Sweeny High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Sweeny, TX)

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GHT: Ronda Richmond and Kevin Stavinoha get set for the trike Tim Robertson, Les Kluttz, and Mohon provide hallway protection for Tom Holcomb while campaigning for queen candidates. LEFT: Held aloft in victory, Mikez Victoria Theresa Maria Ruby iMike Sanchezl blushes before an crowd after being named Olympic during coronation ceremonies. Spfftczl X ig. H . if ,ls .. . ' FAR LEFT: Brian Dolly Jammer helps coordinate Olympic events. SECOND LEFT: In borrowed uniforms of the cheering trade, Tim Robertson, Bryan Lowery, and Larry Dunn bare the responsibility of crowd control. LEFT: In an illegal finish, Tracy Jones carries his exhausted trike across the finish line. ABOVE: ln general unruliness, members of the Green Manolishees build team spirit for the hurdle duck competition.

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Senior Olympic an rams enlors Prese Unique Version of the Game The traditional Senior Assembly gave way to an innovative notion that the senior class could have lun and get some healthy exercise, too. Let's have a Senior Olympics, somebody suggested. What's that, most everyone else replied. lt's just like the real Olympics, except you do everything wrong and in bad taste, echoed a voice. lt was the greatest gathering of Olympic athletes in the history of the uncivilized world. Underclassmen, parents, and other entertainment seekers poured into the Bulldog Stadium during sixth period May 14 to see six senior teams meet in grueling matches of strength and agility. Even the events sounded funny. Frisbee Discus. Trike Relay. Balloon Relay. Shoe Relay. And worst of all, the all-male Olympic Oueen contest. Who can forget names like Billie Lou Adams, Melissa Sue Gilbert Salazar, Melvinerva Spiller, Kevinella Stavinoha, Mikez Carminez Victoria Theresa Maria Ruby Sanchez, and Penelope P. Lavallias? As press box announcer, Coach Jerry English gave an air of authenticity to the first annual Senior Olympian Diversions. We remember the team introductions as they filed 'flip i'f!'f'f'f l 1' 5 if' l VI, .av 5,1 y ixnigg A fi: 1 in front of screaming fans in the bleachers: Team one, in black, are called The Coldest Dudes. Hope they don't get cold feet when they meet... Team two, in blue, The Blue Demons are an unbeatable collection of muscle and brawn, mostly brawn,.. Team three, in orange, is affectionately called The 0.J.s. When thistjuice gets loose it's bad news for... W Team four, The Green Manolishees. They have plenty of jive for... Team number five, in yellow, is The Zirconians, a heavy metal group that plans to do a number on... Team six, in blue and white, The T. K. 0.s or the Technical Knock-Outs . The event turned out to be much better organized on paper than on the track or field, but no one seemed to mind the mish-mash, except a few unfortunate teachers who caught water balloons with their faces. And after the balloons all burst and the egg all dried, we decided it was an event worthy of tradition status. The winners? Whoi has time for scorekeeping and other details when you're having fun? -4-M I 1

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new. sas... School Takes SPIRIT to New Dimension SPIRIT developed a double meaning at SHS in the fall of 1981. SPIRIT had always meant yelling our heads off in weekly support of the Bulldogs, but the enthusiasm of the school and community helped take the meaning to a new dimension. Perhaps it started with the junior class. Cheering as if to force themselves into the pages of hollering history, the class remained peerless in Friday competition for the coveted spirit stick. Class competition for the prize had reached an all-time high as the volume of yells swelled to dynamic proportions. .QS .ic .unseat Q Aj- :A .AI fun ,, Xfif' U 'F I 'VJ-,fr I . f 5:-L. f ' 1 SPIRIT also meant pride in who we were. With fantastic teams supported by proud fans. the pep rally became an arena where all manner of spirit boosters appeared each week. The town emptied into the new gym to participate on Fridays leaving streets, stores, and homes mysteriouslyl barren of activity. All the energy of several hundred people was pumped into 20 minutes of total pride and team support. Add noon pep rallies, costume days. sign-plastered hallways, spirit buttons, tags, and bumper stickers, the wake of SPIRIT flooded every nook and cranny of Sweeny. ww f. - -' --sf ' 'vt .. V r ,, , A y I If , A +'. 1 1.1! V1 I. . . . ': ' 'i-fs yu, ' , ' '- :I - w fi ' '. ' ' .' ,I V '. J-5' x .l . L OU