Wilbur D Mills High School - Comet Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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ir XXX Buck Wheat Say Comets O'Tay! was one ofthe many banners that the cheer' leaders made throughout the year to boost school spirit. Captain, Tracy Hoskins prepares the cheerleading squad to do Hey Gang at an early morning basketball pep as- sembly. .4 Mike Horton The cheerleaders prepare themselves to do a cheer at an early morning pep C assembly in the gym during football sea- son. eerleaders 49 4

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Several of the Mills cheerleaders confer on what cheer to do next while on the sideline of one of the many football games they attended. During a before-school pep assembly, the cheerleaders help fire up the stu- dent body before the big game against McClellan. Mike H Cheerleaders A Power Packed Mass of Green and Gold Excitement Chad Pifer Org. Editor A group of students sit in the gym and catch up on the latest news. Suddenly they are interrupted as the band breaks into the fight song and green and gold blurs of motion appear. This is the beginning of an explosive pep assembly planned by the cheerlead- ers. Throughout the year, they performed many times to boost school spir- it and support at the team football and basketball games. Big C rocks the house banners made by the cheerleaders told the story well! 'fl like doing the cheers at the pep assemblies and 48 Sports games because it gets the crowd motivated and in- volved in the game, and it also helps to fire up the team, Treva Peyton said. During the summer, the cheerleaders attend- ed camp at the University of Arkansas at Fayettville. While attending the camp, they were taught some of the latest trends in cheers and dance routines. In camp competitions, they won eleven superior ribbons, one spirit stick, and a trophy for over-all camp champs. The one thing that I lik- ed best about camp is the way that everyone came together. The together- ness that was achieved at camp is what it takes to be HT, Kim Marshall said. Being a cheerleader has certain demands on each person involved. They have to give up their Tues- day and Friday nights to cheer at the basketball and football games. When ev- eryone else is at home and it's freezing outside, they have to stand on the side- lines and cheer. Being a cheerleader is worth the sacrifices that have to be made, because we have a lot of fun while cheering at the games or wherever we go as a group, Tracy Hoskins said.

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Solving the Puzz e Holly Bramel Co-editor Cannons exploding, alarms going off, and distant sounds of creaking bones and lazy bodies fill the early morning air. Every sound in my house just gets a little bit louder every morning. It seems like everything is magnified about a thousand times, Erica Marshall said. Along with early mornings comes school. Along with school comes the real reasons for school - academic classes. l just can't have important classes first thing in the morning. l know that I need to listen but it is just so hard to stay awake, Shawn Davis said. Some students have found out that they spend the majority of their time, even leisure time, at school or school activities. lt's sort of like solving a puzzle. You have home, friends, family, and then school. School is like the final piece to the puzzle, Charlotte Burris said. 50 Academics