Richmond Heights High School - Yearbook (Richmond Heights, OH)

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May I have your attention please. Reading the morning announcements is Frankielyn Seme, student council representative. Frankielynn is also a cheerleader and member of the Track team. Here at last. Showing their gratitude for having the new chefery class are Kim Meyer, Bob Shackleford, Chris Courtney, Mike MacLellan, and Patty Rim. After years of requesting, the Chefery class was offered to seniors the second semester. SHCOOl SHOW CHOIR TICKETS ' $2-1 RlfHldilElGHTS lillDlT Yuml Being crowned Mr. Senior by senior class sec- retary Sharon Abramovich is Nick Tibaldi. Nick beat out candidates Dave Bill and Jeff Girbino. Thanks! The appreciation of the school and the stu- dents is shown here. The community passed the school levy that was defeated 3 months earlier. ClASSA ' STATE WRESTIBIG

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An upsurge of excitement repealed the year. 1984 came with a bang and the impor- tant waiting was over. Happy Days were at Richmond Heights again. Some things that fell through in the Fall, were sparked up again in the Winter. The school levy which failed in November, was revoted upon, and passed in February. No cut- backs in transportation were made and no extra-curricular activities such as yearbook and newspaper were cut out, and no faculty members were laid off. A chefery class which was supposed to be offered to seniors at the beginning of the year, wasn ' t, instead it was offered the second semester. The class had twen- ty-two students, twenty boys and only two girls. The senior class sponsored the Mr. Senior contest and Nick Tibaldi was awarded the winner by raising the most money from the student body. His prize was a pie in the face, along with runners up Jeff Girbino and Dave Bill. Aside from having fun at Richmond Heights we were excelling in academics too. Eleven students were inducted into the National Honor Society while seniors Jill Minick, Elizabeth Heeter, and Michelle Zaller earned national merit honors. Combining brains with charisma, we knew it was a year worth waiting for. —84—

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A trip to Columbus destroyed the March doldrums. . . .the greatest state wrestling per- formance in more than three decades . . . — The Cleveland Plain Dealer. ... Richmond Heights uses a record setting performance to inflict lots of pain on the class A field . . . — Lake County News Herold. These statements refer to the performance put on by the Richmond Heights Spartan Wrestling team at St. Johns Arena in Columbus, March ninth and tenth. There was some doubt that the Spar- tans would win the Class A State wres- tling tournament for the second year in a row, sending only five boys down. But on Saturday night March tenth, The Big Five were all crowned state champs, also giving Coach Mike Papouras his fourth team championship in six years, outscoring regional champs, Ledgemont, 98.5 to 82.5 The Big Five were freshman Dan Hansen, who won a 6-2 decision at 98 lbs.; Senior co-captain, Mike MacLellan who won a 1-0 decision at 132 lbs.; Senior co-captain Bob Suszek who won an 11-3 decision at 167 lbs.; Junior two-time champ Bob Potokar won on a 10-2 deci- sion at 175 lbs.; and senior co-captain Dennis Loushin won a 5-2 decision at HWT. All five wrestlers were also named first- team all East Suburban Conference. Bob Suszek was named Most Valuable wrestler in the E.S.C. and Coach Mike Papouras was named Coach of the year in the E.S.C. Bob Suszek and Dennis Loushin were asked to wrestle in the East-West All-Star meet at Cleveland State University. The wrestling team, under Papouras, proved that 1984 was a year worth waiting for. —84— Photos courtesy of Sun Newspapers Photographer Joseph Darwal.