Sparta High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Sparta, IL)

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Top Left: THE BUILDING OF our new K 4 school behind SHS houses over 600 students. Left: JIM GIBSON IN TOP HAT. cane, and tails escorts Tammy Baird at the May Prom Middle: GREASE IS THE WORD When the new movie came to Sparta it slid right into the top spot as the movie of the year Bottom Right: A SPECIAL DAY and a special moment for Jerry Maurer was receiving his diploma from Principal Jim Romano on June I Rearranging 7

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C UA Growing bigger, growing better! The change in our town and lifestyle has been a matter of changing through rearranging Ten years ago, Northtown Center was a field of weeds, now replaced by Kentucky Fried Chicken, Hils, and Sparta Square Most recently. Sonic, a drive-in with wait- resses on skates, and Grease, the year's most popular movie, made the rebirth of the fifties a reality. Disco influenced our mode of dress — silk shirts, satin pants, dip dresses, and vested suits. In education, the distric opened its K-4 Building, located directly behind SHS. And, on June 1, 163 seniors faced another change — graduation, a time for rearranging lives and priorities. Top Left: DISCO CLOTHES BROUGHT a new look to SHS Showing off the new tiered fad is stylish freshman Laurie Rowell Top Right: AS THE SOUNDS of roller skates come strolling out to serve you. the Ws reappear at the new Sonic Drive-In north of Sparta Bottom Left: SPARTA IS THE WORD With a 7-0 victory, the Bull dogs put the Indians in a blue mood Boc- tom Right: VICKY CRAIN. JIM PRUETT, and Brenda Throgmorton con- trast the new acceptable styles from silk shorts to three piece suits. 6 Changing

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THE ATHLETE’S FOOT Year after year bodies get mangled, prides get hurt, and games are lost; yet, time and time again students return to par- ticipate in their favorite sports. They do not mind the cuts and bruises, the ups and downs, and the agony and defeat. Not excluded are the stomping, screaming, happy, mad spectators who are just as ram- bunctious and excited about sports as the athletes. But does the public think about the time and hard work put into an ath- lete’s effort? There are many hours of practice, after school and on weekends, when athletes prepare for the next game. About 43% of the student body is involved in this year’s sports program, and the par- ticipation of girls in sports has jumped dramatically in the past few years. With enthusiasm and eagerness the Bulldogs fight on their athletic feet for victory. 8 The Athlete’s Foot Left: SOMETIMES, EVEN AFTER hours of practice, a participant only qualifies for one chance Shiela Arnold competed in the Sparta Waterloo meet but failed to win in the high jump. Top Rjght: ITS STRAIN AND stretch in the long after-school practices for Mike Henry and his teammates to get in shape for each Fri- day’s game Bottom Right: STEVE HENRY AND Mike Feck compare their athletic feet after each received minor injuries dunng the Sparta-Pinckeyville game