15000 Cottage Grove Avenue Dolton, Illinois THORNRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL Volume 57 Issue 4 Spring Edition 2017 Home of the Falcons the BAGPIPe 50 Years, A Legacy Revisited: The retirement of the 1971-1972 Championship Falcon Basketball Jerseys Inside This Issue. Feature 2 Music Review 3 Caught in Action 6 Tribute 8 In Depth 9 Healthy Living 10 Short Story Corner 11 Poets Corner 14 Athletics 15 Photo Courtesy of Miracle Patrick-Holmes Thornridge High School 15000 Cottage Grove Avenue Dolton, IL Volume 57 Issue 4 Spring Edition 2 Feature THE BAGPIPE Celebrating 50 years of Diversity and Integration Staff with the Retirement Ceremony of the 1971 and Shavontay Hill Miracle Patrick-Holmes 1972 Thornridge Championship Basketball Teams Tavier Robinson Brian Jones Editor-In-Chief By Treyvaughn Heard Treyvaughn Heard Assistant-Editor-in-Chief On this day, We celebrate William Gatlin and Michael After we started winning, It is always good coming those who paved the way for Henry; #44, worn by Greg it seemed it like it brought home and seeing people our athletes in today’s age.It Rose; #52, worn by Mark everyone closer together. In that you grew up with, had Advisors is the celebration of the “50 Mcclain. William Gatlin, 1969 blacks were immigrated opportunities to play sports one of Thornridge’s greatest in Thornridge, and my broth- with and even people that Ms. Zachery year of Diversity and Inte- basketball players had a lot ers class was the first class you do not know. It is almost Mrs. Joseph gration with the Retirement ceremony of the 1971 and to say on coming back to TR. with whites immigrated and it like when people see you it 1972 Thornridge Champion- “It is always great coming was pretty tough. is almost embarrassing when ship Basketball Teams”. back to see family, friends, After we started winning they know you and you do Editorial Policy The numbers of the retired and stuff we came up with football championships and not know them. It is not like The Bagpipe is an open forum players are #23, worn by at Thornridge, and there was basketball championships, you were bigger than them for student expression. The Mike Boncyzyk; # 24, worn a lot of history made. When you never really saw any kind or anything, it is just the fact writing, editing, graphics and by Ernest Dunn and James we first got here, it was a lot of racial discord. It seemed that they were fans. They photography are contributed Loggins; #25, worn by Quinn of racial tension. We used to like sports kind of made ev- were following us. We were by students currently enrolled Buckner; #30, worn by Tony fight for our rights just to ride eryone a little bit known. taking names when we was in the Journalism 101 Class Jackson; #31, worn by Boyd the bus back and forward to coming up and we enjoyed it and the Bagpipe Newspaper Batts; #42, worn by school. because we blew people out. Club of Thornridge High School. Editorial articles strictly reflect the opinions of the student writer and should not be a representation of the Bagpipe staff or advisors. We was not in any gangs, we ories, they like to rehash a lot was not in any trouble, ev- of fellowship. It’s like going erybody was saying, ‘yes sir to church, when you go to Students can order any and yes ma’am’ and I am not church you give your soul lying about it because respect and your heart to the lord pictures that are in the was everything. But it is al- and then you also fellowship newspaper or displayed ways nice coming home.” the part of culture to be able in the cafeteria by simply to come back to reminisce stopping by the Bagpipe because I took Ernie, Greg, office to pick-up an order and a couple of guys down One of his goals that he has form. ‘71-’72 Championship team with the ‘16-’17 Falcons there to look at the wall and reached after high school, we flashed back ourself. We Gatlin said, “Yes, I have eight looked back and started grand kids, one of them is On of his most memorable Thornton. Everybody was laughing at it, the shorts, the playing at IU on the football moments at TR, Gatlin said going to go to Thornton and hair because that was going squad. I got two of them that “Winning, winning was everybody knew that until on in that era. are going to Indiana State, unbelievable because of the 69’. It was like a rude awak- one of them is a manager at prime that was going on. It ening so like ok, we’re going So it is always great to be Walmart. Two of them are was so much racial tension. to the Ridge (nickname for recognized. I talk to Quinn still in high school so yes, ev- We had to fight if a bus left Thornridge)and once we got from time to time and I am erybody is healthy and every- us, practice would be over here, we started wearing them in Indianapolis area and he Prices are as follows: body is living. My goals was like at 5:30 or 6:00 o’clock, we blue and white colors and we works with the Pacers(NBA to graduate, get a good job, would have to run from here started a new culture. Team). A lot of people might 4” x 6” $1.00 and find a wife. I`ve achieved to Phoenix. We would have to be disappointed that he never my goals becuase I have been stop and go through our cuts They did not like us too comes back to the neigh- 5” x 7” $5.00 married for 34 years now. and run some more and go much, no hispanics, no borhood but you know it’s through houses and we would minorities and it was amaz- unfortunate that it happens I have four kids and they all just laugh it off. ing how sports can change like that. Personally I am not 8” x 10” $8.00 are doing their own thing attitudes because in football, disappointed in that because in life. They are all working We also had wrestlers and Ark Riley, Mike Payne, Larry what he’s doing right now is Order as many as and healthy so I mean it’s a the basketball players on Lashley, Quinn Buckner, they unbelievable and everyone wanted. Be sure to in- true blessing. I try not to take the same buses. It was some paved the way too. In football, just wants to see him and clude payment when anything for granted I mean history going on when we they took state the same year that’s the thing though, that’s dropping off the order anything I do is just graded was freshman,sophomores,- we took state in basketball.” the hunger for people that compare to how they do. God juniors, and seniors that it William`s feeling on being they know or heard of es- form to either is good to me, I mean I am kinda paved the way because honored at the ceremony, he pecially if they are from the Mrs. Joseph in the library still here. I am sixty one years that winning helped create said “It is great, it is good are a .” or old so I mean everything is another culture because we too that the community they Ms. Zachery in B220. great, I feel blessed.” was going to love history, they love mem- Thornridge High School 15000 Cottage Grove Avenue Dolton, IL Volume 57 Issue 4 Spring Edition Feature 3 contact can take you a little bit further then a know it all or a mouthy.” Seems that William Gatlin had a lot to express on his return to Thornridge High School. Mark Mccain, another Thornridge basketball player had some few words to say on his return to TR, he said “It iswonderful, I have so many great memories of childhood, teammates, and friends that I also met my wife here, it’s a wonderful William Gatlin explains: the road. A lot of things experience.” “For us students, we did specific basketball game, I am we think we know but real- not know that there was taking about life. From the “Basketball is always some- ly don’t know, we were too Speaking about his goals any disharmony. We were very moment I heard these thing that we did as kids and young. that he has reached after kids, I think it maybe for our words in Grapevine, Marvin it kept us out of trouble. It parents, but for us students Gaye which said believe half Our parents high school, Mccain said made us competitive and and teammates, I did not see of what you see son and none and the adults discipline, it made us un- a big deal.” of what you hear.” derstand that sports can get who try to When asked you off the streets too. There inform us and how basket- were ways academically too, stuff like that ball effected but to enhance that you can sometimes his life, he play sports and get it both they get tired stated: ways scholarship wise and of telling us. academically, so it was so They were “It taught me important for us to stay out tired of re- teamwork of trouble and especially in peating them- and commit- Phoenix because their were selves and ment , it also SPrInG BreAk IS never any gangs out there.