Riverdale Online Olympiad '75

	Riverdale H.S. November Edition 1974
	by Beverly Spencer

Riverdale Scores Impressive Victory

At 5:15 on November 7th, this years "Reach for the Top" team, composed of Robert Prager, Andy Coombs, Perry Lobel and team captain Stephen Kruse, along with a bus-load of supporters,
clambered aboard "Uncle Harry's School Bus" to participate in the first game of the year.

After the rehearsal ended with Riverdale winning 325-180 over opponents from Westhill it was time to get down to the real thing. A win in rehearsal did not assure a victory in the actual game so, with a great deal of enthusiastic cheering from both schools the game got underway.

At the beginning, Riverdale's cheering was "not loud enough" we were told, but that problem was soon overcome by the zealous Riverdale rooting section who loudly cheered the team on to a 150-110 lead by the end of the first round. Riverdale team captain, Stephen Kruse, received a well deserved share of vocal support from some of the more audible members of our rooting
section who shouted "Way to go Steve!" at every opportunity. But Steve deserved it. He was responsible for a good many of the points awarded to Riverdale and answered two key 30 point questions successfully (a who-am-I? and a What-am-I?) on only the second clue.

Throughout the entire game, Riverdale stayed in the lead: the score reading at the end of the second round, Riverdale 410, Westhill 305 but which changed to 400-305 because of an earlier mistake made by Riverdale. The end of the third round saw a Riverdale victory with the final score 460-355. Both teams played exceptionally well. This program will be televised Tuesday December 7th at 12 o'clock on channel 6.

Pistol Pete