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

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GT: “82-83 Soccer (ie JUNIOR VARSITY: FIRST ROW: Andy Cho, Evol Smith (Captain ), Tom Wayne Kasprzycki, Marco Lamberti, Mike Hosp, Matt Tapling, Fr. John Stancy, Steve Mun, Gary Hoffman. SECOND ROW: Steve Langbein, Jin Nowak (Moderator). Missing from picture: John Pahn, Julio Ramirez Ho, Peter Dever, Ray Peters, Tony Compton (Captain), John Morgan, Eun (Manager). Chung. THIRD ROW: Richard Dorken (Coach), Ed Verdeja, Henry Hebler, W4a' Fes NS. JUNIOR VARSITY GORDON OPP. i Glenbrook South 5 1 Maine East 0 i St. Viator 2 St. Patrick 3 1 Quigley South rey, 1 Hinsdale South 1 4 N. S. Country Chae een Gary Ferguson and teammates wait to intercept pass. 1 Loyola 2 Robert Nowak is congratulated by teammates. 0 Evanston 5 | St. Joseph 0 il Loyola 0 3 N. S. Country 1 Day ‘WON - 6 TIED - 1 LOST - 6

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Soccer “Oscar Medina sets up a pass. lian controlling the ball at midfield, the Rams played hard but patiently against Hinsdale South. Then Richard Meschbach scored the only goal of the game, and the Rams captured a dra- matic victory. After beating Nortre Dame easily 5- 0, the rams traveled to play Palatine. After falling behind 2-0, the Rams bounced back with two goals, but Palatine showed they could also bounce back by scoring more. Gordon lost 5-4. But Gordon came back from this defeat to win their first Catholic League game against Hales Franciscan by 5-0. The Rams met another tough foe, Maine East. But they made it look Uwe Pfeifer runs to the ball. easy as they beat the tough suburban team 3-0. Then Gordon raised their record to 3-0 in the Catholic League by crushing Weber and Fenwick 9-0, 4-0, respectively. Next Gordon played Main South, 4th ranked team in the state. In a co- meback victory 2-1, Gordon played one of the best games of the year. In that victory, Robert Craig’s defensive performance sparkled and Rich Meschbach proved that he was as good as any player in the state. He scored one, and setting up a penalty kick which Willie Felian booted in. In the fourth Catholic League match, the Rams lost to surprisingly strong St. Rita 4-2, and their record GT: 82-'83 VARSITY GORDON St. Joseph Evanston Niles West Willowbrook Oak Park Hinsdale South Notre Dame Palatine Hales Franciscan Maine East Weber Fenwick Maine South St. Rita St. Ignatius Brother Rice De La Salle Loyola Glenbrook South Quigley North Francis Parker Evanston a ONPF PNP OP RNY PLOWA BA ORHAN OW FPrRODOOOOORROOOOUNDOHHHOR.,. NILES WEST TOURNAMENT CHAMPS CATHOLIC LEAGUE CO-CHAMPS Bill Mendez gains control of the ball.

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Se ee Goal Keeper, Andrs Jacob talks to teammates. dropped to 3-1 in the Catholic League. However, Gordon showed their char- acter by defeating two of the toughest teams in the league, St. Ignatious and Brother Rice. Gordon continued their winning tradition by crushing De La Salle 5-0 and St. Lawrence 4-0. Then, it finally came down to the last game against archrival Loyola. They had to win the game against Loyola in order to tie for the league championship. With Rob- ert Craig scoring twice on headballs, Gordon’ out hustled Loyola and beat them 2-0. After beating Glenbrook North 4-0, Grodon carried that winning momen- tum to crush Quigly North merciless- ly 14-0 in their first state playoff game. Then came Francis Parker, who eliminated the Rams from the playoff last year. Going for a revenge, Gordon quickly jumped to a 1-0 lead with Wil- lie Felian scoring on a breakaway. But Francis Parker proved that they were tough by scoring one with five min- utes remaining in the game. However, this time, it was the Rams’ turn to prove their character by scoring with five seconds remaining in double- overtime. With this win Gordon set up a new record of 11 wins and no losses on their home ground. Gordon went on to play Evanston, who was by this time the second ranked team in the state, for the sec- tional championship. After allowing a goal, Gordon fought back hard. How- ever Evanston proved t hat they were also tough on their own home- ground, especially with a one-goal lead. Although Gordon lost 1-0, it was with a dignified loss, for they had giv- en their best. Inspite of this loss, this year’s team won its 8th straight Catholic League Championship and third straight Niles West Tournament Championship. All in all, the team can look back on a very rewarding and productive year.