Crowley High School - Talon Yearbook (Crowley, TX)

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' V .a .a -I-I-I .J-a.: ...a Junior upset devastated Class of '83 n one of the most exciting upsets of the year, the junior class defeated the seniors in a Ranch Day upset that will live long in the hearts of the Class of '83, The class sponsors' event began the competition with two teachers from each class. The female teacher had to empty a tube of toothpaste into a cup The seniors took the next event, but a fervent junior class took the lead in the next two events. Seniors came back to tie by winning the balloon hug and tieing the juniors for first in the egg toss. Sophomores won the shoe race which was the only event not won by seniors or juniors' jContinued on page 241 Blue ribbon finish. Senior class resi p - dent Keith Bailey attaches ribbons won by seniors. 22 Ranch Day positioned in a male teacher's mouth. This sticky event was won by the sophomore class. In the first student event, the obstacle course, all contestants were disqualified since the eggs they carried in their mouths were cracked at the end of the race. K 1 Y xg i Q A stop up. Running through the obstacle i course, sophomore Mike Yambrick leaps over the step ladder, egg in mouth. Pass the spoon. In the spoon race, juniors Paul Sheldon, Stephanie Graves,l and Lee Anderson pass a spoon through? their clothes. j

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lfPQJ'Ul.I1Q.Tl.1,5Ja Tug-of-War clinched junior win he annual controversy oc- curred in the human knot contest. The seniors won the first time, but, because of a technicality, had to compete again, and on this second chance were edged out by the juniors. From this point forward, the seniors seemed to fall apart. The most exciting and the most crucial event occurred at the end of competition: the dreaded tug-of- This, however, was the year of the upset as both male and female senior teams lost both to the sophomores and the freshmen. A fourth place finish in the tug-of-war contest gave the seniors their third second place finish in four years and a jubilant junior class poured onto the floor of the gym to celebrate their status of first place winners. The final tug. With a final pull, the sophomore girls struggle to defeat the freshman team. -4 Ranch Day war. The seniors had to win both phases of that contest and the juniors had to lose if the senior class hoped to pull out of the day's events as winners. Tension was thick as the seniors took their places against the sophomores. Chug-a-lug. For an exciting win, junior Robby Adams finishes off his drink in the rootbeer guzzle. Spoon it out. ln a new contest called the spoon race, senior Tracey Dodson passes a spoon down Chuck Coffey's Shirt.