Gordon Technical High School - Tech Log Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Varsity GORDON OPPONENT 59 St. Patrick 49 56 St. Francis de Sales 58 61 Lane Tech 40 59 De La Salle 63 54 St. Rita 57 80 Westinghouse 60 66 Mendel 60 87 Leo 78 66 Loyola 62(ot) 81 Brother Rice 67 68 St. Joseph 71 (Westchester) 101 Fenwick 57 70 Weber 51 65 Mount Carmel 55 73 St. Ignatius 52 74 Deerfield 72 51 St. Laurence 49(ot) 74 Hales Franciscan SEASON RECORD Wayda glides to the basket as he is fouled from behind. Scott Petway looks for an open man in a sectional match-up wit: Proviso Kast. s.. Glen Noesen fights for a loose ball with a player from Mendel.

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players. Juniors Tom Beyak, John Giordano, and Derrell Adams were also looking for a spot in the Gordon backcourt. After months and months of prep- aration, November 21 arrived and the whole team was ‘‘sky high’’ Pats. When the contest started, both teams showed first game jitters. But after a relatively sloppy first half had ended, we sported a five point edge. With the start of the third quarter we began to dominate our opponent. From there we coasted to our first win behind Ed Wayda’s 14 points. Scott Petway and Vince Edwards were also in double fig- ures for the Rams. With the sad experience of the Tur- key tournament over, it was time to turn our attention to the brutal Chicago Catholic League. Our first opponent | was St. Francis De Sales. We played an uninspired first half and found our- selves down at the midway point. After a few choice words at halftime by Coach Ociepka, things started to hap- pen late in the third quarter. An | amazing comeback followed and with 8 | seconds left in the game Scott Petway took a pass from Ray Egan at the freethrow line, and calmly hit a 15 footer to tie the game at 56. De Sales Powell goes over a Ridgewood defender. Petway takes his defensive stance to guard Ernest Hubbard of Proviso East, as Phelan Powell (No. 22) comes over to help. ee {hele —$ F called time out with two seconds left to set up a play. All hopes of a come- back victory ended when Dwayne Hunter unloaded a 35 foot bomb that hit nothing but net at the buzzer. The following day we played our sloppiest game of the season. In the Ed Wayda tears a board in heavy traffic. Battle of Addison Avenue we came out on top over Lane 61-40 despite com- mitting 46 turnovers. With a 4-2 record, we prepared for the league fa- vorite, De La Salle. When De La Salle entered the gym on the following Friday night, we all knew we had our hands full. Some costly turnovers sealed our fate, and Mike Williams connected on two free throws in the final minute to assure a Meteor triumph. With a league record of 0-2, we needed a win at St. Rita the following Friday night. Behind George Porter’s spectacular 28 points on 11 for 13 shooting and his 10 assists, Rita hand- ed us our third straight league loss. With a 4-4 record, we came home to face an always tough Westinghouse team the following night. That night proved to be our turnaround. We eased to a 19 point victory over the Warriors. With an impressive win against Men- del the preceeding week, we stormed the den of the Leo Lions. The follow- ing week we played three tough games. We started out the week by beating Loyola on a Tuesday night in overtime. Against Brother Rice, we 99

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started out quickly and glided to an 81-67 victory. The following night, we played on the road against St. Joseph’s. The game went down to the wire, but in the end, a few costly turnovers did us in. After this loss, we came home to face the Fenwick Friars. This game proved to have the most enjoyable out- come of the year. With a patented | form, Moose hit two to give us 101 points. It was the final topping to a great night. After we gave Fenwick a through | thrashing, it was time for our arch ri- | val, Weber. Pat McAvoy and Kevin | Jennings played tough defense as we routed the Red Horde 70-51. Our next victims were Mt. Carmel and St. Ignatius. We ousted Carmel 65-55. Against Ignatius, our defense proved to be too much for the Wolves, as we breezed to a 73-52 win. Going into our final two league games, we were 17-6, and looking to enter the state tournament with the same record as last year. With a 19 and 6 record, we headed toward the Main South regional with building mo- mentum. After losing our first three, we won the last 10 straight league Coach Robert Ociepka gives orders from the bench. games to finish 10 and 3 in our confer- ence. Our first opponent at Main South was Luther North. Luther North fought and scrapped for everything they could, because they had nothing to lose. Following North’s scare, we were pitted against the Ridgewood Rebels. With the joy of a regional Some of the many fans who cheered the Rams to victory all season. Petway goes airborn as he grabs a rebound in the open championship came the reality that it was back to work in preparation for Proviso East. Proviso came out quick and before we knew it, we were down 32-17 in the second quarter. By half we had widdled their lead to five at 39-34. The Pirates led 60-55 with 3:27 left. We had the ball and went into a delib- erate offense to get the best possible shot. Everything was as planned. Smitty got his open shot. The release was perfect. The ball had perfect arch... The ball rimmed in and came out. Our dream of another trip downstate was destroyed. —Al Gienko 101