Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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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

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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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Doubles teams Q- go to State The girls' varsity tennis team, consisting of two seniors, four juniors, and one sophomore, ended its season with a 7-4 Con- ference record and lO-4 record overall. ln the TTT Invitational the team placed third. Doubles team Karen Wilk and Marian Pitts, sopho- mores, placed third, and doubles teams Diane Laist, senior, and Paula Franson, junior, and Amy Merritt, senior, and Beth Gregerson, junior, took second. Amy and l were a strong team and so were Diane and Paula. We wanted to do our best this year, and we satis- fied our goal, said Gre- gerson. The team went on to Conference with doubles teams Laist and Franson and Merritt and Greger- son both taking third as the team also placed third. Most of the team end- -ed its season at Section- als, where the team took third. Laist and Franson placed second and Mer- ritt and Gregerson took fourth, qualifying them for the State toumament. Qualifying two dou- bles teams was the best that any team I have coached at Thomridge has done, said Coach David Konkol. The two doubles teams went on to Mt. Prospect for State com- petition except for Gre- gerson who became ill and could not compete. Cynthia' Pitts, freshman, took her place. Going down state was the best accomplishment. l was upset that Beth couldn't make it, but Cynthia did the best she could under the circumstances, said Merritt. The juniorvarsity team ended its season with an ll-Z5 record and third in Conference. Top: Varsity Tennis: Front Row: Kimlyn Scott, Amy Merritt, Kim Broome: Back Row: Evelyn Little- ton, Coach David Konkol, Diane Laist, Paula Franson: Not Pictured: Beth Gregerson Middle: JV Tennis: Front Row: An- ette Tokich, Marcia Tokich, Cyn- thia Pitts: Back Row: Coach Karen Cromwell, Marian Pitts, Karen Wilk, Connie Mc Miller Left: Playing doubles together for the first year was the first doubles team of Paula Franson and Co-captain Diane Laist. Girls' Tennis 127