Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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ight: Varsity Bowling: Front ow: Lucy Wingfield, lanet Wester- nd, Sue Karczewski, Karen Furlan, ryl Karczewski Tracy Tatina, he , ack Row: Junior Varsity Bowl- g: lulie Talsma, Debbie Sylvestrak, arol Koehler, Laura Ortalian, Cheryl Wimberly, Audrey Kerr, Christy McCommack, Coach Mike Bortel Above: Varsity Captain Tracy Tatina had the highest average on the team. Top: Cheryl Karczewski rolled to a 156.9 average. Tatina, Karczewski make top 10 The varsity team, consisting ot three seniors, had their bags packed and were ready to go to the state tournament where they competed last year but they tell short by placing titth at districts. Coach Mike Bortel commented on this year's team, The varsity team had a ditticult season, however, there were some bright mo- ments. The three seniors will be missed very much. Special tournaments they played in were the Dixon lnvi- tational, where they placed third in the consolation brack- et, and the Eisenhower lnvita- tional, where they were sec- ond out ot 14 teams. They also played in the Niles West Dou- bles Tourney, where lanet Westerlund and Sue Karc- zewski took second and Tracy Tatina and Cheryl Karczewski placed third. At the annual TR Invitational, the team was sixth out of 32 teams. Tatina and Karezewski were among the top ten in conter- ence. Tatina was 9th with a 157 average, while Karczewski, holding a 156.9 average, was 10th. Practicing Monday through Thursday at Dolton Bowl tor two hours each day, their main goal was to be better than any other team in Thornridge his- tory. All in all we had a fun year, but very depressing be- cause we could have done much better, and we should have been in the state tourna- ment, stated Captain Tracy Tatina. The trosh-soph ended the season with a 6-4 conference record and an 8-4 overall re- cord. 1503 60 580 53 1 453 1 759 512 1457 1372 506 1641 Reavis Richards Thornwood Shepard Reavis Evergreen Park Eisenhower Richards Thornwood Shepard Bremen 1585 1616 1353 404 1710 1450 1 502 1 553 38 1 152 1 530 7 Wins, 5 Losses SCOREBOARD TR ' 1527 Eisenhower 1397 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Bowling Q

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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.

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Flaherty leads team through tough year The Falcons, starting off the new season under the guid- ance of a new coach, Mike Fla- herty, finished the season with a record of 12-11 and came in 4th place in a tough STCA East Conference with a 6-6 confer- ence record. Coach Flaherty didn't know what to expect from the team, We had a slow start, and it took a while to adjust but once we were familiar with each oth- er we played fairly well, stat- ed Coach Flaherty. The Falcons faced many tough teams including Proviso West, rated ffl in state, East Chicago Washington, 1953 in the state of lndiana, as well as perennial powers Buffalo Grove, and New Trier. The team's starting lineup most of the year consisted of four sen- iors and one junior. There was really good leadership from all of the seniors and there was good communica- tion between teammates, stat- ed Coach Flaherty. High scorers for the team were senior Mark Bowens and senior Frank Dunigan. Lead- ing in rebounds was senior Frank Dunigan. Outstanding player for defense was senior Rodney Stewart and outstand- ing offensive player was senior 152 Boys Basketball Clarence Kennedy, according to Coach Flaherty. 1 think that 1 played pretty decent seeing as though it was my first year on varsity, stated Clarence. Both the freshmen C14-51 and sophomore C12-91 teams were close to being in conten- tion for the league champion- ship but suffered some tough losses at the end of the season. SCOREBOARD ' Opponent Homewood- F lossmoor Thornton Thornwood Eisenhower New Trier Bloom Bloom Trail East Chicago Washington Buffalo Grove Homewood- Flossmoor Thornton Thornwood Eisenhower Bloom Bloom Trail Romeoville Shepard 10 wins 8 losses TR 39 55 52 7 1 74 67 81 52 68 55 64 58 56 59 65 72 49 Proviso West 65 58 43 54 72 65 67 56 51 72 69 70 48 48 63 77 68 61 41 Top: Reggie lohnson was the only ju- nior starting on the varsity level. Middle: Coach Michael Flaherty dis- cusses with the varsity team strategies for their next play. Right: Varsity Basketball: Front Row: lon Patterson, Darius Chappell, lames Thigpen, Darryl Graves, lames Banasiak tmgrjp Row 2: Reggie lohnson, Eric Ernd, Clarence Ken- nedy, Rodney Stewartg Back Row: Coach Mike Flaherty, Mark Bowens, Frank Dunigan, Kenny Millender, Randolph Mitchell, Coach Kerry O'Donnell i