North Garland High School - Marauder Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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SENIOR Michelle Ransom leads the cheer Fired Up and Ready during WS'V9 Got Spirit Determined to promote school spirit, the cheerleaders spent approximately twenty hours a week perfecting cheers, creating comical skits, and organizing pep rallies. Cheri Bond stated, The hardest thing about being a cheerleader was finding the time to do all the things that needed to be done. The squad decorated the halls each Wednesday, so that on Thursdays students were greeted by colorful decorations of red and black. Each cheerleader was required to paint thirty-five spirit signs a week. Lori Freeman commented, We do each cheer over and over until we reach perfection. lt's hard work but when you cheer in front of all those people at the pep rallies and games, it is worth it! The four senior and four junior cheerleaders traveled to the University of Tulsa, June 30-July 3, for the National Cheerleader Association Camp. Outstanding in every event of competition, they won spirit sticks, won spirit ribbons, and were awarded the spirit megaphone. Toward final days of camp, the vibrant force was voted to receive the top award, the Award of Excellence. Senior captain Rhonda McDowell was named All-American Cheerleader. Involving themselves in voluntary community activities was another Rhonda McDowell Student Life function of the squad. They organized a pep rally for the retarded children of the CTC Learning Center. A newly formed soccer team, nicknamed the Bulldogs, made up of the children of the center, was the reason for the pep rally. After being asked to participate in the opening kickoff for the Montgomery Ward National Convention held on June 10, the girls created a fashion show complete with cheers. ln order to attend camps and buy cheerleading supplies, candles were sold as a fund-raising project. The sidelines were also occupied by Sam's Posse. As the official bellguards, the four members of the Posse assisted the cheerleaders in gymnastics stunts and cheers. lt wouldn't have been the same at the games without the mascot, Yosemite Sam. The mascot has been in existence since 1974. Each candidate turned in a paper entitled, Why I Want to be Yosemite Sam. The best was chosen and it belonged to Susan Odum. Susan's responsibility as Sam, besides cheering, includes decorating the halls and setting up pep rallies. Being a cheerleader makes you appreciate the school, said Cheri Bond. BEFORE DOING THEIR CHEER Michelle Ransom, Paige Pollard, Blake Crane, and Cathy Brown take a final deep breath. ...M ,, K y . 1 if 1 M, U. W . X, 3 TL. e'er' in . , if Myer ,pt Ut X if . 5 tm I.. i 4 , gpg., I A K .4 swath vi - NM +'.nll'5f'f 't ' M. V-wa. 4 -.- aa v 'ix '1. . vwmafr' Cheri Bond Paige Pollard Michelle Ransom

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WITH SPIRIT and friendship the STROLLING IN ALONG with the rest Alma Mater sign in the boy s gym of the Varsity football team, Greg was donated by the graduated class Plum checks out the cheerleaders. of 1980. ors llzl1'AuDr Sun ul H-wwf' or MZSDQM Auglrnusru m ee. I-I TI-IINGSYOU wwe t If 'r ua, unit. DAQECOFOUR l H111 TPEMANBT 'gf WGLLQD WITI-I mn ,,s3,q DR OUR ALMA MAT8R.9f..v 95 .-I-my -'n-rsr- V , Q? STUDENTS AWAIT the events of ' the first outdoor pep rally on the North Garland field. INDECISIVELY Lori Freeman and Nick La Barbera try to choose a winner for a spirit stick Pep Rallies

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AT THE FIRST OUTSIDE pep rally, varsity cheerleaders gather around Yosemite Sam, as the Alma Mater is sung. AS YOSEMITE SAM, Susan Odum is the main focus during the singing of the Alma Mater. IQYCIV ' Qt X . Y, , s 'i K ',,,q'r-fhfqffviffngmadfzew' . W 6 Q , ,. V M 'Q-'ii- TA TQY. ' . 'A A V' 'Ira-2ii'l'Nl.,' '?,4 sa -Q inf, -QQ is . n, . i , 1, -fv-L 5 .A -smut ' 'Riff .vfQhi'l-2-kg. 6 5 .' ' 'a SAM'S POSSE loads the pick-up that will carry them in the Labor Day Parade. Blake Crane Lori Freeman Misti Hill Cathy Brown Varsity Cheerleaders