Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Seniors Brian Jones, Richie Ballinger, Scott Smull. Sean McMil¬ lan and Floyd Smith proudly lead their winning float through the Homecoming parade Friday. Mad pyramid builders painfully scramble their way to the top during a lunch time activity. Seniors Christy Chambers and Becky Stambaugh try to kill each other after getting shamefully beat by the juniors in the tug-of-war. 5

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Spirit Week Hysteria Senior guys with spoons behind their ears forming pyramids in a strange lunch¬ time ritual; junior girls with innocently ob¬ scene graffiti markered across egg, shav¬ ing cream and mustard splattered t-shirts what was the cause for this mass hysteria? School spirit! Spirit week dissolved the inhibitions of Rocky students at Homecoming time. The week long competitions through cos¬ tume and lunch time activities conjured up class spirit in the best of us. Spirit Week ’88 crammed the hallways with red and gold clad Hawaiian super hero hip¬ pies wearing hats and shades. No one could escape the call of the wild as masses passed bananas, threw water balloons, built pyramids, chugged root beer and three legged their way to the finish line. After an obnoxious tug-of-war between the junior and senior girls, the torching of the despicable Moline Maroon Thursday night finalized the psyching up process amid ever spirited Rocky students. Needless to say, Spirit Week provided a chance for everyone to take part, get wild, and express themselves the way only Rocky students do: with class. The class of ’89 displayed this well as they dominated the week long competitions. The class of ’89 dominated the Spirit Week ' s com¬ petitions as well as the float competition with their “Marooned on the Rocks.” Torching the Moline Maroon at Thursday night’s bonfire psyched up everyone for Friday night’s win. 4

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Adventure at home Cousins Saleta and Mario Vesey were voted the Homecoming King and Queen for 1988. Homecoming weekend was undoubt¬ edly the highlight of Rocky’s fall season. The week long festivities built a sense of school spirit that was displayed in a burst of excitement from the crowning of Homecoming King and Queen to the last party after the Homecoming dance. “We Will Rock You’’ as a theme pro¬ vided a galore of ideas for floats. The seniors took first in the float competition and also the all around weeks competi¬ tions. At the assembly the cheerleaders rocked the field house as did the Swing Choir with their choreographed perfor¬ mances. A slide show of the Homecoming court in their diaper days gave the school a hilarious look at their nominated royalty in less royal attire. Finally, the crowning of the Homecoming King and Queen, cous¬ ins Mario and Saleta Vesey, climaxed the week and started off the weekend of spe¬ cial activities. The tension began after a carefree afternoon at the colorful Homecoming parade. Tension for the football team to beat the Moline Maroons at a Homecom¬ ing game once and for all. With agility and enthusiasm the Rocks did the job beating the Maroons to the ground. Taking the spirit of Homecoming week into the Saturday night dance, Rocky stu¬ dents danced the night away to finalize the last of memorable moments from Homecoming ’88. The 1988 Homecoming Court: Front row: Princess Allyson Waddell. King Mario Vesey. Queen Saleta Vesey. Prince Yung-Yu Ma. Back row: Tracy Schneider. Eric Sarno. Jennifer Gannon, Steven Tanner. Kelly Sue Collins. Joseph Lawrence. Dawn Prescott, Martin Snyder.