Aurora Central High School - Borealis Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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Pounding the turf, the varsity football team comes out rough and ready for their Homecoming battle against the Gateway Olympians. The team is lead by Brent Kline l27l, James Bronstetter l28l, Derrick Washington t33l, and Gerald Steen Q44-l. Together again, Chris Maestas and Keith Nichol- son were crowned Homecoming King and Queen moments before taking their place on the floor for the traditional dance. Making use of nature's timetable, the freshman float was judged Most Creative. Anthony Palmer and Linda Dalmadge, Duke and Duchess, display the entry, Game keeps fans excited Early homecoming It came earlier than usual this year. One walked down the hall and found sev- eral idol worshippers, a few scattered to- gas and occasional glimpses of green and white. It wasnit long after the first day of school that the student body found them- selves running around preparing for this annual event. It was set for the 14th of September and there was a lot to be done. A theme had to be chosen, a committee had to be formed for the dance, royalty nominees had to be selected and of course preparatiions for the traditional Home- coming week had to be made. ln spite of the lack of participation during Home- coming week, the student body eagerly started building their class floats and pre- paring for the dance with the Cyndi Lauper song, Time After Timew as their theme. Perhaps no one was more eager for the coming of Homecoming than the Trojan football players. This year's Homecoming game was against the Gateway Olympi- ans and according to fans and sports pre- dictions, Trojans were a sure shot to win. It was a brisk and cold Friday evening at APS stadium. The cold did not seem to dampen the spirits of fans shivering in the stands as they anxiously waited for the start of the game. The atmosphere soon warmed up after a 40 yard touchdown interception by James Bronstetter which put the fans on their feet. This was the beginning of a very tough and close game. At half time, the Trojans were leading 13-O. The usual half time Homecoming excitement of class float competition took place. The Junior class float, a '56 Thun- derbird, was victorious this year. Although the team was ahead at halftime, the sec- ond half took a turn against the team's favor. Gateway's defense managed to shut down the Trojan drive and then their offense took over. Trojan's magnificent effort scored another touchdown the last two minutes of the game but still the final score was a discouraging 22-20, Olympi- ans. Although preparations for Homecom- ing had to be made so quickly and the Trojans lost their game, Mrs. Carol Miron, English teacher, said, l thought it was a very nice dance, well-organized, and there were people dancing all the time. Miron, along with other chaperones and students enjoyed the dance, the music, the atmo- sphere and as always the crowning of the 1984-85 King and Queen, Keith Nichol- son and Chris Maestas. In spite of the lack of participation dur- ing Homecoming week and the loss of the game, the rushed yet successful planning seemed like it was made to fit everyone's needs. Seniors did indeed come through, a bit late, and rumor had it that the only reason for not winning the first place prize was because of this tardiness. Dave Toliver, smiling confidently, looks as though the sen- iors had it cornered. As artificially produced exhaust spews from the 1956 Thunderbird, symbolizing the year of the first graduating class of Aurora Central, Julie Burmester and Kevin Motto relax on their winning float submit- ted by the Junior Class. Drenched with sweat, junior Chris Widhalm ob- serves the Trojan defense in the Homecoming game against Gateway. The sophomores submitted a unique float, making use of Central's vivid school colors. Craig Cossey and Lori Flickner looked outstanding in clothes that carried out the color scheme. Homecoming 13