Duncanville High School - Panther Tale Yearbook (Duncanville, TX)

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POMPING - Christina Paz, Lori Barbar, Julie Brooks, and Heidi Newton glue crepe paper on the freshman float. 'H---... r'v ' -' 0- Classes work to build floats In addition to attending the usual school activities, classes, and sports, many students decided to show their school spirit by participating in homecoming float meetings. Students met for two or three hours after school for a few days every week and slowly put together their class float. 'iOur float meetings were great, said Jennifer Ahlfinger, junior. We had a great turnout. Probably more than twenty people came to each meeting at Dawn Esposito's house. lt was amazing how everyone worked and pulled together. The float turned 16 Homecoming out great. Unfortunately, the senior float was damaged by rain, but that didn't stop the seniors from entering it in the parade. lt was pretty disappointing, said Greg Survil, senior. There wasn't enough participation at the float meetings, but they got the job done. lt seems like it was the same people at every meeting. Although the student council may be planning to eliminate class floats next year, many students plan to build their own class floats. CLEAN UP TIME - Cleaning up after the freshman float meeting is Scott McKee. - 'Q L X

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Football season brings pepg pep rallies bring headaches There's a feeling you get when you're crowded into a gym with two thousand other students on a hot Fri- day afternoon. Shoulder to shoulder, you yell, sweat, clap, and laugh with your friends. Some people call that special feeling that accompanies those acts school spirit and en- thusiasm. Others call it a headache. Pep rallies are stupid, said Amy Blalock, senior. You get to see all the football players walk around in a circle and sit in their chairs. Then the coaches come out and say, 'Yeah, we're gonna winl' l liked it when everyone cried at the last pep rally though. They were really great this year, said Katrina Thornton, sophomore. The Duffers didn't do as many skits, but the ones they did do were really great. The soccer team really showed a lot of spirit. Although no one ever saw Terri Williams at the pep rallies, she was at every one of them, dressed up as the Panther. There's still something missing, said Williams. I know that a lot of the football players want to get up and cheer, but they don't. lt's like, 'Why should l yell for the team when they just sit there?' But during the pep rally when Darrell Edwards got up and burned that shirt, that was great. People really get into it when football players do something. l hate pep rallies, said senior Cydney Foote. l usually have headaches on Friday afternoons, and I usually don't want to be with all those people yelling and screaming. CENTER STAGE - The varsity football team is the center of at- tention at the first pep rally. High Hats stand on the sidelines. SPEAR PEARCE - Duffer Stace Hunt shows the student body how he would like the football team to spear Pearce High School. Pe all es

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RUSHING TO FINISH - Jennifer Long and Ka Lavallee help build the scoreboard for the senior float, F i, v4.g - L.- if i-Jr 33' FED POMPS AND GLUE - Amy Brunson watches as Brian Melton works on the freshman float in Scott McKee's garage. FLOAT MEETING - Senior class sponsor Ms. Kathy Ziehe wat- ches as seniors build the Phantom Panther in Angie Harrington's garage. SUPREME EFFORT - ln spite of rolling down Danieldale Rd. in the rain, the senior float makes an appearance in the parade. Homecoming I7