Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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ainting signs, making keychains, selling doughnuts, and just being Gold Blooded took much time, energy, and dedication from our cheerleaders. It's not what cheerleading does tor you but what you do for cheerleading, explained head cheerleader Becky Novak, the only second year cheerleader. Practice for these four junior and tour senior girls started last year the week after the spring elections and continued daily summer and tall. They attended SMU summer camp and brought back two excellent and two superior ribbons. They won the spirit stick the tirst night there. The cheerleaders felt that the school unity and spirit was not very good this year. They blamed it on us when there was no school spiritg yet we tried new things and new aspects and still no response, said junior cheerleader Lisa King. One thing they tried was a reusable canvas crash sign that cost 3100. They sold candles and doughnuts and had a garage sale to raise funds for the year. The Killeen game was the most spirited this year, For an out of town game, it was great. With a season record of 3-1-5, the cheerleaders had their ups and downs along with the players. Some games it seemed the fans yelled louder for halftime performances than for the game itself. The cheerleaders learned to keep the spirit up by working together. Working to keep the freshman spirit up were Janet Turner, Melissa Aleman, Kerrie Kraft, Sharon Blincoe, Terri Petru, Marianna Hamilton, Louria Daniels, and Allayne Taylor. At some games, they outnumbered the fans. And they sounded like a whole crowd cheering the football team to a second place finish and basketball to an undefeated first. 1 Seated ll-rj: Kelley King, Carolyn Arnold, Standing: Gretchen Lingo, Julie Vanak, Lois Bettcher, Stella Villanueva, Becky Novak, Lisa King. 2 First row fl-rj: Sharon Blincoe. Second row: Kerrie Kraft, Janet Turner, Marianna Hamilton, Third row: Lauria Daniels, Teri Petru, Melissa Aleman. 3 Senior Julie Vanak, iunior Carolyn Arnold, senior Becky Novak show the spirit that was dis- played throughout the year. Win or lose, the spirit still withstood! 4 Janet Turner, Allayne Taylor, Louria Daniels supported their team although spirit and tans were sometimes lacking. These are the last group of freshman cheerleaders to be seen at Lanier. 5 Carolyn Arnold, Kelley King, Becky Novak, Julie Vanak, Gretchen Lingo, Sherry Bellinger look on as Lois Bettcher comes out of the spirit chest with the spirit stick. 6 Kelley King leads the fans in one of the many cheers at a football game. lt took a lot of stamina to keep smiling after three hours of loud cheer- ing. cheerleaders 1 71

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Energy and Exercise ..... Varsity Football ,......,.. JV and Freshman Football, . Volleyball ............. Girls Basketball ........,. Boys Varsity Basketball ..., JV and Freshman Basketball Girls Tennis ....,....... Boys Tennis ............ Girls Track .... Boys Track .,., Baseball ............... Wrestling ...,.......... Swimming and Gymnastics . Soccer and Golf ,........ Scoreboard ,............ Action . ' 174 180 184 186 188 190 194 196 198 200 204 206 209 210 212 214 We learned through action. Full of energy, we jogged, svvam laps, did push- ups, rode bikes, played tennis, and bowled, developing skills. ln competition, the com- plex strategy, the fierce effort and the expe- rience ot winning and losing gave us the spirit vve needed to go up against the best, and come out on top. act on 173