St Paul High School - Paulite Yearbook (Grosse Pointe Farms, MI)

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Intent on the pitch, ready for the challenge of power and timing . . . A Laker springing high against tough opposition for two points . . . Intense determination throbs in every move to win.

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Quiet concentration brightens the dusk of academic confusion . . . perceptive investigators shatter brain-busting barriers of logic . . . experience the sunshine of under- standing and realizations.

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Through tears of victory, tears of loss and the pounding excitement of living the game Lakers reach out with talent and a nearly tangible soul of teamwork for that final touchdown, that winning basket in the final seconds . . . Seasons open and the player's whole consciousness exists within the surging microcosm of the game twisted knees and broken noses pressures and tensions and sweaty locker rooms Tiny sparks of hope and spirit glow and then explode into victories and tournaments and frantic, frenzied loyalty. Then when the games are over the noses mended the cries of Go Lakers Gov echo through sleep, the season perpetuates itself in the minds and memories of Lakers.