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

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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

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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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Frosh Basketball-Row 1: Percy Duckworth, Dan Smith, Terry Petrow, Jim XVilkerson, Glen Gouwens, Charles JoliHn. Row 2: John Wfitvoet, Charles Halbert, William Kamphenkel, Hank Robinson, Larry DeRoos, Mike Vest, Ed Jeske, Mike Counte. Row 3: Franklin Charles, Jim Harris, Jim lXIcNulty, Richard Schmidt, Jack XVatkins, Gary Koester, Paul Congo, Don Mc- Alvey. fophig fzfofb produce Wmnerf Coach Bob Anderson produced another winning sophomore basketball team as his boys compiled a 12-5 record for the 1959-60 season. They had an 8-2 league record, finishing second behind Bloom which had a 9-1 record. 7 Lead by Ervin Bratcher, Larry Nluehring, Bruce Clark, IfVillie Randle El, and Reuben Poin- dexter, Sophs won eight straight league games before being upset by Blue Island, 50-49. Their other four losses were to Bloom, Joliet, LaGrange, and Rich. Behind the expert coaching ol' Don McAlvey, Thornton's freshman basketball squad Hnished the year with an impressive 7-4 record. After opening the season by trouncing Argo, 58-19, and Blue Island, 58-33, the frosh lost a one-point thriller to Bloom, 36-35. To close the season the Hiildkits squeaked past Blue Island, 38-37, and took re- venge for their early loss to Bloom. 54-49. Top players for the lrosh were Terry Petrow, Charles Halbert, Franklin Charles, and Jim Harris. Thornton .... ,.,.. Thornton ,... ...,. Thornton ,... ..... Thornton .... . , . . Thornton Thorn ton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thorn ton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton Thornton J. V. Scores Argo ...... . . .37 Blue Island. . . 37 Bloom ...74 Joliet ....... . . .51 Kankakee. .. .. .53 Galesburg .... . . .38 Argo ....... .43 Kankakee ...... . . .44 W'est Rockford .... . . .66 Blue Island ..... . . .44 Bloom ...... Sophomore Scores East Aurora. . Joliet ........ Argo ...... LaGrange . . . Blue Island. . . Bloom ..... Rich ...... Lockport . . . Bradley .... Decatur , . . Kankakee. . Argo ..... Kankakee. . Lockport . . . Blue Island. . . Joliet ....... Bloom ..., . ,..42 .. ...50 . ...51 ...28 . ...47 . ,.,43 .,.46 ..,49 37 ...34 ...35 ...30 ...34 , .30 ...41 . ...50 ...-48 ...62 27