Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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TIGHT SQUEEZE — Instead of a thuse, the band led by Drum Major- ette Jayne Traugh arouses excite- ment with a short parade through the halls on the day of a basketball game. WHO-DUN-IT - In a skit entitled “Who Shot Coach D”, Senior Rocky DeLorenzo poses as his football coach father and Junior Rod Vingle portrays Cross Country Coach Tom Dragich who is angry at what little amount of publicity his sport re- ceives. SEMI-FINALS - After stealing the right to advance to the championship game from the Brooke Bruins, play- ers and fans rush on to the muddy field during the first winter snow- storm. ENTHUSIASM — The crowd rises to their feet once again as the basket- ball team gives them plenty to cheer about. Feeling Good 25

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Feeling Good Continued After performing their Christmas concert at a special assembly, the Choraliers and Ensemble received a standing ovation. The state-ranked concert band also brought students to their feet with a show of rock and big band songs. Filing onto the court before each basketball game to form a human run- through became a habit. Flash cards reading “Bill’s Bad Bears” and “State-Ranked Bears” rose high in the air. Even as the final 13 seconds ticked away ending the state cham- pionship hopes for the basketball team, the student body remained standing screaming, “I am proud to be a Polar Bear”. The campus always seemed alive. Posters and signs hung in the halls and students walked around hum- ming tunes from the band show. Even when just a single blue and white bow rested on the railing outside of the li- brary window, spirit soared. PAPER RAIN — Rejoicing after a touch- down, the student body happily awaits the outcome of the extra point kick at the city Championship East-West game. ALL SMILES — Before Coach Bob De- Lorenzo’s pep talk, Senior Bruce Wilson dances with the Polar Bear mascot, Sen- ior Lisa Little. 24 Feeling Good

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ANXIETY — After receiving his third nine weeks report card, Junior Eric Cigrand takes a moment alone to study it. BANNED — Unable to use her home phone, Sophomore Stephanie Smith makes all of her necessary calls dur- ing lunch. 26 Solitary Confinement