Leo High School - Oracle Yearbook (Leo, IN)

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i r j PUFFERS ■r V d ' K.Htl 1 i j 1 f feuST Putting their best fronts forward while cheering for rhe junior powder puff ream ore Andy Over- myer. Trace Rorh, Jeff Clark, ond Terry Cooper. As the senior girls rry ro defend rheir goal, ' Junior Puffer ' Jane Srour runs down rhe field wirh greor force orrempring ro gain yardage. The craziest costume on Crazy Day had ro be rhe ourfir rhar Randy Sreury rhrew rogerher. Ir won him one of rhe prizes for besr dressed. Coming to school dressed for Crazy Day, Dean Dwyer shows off his greor legs. The lovely young thing ' gerring rhe eye from freshman Tom Wehner (in rhe rie) is really Lorry Mowon, Crazy Day co-winner. Senior Laura Dusche finds rime ro joke around while working on rhe class floor for rhe Homecom- ing parade. homecoming %m

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Fun Activities All Week Long Leo hir irs peak, spirir-wise, rhe week of Homecoming. Monday starred off wirh srudenrs wearing rheir grubbiesr clorhes for Dress Down Day. On Tues- day everybody was donning rheir swearpanrs for Swear Day. On Crazy Day people came ro school wearing anyrhing from garbage bags ro discos skares. Thursday was Redneck Day Hug A Lion Day which was grearly enjoyed by rhe girls as well as rhe foorball players. Dayrime Spirir Week came ro an end on Friday wirh Purple and Whire Day Hars Off ro rhe Lions Day. The nighrs of Spirir Week were jusr as exciring as rhe days. The classes were With the multi-skilled senior cheerleaders, Tom Kirk, Lynn Gerke, ond Ty Schoeff exhibinng rheir supporr, ir seemed rhor surely rhe senior girls would win rhe powder puff gome Kim Sinn, Andre Slovoll and Jyl Menshy help wirh rhe decororion of rhe seniors ' firsr-ploce hall a®w busy decoraring rheir halls, building rheir floors, pracricing rheir skirs, and rrying ro keep up wirh homework. Junior and senior girls were busy gerring in shape for rheir new acriviry, a powder puff foorball game which was added ro rhe week ' s agenda. Weekend pracrices and many bruises led ro rhe success of rhe game. Wirh rhe srands filling, rhe rension grew, each ream hoping ro win for rheir grade. Throughour rhe game rhe score was frozen ar 0-0, bur during rhe lasr quarter, rhe junior puffers ran for rhe winning touchdown and passed for rhe extra poinr. Much ro the seniors ' dismay, rhe game ended with a 0-7 score, ju- niors. Of course if one were ro lose inrer- est duting the game, the male cheer- leaders offered much enrerrainment to the fans. Thutsday night the stands again filled quickly with students ready ro show rheir spirir ar the pep session. During rhe as- sembly, class gifts were presenred ro the football players, and rhe class skirs were presenred. Following rhe pep session, ev- eryone anxiously awaired rhe lighring of rhe bonfire. The night was cold, but the ctackling fire, rhe hot chocolate, and the enjoyable conversation wirh friends made rhe evening a warm and friendly a — Kim Sinn homecoming

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Showers Fail To Dampen Spirits Seniors, juniors, sophomores, and eighth graders spenr many hours frying ro moke rheir floors rhe besr. The cooperorion ond comperirion srirred rhe spirir of rhe dosses. The mild shower rhrearened ro be- come a wicked rhundersrorm. Could rhe wearher prevent whor everyone hod been preparing for rhe lasr week? The Homecoming acriviries and rhe foorball game wirh Carroll srood rhe chance of being cancelled. Then ir happened. As people sar in rhe cafereria earing fish dinners prepared by rhe Arhleric Doosrer Club, rhe Thun- dering boom rang in rheir ears. The clouds released a downpour of icy rain- warer. Only rime would rell if rhe srorm would subside. The foorball players conrinued on schedule. Ir was nor unril rhe players enrered rhe locker room rhar rhe heav- ens lifted rheir curse. The rain hod sropped and rhe acriviries could go on. The rradirion was carried our. Afrer half of rhe game was played, rhe floors circled rhe field. T-rop Trans-Ams carried Worm ond witty Lynn Gerke won rhe crown of Homecoming King rhe hard woy. He was able ro caprure rhe mosr foorbolls by charming rhe girls The thrill ond excitement of being crowned Homecoming Queen is expressed in rhe smile of Joyce Collins She received he r roses ond crown from losr year ' s queen, Sheri Haines. a w rhe queen candidates and rheir escorrs rhrough rhe parade roure. The band played while rhe courr assembled on rhe field. The queen, Joyce Collins, was crowned, and rhe winning floors, hall decorarions, and skirs were announced. Ir was nor unril larer rhar nighr rhar rhe winner of rhe Homecoming game was known. The fighting Carroll Chargers won rhe barrle, 9-26. The evening was nor yer over. A dance ro pick up rhe 1979 yearbooks was in rhe cafereria. The commenrs abour rhe books were good, bur many students complained about rhe band, Volume III. Ir was a night of excitement and a nighr of disappoinrmenr, bur srill rhe stu- dent body remained spirited. Sill TCs homecoming