Eastside High School - Ram Country Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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l. Sheri Stinson fcaptainj, Deborah Woods, Barbara Reeb, Jackie Koon, Emily Tolbert, Kyle Kelley, Deb- bie Kirby, Felicia Farris, Lissa Stallings, Gayla Beach fcaptainj. 2. Cheerleaders perform a punk rock stunt especially for the football players. 3. Sheri Stinson helps to raise the spirit of the students at a pep rally. 4. Barbara Reeb and Sheri Stinson show their ability to do a stunt at a football game. 5. Varsity Cheerleaders welcome the Ram team on to the field at a football game against the Ocala Forest Wildcats. Varsity Cheerleadersfl 13

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arsity Cheerleaders It's hard work, but worth it. Performing skits at pep rallies, cheering the mighty Rams on at football games, basketball games, and also encouraging spirit and enthusiasm are just a few of the jobs the cheerleaders were faced with. Although these jobs may sound easy, they took much planning, practice, and dedication. Over the summer, the cheerleaders practiced twice a week for two hours each day. All expenses for this year, except for the selling of suntan oil to help pay for the expense of camp, were paid by the cheerleaders themselves. The cheerleaders were sponsored by Ms. Barbara Gustin. During their summer vacation, the cheerleaders attended the National Cheerleaders Association CNCAJ at the University of South Florida in Tampa from August 7-10. During the cheer- leaders stay at camp, they learned new chants, cheering tech- niques, and dances to make the new school year more enjoyable and pleasing to the students. While the cheerleaders were there, they won the spirit stick, which is awarded to the most spirited squad, and also they were awarded four straight superior blue ribbons for doing an outstanding job at camp. The captains Gayla Beach and Sheri Stinson said, 'LBecause of the hard work we did at camp, we have learned to work together. We unified our squad and started correcting mistakes. We made superior at camp and we are working to do even better now. There has been much improvement within the squad. However, we still have a lot of hard work to do, and hopefully, with more improvement, weill be the best squad Eastside has had. It's hard work, but well worth itf, 2 l 12 f Varsity Cheerleaders

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Menis Varsity asketball Rams lose opener but quickly recover to earn seven straight victories. Even after losing a close 69-66 season opener to Jacksonville Bishop Kenny, Coach Mike Kirkman still felt that his team, which made it to the final four in last yearis 3A state basketball playoffs, showed that they are still of championship caliber, but were just feeling the opening night jittersf' North Marion proved to be no contest as the Rams blew past the Colts for an easy 97-49 victory. The Rams then knocked off number 2 Ocala Forest with a big 76-60 decision. The Santa Fe Raiders were the next Ram victims as the number 8 Rams defeated the Raiders 70-52. Santa Fe kept the game close dur- ing the first half and led by three points at the half-time buzzer. Being down by three points, the Rams emerged from the locker room ready to play efficient basketball. They started by dump- ing in ten unanswered points, and never gave up the lead for the remainder of the game. Marlon Jones led the Rams, scoring with his game high 30 points. Titusville Astronaut was caught unprepared for the wrath of the Rams as Eastside notched a 61- 52 decision. The College Town Classic tournament sent the Rams home licking their wounds after they lost a heartbreak, 63-62, to the Buchholz Bobcats. HWe really hurt and banged up,', said Coach Mike Kirkman, f'Wejust didn't have the bench strength after two players fouled out. Later the same week, the Rams traveled to Tallahassee for the Governor's Invitational Tourney and renewed their self confidence as they defeated Rickards of Tallahassee 85-59 to sieze the tournament title. The Rams welcomed a chance for revenge against the Bobcats of Buchholz as the Cats visited the Eastside gym only to be faced with a furious Ram squad who slapped the Cats with a 65-60 loss. ll4fMen's Varsity Basketball