Gross High School - Heard The Latest Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Freshmen Field day fosters competition Another Freshman Field Day came and went on a sunny, but cool Sep- tember day. Freshmen came to school dressed in jeans and ready for a day filled with activitiesg but ac- cording to freshman jenna Caniglia, We didn't know what we were in for. To start off, the senior Big Broth- ers and Big Sisters had a series of Marci Achenback jason Albers Amy Alexander Teresa Alvarez Martin Bahun jeffrey Barnes lacqueline Barta loan Bartman Anastasia Bauer Michelle Beckers Donald Bender Suzanne Black lean Bouckaert Phillip Brandley Shauna Brosnihan Iason Brown Angela Bumgardner Cynthia Buscher Katherine Bush Michael Busick jennifer Caniglia Lynn Caniglia Christian Carver Kristina Caskey Edward Champion Anna Christie Patrick Cieslik Michael Clemens Todd Cloyd 1 Christine Connors Melissa Crowley Michaela Culver Edward Cummins Patrick Cunningham Nicholas Cyronek tr hmvn 1' KW 4 i-. ,utsiflflgfllg f fissile A ' f sftrfztf -5 -V ' H ,ff ef fgi.. 3 2 wil' lf .4 .14 4, 211425 . . . f Q aerobics planned for the freshmen. Once awake, the freshmen were led outside to the field where many ac- tivities were scheduled to take place. Homerooms battled homerooms' in several events. On the field they played kick ball and soccer. They also participated in the three-legged race and the wheelbarrow race. After a lunch break, a few more if if 'W W, 1 1 s ,,.,., . ..,,.: a n y Q2 ,Mr f r at . , 4 ,g K A 4- f 'Km' A C X' f . 1 if , ' pay .1 V- QQ fr, Lffftis-,swiss Mia 1 . f. ,?t,l,.2f ,fag H 5 f A Ili. f games, and the awards ceremony, the day ended. While not every homeroom coul garner special recognition, accord ing to Cris Connors, We knew tha we all had won in some way or an other. 4' X X 5325: f r ' r it 4 s Q ,..,. yr . Q l l l

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Christy Boone kisses Marti Bahun during Frosh Field Day for a job well done. Tamy Smith and Maureen Trentman leap to the finish line in the three-legged race. Nicole Dame Peggy Darrow Scot Dasovic john De Baun Mary Sue Dempsey Harold Dentinger Lisa Deppe Michele D'Ercole Patrick Dieteman Donna Digilio joseph Dineen Cynthia Dmyterko Christine Donohue Timothy Donahue Kathleen Doolin Diane Dougherty Antonio Espejo jeffrey Etter Dianne Eubanks Candace Evans Keri Fakata 3 David Farley Scott Fitzgerald Robert Fitzpatrick Cameron Flanagan Maureen Floerchinger Mitchell Flynn Scott Fox Lynn Franek Todd Caddie Christian Gage jennifer Galas Timothy Gallagher jeffrey Galus joseph Galus freshmenf81