Oak Park and River Forest High School - Tabula Yearbook (Oak Park, IL)

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With flags and smiles the pom-pon girls perform during half time to America the Beautiful. In the first quarter with the Huskies ahead by a safety, end Tom Eckert gains a first down before confronting a Lyons ' player. Schmitl Studio 25

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As his teammates make a desperate attempt to even the score, center Jim Arado watches the last few seconds of the game. Escaping from the Lions ' defense, quarterback Eric Kumerow runs downfield. fV With the fans cheering him on, Marty Woywood runs through the lines of pom-pon girls and cheerleaders to be the first person to crash through the spirit hoop, signifying the start of the game. iSS?, Schmitt Studio Schmitt Studio Sctimitt studio Lyons Deflate Huskie Dreams Rowdy Fans Cannot Stop Lion Charge, 30-23 he football stadium was a sea of orange Tand blue rowdy Huskie fans, who desper- ately wanted a Huskie victory. One fan ex- plained, It wouldn ' t be fair to lose Home- coming two years in a row. Things did start out well for Oak Park. With safety and a touchdown, the Huskies took a quick 8-0 lead. But this didn ' t last long. The play after the Huskie touchdown, the Lions scored, and with a two point conversion tied the game. The Lions dominated the second quarter. So when the first half ended, they had built up a 22-8 lead. The once rowdy crowd was now silent. With the help of the marching band and the pom-pon girls, the crowd slowly came back to life. This year for the first time the queen was an- nounced during half time instead of during the dance. This gave students who weren ' t attending the dance a chance to find out who the queen was first- hand. There was a loud cheer from the crowd when Kelly McCormack was announced the 1981 Home- coming queen. Also the winner of float contest was named. Senator Philip Rock decided that the Tra- peze float was the outstanding float of the Home- coming parade. With the start of the second half Huskie fans had new hope. Junior Connie Rabias said, I know we can come back. We have to come back! In the third quarter Junior John Hall scored a touchdown. The team tried a two point conversion and succeeded. The Huskies were back in the game. With the start of the fourth quarter the Huskies were on the move again. John Hall set up a touch- down by getting a crucial first down. Junior quarter- back Eric Kumerow then ran the ball in for six points. With the extra point the score was now 23-22. The fans went wild. We are number one and Huskie power could now be heard through the stadium. Unfortunately, the Lions would not give up. With less than six minutes left, they scored a touchdown plus a two point conversion making the score 30-23. Quarterback Kumerow tried to march the Huskies down the field again. But it was useless. The Huskies had lost Homecoming. Leaving the stadium you could hear fans saying, We lost. I can ' t believe we lost. -Sue Sheehy Pom-pon girls perform in front of a hot air balloon which was provided by Student Council as a promotion of the Around the World theme. 24 Homecoming Game

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Dancing and music add up to a good time for Dan Beeman, Val Voike and Bob Reardan, Junior Court and Etcorf: J Connelly, D Zaverdas. A Bono. A Slagel. J Lesever, M DeWaal, R Smith, J Walsh, R Kind. D McGlean, A Weslphal, E Dobbins 26