Shawsville High School - Shawnee Yearbook (Shawsville, VA)

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SHAWNEE CHEERLEADERS SEND S.H.S. we gave you all the best cheers of our life, That's the way that our cheerleaders this year feel. They All the long and lonely bus rides, know what it is like to be busy all the time. Il'they're not cheer- Just to be there by your side. ing their Shawnee guys on, they're cheering for the girls' teams. They even rode in the Christiansburg United Fund Though we did not always win it, parade this year. Cheerleading isn't all fun and games even We sure put up a fight, though our girls always have great big smiles. Cause we've got that Shawnee spirit, Yea for that ole blue, orange, and white. 'il l 3 'J THR Left to right: J.V. Co-captain - Debbie Roberts, Captain 5 Another well-organized skit, Margaret Foster, Varsity Captain - Mary Smith, Co-captain - Belinda Kell. l Varsity squad, left to right: Nancy Tinnel, Becky Basham, Connie Richardson, Belinda Kell, Linda Basham, Teresa Yates, and Mary Smith. 38

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A WINNING TEAM!!! Thi nv' W 18.00- L-R, Jody Conner, Sue Tinnel, Mrs. Griffin, Teresa Walters, Butch Taylor, Stanley Armstrong, Nancy Tinnel. ddldas Winners in District Competition, L-R, Nancy Tinnel, Jody Conner, Teresa Walters, Butch Taylor. Forensic competition is held annually in accordance with Virginia High School League rules. Categories open to students in grades 9 to 12 are Boys and Girls Extem- poraneous Speaking, Boys and Girls Original Oratory, Boys and Girls Prose Reading, Boys and Girls Poetry Reading, and Spelling. The purpose of Extemporaneous Speaking is to encourage students to combine clear thinking and interesting presentation. Original Oratory encourages clear arrangement and presentation of a public speech. Prose and Poetry Reading attempts to in- still appreciation of the printed page and oral com- munication of meaning to others. The Spelling contest hopes to bring awareness of good spelling. A WORD FROM COACH GRIFFIN: Shawsville High School was the site for the District Forensic Meet on February ll, 1977. Four schools in the Mt. Empire District participated. Shawsville High School Forensic team members included Jody Conner in Boys' Poetry Reading, Teresa Walters in Girls' Poetry Reading, Stanley Armstrong in Boys' Prose Reading, Nancy Tin- nel in Girls' Prose Reading, Sue Tinnel in Girls' Extem- poraneous Speaking and Butch Taylor in Spelling. All SHS contestants made first, second or third placeg our three first place winners and one second place winner competed in the Regional Meet at Buffalo Gap High School. After a successful Forensic season, the team has put away poems, prose selections and spelling lists. Their next project is to help organize an eighth grade Forensic team, at Shawsville Middle School. Then . . . we'll start preparing for and looking forward to next year's com- petition. We are confident of success, again, next year. 37

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UP SPIRITED SMOKE SIGNALS This year our Shawnee cheerleaders took a week of their summer to attend a rigorous cheerleading clinic. The Junior Varsity attended camp at Randolph Macon College in Lynchburg and the Varsity at Lynchburg College. It was up at 6:00, yelling, jumping and smiling all day, and then to bed fsupposedlyj for some much needed rest. Usually nights at camp were spent meeting other cheerleaders from different schools, eating Doritos, and waiting to use the phone. Back at home once again, our cheerleaders racked their brains trying to remember what they learned at camp. During school, practice for cheerleaders is at least once a week, and it seems like there is always a game or something to take up the rest of their time. Our cheerleaders work very hard, but all their efforts are for the school, and it is all worth it. Hnwma Front: Debbie Roberts. Second row, left to right: Karen Francis, Tammy Wolfe, Carol Claxton. On top, left to right: Margaret Foster, Shelia Lilly, Sharon Walters. Gimme that list of line-ups. 39