Capistrano Valley High School - El Gato Yearbook (Mission Viejo, CA)

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» (ACKIE O ' LANTERN In the rue spirit of Halloween sophomore Re ncp Hams wears a |ack O lantern costume Many students dressed up in homemade or store bought cos tumes or the typical I came to scnool as myself costumLs ▼ SOMEBUNNY ' S HOPPIN ' on Halloween Junior Diano Triss hoos through the dav as a p rK bunn O . l .r , iV ■ A PANTS ' D - Freshman Chris Kn p per IS a pair of pants He took first place for the funniest m the Hallow- een contest at lunch. 20 ilalloween

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Quern I mowmg imw i bwwh up ui (tw fafs id you hear the pop of bubbles exploding at Homecoming? |X For Shelley Welsh, her bubble burst when Dr. Edmund Mar- tinez, dressed as a clown (because of the Greatest Show on Earth theme), popped a black balloon, and orange balloons floated out indicating Shelley was Home- coming Queen. But for the Capo football team, its bubble burst when the Dana Hills Dolphins kicked a last second field goal to deflate the Cougars 9-7. Even though Capo lost to Dana Hills for the first time there were some happy mo- ments for Queen Shelley. I was expecting them to announce Bridget Dawson, said Queen Shelley, It just didn ' t seem real when Dr. Mar- tinez popped the black balloon and or- ange balloons floated out! Shelley ' s dad was surprised, too. My dad was excited and was really happy for me! And how does it feel to be Home- coming Queen? It feels great and I don ' t have to act different; I can act like myself. While Homecoming was exciting for Shelley, for the Capo football team, it was far from thrilling. The game was infamous and every- one will remember it because it was the first time we lost to Dana, said Varsity football player, Pete LaFlamme. Even though the game turned out to be a disappointment, it also helped. 1 think that the game was kind of a motiva- tor for the season because after that, we turned it around for the El Toro game, said LaFlamme. Contributing to the loss according to Steve DeLaura were distractions be- cause of Homecoming. We weren ' t as focused as we should have been. Doug Bame agreed they needed to be more focused, but also said they tiiileii lu execute. The offense couldn ' t gf ! iny- thing going and it was embarrassing. Even though the game was a disap- pointment there were some pleasant as- pects. 1 feel it was the nicest Homecoming, said Dr. Edmund Martinez, Activities Di- rector, Everything went as expected! While Dr. Martinez was happy with the school spirit demonstrated, that ' s not to say he was completely satisfied. As far as future homecomings my goal is to get more students involved with the floats. In addition to boosting school spirit. Dr. Martinez felt something else was ac- complished. People can now see that 1 am a clown. All your suspicions have been proven: I am a clown! ■ A HAPPY CLOWN- Carrie Taylor flashes a smile while selling goodies to the hung ry crowd at the hon-iecoming game. Several cos- tumed students sold peanuts in the stands. lOWNING AROUND- Kyle Gryzanosk rushes to have his clown make-up put on be fore the homecoming game starts.

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Ok uy goiU tti Hutb Gtedt PuMpldbb, Capo ' f f According to Linus Van Pelt, the Great Pumpkin comes out every Halloween, looking for the most sincere pumpkin patch. There he lands, distributing gifts and treats to all the good little boys and girls. Perhaps Linus should change his assessment. One would have been hard- pressed to find a more sincere cele- bration of Halloween than the one that took place in the mall at Capo as the drama department staged a haunted house. We had a maze, a torture cham- ber complete with a guillotine and a whipping post, a cemetery, and an insane asylum. said drama teacher Keith Lockhart. Students wandered through the different rooms where they met were by every form of ghoulishness known to the living — or dead. I was like a ghost, said sopho- more Julie Mai. I jumped out from behind and screamed at people — kinda like the way Mr. Lockhart does when he ' s teaching class. But while Mai said that haunting can be fun, she admitted that it was not without its hazards. I scared this one girl and she screamed and accidentally punched me in the chest! she explained. Scared students wreaked havoc on sets as well as spirits. Some peo- ple even knocked down a wall when they got scared. said senior Erin Pipes, who wandered through the maze jumping out at wary wander- Still, according to Pipes, while it was scarier than in previous years, not everyone felt frightened. The freshmen were really scared, but the seniors mostly thought it was stupid. she said. What the house lacked in horror, however, it made up for in gore as blood and guts abounded in the lab- oratory of mad scientist Andy Bos- well. I sat there with blood on my hands. I had these fake intestines, asking people if they wanted any. Boswell explained. While no one acce pted Boswell ' s offer to feast on a piece of the hu- man digestive system, almost 130 students did accept an offer to tour- ing the house for a dollar a pop I think it was pretty successful, said Mr. Lockhart, Especially since it was only open during seventh pe- riod and most of the kids at school had already gone home, i don ' t know how many were really scared, but some said it was worth a dollar. So Linus, even if you do think paying a dollar to go through a haunted house amounts to nothing more than a cheap thrill, you have to admit the effort was sincere. So next Halloween, bring your blanket over to the mall, because if he ' s even half the squash you think he is, there ' s no way the Great Pumpkin can pass us up. ■4 THE MAN IN THE MASK - Sen- ior Jeff Zorro Atwood motions for his sword, probably to bring justice to those who cut in the lunch lines. Halloween 21