Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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Top right: The riots of 1985 led to P.W. Botha's relaxing some of the laws concerning apartheid in South Africa. An offer was made (or the release of Mack nationalist Nelson Mandela. Anatoly Schiransky was released in aprisoner exchange in Berlin in February. Bottom left: Chicago Bear Jim McMahon celebrates the 46-10 victory over the New Lngland Patriots in the Super Bowl. The surprising Patriots were the first wild card team to win three away games and participate in Super Bowl XX 1986 Top left and bottom right: On January 28. 1986. 72.98 seconds after liftoff, the Space Shuttle Challenger, carrying Teacher m-Space Christa McAuUlt • Scobee (corn mander). Michael S. Smith (pilot), and specialists Ronald E. McNair. EUison S. Oni uka. Judith A. Resnik and Gregory B. Jarvis exploded in a hi : y were the first U S. astronauts to die in flight, nineteen years and one day after the fatal pre launch ApoUo fire The announcement at 1:50 A.M. brought sudd’ all classes and the silent prayers of many teachers and students. They joined three Russian cosmonauts who had suffocated listen their returning capsule prema • . ;cd n the near vacuum of the upper atmosphere as the only in flight deaths. News of 1986 11

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1985 Clockwise From Top Left: Cincinnati Reds player manager. Pete Rose, broke Ty Cobb's career hit record of 4.191 hits in 1965. The problem of hijacking continued through 1965. In September. 4 Palestinian terrorists hijacked the Italian Cruise Liner Achille Lauro, killing one American. The Kansas City Royals were the 1965 World Series champions after coming back from a 31 deficit to beat out the St. Louis Cardinals, four games to three. A series of devastating earthquakes shook through Mexico City in September, killing thousands of people. 10 News of 1985

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OUR CLASS HISTORY As we began high school in September, 1982. we were unsure how the next four , years would affect the rest of our lives. We were faced with questions such as: What kind of classes should I take? Should I join any sports team? Should I join any clubs? What are my responsibilities? Now. leaving Quincy High School and Quincy Vocational Technical School as the graduating class of 1986. we can look back on the answers we chose to those questions and see the effects of our ■ decisions. Our combined efforts have produced a successful class; a competitive class: and a lot of great times which we will never forget! As we sat in the Voc-Tech gym on that first day, we did not know any of the ad- ministrators that spoke to us and we were anxious to get on with school and, I sup- pose, to get it over with too. The voices were monotonous and seemed to drone on forever. Now. none of us can mistake the voices that frequently come over the loud speaker and we never have to sit in that gym again. We came in as freshmen (quite the descriptive term), the first, but certainly not the last, of the unique qualities of our class. No class before us had ever been freshmen at Quincy High School. The Voc-Tech always had freshmen but we were the first entire class to enter Quincy High and Quincy Vocational Technical Schools together. The first wave of activities that were presented to us were the fall sports. The choices we made proved successful. Our volleyball team has been Massachusetts Champions twice and runner up another time. As freshmen we formed the ground floor of this auspicious group. Our football team has held their own and proven suc- cessful at the most important times, that is, on Thanksgiving Day Games with the Red Raiders of North Quincy. We won two and tied one during our first three years. Of course, none of us will forget the excitement of the Thanksgiving of 1985. We almost pulled the game out of the mud and mire that used to be Veterans Memorial Stadium, but ended up losing 7-6 and completed the first winless season in Quincy history. It turned out to be the inverse of Archies 10-0 season. Of course, the junior varsity, freshman and powder-puff teams followed suit with the varsity and lost as well. Our band has remained faithful throughout all the games. They even sup- ported the team during our first night home-game during which they played without the lights to see their music. The band has also received several awards for their competition in parades and field competitions. They also travelled to Montreal, Canada for a competition. Many of the best times were at the soccer games. (That is, if you are into bruises and braces). After the first wave passed we were moved directly into the winter sports such as hockey, basketball, track, swimming, and skiing. These games always proved in- teresting, especially when they happened to be on a Friday night and even more so when the blue and white proved to be victorious and there was a celebration after- wards, sometimes at Tony Koury's attic, other times in the Voc-Tech parking lot. Then after these Friday nights many of us would stumble out of bed at 5:00 A.M. the next morning to experience an exciting day trip with the Quincy Ski Club. 12 Our Class History