Chopticon High School - Chopticonian Yearbook (Morganza, MD)

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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

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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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With my long arms I've got it, Sharon Harvey reaches tor the rebound as Shelley Butler, Gail Thomas, Vanessa Young, and the LaPlata Warriors look on. Lady Braves Still in Progress Starting the season. Coach Taylor had to rebuild the Chopticon Girls Varsity Basket- ball team. Vanessa Young, Gail Thomas, and Shedina Wills were the only returning players. At the end of the season, Shedina Wills and Gail Thomas would be lost to graduation. The Girls Varsity Basketball team was unable to keep their 11-7 record as last year, but they were able to keep a 10-8 record. The experience of the team was a big help in getting the team started and through their tough games and into the district play-offs. They played Forestville; they were defeated with a score of 71-63. With the experience of Sonya Trimbath driving through the middle, Shedina Wills pounded the backboards, Gail Thomas, Terri Cradle, and Shelley Butler bombing through the opponent's press the year was a success. All of the teammates were ex- cellent players. With the quick speed of the Lady Braves, they will have an except tional team to start out the next year. Garl Thomas receives the bail on an out-of-bounds play while her teammates Sonya Tnmbath, and Shelly Butler fakes the other way Front Row Tern Cradle, Vanessa Young, Melissa Lyles, Gail Thomas, and Debbie Harper Back Row Stat Leslie Ritchie, Sonya Trimbath, Shedina Wills. Sharon Harvey, Shelley Butler. Stat. Penny Reed, and COACH Charlie Taylor V CHOPTICON OPPONENT 36 Douglas 32 41 Ryken 21 30 McDonough 35 5 40 Northern 51 S3 Stone 39 48 LaPlata 44 wmrnm 45 Lackey 38 43 Calvert 31 37 Leonardtown 38 30 Great Mills 52 46 Ryken 27 34 LaPlata 45 54 Stone 55 47 Leonardtown 44 • mm 29 McDonough 42 37 Northern 55 55 Calvert 34 45 Lackey 42 41 Great Mills •HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT 51 ■ 42 Ryken 30 19 Great Mills •DISTRICT PLAYOFFS 39 63 Forestvrfle 71 • mm u GIRL'S VARSITY BASKETBALL 131