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

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I 1 1 'ii up .ga WE'RE NO. 1! Varsity football players join in singing the Alma Mater. WE DID IT! Iason Dietze stands proud as he wins the dress-up contest for the sophomores during one of the pep rallies. ALL ABOARD! Drill learn members encourage everyone to get aboard the Wildcat Express. I NEARLY HAD IT! Mrs. Ponder smiles happily as she beats Mrs. Law to the chair when the teachers played Musical Chairs. ii..-I 1 Pep Rallies 17

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16 PEP RALLIES we they sill Mfg til Q ig, as go Wildcats! Let's Win! and Beat the Bulldogs! were just a few of the phrases heard at the exciting Wildcat pep rallies last year. Cheering the football team on to vic- tories was a job held by everyone. Pep rallies were designed to encourage the Pep rallies are great when everyone or ticiputes I think they got better after made the ploy offs Bently Ford senior students to displa their school spirit and boost the confid,ence of the football players. This was certainly the case for the '85 football season. I believe there was more spirit in the pep rallies this year than t ere has been in the four years I've been in high school. I think that the added spirit is what helped bring Sulphur Springs its first district cham- pionship in 31 years, Dean Branden- urg, senior, said. Student Life The fun, spirit-filled pep rallies got e eryone involved. Even teachers realiz- ed the im ortance of school spirit durin The Battlje of the Classes. Teachers and students, representing different classes, competed in numerous contests such as musical chairs, cheerleading contest, dress-up contest, and bobbing for apples. The juniors, winning the most contests and earning the most points, won a trophy. I had a good time playing musical chairs. The other teachers and I really felt like a art of the pep rally, Gail Herman, teacher, said. Other aspects that made the pep rallies exciting were the Band, Drill Team, Flag Corps, Twirlers, and Cheerleaders. By taking turns performing, they gave the audience a variet o entertainment. They all combined, their talents for a s ecial performance to Boogie Down at tffe endhof the football season. Each week different football players made short speeches about the game that took place that night. The speeches were attempts to get everyone at the game. I think the s eeches made by the football players reafly encouraged the students to go ctlo the games, Stacey Patrick, senior, sal .

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GATHERING SPIRIT. Meredith Iennings and Staci GETTING READY. Coach Don Poe goes over the melvin cheer the Wildcats on during a pep rally on pep rally schedule with mayor David Baucom. t e square. 3 S1 l FJ FULL OF PRIDE. The Wildcats stand proud during the pep rally. ALL SMILES. Performing for the Wildcats and their fans are Sandy Woodard, Regina Baxley, Chrissi Poulos, Ianis Worrel, Suzanne Glover, and Miki Hicks. 18 Student Life