Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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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.

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