Spaulding High School - Our Echo Yearbook (Barre, VT)

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Broom Hockey: We're Having a Heat Wave ... Traditionally, the broom hockey tour- nament is the most popular thing at Win- ter Carnival, and 1984 was no different. 16 Teams paid the $10 entry fee and gained the right to fight for the coveted crown of broom hockey champion . In the end it was an upset, with an un- heralded bunch of Sophomores, the 86ers, pulling off the big win against Sud- den Impact for the title. The weather at broom hockey was de- finitely unwinterlike. As a matter of fact it was hot. Melting ice produced puddles, which produced interesting wipe-outs. which produced laughter and amuse- ment from the large crowd. All in all it was a typical broom ball tournament, which is to say that every- one had a fun time.

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Hot Coffee and Absent Hoagie-Burgers The darkened cafeteria looked less students who had eaten lunch here. bacon, eggs, and pancakes. As an emp- than inviting that gloomy Saturday Over the smell of my heaven-sent cup ty coffee cup hit the bottom of the gar- morning. Clearing the eye hockey of coffee I noticed that the usual aroma bage can, I heard the sound of cars pull- from my eyes I could almost make out of greasy hogie-burgers was absent, re- ing into the parking lot, signalling the the echoes of the hundreds of screaming placed by the nose tingling scents of start of the Varsity S breakfast. Clockwise from Upper Left VICA's snow sculpture captured the spirit of the winter Olympics as well as first place in the Varsity S sponsored contest. Broom ball fans scream for blood, and they got it — from Loura Casey's nose John Gil wee and Chris Pecor serve customers with a smile at the Varsity S breakfast. Broom ball action on a sultry Sunday afternoon. Wintpr Cnmivol 21

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An Alternative to the Shoot-Off Why is the annual broom ball tourna- ment so popular? Because you don't have to have an ounce of skill to win. Lamarre and Company proved this by defeating an obviously genetically supe- rior team, PHI LAMBDA MU. The score at the end of regulation was 0-0, and so the game moved to shoot-offs. In double overtime John Gilwee, with the divine hand of intervention, slipped one by Phi Lambda goalie Pete Shuttle for the cheap win. Why should these games be decided by wild, blind luck? I have a better idea than the traditional shoot-off. Each team picks its best athlete and the two com- batants are chained together. A simple, old fashioned knife fight settles the dis- pute of who has the better broom ball team. Clockwise from Upper Left Mr. Chevalier lets the play go on. Phi Lambda Mu has just turned back another assault on its net. Sam Palmisano shows no respect for the ladies when on the ice. Varsity hockey goalie Eric Fortin puts his skills to good use. Broom Hockey 23