Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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3 lead team to 18-11 he Falcon batmen ended their season with a record of 17 wins and 11 losses before los- ing thier first regional game to Tinley Park. We had a young team so our underclassmen got the chance to gain varsity expereincef' commented Coach Wally Shatkowski. A bright point of the season was that the Falcons, consist- ing of 8 seniors, 9 juniors, and 2 sophomores, beat every team that they played at least once with an exception of Thornwood. We all played to- gether and no one tried to be the hero. We wanted to win as a team, stated Mike Small, junior. Selected to the all-confer- ence team were Captain Mike Top: Assistant Coach Al Budding of- fers his advice to Mike Small Middle: Tim Zackavec was one of the two sophomores on the varsity team. Above: Freshman Pete Quirk makes a good play at shortstop. 122 Baseball record Koontz, senior, Steve Straka, senior, and John Garcia, ju- nior. Awarded all-conference honorable mention were Will Svilar, senior, Tom Spence, senior, Mike Small, junior, and Edgar Anderson, sophomore. Koontz, Spence, and Straka were also selected by the SICA East coaches to partici- pate in the senior all-star game. Leading the team at bat was Anderson with an average of .47O. Garcia j.308j, Koontz j.447j, and Svilar j.378j also performed well. The batmen ended with a conference record of 7-5. The sophomores' record was 16- 11 and the freshmen were 14- 12 9 fi rlrri Above: Varsity Baseball: Front Row: Tom Frazier, Tim Zackavec, John Garcia, Edgar Anderson, Jim Banasiak, Clearts Boyd, Angelo Car- lomangog Row 2: Tom Spence, Ken Poison, Scott Vasquez, Jim Nelson, Mike Koontz, Mike Griffin: Back Row: Coach Wally Shatkowski, Will Svilar, Steve Straka, Eric Pfister, Mike Small Joe Janz, Coach Al Budding

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Almost perfect , - team 4-0-1 inning the Fteavis re- lays and placing 2nd at the Oak Park River Forest invitational were the highlights of a winning girls varsity track season. The highlights just added to a great ending, as they fin- ished the season with a con- ference record of 4-0-1 and an overall dual record of 17-9-1. Many of the girls showed that they were capable of perfor- mances that were among the top in the state, stated Mr. Al Llorens, head coach. Placing 4th in conference behind Thornton, the top team in state, the girls were led by three strong perfor- mances. The first came from Vickie Griffin, first in the shot put, Koreen Bridgeman, first in the two-mile run, and Kim Win- field, second in the 400-meter Top: Trina Bruce darts out of the blocks as the lead leg on the medley relay. Right: Crissy Crance takes time out to keep loose, while waiting to run the mile. 124 Girls Track dash. At Districts Griffin led the team to 4th place out ofa field of 19 schools. She placed 1st in the shot put and qualified to go to state, along with Win- field, 2nd in the 400-meter dash, and the mile relay team, consLsting of Rochelle Foster, Rachael Smith, Soledad Gay, and Winfield. The mile relay team came back with an 8th place medal and Winfield placed 9th. I felt that I had a very successful season by beating the if 1 ranked runner in conference although I didn't do as well as I wanted in state, stated Win- field. The frosh-soph team accu- mulated a conference record of 3-1 and an overall dual re- cord of 10-2. ff. ..,,. , c ..., ., ..l w,.,.,,,, .M .,,,..,..,. ,,. -,,. f +-I -.f , v:p:'w ,Lg or I Six 'L . -'bw ,- ,fl-5 wsfgaiewfhf-'rp .WW -21 1 ., . ,,.,-agff 7 .A . 'A , Aw Wxf 1 trlwff ...Q?c5l 'Pl9 f 3 -. . , A... H., k..' ,,,,,L1.g1t.,,,g.. Q, . M., 4 .,.. V Y. K ,---, 1 if: . - TT lflmai -7 f 5' lizlTlfwl5?Y??i5'2Z.sigfYsri'4i5' sQ?i3i,ggfr19rar W. fl frafsgsfg'.2sts2isf1gggs arm ,, - zf si- fvsf ,Q-wrt . .Q if we of 'rr lrzw.-f'l.aistzf::-te till 11--rtiyazwiiszgktgiil -1 425.1 e.c1gsg.J'i,. wire ,:,k.3u. ..k, V. . I 1, .V A,:,V...L.ki,, 1 Lal.. V ' mf--'ffmf1f:f 'f - f f -. .l..f ,.,.1.- -s,M,.f-w- sf-W -f -. H Q. 51st-.fm 1 l