Clearwater High School - Aqua Clara Yearbook (Clearwater, FL)

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TWO TEAMS, ONE GAME, I ONE LOSER, ONE WINNER hat do you get when you place a cat and a mouse together in the same room? About the same effect as placing two large schools only a few miles apart. The rivalry between Clearwater and Largo High Schools is legendary, dating back to the beginning of both cities. The aroma of hot dogs and pizza enchanted the air on November 19, while anticipation mounted. The crowds filled the regular stands along with the stands that were brought in for this special occasion. Forty two hundred people stuffed themselves into the stadium, all waiting for the outcome. Who would win, Clearwater or Largo? After seven years of defeat, Clearwater was ready to win this special football game, which also held a slim chance of a district title for Clearwater. Football players had undergone weeks of preparation for this one night and the whole school was behind them. The senior class inflated helium balloons to sell at the game, and during half-time the balloons were let loose. Each balloon proclaimed Rack the Pack . Tornado pride, pass it on was embossed on buttons which were also sold to raise money. Beat Largo week was designed to raise as much spirit and money as possible. Wednesday night you could ' . LARGOX CLEARWATER GAME ..... ....... F, .,..,,.

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Q AXJMCECODIUIWFE3 A PLACE TO DO YOUR OWN THING T ry driving a car at 160 m.p.h. without moving a step. lt happens all the time at Wacky Wharf, and Fun-A-Rama, two of the more popular game rooms in Clearwater. Pinball wizards, quick-handed foosball players, video fans, and air hockey maniacs clustered into these stores to participate in freak sports. Being a good foosball player takes lots of dedication and plenty of Sand Key led as the notorious place for beach parties. Students endured sweltering long lines of traffic going over the bridge to the beach, paying the 25m toll, and searching forjust the right spot once inside the gates. On Sand Key, cars could be driven up onto the beach itself, instead of a parking lot, and sunbathing on the hoods of cars often occurred. A prominent place to meet new friends, catch up on the latest gossip, and get directions to the nearest party was McDonald's. Congregations of students formed into lines to grab a quick hamburger to cure the munchies , or feast on a Big Mac. Every Friday and Saturday night kids quarters, said Dave Inness. come in here, we are usually packed oo A BeingagoodfoosbaIl player . . .takes plenty ot quarters. Whenever I get a chance l'm out playing, he continued. lf you had a souped-up car that made ample noise and was ready anytime for a quick spin with a competitor to Sand Key and back, the place to be was the Pantry Pride parking lot anytime after 10:30 p.m. The parking lot offered everyone a chance to flaunt their new mag wheels or their expensive car stereo. Cars piled into the lot bumper to bumper, the glow from their headlights and the sound from their blaring stereos sometimes perturbing surrounding businesses. But this rarely stopped the transformation of Pantry Pride parking lot into a popular stop for students on weekends. When the weather was warm and there was plenty of time for weekend partying, The Pipe was the in place for diving. Students crawled up the 25- foot pipe and jumped into the alligator- infested lake near Tarpon Springs. Whether alligators really inhabited the lake was controversial: l've been up to the pipe several times, and everytime l've never seen an alligator, but from some of the stories l've heard, ldon't know, said Mike!Moore. ABeating Largo meant getting rowdie like Kenny Lamb, Kenny Kinnear, and Lisa Nash. with them, said Peggy Wilsolicky, an employee of McDonalds. They fthe studentsj are okay, but sometimes they get a little too rowdie, she commented. While those inside munched out, students asembled outside the Golden Arches in the parking lot. Car engines roared, stereos screamed with the top forty hits, and people filled every place a car wasn't parked. Sometimes it's a lot of fun here tMcDonald'sjg it's a place where you can see everyone from school on the weekends. But other times, there is just nothing to do, said Lea Brady. Danyy Kurin agreed. lt's okay, I like being here with all the people. Well, it's something to do. 5 'T For a little quiet within bustling Clearwater, Crest Lake was a place to be alone. The old-fashioned street lights that surround the lake cast a nostalgic feeling into the air. While walking around the lake, however, there was a risk of being stampeded by a herd of ducks awakened from their night's sleep. Around school during the school week, the two popular places to hang out were the parking lot and in front of the library. Students in the parking lot could be found sleeping before their classes began or after they had already started. Here students met their friends and reminisced about the weekend's endeavors. They also finished that last bit of homework that slipped by or sat doing some last minute studying for that Monday morning test. lj KATHY DAVIS 5 AGetting together in the best spot, in front ot the library. Angela Snipes and John Polaski squander time before classes begin. HANGOUTS 25

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chase a greased pig around the track, but the only trophy for catching it was the glory. Everyone was so gross, said Susan Henderson. Thursday night, the yearly pep rally, festivities were much more in the norm. There everyone could try to release their frustrations about the upcoming game. Things went very strange, said Karen Chamberlin, a varsity cheerleader. Every cheerleader got hit with a pie. Early the morning of the game, students gathered at their schools around 2:00 to toilet-paper their enemy's grounds. Students were denied a chance to carry on the tradition by police stationed onthe school grounds. Everyone dragged home their boxes of confetti and rolls of toilet paper. I got so mad, it took me about three hours to tear up about four garbage bags full of confetti and then we couldn't use any of it, said Cinde Cole, one of the early morning escapaders. N I N.. 4Getting rowdie, and screaming your lungs out is a lot of the fun at games. I wish that we could have T.P.'ed the schooIs, said Linda Steiner. Last year it looked so pretty, like it had snowed. Finally game time rolled around. Tension mounted throughout the game, and the final score disguised how close the game really seemed to the fans: Tornadoes 29, Packers 15. How sweet it is! Q KATHY DAVIS VIAIITED ' 7 N as 5 if . . is ef X Q. t - x A Cinde Cole and Barb McLeod and flower of good fortune. 4 John Erwin and Alan Gryncewicz steady the sign for football players to crash through. AKent Yunk and Jim Bryant admire their flowers given to them at Bonanza. A Greased Pig, is not something you eat, you catch it. Bill Newman and Roger Brutis exhibit their catch. LARGO CLEAFIWATER GAME 27