Northrop High School - Bear Tracks Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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The cold r;iin broiislit out blankets ,ind Umbrellas. Mitch Horn runs with the ball to get Northrop into safer territory. Long reign Queen Carolyn This was a homecoming that ever ' one is going to remember, but not as vividly as is Carolyn Ferraro. Amid the rain and cold of an early October drenching, Carolyn was a vision of sunshine as she was named to be the seventh Homecoming Queen in the his- ton, ' of Northrop. And she got to reign over the most ex- citing game in the history of Northrop as a highly t outed Snider came to spoil all of the Bruin hopes for a north division crown and were washed out themselves. Asked after the halftime crowning what she thought about the weather, the Queen claimed that she didn ' t notice anything af- ter the announcement. Carolyn ' s escort Dale Ramsey commented that he had, but his smile was as broad as Carolyn.s. Homecomins: queen Carolyn Ferraro is all smiles with her well wishers. Queen Carolyn lerraro and her esco Dale Ramsey wait to be introduced.

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Steve Billings played the trumpet dur- ini! the Homecoming half time. The sell out crowd made silting on th iiround and standing necessary. It was wet, but it was happy Wlien eveiAone was getting ready to leave tor our big football game, some people were getting a little nervous, because last year at the same linv at our hoiTEComing, Snider beat us 10 to 7. ftre just a year later, we ' re playing the Panthers again at another Nortlirop Homecoining. Tlie fans started ' to pour into the stadium ;ind so did tlie rain. Tlien as the Bruin Team ran onto the field the band played the gridders theme. We ' re Going to Fly Now. Tlie rain and cool temixrature didn ' t dampen any spirits, becatise within two minutes after the opening kick-off Spullcr Stadium w-as filled to capacity, then started to overtlowonto tlie track Both teams were ranked in the top ten. and tliis promised to be a thriller. At half-time Northrop was on top 21 to 0. Tlie ganie wasn ' t supposed to be decided until tlie lasl qiuirler. and the Bruins were running away witJi i! . Tlic fans vwre getting very rowdy and impatient iLS the homecoming events were about to begin, and the queen w.is going to be crowned. .Asllie Band tlnislied another f;uilasiic |xnfor- manc . Nortlirop fans gave them a standing ovation, for a job well done. Now on to Terre Haute. and the State Band Contest. Tlien the finalists for homecoming queen made their way throuli the mud and water. Tlie moment they ' ve been waiting for was upon them When the ballots were talleyed. Carolyn Ferraro was the 1977 Hoiitcoming Queen. Her court was lxiri Straluii Ctuolxii Caliill. Debbie Tubbs. and Pam B er. Tlien came the third quarter, after a few almost touchdowns the Fathers seemed to be turning on the switch to their defence. But Nortlirop was still on top as the tliird quarter remained scoreless. As the game started to wind down, the Gridders lut for one nxire TD. Tlien with only 18 seconds left in the ganx the Panthers managed to get on the scoreboard. Tlie l ast few seconds ran out. the GriddcR kicked tlie Panthers on the Grid iron as the won 28 to S.Now ' to try for the S.A.C. Crown. Tlie Bruins play Bishop Liiers. and onc ' e again the will try to pull the shades on tlv knights.

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Football Gridders launch season and bound for glory Tlie Bruins started thier bid for the SAC by blitzing a hopeless Elm- hurst team. Next they soiled, a fi- red up N.S. squad on the schools 50th homecoming. The finall sco- re was 14-13. A break from SAC action took Northrop to Hunting- ton in relitively easy match-up, as Northro p score their second shut out in the last three outings. The most important game of the year so far came during homecom- ing agaist unliked. but a very good snider. To get down to the basics the game was for the Nortlv.divis- ron and a sell out crowd was e.xpec- ted at Spullner Stadium. The two teams were similar in many ways it seemed to have to be a close contest. However noone told Mitch Horn that he pulled his way for a new school record of 269 yards. While the defense came to piay and held the Panthers to a minimum, the offense backed them up with 28 points on the scoreboard. Northrop clinches the North division in a hard fought game ag- ainst Dwenger. Then Concordia surprised the Bruins with a last sec- ond feild goal beating us 9-7, One player said, they just plain out pl- ayed us, all we were looking at was the SAC championship game. Jeff Unville-83, and Rex Coak-61 show enthusiasm from the side lines. Mitch Horn-4n. leads blocking for Oiarles Trigg-34 around left end for a big gain. Bob De Domenico shows the blocking techniques of a pulling guard. Tlie defensive line-up celebrates Till ' VICIORY.