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

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9 A SHRED OF TRUTH Like parents' limited view of life in the classroom, sometimes we only see a partial picture of school life. Go to school, do your homework, get a job, get involved in extracurricular activities and save a little time for fun. No pressures, no problems. It all seems so simple. Now take a closer look at each individual element behind these activities and see exactly what makes them work. It takes hours of studying to get good grades and maybe just as long to figure out a way to break the news to your parents when those grades aren't quite what they had hoped for. For any team, whether competing like football or not competing like the flag corps, days and days of hard practice are needed in order to reach any level of success. And when weekends come and it’s supposedly time for rest and relaxation, you have to get a job so you will have some spending money for Saturday night. Maybe everything isn’t so simple. 2 PLAIN SIMPLE P ■I lair lain old shredded newspaper is all fans were throwing during the varsity girls district basketball game against eventual district champ Tawas. Fans had to be careful not to get any paper on the playing floor or according to state rules the Bobcats would have been assessed a technical foul for delay of game. Despite the fans spirited effort, the Bobcats lost. 41-42. Photo by Trista Smith.

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HOUGHTON LAKE HIGH SCHOOL 4433 W. HOUGHTON LAKE DR. HOUGHTON LAKE, Ml 48629 (517) 366-5376 VOLUME 59 very year since 1978 Spanish teacher Mrs. Dolores Frever has continued the simple tradition of holding a ' 'Mexican Christmas Party for a class from Collins Elementary. Junior Eric Chorley cheers on his partner, second-grader Rodney Orvis of Mrs. Townsend's class, who is about to take his turn at the piniatta. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Plain Simple . OPENING

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A. plain facial features, sophomore Amy Rzycki applies a dab of blush to his cheeks before the Powderpuff game. Jason was one of seven freshman and sophomore guys to take on the role of cheerleader during the annual Spirit Week role-reversing event. Photo by Evie Breedlove. C pectators at the j. v. football game against Coleman found that watching the game was more than a simple matter of driving to the field. For Mrs. Kay Ancel and Mrs. Donna Kopischka it included one trip to Coleman on a Thursday night in the rain only to have the game postponed because the officials went to the wrong field, then another trip to Coleman the following Saturday to see th Bobcats suffer their only defeat of the season in the rescheduled affair. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Plain Simple q OPENING O