Morenci High School - Copper Cat Yearbook (Morenci, AZ)

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A ROYAL KISS. After being crowned queen. Su zie Valdez receives a kiss from King Eric Forstrom. ■‘M-M-M-O-R Spirited Wildcats cheer from the back of a truck during the pep rally held the night before Homecoming MINIATURE ROYALTY. Little attendants Erik Sanders and Marcy Isaacs carry the crowns for thd king and queen. FRESHMEN TAKE IT. Representing their class. Eugene Herrera and Mandy Barrick ride in the freshman float which took first place. Football Homecoming 9

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How cold was it? It was soo cold. . . “Brrrr” was the most-used word of the evening as Homecoming ’86 fell on what was the coldest night of the fall season. Heavy jackets and blankets were the fashion as icy winds put a chill in every- one’s bones. “There were about five or six of us in the band piled under just one blanket trying to keep warm,’’ comment- ed Amy Wood. “I could imagine how the homecoming attendants felt.’’ Riding around on the float at half-time, the homecoming attendants, most of whom were dressed in evening gowns, tried to smile bravely. “I was freezing out there,’’ confessed senior attendant Tracy Ruedas. “The ride around the field on the floats seemed to take forever. Plus, the smoke from the dry ice used in our float was blowing in my face.” Eric Forstrom and Suzie Valdez were crowned Homecoming King and Queen. CHEERING JOCKS. Football players Richard Ruedas and Anthony Murillo serve as bases for Lisa Velasquez in the Homecoming pep assembly. There was a humorous moment during the crowning ceremonies when the PA announcer said: “The crowning tonight is being done by the 1985 Homecoming Queen, Steve Gojkovich.” The freshman class proved the home- coming theme, “We Make the Differ- ence,” by swinging to first place with their float. The sophomore class placed second, the seniors’ float was third, and the juniors’ entry placed last. Following the 40-28 victory by the Wildcats over Pima, a dance was held in the multi-purpose room. Unfortunately, the dance wasn’t as good as expected. “There was a shortage of guys and every- thing was kind of dead,” complained Su- zie Valdez. “I think it was because we knew football season was over and we weren’t going to state. There just wasn’t any excitement in the air.” “When I saw everybody else in a red dress, 1 figured they must have done it on purpose. I felt like an odd ball in blue—but I did match our class float.” —Nellie Aguilar 8 Football Homecoming

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Friday the 31st, Part 4 Although Halloween fell on the same night as a key conference football mat- chup with Willcox, the decision was made to host the fourth annual high school Hal- loween Carnival on the 31st regardless. “We knew we would lose some people to the game, but we felt the Carnival was important enough to the community that we should go ahead and have it anyway ’ remarked Suzie Valdez. According to Student Council adviser, Mr. Jack Edens, “Our ticket sales were down approximately 20 percent from last year, but this Carnival was probably the best organized and came off with the least problems of any we’ve had. It was a very worthwhile activity and everyone en- joyed himself.’ Many students especially enjoyed the Carnival being on a Friday night because as Lisa Taylor Spivey stated: “ we were able to go out afterwards since we didn’t have school the next day.” The Rock Band gave three perfor- mances at the Carnival even though they got off to a late start. “We were having lots of technical difficulties,” explained keyboard player Julie Baker. “Some of our equipment just wouldn’t work. We ended up doing short performances rath- er than the longer ones we had planned.” Because the football players were all out of town, some organizations were short of workers. “We had trouble get- ting enough people to work in the haunt- ed house aiimiitftd jnnir { class repre- sentative Nancy Gonzales ’They even recruited' me 'a sophomore,” laughed James Giacoletti, who was appropriately dressed as the grim reaper. “We had no problems at all backstage this year, but there sure were a lot of frightened little kids crying their hearts out after going through the haunted house.” —Linda Willard 10 PEEK-A-BOO. Peeking out from under his “bill” is Casey Woodall, son of Mr and Mrs. David Woodall. Casey won second prize with his duck costume. TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. Si amese twins. Kelly Brown and Jennifer Farquhar, await the judges’ decision at the costume contest. Halloween Carnival