Cave Spring High School - Accolade Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Perfect alignment Demonstrating her flexibility during practice, Andrea Shreeman stabalizes herself in a highly extended arae besque on the balance beam. Upward bound Concentrating on maintain- ing her balance, Heather Lange anticipates the next move in her beam routine. Heather completed the seae son having placed first in both the district and the region, finishing third in the state, and being named the state balance beam champion. Flying high Showing her powerful leg strength, Wendy Pilcher per- forms a spread eagle during an evening practice session. The teamis many strong gymnasts all contributed to their first placed district win. Going the distance uI felt our runners needed the opportunity to prepare for the spring seasonfy said Coach Chris Sherrill. Coach Sherrill overcame many obstacles to form the new indoor track team. Aside from his busy coaching schedule, he also drove the team bus. 62 - Gymnastics Because the indoor track distances were different from those of spring track, the team members could not compare their improved times with those from the spring season. Their short season consisted of two meets at Virginia Tech, one at George Mason University, and two at Heritage Art Coumoyer Art Coumoyer High School. I felt that l was in better shape for the spring track season than ever beforef, said Lee Moore. However, not everyone ran for conditioning. til enjoyed being with my friends while doing something new after school? said Janet Masters. INDOOR TRACK TEAM. Front Row: Janet Masters, Tem' Scott, Mary Bush, Holly Frank, Ace Greer, Amy Vest. Second Row: Karen Doolan, Lee Moore, Jennifer Stough, Barb Tutfey, Julie Rutherford, Ell n Farleyi Third Row: David Boris, Cleve Fisher, Geny ingeman, Mike Allen, Ronny Angeli, Shawn Boyd, Tommy Crower Fourth Row: Derek Patterson, Kevin Prant, Tommy Boone, Andrew McKnight, Coach Chris Sherriil, Trey Lynn, Joe Meador, Randall Murray, Patrick OiNeiIl.

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Toni Moore Besides cheering and selling programs, the Knight cheerleaders, year was The room filled with chattering insurance salespeople as the Knight cheerleaders bounced into the Airport Marriott with pom-poms in hand. Their mission: to help kick off a new Allstate sales campaign. The Knight cheerleaders did much more than perform routines at sporting events. The excitement began as the girls headed off to camp in July. With the varsity taking first place honors at Radford University and the junior varsity placing first at James Madison, the season was off with a bang. The girls maintained a frantic pace throughout the year. After serving as tour guides during sophomore orientation, they quickly began planning the early Homecoming festivities. Aside from lifting spirits at the Homecoming pep rally, they were responsible for decorating their cars for the annual parade. Busy as ever, the girls rose early and spent a long Saturday decorat- and Michelle Tickle add the Side streaming After spending a long Satur- day decorating for the Homecoming dance, Debbie Haselton, Shelley Hearp, finishing touches by hanging streamers in the cafeteria. Because of an early Home- coming, the cheerleaders had to rush preparation. Psyched While raising spirits during a timeout. Charlene Simpson intrigues the spectators with her deep concentration. Jennifer Gowan ing for the Homecoming dance. This busy schedule did allow some time for relaxation. For Christmas, the girls drew names for a present exchange and journeyed to the Homeplace for a feast. Moreover, throughout the year they helped each other out and exchanged small gifts with their big and little sisters. ltlt was really nice to have someone older to watch out for you and go out of their way to make sure youlre all right, said sophomore Kris Bowling about her big sister. However, the Knight cheerleaders did complete their ordinary tasks throughout the year. As always, the junior varsity cheerleaders were responsible for selling football programs in the fall. In addition, the girls cheered at all sorts of athletic competitions; and as try-outs rolled around in the spring, the seniors produced new cheers and routines for the prospective cheerleaders. Whether they were cheering before the public or working behind the scenes, cheerleaders led a life filled with activity. An Coumoyer VARSITY CHEERLEADERS WHITE SQUAD. Front Row: Staci Eggleston, Debi Dillon. Second Row: Challene Simpson, Angie Baker, Christi Ergle. Third Row: Ashley Williams, Whitney Helms, Aimee Grubbs, Debbi Spencer. VARSITY CHEERLEADERS RED SQUAD. Front Row: Angie Robison, Christy Burns. Second Row: Jennifer Baker, Rachel Brown, Gina Powell Third Row: Amy Aker, Jennifer E Hummell, Ellen Nelson. 5 Cheerleading : 61

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1' t Art Coumoyer i. N ? o E : o O 1: Q: Hindered by injuries and an unusually short season, the Knights gave powerful performance Wendy Morris The crowd grew quiet and her teammates anxiousas Heather Lange received the ready signal from the judges. After springing onto the springboard, Heather perched steadily on the narrow balance beam, The Knight gymnasts deep concentration and team spirit throughout the entire season won them another first place district title. iTGoing into the season, I knew we had a lot of team spirit? said Terri Quarles. TTThe support we had for each other was the real strength of the team. The Knights struggled for practice time because of their conflicting gym schedules with other sports. In addition to having their practices cancelled because of snow days, the Knights faced an unusually short season. Completing a season of only four meets, the beam. Andrea completed Power enhanced the season by placing third Although tired from a long all-around in both the district practice, Andrea Shreeman and the region, and finishing completes an armrsupported seventh allearound in state split on the narrow balance competition I. x SCORE OPPONENT 104.95-31.0 Patrick Henry 92.4-88.95 Blacksburg 106.45-90.95 Pulaski 106.45-101.0 Salem Season Record: 4-0 District: lst Regional: 2nd State: 5th At last Satisfied with her perfor- mance, Ashton Cobb strikes a final pose to complete her balance beam routine. Art Coumoyer Knights remained undefeated to win first place in the district for the twenty-sixth consecutive year. However, the excitement and practicing were not over as they travelled to Northern Virginia to compete for the regional gymnastics title. t1 am really excited,,7 said Heather Lange. uBut we have got to stay on top of all the events to do wellf, Through optimism and enthusiasm, the girls stayed on top of their events to place second at the regional meet. Because of their continued reign as champions, the Knights won an invitation to the state competition. After journeying to the state meet, the girls surpassed keen competition and placed fifth in the team competition. Ttl think we performed stronger than last year; but because competition was tougher, our scores do not truly reflect our improvement,w said Heather Lange. The Knights depth gave them the opportunity to work as a team instead of relying on just in- dividual scores. Art Coumoyer GYMNASTICS TEAM. Front Row: Ashton Cobb, Kelly Fisher, Heather Lange, Andrea Shreeman, Second Row: Jennifer Allen, Wendy Pitcher. Marybeth Vaniels, Kelly Thompson, Terri Quarles, Coach Carla Long. Gymnastics t 63