Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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Whether using a bullhorn or hot. when Marshall Sellers speaks, people listen (far right). Mark Madigan (foreground) and Steve Nystrand give a small demonstration of bunching. 18 Crosscountry

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Holding her wedding cake and hitchin' certificate, Bonnie Free tips her hat to married life. Swirling in her dress, Stacey Reber gazes into Pat Welch’s eyes as they stomp in time. Sadie Hawkins by Me Me Chung 'Gotcha!' yells gals as they harness fellas G?iris gathered in huddles, whispered and broke into fits of giggles. Fellas waited in anticipation. As Sadie Hawkins came closer, the number of daydreamers in class increased and many conversations revolved around the Sadie. It was obvious when a fella had just been asked; the girl practically skipped away beet red with happiness or rejection. Schoolwork was set aside for gossip and while walking through the halls, anyone could pick up a multitude of information. “Did you hear who . . ., I’m so chicken. . ., What if he says no?” The day of the Sadie was spent sewing last minute costumes and tending to emergencies that inevitably cropped up. But doggone-it, the night of the ‘‘silvery moon” approached and all Sadie goers had transferred into Li I’ Abners and Daisy Maes! Couples dressed in overalls, homemade dresses, and sawed off jeans, came in all sizes and shapes. Some looked as if they had already encountered the haystack. Black freckles and cock eyed pigtails, mis-matched socks and shoes livened the atmosphere as everyone slipped into hilly-billy drawl. Those chewing lazily on pieces of straw completed the down home feeling. The evening wasn’t considered complete until everyone had gone down yonder to be hitched by the notorious Marryin’ Sams in a candlelight ceremony. The ‘‘distinguished’’ preachers performed the sacred marryin’ ties dutifully, throwing an extra tidbit here and there sending the couple at the altar into uncontrollable laughter. Plastic turkey rings and a marriage certificate joined the couple in holy matrimony and of course, as always, the blessed event was sealed with the traditional kiss by the light of the silvery moon. Sadie Hawkins 17

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Cross Country by Steve Ball 1977 Cross Country SB Adams SB Clay MC Elston SB LaSalle Memorial Mishawaka Penn SB Riley SB Washington ECHS OPP. 16 47 15 50 24 32 18 45 24 34 20 35 24 31 21 40 19 44 Season record: 9 0 Dutch Heinhuis. Central's leading harrier, strides for the finish. Blue Bunch posts 54-0 dual record in six years Cross country runners come and go through Elkhart Central, some great and most of them good, and no matter who is running for the Blue Bunch the results are almost always the same. This year was no different as the Blazers ran through the season undefeated and won the sectional. However, one face has stayed the same through all the victories and championships: Marshall Sellers. Sellers has been called many things by many people, but one thing nobody can call him is a loser. For instance, this year’s seniors who have gone through three years of cross country have won 27 dual meets without a loss, have captured two sectionals (this year and 1975), one regional and have always qualified for the regional. Since Central was formed six years ago, the team dual record is 54-0. There is good reason why Sellers and his Blue Bunch run by their opponents in literally a blue bunch. Sellers has his team run about 19 miles a day, 6 miles for breakfast and 13 for supper. This training leaves the Blazer harriers starved for competition on meet day. Sellers strives to get his runners to be able to run together in a swift pack, and how the Blazers are bunching” shows how well they are running. In the regional, where the season ended with a fifth place performance, the bunch disintegrated and a lack of balanced performance by the whole squad doomed the Blazers. Cross country's version of the starting lineup is the top seven. Central's top seven for '77 was Dutch Heinhuis, Pat Welch, Rusty Green, Mark Madigan, Doug Zehr, Steve Nystrand and Jeff Vamos. Heinhuis was named best senior, Madigan received the best junior award and Nystrand was named the best sophordore. Crosscountry 19