Pulaski Academy - Bruin Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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he world watched as Americans like Scott Hamilton, Bill Iohnson and Phil Mahre brought homethe gold from the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Australians celebrated their first victory ever over America in the America's Cup. Arkansas fans rejoiced over the Razorbacks' basketball victory over North Carolina, the nation's number one team. And Bruin fans were delighted when the senior boys' basketball team won both the Magnet Cove Tournament and the P.A. Invitational tournament. What made these events monumental was not their surprising turnouts nor the waves they made, but the fan reaction. And no one had more dedicated fans than the P.A. Bruins. From travelling with friends in the dead of night to see an away game to sitting through two or three overtimes at a senior girls' basketball game, we had the spirit and enthusiasm to be second to none. - -----i --+ Sportsf

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High five! A victory in the finals of the PA. lnvitationalTournament calls for celebration by the senior Bruin Basketball team. JIWN UINS. 'Y if wt, M ei a l WM :i w j

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wel Pain is part of the game Norman conquest. A sack of Mayflower's quarterback by senior lineman Danny Norman sack resultd in a fumble, which was recovered by the Bruins. 40'Sports Aah, this feels good! This expression was often heard from injured football players on Saturday mornings after trainer Terry Henson had let them soak their black and blue bodies in the whirlpool. The whirlpool was just about the only thing that would let them forget that every time they moved pain would sear their bodies. Pain was the natural result of four afternoons of grueling three-hour practices plus a four quarter game on Friday night. This demanding pace, which was preceded by two and a half weeks of practice before the opening of school, continued every week for 10 weeks. To get their summer-fattened bodies in shape, the Bruins started their season with two-a-days. The practices with full pads were often dreaded, and it was then that water breaks seemed almost heavenly. In fact during one ofthese reprieves senior Greg Bell was heard to mutter, What's big, black and tired? Practice was really monotonous, said sophomore Bruce Granger. Every day we did the same thing over and over again. During 'buddy drills' and 'line drills' we actually hit each other. During 'eye opener' you had to side step dummies and then tackle an offensive back. Carter would usually level me, and he would sit there and laugh at me as I was lying on the ground. 1983 Varsity Football .LK.r1VP'A' , he-,iopponent :.,.i.i. , 28 jefferson Prep 6 28 Mayflower 18 0 Bauxite 21 1.541 .ysi ,Newark gyt. 21 gyyissi i '42 Deaf School 1 T 14 ' T 28 'Perryville 8 0 Hazen 14 6 Harding g 17 g 1332 . Qevalls Bluffifli 0 ' f fforfeitl 6 CAC 13 y Season Record: 5f5 y