Junction High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Junction, TX)

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Being recognized as captains for the Varsi- ty Football team, Oscar Abilez, 10, and Eddie Heath, 44, wait to return to their seats during the Menard pep rally. Watching the cheerleaders perform, Don- na Ramos and Laura Halbrooks stand with the pep squad to build spirit for the team. Getting fired up, Jess Porter, Canon |ones, Carr Thomson, and Heath Helton build pyramids at the pep rally to build spirit. Sponsored by THE AUBREY FIFES 1519 Main Street, (unction, Texas. 446-2522 SPIRIT Waiting to return to the field, Charlie Gipson yells to encourage his teammates against Menard. Building the school spirit, the cheerleaders hold the spirit sign: FLUSH THE OWLS, for the football team to run through at halftime of the Big Lake game.

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Grimacing at the outcome of a play, Jesus Sala ar watches intently from the sideline. Knowing Jt was a hot, sticky September day as the football team lined up on the seven yard line. The quarterback gave the signal and was snapped the ball. There was an insistant yelling from the crowd; everyone chanted in unison GO, BLACK, GO. The quarterback spotted an open receiver and fired the ball to him. The crowd went wild, as the Eagles scored their first touchdown of the season. Two boys poured over their open books that surrounded them. One found an important fact; they congratulated themselves, wrote it down and continued their research on a debate topic. Their dream was to be the best cross-examination debate team in the district. Spirit is hard to define, said senior Mar- shall Heap, but even the elementary kids know what it is. The hush in the crowd before a free throw was shot, the tears of joy as the Eagle football team advanced to Bi-district play, the admiration the students participating in U.I.L. Literary received after winning the district meeting, are all different situations yet they are all the same because they were built and supported by spirit, said Susan Henry. Whatever the occasion, spirit shined through to guide the student body. From hot August two-a-days to endless work in the classroom to graduation, the students singlemindedly pur- sued spirit never knowing what form it would appear in next. The teachers may have had to remind stray- ing athletes of the duties in the classroom, and the coaches may have had to remind straying athletes of their duties on the playing field. But both athletes and students did their best t ecause they knew how important spirit was in every field. Spirit was a major factor for the school year and the students promoted spirit with all their hearts. Spirit was a hard word to define but anyone who pulled up at Hill Country Stadium around 8:00 on a Friday night could hear spirit, see spirit, and even feel spirit. A faint breeze stirred the trees as the famous yell of GO, BLACK, GO, filtered through the night. Giving a spirit raising speech. Coach Hubby holds the attention of the football players. Ranee Roberts, lohnston Holekamp (30), Junior Sanchez (24), Mar- shall Heap (22), Billy Bob Castleberry (20), Alan Brawley, David Rojas (1b), Sammy Condarco, Sammy Valverde (75) and Charles Tomlinson, during the Menard Pep Rally. 28 SPIRIT

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Working on last minute details for the prom Alan Brawley and |erry Stewart get the decorations ready to be displayed in the lunction Youth Center where the prom will be held. lunior sponsor. Coach Thomas Hanson goes over last minute details with Courtney Caudle. 'Mart m emorieS hen the night of the Junior Senior prom came to an end, it meant the ending of another year. For the seniors it meant a new beginning and for the juniors it was the excitement of next year's prom as seniors. But behind all of the glamour, there were a lot of memories and hard work that made the 1987 prom what it was. The junior class spent hours deciding on the theme. They final- ly came up with the appropriate ti- tle Shot Through The Heart. They believed that it best describ- ed them and they thought it was a catchy theme that everyone would remember. They chose blue and silver as their colors and worked long afternoons decorating. The decorations were carefully chosen to match the theme. There were silver hearts hanging from the ceilings, blue heart balloons as table decorations and a blue ac- cented light shining over a sign that read Shot Thru The Heart. All the decorations blended together perfectly and the feeling of being shot through the heart fill- ed the Youth Center. As the students arrived at the Youth Center, where the prom was held, there were permanent smiles on their faces. They laughed and reminisced while waiting in line to have their pictures taken by Mrs. Pat Davis, a teacher in the Junction Middle School. The students, along with their sponsors, Mrs. )an Ethridge, Mr. Thomas Hanson, Mr. Gene Monroe, Mr. Jim Crenshaw, Mrs. Emily Bierschwale and high school secretary Ms. Riki Dick decided on having a Disc Jockey play music because of the variety of music everyone could dance to. I really enjoyed the music at the prom because I like to dance to all dif- ferent types of music, said Melissa Evans. The refreshments at the prom consisted of chips, dips, sand- wiches and cold drinks. There was plenty of food to go around with the extra help of the junior class mothers. When the disc jockey stopped playing at 12:00 the students were still energetic and full of life and all agreed Prom Night was the best ever. 30 PROM