J Sterling Morton West High School - Talon Yearbook (Berwyn, IL)

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17 VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY-FRONT ROW: J. Salach, G. Blazek, J. Klindera, T. Wagner. SFCOND ROW: M. Meckes, F. Franz, D. Klausler, BACK ROW: Coach G. Busse, P. Munoz, M. l Piotrowski, D. Larson, T. Zielinski. As he considers the long distance ahead, Ray Neapolitan tleftb rounds a tree and paees himself through the dusk of late afternoon. Well aware of the difference a fast start can make, the sophomore cross-country team tbottomb wastes no time in setting the pace. L .. I L FROSH-SOPH CROSS COUNTRY WFRONT ROW: I.. Larson, T. Serbick, S. Hoskin, F. Svestka, M. Chinchilla. SECOND ROW: G. Riha, C. Chinchilla, R. Neapolitan, J. Proehaska, J. Kayser. BACK ROW: D. Schild, G. Koran, M. Stochl, R. Tulke, D. Lotarski. CROSS-COUNTRY 67

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Te3l'l1'S eff01'f sets PBCB f0l' Cl'0SS C0llIlfl' VARSITY CROSS-COUNTRY M.W. OPP. Glenbard East ....... ..... . .. 25 34 Willowbrook ........... ........ 1 6 44 Hinsdale South ...... ........ 2 8 31 East Leyden ..................... ....... 3 1 24 Downers Grove South .............. 27 28 Morton. East .................. .... 3 9 19 West Leyden ............................... 19 36 Addison Trail ............................. 41 16 WON 3 LOST 5 This year's t'rossft'ountry team was hetter than the last several. remarked Coach Gordon llusse. Although the competition was strong. the yarsity's past experience pulled them to fourth place. The team was yery good in competition hut had a tew weak points. Said runner -lett' Klindera. ln cross- country you need to have team coopera- tion. In the past tew years we would only have a few players to carry the team. hut this year eyeryhody worked together to form a good team. 'llhe two hest runners were Tim Zielinski and -lelt' Salauh. followed hy teammates 'l'om Wagner. llaye Klausler. -left' lilindera. Pete Munoz, Frank Franz. and Mark Piof trowski. On the trosh-soph level Coarh Busse found that his runners were not serious enough about the sport to meet the rather strenuous practice requir- ements. Hopefully hy next year they will he more devoted to the team and their fellow team members, he said. Drained of his last reserves of energy, Mike Stochl trightl, propelled by sheer willpower, plods wearily across the finish line. 66 CROSS-COUNTRY Ulf,

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At the seasorfs start it appeared that 1978 xvould he torture for the varsny'foothalltean1.lnstead,they put out their best perforniance in alniost a decade. Fhis was one of the hardest working teams ever, commented Varsity Coach Len Ruzycki. Although there were many victories, the most satisfying was their first Win over East Leydenincnertenyears'Phecoachesof the DPVL chose Rick Farnsworth as the leagues outstanding player. Also, Larry Ketza set a Morton record when he returned aldck-offninety-hxweyardsfor atouchdown. Coach Jnn Evan was proud ofthe progress the sophcnncne footbaH teani niade. Player llarren llnlock stated, l think our team practiced very well and seenied pretty dedicatedf 'Fhe teani Worked rad hardf'connnented Coach Earl McMahon of the freshman team. They were fine quality kids. They just needed dueexpenencef VARSITY FOOTBALL M.W. OPP. West Leyden ..... ....... 0 3 Willowbrook ...... ..... 8 17 Morton East ...... ..... 1 6 0 Addison Trail ....... ..... 3 3 14 East Leyden .................... ..... 1 1 8 Downers Grove South ...... ..... 2 0 13 Hinsdale South ............... ..... 0 3 Glenbard East ............................ 34 0 WON 5 LOST 3 As the referee watches the action, Miso Novakovich tabove, rightl spots a hole in the defensive line and quickly makes a move for it. ogg -Q-H3 SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL-FRONT ROW: D. Kuchar, J. Richter, K. Brest, J. Gianni M. Lewter, T. Allen, K. Luketic, R. Mangini, A. Kikuchi. SECOND ROW: Asst. Coach ll Keller, D. Hayward, J. Clampitt, M. Izzi, M. Blangin, B. Burgess, M. Sichta, R. Bowbin, Cizek, A. Sommese, Coach J. Evan. THIRD ROW: F. Rokos, R. Kirstein, K. Mroz, D. Hillocl M. Moughan, A. Sasso, K. Guzik, M. Hughes, M. Nikrasch. BACK ROW: R. Agnew, 4 Vinyard, E. Fencl, J. Coconato, S. Molinaro, R. Demario, K. Prendiville, J. Frazier. 68 FOOTBALL