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

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Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Bruce Clark gets help from Reuben Poindexter and Ervin Bratcher in grabbing a rebound from Kankakee players in sophomore game. Varsity Scores Thornton .... . . .61 Thornton, . . . . .54 East Aurora .,.. Joliet ..,..., Thornton. . . . . .45 Argo . . . , . . Thornton .,.. . . .54 LaGrange . . . Thornton .... . . .65 Blue Island. . . Thornton .... . . .70 Bloom ..... . . . Thornton .... . . .70 Rich .......... . . . Thornton .... . . .38 Morton CCieeroD. . . Thornton. . . . . .52 York .... . . . . . . . Thornton... ...79 Joliet. . . . . , . . .. Thornton ..,. . . .48 Joliet Catholic. . . . Thornton .... . . .41 Lockport . . . . . . Thornton .... . . .72 Shorewood ..,... . . . Thornton .... . . .54 Bradley .......... . . . Thornton .... . . .75 Decatur Cliisenhowerl Thornton. . , . .47 Kankakee ...... . . . . . Thornton .... . . .35 Galesburg ....... . . . Thornton .,., . . .56 Argo ...... . . . Thornton .... . . .48 Kankakee ..... . . . Thornton .... . . , W'est Rockford. . . . 60 ...86 ...71 ...62 Tour ........109 ...60 ...43 XVon Blue Island ..... Joliet ........ Bloom ..... narncnt Games Fractional North Blue Island ..... Carl Sandburg. . 14 Lost 13 Varsity Basketball-Row 1: Nick Altavilla fmanagerj, Fred Lindsay, Jack Dabon, John MeKibben, Gil Schultz, Bill Puiden fcoachb. Row 2: Ken Bartosh Qmanagerl, Bill Bell, Al Dehnert, Bob Caress, Ray Banks, lWarv Keeling, Ron Ferguson Ccoachb. Row 3: YVendel Pugh Cmanagcrj, Rich Simac, Leon Clark,John Tilton, Wlilfred Henry, Larry Iwema, Frank Bauman Ceoachj. 125

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Len Dabon looks for a teammate in the opening as he driblnles against a Sandburg defender in tournament play. Bob Caress drives past Fractional defenders towards basket in Thornton's 109-48 rout over the T-F N11-teors. lus1g u1sax .Bmkelbazff Thornton's 1959-60 basketball teams eompletcd a satisfactory season although it was not quite so good as in previous years. Lacking an experienced player most of the season because of the loss of Bold Caress, only varsity letter winner of last year, the varsity squad Hnished the season with a dismal 14-13 record. Playing most ofthe games for the varsity squad were Rich Simac, Renault Banks Qwho was injured late in the seasonj, Al Dehnert, Len Dahon, and two outstanding sophomoresejohn Mcliilplnen and Leon Clark. Thorntonisjunior varsity squad came up with an excellent 9-2 record, splitting two games with Bloom and losing to Wlest Rockford. Most of the players showed great potential for a stronger varsity squad next year. Sophomore squad wound up another successful season with a 12-5 record and a second place in the South Suburban League. Thornton's frosh squad completed their season with a 7-4 record. The Kits luowed out with a 54-49 win over Bloom. Two more points for Thornton as Renault Banks puts in a swisluer over an opponents head in the Kankakee game.

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Vmffzf lvl 5 mfem 6 lemon 7 P 7 X Thornton's varsity basketball squad finished the 1959-60 season with a somewhat average record of l4 wins and 13 losses. VVildcats placed fourth in the South Suburban league with a 5-5 record. losing twice to Kankakee and Lockport. After winning the first game of the season over East Aurora, 65-58, Coach Bill Purden's inexperi- enced squad lost three in a rowfJoliet, 63-543 Argo, 53-45, and La Grange, 62-54. The Joliet game sidelined the Wlildcats' only returning letter- man. Bob Caress, for over half the season. After this early shake up, the 'Cats couldn,t get back on the winning track. Thornton defeated a weak Bloom team twice during this year's campaign. In tournament play the YfVildcats were beaten in the title game ofthe Regional by Carl Sandburg, 46-43. Thornton'sjunior varsity basketball team com- pleted another great season with a 9-2 record. Coach Frank Bauman lead his boys to easy vic- tories over their first two opponentsfArgo, 56-37, and Blue Island, 73-37. Then they tasted defeat as they were trounced by Bloom, 74-44. JV,s other loss came at the hands of Wfest Rockford. The sophomore squad played part of the game. Thornton's JV team gained overwhelming victories over Joliet, 96-5lg Galesburg, 59-38, Kankakee, 65-44, and Bloom, 68-42. They ended the season averaging better than 62 points a game. Outstanding players on thejunior varsity squad this year were John McKibben, Len Dabon, Bill Bell, Renault Banks, and Gil Schultz. All players showed good potential for the varsity. Soph Basketball-Row 1: VVillie Randle El, Terry Borys, Roy Anker, Tom Berry, Bruce Clark, Gene Voss. Row 2: Bob Anderson fcoachj, John Aggen, Bob Mandernaek, Ronald Johnson, Reuben Poindexter, Gary Lindell Cmanagerl. Row 3: Mike Buckley, Ervin Bratcher, Roger Sutton, Herman Christopher, Larry Muehring, Jim Massick. 26