Lexington High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Lexington, OK)

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 Kick Ya Legs!” Teresa W. and Terry H. demonstrate the meaning of this phrase (right). Flying high, Brooke B. cheers on the team, (right). The cheerleaders display spirit during the Homecoming Parade (below). All cracked up are Tammy C. and Megan M. as they tiy to get it together at a pep assembly (mid- dle right). Cheerleaders, Tammy C.. Brooke B„ Barbara P., Patsy P., Terry H., Teresa W.. Shellv M.. and Megan M., form a walking pyramid to Here we come a truckin' in! (bottom). What A Job! After attending Shamrock Camp for the 2nd consecutive year, learning a whole new set of cheers, skits, and activities, and return- ing home with 3 superior ratings. 2 excellent ratings, and a special award of excellence, the LHS cheerleaders were filled with all kinds of pep and vigor at the beginning of the vear. Filling the teams and the students with'their spirit and en- thusiasm was their dreaded job. And what a job it was as spirit was scarce among the students of LHS. However, spirit was provided by the cheerleaders when it was most needed. The year was full of little pranks and funny gestures. The spirit box was always a good way to get people (or at least a couple) involved in the festivities. A feeding race with the senior football players inspired the team not to mention cracking us up. The bubble gum blowing contest was a real sticky spirit raiser and, of course, the cheerleaders could always depend on class yells to get everyone with it! The best spirit raiser, however, was the winning attitude and competitive spirit created through the cheerleaders which added to the teams' successes. 20 — Cheerleaders

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Learning to Speak Speech was not just getting up in front of a class of people and reading a speech from cue cards. It involved much more. Emotions and feelings were a big part of speech. For instance, presenting awards, debating on whether or not to get a new school building and showing the difficulty of getting a point across were just a few of the ways the speech class expressed their emotions. Even though these events weren’t all exactly interesting, they did lead to the climax of the year, the speech play, The Mad Breakfast. The cast of the Mad Breakfast” certainly fit the parts they were pick- ed to play (top). ‘TU lend you a good book called ALL FOR LOVE. Renee A. of- fers more than willingly. But Lizzie's (Lisa H.) all but clean mind stops her from accepting the offer (center left). “Good job guys! says Renee A. as everyone forgets their lines .. . AGAIN!! (center right). “Good things we weren’t in that play, huh. Steph! Our Humerous Duet was much better! (above). Speech — 19

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4-12-9-20-17 Waiting in the dressing room, going over and over the routine, making sure everyone had their gloves, pom-pons, or whatever outer necessities they needed, the Bull-ettes pom-pon squad was always in a frantic frenzy just before a performance. One would think these girls were performing in front of the crowd at the NCAA Basketball championship game between Houston and North Carolina. The pom-pon girls had nothing to worry about. The fact that the music could barely be heard above a whisper because of the rowdy crowd at the first home game against Newcastle wasn't their fault. On the other hand, no one will ever forget how Kim T’s 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 counting was disrupted bv a few pranksters 4-12-9-20-17 counting. Well, it worked and she got off count. (Her routine looked like 4-12-9- 20-17 — what an initiation!). Then there was the time when the lights didn't come on and the crowd got to enjoy the start of the routine in the dark. And of course, nobody noticed Debbie F.'s little slip on the pom-pon. The routines weren't always total disasters, but when they were, it wasn't as big a deal to everyone else as it was to the Bull-ettes. It just made their waiting in the dressing room and going over and over the routine even more frantic the next time around. Tammy E. enjoys Shana M.’s view as Debbie F. makes sure no one is watching (top). Kim T. gets ready tor the finish of the Eye of the Tiger’’ routine (middle left). The Lex Bull-ettes perform at the Heart of Oklahoma Tourney in Purcell (left). The Pom-Pon girls. Dawn E.. Pam T.. Kim T.. Shana M.. Cyndi W.. Tammi E.. and Debbie F.. get down — especially Pam T. (above). Before performing, Pam T. apprehensively takes one last glance at the crowd (left). Pom-Pon — 21