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

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of jelly beans in the jar. Tuesday peaked at the pep assem- bly where the powderpuff team members and honey candidates paraded in front of cheering fans. Ju- nior Laurel Reidel stated, “This year was the first year that I took part in all the activities. The pep assembly really got us fired up for the other events of the week.” The slave auction provided featured entertainment at the assembly. Stu- dents could bid on and purchase a girl or guy sportsperson and have a slave for the day on Wednesday as the Spir- it Week antics continued. Freshman advisor Rod Martin gets into the Crazy Day spirit. Martin, donning helmet and in command, puts his College Prep Grammar class through maneuvers. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. Homecoming Honey candidates of 1982 strut their stuff. They campaigned room to room to drum up votes for themselves when the stu- dents voted in their first hour classes. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. Junior Cathy Cory really got into Prunk Day. Cathy stated. I decided to dress Nu Wave’ for Prunk Day ’cause it is the ultimate cool.” Photo by Jim Gonzalez. SPIRIT WEEK 9

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Preparing to defend last year’s victory, the upperclassman team takes a firm stance. Front row: Suzie Akin. Heather Soderman, Lisa Miller. Leslie Petter, Kellie Garrett. Back row: Kim Leszczynski, Lisa Guldner, Shari Vandenbos. Madonna Sussex, Debbie Zielinski, Kristy Davis. Deon Lytle, Kelly Spiess, and Toni Boals. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. Seniors Missy Pacella, Mary Lee Stuck, Carol Jozwik, and Laura Tilson compare costume crazi- ness on Tuesday. Teachers counted students who dressed up first hour and the points went toward the spirit award given to seniors at Friday night's halftime. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. Spirit Week starts energy cookin’ Spirited, high-strung students of Houghton Lake High School expressed awesome enthusiasm as they rallied for Friday’s homecoming game against Farwell on October 15th. The spirit bug hit more students than usual this year during Spirit Week, October 11th- 15th. Freshman advisor Rod Martin must be credited with much of the responsi- bility for the boost in spirit. Martin made sure every freshman knew the school song which they sang frequently in class. This inspired competition with Mrs. Strause’s juniors next door, and the fight began. Spirit snowballed to a frenzied peak by Friday’s pep assem- bly. Prunk Day kicked off the Spirit Week costume competition with a com- bination of preppies and punks. Preppies could be recognized by combi- nations of “go-for-broke-hot-hot-pink and hubba-hubba-electric-wild-lime- green.” The punks, on the other hand, showed a more brutal side with handpainted tee-shirts, black capri pants, and black sneakers along with black lipstick. Seniors won the first noon game by buying the most spirit sticks. Points for the winning noon hour game went to- ward capturing the spirit jug at the end of the week. Bizarre behavior and costumes marked Tuesday’s Crazy Day. Hair standing on end , a leopard-garbed jun- gle couple, and off-the-wall outfits com- peted for attention. Crazy Day also featured the fourth annual powderpuff football game. Girls paraded in borrowed jerseys, ready to participate in the now traditional rivalry between upper and lower classmen. Meanwhile the guys compet- ing for the coveted title of Homecoming Honey donned evening gowns and make-up to strut their stuff. The seniors again took the noon hour prize when Dan Cohoon came closest to guessing the correct number Heating Up 8 SPIRIT WEEK

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Senior Dave Carr seems awestruck to see sophomore Dan Blanchard taking orders given to him by his masters Teresa Minzgor and Lisa Stauffer on Slave Day. Dan’s masters required him to wear a slave outfit, sing songs to his friends and nose pennies down the hall. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. Seniors! Seniors! The homecoming pep assem- bly proved to be a rowdy one. Classes shouted at the top of their lungs to prove their class spir- it. ’83 class members reigned as number one, winning the spirit award for the first time. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. Spirit peaks at Friday assembly As spirit week continued, polka dots and stripes marked Wednesday’s fashion. The slaves purchased Tuesday provided feature entertainment. Their masters forced them to do everything from wearing bizarre costumes to pushing pennies down the hall-with their noses. Many slaves, in fact, walked on the end of a leash all day. The noon time game consisted of stu- dents bringing in baby pictures. Bag It Day, held Thursday, featured students dressed in a variety of bags from gargage bags to sleeping bags. During lunch students requested chants from cheerleaders for a dime to earn points for the spirit award. Friday marked the end of spirit week with students pouring on the spir- it wearing the school colors: green and white. Junior Chris Armstrong ob- served, “There was a lot more participation this year and that made it better.” The lunch game, spirit sign-up, boosted spirit even more. Classes com- peted to see how many signatures each class could get. Enthusiasm ignited even more at the pep assembly. Cheerleaders devised games such as banana eating, where the class winners of Prunk Day raced to eat bananas and drink 7-up the fastest. Crazy Day winners found themselves in a beauty contest. The girls grabbed clothes out of a box to dress their male partners. Then the guys paraded around the gym in their new attire. As the stands burst with excitement, the polka dots and stripes winners went hog wild. In this game, the par- ticipants entered a hog calling contest, without the pigs. The final game in- volved two members from each class. They blindfolded themselves and fed each other ice cream. After all the crazy antics of the week came to an end, the seniors came out on top with the most spirit points. They received the spirit award during halftime of the homecoming game. Polka dots and stripes set the tone for Wednesday’s dress contest. Seniors Dan Kelly and Dan Roberts show their spirit along with ju- nior Nannette Trader. Photo by Jim Gonzalez. Building Momentum 10-SPIRIT WEEK