Spartanburg High School - Spartana Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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Juniors need all the help they can get in their attempt to win the class compe tition. Junior cheerleader Patrice Linder gives her support. Summerville game captains Lawrence Suber and Vincent Yates invite all Viking fans to the first home game A full stands helps the team play their best First Pep Rally 13 Enthusiasm is a big part of any cheer leading routine The varsity cheer leaders lead the crowd in a Go You Mighty Vikings chant Helping provide background music for the cheerleaders as they join in playing the Viking Fight song are Stuart Moore. John Schlaepfer. and Steve Prewitt.

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Prior to being introduced, members of the '84 Viking football team watch the cheerleaders perform one of their rou tines. Excitement over the first game and a shortened 4th give students Pep rally spirit Blue! Gold! Blue! Gold! This familiar chant of Spartan High School's colors was heard at the pep rallies on the Fridays before a fooiball game. Seniors. Juniors, and Sophomores competed for the rowdiest class to get the pep flowing. Then the screaming of cheers and clapping of hands echoed through the gym and down the halls. Students crowded into the gym during 4th period to get a little bit rowdy and root on our team. With hopes of winning, During class competition at the first pep rally, seniors attempt to keep up the winning tradition by giving the lou dest cheer. the cheerleaders lead the students in cheers of Viking Spirit and Viking Power” while the band played their tunes. Some pep rallies were extra special, like Homecoming when there was a costume judging for best costume. After singing the Alma Mater and cheering on the team, the pep rallies came to a close. The students left with pep in their step to return to the daily routine and back to the books. Adding his musical talents to the playing of the Alma Mater. Tyrone Toland plays the tuba. The band puts in hours of practice to participate in pep rallies. Dance routines are crowd pleasers. Varsity cheerleaders and the band team up for the spirit raising entertainment. 12 First Pep Rally

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Losing the ’82 State Championship made the ’83 season opener a big Summerville rematch The match with last season s state finalists followed an all too familiar pattern. Spartanburg entertained the Green Wave on Friday. September 2, 1983. in a rematch of last year s Division I 4A state finals. Summerville defeated the Vikings 12-0 in the season opener last year and capped the campaign with a 23-13 victory over the Vikings in Columbia. This year Summerville repeated its performance with a 13-10 victory over the Vikings at Snyder Field. Most players felt it was a big rematch and were disappointed at the outcome, though not much different than expected. Spartanburg's head coach Fred Kyzer summed it up when he said the outcome was a “tre mendous disappointment. Said Kyzer. “What is so disap- Doing what they do best, the varsity cheerleaders lead the crowd and band in support of the Vikings Both the of fense and defense provided plays to cheer about pointing about this is that our guys honestly feel we were the better team. But Summerville has outstanding speed and you can't make mistakes against teams with the kind of speed Summerville has. I thought our kids played well, except for a few mistakes. It was a tough opener, and one that was good for both teams. Playing a team like Summerville will show us a lot of our weaknessess. A positive aspect of the game was Brian Boozer's excel lent performance. He rushed for 108 yards on 25 carries. An other positive aspect was the comment by Summerville head coach John McKissick who said. I'm thankful we won. There's no doubt in my mind that Spartanburg has one of the best teams in the state again. The band’s half-time performance fea tured the coronet section Tammy Young and John Fuller add their show manship to the selection ' Sirocco 14, Summerville Rematch Rain may have dampened the playing loss of the state championship to Sum field, but not the efforts of Viking play merville last season, but came up three ers. The Vikes wanted to revenge their points short