Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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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

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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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Golf Opponent Homewood Flossmoor Thornton llllana Ch rlstlan Thornwood Eisenhower llllana Ch rlstlan Bloom Argo Marian Argo lnvltatlonals Glenn TF South 6th Thornwood 4th l6Z5 I74 ' ' ' l78 l65 ' l85 ' ' ' l66 l64 Bloom Trail 186 l78 ' l75 l72 5 wins, 5 losses, I tie Rich East 22nd 1 - E.1, W K, X , bw we-sal-f,.,., ll f X Q i S Top: Eric Franson putts his way to the l8th hole. Middle: JV Golf: Coach William Hardlannert, Mike Erwin, Jason Ol- son, Sam Jurka, Alan Quirk, Jason Simmons, Rob Larson, Chris Paw- lowski, Mark Banas, Steve Schaefer, Andy Mosele, Eric Fran- son Above: Varsity Golf: Coach Sam Tonorici, Doreen Bromm, Paul Le- vin, John Larson, Pete Quirk, Tom Ballatore, Brian Blackmore, Tad Mossell, Kevin Yott, Mike Owczar- zak