Noblesville High School - Shadow Yearbook (Noblesville, IN)

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Quarterback Rob Cutter (5) fires a pass to Tracy Fox (85). (Gerdenich photo) During halftime activities. Athletic Director Bill Nevitt presents Mr. Richard Dellinger with a plaque commemorating the honor of being parade grand marshall. I The reigning homecoming queen and her court glance through football programs before the game. Queen and court members are Seniors Leslie Mclntyre. Stacey Schutz. Inge Dix. Judy Bragg and Kelly Nickander. 16 • homecoming

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As the junior float entry is moved to the starting line of the parade. Jeff Hobson ( ' 83) replaces missing pomps. (Beatty photo) With a dramatic gesture of despair. Debbie Jenkins ( 82) cries for help after running out of pomps. (Nickander photo) Although the look of a definite struggle is seen on the faces of these juniors, they still lost the homecoming tug of war to a stronger senior class. (Thurston photo) homecoming • 15

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On a surprise flea-flicker, Nob City falls for first loss in nine years; the sad stoiy: homecoming ' 81 by Aiyssa Wilson Parka-clad Miller fans, lugging blankets and balancing cups of hot chocolate, flocked in by the hundreds with their families, friends or dates to be a part of the annual homecoming game October 2. Excitement that had been building all week finally reached its peak. Teams were introduced and the game started. Thirty-one seconds into the game, fullback Jeff Ayres ( ' 84) was injured. An ambulance drove onto the field while 3,500 anxious spectators watched. All were concerned about Ayres and waited 15 minutes while he lay on the ground. While spectators and team members watched earnestly, Ayres, with his helmet securely taped to the stretcher, was rushed to Riverview Hospital. Millers played well after that incident. Paul Height ( ' 83) scored the first touchdown with 2:46 left in the first quarter, and then later crossed the line for the second TD. At halftime, Noblesville led, 14-0. An easy victory seemed possible against the 13th rated Lawrence North Wildcats. During the third quarter, Ron Webb ( ' 82) scored. But then halfback Tim Dickerson, Lawrence North, ran 61 yards to score the Wildcats ' first touchdown. This pattern was followed during the rest of the game, TD after TD. With only 41 seconds in the last quarter, Noblesville and Law- rence North were at a draw, 28-28. Noblesville had possession of the ball and was two yards away from a first down. The Wildcats ' Mike Chase intercepted the ball on North ' s 48 yard line. With only seven seconds remaining, everyone expected overtime. But quarterback Mike Lee, with a surprise flea-flicker to Dickerson. scored the winning TD. With the astonishing 34-28 turnaround, Noblesville lost its first homecoming game in nine years; the last time was 1972 ' s loss to Tipton. Coach Steve Helmich described the game in this way, The team and the coaches were terribly disappointed with the home- coming loss to Lawrence North. We played extremely well through the first three quarters of the game and felt we had the game under control. Lawrence North made a great comeback and obviously played extremely well in the fourth quarter to win. ' ' Loss of the game was bad news, but spirits lifted when Mr. Richard Dellinger, parade grand marshall and game announcer, informed the crowd that Ayres, the injured player, had only a pinched nerve. He had been released from the hospital and was on the sidelines watching the action. At halftime, the winners of the float and spirit stick contests were announced. The junior class won the float competition with their Disneyland characters, while the freshman class placed second. Frosh also won the spirit stick. Ken Pickett (60) tries to keep wann while teammate Jeff Ayres (26) is lifted into the ambulance by coaches and paramedics. (Gerdenich photo) homecoming •I?