Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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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

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Right: Coach Rocky Hill gives the sopho- mores encouragement during a time out. Below: Back from center court, sophomore Edgar Anderson goes for two more points in a game against Bloom. Middle: Freshman A Basketball: Front Row: Rodney Mars, Keith lohnson, Byron Woods, Steve Freese, Chris Martire, Darrell lones, Back Row: George Gallion, Sean Holley, Tony Frazier, Antonio Brazzle- ton, Coach lasper Williams, Guy Weiss, Brian Magnavite, Steve Lloyd Right: Freshman B Basketball: Front Row: Dario Dillard, Eric Thomas, lames Scott, Dwight McGrew, Back Row: Dan McCar- thy, Rodney Shipe, Kirk Wayner, Tom Donoa trio, Pete Quirk, Coach lasper Williams. l 54 Boys Basketball ,-' 2 Mx' qblrc OMS' QBVCDNS h QLCUQJ,