Belleville Township High School East - Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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Sharing in tha thrill of victory, Missy Blum and Jenny Schmidt celebrate after Dahminat- mg their opponents. Menke’s Dahminater’s went on to become the overall winners. Hopping towards tha finish, Paula Werner shows that she has all the right moves. ALL THE RIGHT MOVES D uring Loyalty Week, senior guys and girls participated in Senior Olympics, formerly known as Pow¬ der Puff. This tradition started in 1966 when East had it’s first Loyalty Week. Twenty years later, nothing much has changed. This year, there were four teams: Thompson Spiritas Terror Bears, Menke’s Dahminators, Seibert and Boerngen’s Risky Business, and Patton’s P-Nuts. The guys on the teams were the cheerleaders, and the girls were the ath¬ letes. Each team was decked out in vibrantly colored sweatshirts. The Risky Business team wore bright red, the Terror Bears wore light blue, the Dahminators wore green and blue, and Patton’s P-Nuts wore purple and yellow. During Senior Olympics, the cheer¬ leaders worked hard to raise the spirit of their team. The cheerleaders for Patton’s P-Nuts were the most fun to watch. These cheerleaders made pyramids and did oth¬ er complicated stunts. The Terror Bear’s cheers were great and the Dahminator ' s cheerleading squad was incredibly lively Monday was the only day a cheer¬ leader was able to participate in an event During the assembly, a cheerleader from 8 Senior Olympics

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Dress-up days are a time to act crazy and have a wild time with friends. signs., There were even some terrorists around campus. Thursday was Class Distinction Day. Seniors had Roman Day. They celebrated the occasion by wrapping themselves with laurels and artificial grapes. Juniors participated in Beach Day by wearing jams and carrying towells and beach balls. Some students even loaded them¬ selves down with lawn chairs and ghetto blasters. Sophomores dressed in 50’s style clothing. Girls got into the swing of things by wearing pony tails and poodle skirts, while guys played it cool by greas¬ ing their hair back and wearing leather jackets. On opposite Day. freshman guys wore makeup, wigs, and dresses. Fresh¬ man girls reversed their roles by wearing suits. Some girls were decked out in tux¬ edos. On Friday, students showed their loyal¬ ty by wearing blue for Lancer Blue Day. Not only did the students wear blue, but they also painted their faces and streaked their hair in various shades of blue Dress-up days may sound like a bizarre way of showing school spirit, but the stu¬ dents did it to be a little crazy and have a lot of fun. Just Hanging Around 7

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Eyeing the egg, Lisa Brendel makes the catch. Waiting anxiously, the opponents listen to Mr. Gentsch explain the rules for the pie eating contest each team went down to the gymnasium floor and tried to eat a chocolate-cream pie in front of the student body before the three other opponents could finish. After school, by the softball field, the girls competed in the egg throw, the four¬ legged race, the Lifesaver relay, and the wheel-barrow race. An egg throw is the simple task of toss¬ ing a raw egg back and forth between two lines of ten girls. The egg could not drop and break, or else the team would be disqualified. The Risky Business team did great-the egg did not even crack, but for the other teams, many olympians had to throw a yellow slimy mess back and forth to team-mates. The four legged race is much more diffi¬ cult. Instead of two girls racing with one leg tied together, three girls participated. The middle girl had both her legs tied with socks to both her other partners on each side of her. Some teams had trouble with this event while others breezed through it. A Lifesaver relay has ten people in a row on each side straight across from each other. The first person puts the life- saver on her toothpick and runs across to the other person and slide the lifesaver onto the other girl’s toothpick. Hanging in there for the Terror Bears are Terence Jones. Steve Johnson. Brian Beers. Chip Patterson, and Dusty Cole. Eating hi way to victory, is Ben Kirchoff. Tuesday’s events were the 1200 meter pumpkin relay, the water balloon toss, and the sack race. Wednesday ' s event was the tug-of-war and Thursday there was a volleyball tournament. The winners of Senior Olympics were Menke’s Dahminators. Following close behind were Patton’ P-Nuts with sec¬ ond place and Risky Business with third place. The senior olympians had fun no matter what they placed, even while doing the most bizarre sport events. All The Right Moves