I. GETTING IN THE SPIRIT or Homecoming, the Bison cheerleaders lead the parade onlookers in a cheer. 2. CHEERLEADERS. Front row: Cindy Whitfield, Vickie Maynard. Second row: Pam Torrey, Lyndi Williams, Joy Gregg. Back row: Lori Pitlman, Usa Wilson, Sandy McKee, Angie Hutchinson. 3. INTEN· SITY shown in her expression, Usa Wilson con· centrates on the action between the Bison and Ouachita roundballers. 4. TYPICAL of a cheer· leader, Lori Pittman and Joy Gregg conclude a cheer by performing the spills. 280 · Cheerleaders Spirit Never Ceases With Cheerleaders In a year filled with heartbreaking losses in football and spurts of success along with disappointment in basketball, the 1981·82 Harding cheerleaders continually kept the Bison fans on their feet with a fervor of spirit and enthusi· asm. Hard work and practice, practice. practice were the main reasons that the cheerleaders kept the school spirit at a high pitch throughout the year. Just as the football team reported early for fall practice, so did the Bison pep leaders. "While the players were practicing three times a day last August, we were here working every day on routines," captain Joy Gregg said. "After school started, we slowed down a bit, but we still practiced a least once a week." The season really started during the summer for the cheerleaders as they at· tended a camp at Memphis State Univer· sity. While at the camp, which was span· sored by the Universal Cheerleader As· sociation, the squad received one excel- . - lent ribbon and two spirit awards. "We faired pretty good, considering that there are very few all-girl squads around," Joy said. Inexperience at the college level was the main problem that faced the girls at the onset of the school year. Only junior Lyndi Williams and sophomore Lisa WiI· son returned from the previous squad. High School experience helped, how· ever, as most of the newcomers had cheered during their pre·college days. Throughout the year, the girls engag· ed in various related activities. including a skit in chapel, decorating the locker rooms cind sending goodies through the campus mail to the teams. The highest goal that the cheerleaders tried to accomplish was to encourage the students to support the teams in every way possible. "We love to get the people behind the team," Miss Gregg said. "If we can get the kids behind the teams, it might motivate them and show them that someone is behind them."~
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