Flemington High School - Memories Yearbook (Flemington, WV)

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Left: Excitement mounts before the game as the team dashes through the break. Cheer- leaders Sylvia Upton and Cyndi Stewart hold the break before the Trojan game. Below: Waiting in anticipation for the coming foul shot were cheerleaders Cyndi Stewart, Tish Marra and Sylvia Upton. 2S

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Left: After being fouled by a Trojan foe, guard. Cindy Trimble assured her that she was OK. Below: A last minute check of the scorebooks by the referee is aided by Coach Zimmerman. Jitters build up during bus rides The one thing that always pre- ceded a game was the bus trip it took to get ball players, cheer- leaders, scorekeepers and coaches to wherever they were going. A bus ride may be long, tire- some and cramped, but rarely bor- ing. For the team, armed with tape players, bubblegum and bags of Doritos, the ride was a tense time. Pre-game jitters and occasional butterflies seemed to intensify as the ride progressed. The girls' squad traveled ap- proxiamately 816 miles to its 18 regular season games, and an addi- tional 202 miles to tournaments, which added up to 1,018. Above: Working hard to get the ball down the floods senior playmaker, Jackie Knotts. On the seajon, Jackie averaged Five assists per game. Left: The rebounding edge went to Flemington in this game as the Houndettes outrebounded St. Francis 67-18. Penny Wil- liams maintained her position for an offensive rebound. 28

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Cheering - No easy cask Being a cheerleader isn't a sim- ple job. It starts far in advance of the basketball season, in early summer, raising money for uni- forms and camp And if you rhink camp is a barrel of laughs you've got another thing coming. This past summer, varsity cheer- leaders attended the United States Cheerleaders Association camp held at WV Wesleyan College. Up at 7 every morning to the aroma of BenGay wafting through the air. Breakfast at 7:30 and then calis- thenics at 8:15. After that it was stet. Even the evenings were filled with the sounds of cheers. To end the day there was the assembly. Every squad had to go out in the middle of a huge gym floor. After that it was back to the dorms where cheerleaders had just 30 minutes until lights out at 11. Yet all this agony was rewarded as the varisty squads cheered for both girls' and boys' teams during their best seasons in years. It really was a year for stars. As a Greyhound player sinks a foul shot, the cheerleaders and fans show their ap- proval. Above: Super fan, senior Paula Marra, lets everyone know that the Greyhoundettes are number 1. Bottom. During a time out, boys' varsity cheerleaders pep up the crowd with a favorite spirit cheer. 30