Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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Some flex muscles While others are he typical jock. This phrase brought the im- age of a tall, muscular, and intellectually slow athlete whose only worry in life was the next game. The typical brain. This phrase brought the picture of a scrawny, pimple-faced stu- dent equipped with two number two pen- cils, a calculator, and a backpack full of extra reading material in case his Physics class got boring. Although these stereo- types were inaccurate, they represented the battle between the academics and the ath- letes. The school had ways of stressing aca- demics. It's Mr. Adamo's practice to hire teachers first,', said Athletic Director Tony Schenbeck. There have been times when a coach I've recommended wasn't hired be- Jlgfing' cause Mr. Adamo found someone else he thought would be a better teacher. The Colorado High School Activities Associ- ation established policies to make sure schools placed academics first. One of these rules was that a student couldn't receive two F's and continue to compete in a sport. Even with these policies, academics often took second place to athletics with the stu- dents. Sr. Teresa Dwyer said, It's easier to gain acceptance and recognition from your peers by excelling in something as exciting as athletics rather than in something as hum-drum as general academics. By looking at numbers and attendance records, Overland's true loyalties could be found. The attendance for a girls, volleyball game varied from 300-600 people, 900 for a boys' varsity basketball game, and about 3,000 for a varsity football game. These contrasted with attendance at academic competitions. Spectators werenit encour- Kurt Tsumura 28 Activities IN ANXIOUS ANTICIPATION, Sr. goalie Scott Gary watches his teammate Sr. Steve Devanney strug- gle to protect the goal from an East H.S. corner kick. Overland won the game 5-3. aged to come to most of the math events Overland participated in because they were held during school hours. In some of the events held out of state, like the Olympics of the Mind competition, spectator support was impossible. But there were several oth- er academic competitions that weren't sup- ported by students. Only one or two specta- tors, if any, came to speech and debate com- petitions. At the Physics Bowl, Junior Engineering Talent Search, Colorado Sci- ence Olympiad, and State Olympics of the Mind, the only people who went, besides the participants, were a few friends or rela- tives. Athletics vs. academics is a competition that has always existed. But Mr. Schenbeck said, I have always held that athletics is an extension of the curriculum and not some- thing competing against it. I'd like to see the article say 'athletics is a part of academ- ics' Leslie Moroyc AFTER COMPLETING A microscope lab in fifth hour Human Physiology class, Sr. David Tolson has a few extra minutes to sit and relax. Copy: Jennifer McQuaid Layout: Katie Simpson

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Taking it After the game most students hurried home to prepare for the night they had been waiting for all week, the traditional Home- coming danee and dinner. One of the more popular places students went for dinner was Bobby MeGee's, but Sr. Brian Cox thought it would be fun to break tradition and cook dinner for his date, Jr. Patty Wei. The dance was planned by committee heads Srs. Sara Early and Carolyn Berg. The theme was Take lt to the Limit from the popular song by the Eagles. The dance Jhe Unit began at eight and was held in the cafe- teria. The cafeteria was decorated with numerous red and green helium balloons with the night light streaming in through the cafeteria's skylight windows. With romance in the air, the rest of the Homecoming court was announced. THE HOMECOMING CROWD claps and cheers at the football team's victorious bout with Boulder. The stands were filled with pleased par- ents and excited students who enjoyed the bright afternoon sun. Ili' Bryan Pepper cn' O.. f - f l!,44Q.' . 6 1: hw' I wh H l Ns' J . uf, ' Eff JE . UQQ ...E M, is r::..f':- Tom Imber Copy: Theresa Duncan Layout: Amber Lziiminger Sr. Scott Pettinger was crowned King and ju- niors Dean Schafer and Tracy Cavanaugh chosen Prince and Princess. Sophs. Mike Bilti- mier and Brandi DeBono were Duke and Duchess, and freshmen Ross Martin and Deb- bie Vargo were Lord and Lady. Most students enjoyed themselves. The dance was great. I had so much fun, said Sr. Jennifer Mosier. As the night went on and students continued to dance, another Overland Homecoming came to an end. Noelle Brown A TYPICAL FAN? Sr. John Kempfer is certainly not one ofthem. As a member of Blazer Power, John was seen at every football game decked out in blue and green from head to toe. THE OVERLAND DEFENSE shows who is tougher against Boulder's offense. Just about every drive Boulder had during the game, the defense stopped. Homecoming

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