North Mesquite High School - Trailblazer Yearbook (Mesquite, TX)

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uite Week by dressing in 50’s Seniors came together to sing the alma mater for the last time. The Speech Club had an outstanding door, proving that justice would be served, What effect did Mesquite Week have on the Mes- quite game? More students get involved and come to this game when, more than likely, they haven’t been to another game all season. — Pam Hiller It gets everyone ready for the game. — Kristy Sumner It is excellent motivation for students who do not participate in or attend interscholastic sporting events. — Craig S. Murphy Gets everybody excited about their school and everybody has fun. -— Lisa St. John Student Life 13

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Continues The Tradition Of The Rivalry “Mesquite Week renews the big rival, and it is filled with a lot of spirit,” is Larry Whitworth’s interpretation of what Mesquite Week means to North Mesquite. Every year the rivalry be- tween Mesquite and North Mesquite continues. The matter not only involves who wins the game, but also which schoo) has the most spirit. North Mesquite was the winner in all areas in 1985. There wasn’t any need to look at the scoreboard the night of the Mesquite vs. North Mesquite game because, judging by Mes- guite Week, North Mesquite was the clear winner. Fans made Mesquite Week the highlight of the football season by showing spirit every day of the week. The cheerleaders held their yearly contest to see which homeroom could show the most spirit, by ask- ing fourth period classes to decorate their doors. The en- tries were judged by faculty members and the winner was announced that Friday Ken Craft came to school as a Raid can proving that Stallions could kill Skeeters dead. 12 Mesquite Week at the Mesquite pep rally. The decoration winner for 1985 was Ms. Cathy Bradley’s fourth period Art II class. Not wanting to believe that the last pep rally of the season had finally arrived, seniors gathered in front of Spirit to sing the school alma mater for the last time. “Mesquite Week makes our students closer and we really have a lot of spirit,” says Luann Mullis, who is one of many who thought that Mesquite Week had this effect on North Mesquite. After the loss to Highland Park and the situation being as it was with limited pep rallies, there seems to be less spirit and morale was low. “Mesquite Week wasn’t as spirited this year because of all the pressures House Bill 72 has put on all students,” stated Ladonna Patterson. Yet Stallions pulled through with the spirit greatly displayed during Mesquite Week, and made it the most spirited week of the season. Pacesetters danced away to Laurie Bender and Shannon Jailhouse Rock. Beck cheered players on to the bleachers.

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Jason Wright “thrills” Chris Hamilton, accompanied by the Varsity cheerleaders, at the Wilmer-Hutchins pep rally. Through Early Mornings And Hot Afternoons, The Pep Rallies Were The Spirit Behind The pep rallies for the 1984 football season were noticeably different from those in the past. For one, they were only twenty minutes long, whereas in previous years they were at least a half an hour. Also, as a result of House Bill 72, only four were allowed during school. They were for the Samuell, Berkner, Highland Park, and Mesquite games. The remaining ones were held in the morning in the gym, and one was even held outside by the fieldhouse at 5 pm the Thursday before the W. T. White game. Concer- ning the outdoor pep rally, Mrs. Muhl, cheerleader spon- sor, claimed, “With a better speaker system, it would have worked.” The morning pep rallies were something entirely dif- ferent. There were mixed feel- ings about them by the student body, the most com- mon one being that many The fight SONG is sounded loud and clear with help from French horn players Kerrylea Etter, Courtney Deal, Kathy Norfleet, and Kara McClendon. 14 Pep Rallies students do not get to school before 8:00 because of buses or late rides. The fact that no one could get fired up that early in the morning also played a major part in the ef- fectiveness of the rallies. Dar- “Spirit at pep rallies is just as important the as spirit at games” — Mike Collins rel Evens, Stallion Battalion member put it, “In the morn- ings everyone is still tired and can’t get into the groove of tenes a which makes it hard to get the spirit going so early in the morning.” Being involved in every pep rally, varsity cheerleader Christi Hart said, ““We could have made them a lot better with better participation and attendance from the student body.” Everyone seems to agree that pep rallies are an impor- tant factor in promoting school spirit, and that they also show the football team It All how much support they have from their loyal Stallion fans. Then why the change? The State Legislature said that the pep rallies take too much time out of the school day, sinc e classes have to be shortened by ten minutes to provide time for the rallies. Not all of the aspects of the new pep rally procedures were negative, however. The pep rally held outdoors pro- vided plenty of space for everyone, instead of being crowded together in the hot gym. The Pacesetters per- formed eight routines accom- — panied by the Big Blue Band. A group of over-zealous boys was even reprimanded after one rally for having too much spirit. And although atten- dance was low at the pep rallies, attendance at the games was at an all time high, with fans supporting th e team through heat, cold, driving winds, and pouring rain.