Waverly High School - Novel Yearbook (Waverly, OH)

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Photo by Bob Wojcicszak ' The Portsmouth Daily Times Halftime ceremony: 1985 Queen Becky Click places the crown on Sherrie Williams. Her father, escort Norman Williams, shares the special moment; Co-captains Jason Brown and John Dyke give roses and a kiss, Senior float: First place winner in float competition. For the first time Student Council members used a banner to designate Homecoming Week. Homecoming 9

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Fans gathered in the stands for the pre-game festivities. The three queen candidates and the underclass attendants took the traditional ride around the track on Corvettes. Class and the vocational school floats followed. After receiving flowers from the cheerleaders, the girls and their escorts took their place in the reserved section of the bleachers until the crowning. Halftime brought the crowning ritual. Because the visiting band monopolized the halftime, the attendees and their escorts walked hastily onto the field. Following closely queen candidates, escorted by their fathers, took their assigned places in front of the band. Though the audience cheered enthusiastically for all candidates, a group in the pep section chanted loudly Sherrie! Sherrie! Sherrie! This offered a bit of foreshadowing as Sherrie Williams received the crown from 1985 Queen Becky Click. Each in turn the football captains presented Queen Sherrie with roses and a kiss. Mr. Robert Dixon gave her the Trainer Jewelers donated trophy. After the rushed, but antagonizing ceremony the winning float announcement brought joy to some, disappointment to others. Hoping for an upset, juniors learned they lost to the seniors. Sophomores placed third! while freshmen gamed last. Excited fans left the stands after the post-band show. After losing the all important game for years, the special meaning of winning a Homecoming game hit, just as tradition dictated it should do.

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10 Following the tradition of Prom '85, a video screen dominated a corner in the West Elementary gym, the setting for the semi-formal dance. From 8:00 p.m. to midnight vee-jay (video disc jockey) from Platinum Videos in Ashland, Kentucky played the top videos. For a fee of $3.50 stag or $5 a couple, one could rock to the sounds in the midst of bodies and an overpowering heat, bordering on the Danger Zone. Mylar lined the walls of the Student Council decorated gym. Above the doorways hung sparkly red streamers that managed to stick to sweaty faces and attach themselves to clothes, no matter how one tried to escape them. At midnight, not only the dance had ended, but Homecoming Week as well. Council members would return later to dismantle the tattered decorations. No major catastrophes struck, like the rained out blackout of last year's game. No controversy such as the juniors swiping first place from the seniors in float competitions, had arisen. But, despite that, Homecoming created its own appeal in the little things that will be remembered - a winning game, a special date or the thrill of serving as attendant or queen candidate - as part of the Danger Zone. Senior attendant: Deidra Mustard. At the dance senior Jimmy Kelly and sophomore Diane Echard watch the video screen. Homecoming