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

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Ar the only basketball pep rally of the year, senior Marci Bohannon, makes a speech about the team's outstanding season. N if-1-1 The big split

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The School Board had to decide on the best way to split up the crowds in classes. Administrators gave building a second four-year high school the no go. iPhoto by Mi- chael Jacksonl J., -Q. 44 ft Q , t was a year of big splits. There were campus splits, personal- ity splits, ability splits, and many a splitting headache. But while many things had to be divided, students didn't let that split them up. lt was hard not to get lost in the crowds, but the student body split the difference and came up stronger than ever. School officials attempted to isolate ninth and tenth grade to the west campus and eleventh and twelfth to the east to cut down on crowded classes and conflicting personalities. While the number of cross-campus journeys was lessened, they were far from eliminated. Even some teachers found themselves floating from campus to campus without one permanent classroom. With the more unified study body, however, Duncanville created teams and clubs that outshined the rest. Other schools experienced a great ability split as the Band, High Hats, and Silver Flags won Cotton Bowl for the seventh consecutive year and went on to win the State championship title. Football won district for the first time in twenty-five years and basketball, volleyball, Cross-country, tennis, and other teams won awards as well. ' Academics proved outstanding, too, with Whiz Quiz back for another year along with Academic Decathlon and the largest Nation- al Honor Society ever. But not only students participating in aca- demic clubs worried about grades. Every student found himself faced with large amounts of homework and at least one or two splitting headaches. The term uhitting the books was taken literally by many. who better to show the big splits than the cheerleaders? Senior Carol McCright, junior Renee Peek, soph- omore Candy Murphy, and fresh- man Brandy Bryant were cho- sen to show that while the splits look difficult, practice makes perfect. It was all unity and no splits when it came to the Senior class. In an effort to win a 510,000 prize from the radio station KEGL, seniors got to- gether to videotape their symbol. iPhoto by Michael Jackson.l The big split

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Big decisions are made by Coach Dan Gandy as he leads his team through a game against MacArthur. Junior Glen Tennison prepares to carry out a play. Students and administrators have conflicting views on the drug testing proposals, Senior Bennie Valdez tells his views to a Channel 5 report- er. Petitioning for a new street name beside the new stadium, Seniors Jenni Harris and Corky Randolph present their ideas to the school' board. The big decisions