St Ignatius High School - Ignatian Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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A Back-to-School Blowout It was the second week of September, 1986. The Student Center was populated with droves of students at even,' lunch period. The football team was preparing for the biggest challenge to date. Excitement and anticipation of Saturday night raced along like the leaves in the crisp fall breeze. The time was ripe for the annual opening social event of the year—Homecoming. Bids were at such a premium that student council reluctantly stopped sales at 335. So many people were expected that fire regulations in the Student Center were almost broken. By Tuesday, the homecoming court was selected, and seniors awaited the results of the Homecoming Queen election on Friday. The Wildcats practiced with a savage fury to be directed against the Padua Bruins the next day. On Saturday afternoon, the Homecoming Queen was announced—Missy Gerber, that blond-haired babe from Magnificat. Thanks to the help of many the Student Center was adorned with beautiful decor. A short-lived Right: Newly elected homecoming queen Misty Gerber Intently watches the remainder of the game. Missy was elected after a close race of five of the top nominees voted by the senior class. silence hung from the streamers and the air was bristling with energy that was just waiting for something to happen. As the clocks struck eight, the doors to the student center flew open and Wild Horses burst into electric song. Homecoming was on. All four classes were well represented in the gathering crowd of merrymakers. Wild Horses played with an unleashed finesse that surpassed the music of earlier dances. Everyone danced to the unending songs ranging from the sounds of Bad Company to the Beatles. The night rocked on, and the fun never stopped. Finally, the band wrapped up the evening with their very own Funky Poodle . Despite the Wildcats' tough loss in the hard-fought game, painful regrets vanished as everyone danced the night away. It was not a night to be forgotten. 14 Student Life

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When the Sun Goes Dozen and the l Aoon Comes LIp Enter Monday, a day of dreary eyes and overspent energy. Then Tuesday. Then Wednesday — the hubday and the midpoint of the week-line. And then Thursday, a day made special only because it is the eve of the most hallowed day in the life of the student: Friday, and Friday night . . . Saturday . . . Saturday night . . . and Sunday. Those three days which mean everything to the high-schooler. IT'S THE WEEKEND!!! A popular thing to do ' on the weekend involves relaxation. Saturday and Sunday mornings are the perfect time to catch up on much needed sleep. A busy week at school combined with partying can be pretty exhausting. Sleeping until the early hours of the afternoon on Saturdays and Sundays can make one feel alive again. Splashing on the equivalent of their body weight in cologne, the frosh hope to encounter their first high school romance at the always popular freshman mixer. With the administration putting the clamp on the traditional rendezvous at Settler's Landing or Nickie's, the upperclassmen rely on the individual to host the next social gathering. Still, a select few of the students depict the weekend as a chance to work on reports, meet deadlines, or expand their studies. Led: Tom “Zeus Bodnar relaxes on Friday night and plans the evening's activities with the use of the teenager's greatest asset, the telephone. Truly an accomplishment made only by the best of them. yleeK d$

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Lett: Elated at being elected homecoming queen Missy Gerber laughs hysterically as Brian Owendoff crowns Mark Henteman Homecoming King. Above: Proving his manliness, Ed Lent catapults Tom Szoradl through the celling and Into tho room upstairs. The after dance festivities were equally as enjoyable as those sanctioned by the school. Left: Part ot the record setting crowd attending the dance, Rosanne Mucklo and Larry Gulling take a break from the continuous music of Wild Horses” and grab some refreshments. Homecoming 15