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

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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!”

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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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Above Dancing with oneself was . common activity or the Homecoming Donee one almost os populor os that of dancing with someone else Stylish Senior Walter Olsen mokes the most of this art form Left At his first RHS donee Below Dancing in the dork. Stephen Von DeWerering sophomore Melonie Silver- donees with Deirdre TKoffe o stein ond freshmon sophomore The success of Homecoming Queen Erin the Homecoming Donee McKinsrrie enjoy getting was due to the number of heated up or the spirited students who show- Homecoming Donee after ed op the big gome 24 Dooc