Orion High School - Charger Yearbook (Orion, IL)

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Varsity Fares Well In Conference Paced by a predominantly senior lineup, the Varsity squad cruised to a IO-I5 record and ended up fourth place in the Olympic Conference. The boys stuck it to many teams, but in some cases ran out of luck at the end. The team started out slowly but by the middle of the year they were up with the rest before losing to eventual confer- ence champs Monmouth and runnerup Rockridge. The Orion Chargers faired well in the Regional tournament where they reached the semifinals. I was very happy with the attitude of the team and the way they worked in practice, said veter- Wim' Coach Bob Bergstrom counsels his team as assistant coach Bob DeDoncker looks in to help. Brian Pitra scans the court for an assist. WMM- Senior guard Tom Tholl eyes the action. H ,-sm. tl. 4 Boys Varsity Basketball, Front Row: Jeff Halverson, Brian Pitra, Tom Tholl. Tim Twing, Jim Oliver, Scott Danielson, Troy Holmberg, Tim Parry. Back Row: Coach Bob DeDoncker, Jon Bloomberg. Mike Matykiewicz, Jim Kapple. Mitch Lee, Paul LaFauce, Clint Engle, Coach Bob Bergstrom. 82 Varsity Basketball an coach Bob Bergstrom, and also the remarkabl improvement that they exhibited the second hal of the season. Seniors Paul LaFauce and Mike Matykiewic were named to the All-Conference team. At the annual sports banquet in the winter, sp cial awards were given to Paul LaFauce for Sport manship, Mike Matykiewicz for Most Valuabl Player, Jim Kapple for the Free Throw award, Tor Tholl Most Improved, and Jon Bloomberg for Bea Defense.

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Perfect Season The Fresh-Soph boys basketball team completed a historic 24-O season, with new first year coach, Bob DeDoncker. Within the season the boys bro- ght home first place hardware from the Sherrard Turkey Tournament. They were the first fresh- soph boys ball club to ever win the Olympic Con- ference. The young Chargers ended the season capturing the first place title in their own Orion Invitational. During the Invitational the boys continued to play well, so well that two players of Orion's start- ing team, Clint Engle and Mitch Lee were voted to the All Tournament Team. I was happy with the honor, as was Engle. But I felt I was lucky. Tim Parry and Todd Tholl also had a tremendous tourney and could have received the honor just as easily as Clint and I did, said Lee. According to Coach DeDoncker, the boys went into each game wanting to improve their skills. They played nothing but man to man defense. holding their opponents to forty points a game through the entire season. They were extremely hard working and had alot of desire to play well, not only individually, but also as a team, as their seasonal tallies show, noted Coach DeDoncker. The lead scorer through the season was Mitch Lee, following behind him was Tim Parry. Through the entire season coach always said that any of us could have started the ball games, said Tim Parry. Our success has to be credited to having such a deep and strong bench to work with. Coach DeDoncker explains the play the 24-O Charger boys during a time Coach DeDoncker congratulates more Rick Secor on a job well done 49 M M., its W, gn. Front Row: Todd Tholl, Tim Carroll, Ken Matzen, Eric Sullivan, Mike West, Mark Tholl, Andy Schultz, Mark Ziemer, Tim Parry. Back Row. Coach Bob De- Doncker, Steve Styles, B.J. Grafton, Eric Jasper, Todd Renehen, Mitch Lee. Clint Engle, Donnie Hickenbottem, Rick Se- cor. David Matykiewicz. 84 Fresh Soph Basketball C1 l Ellis 1413