Year opened:
1958
Consolidated to:
Morton Township High School
School colors:
Green & White
School nickname:
Falcons
School fight song:
"Falcon Fight"
The girls were able to participate in bowling, basketball, and softball, but this author would like to believe they could
have been offered volleyball, cross-country, soccer, track & field, swimming, tennis, and gymnastics. If you have any
information to show that Morton West offered those sports or others to their student body that are being reported, we would
like to hear from you by contacting us at one of the addresses listed below.
BOYS’
TRACK & FIELD
The Falcons made the most noise in state tournament action by sending a number of athletes
to the state finals in either Champaign or Charleston, who came home with state titles (like Rich Ellison and Terry Erickson)
or placed well enough to receive medals on the podium after the event was decided.
1963 Individual
Medalist
coach unknown
Rich Ellison Pole Vault---STATE CHAMPION!!! (13’9”)
(only
the second person to clear 13 foot at state finals---was state finals record for two years)
1964 Tied
for 5th in State!!!
coach unknown
Team Standings
1 Alton Senior 19
2 Winnetka New Trier
18
3 Evanston
Township
16
4 Palatine HS 11
5 Chicago
Hts. Bloom Township
9
Berwyn Morton West 9
7 Elmhurst York 8
Park Ridge Maine East 8
Aurora
East 8
Hillside Proviso West 8
Hinsdale Township 8
Individual Medalists
Rich Ellison
Pole Vault---STATE CHAMPION!!! (13’4”)
Ed Halik Pole
Vault---2nd place
1965 Tied
for 10th in State
coach unknown
Team Standings
1 Evanston Township
25
2 Champaign HS 15
Hillside Proviso West 15
4 Alton
Senior 12
5 Chicago
Dunbar 11
6 Taylorville 10
7 East St. Louis Lincoln 9
Rock Island HS 9
9 Palatine HS 7
10 Chicago
Hts. Bloom Township
6
Berwyn
Morton West
6
Individual Medalists
Bruce Self 180 yard Hurdles---2nd
place
Ed Halik Pole Vault---4th place
1966 Tied for 10th in State
coach unknown
Team Standings
1 Evanston Township 30
2 Chicago Hts. Bloom
Township
21
3 East St. Louis
Senior 15.5
4 Elmhurst York 14
5 Campbell Hill Trico
12
6 Maywood
Proviso East 10
7 Palatine HS 9
8 Chicago Phillips 8
Winnetka New Trier East 8
10 Berwyn
Morton West
7
Rockford
Auburn 7
Individual Medalists
Larry Erickson 100
yard dash---3rd place
220
yard dash---2nd place
1967 Individual
Medalist coach unknown
Larry Cascio Pole Vault---5th place
1968 Individual/Relay
Medalists coach unknown
1
mile relay---5th place
Terry Erickson 440 yard dash---3rd place
1969 5th in State!!! coach
unknown
Team Standings
1 Alton
Senior 25
2 East Moline
United
16
3 Chicago Englewood
15
4 Chicago
Hts. Bloom Township 13
5 Berwyn
Morton West
10
6 Hillside Proviso West 9
7 Palatine HS
8
Maywood
Proviso East 8
9 Glen Ellyn Glenbard West 6
Harvey
Thornton 6
Elmhurst York
6
Colfax
Octavia
6
Moline HS
6
Wheaton North
6
North Chicago
6
St. Charles HS
6
Individual/Relay Medalists
Terry Erickson 440 yard dash---2nd place
1 mile relay---STATE CHAMPION!!! (3:19.7)
(Terry Erickson, Krev, Regac, Vondra made up relay)
1970 Tied for 8th in State coach
unknown
Team Standings
1 Evanston
Township
21
2 Alton
Senior
17
3 Glen Ellyn
Glenbard West 14
4 Chicago Englewood 10
5 Belleville West 9
6 Villa Park Willowbrook 8
7 East St. Louis
Senior 7
8 Chicago
Hts. Bloom Township 6
Galesburg HS 6
Ottawa Township 6
Skokie
Niles North 6
New
Lenox Lincoln-Way
6
Hillside Proviso West 6
Elmhurst Timothy Christian
6
East St. Louis Lincoln 6
Berwyn Morton West
6
Urbana
HS 6
Individual Medalists
Terry Erickson 440 yard dash---STATE CHAMP!!! (:48.2)
1973
Individual Medalist coach
unknown
Paul Proffitt Long Jump---3rd place
Gary Remius Shotput---5th place
1976AA Individual Medalist coach
unknown
Don
Piha Shotput---4th place
1977AA
Individual Medalist coach
unknown
Tom Piha Shotput---3rd place
1979AA Individual Medalist
coach unknown
Steve
Piha Shotput---6th place
1984AA Individual Medalist
coach unknown
Jeff Gennarelli Shotput---5th place
WRESTLING
The
Green and White of Morton West made their mark on the prep wrestling mats of Illinois by placing in the top 10 of the
state early in the school's career and sent a number of grapplers who finished in the top four of their weight classes.
1962
Tied for 9th in State coach
unknown
Team Standings
1 Burbank Reavis 62
2 Waukegan
HS 36
3 Savanna 34
4 Moline 29
5 Evanston
Township
28
6 LaGrange Lyons 18
7 Palatine HS 16
Granite City HS 16
9 Park Forest Rich East 15
Berwyn Morton West 15
Winnetka New Trier 15
Maywood Proviso East
15
Individual Medalists
Lee Mungai
180 lbs---4th place
Lee Olson
145 lbs---2nd place
1963 Individual Medalist
coach unknown
Lee Mungai
Heavyweight---STATE CHAMPION!!!
1969 Individual
Medalist
coach unknown
Joe Vicchiollo 127 lbs---2nd place
1970
Individual
Medalist
coach unknown
Craig Baldacci
175 lbs---2nd place
1978-79
Coach Joe Callahan
1984AA Individual
Medalist
coach unknown
Dan Ivanisevic Heavyweight---4th place
BASEBALL
In
trying to keep pace with their district counterparts at Morton East, West also had some flags of their own to show
off to fans in the western suburbs of Chicago. The Falcons reached the Elite Eight of the state baseball
tournament twice before bowing out of contention.
1963
Regional Champions coach
unknown
1968 22- 2 Elite Eight Qualifier!!!
Coach Stan Pace
Regional Champions
Sectional
Champions
Lost to Peoria
Manual 7-4 in state quarterfinals
1972 Regional
Champions
coach unknown
1982 18-12 AA Elite Eight
Qualifier Coach
Roger Hahn
Regional Champions
Sectional Champions
Lost to Darien Hinsdale South 9-7 in state quarterfinals
