Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Blasingame wrestles to 6th at state meet lmagine tying someone in knots, turning him into pains- taking positions, and being awarded points for doing so. These situations came with the territory for the wrestlers. The varsity matmen, with a record of 6-11, placed 5th in conference. The highlight of the varsity season was senior Steve Blasingame's qualifying for state. U1 hope Steve will serve as a guiding light for many of the wrestlers. We have boys who could be state qualifiers and Steve may be the start of future sucess, stat- ed Coach Fred Murino. Placing 6th at the state meet, Blasingame lost to the eventual champion by a score of only 7- 6. Losing the match 7-6 to the eventual champion made me upset. He won the champion- ship match by a large margin so 1 know l could have placed higher, 1 wish 1 had. The underclassmen proved they could hold their own. The sophomore team ended with a 2nd place conference position led by Erik Qlson and 1oe Far- neti placing lst, 158 Wrestling The 14-0 freshman team broke records by becoming the first freshman wrestling team to go undefeated throughout the season. Stan- dout Mike Banasiak qualified for sectional competition. Opponent T F South Shepard Homewood F lossmoor Thornton Oak Forest Thornwood Car Sandburg T F North Eisenhower Tinley Park Lincoln Way Bloom Hillcrest Evergreen Park Richards Crete Monee 6 Wins, 11 Losses SCOREBOARD TR 41 . . 27 29 35 24 - 41 15 41 10 37 24 44 16 Bremen 42 9 l 40 34 . . 19 48 ' 11 14 46 20 46 9 51 17 36 35 33 59 2 36 21 Above: Freshman Wrestling: Front Row: lerry Steele, Rudy Gar- cia, Derrick Lewis, Arthuro Crawford, Tim Marquez, Russell Smith, Keith Cferlach, Antione Doyle, Corey Bowen, Row 2: leff Meyers, Felix Maranon, Fred Wynn, Mike Geringer, Dwayne Lenear, Lawrence West- brook, Mike Stringer, Mike Banasiak, Ken Powell, Derrick Mack, Back Row: Coach Gandolfi, Virgil Watkins, Greg Atkins, Mike Bobowski, Larry Al- brecht, Craig West, Kevin Parker, lohn Kristen, Sherman Adams, Heath We-atherspoon, Randy Van Horn, Lawrence Orr, Greg Leggette Top: No, it's not a human pretzely it's Mike Walker earning points on his op- ponent at regionals. Middle: With his opponent in a head lock lim Throw wrestles his way into regionals.

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gnu Q 1 V II Raitiafgf, 3 2 aieiisfilzg, 1' 'F' 5 9 in it r klkfiliil ,ix M2 li Q 5 It painting, Xv if 'Q' , ff, . '-QUE It I R is ,I it Top left: Varsity Girls Basketball: Front Row: Lynn George, Tammy Wells, Penny Goldman, Shaun South, Row 2: Shelly Horne, Maria Siadek, Kim Winfield, Back Row: Coach Bill McGonagill, Stephanie Neher, Vickie Griffin, Angela Ayer, Not Pictured: Cassandra Gooley, Tracey McBride Top: Sophomore Girls Basketball: Front Row: Marsha Colbert, lill Armour, lulie Populorum, Row 2: lu- lie Carlson, Virginia Thornton, Ginnie Hartman, Back Row: Coach Wells, Ellen Edwards, Tammy Griffin, Not Pictured: Tarshwa Cooper, Tonya Cooper, Naomi Harden Left: Maria Siadek waits for the team's leading rebounder, Vickie Griffin, to win possesion of the jump ball. Above: Tarshwa Cooper looks for a teammate to pass the ball to before she gets five-second call. Middle: Freshman Girls Basket- ball: Front Row: Toni l-lemmons, Melveena Motley, Evelyn Littleton, Angela Turner, Debbie Beckman, Row 2: Shonda Davis, Torya Bitter, Michaelen Sipe, Denien Hill, Back Row: Karen Schwartz, Cheryl Ed- wards, lulie O'Neill, Katie Lydon, Coach Eaker Girls Basketball

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Top: Varsity Wrestlingg Front Row: Ed Saller, Meni Tripolitakis, Bill Toschi, Maurice Thomas, l-lollice Chil- dress, lim Throw, Row 2: Brian Rob- erts, Todd Morrow, Rich Cferlach, Tim Ulanowski, Bill Rodenberq, Coach Fred Murinog Back Row: Steve Bla- sinqame, Tony Kost, Mike Walker, Eric l-lallberq, Steve Powell, Dan Tyrrell, Scott Fowler Leftg Sophomore Wrestling: Front Row: Tom Polk, Mike Dunlop, Ray Elmore, Mark Traino, Barry Kri- kau, loe Farenti, Randy Hernandez, Back Row: Coach Ray Czaszwicz, Charles Chambers, Pat Boswell, Tracy Van Hook, Todd Walker, lett Greco, Erik Olson, Cedric Tolliver Below: Coach Fred Murino and Steve Blasinqame tind that placing 6th at state earns a spot on the display case in the commons area. Wrestling 1 59