Pinson Valley High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Pinson, AL)

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An Explosion of Spirit: Homecoming Night By the time the Homecoming game against Pell City began, everyone in Pinson Valley was ready to see their In- dians deliver. After all the Kill the Pan- ther chants uttered during the week, how could everyone help but to be psyched up? For the first time in several years, Mother Nature cooperated to make the 1984 Homecoming night free of rain and freezing temperatures. The action on the field wasn ' t bad either as the Indians dominated the Panthers and led at halftime. The halftime festivities came across more smoothly because of the weather. The mam event was the selection of Homecoming Queen. One at a time the contestants walked across the field; Freshman Jill Booker was escorted by Huck McElven. The sophomore participants were Renae Patterson, escorted by Trey Stengall; and Kala Posey, accompanied by Todd Jackson. The Junior representatives were Patience Harris, escorted by Shay Shelnutt; Penny Bresnahan, escorted by Chris McDonald; Debbie Brand, escorted by Buddy Hughes, and Teresa Evans, escorted by Nathan Lovvorn. The Senior representatives were Rene Rutherford escorted by Kipp McClurg; Holly Hoagland, accom- panied by Richard Walker; Kristin Womble, escorted by Ray Driver; and Sharlyn Dunagan, attended by David Cox. The excitement built as last year ' s queen. Amy Stengall, accompanied by Raymond Walker, came out to turn over her crown to the new queen, and no one was really surprised when Rene Rutherford was announced as the win- ner. The only problem was that Rene, because of a poor sound system, found out about five seconds after everyone else did. The second half of the football game was no disappointment to the fans. The Indians played strong and blasted the Panthers 28-6. Though there was no doubt that the team was the strongest the school had seen no one could help but believe that the support from the students contributed to the victory. No matter how Homecoming night was spent it was just another that will be recorded by everyone with fond memories. There will be other Homecomings and other Homecoming participants but as of 1985, this was the best Homecoming ever at Pinson Valley. HOMECOMING 31

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, Winter Winter is the most uncherished season because it drives everyone from the sunny outdoors to the confines of four walls Winter can be summed up in one word, boring. Unlike the other seasons, winter forces everyone from the outside to the confines of four walls (except in the lunchroom where there are seven). With the boredom that IS brought on by the endless cold and limited sunshine, students and ad- ministrators are forced to think up original forms of entertainment (com- monly called fun) in order to overcome v-..-j!r the three worst dreaded months of the year. This year ' s list included multiple basketball games and wrestling matches, Miss Pinson Valley, the all- new lip sync contest, and of course the ever-popular Valentine ' s Day. The most common way of alleviating the boredom that winter brought was predicting: Predicting the Super Bowl and predicting how the Miami Fans would recover, predicting Miss Pinson Valley, and predicting the weather. The latter element was one prediction that very few people have mastered. School was interrupted quite often this year by snow or by the lack of it. No one can forget the Big Storm that was supposed to bury the entire state beneath at least four inches. After hours of panic buying, everyone set- tled down for the . . . weekend, not the four inches. No matter how one survived the winter, everyone was glad that it was over. Even after three months of fun- filled basketball games. Pageants, con- tests and snowstorms, no one seemed to want winter to stay as everyone had all their shorts, swim- suits and white shirts prepared for the first hint of warm weather. WINTER 33