West Leyden High School - Shield Yearbook (Northlake, IL)

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Shaved heads Saturday October 15 marked the last time our school would face East Leyden in a varsity football game. The day before that, Greg Bodine decided to do something that would effect the next few months of his life. He shaved his head to spark the team up for a victory even though he would have to face chuckles and grins from his classmates. The other teammates were psyched up by Greg ' s actions and eight of them decided to do the same thing. It didn ' t bother me because I did it for myself and for the team, not for others, explained Greg. He also said that as a team they were never so emotionally ready for a game before. West Leyden went on to lose the game 14 to 0, but held the Eagles to no points in the entire second half which is something the players and Coach Ventrelli were proud of. Taking a breather on the sidelines in between plays, Sophomore Louie Alex and Senior Chris Rubino show their haircuts off at the East Leyden game. Looking for an Addison Trail receiver Captain and All-Conference linebacker Chris Rubino drops back in a hopeful attempt to get the ball for the knighls. With a full head of steam Jim Dunne tries to break a Hornet tackier and follow his blockers for enough yardage for a first down in the Homecoming game. 30

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Being tackled is Jim Dunne who was attempting to gain some extra yardage in the first quarter against the Hinsdale Hornets in the Homecom- ing game. Varsity Football: front row: Glen Crabanski, Rocky Casurella, Mike Witz, Tom Plazyk, Juan Jerez, Bob Gkowienke, Steve Maginity, Louis Alex, Mark Pacini row two: Brian Gallo, Don Schroeder, Chris Rubino, Pete Krueger, John Fornarelli, Steve King, Greg Bodine, Jim Dunne, Mark Hedstrom row three: Coach Pete Ventrelli, Coach Joe Sisco, Pete Macari, Fred Tompa, John Delaney, Mark Venturini, Brian Newman, Jim Tauber, Dave Bonk, Coach Bill Babington, Coach Carl Gebhardt. Clutching the ball fullback Juan Jerez ' s gain of thirty yards is to no avail as the Knights drop a hard fought decision against Addison Trail. Ugh! That smarts. Addison Trail ' s runningback thought twice about running that way again with All-Conference defensive end Brian Gallo hanging the left side of the field. 29

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Mi j 1 J % 1 — t m ■ s SSt- £ 1 A m A .JB V W ' 11 T k mm. V A quick handoff from quarterback Peter Krueger to halfback Juan Jerez as Juan tries to break his foot free from an Addison Blazer with hopes of regaining his balance for a gain. • EIIXOT g.jvjo , Grimacing Captain Greg Bodine gets up after tackling the opponent from the Hinsdale South Hornets in a close game that the Knights were defeated 8-6. ' • | if SOPH FOOTBALL; Front Row: Scott Birholtz, Ron Dubrock, Chris Kasza, Greg Warnecke, Jose Villa, Roy Anderson, Kit Kraable, Earl Dodgers. Row 2; Roy Liggmmari, Gary Rawlings, Bill Dulceak, Randy Hoffman, Dennis Buchanan, Randy Cann, Fred Morgan, Mike DalPorto, Frank Scaccia. Row 3: Coach Dale Nordmeyer, Coach Bill Currie, Scott Knuth, Al Delazzer, Matt Hedstrom, Tom Tauber, Bob Rosner, Terry Newman, Wally Powell, Mike Bartello, Mike Cygan, Coach Bruce Palmer. FROSH. FOOTBALL: Front Row: Joe Dizzano, Jim Gattone, Ken Trainhaile. Row 2 (kneeling); Fred Kolasa, Pete Mikos, Joe Ferruzza, Steve Hellstrom, Steve Scaccia, Mark Schreck, David Bruno, Phil O ' Kray, Randy Tabaka, Tony Ligamari, Coach Jim Macintyre. Row 3; Head Coach Bill Ohlson, John Lederer, Chuck Reed, Bob Binder, Bob Krueger, Mike Tippett, Kent Henley, Marty Segovia, Don Berry, Greg Morgan, Frank Wayzer. Row 4; Coach Paul Schmidt, Doug Eltman, Jim Witz, Mide Bull, Al Favela, Joe Magnelli, Todd Janczak, Jim Dabertz, Scott Martens, Roger Rodefer, Frank Liparota. Row 5; John Fuessel, Mike Luciani, Jeff Lotze, Mard Holmes, Bob Fisher, Tad Cohen, Pat Venturini, Glen Fritz, Eddy Tompa, Bob Lowitski, Coach Cliff Petersen. 31