Willowbrook High School - Centurion Yearbook (Villa Park, IL)

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sophs and frosh display future talent SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL: FIRST ROW: Gary Poulos, Mgr., Dave Paulson, Mike Sullivan and Gary Gobel, Mgr. SECOND ROW: Gary Kasper, George Lococo, John Hillan and Randy Lusk. THIRD ROW: Greg Kottner, Mgr., Jack Kehoe, Dan Kup- kowski Tim Gustafson, Dave Roberts and Coach A. Vande Merkt. NOT PIC- TURED Tom Mann and Mark Cummings. The 1967-68 sophomore basketball squad finished fourth in league competition with a record of six wins and six losses. Their overall record was six wins and ten losses. Letter win- ners were Mark Cummings, George Lococo, Gary Kasper, Dave Paulson, Dave Roberts, John Hil- lan-team captain, Tom Mann-elected best defensive player, and Randy Lusk, who finished the season as the leading scorer and best free throw shooter. Dave Roberts led the team in rebounds. Other members of the squad who contributed greatly to the team's success were Mike Sullivan, Tim Gustaveson, and Dan Kupkowski. The Freshmen A team had an overall record of 15-2. The two losses were to York and Glenbard East by two points each. The A team was also co-champions of the DPVL with a record of 11-1. They were also champions of the Hinsdale South holiday tournament. The Freshmen B team had an overall record of 12-2. They were champions of the DPVL with a record of 11-1. Their only losses were to York and East Leyden. FRESHMAN BASKETBALL FRONT ROW: Bill Tekniepe. Mgr.. Scott Stamp. Randy Mucha. Dan Davis. James Shurtleff. Charles Prazma. Tom Lee, Michael Richardson. and Marty Hasegawa, Mgr. SECOND ROW: Mark Cicero, Mgr. Dave Christianen, Dan Rakosnik, Robert Finke, Stanley Stevens, Terry Torrence, Mike Meranda. Ronald Bailey, Don Spratt. and Steve Halicke. Mgr. BACK ROW: Coach Hamann. Mike Rowland, Pete Krogh, Mark Stapelton, Tom Hicks, Ron Sanneman, Douglas Gullang, Nicholas Severino. Mark Kassner. Mike Howard. and Coach Langellier, NOT PIC- TURED: Ron Dowiarz, Ken Carwell, and Ken Owens. ...S M-f-fi. Et-r 1 i sul f 3

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VARSITY BASKETBALL: FRONT ROW: Ron Auch, Jim Petrovich, Assistant Coach Clint Evans. Head Coach Marshall Stoner, Randy Dean, and John Brennan. BACK ROW: Bill Wagner, Fred Thorne, Ron Kimball, Gary Kassner, George Thoreson, Al Jurkonis, Jim Mahr. Glenn Tegrmeier, Raul Wolf, Gary Matthews, Bob Cortesi, Charles, and Charles Rizzo. varsity and j.v. both take third in d.p.v.I. Coach Marshall Stoner's varsity basketball squad came on strong in a late season push to win 8 out of its last 10 games and ended the year with a respectable 9-5 record. Overall, they ran up a 14-10 season rec- ord, second best in Willowbrook's history. Champion Glenbard East was the only team able to beat the Warriors twice, as the 'Brooks bounced back after early season losses to beat the powerful Morton West, Morton East, and West Leyden teams in the second round of DPVL play. Another trophy was added to the showcase when the Warriors won the Consolation Championship at the Rockford Holiday Tourney. After dropping their first game, the Warriors won easily over Dundee, Dixon, and Mundelein. Senior Captain Gary Matthews repeated last year's performance by making the first team of the All-DPVL squad. He also went one step further by earning a position on the Chicago American's All-Area team. Gary also led the team in scoring with 449 points Cincluding a 35-point effort against Downers Grove Southb, and assists with 169. He was elected MVP. by his teammates. Forward Gary Kassner received All-DPVL honorable mention and was leading rebounder with 208. Junior Guard Bob Cortesi led the team in free throw shooting with a fantastic 23-25 for 92170 and Sophomore George Thoreson had the highest average from the , , fl .th 5517 JUNIORAVARSITV BASKETBALL: FIRST ROW: Dave Harrington, Rich OOVW' 0' Durpetti, and Gil Golub. SECOND ROW: Mark Skipworth, Jeff Conner. The 1967-68 Junior Varsity basketball Wally Streid, and Larry sriissler. THIRD ROW: Fred Alston, Jim Field. team was 3 relatively young team- Three Tim Williams, Bill Fry. Bob DeWolf, and Clint Evans, Coach. sophomores were in the starting five. Be- cause of inexperience, the team lost four of its first six games. As the season progressed, however, much improvement was noted, the team winning 10 of the last 12 games. At the conclusion of the season the WB Junior Varsity displayed a fine brand of basketball and demonstrated that they will be a team to be watched in the future. The Junior Varsity players were Jeff Con- ner, Bill Fry, Jim Field, Tim Williams, Wally Streid, Fred Alston, Rich Durpetti, Larry Shissler, Gil Golub, Bob DeWolf, and Mark Skipworth.

