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

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These players seem concerned, while watching the game. First row, Ryan Kurgan. Roderick Buckner. James Stenger. Daniel Piper. Tomaro Hudson. Second row, George Hoff. Lance Wright. Thomas Wheeler. Ed Roe. Scott Heistad. -. Daryl Bridges. Third row, Jim Eder. Craig Wright. Willie Goodwin, Mike Hoff. Todd Kulacz. -. Ken Urinik, Tony Robinson. Coach Banks. Fourth row, Coach Stewart. Steve Gute- kunst. Glen Farmer. Keith Jennings. Lanier Holt, Dan Draves. Cordell Drake, Darnell Brown. MlltoMf First row, Tommye Houston. Bill Wears. Jerry Ruff. Sherlen Drake. Chris Marnell. Maurice Ward. Keith Brooks. Bill Copp. Charesse Hudson Second row, Rafael Whitlock. Corey Shumpert. Ryan Baxton. Matt Potter. Anthony Mendez. Deon Bennett. Ken Shepard. Avery Ivery. Mike Carpenter. Mike Walker, Kurt Williamson. James Galvan Third row, Walter Boreman, Steve Gergely. Davd Bernard. Tony Brooks. Richard Elza. Eric Singleton. Robert Johnston. Lazarick Whitlock. Stephen Henley. Greg Ladaiski. Mark Goodwin Fourth row, Coach Williams. George Bennett. Noel Woods. Billy Lumdson. Fletch- er Davis. Brian Grayeda. Paul Eger. James Fink. Coa- ch Cole FOOTBALL B.T OPP 30 Oak Forest 24 22 H.F 28 12 Lew Walace 34 20 Thornton 40 0 Thornwood 24 12 Eisenhower 27 8 Bloom 26 18 Joliet Central W t 63 8 Thomridge F 27 Running + Passing = TOUCHDOWN This past years football season was far from suc- cessful as a team. Coach Mecozzi stated, The sea- son was a disappointment for the players, staff, and fans. He also said, The team was special because they put up with a great deal of adversity, yet they never quit. One reason they lacked wins was due to the lack of participation in the sport. Most of our opponents have between fifty to sev- enty varsity players we had thirty. stated Coach Mecozzi. He also said, We have many young men here who would make fine foot- ball players, but for one ex- use or another, they sell themselves short and do not get involved. A bright spot in the past season was Johnny Scott. He caught 50 passes for 909 yards while being double or triple covered. In addition he set a new state record for kick-off yardage. Coach Mecozzi said Johnny's suc- cess was due to his great spirit and to the teammates who threw him the ball, and blocked for him. Next years team should be better. Coach Mecozzi said We expect to be competitive next year. Our team will be young, but they should be hungry for suc- cess. Coach Mecozzi said. We will have nine seniors, twenty-four juniors, and up to six sophomores who will be called up to the varsity. — Lewis Ruphard Football 23

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LAZER FOOTBAL Invades the field. Dion Wiley waits as he gets a block for Eugene Walker. First row, Coach Mecozzi. Coach Stewart. Robert Norwood. Randy Baker. Bruce Corse. Dion Wiley. Ryan Mayton, Steve Fezler, Eugene Walker. Michael Worthman Second row, Coach Williams. Scott Vevers. Jim Sylvester. John Reynolds. Mike Poe. Fred Keplmer. Dale Salters. Brian Wiley. Jim Michaels. Ron Canali. Wiliam Norwood. Coach Motta, Coach Da- miam Third row, Johnny Scott, Dan Bish. Joe Schim- mel. Jerome MitcheH. David Nelson. Sean Woods, Brian Anderson. Jerry Brooks, Chanel Sherman. Chris Zollner Fourth row, Coach Banks. Coach Turner. Dave Meeker. Brian Greenwood, an Duddigan. Dar- ron Gray. Ralph Donaldson. Troy Billingsley. Mike Rauhut. Randy Norcutt. Eric Walker. Tim Sanders, Mike Kaminski, Coach Ray. Coach Cole. Football 22

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John Davis shows us how to concentrate and putt the ball. DRIVE + PUTT = SCORE Golf The golfers this year were challenging and very deter- mined. There were two tied games on the sophomore level one against Andrew and one against Bloom. Bloom Trail won six and lost six overall. The average score was 194.7 for Bloom Trail and 200.8 for their opponent. They took fourth place out of seven at the S.IC.A. EAST, their score was 395. At the Rich South Invitational they were fifteenth out of twenty-three, their score was 406. The four leading scores for F-S were: John Daivs .......46.1 Rodney Lopez......49.5 Steve Herr........50.8 Wes Schuch........51.4 In conference the low in- dividuals was Frank Taffora with an 87. In Regionals Rob- ert Lucente and Todd Paul- sen had the individual low with a 9.6. The Most Valu- able Golfer was Robert Lu- cente. The top average for varsity was also Robert Lu- cente with a 45.4, and close behind him was Todd Paul- sen with a 46.1. The rest of the team was was Frank Taffora with a 48.2, Tony Gonzalez with a 48.2, Rich Kurczewski, with a 50.1. The varsity overall score was six wins and six loses. The aver- age score for Bloom Trail varsity team was 185.2 their opponents 179.0. At Rich East they took eighteenth out of thirty-one. At Confer- ence they took fourth out of seven with a score of 391. The season was fun. We lost most of our matches by only one point. We should have won those, but all in all we think we did good. We were expecting to do bet- ter. — John Davis We were much more competitive then last year. We had a good Frosh-Soph. squad and I am looking for- ward to a great season next year. — Mr. Croarkin The Frosh-Soph. team was a great team. We did better at Longwood than away. John Davis, Rodney Lopez, and Steve Herr Led the way most of the season. I feel that next year will be a better season. —Mark TierI —Sheila Davis 24