Deer Park High School - Deer Yearbook (Deer Park, TX)

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Yell squad combats apath , promotes 10 spirit rallies we To combat student apathy, the six varsity football cheerleaders demonstrated their poise, personality and leadership ability during the season's 10 pep rallies. For a week in June, they joined pep leaders from 30 other schools at the cheerleading held at Ste- phen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches. A spirit stick, three excellent, two supe- rior and one superstar ribbons were the rewards they obtained in competition with other squads. Painting signs, creating skits for the pep rallies, organizing the sell of ribbons and coordinating cheers, the sextet embarked on the upcoming season during the last three weeks of August. Varsity and sophomore cheerleaders are chosen by a panel of four iudges during the spring of the preceding year. Freshman spirit boosters are selected early in summer vacation. Twenty-two cheerleaders are honored by selection: 14 varsity, four sophomore and four freshmen. Producing and presenting weekly pep rallies together, the freshman and sophomore cheerleaders urged the underclassmen to support their respective teams. Sophomore girls also moonlighted by donating their spirit and cheers to the junior varsity at their Thursday night bouts. A. Summer ended three weeks early for the cheerleaders, working from 8:30 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon. Painting signs, organizing the sell of ribbons and coordinating skits and cheers, these girls prepared themselves for a busy season. Junior Laura Starks paints the run through sign Pound the Cats for the Clear Creek game. B. Struggling to keep warm, senior Darla Thiessen stands on the sidelines of the Dobie game fighting the early cold winds of the win- ter to share with the Deer in their fifth win of the season. C. Ending the season with a bang, cheer- leaders Joan Taylor and Melinda Poole, both freshmen, sophomores Kathy Warner, Tyma Camp, Linda Westmoreland, and Shelly Parker and Becky Pattison, both freshmen, join hands in Rise Up for their last pep Tally. D. What will the Deer Park fans say after we win the game tonight? . . . Dyn-o-mite! During the seventh pep rally, varsity cheerleaders, senior Darla Haygood, jun- ior Stacy Zucha, Gina Clark and Darla Thiessen, both seniors and junior Laura Stark prepare the football team for the Clear Creek game with their computer skit. Junior Glenda Walker assists with the mic. E. Relieved by the performances of the bands and drill teams at half time, head- cheerleader Gina Clark takes a little time off and gets ready for the second half of the opening game against Alvin. F. Standing on the sidelines, sophomore Tyma Camp, anxiously awaits the outcome of the junior varsity football game. G. For the Sam Rayburn game the cheerleaders held a KIKK the Texans Day, recognized by wearing boots. Junior Stacy Zucha encourages the Deer to KlKK the Texans in the skit, Big Deer. H. Sophomore Linda Westmoreland introduces one of the skits, Team Work, during a pep rally held on the north campus. -J ai-,N-ab s 1, . Q i . PAGE 24 f FOOTBALLCHEERLEADERS .Y . -I - - xi b' , 4 '- e a P mjgd ' gs.-- Z lf , 7. . -- 4 . if- PE 3 gli ' Y . 3 ., . 1 ..,: E i l , ! l .gl -Q 7

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