Chopticon High School - Chopticonian Yearbook (Morganza, MD)

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CHEERLEADER - What did you think of when you heard the word cheerleader? Most guys at C H.S. would have said a dizzy girl. That was a reputa- tion that the cheerleaders had to live down all year But not true - although a lot of the times you did catch the cheerleaders taking a couple of seconds time-out during games to do a little gig- gling and gossiping, we still put in a lot of hard hours practicing the many dif- ferent pyramids we had. Between all the different busy schedules of each girl plus sicknesses, plus appointments, we When I grow up I want to be a CHS cheerleader. The library media center has their own cheerleader This game is so intense. Kim Wood thinking to hersell found that new pyramids had to be created each week just so everybody fit in or filled the gaps where some were miss- ing. But no matter, we always worked everything out and our pyramids came out tops. This year we might have started a new trend. We had three young men on our squad, a first for Chopticon High. They were Pat Wetzel, Charles Cole, and Jeff Woolsey. Without these three guys, this season would not have gone half as well as it did. They helped us in pyramids that would have been impossible without them. And though they weren't required to, sometimes they even cheered along with us. That was not just for appearances, but enthusiasm. The winter squad of '83- '84 owed a lot of thanks to these guys. Most of the members of the Varsity squad were Seniors and had been cheering for the past three years. This was the last time that they would be cheering together, but they shared a lot of fun memories. While as for the Junior Varsity squad, most of their members were Freshmen who will most likely also keep up their sport throughout the rest of their high school years. Cheerleading wasn't always fun and glamour and a lot of times we would really get aggravated with each other, but none of us will ever regret being a Chopticon High School cheerleader. Not now, or in years to come. The Varsity Squad gets together for a pyramid during the in-school girls basketball game Front Row Pat Wetzel, left Woolsey Second Row: Kim O'Connor. Charles Cole, Dale Drouin, lulie Goldsmith. Kay Goldsmith. Third Row Teresa Hall Top Dawn Cox. CHEERLEADING 129

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GIVE A CHEER JUNIOR VARSITY - Front Row Mary Ann Shevok and Dawn Wildner Second Row Becky Johnson, Lisa Card- Smile you're on Candid Camera. Shelia White ner. and Catherine Sams Back Row Kim Wood, Kelly Wood, and Christine Ritchie catches the eye of a camera as she cheers VARSITY - Front Row Kim O'Connor Second Row Dale Drouin and Teresa Hall Third Row Dawn Cox. Kay Everybody put your hands together and singggg Goldsmith, and Shelia White Back Row Charles Cole, Julie Goldsmith. Jeff Woolsey, Karen Jenkins, and Pat with the music. Teresa Hall during a home game Wetzel 128 CHEERLEADING

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This game is in our pockets! Coach Taylor. Manager Charles Hurry, Vanessa Young, Sonya Trim- bath. Shedina Wills. Gail Thomas. Terri Cradly. Deb- bie Harper. Sharon Harvey, and Shelley Butler all come together for a social gathering I hope no one sees the expression on my face. Terri Cradle shoots a jump shot OJC. you can shoot, and if it comes on the other side I've got the rebound! Shedina Wills and Sonya Trim- bath in an inschool game against LaPlata On a fast break, Vanessa Young attempts a lay-up as Sonya Trimbath follows as her back up All I need to do is just jump a little higher and I've got it made, Shedina Wills attempts short jump shot over the LaPlata Warriors 130 GIRL'S VARSITY BASKETBALL