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

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 Top: In rhe midsr of jubilonr clossmores. sophomore Homecoming King Todd Von Scoy ond Queen Louro Troy on celebrore rheir victory in rhe floor contest, in which rhe Class of 6 3 Springtime floor bear winter, a pum- pkin. ond o shining block Mercedes. Above The Overhead offense proved unstoppable in rheir 27-14 triumph over Wesrhompron This was on extremely impor- tant gome for Riverheod. especially in rhe sense of ream morivorion. which hod been locking in rhe weeks before Homecoming. Right: Intense concentration proved to be o deciding factor In rhe Wesrhompron gome From right. John Srromski ond team coproins Kevin Rempe ond Chris Kruger rest on rhe bench during rime out 22 Homecoming Gome

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WORKING AGAINST THE ODDS Homecoming weekend is o rrodmon rhor Riverheod srudenrs ed to use o rheme for Homecoming weekend rhor eoch doss hove olwoys eogerly onricipored. This year's celebronon of could use The rheme chosen wos rhe four seasons ' . Goss od- Homecommg con be looked upon os being even more visors chose o porriculor season or random from o hor. jubilonr The odminisrrorion and srudenrs worked rogerher com- The srudenr body found if ro be o difficulr rosk consrrucring promising on ideas, while sronding up for whor rhey believed rheir floors on school properry because ir wos difficulr ro juggle in or fhe some rime orher exrrocurriculor ocriviries with floor meerings righr offer The srory reolly began in Augusr Homecoming weekend school.” soid Donnie Cheshire, wos ploced on on earlier dore compared ro years before Due In rhe end rhough. oil rhe srruggles ond problems morrered ro rhe feor rhor srudenrs would be injured off of school properry lirrle Jusr before rhe gome, srudenrs scrambled ro assemble or floor meerings. rhe odminisrrorion debored wherher floors rheir floors A romsrorm hir. which domoged rhe floors, nor one should be consrrucred or oil The srudenr council, in keeping floor escoping rhe roin unhormed The seniors hod ro obondon wirh rhe besr mreresrs of rhe srudenr body, hod conversorions rheir floor msreod using o Mercedes ro show rhor rhe closs of wirh rhe odminisrrorion. hoping ro swoy rheir decision 86 wos going our in sryle Togerher rhe fwo parries compromised. If wos decided by All rhings considered ir wos omozing ro see rhe spirir ond rhe odminisrrorion rhor rhe srudenr body could build floors energy displayed on rhor doy by mony of rhe RH5 srudenrs However, on unexpecred change from losr yeor consisred of On second rhoughr. you reolize rhor rhis is exocrly whor ro ex- rhe building ond ossemblege of floors on school properry Floor peer from rhe Blue Woves They do rheir besr when working meerings were held on Tuesday ond Thursday ofrernoons offer ogoinsr rhe odds school hours. Going one srep further, rhe odminisrrorion decid- Above left: Sophomores spring oheod wirh o winning floor, complere wirh blue skies sunshine ond bunnies who stood in for rhe Closs of 36 s Homecoming King ond Queen Todd Von Scoy ond Louro Troy on respectively Above, right: This vivid winter scene captured second place for rhe freshman closs in rhis year’s floor competition. Unfor- tunately. rhe roin melted rhe cotton snow , along with their hopes for first place Left Mokmg a great start in rheir high school careers. Erin McKinstrie ond Mike Wooley debut os freshman Homecoming King ond Queen Floors 21

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 Below: Picking up some big yardage Is speedy Frank Drown, who ports the Westhompron defense like the Bed Seo Frank s boll- carrying skill has helped Riverheod immensely in winning quire o few gomes this season. Left Strong kicking by junior Derrick Robinson was ex- tremely important to the gome especially after the first kickoff by Riverheod resulted in o potentially demoralizing Westhompron touchdown A MOMENT OF GLORY After oil the unexpected obstodes surrounding Homecoming weekend, it oil come down to this-the bottle on the football field between Riverheod ond Westhompron. And after the ream's loss to John Glenn the week before. It wasn't o question of win- ning their Homecoming gome; the victory was necessary for their morale So. some of the more die-hord football fans gathered on this roiny doy to cheer them on As the gome begon. though, some wished they hodn'r. It looked like it was going to be o terrible gome for Riverheod The Hurricanes returned the kickoff to score o touchdown, making the score 0 to 7 This rat- tled our teom so much that Riverheod hod three or four penalties colled ogoinst them in the next few minutes. It did not look like we would hove o victory on homecoming weekend until o ploy come that turned the whole gome around. A Hurricane punt wos blocked by Frank Drown, ond then the crowd went wild os Chris Kruger jumped on the loose boll, scoring o touchdown for the Dlue Waves Neither ream scored in the remainder of the first quarter, so the crowd remained tense os possession of the boll passed bock ond forth between the two teams. In the second quoner. Riverheod rook the lead, mak- ing the score 14-7 The crowd wos esrotic. at least un- til Westhompron threatened to score agoin. For- tunately, time ron out ond Riverheod kept its lead After our ream's performance in the first half, it wos o relief to see them dominate the gome in the second half In the third quorter. the Dlue Waves in- creased their leod to 20-7. Despite another Hurricone touchdown that decreased our leod to six points, the Waves scored ogoin in the lost fifty-two seconds, making the final score 27-14 As the clock ran down, the stands filled with cheers ond the celebration begon After oil rhe trials students foced before the gome this victory was tru- ly sweet As Chris Kruger sold. We oil pulled together, worked hord. ond pulled it off what o gome!”