Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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Copy: Jenny Gabl When the most competitive league in the state splits in half, is breaking up truly hard to do? In the Blazers' case, you bet! A year ago the Aurora and Littleton schools initiated a breakup of the Centennial League. It was approved before this fall season. The new league fonned by the Aurora and Littleton schools was the Continental League. Each league was left with only seven schools. Football coach Tony Manfredi said, Lit- tleton and Aurora did not want to play Cherry Creek High School, period? Football was greatly affected by the breakup. Formerly, the top four teams of the league made their way to the state playoffs. Now, the number was reduced to two teams. Four of the state's top ten teams stayed in the Centennial League- Creek, Fairview, Mullen, and Overland. Cer- tainly, the Centennial League was tough for Aurora and Littleton. Athletic Director Tony Schenbeck said, If I was in their shoes, I might have wanted to make the same move. All sports were affected in some way. Soccer now sent one team from the Centennial IAL League to state and one from the Contintental league. Girls' sports were greatly affected because Mullen and Regis are male schools. Gymnast Jr. Brandon Coors said, 4'Now since the gymnastic team doesn't compete with the easier schools, our point standings are lower. I liked it better the way it was before. To compensate for the loss of the teams, non-league games were incorporated into the teams' schedules. However, some teams, such as gymnastics and golf, still played schools in the Aurora area. The non-league games brought on a positive change. Jr. Nicole Cam- marata, a softball player, said, I like itbecause it's new, different competition, although sometimes games can be pretty far awayf, Overall, the breakup wasn't quite as bad as it appeared to be. Even the football team, who really didn't benefit from the change, liked the non-league games. Coach Jim Bond said, lt's really nice to represent your league-at least when you're winning! It looked like the Blazers could survive any- thing others could dish out-even a breakup! Pnul Suunsm ' he intensity increases as Sr. Rob Birge takes if offensive action against Cherry Creek. Over- 3 land lost the football game 33-13 to the number one ranked Bnlins. 'W Kmal ................. . ..... .

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TIO Forty-eight hours is not just two days! To a few students it was one and a half weeks of in-house detention. This was an extreme situation since the typical detention was only about one or two hours. But either way in-school suspension was the new policy for dealing with most problems ranging from cutting class to running stop signs in the parking lot. In the past the deans, not the teachers, were responsible for enforcing students' at- tendance. Suspension is like being in jail, because you have to pay the consequences for what you do, stated Sr. Ram Rod. The detention policy gave teachers more re- sponsibilty for students' attendance. Dean Matt Beatty said, The new policy is a positive change in encouraging kids to goto class. Teachers were also enthusiastic. I think itis good to be solving students' problems one on one, instead of sending them di- rectly to the deans, said social studies teacher Ms. Kelly Howard. The new policy gave the deans office more freedom by only dealing with serious attendance prob- lems. Nevertheless, students with any attendance problem could count on spend- ing time for their mistakes, either with their teacher or in detention. Even though the deans had a lighter loa with attendance problems, they couldn't s back and relax yet! Stealing, speeding, reck less driving, and parking were just some of th offenses within the parking lot. All of thes were also handled by the deans. Students wh break the rules are sent to the deans, after thre offenses students lose their privilege to drive, said Bob Luna, security specialist. Students' opinion on the matter were di verse. Jr. Dennis Furbush said, The securit guards keep the parking lot safe and free fror theft. However, Jr. Brian Gowen said, It i unfair. The administration and security wonl trust us. They are constantly keeping an eye o us! Sr. Todd Madden added, The securit guards are inefficient because they are in th wrong place at the wrong time. t Sometimes they were in the right place at th wrong time for students. And Forty-eigh hours may be play time to Eddie Murphy, bt to students in detention it was time spent en tirely differently. aming the dubious distinction as the first student to serve in-school suspension, Soph. Aaron Bailey spends time in room 140 in- stead of class during the first week of school B8'l f'uJ'-Zvi fl f .aff and t..N. K lf ' Y Actlvtttes, Julie Williams 5 his student's worstnightmare comes true as Jr. Cal' l'adi0 is belle! F-han H0 radio at all. SrS. Matt Rolfs has to deal with dean Arlandus Erik Zllndel and .Tay Ginsberg catch som Lowe. Students found themselves in this UIIICS III U10 Parking 101- One ofthe Securilj situation more often than they liked. guards' jobs was to monitor their behavior.