Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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l l Top: On his sprint to the finish, Vinram WadeBey takes an essential breath of air. Above: Boys Swimming: Varsity: Front Row: Vinram Wadebey, loe laques, Chris lucls, Mike Small, Rob Graham, Coach Paul Skoppg Back Row: Tom Kunst, Rich Whittington, Bill Vargo, Dan See, Tom Turek, Coach Al l-lult. Left: ln anticipation for the start, Kevin Ewan leans tor the extra edge. Boys Swimming l6l lf? jx

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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

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Paw, Reckner -year gymnasts Seniors Kacey Paw, Kelly Recliner, and Debbie Norder led the girls gymnastics team through its rebuilding season. Paw and Recliner were four- year members of the team. Coaching the team for her first year, Debe Tuttle corn- mented, l'The seniors proved to have good leadership: they helped the underclassmen produce a good solid core. The team was smaller for a couple of reasons. Some girls had jobs and didn't return and others suffered injuries. My wrist was badly sprained this year and it slowed me down. 1 was not able to perform the tricks 1 wanted, said Loree Balice. The girls placed seventh in the sophomore conference meet and the varsity placed sixth. Most of the girls moved on to regionals in which fresh- man, Doreen Brown, scored a 7.95 on the beam. They placed sixth out of seven teams to fin- ish the season. 162 Girls Gymnastics With the team being so small, each girl had individual attention. '1Even though 1 spent the majority of my time helping other team members, l reached my goals and enjoyed the season, commented Recliner. The varsity record was 4-6 and the junior varsity record was 2-8. Opponent Carl Sandburg 127 15 Tinley Park Thornwood 7398 11575 Homewood Flossmoor Oak Lawn Bloom 107 6 Thornton 40 125 4 11155 11447 98 4 University High Reavis 88. 83. wins 6 losses SCOREBOARD TR f - iiaf if 95. 3 121, 7 95- 3 Bloom Trail ,100. 5 96. li - '123. 2 96. 1 56. 9 1 f 1 i' ' 8 4 , Top: Competing on the varsity level as a freshman, Doreen Brown starts her dismount. Right: Cathy Ciecierski, top vaulter on l.V., completes her half turn in mid air. Below: JV Girls Gymnastics: Front Row: Michelle Kuzniar, Dawn Drysdale, Cathy Wagner: Back Row: Coach Debe Tuttle, Doreen Brown, Kris Krupinski, Cathy Ciecierski, Deb- bie Gordon, Coach George May