Great Valley High School - Musket Yearbook (Malvern, PA)

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Xenia Politis, Carole Thomas, and Sue Davies look on. The girls do a fancy formation. Cindy Stackhouse claps along. The cheerleaders greeted the gridders each week with a giant football. Megan Bailey shows enthusiasm. The famous Valley kickline celebrates another touchdown.

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Spirited Clieerleaders Kick Into Action Janet Burns leads the cheering. The 1916-11 varsity cheerleading squad possessed two particularly attractive assets -- classy new uni- forms and talented personnel to fill them. The twelve member unit received guid- ance from its three sponsors, Mrs. Goodrich, Mrs. Cala- bro, and Mrs. Stewart, while captain Xenia Po litis and CO- captains Carole Tliomas and Janet Burns lent on-the- field leadership. The girls tried out for the squad in the spring of 1976, began practicing in August, and managed to get it all together by the start of the fall sports season. The cheerleaders shouted their support at all varsity football and soccer games in the fall and boys ' basketball and wrestling con- tests through the winter months. Somehow they also found time to practice twice a week, make stacks of post- ers, and generally keep eveiyone high spiritied and R-0-W-D-I-E!! Denise Hulse keeps the beat. 1976-77 CHEERLEADING SQUAD: STANDING: Patty Burton, Cindy Stackhouse, Sue Davies, Denise Hulse, Sharon Mcllwain, Randa Kehr; KNEEUNG: Pam Bycoskie, Ca- role Thomas, Xenia PoUtis, Janet Burns, Gwen Lee, Megan Bailey Sharon Mcllwain smiles pretty. m imi: ' :: m msRM

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Girls ' Basketball Leaps To Championship Great Valley ' s second 1976-77 Ches-Mont League title was earned by a talented group of girls ' basketball players. Sally Dietz ' s Patriots overcame both a lack of experience and an ab- sence of height in compiling a 13-2 regular season record and a 17 -4 overall mark. A twelve game win streak that included several late -season comeback victories boosted the squad to its third circuit crown in four years and an accompanying PIAA tour- nament berth. Division I rival and eventual state champion Nor- ristown was, however, quick to snap the streak with a first round bombardment. The champions were led in their quest by senior tri -captains Lynn Harper, Marie Martino, and Beth Darby. Darby was plagued by injury for most of the season, but Harper and Martino proved a tough backcourt pair. While ballhandler Martino directed the attack, Harper ' s sharp shooting earned her first team All Ches- Mont honors. Junior forward Gwen McKeon led the team in scor- ing, pulled down countless rebounds, and was also named to the first team. Honorable mention went to junior center Chelle Mow- ery for her consistent all around play. Sophomore stand-outs Maureen Finn and Sarah Heilman shared the fifth position and both made key contributions in high pressure situations. This wealth of able underclassmen makes it safe to state that Great Valley will be the team to beat in the Ches-Mont for several years to come! Captain Marie Martino on the tail end of a Great Valley fast break. Sophomore Sarah Heilman, who showed exceptional promise both offensively and defensively. 1976-77 GIRLS ' BASKETBALL TEAM: KNEELING: Sarah Heilman, Beth Darby, Lynn Harper, Marie Martino, Anne Madarasz; STANDING: Manager Lisa Romig, Shari Mar- shall, Chelle Mowery, Gwen McKeon, Maureen Firm, Coach Dietz 134 Girls ' Basketball