Findlay High School - Trojan Yearbook (Findlay, OH)

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Uiit M, ended its twelve year television tenure February 28, with a final movie-length episode. The show had compiled 14 Emmy awards including two in the 1982 award ceremonies. Alan Alda received best comedy actor and Loretta Swit was named best supporting comedy actress. Meanwhile, CBS retained its number one network ranking with Emmy award winning shows like Hill Street Blues which captured the award for best drama series. Daniel J. Travanti also was honored as best dramatic actor and Michael Con- rad was named best supporting dramatic actor; both men were from the Hill Street program. In other Emmy awards, Carol Lane was named best comedy actress and Christopher Lane best supporting actor for their roles in the Taxi series. Expanded cable programming offered viewers a variety of non- network options with the ESPN sports channel, the MTV music channel, HBO and Cinemax among the most popular.

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Tod'Toof' §»§ andWll1 andi dominated the 55th Academy Awards with eight Oscars, including best picture and the best actor award to newcomer Ben Kingsley. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the movie about a lovable creature from outer space that has become all-time box office champion, finished with four Oscars. The movie created a nationwide E.T. epidemic with everything from E.T. stuffed animals to E.T. shirts being sold. Meryl Streep was named best actress for her role as the tragic Polish survivor of a concentration camp in Sophie's Choice. Best supporting actress and actor went to Jessica Lange for her role as a vulnerable soap opera star in Tootsie and Louis Gossett Jr. for his role as a tough but fair drill sergeant in An Officer and a Gentlemen. R indlay students again were able to keep pace with the music trends of the nation thanks to the addition of MTV to local cable programming and to concerts in Toledo and Bowling Green. Groups as diverse as the Stray Cats to Judas Priest to Dianna Ross appeared in the Toledo area during the 1982-83 school year. Popularity of the concerts was always evidenced by the large number of students sporting official concert t- shirts at school the day following the shows. With MTV, Findlay students had the opportunity to keep pace with the latest trends in rock and roll. Video music brought attention to new groups like the Stray Cats and Men at Work while highlighting previous favorites like Def Leppard and Hall and Oates. Some of the top albums during the school year were Thriller, Michael Jackson; Business as Usual, Men at Work; Rio, Duran, Duran; Frontiers, Journey; Kilroy was Here, Styx; Built for Speed, Stray Cats; Signals, Rush; American Fool, John Cougar; Night and Day, Joe Jackson; Pyromania, Def Leppard; and H20, Hall and Oates.

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IfifeHearrfFor... Mteche While everything else may stop or cease to exist, one thing that goes on endlessly is sports. In football, the Washington Redskins captured the Superbowl title while the Penn State Nittany Lions were named the 1 college football team. Pro football had an interesting twist during the 1982-83 school year. The National Football League's players went on strike starting September 21. The strike lasted 57 days causing a shortened round-robin format season. The newly emerging United States Football League took advantage of the N.F.L. strike and began its 16-game season March 7. Herschel Walker, the nation's top college football player, bypassed his senior year at Georgia and signed with the New Jersey Generals of the U.S.F.L. In other college football action, Ohio State defeated Michigan 24-14 in the annual rivalry to capture a Big-Ten co-championship for the Buckeyes. College football suffered a tragic loss when legendary Alabama football coach Paul Bear Bryant died of a heart attack on January 26. In baseball, the St. Louis Cardinals surprised the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 to take the World Series. Meanwhile, the National League continued its dominance of the American League as it won the All-Star game for the tenth year in a row. In college baseball, the Texas Longhorns won the College World Series. Moses Malone and the Philadelphia 76'ers reversed roles from the previous year's series as they stole the N.B.A. championship from the Los Angeles Lakers in four straight games. In NCAA basketball, North Carolina State and USC won the men's and women's national championships respectively. Meanwhile, Jimmy Connors and Martina Navratilova, the world's 1 ranked men's and women's tennis players, managed to win the Wimbledon singles championships. The United States, led by John McEnroe, won the Davis Cup. The game of tennis suffered a great loss when Bjorn Borg, one of the greatest players of all time, announced his retirement January 23. Tom Watson, and Janet Alex were victors in the U.S. Men's and Women's Open golf tournaments, respectively. While Tom Watson was the year's 1 male golfer, Jan Stephenson was the 1 female. Larry Holmes remained the undefeated heavyweight boxing champion with several title defenses against top contenders. In other boxing news, Sugar Ray Leonard, the world welterweight champion, announced his retirement from boxing. 10