Chopticon High School - Chopticonian Yearbook (Morganza, MD)

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This wind is messing up my hair. Stacy Sabin carefully crosses che last few icy steps before reaching the safety of the building. Cindy. Help! I think I'm frozen to this pole Dee Cross. Beth Hammer, and Cindy Dixon brace the wind to turn and see what was keeping their friend Dawnele Holbrook DELAY OF GAME

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It came while they slept: the un- suspecting citizens of St. Mary’s county were hit by the worst snow storm since '79. St. Mary's County received the most snow in the area with 23 inches. The blanket of white brought chaos and left people scrambling. For some people it was a second Christmas vacation. Schools were closed from Jan. 22 to Feb. 2, 11 days for students to catch up on lost sleep, to build a snowman or to study for their semester exam: but for some students the snow brought disappointment. All games scheduled for during that period were postponed until a later date. Many businesses were closed, and it seemed as though only the people whose jobs it was to plow the snow made it to work. The roads were only occupied with front-wheel and four-wheel vehicles. By the end of the week most people were ready to trade the cold white snow for a warm spring day. But no such luck, so on Monday it was back to the reality of the work- ing world or the life of studies. The snow transformed Ch opt icon into a winter wonderland 1 didn't think it was the cold out. Minor Buckler was one of the few brave enough to go out without a coat when the wind chill was 15 below zero. 42 DELAY OF GAME

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The Braves Varsity Basketball team started practice in November with hopes of contending for and capturing their third consecutive SMAC championship. They also knew that to do so, they'd have to replace star center Ricky Long, who graduated last year. Needless to Brian Woodland looks for a safe pass, being sure ro keep it away from the opposite team. Let me go! Lawerence Estep gets tied up with a Nonhem player while fighting for position 44 BASKETBALL say, Eric Holt was qualified. The Braves senior led the squad in scor- ing and what was more exciting for Brave fans than Holt driving to the hoop for the devastating slam dunk. In their most controversial game of the year, the Braves had the taste of victory tom from their lips and replaced with the bittersweet taste of defeat against the SMAC champion Calvert Cavaliers. The Braves put the winning basket in the hoop at the buzzer but the of- finals ruled it was after the buzzer. Although the Brave Hoopsters did not repeat as a third con- secutive champion, they did com- plete their season with a grasp on the St. Mary's county championship. Showtime! Eric Holt displays one of his many talents as he goes for the slam dunk