ATHLETICS
The Arlington High School Cardinals have a lot to be proud of. During the school's 62 year existence no
less that 13 State Championships were won in five different sports! This does not include the many top
ten State level finishes by the Cardinal athletic program as well as the numerous conference championships! Add to this
the literally DOZENS of individual medals and awards won by the Arlington Cardinal athletes and you will see the resume' for
AHS is quite extensive. There are numerous accomplishments of the Arlington High School student athletes are listed
below
The school was a member of the Pentangle Interscholastic Association between 1910-16 with schools such as Maywood
Proviso, Maine Township, Barrington, and Palatine involved. Following Proviso's departure in 1916, the league
renamed itself the Quadrangle Interscholastic League, which it remained until 1924 when the school joined the Northwest Suburban Conference that
fall.
GIRLS' BADMINTON
Let's start with one of the "biggies" at Arlington High School. The Arlington High School Lady Cardinals
won a total of FIVE State Championships in girls badminton, all in consecutive years!! In addition, one Cardinal team
(the school's final team) finished second and two others finished sixth. Six individuals brought home gold
medals as a total of 27 medals were won by AHS Lady Cardinal badminton players. The teams and individuals are
listed below.
1976-77 Team Finished As STATE CHAMPIONS!!
Individual
Medalists
Janet
Haberkorn Doubles State Champion!!
Karen Zobel Doubles
State Champion!!
Lisa Pugsley Doubles
2ND Place
Kris Richey
Doubles 2ND Place
Leslie Grabitz
Singles 4TH Place
1977-78 Team Finished As STATE CHAMPIONS!!
Individual
Medalists
Karen
Zobel Singles 3RD
Place
Janet Ackerman
Doubles 3RD Place
Gina Weber Doubles 3RD
Place
Janet Haberkorn Singles
5TH Place
1978-79 Team Finished As STATE CHAMPIONS!!
Individual
Medalists
Kim Bornman
Doubles 2ND Place
Judy Haberkorn
Doubles 2ND Place
Gena Weber
Doubles 3RD Place
Carol Wenzel Doubles
3RD Place
Sandy Mueller
Singles 5TH Place
1979-80 Team Finished As STATE CHAMPIONS!!
Individual
Medalists
Dona Weber Doubles STATE
CHAMPION!!
Carol
Wensel Doubles
STATE CHAMPION!!
Sandy
Mueller Singles 3RD
Place
Gena Weber
Singles 4TH Place
1980-81 Team Finished As STATE CHAMPIONS!!
Individual
Medalists
Amy Rasmussen
Doubles STATE CHAMPION!!
Carol
Wenzel Doubles
STATE CHAMPION!!
Dona Weber
Singles 2ND Place
1981-82 Team Finished SIXTH At State Meet
1982-83 Team Finished SIXTH At State Meet
Individual
Medalists
Joan O'Sullivan
Doubles 4TH Place
Margaret
Szymanski Doubles 4TH Place
Julie
Torrence Singles 6TH
Place
1983-84 Team Finished As STATE RUNNER-UP - Second Place
Individual
Medalists
Julie
Torrence Singles 3RD
Place
Joan O'Sullivan
Doubles 4TH Place
Julie
Witkoff Doubles
4TH Place
GREAT JOB LADY CARDINALS!!!
BOYS' GYMNASTICS
Before the Ladies start feeling too good about themselves, let's take a look at what the boys' gymnastics program
accomplished. Get a drink and use the restroom, you will be sitting here awhile.
Only the seasons in which the gymnastics team placed at the State Meet are covered on the IHSA
web site. The years are from the 1951-52 season to the 1980-81 season. During this 29 year period,
Arlington High School Cardinal boys gymnastics team accomplished 19 top six finishes!!!!! Included in this
number were FIVE State Championships, three 2ND Place finishes, five 3RD Place finishes, and two 4TH Place finishes!!!!! If
this isn't enough to impress you, how about the 100+ individual medals won by AHS boys!!! The
Cardinal accomplishments and hi-lites are listed below.
1952-53 Team Finished as STATE MEET RUNNER-UP - 2ND PLACE!
