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

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FRESHMAN: FIRST ROW: Fr. Steve Glab (Moderator), Tim Ryan (Coach), Jim Fabianski (Coach), Mark Puchalski (Head Coach), Glen Franklin, Dan Phee, Ruben Ybarra, Jeff Gerhardt, Mario Restrepo, Joe Joyce, Jim Graf (Manager), Bob Dobosz (Coach), Bill Wynn (Coach). SECOND ROW: Phil Vogt, John Molina, John Wijas, Mike Scott, John Blasinski, John Suther- land, George Kelly, Pete Muniz, Sorin Ardelean, Victor Echeverry, Ruben Lasanta, Phil Martinez, Dan Sims, Paul Smith. THIRD ROW: Al Alvarez, Jim Green, Ken Ratajczyk, John Schultz, Mike Smith, Fritz Ramos, Joe FRESHMAN GORDON OPPONENT 8 Notre Dame a) 22 St. Patrick 0 6 De La Salle iW! 25 Leo 12 6 Weber 12 as Fenwick 0 6 Mt. Carmel 30 14 Loyola 0 23 Brother Rice 12 ootball Chausse, Adrian Mendoza, Tim McGee, Mike Wozniak, Arnulfo Calalang, Dan Baldwin. FOURTH ROW: Mike Carroll, Chris Jacobs, Mario Olivella, Mike Barrett, Kevin Curland, Mike Barta, Chris LaCivita, Joe Brennan, Tony Miceli, Larry Wade, Tom Rice, Brian Georgeson, Ken Brannan, Karl Brooks, Paul Lee. FIFTH ROW: Don Nole, Gary Fidanzia, Caesar Caceres, Mark Koziol, John Cunningham, Rob Roy, Mihalo Panovich, Tim Twohig, Joe Yanan, Pete Danicic, Bob Hopkins, Chris Vila. Jim McDonough goes for an opening. 22

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Football A weary team along the sidelines. score at 6-6 as we headed for the lock- er room. After an inspirational half- time talk we came out fired up for the second half. The game continued as a defensive battle until late into the sec- ond half when Loyola put another six points on the board. This left us with less than 2 minutes to tie the score. With the ball on our own 18 yard-line, there seemed to be little hope for vic- tory. However, the confidence and de- termination the offense marched the ball 82 yards in one minute and thirty seconds tying the game at 12-12. An unsuccessful point after attempt took us into overtime. Losing the coin toss put our offense on the field first. We scored on third and long and then the missed two point conversion gave us only a six point margin. Then the de- fense marched out onto the field and successfully kept Loyola from scoring in four tries. This victory strength- ened us as a team and gave us the incentive to beat Brother Rice and put us into the city playoffs. GT: ‘82-'83 SOPHOMORE GORDON OPPONENT 21 Marist 0 16 St. Patrick 6 7. De La Salle 6 6 Weber 14 28 Fenwick 0 0 Mt. Carmel 6 18 Curie 16 10 Loyola 8 3 Brother Rice Greg Simms scans the field as he moves with the ball. Paul Fraklin runs upfield; not seeing any open receivers. Going into the playoffs as the num- ber one cede we confidently faced and defeated DeLaSalle for the second time. This gave us the chance to take revenge against arch-rival Weber. It was a defensive battle to the end with Gordon defeating Weber in double overtime by one point. Revenge was sweet. Victory over Weber put us in the Prep Bowl for the first time in Gordon Tech history. We faced Public League championship, Julian. The game went as expected, we dominated on offense and defense, shutting the Public League powerhouse down. The season ended with an unfor- seen record of 10-2 and a city cham- pionship, the 1982 Football Team players and coaches had something to be proud of. It was a season that we will all remember. Mark Ryan Paul Franklin Bob Phelan Mike Marinko

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- Football GT: ‘82-83 Paul Franklin blocks as a lone Tt Gordon player rushes to help. — ” The mischievious “Ram 23