Central High School - Tawasi Yearbook (Grand Junction, CO)

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Continued from Page 2 (Crow) “The basketball team had to play in the Clifton gym because the Fruitvale gym was like a washboard. “Palisade was one of the main rivals. One year several seniors from Central went down there before a game and made a “C” out of the Palisade “P” on the hill south of town. They had to go back down the next day and put it back together. It was a ball because they got out of school for a half day. Absenteeism wasn’t much of a prob- lem. Most of the kids were there to get as much as they could; so they rarely missed a class and would spend much time after school to work on lessons above and beyond those required.” entral shocki Two big plays give War first football win over Tic Bill Haggerty ntinel sports writer The Central Warriors used two ex- a-long scoring plays to defeat the •and Junction Tigers 14-7 Friday ght at Lincoln Park. The win was the very first for the arriors over the football Tigers nee Central High School was built i years ago. O..S U JSrln'i aaima AOMi ie Warriors intercepted i Central 16- 84 yards for i out in the iful run in he sideline, the 50-yard •s to the end jr changed a point to tie ;ve Ryken to their feet •ning kickoff rds for what tning touch- PAT and the The loss gives Grand Junction a 2-2 league record, 3-3 overall while Cen- tral improves to 2-2 in league play, 3-4 overall. Grand Junction looked as if it would repeat history and pick up its 21st vic- tory in a row over the Warriors early in the first quarter. The Tigers, behind the running of Joe Reichert, drove 80 yards following the opening kickoff, and sophomore quarterback Miller scored on a 1-yard plunge to give Grand Junction a 64) lead with 5:28 remaining in the first quarter. But Kevin Klements’ point after kick to give the Tigers a 7-0 lead was the last point Grand Junction scored on the night—although there were plenty of additional scoring chances. Following Grand Junction's kickoff after the touchdown, the Tigers’ Craig McVean intercepted the first Matt Hall pass of the evening on a third- and-6 situation from the Central 33- yard line. McVean returned the ball to the 26-yard line of the Warriors, giv- ing the Tigers great field position. Reichert ran through the right side of the line to the 23-yard line, then Vince Grasso plowed ahead to the 18. extremely stopping and-1 situs 9-yard line Grand other drivt to the Cer Lemon w Riddle on turned to t line. The Wat Junction stopped on onds reraa But the' Using sit drove his t line. Mille ii:ring the But folio onds re mi mon pass- read i- wel eeiver at t the entire the score. Then, af yards by half, the di ' hel t,e il ial Above, left, foreground. Miss Theresa Ortega engages in study with Mrs. “Kwang Pal Bishop, of the business department. Principal Alvis Fetter, left, is one proud principal for the Warriors’ State AAA wrestling crown in 1978. Above, l-r. Troy Rarick. Rhonda Crim, Chris Bennet, and Bob Briggs have a modern Biology lab to work in at Central.

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We may not have it all in the beginning, but we offered most of what a larger school could give the student — music to NFL. Bob Grant. Daily Sentinel photographer, coaches Brian Hicbcrt. Central junior, just before snapping his picture at the Western Colorado Science Fair, held in March in Mesa College gym. Above are two pictures of what some of the students did to help build spirit in the student body cscpcially during the days of Homecoming. Warpath paint and a bonfire that is now banned A ghostly way to conjure up a hex and the evil spirits for Grand Junction High football players with a night scene form the graveyard.

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Grand Junction ors jrs U »11 day, finally held, Warriors on a fourth- n on the Grand Junction ction then mounted an- noving from their own 9 al 21-yard line. But, on a Miller pass to Chris intercepted by Greg je 13-yard line and re- Grand Junction 43-yard ors drove to the Grand yard line before being fourth-and-5 with 51 see- ing in the half. {ers weren't finished, line pass patterns, Miller im to the Central 27-yard was 4-for-d for 48 yards rive. ing a timeout with 20 sec- ling, he threw up one me too many—as Decker stepped in front of the re- 116-yard line, and outran Irand Junction team for r the kickoff return of 83 ken to start the second enses took over, and held o practically nothing the half :h team punted 5 times in ilf, after there were no in the first half. Continued from Page 2, (John Jenkins) — “The fac- ulty, for the most part, was young with several World War II vets. School spirit was noticeably different in those days. There was a definite togetherness with the total school population. One might say that we had a “one-for-all, and all-for-one” attitude. “The dress code was such that girls were discouraged from wearing jeans to class. They did, howeer, wear ballooning shirts and saddle shoes with socks rolled down to the ankles. The boys had to wear belts, or else. The first class to graduate from the new school was the class of 1959, and that was in one month. May, 1959. “Things really changed after we moved to our present location. We combined grades eight through 12; and later changed into the three-year high school we have now have. Quilc a change in physical appearance for Central students 20 years later after the big move from 29th and North Avenue. “From the beginning, the parking lot, the increasing enrollment of new students, the change in attendance boundaries, the changing dress style and other factors have worked to create quite a different atmosphere at Central High School.