Kankakee Valley High School - Kougar Pride Yearbook (Wheatfield, IN)

Page 15 text:

The 1 987 Homecoming Court: Candidates Amy Fagen, Toni Whitaker, Carla Hittle, Kelli Andree, Tracey Hunter, Allison Hale, Angel Condes. Escorts Sammy Wireman, Mark Ors- burn, Doug Myers, Robb Walstra, Troy Pendergrass, Todd Tilev, Jeft Sytsma (Below left) All eyes are bestowed on Carla Hittle as Mr Metzger places the crown. Carla ' s escort, Doug Myers, shared the glory. Trading their pants for skirts, Brian Towner, Steve Musch, Linclon Misch, Ralph Kenning, Byron Irvine, Scott Musch, and Randy Johnson cheer the Senior girls to a 30 : 1 2 Pow- derpuff victory. As the sun sets, and the Powderpuff game approaches, chants of one, two, three, four,” are heard by Junior Powderpuffers. Receiver Tina Herubin thought, I don’t need to stretch. I’m ready to blow those Seniors away!” 1 1 Homecoming HOMECOMING

Page 14 text:

Coach Carlson leads the Varsity team in prayer. Victory Rules Kougar Country Spirit filled the fans as they cheered the mighty Gridders on to a victorious 21-0 Homecoming game against the Lake Station Eagles, Jeff Martin stated “It was great winning Homecoming my sen- ior year. We haven’t won it in the last few years. The emotion was especially high because it was against one of the conference rivals.” The game was really high for Randy Denton, Jeff Martin, and Andy Harper who all scored touchdowns in the gridder contest. Preceding Homecoming was the fun-filled Spirit Week. Monday was concert T-shirt and hat day. Tuesday was plaid and polka-Dot day. Wednes- day was Spuds and Shades Day and Thursday was Jersey and Tag Day. Thursday night, Oct. 8, was the traditional Bon- fire and Powder Puff game. The ladies hit the field with the Seniors quickly overpowering the Juniors: 30-12. Friday was Red and White Day. Varsity players went all out to build spirit at the pep ses- sion. Seniors Brian Exton, Tim Howard, Jim Kelly, Jeff Pettet and Denny Uhrhammer competed for the title of Miss Homely. Brian Exton received the honor by gaining the most student applause. At the Homecoming game Senior Carla Hittle was crowned 1987 Homecoming Queen. Her es- cort was Doug Meyers. The rest of the Court con- sisted of: Seniors; Kelli Andree and Robb Walstra, Toni Whitaker and Mark Orsburn, Tracey Hunter and Troy Pendergrass; Juniors, Allison Hale and Todd Tiley; Sophomores, Amy Fagen and Sam Wireman; Freshmen, Angel Condes and Jeff Sytsma. After the game, students jammed to the turnta- ble of TNT in the cafeteria from 9:30-1 1:30. Homecoming

Page 16 text:

After a lone and rigorous practice, Troy Pendergrass washe s away the tension and worry of a day filled with academics and athletics. Students Hone Skills Through Daily Drills At Various Practices ... the last seconds tick off the clock. You fake left and shoot. The buzzer sounds, the ball swishes. Yes, the 15 hours of practice for this game paid off. Tomorrow, practice 8:00 a.m. ...” As bystanders and fans look on, they do not real- ize the many hours of work, dedication and practice that go into each performance and competition. Practices are sometimes long and frustrating, but we have a lot of fun and are able to laugh at our mistakes.” — BJ Brockus, Kougarettes Early morning practices require much devo- tion. It was not uncommon to see girls rushing around a locker room with curling irons and make-up brushes in hand after running three miles or shooting freethrows. Seeing athlete Dan Zylstra eating breakfast during first hour literature was a daily event that was not to be missed. Practice is really intense. We definitely run a lot but we are in the best shape we’ve ever been. We have a really tough schedule including Valpo, Benton Central, and Hobart. We have to be worked hard and it will pay off.” —Kelli Andree, Basketball Late night practices cut into TV and homework time. Students practicing late at night, like boys var- sity basketball or actors for the musicals, had to juggle their schedules to find time to fit in homework and the latest episode of Moonlighting. After school practices found other problems. Star- vation was one. Ask any wrestler. Students who were used to going home after school and eating a refrig- erator found it a shock to their system when they didn’t get home until 6:00 or 6:30. Then they had to do chores or go to work and get four hours of home- work done. While trying to perfect the art of tying a tie, friend Curt Martin gives Kevin Pettet a few pointers. If a coach or director could get a student to school at 7:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning, cutting into car- toon and sleep time, he must have been an expert on motivation. Many times the band, choir or speech team had to be at school as early as or earlier than 7:00 a.m. to go to contest or debates. Sometimes they even came in an hour earlier just to practice. Practice was sometimes tiresome, sometimes boring. At the end of the season it got so that you almost had to drag yourself out onto the practice field, but there were the fun practices, too, and besides that, it brought us closer together as a team.” — Craig Nagdeman, Football