Rettig has announced he is growing out his tail for the reunion. “I have to do it,” he said as tears streamed down his face this morning. “The tail was synonymous with everything our class was about: awesomeness, the Purple Hallway and weightlifting.”

Larry said by the time the reunion hits the tail should be down to his mid-to-lower back. “I’d like to get it past my knees, but it’s a little late for that,” he said.

If all goes well he may cut it off at the Sweet 16 so we can either (1.) Hand it out as a door prize or (2.) Induct the tail into the Wachusett Hall of Fame. “Ideally, it would be both,” Larry said. “The tail will forever go down in Wachuset history as one of the greatest accomplishments of all time.”