Riverhead High School - Blue Peconic Yearbook (Riverhead, NY)

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AN EXPLOSION OF SPIRIT Left Riverheod s own ( ockerres. otherwise known os the Varsity Cheerleaders, whip their audience into o frenzy of school spirit with their daredevil ocrobotics. This year's foil pep roily was one the students of RHS were reolly looking forword to After the ex- ceptional performance of lost year's Vorsity foot- boll team they reolly hod something to shout about, they wonted the team to know thot they hod the right stuff to repeat lost year's record The roily itself hod o lot going for It The ever- populor Curtis Highsmith was the emcee, which meant that the roily wos sure to be run in his energetic style Cindy Lull s stunning performance of the Star Spangled Bonner ond the stoge bond, led for the first rime by Mr Goldwyn. both odded great musicol touches to the festivities. The routines of both the JV ond Varsity cheerleaders were bet- ter thon ever All this, plus the amount of energy ond spirit the students hod thot afternoon mode it look like it wos going to be on exceptionally well- run pep roily Unfortunately, on incident involving on obstinate student ond o firecracker held up the pep rally just long enough thot the remainder of the program hod to be rushed. The students of RH5 didn't let this ruin their day. though For the seniors, this wos their lost Homecoming ever, ond they were determined to moke the best of it. so they shouted their support for their fovorite teams even louder thon before To help students get in the mood . the seniors passed oround gorboge bogs of shredded newspoper so there would be plenty of confetti to throw. Some students needed no such encourage- ment They brought their own confetti, the usual complement of oir horns, ond. of course, their voices. At vonous times during the roily, the dosses hod shouting matches to prove once ond for oil thot they hod the most school spirit As usual rhese bouts ended in o four-woy tie If seemed thot oil the dosses hod about the some spirit This is one contest thot will probably never hove o clear winner, no matter how long the tradi- tion continues. Left: School spirit triumphs over the emotions of everyone os the ex- uberonr Vorsity Football ream lets our their win- ning combination of dedication ond excitement. Pep Rofly 19

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Above Members of the Vorsiry Field Hockey ream, in- cluding Sue Heinze. Andreo Pekor. ond Roe Kennedy, ore psyched for rhe first pep roily. Right: Finding it hord to keep their excitement under control, these RHS students ore ready to moke this years pep roily o memorable one For right. Thrill-seeker Mott Yokoboskl is helped orop bocks of Ricky Anderson ond Jeff Dlom by Orion Von Slyke 16 Pep Roily

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Above left Going out m style the senior doss rides o slick block Mercedes in lieu of o floor Homecom- ing Queen Annette Tor- ten enjoys the view from the top of her doss Above right Reigning over the Class of 67 s down-home floor ore Homecoming King and Queen Rob Dokinz and Kristina Johnson Despite efforts by the Junior doss the floor come in third Right Dedication ond perseverance helped the Sophomore floor to o Homecoming victory Working in the roin ore Kim Godzinski (left), ond Mrs MocLellon the Sophomore doss floor advisor 20 Floors