Benedictine High School - Benedictine Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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(above) SKNIOKS and their dales have some fun off Ihe dance floor. JUNIOR KEVIN MUCCI and Nikki DiCaro pause during their dance after Nikki had been crowned Homecoming Queen. SENIOR TOM ZUANOWICZ and Kathy DiPranco pose for a shot as From King and Queen after Kathy won the run-off. Student Life 13

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Dances Dare to be Different by Brian English Although the crazy traditional dances and styles were back, Homecoming and Prom had a few twists from the past. Homecoming was held October 25 in the cafeteria. This was a change from last year’s dance, which was held in the Hungarian Church Hall next to the school . Homecoming Queen nominations and voting took place at the dance. This differed from past years, when all this was done beforehand. In the end, Regina’s Nikki DiCaro was crowned Homecoming Queen. Prom also had several differences from the past. It was held downtown at Swingo’s at the Statler. This (far right) SENIOR ED STUC-ZYNSKI has his hands full at Homecoming. PROM QUEEN CANDIDATES and their dates line up as Senior Class Vice President Brian English announces the winner. After the winner was announced, the floor was cleared so these couples could share a Prom Court slow dance. was a change from recent years, when Prom was held at various sites in the eastern suburbs. Another change included a sit-down dinner as opposed to the buffet style which had been used in previous years. There was also a change in photographers and disc jockeys. Ripcho Studio and Muzic and Co. handled not only Prom but also Homecoming. There was a new method of voting for Prom Queen, too. Candidates were nominated the week beforehand, and the actual voting took place at Prom. After a run-oif to break a tie, Beaumont’s Kathy Di Franco was voted Prom Queen. Despite the many changes STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT Dan Newton shares a slow dance with Gina Stoessner. In the background is senior Ed Stuczyn-ski with his date. and new methods, the Student Council still tried to make the Prom bid reasonable. The bid, which included dinner, pictures and music, was originally forecast at $60. How-ever, by the time the Mav 16 dance rolled around, the Student Council had cut that figure in half. GETTING A LIFT during Homecoming are juniors Ron Grosel and Brian Simpson. The dance was held the day after Benedictine's victory over St. Ignatius. 12 Homecoming — Prom

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Junior Teams Win Big by Kevin Grobelny This past year saw three junior teams win intramural championships, and another junior team come in second. After a junior team won the football championship and basketball season bounced around, Junior 2, consisting of Kevin Mucci, Mike O’Connor, dreg Gatto, Mike Soltes, Dave Mozina and Todd Brickman, defeated a darkhorse sophomore team to take the title in that sport. The volleyball championship pitted the juniors against a senior team. Once again, though, the junior team, this time consisting of Kevin Mucci, Ron Crosel, Bill Murphy. John O’Neill, Mike O’Connor, Mike Car-red and Preston Hrisko, came out on top. When softball season came, many questions popped up. Would the juniors sweep the championships? Would Mucci and O’Connor be on three of four winning teams? A senior team answered those questions. Taking out their frustrations with a bat in their hands, a senior team made of Bill Glinka. Mike Halapy, Jack Peterson, Dan Piunno, Doug Scholle, Dennis Spuzzillo, Mike Sterkel and Chris Tews finally beat the juniors. WHILE THE GAME IS STILL GOING, students gather on the sidelines for the start of the next one. 14 Intramurals