Park Center High School - Pirate Yearbook (Brooklyn Park, MN)

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 Cy+ 1, • G- laAa4stZ j AAjLVf A s OjLt, O-UA, UJ bj aubiU s ? cjZfl, fapAi. ■ C-tA14. CoA cbCffaJ . vX t 7 f-x “ ■So-t rn : UJoaa . o-£ {JuL. tasrri'Qsixx. , d JLi£«L. — Park Center Sports: Scoring Points and Memories Brooklyn Park. Minn. Whether as athletes or spectators, we were all involved in the Park Center sports program. At every meet, match, and game. Park Center students were there to support their team, cheering them on when they were behind so they wouldn't get discouraged. The crowds sat in rain, snow, freezing temperatures, and hot gymnasiums, with brave smiles on their faces. Then there were the athletes who practiced daily, even when they didn’t want to. They underwent grueling routines of exercise and workouts, trying to be the best at whatever they were doing. Why all of this suffering and self-torture? For one reason really. It was fun. Everyone loved Friday night football games, cheered on the basketball team, and wouldn't miss a hockey game. Excitement hung in the air as everyone waited for the gun, whistle, or buzzer that started and stopped the action of the players. How primitive those actions appeared, whether it was running a ball over a line, or bouncing one off of a piece of wood laced with string. But games were a lot more than that. They brought the school's populace together to have a lot of fun and meet with friends. Our school’s athletic program was, and always will be, a memorable part of our high school years. —Tatia Woldt

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Pepfest Memories . . . Do you remember being herded into crowded bleachers and sitting shoulder to shoulder with all your buddies, feeling faint from the heat and claustrophobia.- If so, you definitely remember the Park Center pepfest. Wasn’t it fun, the corny skits, bouncing cheerleaders, and all of those teams running out, one after the other? You bet it was! Pepfests were forty-five glorious, class-free minutes when the whole school assembled to yell and have a lot of fun. A group that would have been classified as a riot on a street corner was merely an audience when seated in our gymnasium. Pepfest success was rated on how loud and responsive the crowd was, making Park Center pepfests perfect 10’s. Success was also determined by the dedication of those who organized everything. They planned pepfests indoors, outdoors, everywhere but the library. They contained marching bands, concerts, and all of those repetitious, but amusing skits. Who will impersonate Dancclinc next, the Chess team? Pepfests were a lot of fun. and will be remembered as such by all who attended. — Tatia Woldt , cocXo 6rt -t£ dA-c lajuiutr.

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Royalty: regal character or bearing Nobility. coronation: the act or ceremony of in vesting a sovereign or his consort with the royal crown. 8US» Top right: Mike Polis offers an arm to Liz Kohler. Middle left: Nancy Woody, Amy Schaeffer, and Bill Murphey at the game. Above: 1st Row: Amy Schaeffer, Bill Murphey. 2nd Row: Jill Peter. Ross Olson, Branka Bulajic. Ron Couture. Mary Hreha, Liz Kohler, and Mike Polis. 3rd Row: Mary Treadwell, Bob Griswold, N'ancy Woody, Mike Pigeon, and Al Brosseau. Left: Amy and Bill are crowned by Shannon Pcddlar and Greg Narey.