Rampart High School - Rampages Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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I Q5 Debbie Allen A lot of hassle for a little tassle Making first impressions It was a year of firsts for everyone involved in Rampart, but the seniors felt the pressure of finding lasting traditions and making successful impressions for the first season at Rampart Resort . The seniors started the year off well, winning not only their first football game but the powderpuff football game, as well. They also set a standard for senior pride at assemblies, on dress-up days, and during class meetings. At the beginning of the year, senior spirit was vividly displayed in yellow spray paint on Lexington Drive. It was the soon-to-be graduates who were responsible for spray-painted sheets discreetly delivered to Air Academy before the big game and for raising spirits when the school week seemed long. Underclassmen and administrators alike looked to the seniors for ideas and examples when no one really knew what to expect from the Rams. With a graduating class of over 240, the seniors had a wide variety of talent which was called on again and again to help in such decisions as the school fight song, alma mater, class ring design and Firstcoming ceremonies- decisions which would last as long as the school itself. In their personal lives, seniors celebrated their eighteenth birthdays and found themselves registering to vote and for the draft, able to legally buy beer, and filling out college and scholarship applications for the first time. Most seniors found the challenge of developing Rampart into a prestigious institution to be both rewarding and thrilling and were proud to have been a part of the first class that shaped the school. ER Traditions Cindy Anderson Donna Ande J rson Thomas Anderson RAMPART'S FIRST HOMECOMING QUEEN, Barbara Moore, set a tradition of beauty and charm for future formals. She was escorted to the crowning at the District 1f20 stadium by her brother, Scott.

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'll an john Berg A lot of hassle for a little tassle A ropin g am Although it is the oldest sport in America, rodeo is neither widely understood or appreciated, but its popularity is growing. When the baseball players went on strike in 1982, sports fans started looking around for a new sport to cheer. This fall disillusioned football fans also had to find a different outlet for their Sunday afternoon energy. One option may be the all- American sport of rodeo. Although the Pro-Rodeo Hall of Fame is in Colorado Springs, Rampart students didn't even have that far to go to find an award-winning cowboy. Randy Strain was a permit holder in the Profes- sional Rodeo Cowboy's Association, rodeoing at high school and quarter horse shows throughout Colorado and around nearby states. Randy started riding at the age of three and started roping when he was five. That's a long way from being in the top ten in the nation in calf roping and steer roping and holding the title of State Champion in cutting- an event where the cowboy tries to keep the cow from rejoining the herd. Randy says this unique sport is really not much different from other sports most people are in- volved in during high school. Like everything it takes practice- the same mental preparation. But it's a lot of fun and the people you meet are great. IIRq