DeSoto High School - Eagle Yearbook (Desoto, TX)

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.S THE students look on, cheer- -ader captain Heidi Huckeba pre- ents Danny Walker with his ward as Cheerleader Beau. Photo y Jim Hoenig LAG CORPS members show a 'rize-winning routine at the Irving AacArthur pep rally. Photo by im Hoenig AFTER BEING named as Drill Team Beau, senior Trevor McBryde gets a hug from Eaglette captain Shandalyn Spillman. Photo by Jim Hoenig C6 pep rally is a pep ral- Aly is a pep rally” could have been said about any other year, but this year was different. Several fac- tors made this year’s pep rallies different. Probably the biggest change was the move to the new gym which gave stu- dents more room to cheer. Besides the normal methods of spirit-raising, which in- cluded drill team dances, cheerleaders, flag corps, drum corps, band, and Showstoppers, teachers got into the act-literally. Weekly assembly sees changes Faculty members, led by English teacher Mrs. Susan McDonald, began perform- ing skits each week that per- tained to that week’s theme. Not to be outdone, the seniors took over the skit at the last pep rally and per- formed in a circus atmo- sphere. Finally, a new tradition began with pep rallies, the basketball season opened with one. All in all, this was the year that “pep” was back into “pep rally”. by Jennifer James “Senior Circus” Todd Rudsenske and Chuck Brizius make a special ap- pearance as the Tiger twins from Mansfield, the opponent for the night. Photo by Jim Hoenig ROUNDING OUT the Pep Rallies 11

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hat is your favorite. part of pep rallies? | 1. teacher and senior skits 2. getting out of class MEMBERS OF the freshmen class seem puzzled and amazed at their first pep rally for the game against Lancaster. Photo by Jim Hoenig TAKING PART in the Homecom- ing pep rally, junior Angela Sar- geant plays one of the newer in- Struments in the band. Photo by Jeff Landwehr 10 Pep Rallies

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N e rds, Cae ae on campus during week toga party at school — A no, students were not re-creating the movie, “Ani- mal House’, they were just starting off Homecoming Week. Western Day on Tuesday, Fabulous Fifties on Wednesday, Nerd Day on Thursday, and “Spirit Day” on Friday closed out the week. Also on Friday, the Homecoming pep rally was held at new Eagle Sta- dium, adjacent to the school. The highlight of the week, in addition to the exes re- turning, was the game itself. This was the first real test of the Eagles as it was the first district game against new 5A opponents. The team stayed with the opponent, Irving, until the very end, losing 12-14. The game it- self ended in controversy on a referee’s judgement deci- sion concerning a kicked ball. Surprisingly, the most ex- citing event of the week turned out to be the Home- HOMECOMING COURT winners include: freshman Cher Harris, junior Amy Under- wood, former Homecoming Queen Cami Adoue, new queen Sarah speaks, and sopho- more Andi Hopkins, with their escorts. Photo by Randy Vonderheid 12 Homecoming coming Dance, which had not been exciting in the past. The dance was hosted by the Eaglettes. The drill team decorated the dance with Christmas lights and hired a local disc jockey. Probably the biggest change, and the one that helped the most, was the change to a Satur- day night dance, a move that gave all a chance to re- cuperate from the Friday night ballgame. At the dance the nomi- nees and Homecoming Court were recognized: Queen Sarah Speaks, fresh- man princess Cher Harris, sophomore princess Andi Hopkins, and junior prin- cess Amy Underwood. Oth- er nominees included: sen- iors Paris North and Jill Knight; junior nominees Brooke Orr and Melissa Cambron; sophomore nomi- nees Jondi Prewitt and Traci Speed; and freshman nominees Jenny Minter and Julie Miles. by Jennifer James AS THE Homecoming Queen is named, freshman nominee Jenny Minter and her father escort, Mr. Price Minter, watch her excite- ment. Photo by Andrea Trimble ey PART OF the Homecoming pep rally includes the performance that the band has prepared for their competition. Junior Shawn Herndon has a drum solo during part of it. Photo by Randy Vonder- heid