Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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JV Gymnastics: From Row: Robert Thomas, Eugene Spaulding, Andre Ballisreg Back Row: Mark Marczak. John Ryan, Ed Dziadon Striking an unusual pose is, junior, Jim LaPaT on The slill rings. ,. .. 5 gig se ir si Q lf? Junior Henry Spighl performs a sfraadle hold on The parallel bars. Boys' Gymnastics 421

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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

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Sofibdll TR Opponent O Rich EasT 18 3 Rich EasT A 2 llliana ChrisTlan 7 J T1 6 TF SouTh Q'-71 2 TF SouTh 12 2 Crere Monee 12 9 Crere Monee 12 7 Romeoville 0 7 Romeoville O 20 TF NorTh 21 21 TF Norih 14 1 Homewood-Flossmoor 18 0 Homewood-Flossmoor A 16 Thornion 3 20 ThornTon 4 1 Thornwood 11 2 Thornwood 12 1 Oak Foresr 18 3 Oak Foresi 13 6 Eisenhower .2 5 Eisenhower M,2 2 Bloom 3 4 Bloom 5 2 HillcresT 7 1 i-lillcresf 8 6 Bloom Troll 5 2 Bloom Trail 12 Q wins, I8 losses New eqglipment added Hartman 2n A new field, a new baTTing cage, and new uniforms. WhaT more could a Team ask for? IT was abouT Time The girls goT Their share of fa- ciliTies. The new field and baTTlng cage gave us a chance To improve our- selves even when The weaTher was bad, sTaTed Julie Carlson, junior. The girls' sofTball Team cansisTed of Ten seniors, six juniors, and Two sopho- mores. 'TThe Team did noT play as well as expecTed, buT The girls compefed againsi some Tough Teams, said Coach Sam TorTorici. ln addiTion To The new fa- ciliTies, exTra pracTices were fi 2 -,,.. W' J x T 7 Utne, , hw! 5 A V V affcvr arf V X 115 E S no 4, In Y 'bf 4 Mr: lk? K I v ll VV Y Q 7 A bn . l J V - . y 5 ,,,, , ,, V YIWT4 ffrfr- 4 Y ' ' v .V A N1 ill 4 A ' W f I I L L A l KT J Varsity Softball: Fronf Raw: Cheryl Marciniak, STacy Sellas, Ginnie Harl- man, Brenda Chapman, lvlissl Luri, HeaTher Gilliam, Wendy Nye: Row 2: Diane O'Donnell, Laurie lvlerrirr, Linda Engelsbel, Jenny Kausal, Deb- Sophomore Soffball: FronT Row: Gina Slough, Rachel Jones, Rhonda WaTkins, Anessa Milzarek, KrisTin La- Fleur, Sharon Tobecksen: Row 2: Mi- chele Lawrence, Andrea Freese, Char Engelman, Laura STeele, Kim Danielewicz, Colleen Flemingg Back ble Gordon, Carhy Ciecierski, Pam Decker, Vicky Driskillg Back Row: Coach Sam Torforici, Jill Armour, Tonya Burk, Julie Carlson, STephanie Neher, Lisa Drzewiecki, Marla Mokry Row: Dawn Ruisz, Laura Grindler, Marion PiTTs, Lori LaTTa, Karen Karc- zewski, Coach Ron Bauer Leaping into The air, Laurie MerriTT caTches a line drive, which sTops The runners from advancing. year all con added To The schedule. The Team no longer lusT prac- Ticed in The afiernoon buT meT for baTTing and fielding pracilce before school. Seeing TorT aT 6:30 in The morning was beTTer Than breakfasT, buf on The serious side, l feel ThaT The baTTlng pracTice helped The Team as a whole, explained l-leaTher Gilliam, junior. The i'lfc?1ii!'lllliEilCfl and boi'- Tlng CQYUQQ ingliiiwi as Ci chance To improve aurseives even when The vveaiher was badfi -- Julie Carlson ference The Team placed fifTh in conference and ended wiTh a record of five wins and seven losses. The Team should have done beTTer Than whaT we did, buT we jusT didn'T work like a Team, said Ginnie HarTman, piTch- er, who was The only mem- ber named all-conference. Jill Armour, shorTsTop, Gilliam, cenrerfield, Laurie lvlerriTT, second base, and Sieph- anie Neher, firsT base, were named all-conference han- orable menTion. The sophomores ended wiTh five wins and seven losses and The freshmen wiTh Two wins and six losses. 'Y i ' ' M . 'f-fi'ifMw4Q.Qv . 7m.M5.,,7 , ,, , , f , ,T , .. I I W: K , V , .,,,,. V V V K H A A V V .. f 1 7 ,, ,.,1.,,,,J f i ,, ... Whig, , ii A V , , . ., W . 451 , I A V , W , ,W 8 H , 'V -1 v. 422 L 1 2 A . 4 A i 7 . k . ' r H is ri