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Woodrow Wilson
High School
Portsmouth, Virginia
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This year the Varsity Cheerleaders, headed by June Sherrod and Sandra Deberry, worked very hard to promote spirit throughout the school during our winning year. They cheered at football games, basketball games, and wrestling matches. Their sponsor was Mrs. Debbie Faulkey, who helped out a great deal. The cheerleaders also worked hard during homecoming preparing for the alumni. They held fund raising events for new uniforms and deserve a lot of credit.
The 1978 - 1979 Varsity Cheerleaders.
June Sherrod and Carrie Thomas display the angel balance.
Pam Parnell, Stephanie Manchur, Robin Davenport, and Terri Robertson practices a mount before a pep rally.
Michelle Thomas takes time out to pose for a picture before
a big game.
Stephanie Manchur and
Robin Davenport find Pam
Parnell as light as a feather.
Varsity Cheering Rolls On
After a fine defensive effort, Stephanie gleefully applauds.
Cary cheers the Prexies on to another victory.
FRONT ROW: Stephanie Manchur, Cary Thomas, Terri Robertson, Sandra Deberry, BACK ROW: Michelle Thomas, June Sherrod, Kaye Johnston, Pattie Yates, Martha Myers, Robin Davenport
"Boogie Down" with June, Sandra, and Michelle.
Eying the scoreboard, Terri anticipates a “T.D.”
Let’s give Patti a hand.
The Varsity Cheerleaders of 1978-79 worked hard all summer long preparing for what were to be fantastic football and basketball seasons. The cheerleaders, under the supervision of Mrs. Debbie Faulky, got their first taste of a pep rally during orientation. Endless hours of making signs and tags, and practicing cheers were spent after school by these twelve girls.
The cheerleaders, under their captain June Sherrod, spent just about every Saturday during the summer at some gas station sponsering a car wash. As a result, enough money was raised to buy new uniforms. They also sold jewelery, homecoming flowers, and Wilson pins to help raise money for jackets.
J.V. Pep Squad
The Junior Varsity Cheerleading Squad may have been small in number with only seven girls for the 1978-79 school year, but what they lack in size they made up for in spirit and volume. In addition to cheering at the Junior Varsity football games each Thursday afternoon, the girls sold programs at all home varsity football games and cheered at pep rallies during the season. Their fall fund-raising project—pom-pom sales—helped everyone at Wilson display their colors proudly, and the J.V. Cheerleaders also showed their school spirit by decorating a truck which participated in the Homecoming motorcade to Lawerence Stadium.
Winter activities included cheering for J.V. basketball games and wrestling matches.
J.V. cheerleaders Carolyn Klise and Sharon Montague sell programs at a football game.
