Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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The Poms strut their stuff. The lastest in the Varsity cheer- leading squad at GMHS-Male Cheerleading. The few schools in the area fortu- nate enough to have male cheer- leaders, it has been more than thirty years since male cheerleading has been common in this area so it seems like a new idea. When one of the guys first brought up the idea, everyone thought it was a joke. When it was taken seriously, more than twenty guys came to try out. Everyone believes the most de- serving guys succeeded. The six lucky gentlemen turned out to be Andy Kerr, Joe Bradley, Jed Erfurdt, Rob Olemski, and Scott Peckikonis. So, now, it's once again been proved that cheerleading is not just a girls sport! Top: Joey Bradley and Rob Olenski. Bottom: Andy Kerr and Jed Erfurdt, Not pictured: Steve Kyle and Scott Peckikonis. Beth Hollop and friends take pep assembly crowd into a cheer. sitrrkix 33 Dehnda Chapa Ive been a cheerleader since I was a freshman Dehnda Chapa will tell you I love this year's Junior varsity squad because we have so much talent and a lot of the girls can do gymnastics, which istgreat! but De- linda also says, We have to suit up all the time which is a real pain but it was still greatf' W vw M... Spirit - 89

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llll 5 .4 jfs' I 9 . AW M., ,l I tl , 5 3 Z at e Superiority L if A R Sixteen Sophomore girls made up this year's Sophomore fJ.VJ cheerleading squad. Like the Varsity squad, the Sopho- more sponsor was Linda Burton. Tryouts were held at the end of the '84- '85 school year, last year. Only freshman were allowed to try out. The girls were judged in several areas. They were judged on smile, personality, appearance, gymnastics, jumps, the re- quired cheer, and individual cheers. The most important factor in judging, howev- er, was the teacher evaluation. The girls were all required to have at least a 2.5 GPA in order to try out. The cheerleading camp was held at CSU in Fort Collins. The first two nights of Camp, the Sophomore Cheerleaders took the excellence awards fred ribbonsl The next two nights, however, they proved to be even stronger in competition and cheered away with the superior awards fblue ribbonsj. On top of all their earned victories at state, the Sophomore Cheer- , leaders were nominated for finals. The Sophomores had four captains this year. Delinda Chapa was captain for both state and basketball. Monique Knott was co-captain at state competition. Leslie Patrick was captain for football and Beth Hollop was captain for wrestling. t The Sophomore Cheerleading squad did more than their share of giving football cheerleading squad marched in this year's Homecoming Parade and all squads per- Andy Kerr It looked different, it looked fun Andy Kerr wanted to be a part of it. talking about male cheerleading in you're wondering. I think it's a great ex- perience for any guy! He says, I feel that formed at Pei? rallies- The S0Pl19m0feS also this position can teach a guy real responsi- I participated in state competition and- re- bint ss ceived one of the only two superior y' , b ' awards which were awarded to two squads Andy says hlS faV0l'ltC Stlilnt IS UIC batik . this year GM students can definately look forward to an awesome varsity squad next year If these girls have anything to say about lt' axle. He and his partner were the first to try it on the team. se Andrea Schroeder, Katie Burrell, Kristi Lucas, Jill Stevens, Tracey Clark, Liz Mendez, Laura Scott, Laura Bender, Debbie Davis, Deb Major, Heather Collard, Amy Daniels, Kellie Hemminger, Kelly Pagliasotti, Linda Hinkle, Janel Rohe, Debbie Brand, Scott Peckikonis, Andy Kerr, Jedd Erfurdt, Joey Bradley, Rob Olenski, Steve Kyle. Laura Bender claps along. 88 - Sprit

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S0 Many Games lf you thought you had noticed a few changes in this year's Varsity Cheerleading Squad, you were right. Sev- eral changes took place which gave the Varsity Cheer- leaders a more refined and college-like look. One dramatic change in the squad this year was the use of male cheerleaders. For the first time in GMHS history, the guys got their chance to stmt their stuff' and show their spirit in front of' the Ram Fans. The guys were: Scott Pecikonis, Jedd Erfurdt, Joey Bradley, Ron Olemski, Steve Kyle and Andy Kerr. It was a hard road at first for the guys trying to learn the moves and the style. However, with each practice, the guys improved and proved to be not only a great asset to the squad, but a unique asset as well. This year's sponsor was Linda Burton. She was respon- sable for organizing the Varsity uad and hel ing them gain the recognition they deservid this year. Cpheerlead- ing Camp was held at CSU in Fort Collins this past year. The varsity squad not only won the spirit stick for most enthusiasm, but they also made it to the finals. Liz Mendez, Janel Rohe, and Kristi Lucas were this year's captains. Linda Hinkle was captain at state where Varsi- ty won the 1986 excellence award. fcomparable to 2nd I .L .... :egg -- placel The Varsity Cheerleading Squad was made up of Scott Pecikonis, Jedd Erfurdt, Joey Bradley, Rob Olenski, Steve Kyle, Andy Kerr, Andrea Schroeder, Katie Bur- rell, Kristi Lucas, Jill Stevens, Tracey Clark, Liz Men- dez, Laura Scott, Laura Bender, Debbie Davis, Debbie Major, Heather Collard, Amy Daniels, Kellie Hem- minger, Kellie Pagliasotti, Linda Hinkle, Janel Rohe, and Debbie Brand. Tryouts took a total of six days. Four of these six days were spent at Cheerleading Clinic. The first day of the actual tryouts, they were judged on stunts, jumps, and gymnastics. The second day they were judged on how they performed the group cheer, individ- ual cheers, and 8-counts. As you will agree, the changes made in the Varsity Cheerleading squad proved to be a definite change for the better. It was fun to see the guys and the dolls work together to make this a memorable year not only for the athletes who were being cheered-on, but also for the spectators who attended the athletic events and pep- assemblies. Leave it to the Rams to come up with ideas to benefit everyone! li M., s , r Marching Poms. Mclver. I 4 ex g 1 Linda Hinkle Linda Hinkle has been ,a cheerleader at GMHS for four years. Shefsays that she really enjoys being a cheerleader and doesn't mind all of the long hard practice. It really pays off, is her comment to- ward practice. She loves her squad. I have a special relationship with my squad, they're great!! There is one thing that Linda doesrft like about being a cheer- leader. I hate it when we don't get any crowd support, it just gets me down. - Row l-Leslie Patrick Andrea Powelson, Denise Lomax, Sandra Rontti. Row 2-Monique Knott, Amy Schonbok. Row 3-Delinda Chapa, Mindy Peterman, Maureen Lynch. Row 4-Gina Sersante, Shannon 90 - Spirit