Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Derrick Dennis, junior, jumps To- word the boskei while o Bloom ployer Tries 'ro block his shoi, Coach Mlke Fioheriy ond The vorsi- Ty Teorn discuss pioys during o Time oui. 'tif The scoreboard ideniifies Thornton vs Thornridge oi The Rosemoni Hori- ? 'W' 4 zon.

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BOYS' Bdskefbull Sophomore Boys' baskefloall ended The season wiTh a record of l6 and I0 and placed 11Th in Conference. The Team con- sisfed of six seniors, Ten ju- niors, and Two sophomores. There were only a few players who played in every game, buf There were many high scorers. Townsend Orr led The Team wiTh an aver- age of 7 poinfs per game and Tofal of close To 400. He also had almosf l00 com- l didn'T expecf so much publicify, buf if did help wiTh colleges, l pracfice a lof, buf when l play, l really do whaf comes nafural To me, since l enjoy The game so much, TR Oppononf A0 Lockport 34 68 Peoria Manual 63 73 Naperville Cenfral 47 52 Wesf Aurora 32 69 Bloom Trail 65 76 Kankakee 53 63 Peoria Wesr 56 62 Homewood-Flossmoor 57 60 Bradley Bourloonnais 35 63 Phillips 52 57 Mendel 48 50 ST. Joseph 65 64 Evansfon 57 63 Argo 66 50 Thornfon 60 65 New Trier 68 48 Thornwood 43 66 Eisenhower 30 60 Bloom 73 63 Bloom .mn 60 plefed free Throws. as Leo X 42 52 Homewood-Flossmoor 53 66 Thornfon 6l 56 Thornwood 61 59 Eisenhower 78 64 Bloom 67 l6 wins, I0 losses said Orr. Varsity Boys' Baskefballz Fronf Row: Ronald Brafcher, Derrick Dab- ney. Craig Parham, Raynard Beard, Darryl Johnson. Derrick Dennis: Back Rowi Townsend Orr, Chris Paw- lowski, Roberf McDonald, Pafrick 148 Boys' Baskefball Porfer, DaNang Rockeff, David Cowley, Andre Fluker The varsity Team warms up before The game againsf Thornfon aT The Rosemonf Horizon, eason ends with I6-I0 Orr dominates scoring Byron Woods and Derrick Dennis were nexT wifh over 200 Tofal poinfs each, aver- aging abouf I0 per game. Raynard Beard and Reggie Ward pofh scored over l00 poinfs each, Dalslang Rock- eTT and Craig Parham, who were in every game, were also in The group of Top scor- ers. We gof off To a greaT sTarT, buf losses due To aca- l'l pro-slice Cl lof. mil wllsen l ploy, l rlssdlly filo wllrglf lztrglllfles rldfklrlgfll To The. sirlrxe l fsgirrlhirtsly Tlflrs gdme so l Tll.lCffIlT'l.H W- Towrlsend Qrl' demics and injuries reducer The Team's effecfivenes and led To a pad finish, saic Coach Mike Flaherfy. The sophomores were SICA Easf champions wiTh c record of 9 and 3. 'lWe wanfed To win 20 game and Take firsT in Conference and we feel we have achieved our goals. I wa also pleased wiTh The play ers' menfal affifude Throughouf The season.' said Coach Rocky Hill. Wifh a Conference re cord of Q and 3 and a regu lar season of IA and 7, The freshman Team ended if year.

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Sophomore Townsend Orr, lop scorer, displays his vertical jump as he Takes The shoi. Sophomore Boys' Baskelball: Fronl Row: Coach Rocky l-lill: Back Row: Cleophus Marshall Cmgrj, David Bralcher, Don May, Phillip James, Terra Anderson. Robert McDonald. Mike Davis, Mark Banos, Kendall Jackson, Marshaan Shepard, Dave Parker, Earskine Miller, Derrick Smith qmgrp if af? 1 543156 ff 1 51 ra ?' r ff 1 f W i 450 Boys' Baskelball 52 5 f f Q Craig Parham, senior, goes for The lay-up. My A ff,-, X Off' , ff 1 7 f 2, 4 y Z2 ig .W 5, Wie? U, f mmf W 1 if? Va? V l '74 Q +23 .5 e if as-n