Plattsmouth High School - Plattonian Yearbook (Plattsmouth, NE)

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Bonfire Sparks ' Another Thought Being crowned Homecoming Queen was a very sentimental mo- ment for me. It's hard to explain the excitement I felt when I heard my name called. It was the icing on the cake, so to speak, of my senior year at PHS. It made me feel flustered, teary-eyed and nervous, and at the same time warm, special and hon- ored. Brad Brown, Homecoming King, was a pretty smooth dancer to the homecoming theme “Glory of Love. He most likely inherited his moves from his daddy, Jimmy Brown. I know I'll never forget my senior year Homecoming dance. It will be a cherished memory that, years from now. I'll be able to tell my chil- dren about. — Bekkijo Barkus Records played by a disc jockey pro- vided music for Sophomore Jon Heigl and Freshman Shelly Zweibahmer. Seniors Brad Brown and Bekkijo Barkus were honored as Homecoming royalty. C Even though the class finished last in Devil- mania games. Freshmen Jamie Hudson, Jo- seph Macedo and Travis Fincher enjoyed the dance. 12 Homecoming Wednesday, October 1, a bonfire drew a large crowd that included Seniors Angela Pritchard and Robie Church.

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Seniors Claim Victory At Devilmania Meet It was a close race but the Class of 1987 managed to pull it off. In the annual Devilmania games, the seniors placed first overall for the second straight year. In fact, the entire afternoon was dominated by the juniors and seniors. The juniors led in scoring through seven events, but then the seniors made their move. With only four events left, the seniors shifted into high gear and defeated the juniors by four points. The final team standings were as follows: first with 46 points, seniors; second with 42 points, juniors; third with 32 points, faculty; fourth with 22 points, freshmen and fifth with 17 points, sophomores. The festivities began with a pep rally at 12:50 p.m. as the Devilettes performed to Can You Feel the Beat. Then it was time for the foot- ball players to “play cheerleader. Devilmania was held the remainder of the day. No new events were added this year and the Monster Walk and softball games were called off due to rain. The only new thing about this year's games was that the banana- split relay was held at Dairy Queen. Juniors placed first in poster deco- rations, lip-sync and the tricycle race. Seniors placed first in the three-legged race, obstacle course, banana-split relay, egg toss and pyramid building. The faculty placed first in the tug- of-war, jump rope and volleyball. Neither the freshmen nor fhe sopho- mores placed first in any event. Several students were asked how they felt about Devilmania and Sophomore Sharon Rues replied, It would have been better if it wasn't raining. Junior Richard Ratzburg thought is was pretty fun, especial- ly the lip-sync. People got into it more. As the finale for Devilmania, stu- dents were treated to hot dogs, chips and pop in the main hallway as they awaited the announcement of the results. Seniors Mike Keema, Chris Winscot. Craig Martin and Wade Hughes finished second in lip-sync.

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Brad, Bekkijo Reign As Homecoming Royalty Neither rain, loss, nor cold of night could dampen the spirits of the PHS student body as the students trad- ed in their rainboots after the game for a more comfortable pair of dancing shoes and spent the rest of the evening, Hunting for Glory at the 1986 Homecoming. It was definitely one of the bet- ter dances I've attended, com- mented Senior Craig Martin. Every- one was enjoying themselves and I found our class winning Devilmania set the mood for the whole even- ing. After the seniors defeated the ju- niors that afternoon, the visiting Ant- lers of Elkhorn spoiled the evening for the gridders by defeating the Blue Devils, 21-8 in what some called a mudfest. The party moved to a drier area for the dance. The dance was again held in the cafeteria with the cheerleaders in charge of the decorations. Steve Warga and the Music Spectrum was there to play requests and later in- troduced the candidates and the Homecoming Royalty. This year the candidates were chosen by the cheerleaders, the drill team and the fall sports partici- pants. The boys nominated five girls and the girls nominated five boys from the senior class. The king and queen were then chosen by all students by balloting. Each student voted for one girl and one boy. The candidates were Brian Bres- nahan. Brad Brown, Robie Church, Jerry Dasher, Spencer Pohlmeier, Dena Ostrander, Tami McGowan, Missy McCormick, Bekkijo Barkus and Trisha Horn. While it continued raining out- doors, reigning inside were King Brad Brown and Queen Bekkijo Barkus. The couple was crowned by last year's royalty, Richard Church and Kathy Beebe. New to the agenda this year was a bonfire. Football Coach Cal Jacobs spoke to the crowcj Homecoming 13