Pinellas Park High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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Potriotism, power, ond perfection were o port of othletes' quests for ochievement. But folling foce down in the mud, bottling heor stroke, ond stretching pulled muscles olso ployed o port in these quests. Students spent hours on the footboll field, in the gym, on the tennis courts, or in the swimming pool contributing to the Potriot process of cotching up by Hkeoching Up to othletic gools. This process of Reaching Up olso involved coptoins ond cooches, fomilies ond fons. Certoin events ot- trocted more fons thon others, Athletes risked injury in every competition ond in every proctice. After going down in the home soc- cer motch ogoinst Dixie Hollins, Jett Conover receiv- ed help from Cooch Peter Conover ond o referee. Getting off on the right foot wos often o key in othletic roces. Christo Heisler storted o cross country roce omong o moss of runners ot o meer ot Toylor Pork in Lorgo. Good ploys inspired cheers from ployers ond spectotors ot othletic events. At the Nor- theost gome, vorsity footboll ployers Joe Enzor, Mike Thorne, ond Don De Setto shouted rds of O, QQ? 178 f SPORTS DIVISION wo e n- L courogement though. Sometimes it seemed os though there were more cheerleoders on the floor thon fons in the stonds. The othletes who did not hove the support of the cheering crowd were the speciol othletes. They were motivoted by o desire to represent the school ond experience personol sotisfoction, not to heor the opplouse of o crowd. The story of o sports event wos told by the expressions on foces - elotion in the eyes of the othlete, pride in the smiles of the porents, ond ossuronce on the foce of the offensive teom ottempts 0 third down conversion. Long proctices developed skills ond con- centrotion in othletes. Erico Dovis us- ed her skill to contribute to the Potriots' score in the g o m e o g o i n st Cleorwoter. X ttf! cooch. But disoppointment oppeored on foces when Potriot teoms did not win. However, sportsmonship prevoiled, ond o loss odded joy to the next win. Sports - the nome of the gome wos giving 1002 oll the time. Ployers were reworded by experiencing the thrill of competition while represen- ring the red, white, ond blue. This thrill mode the mud, heot strokes, ond pulled muscles more thon worthwhile.

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ix as 5 . ,, r 5 P155 -, ' Q: 4 1 , fist fs ,kk ,f if A Na- 1 my W LEONARDO DA VINCI he was not, but Frank Evans had the same dedication to make his paintings beautiful and appealing tothe human eye. Walking through M wing, students and faculty alike had their 'attention drawn to attractive works of art displayed in two gloss cases located near M-4 and M-5. These displays varied from weaving pro- jects to ceramic masks to pen and pencil sketches and were changed every so often to show the assortment of appealing projects created by the art students of the school. Projects collected throughout the course of the year were put on exhibition one final time in the art show which took place in May. The main purpose of the art show is to get students used to showing their work and to expose the school to what the art students are doing and to the talent that is in the art department! exclaimed Miss Liz Kershaw, art teacher. THE BALANCE WAS RIGHT when Debbie Vivona finished arranging the ceramic masks located in the display cases near the art rooms. All year long students observed art work done by fellow students. PULL ON THE COUNT OF THREE, and it lookedjust right for the PPHS art show. Mr, Ray Ascuy and students prepared some of the articles in the show. M and N WINGS I 177

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