Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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1986 PULL This year's Pull almost became the fourth Pull to be cancelled due to rain. Luckily it was just rescheduled one day later, Saturday, September 27. The 89th annual Tug of War was won by the sophomore class, (89). Repeating the perfor- mance of the class of 84, the sophomore class remains unbeaten in Pull, with two straight victories. In 1977, the Pull lasted a very long three hours and fifty-one minutes before judges declared it a tie due to darkness. (The least amount of time needed for a Pull victory was in 1956, a quick two and one half minutes.) Because of the rules limiting the length of time for the Pull, implemented after the 1977 marathon, a time limit was set at three hours for the contest. The Pull, for the third year in a row, lasted its allotted time of three hours. After the time is up the judges measure the rope to determine the winning class. Upon measuring the length, the sophomores were found to be 64 inches to the good, and thus the victors. The freshmen and sophomore teams, consisting of 18 men and women plus alternatives, are coached by juniors and seniors. These up- perclassmen were Pullers previously. The coaches for the 1990 freshmen team were Todd Claypool, Mike Bey, Craig Sharp, Kurtis Kossen, Doris Niehof, Heidi Clark, and Hope Joyce. The 1989 sophomore coaches were John Beyer, Scott Voet, Craig Peter- son, Rodney Brush, Jill Man- non, Susan Kunkle, and Terri Henry. 6