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Happy Birthday, Christine Solla & Arnel Pacanza — Spartan Pride Never Ages

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Vallejo, CA • April 2026. Happy Birthday to Hogan High School Class of 1985 alumni Christine Solla and Arnel Pacanza — two Spartans who keep the Blue & White bond burning bright. Hogan High School, Class of 1985, Birthday, Vallejo California, Spartan Pride, 40th Reunion, alumni celebration. Some bonds are forged in homerooms and hallways — and forty years later, they still hold. The Blue & White doesn't fade. It deepens. It shows up at Rellik Tavern on a Saturday night in Benicia , wraps an arm around your shoulder, and reminds you exactly who you are: a Hogan Spartan . Forever. Happy Birthday, Christine Solla & Arnel Pacanza — Spartan Pride Never Ages The crew at the 40th: Tony Magbitang, Christine Solla, Joe Jang, Arnel Pacanza & Glenn Pingol — Rellik Tavern, Vallejo, October 2025. Two Spartans. One Celebration. A Legacy Built Together. Look at that photo. Really look at it. Five Spartans standing shoulder to shoulder at Rellik Tavern —...

Flashback 1984: Prince: Let's Go Crazy

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Prince is now on YouTube S partans, wassup!  Looks like Prince's estate started uploading Prince's official video/music to YouTube two months ago.  Since Prince's Purple Rain was released in the summer of 1984, the album was one of the most popular during our senior year. We've got 146 members in our Hogan Spartans '85 Facebook group.  If I remember correctly, 352 of us graduated at Corbus Field on June 19, 1985.  But I remember hearing that there were 600+ of us in the 10th grade at Hogan.  So let's move the group here out on the web.  I know a few classmates don't want to get on Facebook.  They can find and join us here. Just send me your Gmail so I can grant you 'author' permissions to this site.  Happy Friday! L et's Go Crazy is a 1984 song by Prince and The Revolution, from the album Purple Rain. It was the opening track on both the album and the film Purple Rain. "Let's Go Crazy" was one of Prince's most popular ...