Aledo High School - Ledoian Yearbook (Aledo, TX)

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1. Seniors are the Best! Seniors enjoy the hallway during Homecoming week. 2. A perfect 10! Scott Weekly dresses up as a girl for a skit. 3. A normal every day locker! Mike Elrod proudly shows off his decorated locker. 4. The Mighty Fighting Bearcats! Varsity football team runs through the victory line. Homecoming '84 was one of the highlights of the year. Homecoming was a week long event with many fun-filled ac- tivities. Special dress-up days were declared including Western Day, Crazy Socks Day, and School Col- ors Day. On Wednesday there was a Bon-fire which drew a large crowd. Then, after school on Thursday many of the girls decorated the football players' lockers and the hallways. Finally, the big day arrived. It began with an 8:00 o'clock pep ral- gs 'QOH 8 Opening TUL 'I

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Spirit at Aledo. It seemed almost too good to be true, but with a winning football team and energy unleashed, the school spirit came to life. There were signs and screams, and finally the pep rallies were not meetings of silence. anymore. Although the pep rallies were held bright and early at eight o'clock every Friday morning, everyone attended and the ex- citement was incredible. 'Born to Win' was our mot- to, and who could ever forget Curtis Hissam and the football teamis inspiring rendition of the Bearcat Chant? The varsity had an eight and two season, and the first eight games brought impressive wins. The senior boys even got involved at pep rallies by spell- ing Aledo and Bearcats out on the gym floor with their bodies. A Bearcat Trail sign was raised at the entrance to the high school to mark four territory'. Even the parents and friends got involved in the festivities. The Ballingers took an active role in pep rallies. They supplied us with the winning football from Cedar Hill and a Victory flag to raise on the flagpole. Mrs. Andrews, advanced art class stayed busy by painting everything with the Bearcat in- signia or colors. They painted 'Bearcat Pride' on all the trash cans, 'Home of the Bearcats' on the press box at the field, and a bearcat outside the team's locker room at the football field. Mrs. Dudek and the cheerleaders brought the spirit back to Aledo with locker signs, spirit poems, and an all out effort to restore the spirit we once had. That spirit was somehow recaptured this year and helped bring the fun back into football season. 1. Body Builders! S. Weekly, S. Everett, J. Henderson, C. Gilliland, and T. Exman spell out A-L-E-D-O. 2. The name says it all! A new sign marks the entrance to A.H.S. 3. Flying High! The flags at Aledo High wave victoriously in the wind. 4. Victory Forever! Mrs. Ballinger presents a victory flag to the student body. 5. Showing our Spirit! A poem by Kenny Vanover decorates the entrance hall. 6. Busy at work! The advanced art class posts a sign on the press box at the football field. 7. Crrrow! Matt Elrod and Greg Minter paint a bearcat on the field house. Opening 7

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ly. Tlte gym was packed with Bear- cat fans. The cheerleaders had many special preparations in- cluding many cheers, the introduc- tion of the homecoming queen nominees plus the last minute en- tries from each classf' and the presentation of the victory flag. After the pep rally the student hody was so filled with spirit that some of them even sprayed their hair orange! Then the climax of the day - the football game with Ferris. The Bearcats ended the day in fine fashion by defeating Ferris 1 3-12. 1. The big moment! ,83 queen, .lill Castleberry, congratulates '84 queen, Ellen Palmer. 2. An enjoyable evening! Princess Michelle Ingram smiles for the camera. 3. Bulletin board of Aledol The bon-fire was announced in the usual way 4 by pain- ting the railroad building. t. rf 'A YSSWIM D . 9 , 5' , f 4' Opening 9