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'TI 21222 IZ ZIZIZ ZZ. nx 1 so II. I..'2' 212221122 l'l'lHHl ni-si un.: Liu III Il in state VARSITY GYMNASTICSZ FIRST ROW: Chris Shaw, Bob Borsellino, Steve Stein and Randy Raudabaugh. SECOND ROW: Phil Fass, Bob Frey, John Prusa, Mgr., Rick Vazquez, and Jim Riedel. THIRD ROW: Bob Eygenhuysen, Tom DeForest, Ken Keiler, Craig Batzer, Lars Kruse, Owen LeGare and Coach Llew- ellyn lffland. NOT PICTURED: Larry Richards, Les Frans, Bob Johnson, Jeff Taylor, and Jim Gulliford. The Willowbrook Gymnastic season was very successful, as it has been in the past. This year's team was made up of a very strong senior group with several juniors backing up. The DPVL championship was won for the fifth time in as many years with 99 points scored in the Conference meet and a perfect Conference dual meet record of 6 wins and O losses. We entered the Barrington Invitational for the second year and placed second for a second time. But we did win four of the seven individual championships, with Kruse on trampoline, Shaw on the side horse, Reidel on rings, and Stein on tumbling. This, including an overall dual meet season of 13 wins and 2 losses, was in preparation for the State Meet. We went into the Dis- trict Meet at West Leyden as one of the favored but finished second by 12 points. Randy Rauda- baugh was crowned District champion in tumbling, and we placed five other members in seven events for the preliminaries of the State Meet. In the preliminaries, four boys qualified for the finals. Lars Kruse placed 5th on the tram- poline, Owen LeGare tied for 5th on high bar, and sophomore Steve Stein placed 5th in tum- bling. Jim Reidel was 8th in rings. They gave the team a 6th place finish, only 11 points from 3rd place in State. Kruse was elected captain, Raugabaugh was most valuable, and Jeff Taylor was the most improved. The soph season was not what we expected: one of the poorest seasons in WB gymnastic history. They finished with a 6 win-9 loss, a 6th place Wheaton Invitational, and a 4th place finish in the Conference Meet, but finished 3rd in Conference. SOPHOMORE GYMNASTICS: FIRST ROW: Jeff Smith, Bob Hurley, Frank Milazzo, Dan Webster, Pat Comerford, Tony LeGare, Bob Steinbach, Ken Heinrichs, Bill Stoltz, Paul Weber, Jack McCune, and Pat McCluskey. SECOND ROW: Tom Underwood, Gary Cox, Guy Moore, Andy Nelson, David Goetsch, George Fram, Jeff Olsen, Gary Brenn, Chuck Stewart, William Witt, Paul Skipnorth, Rich Hockett, William Fuerst, Mark Vasquez, Russ Kornack, Dan Pusateri, Bob Wrozek, Dan Westby, and Jim Stratton. THIRD ROW: Coach Owens, Paul Martz, Larry Skiba, Mark Weaver, Larry Lufkin, John Lustrup, Jeff White, Rich Kastory, Doug McClintic, Alphonse Zorpe, Mike Arpin, Tom Martz, Jeff Meskan, Paul Kobler, George Vandon, Dave Lichtenheld, John Redden, John Weaver, Bob Ruffie, Rich Robinson, and Coach Jordan. gymnasts take sixth