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Show Si Mim CMig Full ipeFis Eliciting By DAVE WIGHAM BOUNTIFUL - All too often of-ten in the months that we call fall are saved for the athletes involved in high school sports. FOOTBALL players, golfers, water polo players, volleyball players, cross country runners and the such are regarded as the people who come out of the woodwork. wood-work. Granted the football people get most of the attention. atten-tion. There are a lot more people involved in athletics during those fall months than have been mentioned and this article ar-ticle is about them. Just like the athletes, these people put in a lot of time to make the football games more interesting. interest-ing. They are as much a part of high school athletics as the players themselves. THESE OTHER participants par-ticipants are known as such things as drill teams, cheerleaders, bands and pep club. No high school athletic event would be complete without any of the above. Drill teams throughout the county are always spending countless hours in preparing for marches at halftime, or even the flag presentation at the start of each game. They also use some of these drills in competitions in and out of the state during the year. THESE GALS spend many hours in the morning before classes begin in perfecting a march that probably takes less than five minutes of actual ac-tual performance. We in the county have been spoiled with some of the best drill teams in the state and this year the schools have some top teams. Working alongside the drill teams are the bands, who also spend many hours of preparation for games and competition. The marching bands are a great halftime entertainment for the fans, along with the drill teams. Like the athletes these students take a lot of pride in their work and are always striving to improve. They too enter competitions with each other but their greatest contribution con-tribution is to the atmosphere of a high school football game. RAIN OR shine each school has some great fans who are there every week. Win or lose the cheerleaders will always be back on the sidelines the following week voicing their support to the teams. Behind the scene these people do a lot for the teams, including setting set-ting up the pep assemblies each home contest. Each school team can find no better fans than their own cheerleaders. The right hand of the cheerleaders are known as the pep club. These are the gals that sit together in the games and go through all the cheers with hand motions thrown in. These are girls who want to be involved in the school's activities, and they are very vocal. The pep clubbers are the ones responsible respon-sible for decorating the players' lockers or homes, and making the cakes and other things for the players. THERE ISN'T a high school football player that doesn't appreciate the work of these other members of the school team. They all do it for the spirit of the school and to make the game more appealing. ap-pealing. To all the drill teams, pep clubs, cheerleaders and bands of the county, we thank you. |
