Poquoson High School - Islander / York Chronicle Yearbook (Poquoson, VA)

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| . ; : : . : : : : | He's Coming Over Here. Tara Smith: Homecoming Queen - There we all stood in the middle of the football field, with everyone in the stands staring at us. In the back- ground, | could faintly hear the voice of the announcer over the P.A. system, his monotone voice carrying throughout the night. While we waited there for what seemed like an eternity, | looked up and saw Mr. Olen Evans walking straight to- wards me and my escort, Chad Grube. As Mr. Evans continued to head in our direction, | felt Chad squeez- ing my arm and whispering in a frantic voice, “Tara, he’s coming over here! He’s com- ing over here!” In my mind, | hysterically tried to rational- ize Mr. Evans’ advancing towards us, thinking he was going to start at the begin- ning of the line and walk down it to pick the winner. As he came to a stop in front of me, | realized that | was the winner. | was this year’s Homecoming Queen. Suddenly, | heard my name announced over the intercom system as the win- ner. Mr. Evans handed me a dozen beautiful red roses. Lisa Sibbers, last year’s Homecoming Queen, walked up to me and placed the winner's sash over my shoulders and a beautiful crown on my head. She gave me a big hug and as! looked up at her, | could see the same tears in her eyes that were about to fall from mine. Then Chad was leading me back to the car. | was shaking so badly | didn’t think | would be able to sit on top of the car without falling off, but some- how | managed. As | realized we were driving off the field, the whole thing seemed to have lasted the duration of a single second. The 1985 Homecoming Queen, Tara Smith, was her sophomore class Vice-president. She was also a Homecoming Representative her freshman year. Her escort was Chad Grube, who was also a Homecom- ing escort his sophomore year. Tara sums up her nervousness on Homecoming night by saying, “God! It was awful!” Homecoming 11

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Senior class representative Natalie Whitlow was the Vice-president of her junior class and treasurer of her sophomore class. Her escort was 40 Homecoming Freshman class representative Robbi Fixx was escorted by David Britt. Tom Cannella. Natalie remem- bered, “| was so nervous that | didn’t even realize that! was holding Tom’s arm.” PEN, Laake iagete biverd NOT Reade Be ite re Sophomore class representative Leslie Comelius was also a represen- tative for freshman year. Her escort was Lance Martin. Senior class representative Susan Roberts was a Homecoming repre- sentative for both her sophomore and junior years. Her escort was Emie Bretana. When asked about Home- tyne - Rhy AR oa : Hee bs 2 Whey Noch Junior class representative Dee Dee Ward has been president of her class since her freshman year. She was escorted by Robbie Paul. coming nervousness, Susan replied, “| was afraid that Kim McCabe would drive too fast and that! would fall off of the back of the car in front of everyone.”

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Home Court Advantage The Homecoming game was a step in the right direc- tion for the members of the football team . The team played a good first half and were leading at halftime. However, the Islanders fell behind in the second quarter A Gloucester player stopped sopho- more Brad Howard (12) just short of the first down. The pain of senior Scott Brown (45) seemed to have been shared by his teammate Mike Brown (59), when he saw his co-captain trapped under a group of Gloucester players. {42 Homecoming and the game came to a close with Gloucester win- ning 20-12. The team members and their fans celebrated their valiant struggle at the Homecoming Dance on Sat- urday, October 5. The commons was a melee of multi-colored streamers and balloons, which were torn down by the eager students as keepsakes of the night. The disc jockey, Lloyd Brown, dedicated the song “All | Need” to all the members of the Homecoming Court, who led their classmates in the dance. The dance ended as the last song of the night faded away, but the mem- ories will stay with each student forever.