John Pocivasek HOF
John Pocivasek Athletic Hall of Fame
Bill Bohler
All State Football -1954
Bill Dougherty
4th place in State Finals
180 yd low hurdles- 1956
Jim Plankenhorn
1959 Three Sport Athlete
Kicked Winning field goal in the 1964 Rose Bowl for Illinois
Jim Valesano
All State Football – 1960
Steve Cisco
5th place in State Golf
Art Rohlman
All State Basketball – 1974
Bob Guyette
All state Basketball – 1970/71
High School All American 1971
Marty Brown
All State Basketball -1974
Guy Hoffman
3 sport athlete at MHS -1974
Pitcher Bradley University
12 years Professional Baseball
Rick Green
All State Football -1975
Greg “Chet” Kinkade
All State Football 1981 & 82
Scott Anderson
All State Football – 1977
Ed Schaibley
All State Basketball – 1977
Jim Roth
All State Football – 1981& 82
Jim McGrath
All State Basketball – 1982
Rich Wheatland
All State Football – 1983 & 84
Dean Crowley
All State Football- 1984
Terry Carr
All State Football – 1985
Tim Bailey
All State Basketball- 1986
Peg Condon
State Champion
100 yrd High Hurdles
Kevin Condon
All State Football- 1994
Josh Novotney
All State Baseball- 1995
Ted Hughes
All State Football – 1995
Joe Durham
All State Football- 1996
Stefanie Kaufmann
All State Basketball- 1996, ’97 & ’98 All State Volleyball- 1997
Mike Heaton
16 Varsity Letters at MHS 194
Played Football at Notre Dame
Marty Serena
3 sport athlete at MHS 1971
Member of Notre Dame baseball
in the 70’s
John Rosner
All State Baseball 1998
Beau Hellman
All State Football 1998
All State Baseball 1999
John Pocivasek
Teacher, Coach & Athletic Director
1952-1990
Bob Strickland
Teacher, Coach, & AD
11 seasons as head basketball coach (237-72) UPI Coach of the Year 1973
Joann Fox
Cheer Sponsor, First Girls Volleyball Coach, Track Coach 1973-1983
Vince Machiorletti
Baseball Coach Basketball scorer & Football clock operator for over 35 years. IBCA Hall of Fame
Cal Flavel
Teacher 1964-1998, Football and Basketball clock operator for 29 years
Mike Skoflanc
Master Track & Field All American Standard of Excellence
Mr. & Mrs. John McDonnell
Charter members of the MHS Century Club
Reverend Stephen Gould
First Marquette Athletic Director
Bob Bongartz
All Around athlete 1950 Graduate
Hank Walsh
Lifelong Crusader Backer & Supporter
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Lanuti
Long time Century Club members and Benefactors
Kevin McCormick
1980 Crusader Basketball Standout
Larry Basky (1961)
Collegiate All American Recipient of Coach of the Year Honors in Kansas & Southern Colorado
Bill Thumm (1961)
Teacher, Coach, Administrator at Rockford Boylan for 37 yrs. Member of the IFCA Hall of Fame
Dan Hertzner
2000: 4th in state -100 meters, 9th in state – 200 meters, Member of the 3rd place 4x100 relay team, 2001 9h in state 100 Meters
Tom Wright
Football Standout 1953
Janet Garland
Longtime Bus driver, scorekeeper, & Volunteer
Jeff Johnson
Teacher, Coach, Administrator, 114 Football Victories, IHSCA Hall of Fame
Steve (Pizza) Scherer
Long Time Clock Operator
Scorekeeper & Assistant Coach
Phil Thomas
3 Sport Athlete
Professional Athlete
Benedictine University 1972
Chuck Moss
Baseball Standout
Reverend Edward Bader
Bader gym named in his Honor
Dana Crowley
Held the record for scoring in football and assists record for basketball. Received a total of 13 varsity letters
Kevin Townsend
Caught game winning pass in Marquette’s first playoff game. 1984 Sun Times honorable mention All-State
Tom Sisk
7th in State – 200 yard individual medley 10th in state 100 Yard Butterfly
Joe Hettel
Honorable Mention Junior College All American Football player. Earned a Rose Bowl Ring
Jim Schwarzbach
Earned 11 Varsity letters Played Baseball at NIU
Brad Hughes
3rd All Time Scorer in basketball Honorable mention All state 1990
Kimberly (Fowler) Sawall
8th place 3200 meter run 2002
Katie (Yedinak) Burton
All State Basketball 2001 & 2002
Bill Durdan
Professional Baseball Player
Don & Judy Kiesig
Lifelong Marquette Supporters
Tom & Garnet Paquette
Lifelong Marquette Supporters
Coach Dan “Doc” Cheatham
Cross Country & Track Coach
Dr & Mrs Dan Cheatham
Lifetime Supports
Jack Thompson
Lifetime Supporter/ Coach & Usher
Bill & Jo Parrott
Lifetime Supporters
Pat Whalen
P.A. Announcer
Kristina Yedinak
3 Year All State Girls Basketball
All Time Leading Scorer Girls Basketball
Lindsey Homfeldt
2005- State Champion 300 meter low hurdles
6 time State Medalist
HALL OF FAME TEAMS
1978 ELITE 8 BASKETBALL TEAM
Head Coach Robert Strickland , Bob Cobler, Mike Stremlau, Bill Jankowski, Eric Gibson Mgr. Bob Williams,
Asst Coach Art Rohlman, Jeff Newbury, Joe Hughes, Greg Walsh, Jim McGinnis
Mike McDonald, Al Renkosik, Mark Alderman, Kevin McCormick, Mgr. Paul Boisso
1949-50 FOOTBALL TEAM
The first varsity football team in the history of Marquette High School. They finished the season 6-3.
