Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Top: Peter Bonebrake concen- trates on his breathing as he does the breaststroke. Above: One of the few juniors on the team, Chris O'Derio, rests after 148 Boys' Swim a meet. Right: Scott Lovell was one of the many sophomores competing at the varsity level.

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Pace picks up Ia te in season The girls' basketball team could not overcome a losing first half of the sea- son and posted a l0-l5 re- cord. The Falcons started with a well-played game and a win over Mt. Assisi: howev- er, they then dropped their next four games and won only three of their first twelve. Costly tumovers and mental mistakes pla- gued us early on. We just couldn't get things start- ed, explained Coach Sam Kenan. The last half of the sea- son the Falcons started win- ning more games by play- ing as a team, and they re- corded four wins in their last six games. Practices became tougher and more talking on the court got us to start playing like a squad, said Julie Popu- lorum, guard. A highlight of the season was the winning of the Rich South Galaxy Toumament by beating Tinley Park, Washington, Crete Monee, and Joliet Central. Named to the all-toumament team was senior forward Tarshwa Cooper. Both the sophomore I4-2 and the freshman I2-2 teams finished the season by winning conference. Top: Junior Ginnie Hartman gets double teamed while looking for an open player. Middle: Varsity Girls Basketball Front Row: Jill Armour, Coach Sam Kenan, Julie Populorump Back Row: Ginnie Hartman, Char- lene Mayo Cmgr.J, Julie O' Neill, El- len Edwards, Marci Smith Left: Freshman Girls' Basketball: Front Row: Cherese Batie, Jenny Schuster, Kim Mayo, Barb See: 3 K N 3 - f . .. . - 1 - Q- Back Row: Latonja Moore, Barb Dambek, Sherry Taylor, Keisha Martin, Meghan Miller, Kim Kiel, Christina Mitchell, Cyndi Pitts, Coach Jan Eaker Above: Sophomore Girls' Basket- ball: Front Row: Tina Goodwin, Marion Pitts, Kris Baron, Marsha Smith, Gina Slough: Back Row: Amy Studzinski, Dana Hurst, Julie Titus, Sue Vogeler, Coach Sam Kenan Girls' Basketball 147

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SIC 00 if-ff-f - Mike Witak, who does an in- i pike, placed seventh in con- Boys' Swim Team: Front Steve Norris, Scott Lovell, Ballard, Peter Bonebrake, Ken ry Row 2: Dan Duvall, David re, Mike Witak, Darrin Stall- Varsity uses underclassm en Dominated by freshmen and sophomores, the boys' swimming team finished sixth in Conference and tenth in Sectionals. Coach Al Hult stated, As a team, whether at the varsity or sophomore level, we won every meet we should have. Strong swimmers came from the sophomore level. There were two Conference champions from this level. Freshman Peter Bonebrake took first with the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.01, but his best time was down to 58.78. Scott Lovell won the 100- yard backstroke. His time worth, Robert Thompson: Row 5: Kevin Lanting, Harry Handing, Chris Husum, Chris O' Derio, Scott Burk, Coach Frank Walsh, Back Row: John Janowski, Carl Sadler, Mark Tobecksen, Jake Living- stone, Steve Schweizer, Coach AI Hult was 1:05.50 which was close to his lowest time of 1:05.10. When the event started, l had the feeling that I would get a low time. However, I got a quick start and swam at a steady rate, said Lovell. More swimmers were needed in competitions. Captain John Janowski stated, The varsity team did well as individuals, but the lack of swimmers really hurt the team. The sopho- mores, who had a good season, won a lot of close meets. What was lost in depth was compensated for by the strong individual efforts. Boys Swim Opponent Eisenhower Hillcrest Thomwood Thornton Bloom Bloom Trail University High Andrew Reavis 2 wins 8 losses TR 95 ' 1 69 46 ' IOS 44 Homewood-Flossmoor l09 22 60 ll ' 6l 45 94 99 ' 60 l2 ' 55 40 L A l20 40 ' 83 149