Burns High School - Blazes Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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Powder Puff History Set Coldness in the air did not stop the fans or players Thursday night, November 15, 1979 as the Powder Puff football game began. Fans snuggling up to blankets and each other and screaming for their team. The entire first half was a complete see-saw battle until the last few minutes when the seniors would have had a touchdown if it hadn’t been for penalities. At the beginning of the half time festivities the contest was still scoreless. As the teams went to their sides to figure out their strategy for the last half of the game, fans were entertained by the Powder Puff Homecoming Court. The first runner up was Miss Richard “‘Raquel’’ Shuford 50 Powder Puff escorted by Mr. Julie ‘Junior’’ Poston and homecoming queen was Miss Todd ‘‘Hotsy Totsy’’ Hoppes escorted by Mr. Shannon McSwain. As the third quarter began tension was in the air. Trying to out do each other there was no success. Fourth quarter started with both teams fired up. Excitement struck the field when senior Denise Thurman (85) made the first touchdown. This brought the score of the Blue team (seniors) 6 and White team 0. But the juniors didn’t give up hope, they fought with four seconds left in the game. Junior quarterback Valerie Baker (10) scored a touchdown for the juniors as snow flakes fell. With no seconds left on the clock the final score was 6 all. The Powder Puff Cheerleaders try their hand at being girls. These are a few of our young men: Kim Dover, Wade Owens, Kyle Izokovic, Randy McKee, Keith Allen and Al Floyd.

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“‘We’re number one,”’ was often chanted by the juniors at the pep rallies as they won the spirit stick overall. This was a new form of competition between classes this year, the ‘Spirit J @ Stick.’” The cheerleaders made the URtOLS spirit stick and Jana Watts or Denise Martin found a teacher who would rate @ the classes on their spirit shown. Gin y | The cheerleading squad consists of 4g 72 eleven members this year (during basketball season). During football season and at pep rallies only ten Junior Jackie Barner, a varsity cheerleaders participated. But, there cheerleader, shows her spirit Hidled Beccdun during the Burns vs. Kings was an added member during Mountain game. ‘’You don’t basketball games, Lawanda Campbell. wanna mess with us do ya. . . She’s a little girl about three or four piibtheka tonic years old. She has an entire outfit like the cheerleaders. She added excitement and spirit to their cheers as she attracted some of the fans’ attention. Aching feet! Tired sore muscles! These were some of the discomforts that started the cheerleaders’ season. They were also some of the complications the cheerleaders experienced at the Cheerleading Camp last summer held at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It was a week of learning new cheers and how to get along better as a squad. Sophomores Betsy Bowen and Shannon McSwain commented, “‘It’s more exciting cheering at football games rather than at basketball games.” There seems to be a lot more liveliness at a football game. Maybe that’s because later in the season it becomes freezing cold, so you need ho move around and yell a lot so not to freeze to death. Therefore everyone doesn’t have to freeze at a basketball game. But there’s still all the yelling and screaming, which shows all our school spirit. Being a cheerleader may look to be very glamourous for some people in high school. But there’s more to it than just being popular. During the football season they practice two hours a week. When the basketball season comes around, they are practicing twice a week (which consists of practicing all the cheers they do at the pep rallies and games). That way they get some practice in before the games. This takes a lot of time and energy on everyone in the squad. Cheerleaders 49

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Senior Avis Ruff almost completes a touchdown for the Blue team (seniors) if it hadn‘t been for penalities. BIUlaltol@m’ Zo] (-1a(-m sie] -1 al ONO) Molelsy-1-m CoM lO lallolg Beverly Wright (32) as they try to make a touchdown. During the half-time festivities, Miss Todd Bootleg play was the strategy for the Seniors, “Hotsy” Hoppes was crowned the 1979-80 shown by senior Donna Barnette (12) with Junior Powder Puff Queen. Beverly Wright (32) in hot persuit. Powder Puff 5]