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

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SOCCER (7 JUNIOR VARSITY BOTTOM ROW: John Soehn, George Zervos, Jerry Skronski, Mike Khadivar, Rich Solomon. SECOND ROW: Steve Holter, Arnyl Laraccas, Mike Speth, Steve Bauer, Dave Arguillo, Coach Gary Gregus. TOP ROW: Tony Rizzato, Werner Leprich, Paul Mularz, Mike Babiarz, Joe Band, Jason Gedroic. (Not pictured: Roman Kopinski.) te Junior Raul Lasso and a Loyola player race to the ball. JUNIOR VARSITY GORDON OPPONENT Loyola Loyola Northshore Country LARTER ERATE FOE TATED ALOR TN ano Day School Wells Glenbrook North Glenbrook North Evanston Northridge Prep =nooc-= LOST—3 TIED—1 we Freshman Uwe Pfeifer moves up field during a Sophomore game. Coach Birch has more than a few words during halftime. EA ee ee ae

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VARSITY GORDON OPPONENT Niles West Forest View Francis Parker Homewood-Flossmoor Hinsdale South Fremd Hales Franciscan Morton East St. Francis de Sales St. Viator St. Rita St. Ignatius Brother Rice DeLaSalle '| 10 St. Laurence Loyola SNF ARP ONNHWNHAWS SC SOoOFPFOoOOGCONONOOCrFFH ND (—) NILES WEST TOURNAMENT Stevenson 1 Niles West 0 : Glenbrook South 0 | SUB-SECTIONAL St. Ignatius Francis Parker SECTIONAL Maine South Oak Park STATE TOURNAMENT Bowen FINAL RECORD WON—18 LOST—4 TIED—2 Senior Frank Ganshirt goes down low to take a ball away. in Loyola and Gordon being League co- champions. It was the Kicker’s sixth straight Catholic League championship. The Kickers felt confident as they entered the sub-sectionals. However, their confidence soon turned to worry for it took a dramatic shootout in a two day confrontation to beat St. Igna- tius, and two penalty kicks, one in overtime, to beat Francis Parker. This close encounter at the end of the season woke the team up for the sectionals. The Kickers were ranked last out of the four teams in the sec- tion. This gave them an even greater incentive to win. The Kickers played the best ball they had played all year and made “The Kandi Man” has his own style of tak- ing the ball away. two, dramatic, come-from-behind victo- ries against Maine South and Oak Park to win the Sectional Championship. As sectional champs they earned a bid to the state finals as a member of the “elite 8”. The Kickers were looking forward to challenging Granite City for the title, but once again overlooked another team. This time it was Bowen, who also had thoughts of beating Granite City. The Kickers missed early oppor- tunities to score, and the first three quarters went scoreless. Then, late in the fourth quarter, Bowen squeezed in the goal which gave them the victory. —Justin Erbacci Willie Fillian concentrates as he fires a shot.

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Ae ie: ‘BOTTOM ROW: Mark Rys, Rene Huber, Zoran Zaric, Spiro Angelos, Tom Schnatterbeck, Oscar Medina, Tony Compton. SECOND ROW: | Robert Meiszner, Scott Baldwin, Brian Sandecki, Uwe Pfeifer, Han Kim, Tom Lee, Steve Langbein, Vince Immordino, Larry Kuhn. TOP ‘ROW: Mike Hosp, Werner Buol, Mark Petrow, Ted Matlak, Joe Stefanec, Marco Lamberti, Mike Aichinger, Peter Dever, Coach Dennis Gaynor. (Not pictured: Pat Sheehey.) Catholic League Champions Senior Roland Kremar plans his move against a Rita defender. SOPHOMORE Overall Record GORDON OPPONENT Won—10 Lost 6 Tied—0 Niles West Forest View Francis Parker Homewood-Flossmoor Hinsdale South Fremd Hales Franciscan’ Morton East St. Francis de Sales’ St. Viator St. Rita’ St. Ignatius’ Brother Rice’ De LaSalle’ St. Laurence’ Loyola’ ® Catholic League Record Won—7 Lost—1 Tied—0 Senior Mike Schmalz takes a shot from a free-kick against Loyola. m=CeeeocoocoornOh bh WE ROS 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 3 4 1 2 4 1 2 4 0 Catholic League