Sulphur Springs High School - Cats Paw Yearbook (Sulphur Springs, TX)

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Students Admit Pep Rallies Serve the Same Purpose Over the Years Ever since you were in the fifth grade, you always seemed to hear people talking about pep rallies. You sat for hours on end with your thinking cap on, wondering what all went on at these crazy meetings . Summer flew by and you found yourself entering the sixth grade. Coming up was football season and with that naturally came pep rally season. The entire gym seemed to be rocking back and forth with excitement and energy. You waltzed in and sat downg you immediately found out that you mixed in with the rest ofthe crowd. It was everything you thought it would be and more. You went through the seventh and eighth grade with the same view on pep rallies. Then a whole new fear ran through your body. Two more summers had gone by and it was your turn to be a freshman. The idea of being in high school was bad enough, but now you had to enter this huge gym with all of these new faces. The energy was really awesome, and the fear soon went away. All of the freshmen sat together, along with the sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The band, drill team and the football players took up one whole side of the gym. The cheerleaders yelled and screamed for victory. Being a freshman, and attending your first pep rally was as much fun as you had expected it to bel 522- Blow your horn. Tuba players enjoy be- Smile everyone , shouts Gae Thomas, ing in the spotlight while they perform. head twirler, as Donna Wilkerson, Lisa Husbands, and Nikki Cook keep the beat. 20 Student Life

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Peoplel A pillow person dances around gym with a huge smile painted on. .gli ff L -QNX I uf? I 3 r - Q T f , at - in Q, .1 eel , ffjjwril' Q ', ' fiififyg -,A, Qt iaattfa Enthusiasm boosted this year's pep rallies to Totally Awesome The band starts to play, the cheerleaders run out onto the floor, the football team files in and the drill team puts on their smiles. What does all this excitement and energy mean? To most students it means the first pep rally of the year. The pep rallies were different this yearg they seemed to have a variety of involvement and special activities to remember , commented Junior, Monica Ragsdill. Students were not the only ones that found themselves wrapped up in the enthusiasm and joy. The teachers could hardly sit still themselves. This year the pep rallies were very spirited and they seemed to have a high level of student involvement , stated English teacher, Karen Bailey. Pep rallies, for some people are just another reason to get out of sixth period thirty minutes early, but to those who work hard all week to put it together, just seeing the smiles on all of the happy faces seems to be a good enough reason to make pep rallies better and better all the time. The hard work and long hours of preparation sure seemed to pay off this year , commented varsity cheerleader, Karen Boles. Concentration! Kim Wilson thinks about her next motion during a flag corp performance. Yum-Yum. Sophomore, Donna Burton gets slapped in the face with a pie by Dana McComb, as Gina Sidebottom, Karen Boles, and the mascot, Amy Byers look on. Pep Raines

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'N Q' s..e,,, At the hopl Gina Sidebottom and Mis- ty Coyle do the twist during the 50's pep rally. Flashey Smilesl Members of the Blue Blazes drill team help to get the student body fired up. Pep Rallies - 21