Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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M ,A After tlnishtng the race, Laura 1 Steele tries to catch her breath. , r j M W, ....- Walting tor the race to begin, Jen- nifer Steele snrvers ln the cola. i 5' A j - ,.. .. L r eeee . an ff , .kk.k f . , . Y ::,: - ., I , ,L ,,,, 1 lg '- f ee-e . S r 2 E 3 ,gg fgef A K E Q1 as SMX Q. t SS X 1 W i al l Q8-f ,Q g- g at Laura Steele, Ginnie Hartman, and Jenny Foy battle for the lead at the start of the race. Girls' Cross Country 133 I

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sins. I ,k,kL hVrfV,-L, 4' . 27g RichiCenTraly T T j Trnzsyfperks Q .T 5 Bloom T rail, 42. - . .19 28 1ThornTon M A To l9Tharnwood my . V-L 'L Qggcgloomy . 5 45. ,Homewood-Flossmoor l 46' 2'll-Eiserihower' - g '35 .19rHiilcresr..Q ,l7,'Tinley Pork: T 46sl?ichEasT, H 7 . T 15 lTFNorThjA'- A A ig T8 wins,.4 losses A Team 3 d in Sec tionals Steele qualifies for All-Conference Team efforT and consis- Tency led The girls' cross counTry Team To an 8-A sea- son. Our record did noT show half of The poTenTial ThaT The Team had, buT The girls ran hard To geT where we were, sTaTed co-cap- Tain Michelle Wozniak. During The season The Team placed in The Top fif- Teen aT all inviTaTionals. The Team ran well TogeTher. The girls pushed each oTher, and TT showed in The final resulTs, explained Coach Mary Ann Pearson. AT Conference The girls placed a solid Third. Laura STeele, junior, placed ninTh, which qualified her for an All- Conference Tifle. ul was is s TZ? M -i ig T32 Girls' Cross CounTry Girls' Cross CounTry: FronT Row: Jenny Foy, Aimee Gerloff, Verda AlsTon, Pam Hinrichs: Row 2: Mi- chelle Woznlak, Ginnie l-larfman. Jennifer STeele, Colleen Rogers: Back Row: Karen Gerlinger Qmgrj. KrisTie Szymanskl, RenaTe Wilcox, Laura STeele, Coach Mary Ann Pearson Reaching The end of The race, Gin- nie HarTman gives a sigh of relief. honored To be named Alle Conference. l peaked aT exacTly The righT Time during The season, buT l was noT The only one who ran well: The whole Team did Their share, which showed in our Third place, sold Sfeele. However, The Team did noT place as well in Region- als. They were fourTh, which qualified Them for Secfion- Mi peaked aT esr:as:Tly The TTQTTT Tlrrle durllng Tree sedsclrrl. pulls l was nd? The orriy we wha? ran weiig The wilele Tearn did Their shmoe. -M T..f.Tur'Cr STe+eie als. The Top runners were Ginnie l-larfman, Sfeele, and Jennifer STeele, who placed l2Th, 'lATh and 'l6Th respec- Tlvely. 'lThis race was noT only my besT race by plac- ing 'l2Th, buT The Team's. We finally came TogeTher and pushed each oTher unTil our voices gave ouT. lT feli greaT To place fourTh, sTaTed co- capfain HarTman. AT Secfionals The girls were sfopped. The Team was unable To place or ad- vance any runners To sTaTe compefirion. The girls gave iT Their all buT sTill came shorf of The glory. Z3

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TR 0 44 19 13 3 6 22 27 'IO Foofbdll Opponent Lyons LaGrange Richards Bloom Trail Marian CaThoiic Homewood-Flossmoor ThornTon Thornwoocl Eisenhower Bloom ' 3 wins, 6 losses Homecoming tops seaso Injuries cause for disappointment Though The fooTball sea- son ended wiTh a 3-6 re- cord, The varsiTy's spiriT sTlll remained. injuries were an imporTanT facTor as senior Eric Thomas, The sTarTing quarTerback, was injured and junior Jack lvlikolajczak Took over mid-season. OTh- er key injuries were seniors Dave Faron, cenTer, and Randy Van Horn, offense. The overall record was disappoinTing, buT The main reason for our downfall had To have been The many in- jury conTlicTs. However, more imporTanTly, we came TogeTher when iT really counTed: for example, we came from behind aT Home- coming To beaT Eisenhower. Players prove Their dominance Coach Harold Olson conTemplaTes while The referee rushes To see who a possible play ThaT can puT The conTrols The ball. 434 FooTball Falcons in The lead. AnoTher imporTanT vicTory was againsT our rival, Thorn- wood, said Head Coach Harold Olson. The Homecoming game was The highlighT of The sea- son alThough The Falcons were The underdogs. Jason Simmons, junior, was respon- sible for The winning Touch- down. The play was noT designed To be Thrown To me. l was supposed To Take Hi vifrpmii si.,.ipj1g:Tf,tw,ir3aligzi iriiilfaiifi rim -ijiigtiiii iizzsi' ii ji..zs'i l lir1ijiuj4'iiiz2:irTi23mi i iii lmhi wi is was ci Qgjoiiirgi in my iiiondsfi -- Simnworis my man deep, buT iT jus happened ThaT I goT in fron' of him. IT was a good pas righi in my hands, and l'n glad l had The opporTuniTj To help ouT The Team, saic Simmons. Two players, seniors Mike STringer and Mike Banasiak were named To The All-Con ference Team, STringer, whc led The Team in Tackles, said The lasT four years of harc work and pracTice finalli paid off and The ThoughT o being All Conference selec Tion exciTed me. The sophomores endec Their season wiTh a 7-2 re cord, and The freshmei were 5--41.