Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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AFTER HOURS . . brings e1 sigh of relief Athletic practices tal-te up plenty of time After all the hassle. After all the hours spent behind a desk pushing a pencil. After toting books for what seemed like hours upon end. Then it was 3:50 . . . As that final bell of the day sounded, free- dom seemed but moments away. The after- noon was there to enjoy. After school activities were a facet of stu- dent life that couldn't be ignored. Athletic practices, both physically and mentally stressing, took up plenty of the ath- lete's time. During football season, practices from 3:30 until 6 p.m. werent unusual. The only days off were the tension filled game days, Thursdays for the junior varsity, Friday for the varsity. During basketball season finding an open gym was a problem, accord- ing to Coach Don Derryberry. We like to practice in the coliseum, but it wasn't always available, Coach Derryberry said. When the teams wanted to practice in the Coliseum, the girls' varsity and junior var- sity practiced until about 5 p.m. when they handed the gym over to the boys' teams for practice until about 7 p.m. The baseball team also worked out after school. Their practices were over by dark since the fields were not lighted. Intramural volleyball resurged. Clubs and organizations were asked to organize inter- ested students into teams. At the beginning of the intramural season almost all the teams In her work as a sales clerk at Montgomery Ward's, junior Brenda Kirkpatrick makes a sale to Lisa Boyer. were showing up for the games, but after about two weeks, the attendance began to dwindle, according to senior Cary Stegall, Student Council chairperson. It continued to dwindle until only the Woods and Waters team and the Future Business Leaders of America team were left. During the entire tournament, the two teams went neck and neck, but Woods and Waters eventually came out on top but not without a good fight, according to Mrs. judy Griggers, FBLA sponsor. In order to keep the school-wide teams spir- ited, the cheerleaders put in many hours after school. They even had to put in overtime once. Tommi Hall, mascot, explained: We spent about five extra hours making special posters for the Haltom-Richland game. We hung them in the halls and went home for the night. When we came back to school the next day, all the posters had been ripped up so bad they couldnt be used. So it was back to the foyer all morning to get them ready for the afternoon pep rally. Ah, but it wasn't all athletic related. The IMAGE, a student publication published bi- monthly, related school news and events to the student body. But the paper didn't lay itself out. Before the paper could be sent to the printer, the staff had to paste-up the paper. The hectic paste-ups sometimes lasted gf, I ,it 415.81 fkhy f f tt' until 1 p.m. But the staff always seemed to make it to school the next day to pass out the finished product. About the only physical change that took place after hours occurred when the night bell was switched on the phone. In order to answer the phone after the front office closed, ffl had to be pushed. This became annoying to someone who didn't know the secret of answering the phone because if the phone was answered before the ffl was pushed, the caller was disconnected. But for those who worked, or simply wer- en't involved in any extra-curricular activi- ties, there were still plenty ofthings to do. I go home and watch TV or talk to my boyfriend on the phone, sophomore jill Herod said. I go to the training room, then later on I'll go swimming at the lake or a pool some- where, sophomore trainer jessica Taylor said. I don't do anything after school except go to work, junior Byron West said. We like to go home and lay out or go riding around, sophomores Laura Null and Deedee McDade said. I go home and sit, senior james Camp- bell said. I go home every day, get down on my knees and thank God that I'm a senior, sen- ior Darryl Curtis said. in

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SPARE TIME i Senior Melody Bradly uses the pay phone to make a quick call home. Senior Laura Fletcher and Denise Wenger escape the crowded foyer by sitting on the couches outside ofthe library after lunch. ' 'W mr' W., N QM-CMK wma, an wav' y we -L-. ,, M Q 'f -W-af' juniors Steve Mylius and Sheri Drysdale take a break from selling tickets at a volleyball game.

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AFTER HOURS iq it Senior Carol Sanderson and junior Cindy Pemberton help senior cheerleader Tammi Simmons remake posters that were vandalized during Haltom-Richland Week. For group conversations and a little fun before going home for the day, the back parking lot is the gathering ground. ,gh 'ft ft V fa tit 23 9 -'fe N I At one ofthe Image paste-ups, junior Steve Mylius works on cleaning up a page, that is removing glue and pen marks from a page so it can be sent to the printer and printed clearly. ' 1 nw 1 95