Individual Medalists
Don
Bates Horizontal Bars
2ND Place
Bob Catherwood Horse
3RD Place
Mike Werner Trampoline
3RD Place
Clay Bebber Parallel Bars
4TH Place
Rings
4TH Place
Don
Helfers Horizontal Bars 5TH
Place
Ken Koeppen Trampoline
5TH Place
Fritz Snyder Horse
5Th Place
1953-54 Team Finished in THIRD PLACE at State Meet
Individual Medalists
Mike Werner Trampoline STATE
CHAMPION!!
1954-55 Team Finished as STATE CHAMPIONS!!
Individual Medalists
John
Koeppen Horizontal Bars STATE
CHAMPION!!
Rings STATE
CHAMPION!!
Vault STATE
CHAMPION!!
Dick
Neiland Rings
STATE CHAMPION!!
Vault
2ND Place
Rob Maierhofer Trampoline
2ND Place
Norb Flowers Trampoline
3RD Place
Dick Kimbrough Parallel Bars
3RD Place
Rings
4TH Place
Tom
Pendleton Horse
3RD Place
Fritz Snyder Horse
4TH Place
Dave Peterson Trampoline
5TH Place
1955-56 Team Finished as STATE MEET RUNNER-UP - 2ND PLACE!!
Individual Medalists
Bob Hawk Vault STATE
CHAMPION!!
Dick Kimbrough Horizontal Bars
3RD Place
John Koeppen Parallel Bars
4TH Place
Dick Neiland Rings
4TH Place
Tom Pendleton Horse
4TH Place
Norb Flowers Trampoline
5TH Place
1956-57 Individual Medalist
Gary Moreland
Trampoline 5TH
Place
Tumbling 5TH
Place
1957-58 Team Finished THIRD in STATE MEET Competition!!
Individual
Medalists
Gary
Moreland Tumbling STATE
CHAMPION!!
??
Robb Horizontal
Bars 2ND Place
Vault 3RD
Place
All-Around 5TH
Place
?? Carmon
Parallel Bars 3RD
Place
??
Kelley Horse 4TH
Place
Tom
Seward Rings 4TH
Place
??
Wilson All-Around
4TH Place
1958-59 Team Finished as STATE CHAMPIONS!!! - Coach
Gay Hughes
Individual
Medalsits
Tom Geocaris
Rings STATE
CHAMPION!!
Horizontal Bars 2ND Place
Arnold
Harvey Parallel Bars
STATE CHAMPION!!
Richard
Wetzel Horse 2ND
Place
Gary Moreland
Tumbling
2ND Place
Trampoline 3RD
Place
Mike Nelson
Rings 2ND
Place
1959-60 Team Finished as STATE CHAMPIONS!! - Coach Gay
Hughes
Individual Medalists
Gary Erwin Trampoline STATE
CHAMPION!!
Tom Geocaris Rings
STATE CHAMPION!!
Horizontal Bars 3RD Place
Richard
Wetzel Horse STATE
CHAMPION!!
William
Sayre Tumbling
STATE CHAMPION!!
Arnold Harvey Parallel Bars
2ND Place
All-Around
3RD Place
1960-61 Team Finished THIRD in STATE MEET Competition!
Individual
Medalists
Gary
Erwin Trampoline
STATE CHAMPION!!
William Sayre Tumbling
STATE CHAMPION!!
Richard
Wetzel Horse
STATE CHAMPION!!
Jerry
Russell Parallel Bars
3RD Place
1961-62 Team Finished FIFTH in STATE COMPETITION!!
District Champions
Individual Medalists
Ray
Chrisman Trampoline
2ND Place
Jerry Russell Parallel Bars
2ND Place
1962-63 Individual Medalists
Reid
Olson Rings
STATE CHAMPION!!
Gary
Holveck Trampoline
2ND Place
1963-64 Team Finished FOURTH in STATE COMPETITION!!
District Champions
Individual Medalists
Gary Holveck Trampoline
STATE CHAMPION!!
