Bay High School - Bay Blue Yearbook (Bay Village, OH)

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Summer ends — Back to school! The first bell rang at 8:00 am, and everyone filed into their homerooms where schedules and newly-painted lockers were passed out. Freshmen tried to adjust to their new surroundings. Freshman Kim Gogul said, I was petrified! Sophomores, however, en- joyed their new status. Com- mented sophomore Elise Yun, It was great finally having peo- ple smaller than me. Junior Megan Smith summed up her first day, It didn't feel like the first day because we had a cross country meet after school. Seniors returned for the final time of this first day ritual. Senior Kim Rekstis said, It was weird realizing this was the year I graduate! Like the days to follow, the bell rang at 3:08 to signal the end of the day and the begin- ning of a new year. Intern 1,001 students file into the West Gym for the year's first pep assembly. Let's party! began M.C. Tom Germuska to kick off the assembly. He then introduced the first skit for the football team, a take off of the Three Little Pigs . The major event of this assembly was the Victory Cake Skit. Team captains for tennis, boys' and girls' cross country, golf, football, volleyball, and soccer each plac- ed in garbage cans and various ingredients were poured on them. Since they were such good sports about being made into cakes, each captain received a cake to share with his team- mates wishing them good luck during their season. Because there weren't any pep assemblies last year, this was the freshmen and sophomores' first taste of what one was like. Sophomore Mike Stoyko com- mented, I wish I could have been made into a cake and covered with flour and oil! I loved that skit! Robin Knutsen said, I thought it was hilarious, but per- sonally I would have killed someone if they did that to me! Though it got to be Quite messy with flour, eegs, and oil splasned all over Mr. Voiers' basketball court, the Rockettes performed right afterwards. Kim Weiss commented, I was afraid of falling and making a fool of myself because it was so slip- pery. If the person next to me nappened to slip, it would cause a cnain reaction of blue and white dominoes. Luckily, no one got hurt. The assembly closed with Mr. Kaiser's Ooh-aah Bird speech to psych the foot- ball team up to beat the Bulldogs! FISH CAKE. With a cringe, senior soccer captain Bill Fisher awaits the cold milk about to be poured by cheerleader Laura Rich. The cheerleaders wore their new raincoats to protect their uniforms. SHOWERING OFF. Juior Jenny Finely showers off the slimy flour, oil, and chocolate syrup that covered her after she was made into a cake at the Olmsted Falls assembly. Though her shirt cot very messy, she was able to get tne stains out with 'Clorox Prewash September

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 V — S. Troia AUGUST 29 FRIDAY Mulling over their new schedules, freshmen Amy Stagneth and Tricia Skelly check the room numbers with the ones on their schedule. Veteran cheerleaders helped to lead the incoming freshmen through all of the corridors, allowing them a chance to gain con- fidence with their room assignments before the hectic start of school. My first impression of the high school was just total intimidation. I guess the orientation helped, but in a way it just helped to confuse me. It all seemed so big that I felt like I was just walking in circles. The only thing I could remember for the first day was that the 200 numbers were on the second floor. ■Amy Stagneth AUGUST 14 THURSDAY With the warm summer weather, flocks of students trooped to a variety of concerts at Blossom Music Center. Though mainly serving as a showcase for the Cleveland Orchestra, Blossom hosted more popular events, such as Eddie Murphy, Mister Mister, Neil Young, Moody Blues, Psychedelic Furs, Elton John, and the Beach Boys. Like all other years, Cleveland's premiere radio station, WMMS, spon- sored its Appreciation Day concert and invited in I NXS. Showing its gratitude to its fans for voting them once again the number one radio sta- tion in America, WMMS raffled out all of the tickets to its listeners. After sending in to WMMS, I waited everyday for tickets to come in the mail. Finally, I got six of them the day of the con- cert. I called my friends and we hopped right out there. ■Katie Scheid AUGUST 30 SATURDAY During the finals of the Challenge Cup Soccer Tournament over the Labor Day weekend, senior Julie Tomlinson keeps her eyes riveted on the ball while concen- trating on trapping it. Once again, Bay Village was host for the fifth an- nual tournament, inviting in a total of 45 teams. For the three-day event, Bay held parades, housed players, and turned out in the thousands to take on the role as spectators. Julie’s team, the Rowdies placed second in the 19 and under division. 11 When the tournament first started, they only spon- sored boys' teams so they used me as a ballgirl. The next year, I played and we lost every game. My family doesn't house visiting soc- cer players anymore, because, one year, I had this girl named Candy who made $50 worth of long- distance phone calls. This year, it got really hectic one day because I had two soc- cer games and one volleyball game, so we were constantly on the run.M -Julie Tomlinson Student Life

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SCRAMBLED? Joe Bernecker, member of the varsity golf team, can't help but crack a smile as 2 raw eggs drip down his face. M. Zukowski WATCH YOUR STEP! Gingerly stepping over the egg-covered floor, senior Michelle McLaughlin concen- trates on the timing of her routine. Though the freshmen cheerleaders mopped up most of the left-over cake ingredients, the Rockettes complained that it was still very slippery. SEPTEMBER 18 THURSDAY At Olmsted Falls, the freshman cheerleaders performed at their first high school football game. The eight-member squad had practiced since the middle of August and had mastered approximately 40 cheers; half were new to cheerleading and the others had been recruited from previous years. As with the JV and varsity cheerleaders, freshmen were also required to write essays detailing reasons SEPTEMBER 26 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27 SATURDAY On Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, a record made in Cleveland was entered into the Guiness Book of World Records. One and a half million balloons were released over Public Square. Students from Bay High went to the middle and elementary schools the week before to get the lit- why they wanted to be a cheerleader for their tryouts. “The game was really ex- citing for us because our team had never won as eighth graders. Our squad had practiced a lot so we felt well prepared for the game. The night before, we decorated pillowcases and dropped them off at each players' house to wish them good luck. I think they really appreciated it because it was different from toilet- papering or making cookies. Cheering at the high school is different from the middle school because there are a lot more rules restricting mounts and gymnastics. It's great to be able to cheer at away games and I liked working with the JV and var- sity squads. - S. Starr -Laura Ule To boost spirit for the Rocky River football game, the cheerleaders had a junker car towed in. Though they had planned to have the car smash for the Olmsted Falls game, the weather did not cooperate. Students paid one dollar for 5 hits. The football players really got into destroying the car. Some spent more than $10 hitting it. “I thought the car smash was a really good idea. My friends and I had a lot of fun demonstrating what we wanted to do to the Rocky River team. It really got us psyched for the game! I spent at least $10 on hits. It was worth it though because I got to keep the car's muffler as a souvenier! In fact, it’s still in my locker!’’ Mike Britton tie kids involved in this big event. “The kids got really ex- cited about buying balloons. It was a good way for us to get the kids from Normandy and Westerly involved in Laurie Wilder Week. It was neat to see people from Bay get involved in this event because it went to a very - T. Huntlif worthwhile cause. We earned over $1000 from students. The money made profited the Laurie Wilder Foundation and the United Way. It’s a great feeling to know that our efforts will help kids with Cystic Fibrosis. ” -Diana DiVenere Student Life