Thornwood High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (South Holland, IL)

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14, 34, 27, 16, Hike! These may sound like a jumbled combination of numbers, but they're really the be- ginning for an intricate football play. The 1980 Thornwood Thun- derbird football season got under way weeks in advance to help the team perform at its highest capabili- ties. Good coaches, school spirit and a lot of enthusiasm is what it takes for a team to be the toughest and the best, agreed Varsity team- mates Mike Cochran and Bryan Ruthrauff. The T-Birds first game of the sea- son took place the first weekend after school resumed from the strike. We were so fired up, it was our first and only night game of the season! Varsity member Dave Os- borne exclaimed. The Thunderbirds shut out the Bloom Trail Blazers 26 to 0. As footballs wobbled through the cool crisp autumn air on October 25, Thornwood combined forces and beat the Eisenhower Cardinals, 10 to 0. The bittersweet season that the T- Birds played seemed to have its ups and downs. We seemed to keep our opponents on their toes each Week- end. They never knew how well our team would do, said Head Varsity Coach Dennis Gutowski. Above: After defeating 7th ranked Homewood-Flossmoor, Tony Terrazas exci- tedly reminds his fans that the Thunderbirds did it. Above Left: As Thornwood calls a time out, Captain Jim Murphy listens closely as Coach DeValk relays the team's next strategic play which could put them in the lead. Left: As Gil Valadez blocks a Cardinal, Senior Doug Nichele takes advantage of the opening and attempts a first down. BOYS' FOOTBALL 109

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Above: Ken Czosnowski wildly dives for the ball in an attempt to recover a fumble. FRESHMEN FOOTBALL Front Row: Willy Starcevich, Alonzo Higgins, Don Hutson, Ty- rone Webb, Mike Goich, Brad Mitchell, Allen Finley, Ken Cozza, Dave Gurgel, Rinaldo Bil- lups, William Paskiewicz, Bob Bult. Second Row Daniel Johnson, Tom Orloff, John Fer- rante, Brian Wilson, Shawn Creed, Jeff Bar- nas, Jephthah Winters, John Ruiz, Dan Ma- day, Ken Yana, Darnell Johnson, Pat Ger- hardt, John Tucker, Marty Saavedra. Third Row.' Coach Mike Mecozzi, Ron Ayers, Mark Cipich, Rick Deinema, Gary Pedersoli, Dave Ferguson, Tom Cambell, Paul Rykiel, Denny McLean, Adolfo Salgado, Kevin Hickey, Jim Johnston, Chris Fritz, Troy Maatman, Coach Jarrett Hubbard. Fourth Row: Samuel White, Bruce Briggs, Jeff Hadden, Dave Gomez, Jeff Kulig, Jeff Feulner, Matt Chabala, Dan Cet- nar, Joe Cioe, Chris Rhodes, Mark Triller, Steve Groszek, Coach Gary Lagesse. Back Row: Brad Brumm, Jerry LaMonte, Geoge Pakaski, Norman Walker, Vincent Rucker, Bill Evely, John Markowski, Pete Smy- kowski, Dan Bulich, Steve Schrik, Gary Voss, Derron Carter, George Rachon, Bret Scott, Bob Eickmann. Not Pictured: Dwight Flow- ers, Kevin Para, Marc Kordeck. Above Left: As Jeff Kulig kicks off, his team members make their way down to tackle the receiver. Left: The frosh team strengthen their stom- ach muscles by helping each other do situps. BOYS' FOOTBALL 111