Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Julle 0'NelIl Turns on The pop mo- chine ofTer school, Club officers Julie O'Neill, Gino Slough, Julie Corlson, ond Rodney Shipe discuss The ogendo for The nexT meeTing wiTh lvlr. Ron Bonfiglio. Mo VorsiTy Club Trophy cases donated Letters added in Salato Commons As sTudenTs ond guesTs enTered The SoloTo Com- mons, They were impressed by The new leTTers designdT- ing The nome of The Com- mons ond The four new Tro- phy cdses purchdsed by The VdrsiTy Club. We used The money mode on The Pepsi mochine To buy The new od- diTions, sold lvlr. Ron Bonfig- llo, club sponsor. The VdrsiTy Club relocoT- ed lTs homeroom ond bl- monThly meeTlngs To The sTu- denT cdfeTerid where They plonned dcTlvlTles ond formed commlTTees. They dondTed money To o needy fomily, Took Their dnnudl ChrisTmos Trip To Child Hoven in l-ldrvey, ond gdve Toys To underprivileged children. VorsiTy Club used The re- moining money for club dc- TlviTies, including The onnuol volleybdll TournomenT ond picnic. The TournomenT wos d success becouse ol- mosT dll of The members porTlcipoTed ond hdd o good Time, commenTed Gino Slough, vice president AT eoch home boskeTboll HTTTTE-ti 'ii:n,.irnQih'ieiTTl wds iii success begs-cizriiisise rggilm rririgisi mill ifzri Tire riwersriw bers mc1Triir:ipd'i'isi:T lfllmikfll hdd ci gdimzti 'l'iiTTe, -fii M Grind Sldugli gome, The Rope Holding CommlTTee could be found. Members held ropes during pregdme, hdlf Time, ond posTgome, NoT only did VorsiTy Club hold ropes dT The Regionol BoskeTboll TournomenT, buT They olso sponsored o concession sTdnd. The new cerTificoTes giv- en To oThleTes oT sporTs os- semblies were olso funded by The VorsiTy Club. These served ds on exTrd reword for The work done dfTer re- ceiving d vdrsiTy leTTer. New dddiTions proved To be very successful for mem- bers of The club GS well os oThers. Helping ouT people wds The purpose of The club. . i?W'3 , - f' T H Y. .., if , . , ' limi? - NGN ag, K 1 QQ X Q

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Tr ining enhances athletic performances WhaT was The key To becoming an excepTional aThleTe'? Many of The sporT Teams answered This auesfion successfully. The answer was Training. Increased emphasis on Training had a direcT efTecT on The sporTs Team per- formance. i'The more prepared an aThleTe is for an evenT. The beTTer his or her perfor- mance will be, no maTTer whaT sporT The aThleTe parTicipaTes in. l was proud of our aThleTes. said Mr. Ron Bonfiglio, l-lealTh, Physical EducaTion, Drivers Edu- caTion, AThleTic and lnTramural DeparT- menT Chairman. The image ThaT only foaTpall players are found in The weighT room has sporT aThleTe, commenTed, 'll had To work very hard To be on Three sporTs and keep up my grades. I Trained hard for all The sporTs l was on. and l Think They added a loT To my high school life. The emphasis on physical Training also carried over To . an academic Training, All aThleTes were reauired To mainfain a 4.5 grade poinT average and pass aT leasT four classes a week. lvlr. Dick Keller said, 'lThe imporiance of The new academic policy made our aThleTes peTTer aThleTes all around. They performed well in all Their con- TesTs and also performed well in all Their cIasses. changed. AlmosT every aThleTe lifT- ed weighTs and builT up endur- a n c e . T h e amounT of efforT puT in was exacTly The amounT Taken ouT. Junior CynThia PiTTs, a Three- Wfhe mare pi'el:?ir:ii'ed an ash- lefe is . . , lflrir.-are l.'iiaeil'liiiei' his pei'- Termance will Tse, he masier asses? SDCETT The aihieie seas- Tifcipases inf' --- lvir. T-liars Tiere- Q .V 2532335 Overall, Training and academics became a large parT of aThleTics. The resulT of all The hard work was success aT boTh levels dem- onsTraTed by an excellenT year in The aThleTic pro- gram. Pursued by The WildcaTs, DaNang RockeTT goes Lisa Drzewiecki wafches The piTcher's delivery for a lay-up aT The ROsemOnT Horizon. as she decides To sTeal second base. xt SQNRAQQ. -,, ' 1111- T 1 .ss id

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4-Q4 I if S i , A,., r. 1 aqffw M l. v Julle Carlson switches on the lights in one of the new trophy cases as Gina Slough and Mr, Ron Bonfiglio Creflected in the glassy look on. Holding ropes at the Eisenhower basketball game are Jason Sim- mons and Barbi Daugharty. Varslly Club: Front Row: Mr. Ron Bonfiglio fsponj, Barbi Daugharty, Gina Slough qv. presq, Laurie Mer- ritt, Karen Wilk, Missy Pisarski, Tina Bona, Abby Wiersema, Kim Broome: Row 2: Mr. Frank Walsh, Debbie Beckman, Kim Danielewicz, Mike Witak, Michelle Wozniak, Paula Bentley, Patrick Henley, Ginnie Hart- man, Laura Steele, Mrs, Kay Rampke Qsponjg Row 3: Lisa Drzewiecki, Mark Skalman, Dawn Ruisz, Mike Broome, Henry Spight, Frank Davis, Elbert Henley, Andrew Houston, Andrea Freeseg Row A: Mi- chele Lawrence, Julie Carlson qsecj Sue Hartigan, Sam Jurka, Ralph Glover, Julie O'Neill Qpresg Jim LaPat, Paul Levin, Paula Fran- son, Anamarie Linde: Back Row: Pete Lackland, Pete Quirk, Jason Simmons, Robert Aerts, Chris Paw- lowski, Rodney Shipe Qtreasq, Steve Freese, Tim Vargo, Raynard Beard Varsity Club 4 17