Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Right: All-conference kicker Tim Zackavec punts against Thorn- wood at home. Above: The Falcon bench cheers on the effort as TR downs Oak 156 Football Lawn in the first round ofthe play- offs. Top: Dave Faron sets to snap to Tim Zackavec with Lavance Wells in formation.

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Kiel, Hartigan highlight year Team size did not hinder the team: however the lack of a diver did. ln the close meets, such as the one against Universi- ty l-ligh, the points from div- ing competition could have easily put us in the lead. But, since the girls knew that no diving points would be added to their score, they had to swim with a hid- den desire to accumulate all the points possible, commented Al Hult, head coach. With emphasis on de- sire the girls swam to a season record of 4-7, a fifth- place finish in Conference, and a ninth-place finish at Sectionals. Conference was high- lighted by Sue rlartigan's sixth place finish in both the 200 free and the 100 free and Kim Kiel's fourth place finish in the 100 back- l07 Thomton Girls' Swim TR Opponent 515 70 University High 725 46 Tinley Park 80 46 Andrew 150 l20 Bloom Trail 154 76 Eisenhower 67 52 Homewood- Flossmoor 97 56 Bloom 97 69 Shepard 62 64 Riverside- Brookfield 84 6l Thomwood 101 4 wins, 7 losses Top Len: Tina Bona,junior, swims the final leg of the varsity free re- lay. Middle Left: Frosh-Soph Swim: Front Row: April Nicholson, Letty Rodriquez, Jenny Janowski, Judy Janowski, Alicia Delapena: Back Row: Kathy Callahan, Julie Chap- man, Kim Carr, Jenny Pickett, Julie Norris, Nadine Patten. Left: Sue Hartigan awaits the start of the 100 free. stroke. Sectionals seemed to be another triumphant meet for flartigan Sr Kiel. Harti- gan placed second in the 200 free and Kiel placed second in the 100 back- stroke. Kiel's time of 1:08.4 enabled her to break the previously held record of 1:09.5. Setting the record just added to the excite- ment of placing second. These accomplishments show the possibilities that swimming holds for me, stated Kiel. The frosh-soph team end- ed its season with a record of 2-5. With many of the frosh-soph team swimming up on varsity, the frosh- soph team had to struggle throughout the year: but they perfomied really well individually, stated Sandie Marcukaitis, captain. Girls' Swim 155

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if 8, Team completes best year ever With their only regular season loss to Homewood- Flossmoor in overtime, the Falcons ended the regular season with an excellent 8- 1 record. This qualified them as conference co- champs. The almost perfect re- cord, and the two-game ad- vancement into the state play-offs made this the most successful football season in the school's his- tory. lt was very disap- pointing to finally lose in the play-offs, but knowing that we made history here helped ease the pain, stat- ed senior guard Greg Scher- zinger. Defense, the most impor- tant part of this team, was named the number one de- fense in conference. The defense was led by all-con- ference selections Lavance Wells, linebacker, Tim Zackavec, backfielder, and fs 'Q' fa ww e t at is vi ,,:Q-- Q 0 Q, bi ff? A mv ff . Y ',fi v , 'J ,,,, lx! 3 1 All Above: Varsity Football: Front Row: Cornell Ford, Sherman Ad- ams, Jeff Vincent, Tim Zackavec, Erik Olson, Dan McCarthy, Charles Chambers, Dave Papay, Mike Mar- tino, Todd Snoddy, Ralph Caprig- lione, Eric Thomas: Row 2: Heath Weatherspoon, Tyrone Wilson, Jim Lapat, Pat Boswell, Bill Cohs, Henry Treftz, Derek Garza, Johnny Westbrook, Bob Breland, Tracy VanHook, Mike Stringer: Row 3: Calvin Martin, Mike Banasiak, Paul Cisneros, Greg Scherzinger, Kwame Cobb, Robert Lear, Mark Skalman, Roland Mansanarez, Dave Faron, Randy Vanhorn, An- dre Gallion, Joe Mosele, Mike Dun- lop: Back Row: Greg Leggette, Ce- dric Tolliver, Chris Oderio, Dwight Blackman, Lavance Wells, Torrey Patterson, Floyd Clark, Curtiss Wells, Bill Petersen, Rodney Shipe, Dal lang Rockett, Rob McCarthy Top: Intensity was shown on the field as well as off in the case of Rodney Shipe. Mike Martino, defensive guard. We had an all-around solid team, but the defense kept us in the games when the offense couldn't score, explained Zackavec. Other all-conference selections were Erik Olson, offensive tackle, Greg Scherzinger, offensive guard, and Zacka- vec, kicker. Summing up the season, Rob McCarthy stated, lt was an incredible year not being rated in the beginning of the season, yet advanc- ing to the second round of the state play-offs. My only wish would be to be able to play H-F again in the play- offs and do what we should have done the first time- WIN! The sophomore team fin- ished its season with a re- cord of 4-5. The freshmen A team was 4-5 and the B team was 2-I5-5. Football Opponent Racharcls Shepard Homewood Flossmoor Thornwood Eisenhower Bloom Bloom Trail 8 wins l loss Play-offs Oak Lawn Hinsdale Central TR I2 LaGrange Lyons 7 6 ' 0 27 6 6 , - I4 l4 Thornton 6 27 6 l5 ' I2 20 I2 27 ' 8 24 l5 I5 2l Football 157