Central High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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fall' V1 111111151 il 1 ' ' chool never ended Thurs- day for some students. Prepara- tion for the night's activities started with the bell. Juniors took their materials for the banner contest to the cafeteria while seniors sneaked from the art room to see the competition. Senior Rusty Wal- lace ran around an- ouncing that there would be no kero- sene for the bonfire. In spite of Rusty's fears, the bonfire got started. After the warmth of the fire the mood got even hotter as students moved in- side for the dance. All sort of steps were seen. The homecom- ming pep assembly was full of excite- ment. Mr. Spirit can- didates cheered. L' ','V 5 : . ','. 1523 Lovable male cheer- leaders were Scott Appell, Anthony Ben- jamin, Nicky Brad- ford, John Cook, Les Cromer, Shawn Jones, Ward Jones, Andy Rosi, and Rusty Wallace. Les Cromer was named Mr. Spirit 1986. The final frontier. Braves caravaned in decorated cars to Webster stadium to watch as Bixby was defeated 18-16. JAMMIH. Kenyatta Wilson, Tammy Bagby, Danny Clark, and Ricky Ward show their stuff at the homecom- ing dance. Spirit Week 25

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'GETTIH DOWN. Patricia Rego, Cindy Allen, Terina Stalsworth, and Scarlet Gadberry shake it up. JUNIOR SPIRIT. Harley Pro- cell, Lanita Luckey, Angie Kirby and Janie Hilderbrand show spirit. 214 Spirit Week at 5 SENIOR DEDICATION. Gretchen Hawksworth spends her Thursday after- noon working on the class banner to present at the pep assembly.

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A 2 I ' 'v Y s Geoff Duf- field kicked the winning field goal against El Reno, fans went crazy. The football players were already named district champs, they were the only Tulsa team to do so. Now for the first time in forty years they were go- ing to the state fin- als. Seniors felt a dif- ferent kind of excite- ment and pride. Matt Belty said, Going to state kicked my sen- ior year off with a boom. Students who had supported the team through losing sea- sons were glad that the support had real- 26 State Of Mind ly paid off this year. Christi Holloway said, After many losing seasons it feels good to be able to brag about our team. As the day of the game approached the vision tumed to reality. Coach Lamar Burks was very emo- tional as he an- nounced his pride in the team, The deeper you go in the playoffs it seems you have to react a high- er level. There were S52 teams going for the championship at the start of the sea- son and we are down to two. I am glad we are one of the two, he said. The team played LOW SPIRITS. Braves Chris Drew, Geoff Duffield, and Jimmy Teter try to keep their faith in the team dur- ing the game. The crowd looks on in hopes that the team will win. s 2. W is f. f,.qf.,i,1.y S1 iii is .L .F : .....k , X 'i Ili .Q Q 'K A2 v E is fi-ff it S i .. . .w. TS Q Msg S .,.. . -.- iia. It was good l' D . 8,.,,2i? 2 Holloway hard and long as the crowd cheered with great faith. The saddness darkened the stands as the Braves were defeat- ed. Being named state runners up gave the whole school something to cheer about. It brought school spirit back to life. 'Z K www . -5 ,,,c,.,...s- if if