Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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V V V ■ V V Bob Sanfilippo narrowly escapes ihe defender ' s grasp in a sprint for the end zone. Also, a host of Bluejay players received Honorable Men- tion Awards in the conference rankings. Lastly Sanfilippo was named as a selection to the Third Team Pizza Hut All-American Squad. The E.G. Jays indeed had a memorable and rewarding season as they were able to Accept the Challenge that was laid before them. — Steve Flanagan Worn out after a hard fought defeat, Steve f ' lanagan returns to the Inrker room. % © %L 1$ ,■--1 n ' rt fTZ -0 E.G. defenders nail their Carthage opponent. Bottom Row: Stevens, Norris, Dooley, M. Burkley. Campbell, Weinberg. Smith, Vainisi, Rice. Fosnot, Second Row: Zafiratos, Gilmartin, Goehl, Topczewski. Huber. Hoffman. Woleske, Yaccino, Staley, Aikens, Third Row: Woywod. DeRango. Dannewitz, Vershaw, Melzgar. Clausen. Bageanis. Laudont, Gunnum, Canning, Mitchell, Chioda. Fou rth Row: Hollenbeck, Rink. Maltby. Holder. Martineck. Sanfilippo. Calacci. Guderley. C. Burkley. Fifth Row: Akins. Sullivan. Cox. P. Maniscalo, Booth. Campagna, Klulcharch, Bucciarelli. Baugh, Wagner. Sixth Row: Rogers, Beach, Cook. Brown. Hardy. Kerr. G. Maniscalo, Schwind, Moran. Top Row: VanHorn, Honsik. Runavich, Watzlawick. Flanagan, Bolt, SchulLz. VanLanduyl. 21

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Challenge Accepted Football Entering into the 1985 football campaign, the E.G. Bluejays adopted the motto Accept the Challenge to be the hallmark of their season. These words of inspiration aided the team members to surpass their predicted fourth place finish in conference play en route to a 7-2 record which qualified the Jays for second place in the conference standings. The season opener pitted the Jays against an im- proved Illinois Benedictine team. The Bluejays were able to overcome a case of the first game jit- ters as they rallied to defeat the Eagles 24-17. The home opener matched E.G. against North Park. An overall defensive effort, including a climactic fourth quarter goal line stand, helped the Jays to preserve a 13-6 victory. Following this game, E.G. played its most emotional football game of the season against Garroll Gollege. Losing 28-7 in the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Jays ' offense exploded with a twenty-eight point performance to pull out a 35-28 win. Perhaps a bit drained by their last feat, Wheaton Gollege dominated the Bluejays by a score of 49- 25. In the following week ' s contest, the Jays were able to hold off a stubborn Illinois Wesleyan team in Normal, as the Jays captured a 23-20 decision. Returning home for Homecoming, the Jays faced Garthage Gollege. A powerful offensive display aid- ed in defeating the Redmen 38-21. Travelling down to Decatur, to confront the Big Blue of Miilikin, the Jays played their most dominating game of the year as a total team effort enabled the Bluejays to upset Miilikin 20-17. Journeying back to Langhorst Field for the final home game, the Jays used a steady offense and a tight defense to surpass their arch rivals from North Gentral by a score of 19-7. The final game of the season pitted the Jays against nationally ranked Augustana Gollege. With a victory, the Bluejays would have tied the Vikings for a first place position in conference play. Any hopes of a conference title were erased as the Vikings com- pletely dominated E.G. en route to a 35-0 victory. Through following their motto, a number of Jays received post-season honors. The Bluejays placed Bob Sanfilippo as a First Team All-Gonference performer. Named to the Second Team were Jim Dooley, Mark Klutcharch. Jim Runavich and Ghris Stevens. Coach Hoffman checks the field before sending in his offensive hne. It ' s Four-Four-Four fourth quarter and Mike Calacci and Steve Akins want their team to Out Hit! Out Hustle!

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Champions Again I M Volleyball It started on August 18th, 1985, When fourteen young volleyball players arrived; At the new gym, all readily prepared. To start a brand new season — if we dared. We all met at the gym, it was about eight. Coach Walton was waiting, no one was late! We were all introduced — it was kind of fun — Then Walton started talking and the joking was done. Coach explained the program, everything we ' d have to do — Offense, defense and other plays — but condition ing too! We would have to sprint and run, mile after mile. We all frowned and groaned but Coach just gave us a smile. Two weeks of triples were on the road ahead. By September 1st, we were all half dead; Until a brand new face appeared at the door. Little Jaye Flood who wanted us to run even more! Coach introduced us to Jaye, because she was new. We looked down at her and said hi — she ' s only five feet two. Then Coach said get running and you better be quick! Three seniors, ten sophomores and a freshman from Reddick!! The season started slowly for this selected few. Some of the starters, but a number of others too, Were plagued with injuries, some kind of queer — A knee, a pelvis, a heart — was the end really near? When school began, practice was then moved t o four. Triples were over, but when we walked thru the gym door; The two hours ahead always dragged on forever, Coach Walton and Jaye worked us harder than ever! We looked forward to games. So we could finally put our skills to use. Our opponents didn ' t like seeing us though. We always gave them lots of abuse. North Central and Wheaton, just to name a few; Were some of the teams we left black and blue — But then there were also some games that weren ' t as much fun. We were all wondering when those games would be done. The season also offered some trips out of state. But the one to Colorado was for what we couldn ' t wait. We arrived in the Springs, it was so nice; But Coach Walton wouldn ' t let us go skiing, or skate on the ice. We also went to the Air Force Academy, And that ' s where we placed our bets. Not on who would win the game, But who could pick up the cutest Cadets! We returned home from the trip, And the season went by pretty fast. We won Conference and then moved on to the Regionals — At last!!! Emotions run high for NataHe Ganser, Lori Farrey and Carmi Frankovich after winning the national title. Sue Birdsey and Melanie Hollander synchronize their defense to block a Juniata shot.