Ron Harstad All-Around 2ND
Place
Parallel Bars 3RD Place
1964-65 Team Finished FIFTH in STATE MEET Competition
Individual Medalists
Gary Holveck Trampoline 2ND
Place
Tom Dunn
Parallel Bars 3RD Place
Reid Olson Rings
5TH Place
Bert Schmitt Horizontal Bars
5Th Place
1965-66 Team Finished THIRD in STATE MEET Competition
District Champions
Individual Medalists
James Johannesen Horizontal Bars 2ND
Place
Parallel Bars 4TH Place
Roy Rettburg Rings 3RD
Place
Bert Schmitt Horizontal Bars 4TH
Place
1966-67 Individual Medalist
Terry
Haines Trampoline
5TH Place
1967-68 Team Finished as STATE CHAMPIONS!!
- Coach Tom Walthouse
District Champions
Individual Medalists
Gary Drake
Tumbling STATE CHAMPION!!
Terry
Haines Trampoline
STATE CHAMPION!!
Jim Brousseau Horizontal Bars
3RD Place
Wayne Crockett All-Around
3RD Place
Rings
3RD Place
Rich Carlson Rings
4TH Place
1968-69 Team Finished as STATE CHAMPIONS!!
- Coach Tom Walthouse
Individual Medalists
Jim Brousseau Horizontal Bars
STATE CHAMPION!!
All-Around 4TH Place
Terry Haines Trampoline STATE
CHAMPION!!
Steve Von Ebers Free Excercise
STATE CHAMPION!!
George Cresswell Horizontal Bars
3RD Place
Gary Drake
Free Excercise 3RD Place
Bob
Gleichman All-Around
5TH Place
Nick Isaacs
Free Excercise 5TH Place
1969-70 Team Finished SIXTH in STATE MEET
Competition
Individual Medalist
Steve Von Ebers Free Excercise STATE
CHAMPION!!
Mike Isaacs
Free Excercise 4TH Place
1970-71 Team Finished FOURTH in STATE MEET Competition
District
Champions
Individual
Medalists
Jeff
McGuire Horse
2ND Place
1971-72 Team Finished SECOND in STATE
MEET Competition
District
/ Sectional Champions
Individual
Medalists
Greg Combs
Trampoline STATE CHAMPION!!
Free Excercise 2ND Place
Franz Golbeck Horse 3RD
Place
Gary Braunsreuter Rings
4TH Place
Doug
Law
Horizontal Bars 4TH Place
1972-73 Individual Medalist - John
Golbeck Horse 5TH Place
1973-74 Individual Medalist - Chris Frems Horse 5TH
Place
1974-75 District Champions
Individual Medalist - Gordon Schmidt Horse 4TH Place
1975-76 Individual Medalist - Tom Staley Rings
4TH Place
1976-77 Individual Medalists
Tom Staley Rings
STATE CHAMPION!!
Dave Eitemiller Horse
4TH Place
1980-81 Team Finished THIRD in STATE MEET Competition
Individual Medalists
Gary Griffin Horizontal
Bars 2ND Place
Parallel
Bars 3RD
Place
All-Around
3RD Place
Incredible Job Arlington HIgh School Cardinal Gymnastics program!!
BOYS' GOLF
The Arlington High School Cardinals were a versatile bunch. The boys' golf team had some excellent seasons in the
late 1950's. The team won the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP in 1955-56 and followed that with consecutive finishes of 5th,
9th, and 3rd. The team also qualified for the state match in 1963 and 1971. The excellent history of the boys'
golf team according to the IHSA web site is listed below.
1955-56 STATE CHAMPIONS!!!! - Coach Curtis Larsen
Individual Medalists
Robert McDonald 5TH Place
Mike Spinello 6TH Place
1956-57 Team Finished FIFTH at STATE MEET!
District Champions
1957-58 Team Finished NINTH at STATE MEET!
District Champions
Individual Medalist - Ed Moehling
2ND Place
1958-59 Team Finished THIRD at STATE MEET!
Individual Medalist - Alan Kruse
8TH Place
1959-60 Individual Medalist - Alan Kruse
2ND Place
1962-63 District Champions
1970-71 District Champions
BOYS' CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
Keeping with our "STATE CHAMPIONS FIRST" theme, it is time to add the Arlington Cardinal harriers to the mix. The
Arlington High School Boys Cross Country team added a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP to the school's trophy case in the 1967-68 season!! The
team also finished number 8 in 1959 and 1969 as well as qualifying for the State Meet in 1978. The teams and
the individual medalists are listed below.
