The Bluestreak - Issue 2 (Trojan Nite Edition)

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Bluestreak Vol. 34, Trojan Nite 50th Anniversary Issue, September 27, 2016

The TROJAN NITE Issue

Since Trojan Nite is a huge event that occurs at the beginning of the year, involves an enormous amount of people from each class and has historical tradition, the Bluestreak dedicates an issue solely to this event. This year celebrates 50 years of Trojan Nite, a monumental milestone for any school tradition.

Composed of mostly pictures, this issue provides a deeper look into the preparation, scoring, and results that make Trojan Nite such a unique tradition. The issue displays the work of several student photographers and other members of the journalism department. Each class has its own featured page, and the last pages contain special features and a photo collage of all classes combined. We hope that you enjoy reading this issue and reliving the many memories that were formed.

Trojan Nite Issue Editors Ashley Dorf Elise Lindemann Emily Stybr

Table of Contents

Trojan Nite Explained

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Freshmen

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Sophomores

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Juniors 8-9 Seniors

10-11

Trojan Nite Q&A

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By the Numbers

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Photo Collage Special Thanks

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All photos by Ashley Dorf, Kennedy Henry, Brett Kabler, Elise Lindemann, Julia Schneider and Kamilla Sims Cover photo by Julia Schneider

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Point System Events 1st place= 5 points 2nd place= 3 points 3rd place= 2 points 4th place= 1 point

Special Scoring Float= 30 points Stands= 20 points Costumes= 18 points T-shirts= 15 points Princess Carriage= 18 points Overall Impression= 25 points

Judges Field Judges

Joel Schaefer Sherri Schaake Steve Alexander Sarah Leivian Cary Conover Cathy McGuire Amanda Grier Brandi Hallford Sally Renoux

Special Judges Andy Koenings Doug Biggs Bill Hodge Chelli Cranmer Robyn Ferguson

Spirit Spotters Elizabeth Miller Sandy Reed

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Freshmen The class of 2020, the newcomers of Trojan Nite, were quite successful in their first competition. They chose the colors pink and brown for Ares, the god of war. Though the freshmen came in fourth place overall, they were able to take the top spot in class spirit and work session participation. The freshmen scored 141.7 total points.

Photo by Kamilla Sims

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Sophomores The sophomores were in for their second Trojan Nite. Their colors were red and purple to represent Hecate, the goddess of magic and witchcraft.

The most peculiar thing about Hecate was the pronounciation; the class of 2019 debated how their goddess’s name was to be said. In the princess carrier judging, the sophomores took first place. Overall, the sophomores took third place and earned a total of 170.2 points.

Photo by Julia Schneider

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JUNIORS The juniors were the perfect Trojan night fairytale. After taking third as freshmenand second last year by less than five points, the class of 2018 was finally victorious this year, with a total of 215.4 points. They picked Hades, the god of the underworld, to represent them, along with the colors black and silver. The juniors earned several top honors throughout the night, including the highest field event total, best float and a tie for best overall impression.

Photo by Julia Schneider

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SENIORS The class of 2017 was looking forward to finally being victorious in the 50th Trojan Nite, but took second instead in their final year. The senior point total was 192.6. Their god was Oceanus, who governs the ocean, and their colors were green and gold. Though the seniors were not victorious, they took the top place in costumes, t-shirts and stand decorations.

Photo by Kamilla Sims

Trojan Nite Teachers: Mrs. Cranmer

Trojan Nite has been one of the most treasured events at AHS for the past 50 years. What started as a simple competition for student involvement has rapidly evolved into a battle for school bragging rights. Some of the faculty that currently work at AHS participated in Trojan Nite when they were high school students.

Computer science teacher Chelli Cranmer is one Andover graduate. She played volleyball, basketball, and track and participated in journalism and madrigals. In Trojan Nite, Cranmer was a gladiator for three years.

One change that Cranmer has noticed is the wardrobe of participants.

“Our uniforms were not as cool back then. Our senior year, we wore leg warmers. I thought that was so cool!” Cranmer said.

She also remembers an event she competed in that no longer exists.

Participants had one balloon tied to each arm and one on their backs. From there, it was a free-for-all to pop all the balloons. It was so vicious, Cranmer said, that the girls had to wear gloves in order to prevent injuries from sharp fingernails!

Cranmer was two years behind math teacher Cathy McGuire in high school, so they competed against each other their freshmen and junior years, respectively.

Over the years, Trojan Nite has somewhat evolved from its original form, but what remains the same is the unity that comes from working together.

50 Times A Charm

-ashleyDORF

Teacher Chelli Cranmer, right, fights with her sister, Kelli Martin, in the Trojan Nite from fall of 1984. Cranmer was a senior that year and her sister was a freshman.

Courtesy photo

Q&A with Archie Eutsler, Founder of Trojan Nite How did you come up with the idea of Trojan Nite?

We had been to a student workshop and we were inspired to do something as a student council get students involved. We wanted to do something meaningful, we wanted to do something fun. I think that collectively as a group we stumbled on the idea during a brainstorming session. Somebody said, ‘What about a mock Olympics?’ So we started developing the idea and the next thing you know, we were making up the rules.

How has Trojan Nite grown since it was first introduced?

I’m amazed that it has stayed as true to the original as it has. It’s more elaborate, there are bigger budgets…the first night we had this, I remember being a referee, and every rule we made was insufficient; everybody found a way around them. You have to improvise a little. We were looking for something fun to get kids involved, and it worked.

Archie Eutsler, creator of Trojan Nite, paces the sidelines

preceding the event on September 17. Trojan Nite started as a way to get students involved in school activities 50 years ago.

What do you see Trojan Nite being fifty years from now?

I hope it stays true to the original idea, which this is. There’s not a whole lot different. I assumed that they refined the rules a little bit more so it’s a bit harder to cheat. Some of the events are identical to what we had back in the day!

Was trash-talking a prominent conversation when Trojan Nite first started?

I don’t know that we trash-talked that much. I think that’s new.

What is a fun fact that might not be known about Trojan Nite today?

The chariot race used to involve the teachers. We had a Spanish teacher that had really long, greying hair and she went around the track with her hair dragging behind her.

-ashleyDORF

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BY THE NUMBERS 28 total se

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10 total junior wins

4 hula hoops

8 total sponsors

3 hours of setting up*

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27 cans of s

8 required work session hours from each participant

5 special judges pray paint*

8 total sophomore wins

2 hours of body paint

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8 field judges 136 athletes *estimated

2 total

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50 Trojan Clash Clas

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THANK YOU! a shout out to the people who helped make it all come together

SENIORS- Beaver Family, Bell Family.

Reardon Family, Mr. Stybr, Mr. Nichols JUNIORS- Powell Family, Chip Dufriend, Graves Family, Sonya Jones, Schwab Family, Bloom Family SOPHOMORES- Powell Family, Walter Brosch, Shrock Family

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FRESHMEN- Hoppas Family, Torgerson Family, Pomeroy Family, Bishop Family, Haralson Family, Farris Family