Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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Before a pep rally, Co-captains Melinda White and Janice Kossbiel are seen buried in their pom pons. V7 x n,g?W i wil? , One of the most time-consuming tasks of cheerleading was painting buster posters. Junior cheerleader Christy Robinson helps out with one of these posters. Cheerleaders: Back row: Christy Robin- son, Jennifer Shertz, Julie Jolly, Anita Ed- monds, Quay Townsend, Second row: Kim Williamson, Janice Kossbiel, Kisa Kearney, Cheryl Brown. Front to Back Front row: Becky Kildow, Melinda White, Laura Hatcher, Debbie Wade. ln the cold of November,the attention turns to the Richland game. Janice Kossbiel, two-year member, watches for 54 Cheerleaders the next play. 5 Q n 4 lit' W fl E 6 Q is 4 W It Q Q 5 4 tif 9 5 Q fm! 1 if F 5 5 4 f ln- 4 8 9 Y Q 8 4 , C dk

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Senior cheerleader Laura Hatcher cheers on the J.V. football team during one of their games. Senior member Kim Williamson clowns around in the football coaches' offlce. ? .S 4 . ' is ff Q s .4 ioss All through the year in numerous ways the cheerleaders successfully sparked up the spirit and Brought the crowds alive One of the most hard working and school supportive groups around would have to be the cheerleaders. These twelve girls did more than their share to support the student body and athletic teams. The busiest time of the year was football season. Hours were spent each evening painting spirit posters for the hallways and foyer. Buster posters, the huge signs used to spark the spirit of the football team, re- quired several girls painting for several hours just to complete one. Weekly pep rallies called for hours of planning and prac- ticing. As basketball season arrived, the pace slowed down. There was still practic- ing, but the after-school painting ended. They decorated lockers of the team members to help them fire up for their games. For this hard work, much apprecia- tion was received. Having twelve cheerleaders raised a few doubts about the need for this large number. Sometimes having so many can cause a lit- tle confusionfl Cheryl Brown, a senior mem- ber, commented. She went on to say, Little arguments can start over little stuff just because there are many different opinions - what to wear, what color to paint a poster, and other things like that. But when it comes down to cheering, any less than we have would really stretch us thin. All in all, this group did more than was ex- It's a lot of hard work, but worth it in the end. - Christy Robinson pected of them and received much approval from all groups affected. Cheerleaders 55