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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Boys' Track TR Opponent 56 Bloom 8l 46 Bloom Trall 79 59 Thornwood 67 A2 Thornton 59 62 Homewood-Flossrnoor 70 64 Eisenhower 57 1 win, 5 losses Varsity Boys' Track: Front Row: Randy Dixon, Eric Thomas, Tyrone Wilson, Eric Jablonski, Gregory Leg- getteg Row 2: Coach Terry Kenne- dy, Robert McCarthy. Torrey Pat- terson, Otis Magee, Joe Roaue, Coach Sam Kenan, Coach T.J. Shir- ley Johnny Westbrook tries to catch up to his opponent. 126 Boys' Track 3 qualify for State Westbrook takes 2nd in high hurdles With a small number of tal- ented members, the boys' varsity track team struggled through its season to a re- cord of one win and five losses. The varsity finished sixth in Conference, fifth in Regional, and seventh in Sectional, and qualified three individuals for state: they were juniors Johnny Westbrook, Eric Thomas, and Joe Roaue . Westbrook, a high hurdler, was undefeated outdoors in a dual meet season for the MO high hurdles. l-le placed first in Conference and Sec- tional and second at State. UQualifying for state was a special feeling, a feeling that everything you worked for finally paid off, stated Westbrook. Thomas competed in the long jump and the triple jump. This was Thomas's second year in a row to qualify for State. l-le came in second at Conference and first at Sectional. Qualifying for State meant that you were among the top per- formers in the State: it gave i'Qzuaiifylrsg for State . . . gave me a teeiing of reacting the snow cap at the top of ct high mountain? W-Q Eric Thomas me a feeling of reaching the snow cap at the top of a high mountain, stated Thomas. Another qualifier was Har- rier Roaue. He finished sec- ond in Conference. first in Sectional and fourteenth downstate for the 800 me- ters. lt felt great to qualify for State, but the competi- tion was very tough and l got beat, said Roaue. ln addition, Roaue was named to the all time top-ten list at Thornridge. The junior varsity team ended its season with a re- cord of one win and five losses, and placed fourth at Conference. Q 5 tt . . tt, V .... f , s -,