Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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28 TSSG performs whirls, twirls in spring show Performing ballet legs, doing somer- saults in water, and doing kips are some of the basic stunts performed by the Thornridge Sychronized Swim Group, who specialize in water ballet. This group of 34 girls practices dili- gently from the beginning of school until the spring when their practicing pay off for their spring show. Below: Synchronized Swim Group: Front Row: Mary Kay Juszczyk ftreas.J, Darlene Reitz tv. pres.J, Sheri Nelson 1pres.j, Julie Koval tsec.J, Linda Holland Cbouncerj, Debbie Kortum thist.Jg Row 2: Darlene Stark, Dawn Albrecht, Cathy Allen, Janice Evans, Linda McLaughlin, Pam Patlak, Cindy Pe- terson, Beth McLaughlin, Cheryl Bagdalp Back Row: Pam Dalle, Mary Mulhall, Kirsten Kross, Mary Safran, Barb Pavlik, Donna Koliboski, Carol Moore, Kay Koch, Sherri Eierman, Linda Gammie, Laura Derrico, Jan Rigoni, Dawn Aarup, Karen Nelson, Cindy Mullen, Cheryl Mazurek Right: After finishing their deck routine, Sheri Nelson, Judy Merritt, Jan Rigoni, and Darlene Reitz enter the water to finish off their Gangs- ters routine.

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- V-ball puts spike into foe's heart Pads on the knees as well as pads on the elbows type cast the members of the Girl's Volleyball team. The bruise on the hand from the game-winning spike is a happy sort of pain, as are all the aches and pains incurred in a year when the team comes in with a winning record, as this year's girls did. An excellent A team was 11-Z, while the B team was less successful, ending their season with a 7-6 record, Below: Girls Volleyball: Front Row: Penny Berg, Sharon Pietras, Maureen Guerin, Pam Spale, Karen Iarard, Pat Jacobs, Barb Eklund, Ian Heath, Debbie Maas, Diane Tomky, Row 2: Sherri Osborne, Ka- thy Corbett, Denise Malone, Claudia Rozewicki, Nancy Boling, Judy Eklund, Nancy Morgan, Kathy Davis, Patti Boling, Linda Pencakowskig Row 3: Marybeth Pencakowski, Denise Dwyer, Karen Wil- liams, Cheryl Straka, Kim Hunt tmgrj, Miss Nan- cy House tcoachj, Mrs. Yeager tassist. coachj, Car- ol Segvich, Cleo Seabrook, Martha Kross, Sandy Wicheleski. Far left: Nancy Boling watches the flight of her serve. Left: Setting up a spike is an important part of vol- leyball as Patti Boling demonstrates. 127

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Left: Hand held high, Pat Maloy needs all the lift she can gather to clear the bar in high jump competition. Below Left: Lynn Dudzik pulls out to an early lead in a dual meet. Below: Concentration is essential to sprinter Dar- lene Roberson. Girls track survives rough weather Three girls - Pat Maloy in the 50-yd. dash, Debbie Morgan in the 80-yd. low hurdles and high jump, and Mary Lou Prisby in the shot put - went downstate this year. In the district meet at TR, the girls placed fourth out of 18 schools. The track team's season record was 4-3. Most Valuable Players were Rhonda Cobbs, Cynthia Harris, Pat Maloy, Iune Merritt, Debbie Morgan, Nancy Morgan, and Mary Lou Prisby.