Hays High School - Indian Call Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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HOMECOMING - continued Pulling for the Maroon and Gold cont'd from page 7 assembly and pre-game parade we were ready for some hot competition with Dodge City, whose football coach was also an alumnus. As the game started, hundreds of maroon and old balloons soared as high as Indianilopes for victory and the antici ation of the crowning ceremony. At hallitime, seniors Rod Little and Amy Craven took the honors of Homecoming Kin and Queen. Finmes of hope for victory over the :Demons died with a disappointing 27-0 oss. Heaven in Your Eyes was the theme of the Saturday night dance, with music provided by the band Blind Date. Homecoming '86 was just another memory which mi ht flicker, but would never be completely burned out. -Tracie Windholz v . , -s, 5.1 -il X Freshmen give their all in an attempt to win at tug-of-war in the late-afternoon sun during Homecoming games. Pulling for their class are Tyler Campbell, Heidi Rudman, Stacey Carter, Jennifer Denning, Randy Wood, Carmen Witten and Justin Johnson. Brenda Bruggeman, Amy Craven, Kurt Schoenberger and Steph Barber push forthe seniors.

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V ' .5 VHOMECOMQNG hat a birthda celebration. Better late than never seems appropriate for Hays Hi h's one- hundreth birthday party. Cefebrated at Homecoming, the anniversary gave the yearly tradition of Homecoming an even more nostalgic flavor. The week started off with the usual class competitions, called the Homecoming games, with class members contending for wins in contests such as Volkswagen pushing and watermelon eating. Fift to 60 alumni had a chance to Hketch up on all the news on Friday when principals Larr Roberts, Cary Herman and Mike Karfand members of the Athletic Booster Club cooked 3000 hamburgers for an all-school barbeque. The first-time event was sponsored by a newly-formed alumni association. At the usual Homecomin assembly where royalty are introguced, an unusual twist occurred when the two oldest alumni who could attend were introduced with their wives. Bill johnson and Dr. Clair Wilson, Class of 1914, got a standing ovation and whistles of appreciation as they and their wives came from the senior section to the stage in the gym. As they spoke softly into mikes about old times at Hays High, the large crowd sat forward to catch their words, strangely quiet in respect. The assembly was one of the most popular events of Homecoming. That was the best thing It was very well done, said Curtis Weilert lr. Sophomore Betsy Dinges said That was great. It couldn't have been done better. lf the bonfire on Thursday wasn't enough to fire up everyone, after the Craig Fisher, Mike Horton, Greg Stremel and Duane Mader receive balloons, to release at kick-off, from Madelyn Peters, a member of Athletic Booster Club which supplied the balloons. HOMECOMING COURT: Matt Brooks, Lora Maska, Warren Davidson, Amy Craven tQueeni, Kent Thompson, Rose Englert, Ken Dreiling, Steph Barber, Rod Little tKingi, Cindy Small. FRONT: 1985 Homecoming Queen Terri Staab and escort Jeff Meyer, and junior ., escorts Renee Ostrum and Kevin Frank. After the assembly, Doug Hull, '72, delights other alumni with memories as he points out a 1972 cross country trophy. A centennial float decorated by the newly-formed alumni association stands to remind Maroon and Gold supporters of their heritage before the start of the game. 7

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I Sue Stacy, special education teacher, competes in the watermelon-eating contest. Signaling to the largest-ever Homecoming parade crowd that the sophomores are a motley crew, Brent Applegate and classmates Cristi Kifer, Tammy Loflin, Scott Bedard, Betsy Dinges, Eva McClaren, Dana Reese, Leigh Ann Cecil, Dusty Herbig and Melissa Munsch ride crowded in a truck. NE. . ,-.. c it u X 71 5 ' 00' J-s . if . Long on spirit, short on mono Homecoming '86 had a number of nleasant surprises, but a decision not to rave parade floats wasn't one of them. It's a tradition. They screwed it up. aid soph. Betsy Dinges. john Hamel, soph. 5tuCo rep, didn't ke the chan e. Planning started too lite. It was dgsorganizedf' he said. I vas really upset . . . We had some really neat ideas. Curtis Weilert, jr., said the decision vas a mistake. It really hurt the chool's pride and weakened class iritf' 'pTwo reasons for sinking the floats I were that juniors couldn't afford it, and StuCo didn't want to bother businesses. I wish we could've had them tfloatsI, senior. Tisha Conard said. That's what everyone looks forward to, but I understand StuCo's position. Soph. Kelly Brungardt agreed. I wish we'd had floats, but with the economy being the way it is . . . it was probably for the best, she said. Others, while accepting the reasons, wished thin s could have been dif- ferent. It Staying floatsj would have been better looking and more enjoyable for everyone, said freshman. jenny Gross. I missed the floats, Amy Youn er, jr., said. lt wasn't the same without Stem. A huge crowd watched the parade after a community picture had just been taken at Twelfth and Main streets. The picture was taken to show support for a company which had shown interest in the Travenol building. We had a Cadi lac audience for a Volkswagen parade, someone remarked. -Tracie Windholz