Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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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

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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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Small, Vargo conference champs Swimming laps and being timed should have been stress- ful but was considered fun to the swimmers. Our season wasn't a win- ning season, with people guit- ting because of jobs: it made it harder, but our season was a fun one, commented Tom Turek. People who quit put an impact on the team. Starting out with five divers they were left with only one. Mike Small and Bill Vargo were conference champs in the sprint free and butterfly re- spectively. Being conference champs was great, and being a junior l'm hoping next year to become a state contender, stated Small. Placing seventh at section- als, Coach Al 1-lult was very satisfied with the season. This season turned out better than l had planned with a few techni- calities here and there, but it would have been a lot better if 160 Boys Swimming people from last year would have came out again. The varsity finished with a conference record of 3-3 and an overall record of 6-5. The IV had a conference record of 1-6 and an overall record of 2- 9. SCOREBOARD Opponent Bloom Bloom Trail Eisenhower Homewood Andrew Thornwood St Lawrence Hillcrest Thornton Lockport 6 wins 5 losses TR 75 71 43 University High 32 104 ' 66 92 ' 66 75 - M - Flossmoor 90 43 123 -ir 57 109 57 . 114 50 32 1 62 100 Top: ln his attempt to reach state qualifying time, Bill Vargo swims the butterfly. Middle: Off the flip turn Rich Whit- tington begins his kick at the end of the 200 free. Above Right: ln the final leg of the 200 l.M., Rob Graham tries to stay in front. Right: Boys Swimming: Front Row: Rob Anderson, Mike Witak, Mike Garetto, lon lanowski, Bob Aerts, 1 Shegog, Coach Paul Skoppg Back Row: Chris Kiel, Ron Ber- mingham, Kevin Ewan, Paul Lofrano, Scott Burk, Kevin Lanting, Coach Al Hult. it f W xg . . 3 M