Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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PEER SUPPORT. Spirits ran high on the sidelines of the powderpuff game. Seniors Cathy Stidwell and Kelly Dasher show their support of the senior team. (Photo by Amy Bleyle) OPPOSING OPINIONS. The powderpuff game was ended early because of un: necessary violence. Senior offensive guard Rochelle Amundson said, “It looked like the sophomores and juniors started tackling first, and it really ticked the seniors off. (Photo by Amy Bleyle) i BAD GIRL. The senior “Bad Girls scored one touchdown against the victorious ''Ter- minators. Senior running back Lisa Tice eludes her op- ponents. (Photo by Amy Bleyle) hye” 17 Powderpuff

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° Oe W° jTeeerepeuefefe LAY TOO RUFF Another flattened player picked herself up off the ground to rejoin her battered teammates. It was a relief when the game was Called off two minutes early. Oomph! Crunch! — The sounds of powder- puff football. For the past three years the sport had become in- creasingly violent. The game on November 2 was no ex- ception. The second half deteriorated into a free-for-all, with fights between almost every play. The game was called off with two minutes still on the clock, because it was getting too violent. The final score was 21-6 favoring the sopho- more-junior ‘‘Termi- nators’ over the senior Bad Girls.” some spectators en- joyed the grisly show. | was hoping there'd be some blood,” said junior lan Hoffman. However, most fans were not impressed. ''I paid $2 to see a game that was supposed to be fun and all | saw was fist fights on the field, said junior Barb McGinness. Many of the powder- puffers weren't pleased either. “l thought it was rude, said senior Jodi Longwell. “A lot of peo- ple came drunk and- they didn't come to play the game — just to murder people.’’ Sophomore Amy Clark 16 Powderpuff MALE INPUT. In a parody of the usual football tradition, boys cheered at the powderpuff game. Seniors Pat Kearney, Jim Bernard and Gaston Mulleady fire up the crowd. (Photo by Amy Bleyle) said, ' Everbody was afraid to play because they knew that they were going to get hurt.” Much of the violence seemed to have been planned ahead of time, but many thought it got out of hand. “They brought rings and they sharpened their finger- nails, said senior Janet Bredeson of some of her team- mates. There were reports that some girls wrapped their wrists in tinfoil. ‘‘Everybody knew there was going to be a fight, said Clark. While coaches claimed not to be aware of extra preprations for vio- lence, many advised players to use it in some situations. “We told them it was a lot easier to pull so- meone's flag when they were on the ground, said senior Tom Hofer, a Terminator coach. Bad Girls coaches were reported to have said “Hit them before they hit you. Both teams claimed they acted in self- defense. They were also free in their ac- cusations of who started the violence. | think the juniors and sophomores provoked violence by the day of the game by harassing certain members of the team, claimed senior Matt Walsh. The seniors did their part, however, by posting a hit list of sopho- more-junior players in the lobby the day of the game. Needless to say, the school administration was not pleased. Prin- cipal Ralph Farrar and Associate Principal William Ripp were inun- dated by phone calls from angry parents pro- testing the game's violence. Dr. Farrar, at first stated that as a gesture of apology and goodwill, half of the funds raised from the game would be given to the annual Welfare Drive. Responding to a “Web” editorial, he later amended this, deciding that fifty per- cent of the $820 raised at the game by the senior Girl’s Club would be given to the Welfare Drive, and twenty-five percent of the 1986 game revenues would be donated to that year's Welfare Drive. Dr. Farrar hoped that powderpuff would con- tinue in spite of the disappointment. You've got to look at the bright side of this, he said, We've had powderpuff for years and it's been a lot of fun. | hope girls will continue to want to be in it. - Karen Reilly

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HEATED DISCUSSION. The fall play Frankenstein had 17 cast members. Junior Peter Groeneveld (Victor Von Frankenstein) stands in the courtyard with junior Tony Connor (Henry Clerval). (Photo by Greg Nelson) EXTRA HOURS. The Frankenstein scenery crew worked on building sets, every Saturday for eight weeks. Junior Jenny Meier- dieks saws a piece of wood for one of the seven sets. (Photo by Greg Nelson) DIRTY JOB. The role of a grave digger in Frankens- tein is played by junior Sean Kearney. He had one of the 17 speaking parts. (Photo by Greg Nelson) 18 Fall, Winter Plays