Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Right: Otis Magee runs in Veterans Park, the team's home course. Below: Running in the Maine South Invitational, Joe Roque strives ahead to come in fourth. I, lfwi M .u,. A we 'igXK I XR . if L I 3 any 2. ff' i 'foo ip :I if -kt . 5 ,,.. -si K , ,tx KST: gag. I I wi if 5i3.Qf,fif1g91'i gE,Jg Q Q KY-Q Sk? Hg? ' N Q7 9' S'x.e:i,Q W-fjfffqg VX-Tug, 'fig x QL ha, hwy tri,. .Q .I Opponent Oak Forest Mendel Rich Central Thomwood Bloom Homewood Flossmoor Eisenhower 2 wins, 6 losses Invitationals TFN South I5 of 28 Proviso West I4 of 20 Maine South 6 of I4 Bloom 8 of I4 Regionals 4th Boys' Cross Country rn 5l 24 50 is Sl Thomton 25 55 ' 20 l5 49 42 :ss :ss - I 25 I7 45 124 Boys' Cross Country I Q i Q . If v4 ' A 'E

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Smith leads 10-1 season Led to a successful sea- son by a first year runner, Rachael Smith, the only state qualifier, the girls cross country team finished with a 10-1 season record. With their only loss to H-F the harriers finished a strong second in confer- ence with a 5-1 record. At the conference meet Smith, Jenny Foy and Chris Crance led the way with 2nd, 6th and 9th places respectively. Placing in the top 10, these girls were named all confer- ence. This gained the girls 2nd place as a team and pre- pared them for regionals. Due to the fact that all the girls ran up to their poten- tial and better, made our team finish as well as they did and qualified them for regionals, stated Julie Po- pulorum, captain. Regionals were success- Braving the cold, Cathy Wag- strives to one of her best races an invitational. Girls' Cross Country: Front Kristie Syzmanski, Rachael mith, Leisl Robertson, Rristin To- iello, Laura Steele: Row 2: if it Coach Mary Ann Pearson, Stacy Collins, Ginnie Hartman, Michelle Wozniak, Chris Crance, Jenny Foy, Karen Geringer: Back Row: Sandy Hall, Cathy Wagner, Julie Popu- lorum, Cindy Canales i f ful for the team as they fin- ished I5rd and qualified for sectionals. However, sec- tionals proved to be a let doum as only Smith quali- lied for state. As a team the girls missed by only 25 points. lt takes the whole team to run well on the day of sectionals to qualify for state and this did not hap- pen, said Cathy Wagner, senior. Even though their season was over the team ran with Smith all week and accom- pained her to state for sup- port. However, due to an ill- ness she could not run her best race but still placed a solid 64th. 'I was pleased to make it to the state fin- als, but l was also upset that l was unable to com- pete in good health. All the support of the team brought me as far as the state finals, stated Smith. Opponent Rich Central Thornwood Thornton Oak Forest Bloom Eisenhower Homewood Flossmoor Bloom Trail Tinley Park Shepard 10 wins, 1 loss Girls Cross Country TR 27 ' 50 22 59 25 51 17 T.F.H0r1h 46 25 31 18 46 15 ' 50 45 ' - 18 15 50 15 50 15 50 Girls Cross Country 123

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WM .Af 1 . V K. If?-'fi' iijnvrwlf We fwiligw . ff- Junio named A11-Conference Having a season with in- juries and an unfilled team, the boys' cross country team did better than ex- pected. The team with a 2-6 conference record defeated Thomwood and Eisenhow- er. The final overall record was 6-7. With the character of this team being so young and with only three seniors running, l felt that we reached our full potential and had a successful sea- son, commented Mr. T.J. Shirley, head coach. ln the Conference meet the varsity team finished fourth with junior Joe Ro- que making all conference. I was very surprised when l made all conference. I had no confidence in myself, but T.J. did. He helped me pull through to run the best that I could, stated Roque. The junior varsity team did exceptidhally well in Conference by coming in third place with Jeff Wolfen- den, freshman, Conference champion. The team then went on to place fourth at Regionals. Roque once again dominat- ed as a regional-sectional qualifier. We were consid- ered the under-dog in Re- gionals, but for the first time we pulled together as a team when it really count- ed, said Chris Urban, sen- ior. Wolfenden added to the Regional meet by running with the varsity team. The team ended its sea- son at Sectionals with no state qualifiers. fl.. , Leh: Varsity Cross Country: Front Row: Corey Bowen, Pete Perez, Dave Ramirez: Row 2: Scott Berg- fors, Joe Roque: Row 5: Eric Jab- lonski, Brian Frampton, Chris Ur- ban: Back Row: Otis Magee, Coach T.J. Shirley, Coach Mike Flaherty Above: Junior Varsity Cross Coun- try: Front Row: Brian Kulig, Kevin Skalman, Jeff Wolfenden, Patrick ,-4 f. : 'wiv' ..Q ' Comiskey: Row 2: Juan Ortiz, Blair Hall, Richard Grabarczyk: Row 5: Walter Sanders, Mark Bojanowski, Alex Bustos: Back Row: Coach T.J. Shirley, Coach Mike Flaherty Top Left: Although mud and pud- dles drowned the ground, Kevin Skalman, Sophomore captain, led the junior varsity team. Boys' Cross Country 123