Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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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

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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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.. Eu Persenal bes ts reached Debs, Henley, Spight to Sectianal The size of The boys' gym- nasTics Team did noT inTer- fere wiTh iTs devofion. The long hours of pracficing rou- Tine afTer rouTine, sTrenuous condifioning, and weighTlifT- ing in excessive repeTiTions TY Gymnastics helped The Team achieve iTs personal pesT. In Conference The Team TR opponenf reached 6Th place wiTh a 97.2 Rich Central 92.0 score of 86.75 and placed 404-7 Andrew 512 6Th also in Regionals. Senior gig gaioggvuy 4355 Lou Debs, who advanced To 88.4 eienncm souin ass Sedlonqls. led The Team by 88,4 Gak Pork 136.2 coming in second place ouT 99.5 Rich SOUTTT 426-0 of 35 on The sidehorse. 'lThe 99.5 Reavis 29.4 - 1 03.8 Thornwood 137.6 fr?rEpeT'T'On Vfcsuffrfgh fhnd 93.8 Homewood- inning apou a e o er prossmoof 131.5 rouTines kind of broke my Awins,6losses concenTraTion, Debs sTaT- ed, , :.-' isri sss ssi . --'. 5 . R ss , . T - X T- 1 s..s 8 . 8 1 rsss . 120 Boys' GymnasTics Varsity Gymnastics: FronT Row: Tom Daugharty, Andy HousTon, Mike Januszewskig Second Row: Henry SpighT, Elperf Henley: Back Row: PaT Gomez, Jim LapaT, Coach Frank Walsh, Bob Tyderek, Lou Debs Senior Lou Delos received a score of 7.75 in Secfionals for his perfor- mance on The slclehorse. AnoTher conTender was ElloerT Henley, junior, whose sTrongesT evehT was The vaulT. His score, 8.30, al- lowed him To advance To SecTionals. 'lThe vaulT is my besT area because iT's chal- lenging, and iT is differenT from The oTher compefi- Tions, said Henley. ln com- peTiTion Henley had The highesf score of The season TlTll iie5a vr:i1ll,ill'l is my ltiesi' l:iTl'ia2iriLi lzgiiigaii?pi:.1li,,isreai lT's Clfwliliis lwigggrii 'l'l ig, iiiliriiiil il fiflilfiermf einfi' Trrgiirfii The ofher' c'nr'r'Tr3ieliT'ir:ins.T' We ETH loerf lsler'iiey wiTh an 8.80 on vaulT. Henry Spighf, anoTher gymnasT wiTh an impressive abiliTy, had The high all- around score of The year, 5.26, and aualified for Sec- Tionals. AlThough Mark lvlarczak was a freshman, he led The sophomore Team wiTh The highesT conference score of 6.90. l'The sophomore Team had many freshman players compefing on The sopho- more level and ThaT made compeTiTion a liTTle Tougher, buT The Team seemed To do excepTionally well, sTaTed Coach Frank Walsh. The sophomore Team fin- ished The season in 9Th place wiTh 37,95 poinTs. 4 l