1958-59 Team Qualified for State Meet - PLACED EIGHTH!
1962-63 Individual Medalist - John Brunner - 4TH Place
1967-68 Team Qualified for State Meet - STATE CHAMPIONS!!!!
- Coach Bruce Samoore
Individual Medalists
Dave Dieters
4TH Place
Scott Butler
9TH Place
1968-69 Team Qualified for State Meet - PLACED EIGHTH!
Individual Medalist
- Scott Butler 14TH Place
1968-69 Individual Medalist - Scott Butler 13Th
Place
1977-78 Team Qualified for State Meet (Did not place)
BOYS' TENNIS
Boys Tennis at Arlington High School did more than hold its own.
Let's try 14 top ten State Meet finishes
and a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!!! Add in 29 individual state medals won and I think we can safely say there was a
"love" for the game by the Cardinal boys team. The years and individual athletes mentioned on the IHSA web site (
www.ihsa.org) are listed below.
1957-58 Team Finished SIXTH at the STATE MEET
Individual Medalists
Thurston
Brown Doubles 3RD Place
Keith
Butterfield Doubles 3RD
Place
1958-59 Team Finished FOURTH at the STATE MEET
Individual
Medalists
Jim Erickson Doubles 2ND
Place
Bob Inman
Doubles 2ND Place
1962-63 Team Finished SECOND at the STATE MEET
District
Champions
Individual
Medalists
Chuck
Close Doubles STATE
CHAMPION!!
Russ Walters
Doubles STATE CHAMPION!!
1963-64 TEAM FINISHED AS STATE CHAMPIONS!!! Coach Kenneth Schaller
District
Champions
Individual Medalists
Mirrel
Kephart Doubles
STATE CHAMPION!!
Jeff Peek
Doubles STATE CHAMPION!!
Greg Inman
Doubles 2ND Place
Bob VonBoeckman
Doubles 2ND Place
Jim
Jakubiec Singles
5TH Place
1964-65 Team Finished THIRD at the STATE MEET
District
Champions
Individual
Medalists
Greg Inman
Doubles STATE CHAMPION!!
Bob VonBoeckman
Doubles STATE CHAMPION!!
1965-66 Team won District Championship
1966-67 Team Finished THIRD at the STATE MEET
District
Champions
Individual
Medalists
Jim Esser
Doubles 2ND Place
Bill VonBoeckman
Doubles 2ND Place
1967-68 Team Finished THIRD at the STATE MEET
District
Champions
Individual
Medalist
Bill VonBoeckman
Singles 5TH Place
1968-69 Team Finished EIGHTH at the STATE MEET
District
Champions - no individual medalsits
1969-70 Team won District Championship
1970-71 Team won District Championship
1971-72 Team Finished FOURTH at the STATE MEET
District
Champions
Individual
Medalists
John Merkel Siingles 5TH
Place
John Paczkowski
Doubles 5TH Place
Don Rodig
Doubles 5TH Place
1972-73 Team Finished THIRD at the STATE MEET
District
Champions
Individual
Medalists
Jim Merkel Doubles STATE
CHAMPION!!
John Paczkowski
Doubles STATE CHAMPION!!
1973-74 Team Finished FOURTH at the STATE MEET
Individual
Medalist
John Paczkowski Singles
6TH Place
1974-75 Team Finshed FOURTH at the STATE MEET
District
Champions
Individual
Medalists
Paul Wei
Doubles 5TH Place
John Yeazel
Doubles 5TH Place
1975-76 Team Finished THIRD at the STATE MEET
District
Champions
Individual Medalists
Pete Burkhardt
Doubles 3RD Place
John Wallner
Doubles 3RD Place
Paul Wei
Singles 4TH Place
1976-77 Team Finished THIRD at the STATE MEET
District Champions
Individual
Medalists
Mike Doering Doubles 3RD
Place
Bob Pionke
Doubles 3RD Place
Paul Wei
Singles 3RD Place
