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

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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

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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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From the Classroom to the Playing Field . . . Project Excel started in Vermont for the first time this year. It is designed for sophomores and juniors. Students from schools throughout the state met at Ver- mont College once a week for about three hours. They listened to a lecture and a presentation on the committed life by a different speaker each week. After the lecture they divided into groups and discussed the speaker, the topic, and how it affects them. During the second semester students participated in mini-courses, similar to college courses, on a variety of subjects of their choice. Project Excel has been successful in bringing students together to meet and exchange ideas in a college setting. There are many clubs or student groups that a Spaulding student can become involved with. From athletics, such as lacrosse, to student govern- ment, the job of the student council, students have a wide variety of club activities to choose from. Academic groups are also avail- able. Excel for juniors and sopho- mores and honor society for seniors who have earned the right to a gold tassel. The miscellaneous clubs and groups at SHS help to make it what it is: a place where the student, if he tries, can do almost anything.