Bloom Trail High School - Trail Blazer Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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Below, Junior varsity skill at its finest. Below center, Varsity spirit in action. Front row, Cindi Scholfield. Kelly Broadhead. Ana Back row, Kim Cloeman. Charlotte Bridges. Angela Acena; Second row, Kim GazziHo. Michelle Pelock. Hurley U.S.C.A. CAMPS 'ALL AMERICAN 1st Place Grand National Plague 1st Place AI' Around Cheer Division Natione QuaWymg Group and Duo Stunt Routine 2nd Place Top Ten individual 7th Place Top Ten Individual 9th Place Top Ten Individual Far left, Varsity winners of U.S.C.A. Top Ten Individuals: Tonya WinemHIer. Valerie Richard, and Natalie Richard. CONFIDENCE + SPIRIT = SUCCESS While the majority of Bloom Trail's student body was sleeping the summer away, the varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders were hard at work practicing. Three to four days a week, from 8 to 11 a.m., the girls were seen at school prac- ticing stunts, jumps, cheers, and dance routines. They were preparing for their up- coming competition at cheerleading camp, at Ol- ive-Harvey College spon- sored by U.S.C.A. At camp, the squads learned new cheers, stunts, and received professional assistance in perfecting their own material. They also en- tered the Grand National Plaque Competition in three areas, cheer round, group stunts, and duo stunts. The squad placed first in all four cheer rounds, they received ribbons for their special group and duo stunt rou- tines. and won first place all- around. They also captured first place in the Grand Na- tional Plaque area. All of these awards qualified them for National Competition held in August of 1986 in East Lanscing, Michigan. In addi- tion to such outstanding achievements, three girls were recognized as Top Ten Individuals. Of 100 cheerleaders at the camp, Tonya Winemiller and Nat- alie Richard placed in the top ten. and Valerie Richard placed second over all the top ten winners. These awards qualified them for the Miss Teenage Cheer- leader competition also to be held at Grand Nationals. The junior varsity squad attented the same camp and entered the Grand Na- tional Plaque Competition. The girls received first and second place ribbons, and other honors. They too quali- fied for National Competi- tion. With confidence, skill, and dedication, the girls achieved their set goals and met success. — Valerie Richard 19

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PIRIT LEADER Kickin’ it Live! Front row, Down Winemillef. Tonya Wine- miller Second row, Michelle Sova. Valerie Richord, Laurie Jensen; Back row, Nicole Thorek. Cassandra Rush. Keisha Webster. Ka- ren McGrody. Trocy Townsend. Natalie Rich- ard. Becky Wiliams. Above, Varsity cheerleader. Dawn Wine- miler. seems to be realy excited about cheering for the Blazers Cheerleadina 18 Right, The varsity squad entertains the crowd at the half, with a cheer and mount

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Boys Cross Country — Front row, Rodger Ebert, Terry Ebert. Craig Jahnke Back row, Charlie Napiwocki. Coach Stephens. Dan Pohrte. Terry Ebert and Ricky Cotto plan their strategy STRENGTH + SPEED = 1st PLACE 20 If everyone comes back and trains hard we ought to be pretty good for the next season and several individ- uals should have a shot at qualifying for the state meet! commented Coach Stephens ' This past season Coach Stephens' goal was to de- velop everyone to his or her potential. To do this every- one has to receive the proper conditioning prior to starting the season. Junior, Craig Jahnke, im- proved the most. He ran his best race at 15:45 for 3.0 miles. Freshman, Tracy Grut- zius was most improved with her best time being at 13:04 for 2.0 miles. The Most Valuable Run- ner title went to Tracy Grutzius, who had qualified for Sectionals. The title for the boys went to freshman, Rodger Ebert. Injuries placed a dark cloud over the team. With Kristen Lee, the 1 returning letter winner and Dallas Bak- er were both hurt, and it really kept them from devel- oping to their full potential, commented Coach Stephens. It was really hard on the team with Kris running 2 and Dallas out of competi- tion, Coach Stephens said. Even with all the problems of the past season. Coach Stephens looked on the bright side of things by set- ting his goals for the next year. For the girls, he hoped to have all the girls back and increase the number of girls out for the team to IQ- 12. He also hoped to have the team qualify for section- als. For the boys, his plans were much the same. He hoped to have all the boys back and have the team qualify for sectionals. He also hoped to have individuals on both the girls and boys team to qualify for state. — Dallas Baker