Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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,C bid' agp Varsity Girls' Basketball: Front Row: Marci Smith, Kimlyn Scott, Gina Slough: Row 2: Amy Studzinski, Ellen Edwards, Tina Goodwyn, Gin- nie Hartman: Back Row: Coach Sam Kenan, Julie Titus, Meghan Mill- er, Julie O'Neill, Dana Hurst JV Girls' Basketball: Front Rowz Tuanda James, Cynthia Pitts, Kim Kiel: Row 2: Kim Mayo, Jennie Schuster, Cherese Batie, LaTOnja Moore: Back Rowi Direnda Green, Marsha Smith, Christina Mitchell, Lisa Anderson, Barb See Freshman Girls' Basketball: Karen Dykes, Shalona Clark, Wendy Blackmon, Teresa Foote, Jean Henke, Coach Jan Eaker s Junior Mcrcl Smith skies past a de- fender in the Thornton game. Girls' Basketball 453

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Difficult season ends Gifs' 'S e r ' Edwards named all-conference TR Opponent A6 MT. Assisi Al Bloom Troll 39 Rich EosT 49 Seion Acoderny -'ll Homewood-Flossmoor 36 ThornTon All Thornwood 22 Eisenhower 28 Richards 53 Reovis 35 Thornwood 52 ThornTon 38 Bloom 58 Creie-lvlonee Al Bloom Troil 28 Moridn 32 ST. Francis Academy 48 Homewood-Flossmoor 77 TF SouTh 58 Thormion 50 Thornwood AA Eisenhower Q 55 Bloom 48 ST. Francis Acodemy 38 Eisenhower 39 Moria I2 wins, ici losses The vorsiTy girls' poskeTpoll Teom ended o very Trying ond difficulT seoson wiTh o i2-lA record overoll. 'TIT wos difflculT in The pe- ginning of The seoson pe- cduse we hod o loT of Tur- novers, ond The problem wos diTTiculT To overcome, exploined Cooch Som Kenon. The Teom olso hod iTs shore of injuries To disrupT The flow of Things. Guord Gino Slough wos ouT wiTh o knee injury, which Threw off The posiiioning, ond The oTh- er ployers hod To odjusT. Also, Julie O'Neill, cenTer, wos sick ond missed eighi weeks of The seoson. Be- cduse of This, sophomore Meghon lyliller wos oroughT 452 Girls' BdskeTboll l Ginnie Hartman oTTempTs To siop o Thornion opponeni from od- vdncing wiTh The boil. Team captains Julie O'NeilI, Ginnie l-lorimon, ond Ellen Edwards go over pre-gome rules wiTh The refer- ee, up ond sTorTed os cenTer from Then unTil The end of The seoson. The highlighT of The seoson wos Toking firsT in The conso- loTion prockeT oT The l-lillcresT TournomenT. The Teom losi iTs TirsT gome ogoinsi Rich- orcls Q28-473 puT wenT on To oeoi Reovis Q53--4175, Thorn- wood C35-30, ond Thornion C52-465. WhoT moy hove been o sz ,, vel .:.,,.N,r ,W -21.4 l lhirisfrl reaisrrr a,5rrr,,,r olfroy, Tami done rmiaicili - ., . ,. . , f T M, l,., ine lfwifiii joel? rgxfzlrsliizfiefi girsrll iriizrgresliis- 'ZQETIM f:gifll'Tiw l2iQ2l' T'iiilT l'iWi'MiC,3ilT Tough seoson To some wos o rewording seoson for oThers. Senior Ellen Edwords wos nomed To oil-conference, ond TeommoTes Ginnie l-lorTmon, senior, Amy STud- zinski, junior, ond Miller were nomed oil-conference hon- oroble meniion. l Think The Teom did okoy, puT we could hove done much peTTer pecouse we hod The Toleni, We jusT couldn'T pull iT TogeTher, sToTed HdrTmon. The sophomore Teom hod o I5-I record overoll ond were Tied for firsT wiTh Thorn- wood. The freshmon Teom finished The seoson wiTh on ll- C7 record overoll.

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, Bowting TR Opponent 'i5'l-4 Shepard 'l 401 1468 Reovis 4734 45 74 Eisenhower 4394 1558 Richards r . 4329 45211 Thornwood 4327 4382 Shepard S y 1439 4476 Reavis 1516 M95 Eisenhower 1646 4526 Thornwood 4449 r r 6 wins, 3 losses . Dixon Tournament Sth i S Palatine invitational 7th S Rich East Tournament Bra . y Rock island Tournament 7th S Thornridge invitational oth y S , Lane strategy learned Dixon tourney highlights season Taking 5th place with a pin knockdown of A805 at Dixon was the highlight for the girls' bowling season. The other highlights be- sides Dixon were coming in 7th with A483 pins at the Palatine Invitational and oth at the Thornridge invite with 4430 pins. One high point in Lori Lat- ta's bowling season was when she had a chance to aualify individually for State. UAfter the fourth game l had a pretty good chance, but with changing lanes and the pressure l did poor in my last 2 games, she explained. Bowling consistently to each girl's ability took much concentration. Getting Bowling: Front Row: Michele Ava- los, Michelle Hlad, Amee Gerloff: Row 2: Tanya Brown. Lori Lotta: Row 3: Debi Sylvestrak, Anessa Mil- ZCITGK, MiCi lSle LGWFGFICGI BCICK Row: Kerri McKenna, Karen Korc- t5A Bowling if zewski. Jenny Small, Kerri l-laan, Mr. Mike Bortel Csponj Lorl Lotta watches as Jenny Small computes her average. used to competing in matches was one of the concerns tor Debi Sylves- trak, the only senior on the team. During practices l was relaxed and did well, but during matches I got ex- tremely nervous and that often hurt my average, she stated. Bowling practices might iiisiat oniy aid we hatre to worry aifzroat wtiere ta stand, isiii arise hast ta i-itEfi53pt np with the new i'l'inir3gu-es titat ivir. wigtrriea as ta try. -H fitrissrssrit iviilzaarek not have been strenuous or the heart or lungs as witt most sports, but it did re- quire much effort. Remem- bering where to stand for different pin predicaments and where to place the bali took time and patience, Not only did we have to worry about where to stand, but we also had to keep up with new techniques that Mr. Bortel wanted us to try. Having the right arm exten- sion was pretty important because that guided the ball, explained Anessa Mil- zarek. By working together with constant practice, the bowling team ended with a respectable finish. 1