Northside High School - Aquila Yearbook (Warner Robins, GA)

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Some of the Senior football players show off their trophies Rodney Davis and Brian Givens sit back and enjoy the speech given by Coach Gann. A very proud Joey Rigsby shows off his Civitan Christian Athletic Award. 189

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The annual Football Banquet is an occa- sion so that the marvelous performers of the previous football season may be recognized. The banquet was a time for looking back at what our wonderful football team accom- plished. With the help of the cheerleaders, Booster Club members, coaches, and, of course, the parents, our Northside Eagles cap- tured the City Championship and placed 2nd in the region. The football players with their outstanding abilities who helped capture these titles were the main award winners. To receive one of the many awards was a great honor, but those players who did not receive a special award are special in other ways. Coach Gann tried to make all his Seniors feel special by saying a few words about each one. As Coach Gann spoke of his Seniors, many memories and great times were laughed about while the sadness of the stu- dents last football season finally came to an end. AWARD WINNERS J. C. Leadership Award — Ricky McKenzie Civitan Christian Athletic Award — Joey Rigsby WRBN Mr. Consistency Award — Thomas Brown Cox Cable Tim Taylor Memorial Award — Don Hudson Soph. Scholar Athlete — Heath Martin Jr. Scholar Athlete — Eddie Oliver Sr. Scholar Athletes — Troy Bassett, Roland Thorpe Gold Helmet Award — Mark Ivory Most Outstanding Defensive Back — Tony Head Most Outstanding Linemen — Aaron Moore, James Wonnum Most Outstanding Offensive Backs — Dexter Copeland, Richard Hall Most Outstanding Lineman — Rodney Davis Spirit of the “‘D’’ — Peter McKenzie Spirit of the ‘‘O’’ — Mark Ivory Hustler Award — Jay Helwig Most Improved — Brian Hill, Ira Hudgens Outstanding Future Eagles — Melvin How- ard, Willie Collier, Ben McKenzie A very happy Brian Hill receives the award for Most Improved Aaron Moore gives his usual goofy grin Getting embarrassed while Coach Gann tells a story is Troy Bassett

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Yes! The tradition is back, a winning tradi tion that is. For the past two years, the varsity cheerleaders have fallen short of being first place winners at their annual summer camp, but the summer of 1987 brought back the winning tradition. Not only did the varsity squad win the First Place award, but they also received awards for spirit, jumps, stunts and cheer execution. The girls also won the 110% award for giving their all. The varsity squad entered an additional pyramid and chant com- petition and won first place in both events. The first place prize and additional prizes came as a surprise to everyone. The surprise came, not from the lack of talent, but lack of experience. The varsity squad consisted of ten juniors and only two seniors. “‘Our juniors did a good job. We're very proud of them. We just hope they can keep up the reestablished winning tradition. ’ says the captain, Dee Dee Durden and the co-captain, Kellie Yaughn. This year, like years past, the cheerleaders attended the annual summer camp at Georgia Southern College. From June 21, 1987 until June 24, the girls were busy with cheerlead:- ing, cheerleading and more cheerleading! A typical day started around 7:00 a.m. and end- ed around 9:30 p.m. with constant cheering in between. When the school year started, the varsity cheerleaders started to get busy once again. The varsity squad was constantly keeping the spirit level high here at Northside. Making special signs for the football team and stick- ing with the basketball teams through their very busy schedule was only the beginning. The captain and co-captain for this year's varsity squad are Dee Dee Durden and Kellie Yaughn Kelli Hilliard smiles as she waits patiently for the band to play The varsity cheerleaders get ready to load themselves on the firetruck for the Homecoming parade