Normal Community High School - Echoes Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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, I od: ,Jaj r Q-Steve Starkey 1112 shows what a toll the Inter- city game takes on the footbali piayers. lAmy Wilson 1111 and Amy Levek 1101 contribute to the atmosphere of the intercity football game by cheering the Ironmen on to victory over the Bloomington Raiders. mme-W: I 1 -'E fill f0bviausly excited by the game, Brian Vanover 1121 chooses to show his enthusiasm by standing, while Drew Treischmann 1121, Chris Homan 1121 and James DaRosa 1121 sit watching the action. PA! the Intercity game, the lronmen team gets in the line-up position to take on BIoomington's Raid- ers. intercity-9

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t was August 30, the weather was unseasonably warm at 78 degrees, and lSU's Hancock stadium was packed. People waited for the kickoff to begin the lntercity football game, hoping that their team would win. The rivalry between NCHS and BHS is one reason people look forward to the game. Terri Simmons 1103 explained, lt's the first football game. I get to see all my friends, and l'll be there when we beat Bloomington. The rivalry between Bloomington and Normal also gives football players a big boost. Everytime we beat them, it's beating somebody we don't like. Be- cause we like to beat them, it's the big- gest rivalry that we havef' Steve Star- key 1113 explained. Heather Beerup 1113 agreed, lt gets them 1football players3 all excited and pepped up for it. Catrina Parker 1103 thinks the rivalry between the two schools is good. lt puts tension on themg because of it, they think they have to do better to achieve the school's goals, she ex- plained. Both Margaret Shonat 1113 and Beerup agreed that intercity is different from other football games. According to Shonat, There's a lot more people, a lot more people, and people have never seen the football team before, and they want to see what happens. Beerup added, Everybody goes. Everybody has a good time even if the game is terrible. She continued, intercity was better this year because Bloomington didn't get any points. Despite the rivalry between NCHS and BHS, friendships do exist between the students from the two schools. As Johanna Barnes 1123 put it, Just because Normal hates Bloom- ington's football team doesn't mean that you can't have friends from over there. IbAndy Ommen 1111 and Chad Ftonnekamp 1123 are not only on the Varsity Football Team, they've both been active in the Boys' Track Team. 8-intercity Chris Wooten 1113 added, Most of the people at Normal have friends at Bloomington. The rivalry between the schools doesn't affect friendships that students from the two schools have. Shonat said, the rivalry doesn't af- fect her friendships at all. On intercity it does, but after that it's no big deal. Some people think the rivalry be- tween the schools goes on all year, while others think it's forgotten after ln- tercity. According to Debbie Hoye 1103, I think that friends forget how you feel about Bloomington after intercity. Parker disagreed, lt goes on through all of the school year. intercity isn't the only school activity that Normal is involved in. People like to think how great their school is all year long. - Jill Simmons 1123 -OAIthough this is Jim Spaniol's 1113 first year competing on the Varsity Football Team, he's not new to playing football. He has been on the foot- ball team his freshman and sophomore years.

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Q Kathy Ficek 1122 earns extra money and meets new people working at the Alamo ll, the campus bookstore, after school and on the weekends. if 10-College Town Life 1jGetting together after school to talk about the da y's events, Lance Fitzgerald 1102, Greg Heath 1102, Eric Miller 1102, Dave Laesch 1Metcal0 and Todd Guhlstorf 1102 relax at the Union. Q After taking pictures at the Quad, Laura Bresney 1122 and Cara Sexton 1122 sit down and talk about anything other than Photography class.