George Mason High School - Mustang Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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8 Homecoming ‘87 got off to an ex plosive start and by the end of the week the whole school was in Spirit’’ was the word of the week. All of the classes were com- peting against each other in events such as powder-puff football, pie- eating contest, and tug-of-war. The competition ended at the pep-rally and as tradition would have it, the seniors received the Spirit stick opirit week was quite successful “Everything was different from last year, the whole school worked to- gether to make it better than last year,’ said senior Lucia Gonzalez opirit week was tipped off by the Freshmen and their red and white mint day. The Sophomore Class de- cided that they would challenge the faculty to a Tug-of-War. The few that volved With the rivalry between the Junior and Se nior classes Rachel Jacomet, Kathy Clemons and Vicky Condit put in their best efforts for a win at the powder-puff game HOMECOMING SPIRIT! showed gave a good fight, but the faculty prevailed. The biggest upset happened on Senior Class day dur. ing the powder-puff football game Traditionally the Seniors have beat- en their proteges Dut, being a year of breaking traditions, the Juniors were victorious. The Senior Day was celebrated with a special luncheon served by Dr. Thoms and Dr. Tan- nenbaum The pep-rally on Friday night was a show of all classes. The energy and excitement of the students was obvious by their show of spirit. The High School was beaten out by the hungry Middle School in the pie- eating contest. Even so, a deter- mined effort was put out by eve- ryone. Next came the Competition for g.? a i. - the Spirit Stick. It ended in a tie- breaker between the Juniors and the Seniors in which the Seniors were overwhelmingly victorious. sophomore Vanessa Courts said. “This year seemed more exciting than last.’’ This was obvious throughout the week with all the hard work and effort put forth by all the classes. The end came at the bonfire; while the football team led students in cheers, people began to focus on the events of the coming day.

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king All Rules After a long day, Omar Serageldin sighs relief at the last bell. Discussing the performance of the team, Bruce Ayling and Brett Free- man watch the football season opener. Student Life

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After a long day as Mr. Hyde, the Jekyll side of Mr. Fredenberg eats his way to a messy victory in the pie eating contest at the pep- rally The sophomore class, helped by Bobby Clohan, took advantage of the fall Home coming date to sell Halloween pumpkins aft the fair. Pe ma a, Pulling down the sophomore class Mr. Weil, Mr. Klass, Mr. Albright, and Mr. Kreuger re- ceive a well-deserved victory at the tug-of- war contest HOMECOMING 9