Capistrano Valley High School - El Gato Yearbook (Mission Viejo, CA)

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Quern I mowmg imw i bwwh up ui (tw fafs id you hear the pop of bubbles exploding at Homecoming? |X For Shelley Welsh, her bubble burst when Dr. Edmund Mar- tinez, dressed as a clown (because of the Greatest Show on Earth theme), popped a black balloon, and orange balloons floated out indicating Shelley was Home- coming Queen. But for the Capo football team, its bubble burst when the Dana Hills Dolphins kicked a last second field goal to deflate the Cougars 9-7. Even though Capo lost to Dana Hills for the first time there were some happy mo- ments for Queen Shelley. I was expecting them to announce Bridget Dawson, said Queen Shelley, It just didn ' t seem real when Dr. Mar- tinez popped the black balloon and or- ange balloons floated out! Shelley ' s dad was surprised, too. My dad was excited and was really happy for me! And how does it feel to be Home- coming Queen? It feels great and I don ' t have to act different; I can act like myself. While Homecoming was exciting for Shelley, for the Capo football team, it was far from thrilling. The game was infamous and every- one will remember it because it was the first time we lost to Dana, said Varsity football player, Pete LaFlamme. Even though the game turned out to be a disappointment, it also helped. 1 think that the game was kind of a motiva- tor for the season because after that, we turned it around for the El Toro game, said LaFlamme. Contributing to the loss according to Steve DeLaura were distractions be- cause of Homecoming. We weren ' t as focused as we should have been. Doug Bame agreed they needed to be more focused, but also said they tiiileii lu execute. The offense couldn ' t gf ! iny- thing going and it was embarrassing. Even though the game was a disap- pointment there were some pleasant as- pects. 1 feel it was the nicest Homecoming, said Dr. Edmund Martinez, Activities Di- rector, Everything went as expected! While Dr. Martinez was happy with the school spirit demonstrated, that ' s not to say he was completely satisfied. As far as future homecomings my goal is to get more students involved with the floats. In addition to boosting school spirit. Dr. Martinez felt something else was ac- complished. People can now see that 1 am a clown. All your suspicions have been proven: I am a clown! ■ A HAPPY CLOWN- Carrie Taylor flashes a smile while selling goodies to the hung ry crowd at the hon-iecoming game. Several cos- tumed students sold peanuts in the stands. lOWNING AROUND- Kyle Gryzanosk rushes to have his clown make-up put on be fore the homecoming game starts.

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LITTLE DARLINGS- Rob Villanueva and )u- lie Mai dress up -as little kids un the sopho- more float. The sophomore float placed third. ▼ HO.MECOMING COURT-Top Row: junior Princess Claire Ray, Junior Princess Lisa Senk- beil. Queen Shelley Welsh, Senior Princess Lainie Spence, Sophomore Princess Stacie Lockvvood, Freshman Princess Jaime Carman, Bottom Row: Senior Princess Bridget Dawson, Senior Princess Shelley Hartfield, Senior Prin- cess Christi Karsten.

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