Coaches: Bron Bacevich, Rev. Stephen Gould and John Pocivasek
Mgr. Nick Donahue, Ray Rafalski, Mgr. Rich Fanti, Lloyd Lawsha, Mgr. Mill Mitchell, Jack Slingsby
Geno Rafalski, Jim Miller, Joe Dougherty, Ray Burke, Ed Damyen, Robert Bongartz
Wayne Murphy, Bob McGrath, Robert Mitchell, Tom Walsh, Ed Pleskovich, Robert Lavender
George Schiffgens, Bob Hagglund, Merc Navarro, John Kuhn, Tom Rulon, Jim Anderson
Francis Briel, LaVerne Padilla, Jerry Briel, Bob McGrath, Glen English & Mgr. Joe Crowley
1987 BASKETBALL TEAM
Finished the season 27-5. Defeated the #1 ranked Providence St. Mel in the Super Sectional to advance to the Elite 8
Coaches Dave Wultzen, Dave Crane, Bill Jankowski
Matt Bruck, Rob Thompson, Mike Olson, Jon Dougherity, Jeff Brue, Mike Wheatland
Craig Townsend, Brad McGill, Shane Anderson, Matt Walsh, Jason Jensen, Mgr. Pat Corcoran
Chris Boling, Chris Harmon, Mgr. Tim Dooley, Steve Cottingham, Ricardo Gonzalo, Ryan Brooke & Mick Farrell- Video
1991 VOLLEYBALL TEAM
This was the first Volleyball team in the history of the school to reach the Sweet Sixteen. They lost to Coal City which went on the finish 3rd in the state.
Coach Time Dooling
Tiffany Harmon, Kim Less, Alexandria Espinola, Jennifer Anderson, Peg Condon,
Kristen English, Melissa Washowiak, Tracy Bennington, Theresa Duttlinger, Ellen Hinterlong
Amy McGinnis, Annika Larsson, Leslie Guerrero, Ann Lilly
1972-73 BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM
First Sweet 16 Team. Finished the season with a 28-2 record.
Coaches Bob Strickland, John Pocivasek, Mickey Drinan and Fred Nestler
Tim Farrell, Nick Tabor, Steve Barsi, Howie Roux, Gary woods,
Marty Kuhn, Steve Miller, John Guyette, Guy Hoffman, Keith Renkosik
Marty Brown, Ed Abernathy, Kim Conness, & Mgr. Dan Giacomini
1983 FOOTBALL TEAM
First Undefeated and united football team at Marquette through the regular season.
Head Coach Jeff Johnson, Asst. Dave Wultzen, Asst. Tom Peterson, Asst. Mike Clair and Father Jim Spangel
Ron Partridge, Marcos Gonzalo, Andy Durdan, Ed Dougherty, Ray Gerkitz, Brett Carroll, Sam Bucalo, Kevin Townsend,
Joe Hettel, Dave Smith, Dan Krause, Stefan Fischer, Tom Doermann, Shane Nagle, Jim Eustice, Dean Crowley, Dan Sabol, Glenn Serby, Mike Stoudt, Curt Baker, Rodrigo Grant, Jim Renner, Jason Geiger, Ray Ortiz, Barry Cates, Jim Thumm,
John Walsh, Mark Dettore, Steve Gonzalo, Ron Paquette, Dana Bilyeu, Rich Smith, Terry Carr, Tim Durdan, Dan Weber, Marty Wheatland, Dave Oleson, Chad Peruba, Tim Graves, Tim Seibert, Kalon Majors & Rich Wheatland
2002- 2003 4X100 Meter Relay
9th Place in State
Nadia Saleh, Kaylee Schultz, Katie Crowley, Brooke Halcott
2002-2003 800 Meter Medley Relay
5th Place in State
Katie Crowley, Kaylee Schultz, Brooke Halcott, Lindsey Homfeldt