Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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,W .f ' ts 1 'li Z it .ah an ra - 55 135:41 'Z 5 f 1 Lett: At her best event Mitzy Caco, senior, prepares to dismount with a sole circle as her final execution on the uneven parallel bars. TR 11.9 19.7 49,2 49,2 40.5 40.5 68.6 87.9 Gymnastics Opponent Sandburg Tinley Park Thornwood Bloom Trail Oak Lawn Homewood- 96,3 94.2 122.8 113.8 109.9 122.3 Flossmoor Bloom 80.6 University High 105.1 Thornton 1 win 8 losses Won by forfeit Lett: Varsity Gymnastics: Front Row: Loree Balice, Cathy Wagner, Mitzy Cacog Back Row: Miss Debe Tuttle lhead coachi, Jackie Vander- wey, Debbie Gordon, George May lasst. coachig Not Pictured: JV Gymnastics: Jennifer Bradburn, Tan- ya Burk, Lisa Gawrych, Kristin La- Fleur, Maria Lopez, Leisl Robertson. Michelle Wozniak Girls Gymnastics

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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.

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Conference 4th saves season rough start but a strong finish charac- terized the boys gym- nastics season. With only two seasonal wins, the team came on strong to place 4th in con- ference and 4th in regionals and had two men advance to sectionals. Plagued by ineligibilities and inexperience, the varsity team had trouble scoring points in the earlier part of the season. However, by season end they broke 100 points against Lin- coln-Way, which was the first time they scored over 100 in two seasons. At regionals they scored 10 3.4 points to help them place 4th at regionals. I knew we could score high, but I didn't expect to break 100 twice, Top: Henry Spight scored 5th in all- around at conference. Middle: Dave Marcum was one ot the many new talents on the team. Right: Freshman Team: Front Row: David Marcum, Glenn Sladcik, J.C. Shegog, James Lapat, Mike Fiondag Back Row: Coach George May, An- toine Doyle, Paul Mack, Elbert Heniey, Pat Gomez, Henry Splght, Coach Flocky Hill Below: JV Gymnastics: Front Row: David Marcum, Glenn Sladcik, J.C. Shegog, James Lapat, Mike Fiondag Row 2: Antoine Doyle, Paul Mack, Pat Gomez, Henry Spight, Elbert Henley, Back Row: Coach George May, Klin- ton Banther, Lou Debs, Chad Sedlak, Victor Trimuel, Mark Madison, Tom Daugharty, Coach Flocky Hill 136 Boys Gymnastics stated Junior Noel Milzarek. At conference they placed 4th with 98.7 points. At re- gionals Dion Hunter placed 7th on floor exercise and Ken Bermingham was 7th on over- all which helped advance these two men to sectionals where Hunter and Berming- ham placed 19th and 21st place respectively. Ken and Dion deserved to compete at regionals. They were the team leaders throughout the year, stated Junior Fiandy Lich- nerowicz. The sophomore team went 2-10 with a 3rd place confer- ence finish. The freshmen had a good showing at the Hins- dale Central invitational by placing 4th.