Bloom Trail High School - Trail Blazer Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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How could we forget how junior, Mi- chelle Christofanelli, was dropped three times, stepped on, and rolled over by Jay Jurek and Frank Taffora? Or how Kurt Haupt flung Senior, Sara Cassidy, on the mattress to capture the “Bride Carry” victory? As the Blazer band played, the B.T. students and teachers rushed into the fieldhouse to take part in all the excite- ment. Pep assemblies were fun, full of spirit, and everyone had a great time. Many activities went on in B.T. pep assemblies. Various groups performed like the Blazettes, cheerleaders, and sometimes different groups or clubs had some entertainment planned also. The students in Student Council acted as hosts of the event. The students started by calling the different coaches up to the microphone. The coaches, one at a time, filled us in on competitions, meets, and games that took place during the year at B.T., and other schools as well. In Bloom Trail’s last pep assembly, that just happened to be the Homecoming Assembly, the football team, cross country team, and swim team were all introduced. There were spirit contests, classes shouted out “Blazers” to see who was the loudest, and finally there was the tug-of-war contest between the Junior and Senior class. The tug-of-war contest was to de- termine the “Wacky Olympics” winner for Homecoming week. After things quieted down a little, the Student Council had other plans to make the day more exciting. “The initi- ation of Mr. Lauritsen”, our new princi- pal, was how they did it. The initation was to be made by throwing a pie in his face. It worked so that every time the audience got louder the pie would be moved up the line; if the cheering got quieter, the pie would go back towards the front of the line. The crowd wanted Mr. Lauritsen to have the pie. They got louder and louder, and finally the pie flew in his face. The students were real- ly excited then. They were cheering louder than ever. At the end of B.T.’s pep assemblies, the students and faculty always left with their support for the teams. Every- one was happy and ready to go and beat the opposing team. “We are the best,” was on everybody’s minds and that’s just what B.T. was; the best. — Loralee Whisenant (TOP LEFT) Mr. Lauritsen is not only getting a pie in his face for fun, this is his Official Student Class Initiation. (TOP RIGHT) The Senior class proudly informs everyone that they’ve won. (They're the best cheers around.) HOMECOMING ASSEMBLIES 7

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1985 Stomp coming Week The Steelmen Friday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Attention All Bloom Trail Students, this is wild Homecoming week, so anyq anch£ eryone better bwrepar for the fun-fill J weeJ ahead. The preview assembly is scheduled today to pre- pare everyone. Forget Seoul, Korea in 1988 and come watch the Wacky Olympics at Bloom ftfil. (Ofu®this be the ljjBg . inr fck an- other oiMfc nn?) Guys wear your skirts and cheer the girls on in Come one, come all to see the juniors and seniors battle it out in the tug-o- war als Vwf h our new prftipalJ Jacc to face wit a- c jjbolate cream pie. All this will be shown in the 1985 pep as- sembly. It’s seven o’clock, rise and shine for the B.T pancake breakfast! Two o’cloofctfme TT i those calorie anc ciieer the footbalBtean to ictory The parade at half-time will be a variety of color and music to arouse your senses. Seven o’clock, fi nally the Homecomin) Dance, “Get down and k°° e — Lora Whisenan (ABOVE) The “Bride Carry” appears to be more and more like a Track Field event as juniors. Jim Calabrese Frank Taffora use Michelle Christofanelli as the baton in the 400 meter relay race. (ABOVE RIGHT) This is a happy crowd of juniors and sen- iors.“No way are those underclassmen going to beat us in the spirit contest,” they say. (RIGHT) The Blazer Band is always spirit lifting when they play their fast songs and of course, the BT Fight Song. 6 HOMECOMING ASSEMBLIES

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The Seniors struggle for their victory in the tug-of-war contest. Games Games And More . . . How could we forget grown teenagers sucking baby bottles or racing in Big Wheels? On Wednesday, October 16, our annual Wacky Olympics were held. Todd Schultz out ate his other oppo- nents again this year in the pie-eating contest. Juniors Jim Calabrese and Denise Chaffee out ran the traditional winners, Seniors Judy Brown and Todd Schultz in the three-legged race. Despite the fight put out by the other classes, the Senior Olympians defeated all. But it was not over with yet. There was still the contest of strength, the Tug-of- War, between the upper classes. “Rickum Rackum Rickum Ruckum, get that ball and really fight”, “Whip it. Whip it good!”, and “Like wow, like wow,like get ’em right now!” were just a few cheers chanted by our very own male cheerleaders. Dressed in their lit- tle skirts, they shook their tushes while attempting many mounts and routines. This occurred during the annual Pow- der Puff game, which was held October 17, in the football field. “Set 46, 27, 34 hut, hike!” was not yelled out by those deep-voiced males; but by our light- voice females. It was the Senior girls against the Junior girls. Nobody knew who to watch, the female football play- ers or the male cheerleaders. As a result of the game, the Junior puffs did not hold tuff. They were shut out by the Seniors 13 to 0. Although the Seniors got the trophy for winning the game, the Juniors picked up a trophy for their male cheerleaders. — Kim Calabrese Kim Keogh Each class gets their players ready for the Big Wheel race. It takes a lot of skill. Mindy Rains laughs at Rob Goluszka A few members from each class gath- after the pie-eating contest in the ered around to watch the pie-eating Wacky Olympics. contest. 8 WACKY WACKY WACKY WACKY