Potomac High School - Prowler Yearbook (Dumfries, VA)

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Panther Spirit One of the major highlights of the first pep rally was the appearance of the embodiment of the Panther Spirit. Mr. John Jenkins shows his sup¬ port as he cheers on Lee Bennett. It Worked! Varsity football players not only boosted school spirit at the pep rallly, they also defeated the Stonwall Jackson Raiders that evening. |» | fjT L 1 a Sk m .4 ; ’ jsv Ul i £ Ri Doing Their Best Preview Willette West, Nacho Alleyne, and Penny Morris demonstrate senior spirit at the pep rally. The class of ' 88 tried their best, only to be out- yelled by the juniors. Yung Joo Lee plays bells as the Marching Band performs during the Pep Rally. Playing a few of their selections gave students a brief preview of the halftime show. 16 Pep Rally

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The Bitter End The Senior ' s first place bonfire dummy, assem¬ bled by Cricket Mees, met its end on Thursday, October 29. The rest of the Stafford football team, however, met their match the following evening, when the Panthers won, 21 to 20. Penny Loafers and Bobby Socks Impersonating Elvis and a diehard fan, juniors Karl Schwanda and Heather Erie dance on their float. Juniors ' hearts stopped when the truck under their float stalled. At the last minute, another truck came to the rescue. Visiting Royalty Sitting on a car once again, graduate Qina Gom- bar attends the Homecoming game. Gina was the 1986 Homecoming queen and had the hon¬ or of crowning Veronica Barr. (Cont ' d from p.12) Once the court was introduced at halftime, Andy Yentsch and Veronica Barr were honored as King and queen.The 1986 Homecoming queen, Qina Qombar, passed her title and ti¬ ara on to Veronica. After ages, Mr. David Kite finally an¬ nounced the results of the Spirit Week. For the first time in Potomac ' s history, there was a tie between the classes of 1988 and 1989. The classes took the opportunity to take pride in the individual events that they won. All Dressed Up At the dance, Susie Kong compliments Andy Wynne on his tie. Semi-formal dance ' ' meant different things to different people. Girls wore everything from sweater ensembles to formal gowns. Guys ' clothes varied from sweaters and slacks to three-piece suits. Said senior Debbie Jarvis, All 1 was worried about was us winning the float competition. And we did! ' ' Although many students were an¬ gry about Spirit Week ending in a tie, others felt it wasn ' t so bad after all. Said senior Andy Best, A tie in Home¬ coming was the best thing that could have happened. It helped ease hos¬ tile feelings that had built up between the juniors and seniors. ' ' Also, a whopping 70,454 spirit links were sold at five cents apiece. Said SCA president Jenny Beyer, The money raised from the spirit link sales goes into the Student Government Fund. This is used for two SCA scholarships, donations to charities, and to put on schoolwide activities. ' ' The Homecoming Dance ended Spirit Week with a touch of class. How¬ ever, the event suffered, as the juniors had been more concerned with Spirit Week. Said Junior Class president Gretchen Moss before the dance, We feel pretty confident about the dance, but we have been working harder on winning Spirit Week. ' ' Commented ju¬ nior Stephanie Dunn, The dance was a real letdown after all the excitement of Spirit Week. ' ' Homecoming 15

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Being True The biggest reason I even show up at the pep rallies is to see Mr. Jenkins strut his stuff. When Mr. Jen¬ kins is on, the whole place roars ' said junior Chelliey Brent. Mr. John Jenkins was at it again, this time dressed in a blue outfit and a lot of makeup, lie was the Panther Spirit, the embodiment of all the noise the students made as they cheered for their football team and for school spirit in general. I really went wild, said junior Su¬ san Emmons, ' it s a real chance and a real pleasure to show all your emo¬ tion. For the first time, students ' spirit was to be demonstrated in a more organized manner, as the four classes competed for the coveted Sprit Stick. SCA President, senior Jenny Beyer led each of the classes in cheering, and the noisiest class won the right to have their spirit stick displayed in the main lobby. The big, loud Class of 1989 won each time. Commented junor Aaron Swenson, The juniors won; that ' s what ' s important. But senior Sean Riordan disagreed. The seniors rule the pep rallies. We might not be the loudest, but we re the craziest. According to many, however, win¬ ning the spirit competition was sec¬ ondary to supporting the athletes ' Hamming It Up Cheering for their class are seniors Candace Bouslough, Alana Jacobsen, Kristi Anderson, Renee Brown, and Susan Zovak. morale. Said defensive lineman for the football team, David Arnold, It ' s important to know the school ' s be¬ hind you, and we knew it. We wouldn ' t have won some of the games we did without that extra push from the student body. That extra push was what the teams wanted. Whether or not your class won didn ' t really matter in the end. Pep rallies were a way to show school spirit and a way to get the winning points on our side of the scoreboard. As the song said, pep rallies were a way to be true to your school. Pep Rally 17