Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Left: JV Boys Tennis: Front Row: Lawrence Westbrook, Jeff Greco, Maurice Simmons, Tom Ballatore, Fioger Phillips: Back Row: Coach Larry Swanson, Tony Elmore, Mike Owczarzak, Joe Wenslauskis, Ray EI- more, Bala Ramiah, Jason Parker, John Bhatty Boys Tennis TR Opponent 3 St. lgnataius 2 3 Thornton 2 3 Hillcrest 2 3 Lockport 2 3 Richards 2 0 Homewood- Flossmoor 5 1 Gordon Tech 3 O Downers Grove S. 5 1 Thornwood 4 3 Eisenhower 2 5 Bloom O 5 Bloom Trail O 5 Romeoville 0 4 T.F. North 1 10 wins. 4 losses Above: Flay Elmore practices his backhand for conference. Left: Jerry Bouslog was one of the three sophomores on varsity tennis.

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Major, Jarard win sectional or the first time in ten years, a player from the boys tennis team won a sectional event. This was accomplished by senior Mark Major and junior Doug Jarard. They went on to advance to the state meet in Arlington Heights. When Mark and I lost at state, we were at first mad, but then we were happy that we had made it in that far at all, stated Jarard. The varsity team as a whole had another winning season. Their 4-2 conference record was well earned. Senior Brian Barkowski was their 9991 sin- Top: Varsity Tennis: Front Row: Bob Ramirez, Jerry Bouslog, Jamal Bhattyg Back Row: Brian Barkowski, Paul Lamb, Dan See, Doug Jarard Middle: Practice was a key factor in helping Doug Jarard be eligible for state. Right: JV Coach Larry Swanson ad- vises Doug Jarard and Paul Lamb on their strategy. 132 Boys Tennis gles player. He placed 4th at sectionals. Sophomore Jaime Bhatty and Sophomore Bobby Ramirez earned the spots ot second and third singles re- spectively. Doubles were Majors and Jarard at lst doubles and Senior Paul Lamb and Junior Dan See at second doubles. Hard work at practices pulled us through a decent season, stated Ramirez. The junior varsity team had a season with a lot of new players. Although many of the sophomores had moved up to varsity level, talent was still abundant. will

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Injuries hurt teamg set goals achieved he varsity gymnastics team consisted of only three seniors and two juniors who led the season to a 1-5 record. Although it was hard to ac- cumlate a lot of points at meets, the effort to reach one's personal goals was prominent. The girls did strive and achieve their goals of im- proved scores and perfor- mance levels even though their efforts went unnoticed as far as team scores go, stated Miss Debe Tuttle, head coach. The team was plagued with many injuries also and contri- buted tothe problem of having so few girls. I was happy with my own personal perfor- Top Right: As part of her competing routine, senior Jackie Vanderwey leads into a cartwheel. Far Right: Debbie Gordon, junior, sticks a perfect landing after complet- ing a handspring off the vault. Right: Poise and appearance are im- portant factors as Loree Balice, sen- ior, performs on the beam. 134 Girls Gymnastics mance. I worked as hard as I could considering my ankle and calf injuries, stated Jack- ie Vanderwey. ln an effort to increase ex- perienced gymnasts, Miss Tut- tle started a program for three-year-old children through jr. high students one day a week all year round. lt's much better to compete on the high school level if the kids begin their training when they're young. This way they could excell once they reached high school rather than just learn the basics, she said. The junior varsity finished with a record of 2-4.