Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Right: Sophomore Football: Front Row: Frank Davis, Wesley Lamp- kin, Demetrius Drayton, Roddric Sims, Darin Clauson, Rich Pen- nington, Andre Gholson, Auhdi- kiam Camey, Michael Peeples: Row 2: David Mokry, Brian Cook, David Royster, Alexander Seldon, Joe Palicki, Ron Ballard, Alan Hall, Jim Zackavec, Michael Staples, Alastair Jemison: Back Row: Mark Xaba, Brad Pieczynski, Jack Miko- lajczak, Matt Driskill, Dan Bronson, Joe Collins, Reggie Ward, Shaun Jorsch, Darric Wheelis, Mike Roe, Brett Elkei, Darius Lewis Top: Jeff Vincent, senior wingback, awaits the pass. 158 Football E . , , xg MV ,,,,,, M ' , Q, I X M, N! I 'Vi I I ? KY' X! ,. I if If , f 'Q ' IVZ' ' , 5' -it 5' W ft, f , T A ,,, L tftte ' ,,r, , My A ,Q ' W f J ,J i E',,.Q: 4 , ' Qs' ', fri , I - A T , J c..,,,a H - ' v, A . V ,, ,I .W KM , , gg, gf 5 1, -55945 Vrk ' ,. , ,, . H 1 . :X AIII 5 M Above: Freshman Football: Front Row: Alvin Pickett, Donald May, Bob Drosset, Coy Taife, Dave Al- ston, Marlon Bradford, Dan Duvall, Mike Broome, Anthony Gallion, Terry Steppes, Dave Parker: Row 2: Jim Alvarado, Cleophus Mar- shall, Kevin Koontz, Ken Esler, Sean Anderson, Derrick Smith, Sean Tarala, Keith Mierzwa, Craig Fata, Keith Duniganp Row 3: Rob- ert Thompson, Chris Hale, Luis Ro- driguez, Thomas Martin, Phil Fer- rara, Terry Thomas, Donald Curtis, Mike Banks, La Condra Hall, Jose Poe, Donny New: Back Row: Mike 1 Wolstenholme, Chenier Alston Jeff Zoeteman, Walter Ballard, Er- nesto Bustos, Jermaine Drayton 1 Eric Evans, Dan Papay, Jetf Ny- kowski, Calvin Harden, Jamie Wal- lace

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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

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