St Laurence High School - Valhallan Yearbook (Burbank, IL)

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S Top: The Varsity Football Team. 1First Rowj Coach Konrath, R. Ritter, T. Malecki, C. Dziwak, P. Mur- phy, M. Zagorski, D. Pawlak, V. Pattera, D. Payton, and J. Murphy. 1Second Rowj Coach DeCarlo, M. Kasper, J. Moran, T. Moran, D. O'Neill, W. Joy, T. Klimczak, D. Morley, S. Wulff, C. Brynda, T. O'Malley, and T. Marek. fThird Rowj Coach Delach, E. Jaseckas, M. Burba, T. Piersanti, T. Gonsales, J. Carroll, W. Rowe, M. Flannery, J. Kosiewicz, W. Collins, M. Roney, D. McDevitt, and M. Alberts. fFourth Rowl Coach Fabrizio, P. Brezinski, F. Por- chelli, W. Guerra, M. Fuss, T. Ryan, J. Sugrue, T. Hoop, J. Dawczak, T. Johnson, W. Martinez, J. Peters, and T. Coffey. QFifth Rowj Coach O'Neill, B. Badalament, M. Prusa, B. Krasowski, S. Sypniewski, S. Angus, P. Carroll, C. Ford, J. Baggio, R. Taveggia, M. Bugno, M. Bartos, and J. Smith. iSixth Rowj P. Nemeth, G. Tazic, D. Burke, W. Socha, D. Fischer, B. Geary, K. Angus, G. Grimm, J. Smolinski, T. Russell, and R. Till. Middle left: Bill Collins breaks away from the Mt. Carmel defense. Bottom left: Br. Ford fixes Tim Johnson's equipment. Bottom right: Tony Hoop attempts an extra point. Football f 159

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Catholic League Co Cham ion The Varsity Football team brought home the Catholic League title for the first time in three years. The Vikings had a league record of 4-1. This tied them with De La Salle and St. Rita. The squad net- ted a total record of 6-4. Beginning the year at Joliet Catholic, the Vikes were within a minute of defeating the state's top ranked team. This heartbreaking loss was put aside the next week as the Vikes destroyed Carver. The following week, the Vikes met arch-rival Mt. Carmel. The Vikings led through the whole game, only to lose in the final quarter as a field goal attempt was wide. The team fought back from their second tough loss, to beat a tough Br. Rice team. The game showed the Vikes what they really could do in the League. Entering League play with a 2-2 record, they defeated St. Francis, De La Salle, Mendel, and, in a big Homecoming win, Leo. With a 4-0 League record, the Vikes faced rival St. Rita in the final game, where the winner would advance to the state playoffs. After grabbing an early lead, the Vikes were suppressed and defeated 21-7. The Vikes were headed for the city playoffs, where they would face Weber. On a cold November day, the Vikes lost a hotly contested game in Soldier Field. A high note of the season was quarter- back Dave Payton being named the Tony Lawless award winner, recognizing him as the outstanding player in the Catholic League. Dave and Guard Scott Wulff were named to the All-State team. 158 X Football 'W SER 1 11 X v 4 Y .ir W f . ., fig, tr vb l' :Q I ' V -1 Sb' K, is i XV Top Left: An enthusiastic crowd supports the St. Laurence Vikings. Top Right: Dave Payton throws a pass in a touchdown drive. Middle Left: After a tough play, Coach Pawelski consoles Mike Flannery. Right: Coach Pawelski helps an injured Tom Moran off of the field. X

