Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Top: Returning state qualifier from last year, lulie Osborne was named cap- tain. Bottom Left: Concentrating on be- ing the ball, Meri Mitidiero prepares to return a groundstroke in a home match. Bottom Right: One halt of the state qualiting doubles team with Claudia Macias, Vickie Kunst tries to perfect her topspin serve. I Girls Tennis 147

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Kunst, Macias 'double' to state competition See the ball, be the ball. This statement was Coach Dave Konkol's philosophy he gave to the girls tennis team. The advice paid off as the team posted a winning season. I didn't feel our lineup was as tough as last year, but I was happy with the girls 7-6 re- cord, stated Coach Konkol. The doubles team of Clau- dia Macias and Vickie Kunst went down state even though its record for the season was only 2-lO. Ever since summer practice we realized there was one goal in our sights and that was state - the only thing we really wanted, stated Kunst. Lori Flor, foreign exchange student from Austria playing 2nd singles, filled in a spot that was in question all summer. With the line-up set, rivalry for a position was gone and con- centration on the opponents was achieved. I really like everyone on the team and we got along well. I especially liked the pep 9 Q l46 Boys Tennis talk before the matches when everyone wished the best for each other, stated Flor. The junior varsity team fin- ished its season with a IO-3 re- cord. The team placed 3rd in the 2nd annual Thornridge Tennis Frosh-Soph Invita- tional. SCOREBOARD TR Opponent Oak Lawn T F South Thornton Tinley Park Thornwood Elshenhower Bloom Homewood Flossmoor Bloom Trail Shepard Oak Forest T F North Forfeited to Thornridge Wins 7 Losses 6 2 3 5 . . O 3 2 O Bishop McNamara 5 2 ' 3 O 5 3 2 0 . 5 4 I ' I ir 'k I 4 5 . . O Top: Varsity Tennis: Front Row: Laura Spindler, Iulie Osborne, Gail Grazioli: Back Row: Claudia Macias, Angela Carlomango, Lori Flor, Vickie Kunst, Coach Dave Konkol Upper Right: Before every meet Coach Konkol made sure his team knew the philosophy about playing the best they could. Middle Right: J.V. Tennis: Front Row: Mary Gregerson, Paula F ranson, Tracy Wayne, Meri Mitidiero, Jennifer Cleveland: Back Row: Debbie Syl- vestrak, Holly Hanford, Diane Laist, Amy Merritt, Kathy Stout, Coach Ka- ren Cromwell Right: The first AFS student on the tennis team, Lori Flor returns a difficult serve. ,..,im..,.tg-.1t:w,.1zezmfzsi-tstgggg,,.,,1gg,g-.V-.::is - .. .ygfpg 1tg,.w:.s:fr5:,.e-..t::f.sgsgi.zaSs'sms :H wassalsa-.swgagtgtfszfsf-stung -. ,..,. . , .. . . . .Q ,,. ,s-,., 5.13. .sz H - - V - 5, . -1-.ss-. fl:- fiw a. '- ' -97561 muse' . 1 :.Qsase1.s sis2ws5 ., . ' ' ' -. -f - .. sf ---- Q -. ssuftsfssss-. Q ' is , ,21,.sg-.gg-kg 5315.4 ii: , i-gr gifs----2v.ssi.sa.-. O i' Q. .f .s4..5:.. is-W fig ,gp -f-ws-.gag-,ggqls-zgsz. s t t . 2 ..' . Ei , O In n t - f-.wage --m e -S-+ X ggr K' 3 Y X 3 S sf X I My t 2 S S is sr . S by Sw -S5 fig: E gg, ss E3 asf 'S if Nt xx is sg---H.-asi,2gg5, ' -s ws Q Q ff. y S mes' egg, .im K. 1. Us i s , .Q figs, xx ... il

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Bottom: Lonnell Mackey set an in- Below: Trying to pass her competitoi door, team record of 7.36 in the 60- Chris Crance runs the 3200 meter yard high hurdles. the Thornton Invite. l Experiencing it inside before trying it 'out' While many gtudgnfg were meets, and triangular meets. bundled upfm-the Cold Weall-1- At Thornton's invite the girls er, the indoor track team was placed feufih end The b0YS working upasweat and Condi- placed Second OUT Of Ten tioning for the spring season. teams- The meeie Were held PFGCHCQS were every exactly of OLlfdOOI' day alley School. Wl-llle some track,with all events except for athletes traveled to Thornwood discuss threw- occasionally to use their field- AS the track team Pfepefed house facilities, distance run- fO1' the OUTClOOT Season, mem' ners found themselves dash- Peeple had Sei QOGlS- Uwe ing, gpllghing and splashing view the iI'1ClOOI' SSGSOH GS G 'ii through the snow to build up endurance. ul really didn't mind running outside because it was a lot less crowded and got us motivated for the out door season, stated Debbie Matyasik, long distance run- ner. The team had the opportuni- ty to face several of the top teams in the state at the Thorn- ton, Bloom Trail, Oak Park and River Forest invites. Meets consisted of invitationals, dual time to gain strength and ex- perience which will allow us to be at our best during the out- door season. Rather than ex- pecting outstanding perfor- mance from selected indivi- duals, we simply look for im- provement in all of our ath- letes, stated Mr. Albert Llor- ens, assistant coach. lt would be a while before they would be running, jumping and throwing outside, but the team never wasted a minute.