United Township High School - Skyline Yearbook (East Moline, IL)

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 . Top: Members of the sophomore cheerleading squad are Diane Hakeman. Laura Lampo. Lori Hudson. Doni Espeland, and Lisa Pay-tash. Middle: The Freshman Orange squad members are Candace Hewitt. Brenda Beard. Lynn Thomson. Krista Kelly, and Chris Collins. Lower left: Sheri Boots, sophomore, this year's Pete the Panther, gives a spirited cheer. Lower right: Pete flashes a confident smile, knowing the Panthers won't let Alle-man slip by! Football Cheerleaders — 25

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Spiriters Raise Cheers For Victory Did you ever wonder who was thoughtful enough to decorate the varsity football players’ lockers on the days of the big games? It’s the cheerleaders! Cheerleaders do things like this plus a whole lot more. Sometimes a cheerleader will even arrange a time with a football players’ parents and decorate his room at home. Gestures such as these get the team's spirits up and give them confidence. At the games, the cheerleaders get the fans all fired up with their spirited cheers. Sometimes they throw little footballs into the stands when our team scores a touchdown. Miss Dori Conopeotis, the coach of the varsity and sophomore squads, tells us, I think that it’s very important for the team to know that the fans and the cheerleaders are behind them all the way. The cheerleaders do a lot for the team’s Top: Miss Dori Conopeotis is the new varsity and sophomore cheerleading coach. Middle: Members Of the Freshman Black squad are Chris Mohr, Laurie Lohse. Donna Waeyeart. Amy Desherow. and Sue VandeWiele Lower: Members of the varsity cheerleading squad are Kathy Mitchell. Mary Burns, Joyce Liggett. Robin Rotz, and Connie Hoffman. morale. The more support you have, the more confidence you have. The more confidence you have, the better you’ll do.” DENISE DEBARRE — Football Cheerleaders

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Girls Golf (3 7) Western Big Six Stti District 3rd Sectional 7th Rock Island 214 Gene eo 215 UTHS 228 IJTHS 224 UTHS 214 U1HS 208 Gonespo 224 UTHS 224 UTHS 216 UTHS 207 26 — Girls Golf Panthers Swing Into Action Girls Golf This year has been a year of many changes for the girls golf team. Coach Holmer comments, “Team depth is critically important.” Holmer's top players are sophomore Mary Backe, who shoots in the mid or upper forties, and was second in the district; and junior Kathy Hill, who shoots in the low fifties. Coach Holmer says that the team performed much better than last year, losing by fewer strokes than in any year. This year the team won as many matches as in the previous two years. Boys Golf This year has been one of ups and downs for the boys golf team. In fact, even though they finished seventh in the district they equaled their best score of the year at the Rockridge Invitational. Junior Eric Stiegel missed qualifying for sectionals by one stroke. Top: Junior Kathy Hill seems quite happy with this year’s turn of events Middle: Sophomore Mary Baecke shows the huge grin that seems indicative of her successful season. Lower: (front) Jennifer Bailey, Laurie Wirtz. Mary Baecke. Missy DeDecker. Melamie De-Decker. (back) Ann Langdon. Julie Pfau. Betsy Sprout, Julie Jones. Kathy Hill. Coach Ron Holmer Stiegel was also most improved player this year. Team captian and most valuable player, Dan Salmonson. was a steady shooter all year long. Besides these two, there are two more juniors, Dane Marr and Chris Jannes, and two sophomores, Dave Ogle and Steve Neff. The junior varsity team had three standouts, freshman Mike Ferguson, Daniel Goderis and David Parry, sophomores. DAVID PARRY