Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Franson, only senior, guides girls One senior and two juniors led the girls swimming team to a 4-9 record. Although small in number, the group was talented. HThe girls did exceptionally well with what they had. They won all the dual meets they possibly could have, stated Coach Al Hult. Their spirit was very encour- aging and helped them get through a tough season. Cap- tain Kristi Franson comment- ed, After one of the meets, the referee came up to me and congratulated me on our team's spirit. l was very proud of the girls. At the conference meet the junior varsity team came in third place and the varsity was seventh. Everyone who swam in the meet competed at sec- tionals. The girls worked hard and each one contributed a great Upper Right: Sophomore Kay Nee- dles, the top diver in her first year out, competed at both levels, Right: Varsity Girls Swim: Front Row: Kristi Franson, Lynn George. JV Girls Swim: Middle Row: Tina Bona, Pam Decker, Sandie Marcukai- tis, lulie O'Neill, Kelly McFadden, Therese Toschi, Kim Piper, Becky lVlcCarterp Back Row: Kelly Bellamy, Heidi lohnson, Kay Needles, Tina Bel- lamy, Dawn Drysdale, Coach Debe Tuttle, Coach .Al Hultg Not Pictured: Coach Phil Brown l42 Girls Swimming swim deal to the team. llAlthough we had fewer girls than we were used to, we had a great deal of spirit, enthusiasm, and most of all, fun! commented Lynn George. The junior varsity ended their season with a 2-5 record. SCOREBOARD TR Opponent 53 Thornton lOO 27 T.F. South 53 University High Bloom Bloom Trail Lockport Homewood Flossmoor 123 Marian Hillcrest Marian Shepard 4 Wins 9 Losses 55 ' ' ' 92 55 99 94 r ' 67 47 104 88 - 88 ' 55 39 Bloom 88 60 Thornwood 109 79 ' 1 3 l 79 ' 23 95 64

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Garcia first All-State in ln soccer's sixth and best season, the team finished third in conference with a record of 7-3 and placed third in sec- tionals. Defeating Lincoln-Way 4-l was the highlight of the season. They had previously defeated us at home and were the favor- ites to win again, stated Fred Treftz, varsity player. The team's ability was rec- ognized as lavier Zambrano, Ramon Zambrano, Rigo Zam- brano, Edward Gonzalez and Noel Garcia were named all- conferenceg l. Zambrano and Garcia all-sectional, and Gar- cia, the first to make the all- state level. l felt very proud to be the first all-state player from Thornridge, and l hope that this tradition continues for many years to come. l hope that they set a goal to be all- state players too, not only in soccer but in academics too, stated Garcia. Coach Carlos Medrano was pleased with the season. ult was rewarding and enjoy- able, he said. l thought the l44 Soccer named soccer players gave lOO percent and did as well as could be expect- ed. Varsity's overall record on the season was l2-6 and junior varsity's record was 9-6. fr Scoreboard Opponent Holy Cross Bloom Hales Franciscan Andrew Richards Lincoln Way Sandburg Homewood Flossmoor Andrew Eisenhower Thornwood Lincoln Way Sandburg Homewood Flossmoor wins 5 losses TR 6 l 3 4 3 ' O 7 2 7 Marion Catholic 5 l ' O l Eisenhower O 2 ' - 3 6 O 2 . 4 5 l 1 ' O 4 5 C, . 4 ' - i S 3 O Q . 2 l l 14.3 Above: Varsity Soccer: Front Row: Katie Lydon, Lisa Sikora, Maria Blanca Vargas, Vickie Perkowski, Karina Cruz, CeCe Castaneda, Maria Vargas, Anna Maze, Sandra Cruz Csoccer- etteslg Row 2: Mike McDonough, Bob Meyers, Rich Stevens, lose Zambrano, lavier Zambrano, Noel Garcia, larrod Davis, Fernando Carbaial, Art Aja, Back Row: Rob Graham, Ed Gonz lez, Ramon Zambrano, Rigo Za brano, Dave Ducat, Rich McCull Todd Morrow, Fred Treftz, Coac Carlos Medrano Top: Rich Stevens races to gain poss sion of the ball. Middle: Team members celebrat after a goal is scored.