Hector High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Hector, AR)

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Grades Make A Difference Eligibility Requirements Standards, standards, and more standards! When Gov- ernor Clinton had the bright idea to change the way pub- lic school system operates, it also changed the outlook that people have toward sports and thier future. No longer can anyone play a sporting event and let their grades suffer. Everyone loves to partici- pate in sports. (Well, most everyone anyway). Before one can be envelped in their given sport, and athlete must meet some special re- quirements. Consider grades, for example, to play basketball, football, base- ball, and even cheerleading, a student must pass four sol- id subjects to be eligible. Yes, that is right, the age of the “dumb jock” as stereo- typed by many people has gone by the way side. “No more clowning around, and back the basic needs of the students,” re- marked cheerleader Angie Riley. This puts more pres- sure on us to perform aca- demically and to attend school more often, which for some of the athletes was a seldom occurance this year.” yr} it Spon» by Michclk Patton HOMF.COMING TRADIT! Cheerleaders anxiously a»aii football players to run throug

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The Fundamentals Of It All Sports Preventative Medicine Streeeeeeeeeeeeeeecetch! Again. Strcceeeeeeeeeeeee- tch! Again and again, these words can be heard throughout the confines of the Hector Athletic Depart- ment. Why? Why waste time on needless stretching exercises that take most the practice time away when the team needs to be working on fundamentals and plays in their selected sport. Because stretching IS a fundamenti of sports. Injuries plague most ath- letes thorughout their ca- reer at one time or another. The most common injuries are pulled ligments in the knee or ankle. Some more serious injuries that may oc- cur are separated shoulder, broken collar bones, and broken arms and legs. This year a concussion was even added to the list of injuries of Hector Athletes. What seems to be the so- lution to many of these in- juries? Preventative sports medicine. That’s right a good program of stretching exercises before sports and a good program of cool down exercises after the sports have been played. One may ask why? Because these ex- ercises help the body and its system of muscle get use to the activity that will be re- quired from them later. With a good program, injur- ies will decline. glory by Trtslu H»miHow

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' 4 UP AND A WAV’ Cheerleaders take a break from the rigourour routine of practice. I GOTTA GET THAT BALL! Senior Lori Burch defends her po- sition from an oncoming opponent. A T - Junior High Cheerleaders include: Shelly Freeman. Joey Fox. Amy Riley. Jennifer Bynum, Angie Lawrence. Trisha Coffman. Senior High Cheerleaders include Angie Riley. Edna Melton. Tammy Derryberry. and Tracy Walker. Story b James For ter