Houghton Lake High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Houghton Lake, MI)

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D A. The junior-senior powderpuff team, assisted by teach- er Barb Sheeler, practices long and hard for their con- frontation with the freshman-sophomore team on Octo- ber 17th. B. The cheerleaders for the freshman- sophomore team practice chants and cheers for the game. They received help from the j.v. and varsity cheerleaders. C. Coach Tom Major watches his junior- senior team run through plays during practice. E F D. Racy Raquel Wyman, Big Bertha Miller and Magnificent Millicent Palm —Spirit Week's an- swer to Charlie's Angels. E. Tall Tillie Housenga successfully cap- tured the first Homecoming Honey crown. F. With such a pose, it it is remarkable that Jiggles Josephine Skevington lost the honey competi- tion. It seems blondes get more votes. n

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Powderpuff Football Sets New Tradition for Spirit Week The traditional homecoming changed for the students at Houghton Lake High School in 1979. Instead of starting to work on floats two weeks before October 19th, students were occupied by voting for the Homecoming Honeys. The honey candidates, seniors Brian Mill- er, Jeff Skevington, Rob Wyman, Mike Palm and Todd Housenga, competed for the crown and title. Prior to the voting, honey candi- dates dressed in the outfits that are shown on these pages. Voting took place after pictures of the candi- dates were displayed in the main lobby showcase. During half-time ceremonies on October 17th, Todd Housenga was crowned the 1979 Homecoming Honey Queen. The crowning highlighted another break in the homecoming tradition —the pow- derpuff football game. The game was a battle between classes with the teams made up to- tally of girls. The guys served as cheerleaders on the sidelines. The freshman and sophomore girls were coached by the high school principal, Mr. Szeqczyk. They put up a great fight until the last minute. Then the junior and senior girls, coached by teacher Tom Ma- jor, took over and scored an extra point in the final seconds of over- time. The final score was 12-13 in favor of the upperclassmen. Asked to comment on the outcome, Mr. Szewczyk grumbled that it would not happen again. Faculty member Dolores Frever was complimented by students on the idea of introducing this new tra- dition. Mrs. Frever played the major role in organizing the homecoming activities for the powder-puff game and the halftime activities during the homecoming game.

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A. Students at the homecoming pep as- sembly look on as their classmates com- pete against each other and teachers. B. Troy Forbes and Todd Housenga race cheerleaders Cindy Wyman and Cindy Slicker in a caramel apple eating contest. The catch was they were eating caramel onions. C. Teacher Lynn Strause cartwheels down the gym floor to finish fourth out of five in one of the competi- tions. D. Diane Souder sported a little bit of everything on Crazy Day. E. Fresh- man Lori Lippard and friend joined in the frenzy of Crazy Day. F. Football Coach Dan Boals acted as auctioneer at Wednes- day's Slave Auction. 12