Fruita High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Fruita, CO)

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Happiness Was A Warm Bus, ot Meal And Friends Spirits were sun-high. laughter loud as Fruita motored toward a showdown with the Meeker mavericks. Linda Davis and Paula Kochevar chuckled at Jeanne Heiny's wild antics, above. Later, af- ter the fray Lyn Cronk and Marty Wells gobbled chow. right. rimed for a November 9 victory and a second shot at a Colorado crown, 'Cat boosters were jubilant. Most of Fruita was on hand at Meeker to grind out a vocal chorus of shrill support.. but a Wildcat win eluded Coach Gerald Zybura's splendid team. Mud-caked tennis shoes, frost-bitten knuckles, red ears and a splash of tears were bundled aboard the buses for a long, long ride home. Fruita's dream of another gridiron heyday was short by eight big points. The sadness was fleeting. Wrestling and basketball had begung a new cheer would be heard in time. Q . A shadow of concern worried Della Rich, below: Wildcat grid aces threat- ened Meeker throughout first-half play, but slowed visibly during quarters three and four, As the sun slanted sharply over a snowcrested field, fans like Della and Linda Watkins faced up to a loss.

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Joshing in the patch went hand-in-hand with conver- sations unlimited as blistering hours in the sun be- came longer and longer. Below senior Larry Stutler strikes a supervisory stance before a trio of posteriors bending into the task with studied grace. In the process of taking inventory 1 lirst of self and then of class coffers - both juniors and senior pace- setters found they were up-tight over a lack of long green and likely to land in the red at year's end. ln the fall, before class togetherness dissolved, prom-build- ers and would-be graduates turned out in scarecrow clothes to pick tomatoes. Below are Priscilla Serrano and Judy LaMar. Head Girl Jackie Guccini led juniors up the tomato-red rainbow which went finally, to Camelot. Even with their loot from tomato-picking, car-washes and other activities, juniors were hard- pressed to spring for the formal affair until the very end. But the prom was a tremendous success. 12 Cheerleader Sheila Sewell, with ener- gy to spare, took time-out, right, to see whether everyone else was working. Sometimes it was difficult to tell.