Sprayberry High School - Echo Yearbook (Marietta, GA)

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::S-P-l-R-l- ll Right' DISABLED CHEERLEADER Christy Trotter lends support lor her fellow members in spite of a broken leg suffered early in football season. Below: 1980-81 VARSITY FOOTBALL CHEERLEADERS: top to bottom: Dana Cast- leberry, Melanie Bradshaw, Lavonne DiPletro, Luanne Gaither lcaptainl. Charlotte Edwards, Christy Trotter, Sher Franz VY . Denise Campbell loo-captainj, Karen Cochran, Johnna Barrett. E 1- 1-V . b . '. ' Ai 1 X f. Top: PEP RALIES were often highlighted by difficult stunts performed confidently here by the entire Varsity cheerleading squad. Above: INTIMIDATING RUN- THROUGH SIGNS were just another one the Varsity Cheerleadefs responsibilities. Left: THE HALF-TIME PERFORMANCE of the bands provided football cheerleaders with a break to let loose . Varsity football cheerleaders proved that their spirit was valid for the band and team.

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SPRINTING INTO ACTION Below: SPRINTING OUT for the pass in the B80 relay are Holly Bell and Gina Boughton. These two were members of a squad that set a new school record in that event. The squad, which included Rhonda Swanson and Tonya Gober, placed second at the Rome News Relay. Bottom: EMERGING AS A TEAM LEADER in various activities was sophomore Rhonda Swanson. She was the runner for the first leg of the 440 relay and Maxwell Trophy winner. Rhonda placed at every event. She placed second in the high jump at the Walton Invitational and first in hurdles and high jump in Rome. Her best record for the high jump was 5'4 . Rhonda is also one of five that will serve as the nucleus of the track team next year. Coach Reynolds said to watch for her in the future. DUAL MEETS North Cobb 70 SHS Walton 78 SHS Crestwood 39 SHS Campbell 54 SHS Campbell 59 SHS ff? 4tMwwm'wfff-fy W Q . 9 , I ..t,,. 4 41,,25,f ga Q 'wif' f'lff wwwzwwf f 5 5 35 il if L .Cffyf gy With the spirit running high, the girls Varsity track team sprinted into the season against the usual tough competition. From the team emerged some girls who became the natural leaders in competition. Certain members of the team formed a cluster of winners that dominated the season. Alth- ough the team did not break any region records, it did set a few new ones for Sprayberry. The girls ended the season with a three to two win-loss record in dual meet competition. One of the closest meets was against Campbell. The fate of Sprayberry's victory came down to the last race of the day, the mile relay. Sprayberry was first to break the tape and thus gained another win. The high placers for that meet included Rhonda Swanson in the jumps and hurdlesg Laurie Ackerly with the shot putg and Laura Favero in the 440 and the 880 yard run. In their first tournament, the team placed Laurie Ackerly in the gold with a new record of thirty-five feet, ten inches in the shot put. The record beat her 1980 school record of thirty-five feet, six and a half inches. Laurie was also the only girl on the team to qualify for the state meet. Other new records to be set included Laura Favero's 2:27:7 time in the 880 yard dash at the Walton Invitational. Susan Rice claimed a time of 12:57:7 in the two mile run. The final record set was by the 880 relay team of Tonya Gober, Gina Boughton, Holly Bell, and Rhonda Swanson with a time of 1:50:2 at the Rome News Relays. At least half of the year consisted of tournaments or relay meets. The team defended its title at the Rome News Relays and brought home another first place trophy. At that meet Rhonda Swanson received the Maxwell Trophy which named her the top female athlete of the relays. The team also captured third place in the North Cobb Relays and sixth in the 5-AAAA tournemnet. Overall, the season was very good. Said Coach Dave Reynolds, This season was highly successful even though there were a lot of injuries to some key performers. 95

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Left: FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! Perfection in cheers was a quality that this year's Varsity Basketball cheerleaders never lacked. Below left: PERCISION AND ACCURACY are vital elements of a varsity cheerleader. Junior Vicki Roach well proved her possesion of these and many other talents, Below middle: A LITTLE BIT OF BOOGIE spices up a chant for senior basketball cheerleader Denise Campbell. Below right: 1980-81 VARSITY BASKETBALL CHEERLEADERS: top to bottom: Lisa Boyette, Vicki Roach, Denl Mclure, Denise Campbell, Tina Wolfe, Kecia Coar, Luanne Gaither too-oaptalnl, Sally Walston, Dana Castleberry, Johnna Barrett lcaptainl. 'www' I Sv-wi, 1 I I X Z Z KK 6 r Q M ,I fs' ez 53. 152' Above: SPIRIT SHINES THROUGH Sherry Franz's expression and enthusiasm. The Senior is an old pro , having been a cheerleader all of her four high school years. Left: THE TRUE RELATIONSHIP between cheerleaders and sponsor is captured here as Senior Captain Johnna Barrett catches it from sponsor Karen Lockhart. Mrs. Lockhart was a contributing asset to the vast success of the squad, and her influence will be greatly missed in the future as the 1981 season concluded her sponsorship. 97