Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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C asualties Of Summer: It hadn’t been so long. As a matter of fact, time seemed to have blurred by; three months of travel- ing, suntaning, full-time jobs, and freedom from homework had abruptly ended. But now they were back, these 2800+ casualties of summer. Freshmen searched for room numbers as they wandered the spacious halls permeated with the warm shades of orange. Returning sophomores, juniors and seniors smiled as they stepped through the doors and greet- ed the commons like an old friend. And just as the time away had changed everyone a little, the same old school had undergone some changes while ev- eryone was on vacation. And everyone now had to face not only the changes in themselves, but the actual changes in their environment. Selecting their favorites, students reviewed A block-headed Beetdigger. one of the the entries in the display case of mascots sub cheerleaders dances about at the pep mitted by art students to be adopted as the rally before the Jordan football game, school emblem and painted on the fieldhouse Despite the spirit raising and excite- floor. Entry 9 was chosen by the student ment surrounding this first game, the body. varsity team lost 13-6 in a disappoint- ing game. 2 • Opening

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Accipitor 1982 Alta High School 11055 South 10th East Sandy, Utah 84070 Volume 4

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Blaring their horns in the sweet summer sun, Stuart Rice and Stefan Wells make a little music at a home game. With the help of the band's spirit and song, the home crowds charged and cheered the varsity team all the way to State. Another coat of paint piles up on the rock to show everyone coming off of Wasatch and heading away, just who was going to take State this year. But not even decorating the rock changed the Hawks' fate as they fell to the Roy Royals 12 to 7 in the semi finals played at the University of Utah. Opening • 3