Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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TOP PHOTO; CHUCK KELL Y LEADS HIS offense to the line in the playoff game against Romeoville. ABOVE; The eleven Varsity starters prepare to show their first play from scrimmage at the playoff pep assembly. RIGHT; Tony the Trojan says; Thumbs up for the Trojans!” 18 State Playoffs

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Trojans Make State Playoffs Conference Victory Sets Bloom’s Horizons High J t had been twenty years since Bloom had captured the conference champion- ship in football, but this year the Varsity, picked to go nowhere at the beginning of the season, had made up for all the ridicule that Bloom’s football teams had taken over the past two decades. In honor of that fact, all the students at Bloom filed into McCann gymnasium for a playoff pep assembly. Coach Piazza introduced the starting offensive lineup and the first offensive play of the game, telling everyone to watch for it that afternoon. In everyone's hearts there was no doubt at the end of the assembly that Bloom would win the game. Such was not the case, however, as Bloom lost to Romeoville by a score of 51-37, the highest score in state playoff history. Bloom's team never gave up once during the game, despite some heart-breaking runs by Romeoville. Midway through the fourth quarter, in fact. Bloom was only a touchdown behind and was hoping for the tying score, but the chilling wind and the hot Romeoville attack proved to be too much. All Bloom, though, was excited by this team and its courage, and was thankful that the players could get the school year off to such an exciting and promising start. ABOVE LEFT: BLOOM FANS. EXCITED BY the team's comeback in the third quarter, give their all to cheer for another Bloom score. LEFT: The Bloom pom-pon squad braves the freezing gusts of wind to welcome the Varsity team onto the field. Football Playoffs 19