Hall High School - Hall Light Yearbook (Spring Valley, IL)

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Dominy and Leone lead Red Devils in disappointing injury riddled season Augusr found rhe boys of summer ger-ring ready for o season change. The sounds of football, down-up-down-up, ler's go, hir rhe dummy, ger rhose legs up, dig in, drive, drive, come from rhe foorboll field. Conditioning began os Cooch Vicini began rhe rwoo-doy drills. A group of 28 candidates began rhe long grind. A harbinger of Things ro come was q series of major and minor injuries. Slowly rhe ream seemed ro round into shape Many players were odjusring ro new positions, bur Coaches Vicini and Smirh were pleased with rhe squad's progress; we were reody The season began ogainsr Amboy, rhe evenruol srare chomp Class A. The Clippers ran away from rhe Devils in rhe second half in o 37-8 win. Re grouping, rhe Dig Red rook on Marseilles and ourron them 34-12. Dunlop presenred o formidable foe. Led by rri-captains Tim Dominy, Vince Leone, and Mike Milosuski, Hall scored lore in rhe gome ro win 7-0 Mike Milosuski injured his knee, wirh rhe injury coming ar rhe worsr rime. Title favorire Princeron was rhe firsr ro fall rhe Red and Whire, wirh rhe Tigers rolling 41-7 Homecoming found rhe Rockers our opponents, and we were blasred off in a 27-0 gome ro spoil rhe festivities Injuries cur rhe ream ro os few as 13 healrhy players. Rochelle found rhe Devils for rougher rhon they hod been in several weeks and hod ro go ro overrime ro win IP-13. Kewanee and Mendora rounded our rhe conference season. Hall's final win came in o come-from-behind vicrory 7-6 ar Ponri-ac. Alrhough rhe season hod many heartbreak, rhe 3-6 season also broughr our rhe besr. Nine srarrers made rhe oil-conference NCIC ream. Named ro rhe firsr ream were Ron Prokup, Vince Leone, ond Ron Srarkey Special ond honorable menrion went ro Ron Brirrain, Mark Wilrse, Jim Francisco, Mark Lehn, Rich Rivora, ond Jon Wesrrum School awards were presenred ro Ron Prokup, Mark Wilrse, rhe George Boroski Award; Ron Srarkey, offensive player of rhe year, Vince Leone, defensive player of rhe year, WLPO Award, Vince Leone; and Tim Dominy, most valuable player. Brighr spors were rhe playing experience received by rhe juniors. Mony sophomores saw ocrion during rhe season and will provide a good nucleus for 1985. Punr rerurn speaafcsr Tom Dassem 90ms speed os he follows hs blockers ogainsr rhe Amboy Clippers Concenrroring on rhe bol, Jim Froncsco mokes o spec rocular corch ogomsr o Kewonee defender Cooch Viorn goes over rhe gome plan wirh his squod before rhe Dunlop gome 14 VARSITY FOOTBALL

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Band play honors Momence's 250th: Host first Annual Red Devil Classic The many swelrering days of Augusr and Seprember sow rhe Marching Red Devils hard or work os rhey readied rhemselves for rhe half-rime shows of rhe home foorboll gomes On Seprember 1. rhe bond Travelled ro Momence where rhey gove o concert for rhe Townspeople. This concerr wos in honor of rhe 250rh birrhdoy of Momence where Direcror McNulry grew up os o boy Roiny days ond nighrs mode procrices difficulr for rhe Holl bond. Under rhe beams of cor lighrs on rhe pracrice field, however, rhey pur rheir show rogerher in rime for rhe ISU marching comperirion on Ocrober 20, St- eaming o 3rd place in Ooss B ranks ond performing once again in rhe roin for rhe finds. Ending rhe foil seoson, rhe Red Devils hosred rhe Firsr Annual Red Devil Classic on Ocrober 27 where rhey gove on exhibirion show. Bradley wos rhe winner wirh rhe bonds doing srand-srill performances in rhe gym due ro roin. The bond's final appear onces of 1984 were in local communiry Halloween parades The Holl Marching Red Devis Way mro rhe fry line of On Hoi High School os rhey yep down rhe man yreer of Spring VoHey The line of French horns march in perfect nme ro o snoppy song during rhe Halloween parode The ever foirhful ’re ef rruck brings up rhe rear n anorher successful parode appear once of HoH's bond MAKCHNG DAND 10

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Snff-arming o Dunlop imebocker. Poul GXjinn goins o few exrro yords before being roci ed Co coproin Vince Leone leods he Red Devil reommores onto rhe field ro rhe opptause of the fans AA«ke Milosuski sweeps left os Mike Pozzi (42) and Jm Fronasco seal off the Kewooee rush Tight end Mork Wilrse gathers m o pass from Hon Sr or key on rhe 7 yard bne before bemg brought down by rhe Amboy defensive bocks VARSITY FOOTBALL 15