George C Marshall High School - Columbian Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Time out for the basketball players is time on Confident that the Freshmen team will win, for the cheerleaders. Teri Verjinski catches the Grace Hart follows the game, while Pam Koer- crowd's eye with the completion of a V kenmeicr flashes a smile to the stands. jump. Unison within the Frosh cheerleaders is important as the squad gets it together by performing a chant to give the team confidence. JV Cheerleaders - Front row: Dana Jenkins; Second row: Kim Dillman, Luci Gates, Laura Zaleski, Teri Verjinski; Back row: Penny Morrison, Carol Armstrong, Katy Kittridge, Jane Pronko, Sharon Childers. Freshmen — JV Cheerleaders 171

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r Freshmen Cheerleaders - Front rou : Grace Hart, Injury cripples Laura Zaleski's ability to cheer, Martha Vcitl, Pam Koerkenmcier, Jana Mis- as she is benched for the game. After sp-hler, Ruth Hart; Back roio: Terri DiCamillo, raining her ankle, her involvement is con-Charlotte Collat, Men Cunningham. strictcd to watching the squad perform. Notices sent to local intermediate schools in the spring urged eighth graders who lived in the Marshall district to try out for the Freshmen Cheering squad. Eight girls were selected from the girls who showed up to try out. Practicing from the beginning of the summer, the girls learned to work together as a squad. They attended cheerleading camp, and by fall were ready to raise spirit among the Freshmen and among the crowds at games and pep rallies. Invited by the Varsity squad, the Freshmen and JV Cheerleaders were privileged to perform at the Homecoming game. They practiced often for the event. This was the first time the three squads had ever performed in conjunction. The all-Sophomore JV Cheerleaders were close, although disagreements occurred occasionally. Besides the regular cheerleading duties, the girls got together for a swimming party after painting megaphones and for a Christmas party. Both the Freshmen and JV Cheerleaders enjoyed privileges they hadn't been granted in previous years. Privileges were dealt more evenly between the three cheering squads, with the Varsity squad no longer having the advantage of being the elite group they once were. The novice squads were given the freedom to share the cheerleading room with the older girls. The Freshmen and JV squads were also allowed to perform cheers that were once exclusively used by the Varsity girls. Vocal power charges teams -W- 170 Freshmen — JV Cheerleaders

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Performing one of the crowd's favorite cheers. Tensely watching a foul shot attempt, Debbie On the sidelines, cheerleaders encourage the the Varsity squad makes a total effort to Buhl, Anita McCarroll, and Lynn Mitchell wait basketball team to jump higher. arouse rowdiness and spirit with Oh, Yeah. to see if the point is good. Varsity Cheerleaders - Front row: Anita McCar- Mitchell, Liz Moore, Lynn Smith; Back row: Arching her back. Senior Nancy Robinson cxe- roll, Nancy Robinson, Debbie Buhl, Gail Leslie Ringle, Jan Smith. cutes an exuberant V jump. Perry; Second row: Lorraine Naquin, Lynn 172 Varsity Cheerleaders