West Muskingum High School - Tornado Yearbook (Zanesville, OH)

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r was-fa - Q 'I F, ,ar -ff' , if ,E I . lf.. i The Freshman cheerleaders are: Top to bottom, Jill Warner, Betty Schuster, Marty Hickman, Bev Gary, and Linda King. Y: 'QW M9513 Aside from their cheering duties the cheerleaders make stimulating signs, such as this one located in the lobby. The Varsity Cheerleaders for the 1967-68 seai were, left to right: Bobbie Ratcliff, Donna Paar. Mow DW 6M As the old saying goes, One picture is worth a thousand words g the pictures here pretty well show the duties of the cheerleaders. As everyone knows the cheerleaders are respon- sible for all the yelling at the pep assemblies and games, but their duties don't stop there. The cheer- leaders must keep up their scholastic averages to stay as leaders of their classes. They also make many signs that are seen throughout the school. And yes, even the contest for the score of the John Glenn game came about by the ingenuity of the cheerleaders. The Freshman cheerleaders help the Varsity in many of their projects, including the selling of badges, besides cheering their own games.

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Above: Ken Porter, the other Tri-Captain played tackle on offense and also on defense. Ken was one of the strongest players on the team and taught the younger players on the team the rules of the rough game. His awards pretty well tell what a strong season it was. He made first team all M. V. L. first team all regional, lineman of the year for West, and also received the Athletic Booster award for all- around player. Right: Joe Kirkendall was a guard on offense the past year. Although Joe didn't start this year, he got the starters in good shape in prac- tice and was always ready for immediate call up for duty. TafCaptn1us Kew, Bww, Rich Above Left: One of the Tri-Captains for the gridders was Bruce Dunzweiler. Bruce played on offense as guard and defense as middle line- backer. At these positions he was awarded second team all regional, all M. V. L. second team and Honorable Mention in Southeastern Ohio. Above Right: Another Tri-Captain was Rick Winland. Little Rick only weighed 124 pounds but was one of the biggest men in the M. V. L. to the quarterbacks as he picked off 7 enemy passes. Rick earned Honorable Mention Southeastern Ohio, and also second team all M. V. L.

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N R , W,-ff! 5 mjxxr t so i I in .,kh l A .V I g! overt, Mary Tayler, Linda Parry, and Connie .ckman. Jeedadf Qpwb ab Games Even though the cheerleaders are physically inclined, they are also in the group of scholastic minded students. Here Connie Hickman plans for the next 45 minutes of torture in the classroom. The cheerleaders produce plenty of the neces- sary spirit at the basketball games for the suc- cessful cagers. Above: The junior class won the award for co- operation at the pep assemblies many times. Here are the spirited competitors.