Pike High School - Pikes Peek Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Right: During halftime festivities, Susie Rothl opf, last year ' s winner, crowns ttie 1 975 homecoming queen, senior Joni Cummins. Below: Band members stuff paper napkins into the chiGl en wire of their drum float which even- tually placed third in the competition. Bottom right: Sophomore Joanie Crowe poses in her ' 50 ' s outfit as freshman Mike Mason exits. PSPS sponsored ' SO ' s day before Friday ' s game. 14 §r as the halftime announcer who didn ' t Icnow the micro- phone was still on said, I know. We got beat. For the first time since perhaps the beginning of time, a class (this time, the one of ' 76) went through four years at Pike without winning the float competition. The junior class be- came victors (as in many years past) with their Liberty Bell float. Soph- omores were second, the band third, frosh fourth and seniors fifth. However, all was not lost for the se- niors because they won the overall competition in the pre-homecoming events. After winning the powder puff football game, pie-eating, root beer chugging, girls ' sack race and the boys ' tug-of-war, they nudged the

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Left: Another event that signals the beginning of school is the annual bonfire held at the end of August at the north end of the football field. Below: Unpacking and shelving books for the bookstore is one of the jobs Mrs. Bobbi DeWitt does to help Pike ready itself for the new school year. Bottom: One of the traditional back-to-school ac- tivities for Pike students is picking up their books and supplies at the bookstore. . • A 13 It seems like uje never left!

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Left: In this before shot, juniors worl on their soon-to-be number one float at Clark Brooks ' house. Below: Junior Cathy Price shows her elation at the girls ' powder puff football game. The juniors lost to the seniors 6-0. Bottom left: The juniors ' winning final product waits in line for the halftime parade. All of the floats had bicentennial themes. frosh out of first place, 34-33. Juniors and sophomores tied for third with 26 points each. Apart from the perfect senior record (four losses), there was no major dif- ference between the 1975 home- coming and those in the past. A large, enthusiastic crowd full of past gradu- ates was on hand for the festivities. At half-time, a queen, Joni Cummins, was crowned, and cars full of cheer- leaders, lettermen and junior leaders drove by. The night wouldn ' t have been complete without the big traffic jam after the game. And that ' s the point of homecoming, this year and in years past— nothing to- tally unique, just a little fun com- petition, spirit and enjoyment.