Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Boys' Tennis TR Opponent 3 Stagg 5 Hillcrest 4 Richards A Gordon Tech 2 T,F,South 'l Homewood-Fiossmoor 4 Rich Central 3 Lockport fl Downers Grove South 5 Thornton 4 Thornwood 2 Eisenhower 4 Bloom A Bloom Trail 3 University High 'li wins, A losses Team 2nd at Sectional Super season sends 3 to State Ie vel Running sprints and lifting weights were part of life on the boys' tennis team, which concluded the year at 'li-A and sent three people down state. Mike Owczarzak, junior, stated, Being a varsity member was different since we would start practice by running a mile and end it with a half hour of sprinting. There was a real emphasis on endurance and skill. The team as a unit missed advancing by placing secs ond in Sectionals but state qualifiers were Chris Mac- Donald in singles and seniors Jamie Bhatty and Bob Ra- mirez in doubles. MacDon- ald, a sophomore in his sec- 'l2A Boys' Tennis ln his second consecutive state qualifying year, sophomore Chris MacDonald participated as a sin- gles player. ond year on varsity, said, l enjoyed the year because l faced a lot of tough com- petitors and gained valu- able experience. Other starters were John Bhatty at 2nd singles, Owc- zarzak at 3rd singles, and Tom Ballatore and Roger Phillips at 2nd doubles. Phillips commented, l liked playing doubles with Tom because 'Beiltg C3 varsity rnerns ber was rrliiiterent since we would start props tice by running C3 miie and and it with sprintingf' -W Mike Owczarzok our styles were so different we made a good team. At Conference every player advanced in the first round. Jerry Bouslog and Ra- mirez at ist doubles and Owczarzak at 3rd singles took third place. Second place was captured by MacDonald at 'ist singles, Jamie Bhatty at 2nd singles, and Ballatore and Phillips at 2nd doubles. Overall the team took a strong second place. Coach Dave Konkol was pleased with the season. This was the best of any team l have coached and l am glad for that, he said. S i i 5 3 i s fs Sk Q 5 E it S S

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