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

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

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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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24 VARSITY: FIRST ROW: Mike Zakian, Luwoo Kim, Andres Jacob, Han Kim, Danny Vlaovic. SEC- OND ROW: Mauricio Lasso, Jorge Arteta, Uwe Pfeifer, Richard Meschbach, Zoran Zaric, Robert Meiszner, Peter Mokran. BACK ROW: Phil Birch (Head Coach), Bill Mendez, Gary Ferguson, Jack Brzakovic, Robert Craig, Peter Bozic, Oscar Medina, Willie Filian (Captain), Fr. John Nowak (Modera- tor). Missing from picture: Julio Ramirez (Manager). The Kickin ‘Rams’ season started in late August with difficult practice ses- sions. The practice emphasized over- all conditioning, which consisted of grueling twelve minute runs and many quick sprints. A new part of was initiated this year, and consisted of video tapes on areas such as ‘how to play defense, ’ etc. Each player had one of the toughest soccer schedules this year. This year’s team strength was the young, strong defense led by all-stater Robert Craig. Also, scoring punches came from midfielders William Fe- lian, the captain of our team, and Richard Meschback, who is among the top twenty five offensive players in the state. This year’s team was ea- ger and ready to face many tough games coming up. The Rams kicked off to a winning start by beating St. Joseph 2-1. The Rams’ next game was against Evan- ston, who was one of the top ranked in the state. The Rams proved that they can play against a tough, phys- ical team like Evanston by tieing them 0-0. In the following week, the team was in the Niles West Tourney. The Rams’ first game was against a highly experienced Niles West. The Rams struggled because of the let down from the Evanston game, but still managed to beat them 2-1. Then at the next game, the Rams’ offense ex- ploded and beat Willowbrook 6-1. For the championship game, Gordon had to play Oak Park, whom they beat two years ago to go down state. Needing only a tie to capture the champion- ship, Rams played a tough, physical game and tied them 1-1. For the third year in a row, the Gordon Rams had come home with the Niles West Tro- phy. Then Rams got ready for a match against the No-2 rated team in the state at that time, Hinsdale South. With Robert Craig controlling Hins- dale’s explosive offense and Willie Fi- Jack Brzakovic dribbles the ball upfield.