Glass High School - Crest Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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Finding class schedules does not amuse guidance director Ray Stokes. Bonfire’s ri Shield’s en g catches Carolyn sm. Opening Days 11

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The Start Of A New The ’79-’80 school year started off right with a football kick-off assem- bly. Dr. Crockett introduced the coaches who, in turn, introduced the team’s tri-captains. Next Miss Stauder announced the new cheer- leading squad. The crowd was aroused with a few traditional cheers, and then the coaches proud- ly presented the ‘79.'80 football team. The tri-captains for Coach Bo Hen- son’s team are Mike Mumper, Steve Thornhill, and Ralph Marshall. Along with the new captains, the offen- sive and defensive players were announced - the front line this year is nicknamed the “Dog Defense” by Dennis Peters. The band closed the assembly with the E.C. Glass fight song and the theme song Rocky - an appropriate song for a team fighting its way to the top. The Fearsome Seven! The new coaches for the varsity team are Tucker, Peters, Raddick, Loury, Lindsay, Maybery, and DiCarlo. 40 Football Kickoff Assembly Standing Proud and Tall are the new tri- captains for the football team, Steve Thornhill, Graham Marshall, and Mike Mumper. Don't be Nervous! Coach Tucker hands the microphone to Graham Marshall for a few words about this year's football team. Arousing Enthusiasm for the Big Game are cheer- leaders Patty Petry and Shelley Harvey.

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BONFIRES SET Xo) 5 (010) 9 SPIRIT. IN OAVA: Instead of having pep rallies in the gym during lunch, the Cheerleaders re- vived an old tradition, absent in the past ten years, by holding bonfire ral- Iles on the Thursday nights prior to foot- ball games with rivals George Wash- Ington and Heritage. On September 27, several hundred students gathered to hear the band play their award- winning halftime show just before the lighting of the bonfire. As the coaches diligently tried to light the fire, the band and the cheerleaders tried to get the students psyched for the clash with the Danville Eagles. Varsity football players added to the excitement by leading the fans through rowdy cheers. Although the coaches really couldn't get that fire lighted until late in the evening, the majority of the team and - cheerleaders showed their enthusiasm by joining hands and doing a war dance around the fire. The cheerleaders again rallied the school at a second bonfire on October 44, prior to the Jug Bowl Classic game with cross-town rival Heritage. Some- how, there seemed to be even’ more anticipation and excitement filling the alr than at the first bonfire. Happily, the coaches got the fire started right away, into which cheerleader Jackie Ginitino threw her crutches. To high- light the evening. the varsity players threw a Pioneer dummy into the fire and exuberant onlookers cheered joy- ously as the manikin was engulfed in flames. ° The students who attended the bon- fires really believed that school spirit was set ablaze. Winner of the James Bond look-alike contest, Newly-recruited cheerleader junior Jay Cesafsky junior Kenny Boyd investigates the school gets the crowd psyched for the football game spirit at the second bonfire. against the Pioneers. 42 Bonfires