thielen B. Huddlestun ended their season as co-champions of the South Suburban league. The Bloom lightweight squad shared the honors, beating Thornton in their first conference game. The defeat seemed to spur Thornton onward toward winning their nine remaining games. Four pre-season games were played at the Buda gym against Joliet, Parker, Morgan Park, and Fenger. The first three resulted in victories for Thornton. However, they lost the game with Fenger by one point. The 'players who saw the most action were Vogler, McComb, Reid, Jenkins, Roush, Taylor, Tattum, Klein, Lindsay. Vogler was high point man with 111 points, McComb second with 84, and Jenkins third with 62. Date January January January January January February February February February February RECORD FOR 1932-33 Team Score Bloom ....... . 16 Thornton Fractional . . 16 University High . . . N Kankakee .--. . 15 Blue Island ..., . 16 Bloom -... . . . . 17 Th.ol nton Fractional . . 20 University High . . . 10 Kankakee - - V . . . 16 Blue Island . . . IN Total Points ...... 152 Total Team Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton. . . Thornton. . . Thornton Thornton. . . Thornton. v Thornton- . . Thornton Points . AYGFZHG per Game V . .152 Average per Game . Page One Hundred Five Sho re 11 ilu an ., lx 42 212 2251 flti 27 25 'JTO L37 'A'