Thomas Dale High School - Reflector Yearbook (Chester, VA)

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not participate, but he watched Jay Perdue run twenty-three yards for a touchdown which gave us a win over the Powhatan Indians in the opening of the Dominion District football season. Tomorrow's paper would contain the names of the feature players but they all knew it took the whole team, even those on the sidelines. Realizing that every yard is important, Mark Lampman inches forward to gain a first down. Before the opening game against Powhatan, Coach Jack Westfall inspects the game ball. ‘Smile for the camera,’’ was the request that these referees posed for at the Thomas Dale — Powhatan game. Outnumbered by Powhatan defense, Tim Branson went straight to the ground. OPENING GAME | 15

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14 Home Free From the sidelines, the red- headed boy watches enthusiastically as his fellow team members play. He yells and cheers with each play whether good or bad. He is a coach, cheerleader, player, fan, comforter, and friend to all those on the team. He remembers practicing for this game. The long, grueling hours of practice and exercises and the pain afterwards. As he watched the players in the huddle, he knew what they were saying. All they had to run was twenty-three yards and they would be “home free.” As the final minutes ticked down, again he did As Greg Firebaugh, Eddie Skeens, and Kevin Korb clear the way, Tim Branson seeks to gain yardage. Scoring another touchdown against Powhatan, the Knights prove that they will dominate. After being hit by Powhatan linebackers, the Knights runningback continues to dig for extra yardage. OPENING GAME

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LDreams Come True Underneath the hot house lights, the object of everyone’s attention, she parades in front of the unseen faces. Excitement building inside, little can be done to ease her nervousness. Adolescent dreams of beauty and pageantry are now recalled as desires within her mount. The classic girlhood wish of participating in a beauty pageant has arrived, but the atmosphere appears totally different than imagined. The dream of being regarded as “beautiful and successful” heightens to include a realm of added dimensions. In the midst of thirty-five equally attractive ladies, a contestant must have more to offer than good looks. Viewing the pageant not as a race but a challenge and an honor, the pageant participants summon After his first crowning of Miss T.D., Mr. Sublett poses with Diane Ullom. Bottom Row: Macaela Lambert, Lisa Samuel, Maria Strat, Diane Ullom, Cindy Paris, Joanna Smith. Second Row: Elaine Butler, Cheryl White, Ruth Gilliam, Anne Wells, Mary Uhrig, Lisa Carnifax. Third Row: Liz Goyne, Cynthia Gwaltney, Laura Floyd, Chris Romig, Gini Gates, Joy Harris. Top Row: Nancy Taylor, Belinda Stone, Pat Johnston, Ellen Flaherty, Janet Purdy. 16 MISS THOMAS DALE