Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Baseball TR Opponent 2 Stagg 3 B Stagg 7 5 Oaklawn 0 2 TF South 8 9 TF South 2 2 Crete-Monee 3 43 Tinley Park 4 44 Bremen 4 40 TF North 7 4 Romeoville 4 Anderson all-Sta te Medrano added to pitching staff Pre-season workouts combined with hitting 49 Romeoville- 6 , ' 7 peovis Q leagues proved beneficial 2 Reovis 3 as The varsity baseball team 4 Sflepofd 0 reigned as conference co- QQ 3235351 3 champs with an 8-4 record: 2 Lockpon 6 they finished with Twenty- 4 Homewood- one regular wins and a play- FIOSSm0Or 3 off win before losing in The 4 Homowooo' regional semi-final to TF Flossmoor 49 SO Th 42 Thornton 2 H - 3 Thornton 4 Not a lot of Teams can 44 Thornwood A say that They collected 51, gcgmgoloo 42 twenty-two wins in one sea- 2 Evanston A son. I am sorry that The sea- 4 Eisenhower 6 son had to come To such an 4 Eisenhower 2 abrupt ending, stated 4 BTOOFH 'l Coach Wally Shatkowski. 2 Bloom . 4 Edgar Anderson, Brian 2 Bloom Trail 6 . . 7 Bmom mi, 0 Curci, and Tim Zackavec 14 Hillcrest 4 were named to The all-con- b Hillcrest 4 ference team, while Ander- 24 Wlflsf '2 lossos son was recognized as all- 8 tv s ss lscs A ll si - ' os l . sihitgig is? Lvhk E , M Q LU S T T- . 4 -. , I. rf ' iiol '21 1 y KT tt X 1 ',-l LT Q- K W K X, -of is 4 1 5 . ,.,. ..g ' cci s sg . s- 4 Sophomore Baseball: Front Row: Tim Zmucki, Steve Elliott, James Fields, Andy Mosele, Scott Lovell. Tremaine Fowler: Row 2: Darin Clauson, Mike Purcell, Steve Schaefer, Ron Bratcher, Rich Pen- nington, Sam Jurka, David Mokry: Back Row: Brian Kulig, Brett Elkei, Jack Mikolajczok, Brad Pieczynski. Jason Simmonsf Chris Pawlowski, Coach Stu Vogel . - 3 . s T X i . . f -g , si Na - ' - i -'Sq' ,' T 4 '- I -,.- . 'T 1 r'r' - ' - s. A F s : .W , 'f' mf' -- .J ,,: QT, ' .s 'r ' w7 ., f f, 7:1 QQEQKQ52 ,g,,-.sQ,- ,... . ..,,, , , g,-,E X tS?.g.k M rxgkg is 5 4 M y 1 I W .. .. 4 --Cliff:-is -4 - 4 'Q T - into iw fx F T I Xi 3 - i -'-' Ii - ' ff 1 r T , 9Ti:i : 'T V , T i f g ' ix ,,, ,. Ms . 1 R . Q Q- - . is : - - . f -f - it '- i S Q M, Q ss. - .L :LN K Freshman Baseball: Front Row: David Bratcher, Dan Duvall, Torn Grunhard, Jeff Wolfenden, Leon Richmond, Terry Steppes: Row 2: Kevin Koontz, Tom G-iglio, Sean Tar- ala, Cleophus Marshall, Landon 'l 48 Baseball Fuller, Chris Hale: Back Row: Jaime Wallace, Brad Kochel, Jeff Zoete- man, Mark Banos, Townsend Orr, Keith Mierzwa, Coach Jasper Wil- liams area as well as all-state. Tony Vinciguerra, Dan Koontz, and Courtney Vasser earned all-confer- ence honorable mention. Zackavec led The pitch- ing staff along with the con- ference with a 4.49 ERA. Leading hitters were Ander- son C.524j, Curci Q.422p, and Andy DeBoer C.324j. 'Our bats became a little lazy To- ward The end of the year. lt iiTltie mitcixhtng slwizrtii spent' long ltirmrs in the rttor'tiinggi. vvrgziiiked ltoird in Afl'M'i'iE3' dti'l iffs+r'rrir:4r:i4rtl, ririhct pidved well in 'tlhe eaualed out with our strong start - That's baseball, commented DeBoer, Coach Carlos Medrano, added To boost the pitching on all three levels, helped the varsity to a 2.45 ERA. llThe pitching staff spent long hours in The morning, worked hard in the after- noon, and played well in the evening. The high spot of the season was The estab- lishment of the bullpen into an overall efficient unit, which included refresh- ments, said Coach Me- drano. The sophomores finished second in conference with a 9-3 record, 48-42 overall, i 5W'E9Vlli'mlQ-'H M CJUGQN andthefreshmen 8-4in con- iv'lE90lT'CitT0 ference, 46-8 overall. T o , 59 4 i s A 4. ' so 4 g '-.. , 'T V - E . S sss J Ltiissi A . 7 ili X Nllke Banaslak prepares to steal second base. Varsity Baseball: Front Row: Mike Banasiak, Tony Vinciguerra, Joe Fonseca, Edgar Anderson, Jeff Vin- cent, Paul Levin, Kevin Yott: Row 2: Courtney Vasser. Chris Martire, Mike Plaut, Randy Beilfuss, Tim Zack- avec, Mike Dunlop, Mark Skalman: Back Row: Coach Wally Shat- kowski, DaNang Rockett, Tom Don- ofrlo, Rodney Shipe, Dan Koontz. Andy DeBoer, Coach Carlos Me- drano who . 4

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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

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lhinifj' 31 q H., Pitcher Tony Vihciguerro bears down in hopes of Q strike out. x ,. ,Nw All-state outfielder Edgar Ander- son toiks hitting with Coach Woily Shctkowski. BGSGDOII 4 '19