Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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'N C Club makes comeback after 10-year absence Bringing back a tradition from ten years ago, athletes with varsity letters formed a club to give service and plan activities for the school. Meeting twice a month on Wednesdays during home- room, Varsity Club members insured good attendance by dropping anyone who missed three meetings. A constitution was developed concerning all qualifications for eligibility. At the meetings members discussed their activities in- cluding selling concessions at swim meets and basketball games, a sock hop after a bas- ketball game, and a volleyball tournament pitting Varsity Club members against teach- ers. The highlight of the year came at Christmas, when the club took presents to mentally and physically handicapped children at New Haven in Har- vey. Going to New Haven was really nice. lt was great to see the kids' faces light up when we gave them the pre- sents, stated Lynn George, vice president. Varsity Club was responsi- ble for changing the winter jackets back to the official school colors of columbia blue and grey. The club decided that it would be better to have the jackets available in blue and grey. We felt that they should be switched back to the original school colors, com- mented Mr. Ron Bonfiglio, sponsor. This was the first year Varsity Club had been established year round in nearly ten years, and the club worked hard to make this year as successful as the past. Top: Going over future plans, Lynda Sachs, president of Varsity Club, con- sults Mr. Ron Bonfiglio for ideas for the next meeting. Left: Varsity Club: Front Row: Mary Zic, Loree Balice, lulie Osborne, Tonya Colquitt, Beth Tashjian, Gail Graziolig Row 2: Kellie Powers, Karyn Holden, Michele Purcell, Dawn Salin, Maria Siadek Ctreasj, Michelle Brown, Koreen Bridgeman, Row 3: Mr. Ron Bonfiglio Csponsj, Cathy Crimmins, Adriene Hayes, Richard Stevens, Kristi F ranson, Lynn George Cv. presi, loelle Mendez: Row 4: Mrs. Kay Rampke, Cheryl Karczewski, Gary Lynch, lohn Gifford, Lynn Matyasik, Claudia Ma- cias, Aimee Callanang Row 5: Vickie Griffin, LaChon Cunningham, Chris luds, Steve Blasingame tsec.l, Dale Carlson, Tom Cooley, Keith Matras, Back Row: Bill Rodenberg, Brian Frampton, lim Nelson, Frank Dunigan, Mike Small, loe lanz, Fred Neal. Varsity Club 149

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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.

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Carlson shoots par, takes 2nd at regionals Dale Carlson's 71, which was par in the regional golf tournament, earned him a sec- ond place finish. 1-le missed qualifying for state by one stroke. This was the first time a Thornridge golfer had shot par for 18 holes. Shooting par was the high point of all my high school golfing seasons. My improvement was greatly due to Coach Sam Tortorici's increasing practice time to bet- ter prepare the team for the season, said Carlson. The varsity golf team fin- ished third in conference and sixth in regionals out of 15 teams. With an overall record of 9-3, the golf team had a win- ning season. l thought that re- cord-Wise the season was good, but 1 wish that the team could have done better in re- gionals. 1 would have also liked to see Dale go down- state, stated Coach Tortorici. The golf team also placed seventh in the Thornton Frac- tional South lnvitational. 1 150 Golf wasn't satisfied with my perfor- mance during the season, but overall, this was the best golf season for the team 1've ever been a part of, said Eric Stahr. The 1.V. team finished the season with a record of 7-6 and placed fourth in conference. Opponent Bloom llliana Christian Homewood Flossmoor Bremen Thornton Thornwood Eisenhower - Bloom Bloom Trai llliana Christian 172 Argo 9 Wins 3 Losses Forfeit SCOREBOARD TR 171 174 177 ' T ' ' 186 177 164 163 174 189 T.F. South 183 171 175 170 173 168 166 174 183 178 1 184 182 Top: Varsity Golf: Front Row: Ken Polson, Tom Frazier, Dave Pijarowski, Shaun Wasso, lim Gorombeig Back Row: Coach Sam Tortorici, Dale Carl- son, loe lanz, Eric Stahr, Keith Matras Middle: JV Golf: Front Row: Mike Owczarzak, loe Spiller, Tad Mossell, Pete Quirk, Paul Levin, lohn Larson, Back Row: Coach Bill Hardlannert, Tom Ballatore, loe Bryniarski, Brian Blackmore, Travis Kingery, David Mo- sele Right: Dale Carlson was the first Thornridge golfer to ever shoot par for 18 holes.