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Joliet Catholic . . Mt. Carmel . r . hL ' Br. Rice , ' St. Francis 7 DeLaSalle f Mendel A Julian St. Rita . A Sophomore Football 7 20 38 Carver s 0 J 9 20 0 8 0 6 13 ' 7 35 7 56 , 7 12 26 The Freshman Football team had an ex- ceptional season, finishing with a record of 3-5-0. The team was coached by Mr. Kocher, Mr. Trombetta, and Mr. Dalkowski, who did an excellent job of helping the players adjust to football on a high school level. The captains of the team were Dowling, Pearson, and Glonek, who were hard working and served as role models for the rest of the team. All in- volved in Freshman Football look forward to playing next year as Sophomores. The 1982 Sophomore Football season didn't get off to a good start. The season began with defeats from Joliet Catholic, Carver, Mount Carmel, Brother Rice and Saint Francis. After these defeats, the team came back and defeated De LaSalle, Mendel and Julian. Unfortunately, the last game of the season resulted in a loss to St. Rita, giving the team a season record of 3-6. The Sophomore Football team was coached by Mr. Pawelski, Mr. Martinez, and Mr. Riccorenstino. These coaches taught the players not to quit, and to keep on working until their goals were achieved. The most valuable players on the team were Kevin Brice, Ed Handley and Ken Olsted. These players were considered the most valuable players because they worked hard and became team leaders. This will be a great asset when they become Varsity Football players. 160 f Football Just Starting Out al We :ff .- TF f? 5'Yff?.3L.fr1'fe. . kw- Z . IN 1 -- ' ' ' -'V' 3. 'Q .tra H 9 1 2595 'CQ Q-.H+ ' 4. , , i Qg gm 'MQ 45539 gif Begg- . tv .-., ' -' 7 4 .,.. . 'N . p , 0 V A I V . ay! KAYV .4fffq tr at if . J 'lf 5 .. f is E - . . - . 2 22 of 47 F ' 5 , . 5. J. p 4 est, as ' f A ' 'lii . ,,,W 7 . V J Q - Q , ,,.,, .'te.t f 4. tffft- . . ' . f. ' i . . Top Right: THE SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL TEAM - tFirst Rowj Coach Martinez, R. Hurley, P. Arens, J. Pivac, T. Miller, J. Palazzolo, T. Moran, P. Cooke, and J. Duaparas. lSecond Rowl P. Supple, D. Timpson, J. Kapusciarz, R. Tavaggia, K. Brice, E. Schaffer, E. Rosa, W. Dawczak, and Coach Riccor- dino. 1Third Rowj Coach Pawelski, L. Rafferty, T. Sadler, T. Dybas, P. Fus, C. Scott, D. Kelleher, and J. Kwabniak. tFourth Rowl J. Carmody, W. Sheraton, T. Murphy, J. Cairo, E. Hanley, P. Nolan, K. Olsted, and M. Pallazzolo. tFifth Rowj C. Paterno, J. Maher, A. Pappas, J. Veague, P. Morley, B. Stubitsch, T. Gillooley, K. Hansen, and K. Dowling. Middle: THE FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM - fFirst Rowj R. Bennett, W. Yukich, D. Mayer, G. Mirable, S. Smagala, K. Adent, R. Prisbitero, and Brian Lynch. tSecond Rowj Coach Trombetta, M. Tomaszkiewicz, D. Dion, J. McGee, J. Miner, M. Maskos, J. Creighton, B. Burke, and P. Marshall. Third Rowj Coach Kocher, S. Guthrie, T. Mraz, D. Pangello, G. Kilbourn, R. Halloran, B. Kelly, and R. Lesiak. tlfourth Rowj E. Horkavy, M. Horozin, J. Piotrowski, T. Venturella, P. Curtin, K. Harrigan, T. Moran, P. Lanrosh, M. Wirth, and B. Guerra. tFifth Rowl Coach Dulkowski, T. McEnery, T. Murray, M. McKeon, B. Kostes, R. Hart, T. Blaney, C. Gregus, M. Pacuk, H. Becker, and T. Grunhard. tSixth Rowj M. Schultz, J. Pearson, D. Juris, P. Glonek, P. Bucky, J. Domagala, J. McCormack, J. Deane, D. Hultquist, and J. Gumber. Right: Ed Hanley throws a short pass.