Glenbrook South High School - Etruscan Yearbook (Glenview, IL)

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S8 f Baseball B'Fl5EB'Fll.:IJ Sluggers win Hrst regional championship he 1979 baseball season was a wet one. Manyof the games were rained out, and others were not played to their entirety due to the rain. The varsity team won its first four games and then began to slip. Of the team's later play, Head Coach Jim Bloch said, The team became finconsis- tent. However, the team won its last four games to finish strongly. GBS' final record was 11-10, placing the Titans third in con- Sophomore: lst Row: Steve Kaplan, Matt Kaplan, Paul Langer, Jeff Santo, Bob Compher, Pete Nestos, Bob Ploeng 2nd Row: Jeff Steinhorn, John Sandels, Mark Isensee, Vince Luna, Canaan Yunez, Mark Vogg, Jim Schiznie, Bob Hellestrae, Jim Hurley, Coach Carmen DelGuidice. ference. They were also runner- up in the IHSA regional tourna- ment. Most valuable player was Ron Santo, and all-conference play- ers were Jim Powers, Dan Por- ter and Kevin Scherer. In summer baseball, the team, minus graduating seniors, fin- ished with a 14-7 record and was regional champion, sectional runner-up, and tied for fifth in state. The regional champion- ship was the first ever won by GBS. Bloch said one reason for the summer team's success was the willingness of the players. He also said that the summer season was the most enjoyable and ful- filling experience that he'd ever had. The sophomore team had troubles. It finished with a 3-4-1 record. Coach Carmen Del Gui- dice stated, We struggled through a learning process and started to show our skills at the end. The freshman A team also finished with a record of 3-4-1. lt defeated 'Waukegan East twice in close games. The freshman B team didn't do as well, fin- ishing 2-9-1. The team was coached by Mr. Ed Young, who mentioned Mark Protus as an outstanding defensive player and Tim Thoelecke as leading pitcher. Other key players were Pete Savio, Rick Blesi and Kevin Kelly. l l i l I Varsity: lst Row: Doug Arnold, Scott Dickau, Bruce Wirkus, Ron Santo, Jim Hinchsliffg 2nd Row: Mike Hinchliff, Mark Kamin, Jim McCauley, Mike Boya- iinfff Dan POYWY- Taffy O'Bl'i2I1, Jeff towski, Dave Panicko Tim Olsen John Nelweem' Steve Moran: 3rd Row: schaef Rob Mueiiefchfisp 7 J' - , , ennis, im goach Jim Elochj Kevin Scherer, John Powers, Coach Dan Torsiello. rtmann, Mike D1Benedetto, Mike San-

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Team wins its second straight conference championship lenbrook South's varsity N boys' tennis team won its second consecutive conference championship last spring by edging second-place Glenbrook North with a score of 36-34. Junior Brad Pontow cap- tured the second singles title, while the team of senior Jim Rhind and junior John Albrecht won thesecond doubles cham- pionship. South capped its season by placing second in the district tournament. Sophomore Eric Korita led the way by losing only four games in five matches on his way to the first singles cham- pionship. The team began its season in the Liberty Bell Invitational held at Glenbrook South and Glen- brook North, and although South lost this tournament, the tandem of Rhind and senior Bill Podulka took second place out of 16 doubles teams. The follow- ing week South went on to take a second place trophy in the eight-team Maine North Tourna- ment. In this particular meet, Rhind and Albrecht won the championship for second dou- bles, 12-5, against Wheeling while Pontow finished second in first singles against Buffalo FIRST SINGLES PLAYER Eric Korita lashes a forehand return during a prac- tice for the conference meet. Varsity Team: lst row-James Park, Bill Podulka, John Albrecht, Brad Pon- towg 2nd row: Coach Larry Faulkner, Steve Elliff, Mike Schrauth, Eric Korita, Kirk Vogel, Jim Rhind. Grove. The varsity team earned its first dual meet victory against I-Iersey by a final score of 6-1 and with all six South teams win- ning their games. Yet the team's first big win occurred when the tennis team defeated Niles West 5-0 in the first conference match of the season. South also won its second conference meet, 3-2, as it hosted Glenbrook North. The team upped its conference re- cord to 3-0 when it blanked Maine West 5-0. In the Titan Invitational, South was defeated by Glen- brook North but still had cham- pions in the doubles team of Po- dulka and senior Kirk Vogel, as well as Korita, who made his conference record 4-0 by win- ning his match at first singles. Other players contributing to the second place win were junior Steve Elliff at third singles and Rhind and Albrecht at second doubles. Mr. Larry Faulkner, tennis coach, stated that last year's team was one of the strongest teams as far' as depth is con- cerned. We had two exceptional singles players and two success- ful doubles teams because of hard work and practicef, B0y's Tennlsj

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INFIELDER RON SANTO concen- trates on the action at the plate. l l 3 3 Y V- .-...c .,.,. ...--f., 1 1i1-7 Freshmen: lst Row: Randy Levy, Row: Mike Bradtke, Steve Smott, Josh dels, Chris Schurman, Mike McPhilliamy, John Hendricks, John Collins, Jim Ert- Daab, Jeff Bruckner, lra Brenner, Jeff Mike Asquini, John Bubala, Coach Mike mann, Joey Kupfer, Steve Aronsong 2nd Cozadg 3rd Row: Bill Nestos, Mike San- Elkins, TITAN SLUGGER MIKE I-linschsliff eyes the opposite pitcher. PITCHER TIM OLSEN fires to a Lake Forest batter. ' 'iw JWQTQFYZL' if '1' T' - ' Baseball j