Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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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

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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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Below: Cynthia Pitts returns a backhand during a home match against Bloom. Right: Co-captain Amy Merritt practices to become eligible for the State competition. Girls Tennis Opponent Tinley Park g T.F. South Homewood- Flossmooor Thnmcon Thornwood Eisenhower Lockport Bradley- i Bourbonnais S Stags Bloom Bloom Trail Shepard T.F. North 10 wins 4 tosses Invltationals Lockport 1st TTT 5rd 126 Girls' Tennis TR 2 5 4 l 5 0 4 l O Bishop iMacHamara 5 0 5 4 I 5 2 5 2 4 I 4 l 5 0 2 5 15 2 52 an