Burke High School - Burke Book Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Underclassmen Build Spirit For The Future The Sophomore and Junior Cheerleading Squads were sponsored by Ms. Ivory McKenzie and Ms. Jill Garlock. The Sophomore Squad was headed by Susie Truelson and Lori Pederson. 'These two girls helped organize different duties for each of the cheerleaders on the Sophomore Squad. They also worked with the other members of the squad in making up cheers and chants which they used during the year to promote school spirit. Unlike many schools the underclassmen who are members of the Sophomore and Junior Varsity Squads cheered at all varsity games in addition to boosting spirit at Sophomore and Junior Varsity events. The Junior Varsity Squad was . headed by Sue Larson and Denise Werkama, VA Q they also organized the girls in their squad, and k iw i f i ., if M they helped the girls to make up new cheers. In -. , .i 4' addition to their school responsibilities, these . P . he '.'i P P P P S V f P A P ' Q . . . . . . ,,t'. f Tfiigy T. lzi, k,.ti i rtr ,illrii ll, . ,ier girls had to attend a summer clinic in Missouri. Vyqq tiQgQ2.Lgi Q, gf ittl 1 ,iyy :gg if-9 ill The Sophomore Cheerleaders are from left to rightg Maria Petrow, Peggy Pettit, Shelly Mullins, Stacy Wheeler, Mary Spotts, Sandy Satrapa, Laurie Pederson, and Susie Truelson. 121 Sophomore Cheerleaders Stacy Wheeler and Shelly Mullins wish a cheery good luck to the Varsity gridders on a chilly evening as they take the field for warm-up exercises. C31 Sophomore Sandy Satrapa intently awaits the match of another Burke wrestlerg she gets a few points for Burke in bubble gum chewing as one can see by the bubble she is blowing.

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? , 'SW 111 The Junior Varsity Cheerleaders are from left to right: row oneg Sue Larson, Lori Miller, Sheri Circo, Denise Werkema, and Mary Sullivang row twog Cindy Peetz, Lynn Talmadge, Christie Cotton. Lynn Talmadge quit later in the year as she felt she wanted to put more time in on gymnastics. 121 Sue Larson, who is also an avid tennis player and has been on the tennis team for two years, ignites enthusiasm at the Nebraska Class A State Basketball Tournament in Lincoln. Q31 Spirit was running high at the State Basketball Tournament as the Bulldogs beat North and continued into their next close game against Papillion. The Bulldog cagers were battling for their very life and the crowd was on their feet a large part of the last quarter. Sheri Circo continues to stress to the excited Bulldog boosters that her school-Burke High-is GREATin a cheer by the same name. The Bulldogs went on to take the Class A Championship and the cheerleaders forgot for a while the long hours and the early morning practices and were thrilled to be a part of a GREATschoolg an experience that often comes only once in a life time.