Madison High School - Yearbook (Rexburg, ID)

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Running Wild A Hard-nosed defense and a balanced offensive attack proved to be too much for the Pocatello Indians. Homecoming week is remembered as a success or failure depending on the home- coming game. No matter how much fun students had throughout the week it all climaxed on Friday night when the Pocatello Indians fell 23-0 I just told the guys to concentrate on playing the best they could and not to worry about all the rest of the week ' s activities, said head coach Kelly Thomp- son. The defense controlled the game, and shut down the Indians offense. Three minutes into the game, sen- ior cornerback Jason Boyle unleashed a hit on Pocatel- lo ' s quarterback, Brian Steve Ashby came up a few yards short of the first down on one of his two carries during the third guar- ter. Hicks, sidelining him for the duration of the game with a severe knee injury. Since their leading passer was hurt, Pocatello strug- gled to move the ball against the hard-hitting defense. Offensive coordinator Todd Moss kept the Indians off guard by showing a bal- anced attack. Even though the offense was known mainly for its passing, senior running back Stuart Brown led the running game with 14 carries for 107 yards. Junior quarterback Brad Mortensen connected on 1 6 of his 26 aerials to six differ- ent recievers for 180 yards. Two of these passes went to junior Mark Denney for touchdowns. A tough defense and a balanced offense gave the studentbody an exciting homecoming game, as the cats ran wild over the Poca- tello Indians. Homecoming Game 19

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Running back Scott Sutherland carried the ball for a two yard gain and a first down early in the first guarter. Wade Thompson and Stuart Brown show their excitement with a pre-game head-butt dur- ing the introduction of the play- ers. Late in the first guarter, Stuart Brown takes one of his three recep- tions for a 13 yard gain. The Marching Band and the Flag Team performed at half-time along with the introduction of the home- coming royalty and recognition of alumni. 18 Homecoming Game

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One Last Chance Students who went to the homecoming dance had one last chance to participate in a memorable week. The final activity dur- ing homecoming week was the semi- formal dance sponsored by the Madisonian. Since the studentbody of- ficers didn ' t need to raise any money they turned the homecoming dance over to the Madisonian. Friday, before the game, the dance started to take form as the silver foil, white poster paper, and red crepe paper was hung from the ceiling. The next morning the fi- nal preparations were made and everything was set to go at 9:00 p.m. When the main stream of students began arriving at about 9:30, some couples hurried to the auditorium to have their picture taken while others started danc- ing. At 10:30 the half-time program started. The semi- nary faculty performed a dance and lip-sinc routine to the homecoming theme- , True To Your School . When couples got too tired or hot to dance, they took a break and drank the sprite provided as refresh- ments. When the dance ended at midnight, a few couples stayed and helped take down the decorations. As the last couples left, a clean commons signified the end of the activities of a week to remember. The homecoming royalty took the floor and started the first dance after half-time entertainment. Miss Gray, Dave Smith, and Car- men Hart helped speed up the decorating by cutting and hanging crepe paper. 20 Homecoming Dance