Spartanburg High School - Spartana Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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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

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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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Despite the rainy weather. Viking fans do not lose their enthusiasm and spirit. Fans were able to cheer for everything but the final score: Summerville 13. Vikings 10. Varsity cheerleaders showed the ef fects of the rain, but never gave up their support of the team Here they prepare for the second half kick off. Through the valiant efforts of ball girls Julie Hicks. Meredith Herbert, and Mary Monroe, the team had a dry ball each play despite the rain Opening the first game of the season at Wofford's Snyder Field, the varsity is introduced with the traditional run through as the cheerleaders hold the sign. While the Big D defense does their job on the field, quarterback Tyrone Gilmore reaches for the phone to get some advice from the coach in the press box Coaches and players on the sidelines watch the action on the field. An interception allowed the Green Wave to score their first touchdown. Summerville Rematch 15