Sylvan Hills High School - Bruin Yearbook (Sherwood, AR)

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 Set On You Cheerleaders attend state, nationals This year's Bearleaders have had a banner year. After winning second place in their division in state competition, they were invited to nationals in Dallas, where they placed twenty-sixth out of ninety-two competing squads. Co- captain Amy Beasley said na- tionals was one of the best times she has ever had cheer- leading. It was the greatest time I've ever had cheering. she said. Everybody is there for the same reason. Everybody's cheering and yelling and you feel like everybody is pulling for you. You feel like you did your best because everybody is behind you. Junior Valerie Owen also thought nationals was fun. Nationals was great, but it was also very stressful. We LEANING TOWER. Captain Kim El- liot. Jackie Thomas. Pam Robertson, and Brandi Bunting try to keep it steady during the October 2 pep rally. PIE FACE. Sophomore Karen Pugh shows that Bearleader spirit during the Homecoming games by shoving sophomore Rufus Pearson's face full of cream. You feel like you did our best e c a u s e everybody is behind you. had to practice a lot and it got tiring, but we still had a lot of fun.” she said. Junior Beverly Sides agreed that nationals was hard, but that they still had a good time. The road to nationals was a challenge. It was hard be- cause we had to balance it around everything else. she said. We had to spend a lot of time working on it, but it was worth it because we had a good time. Senior Cindy Passmore has enjoyed this year of cheerlead- ing since she left Sylvan Hills and returned last year from Germany. I'm glad to be back at Syl- van Hills cheering because I moved to Germany and I've always wanted to come back to SH and graduate w; '. my friends,” she said. This is my last year and it has given me a lot of mem- ories. Sophomore Wendy King . probably summed it up best. Out of all the squads in the entire United States, she said, we're twenty-sixth. — by Miranda Perkins 112 Tough enough

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WHERE’S THE WHISTLE? Ready lo march on. junior LcAnn McKee waits for the tweet to start another pep rally performance GO BEARS! Cheering on the Bears with Bruinette spirit, co-captain Sheri Low gets into the October 2 pep rally on the lawn' Out of the Blue Drill team changes name, size and outlook The Sylvan Hills Drill Team is now history. Make way for the all-new, all-hot Dance Team. This year's captain Valorie Fogle changed the name be- cause she felt it was more ap- propriate. “It fit the squad better be- cause we're smaller and more dance-oriented, she said The dance team was invited to attend nationals from the camp they attended this sum- mer, but they weren't allowed to attend, co-captain Sheri Low said. We couldn't go because we weren't sanctioned,” she said. Your school had to be in a three-A or lower class or you had to live in a state bordering the one which nationals was held in. This year they were in We get a lot more done because there's not so many of us. Florida, so we couldn't go. Sondra Hart, a sophomore and newcomer to the squad, said she liked much better than the junior high squad. I like it better because we're smaller, and we get a lot more done because there's not so many of us. she said. According to last year's members, this year's team is better than last year's all around. We’ve become a lot closer since there's not so many of us, junior Keeley Claude, a member of last year's and this year's squads said. It's not just seeing them at school and that's it. We do a lot of things together outside of school. Fogle said that being cap- tain of the dance team was a great way to end her senior year. I've really had fun this year, she said. I love my girls — by Miranda Perkins Dance Team ill

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BEARLEADERS. Froot flow L sa Refiner. Sonlag cocap'.am Amy Beasley, capiom Kim Jacfue Thomas. Michele Shirley, Wendy King. Eftoi. Gndy Passmore, Pam Robertson, Karen Brandi Bunting Second Row. Beverly Sides. Pugh Lisa Dane) Back Row VaJcno Owen, She y HEAD HONCHOS. Captain Kim Elliot and co captam Amy Beasley linked arms at the beginning of the year to lead the Bearleaders to second place m the state and twenty-sixth in the national competition in Dallas SPIRIT STICKS. Junior Beverly Sides and captam Kim Elliot get ready for the spirit stick handout, one of the high points of the pep rallies. Cheerleaders 113