Cache High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Cache, OK)

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For most at Cache in 1982-83, it was a “sports-Pac'd term. Some sweated; hobbled through injuries on crutches; panted like dogs after wind sprints; endured ice, snow, rains, and torturous winds; or cheered teammates on so wildly we lost our voices yelling for something we knew would not change the course of mankind, but which was important to we, the participants. For others, sports this year involved making bus trips as the Pep Club to enemy battlesites to cheer our top-ranked football team to another victory; making posters, signs, and spending endless hours before fans trying to evoke cheers without our due recognition; pouring our all into our theme song with a cold band instrument that sudden- ly seemed to be more of a foe than an ally; picking up friends, children, or depressed stu- dent athletes in numerous late-night treks to the school after practices and games; and, of course, other Bulldog boosters supported the sports with tears when we could not conquer all. Bulldog sports were not the most vital paprt of our schooling, but they helped us to grow and we're glad we can carry away from them learning experiences we gained while in our valiant pursuit of excellence. 22

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MEM«liES (III TIMES If they weren't our love, they were our friend. And as friend, we conjunctively shared the year in so many ways that some couldn’t see as fun, but we did: taking out in the parking lot until the tardy bell rang; getting in trouble together while playing pranks; trying to spice up the class parties; reading “The Challenger with a buddy and laughing at our own silliness; voicing our opinions in class meetings with the sole incentive of drawing a chuckle; chasing each other in the school buildings without get- ting nabbed by an irate teacher; sitting beside each other and talking, or sleeping, in an assembly; trading food in the cafeteria; and sharing moments of joy or shedding tears together. When we leave Cache, are we ready to embark on a career of new responsibilities? Marriage? College? Leaving home for the first time? As we graduate in 1983, can we really conceptualize a life where such dear friends may never be seen altogether again after we walk out of the gym following commencement exercises? With all these upcoming changes, it’s nice to have this annual... a momento of a “memory-Pac'd year. 21

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This special year can be earmarked with so many notable sidelights: the economy took a Depression-like plunge; a new football league, the U.S.F.L., coaxed the Heisman-trophy win- ner Herschel Walker into forfeiting his college degree and senior year in college to become a professional athlete; “Ghandi” topped E.T.” for the honor Movie of the Year ; a survey suggested such proposals as an eleven-month school year be implemented; and George Nigh became the first Oklahoma governor to suc- ceed himself in office. But, in Cache, we students had to learn a lesson on life in the most cruel of means through the death of one we all knew. We wondered at how one so young could be snat- ched from us. But that educator was not silenced forever by the awesome slap of death. Actually, he taught us even in his death and whenever we reflect on his passing. He taught us as he lived to survive with strength against overwhelming odds. He taught us by his death to live on and honor his lesson to us by living to the fullest of the potentials that God has given us. He was a coach ... he was a teacher... he was a friend ... he IS. and always should be, an inspiration to excel until we, too, lie to rest. Inspirationally-Pac'd. exciting fun 23