Port Huron High School - Student Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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s Getting down and dirty proved to be the winning strategy ' for the senior team during the Macho Man Contest. Julie VanNorman dug in with both hands. Get cracking! Bracing herself for the egg catch, senior Kris McLelland gently cradles the egg, while junior Sheri Halifax just misses. The seniors took first place overall. Homecoming Games 19

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Games, Gags, Good Times New to the Homecoming Games Competition was the Macho Man contest. To take first place, the winning team had to dig a hole and plant a tree. The saplings were left to grow in the schoolyard. The traditional events drew crowds of intent spectators anxious to urge their classmates on to victo- ry. The most traditional game of the Homecoming com- petition was the Tug-of-War. The preliminary games pitted the Juniors against Seniors and Freshmen against Sophomores. The final Tug-off was between the Class of ’86 and the Class of ’88, with the Seniors pulling off first place. An old favorite during Homecoming was the Ham- burger-Eating Contest, which started with forty hamburgers to be consumed. The competition began with courageous volunteers willing to gorge themselves for the benefit of their class. One of the burger-eaters, senior Chris Collins commented, “It made me gag, and I couldn’t breathe. It was tough without water.” Another annual event was the precarious Egg Toss. Four students from each class participated. This contest needed no judge to determine the outcome; the egg did the deciding. The final event in the competition was the Water Balloon Toss with two pupils per grade level engaged in the activity. A cool shower went to the losers of this event. The overall standings were Seniors, Juniors, Fresh- men, and finally, the Sophomores. Digging in with all twenty toes, sophomores Tom Frye and Pen- ny Roskey unsuccessfully tug against the seniors. The class of 88 placed fourth in the events.

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Accompanied by her sister Angie, Toni King prepares for her ride in the two mile parade. Toni was also a cheerleader. Driven by Dan Fenner, Senior court member Penny LaPine smiles to the J parade-watchers. Penny also played softball, tennis and volleyball. From Student to Queen and Back Again “It was the most nerve-racking experience I have ever been through in my life. I knew that Mr. Burgess and other staff members knew who would be crowned and I could only walk around wondering. Then when I was finally crowned, I was so relieved. All the anticipation was gone. It’s great to know my peers chose me to represent our school. I don’t feel as if I’ve changed now, only in a beautiful memory to last a lifetime. I hope this success carries through after I graduate.” Only the words of Selena Lloyd can begin to describe what the crowning of a queen is like. These feelings could only be shared by former and future Port Huron High School home- coming queens. Being relatively new to the Port Huron Area. Senior Court member Janna (Melia) Jeffers takes in the sights of Downtown Port Huron. Janna moved into the district in May fro m Mississippi Oiir m 20 Homecoming ’85