Kickapoo High School - Legend Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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Fans Generate Spirit Fans are 50 percent of the game, commented senior foot- baller, Craig Setzer. Fans are an in- spiration to all athletes, for instance, the Glendale game. Although we lost, the fans stuck with us throughout the whole game. Student Council passed out red and blue yarn Oct. 29 to help the stu- dent body generate spirit for the im- portant game of the year, Glendale. We had to show the team we loved them and knew we could win the game, said student council member, Pam Senter. Spirit overflowed the visiting side of Lowe Stadium. Students, parents, and faculty formed a human tunnel from the entrance to the goal posts for the team to run through. Chants such as, We are Kickapoo and We're number one along with confetti and brown and gold shakers filled the air. Tears filled the eyes of football players and the fans as the final score cost the Chiefs a defeat and a trip to the state playoffs. Leading the traditional prayer cir- cle, senior footballer Chris Bernet thanked God for bringing them this 18jFans Loyal football fans showed pride in the team by filling three student buses to Joplin Parkwood Sept. 25. Chiefs received their first loss. Injured soccer player Paul Carissimo, and seniors Mary Lynne Harral and Janet Smith watch the soccer team win the city championship over Glendale. far and letting the team do so well. He concluded by saying, We did the best we could. Now would you please just help us go on. The Chiefs did go on and won their final game against Central. When it comes to basketball the fans could not have been better. Cheerleader and spirit commis- sioner, Jean Netzer said, Fan spirit seemed unusually great this year. It helped the cheerleaders so much to see a crowd full of people who really cared enough to chant in an organ- ized manner. Senior baseballer, Chris Carter summed up the importance of fans by saying, Just ask anyone who competes for anything and they'll tell you that whenever there are peo- ple there watching you, it really makes you bear down and try harder. lt's essential in any game to have the fans behind you all the way and know their cheering you on. These students watch intently at the basketball assembly. They are checking out the players, trying to predict what kind of season is in store.

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This ls Une to Remember . . . Chief Ceremonial '81 was one to remember, it stands out as definitely more unique than any other. lt all probably started a week before the Oct. 16 game and dance. Kin Hubbard, social commissioner, continued precisely directing the makings of an ideal dance. Varsity footballers hit the practice field with even greater intensity that week, as they were hoping to win their homecoming game. Guys and girls alike were getting excited for the big dance, and nine girls had even more reason to be happy as they were chosen to be the 1981 Chief Ceremonial attendants. They were Soncee Brown, Lana Combs, freshmen, Susan Brent, Lisa Stancer, sophomores, Karen Louiselle, Tonya Westphalen, juniors, Cindy Austin, Angie Horned, and Sami Long, seniors. Most every thing was running smoothly, most everyone was sparked by the excite- ment of it all. Then, the rains came. Not that 20 1 Chief Ceremonial rain was such a hampering factor, but this rain seemed unrelenting. I was super cranky , commented Robin Earnhardt, senior. The foot- ball field was flooded, so flooded many thought of cancelling the game - or even the dance. But Mr. Harold Deiker, assistant principal, promised that the game and dance would most likely go on as sched- uled. But a few changes were to be made. lt was apparent that the homecoming court was not able to be escorted in any type of car, they could only walk along a a path of protective plastic leading to a large truck. As a rainy Oct. 16 came, it was ac- tually being debated whether to move the coronation ceremony in- side to the gym or have the attend- ants wear jeans instead of formals out on the muddy field. Drenched cheerleaders cried as they tried to traditionally decorate the stadium 6th hour in the light-falling rain. Most everything seemed wrong, most Cindy Austin, the 1981 Chief Ceremonial Queen, is in- volved in journalism fShe's Feature Editorj, student council, and softball. Stephanie Lee, cabinet chaplain, appears to enjoy cutting out cardboard cloud decorations for the Chief Ceremonial dance. White puffy clouds and pastel rainbows further enhance the theme of Endless Love. everybody felt it in some way. But just as a rainbow signifies the end of a dismal storm, so did rain- bows become the happy ending tg apprehensive forebodings of th night of the 16th. Springfield a peared to be one large mud puddl but the rains had stopped! Exci ment rose and continued as t. muddy Chiefs posted a first half lea over Memorial - a favorable cir- cumstance for the traditional hall time coronation. Cheers, screams, and tears were released as Cindy Austin was announced as the 198f Chief Ceremonial Queen. We were happy just to see her nominated, said Mrs. Delores Austin, just minutes after the an- nouncement, but now this . . . The dance turned out just great, commented one student. lt was tha perfect ending after all of the depressing talk about it. lt's like the whole rainbow atmosphere was signifying the end of the rains. lsn'tu that neat how it turned out? 2? -