Sparta High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Sparta, IL)

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UGOTAWANNA Do It As he drops his goggles and rams his foot onto the pedal, Mike Heaton experi- ences the thrill of individual moto-cross competition. Not all students at SHS par- ticipate in school athletics, but most do have their own personalized activity. Scott Welch enjoys biking on Saturdays to Cape Girardeau, Mo. Rich Reid has mastered diving from the three meter springboard, and at the age of twelve won every meet he entered, including the Kaskaskia Swim League Conference meet. Success and expertise is knowing you got to want to. • Left: DEFEATED ONLY BY AAU competitor Mike Etherton. Tom Sutterer demonstrates the skill of practice Right: FROM A DISTANCE it sounds like a nest of bees, but the noise is the motorcycle of skillful driver Mike Heaton disco When disco fever hits, Saturday night comes alive. Students enjoy dancing as much as they do horseback riding, swim- ming, or moto-cross. Even though dancing is not classified as a sport, it is a lifetime activity. Disco dancing, however, is not all glamor and lights. There is much physical exertion involved. The length of a disco song sometimes has made this craze an endurance test. Since some songs are fif- teen to twenty minutes long, the dancers find their pastime an enjoyable form of exercise. Doing the Manhattan Hustle or the Spank does not just happen. There is much to leam because there is as much variation in style as there are dancers on the floor. SHARP LOOKING THREADS match the class of the new disco craze and the dancing skills of Lisa Walker and Kenny Monroe 14 Personalized Spons

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Put Bite on Rangers The potentially explosive Bulldogs put the bite on the South Seven powerhouse Benton Rangers at Benton in the season opener for both teams. The 22-21 victory signaled to Southwest Egyptian Confer- ence foes that Sparta would be a con- tender The fourth quarter proved to be Benton’s hope and downfall. The Rangers trailed 14-7 after three quarters but two touchdowns early in the fourth quarter put them in a 21-14 lead. But the Bulldogs brought fans to their feet when senior quarterback Paul Peck completed 39 and 21-yard passes to senior split end Jeff Amos, putting Sparta within one point. Again Paul Peck completed a pass to Jeff Amos for a two point conversion, the lead, and the victory as the frustrated Benton team failed to complete any of their four straight passes in the final two minutes. Top: FRUSTRATION WAS LOSING to Anna by the identical score of the Pinckneyvillc loss. 14-15 Mike Henry and Jerry McNulty watched helplessly as the Bulldogs lose Bot- tom: THE STRATEGY OF Coach Bruce Ator worked Junior tackle Bill Hawley and senior tackle Jerry Maurer led the Bulldogs to a 22-21 win over the Benton Rangers 6 Football