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...skirt and pom poms never quite satisfied her, so she traded them in for spikes and pads. She now wears her brother's old number...
...childhood and young adulthood from the days when the long-jump pit of Evelyn's team served as their sandbox. There might have been no Carl without Carol. In high school she was a force, a varsity diver and gymnast who played recreation-league softball, ran track, waved pom-poms and wished she could do more. Carl attempted hail-fellow sports like baseball, but as a coach of that period remembers, "he was always picking daisies in centerfield." For Lewis, track became a comfort station, a self-sufficient arena where the contestants are allowed to be withdrawn. "I was never...
WHAT REAL GOOD could such a board-based organization actually do? At the very least, Friends could provide moral support for flagging schools. Unlike the pom-pom breed, though, Friends could ideally provide concrete aid to the entire school: academics, athletics, and other activities. More tangibly, Friends would contribute to South Plantation High in several crucial areas: hiking funding, improving teacher quality, and increasing teacher compensation...
UMass students create cacophony during much of the game, wave hands and pom-poms to distract opposing free-throw shooters and release streamers onto the court after the an unpleasant place for a visiting team...
...basketball games to perform at football games as well. "All this was at the instigation of a few graduates," said Janus. "They wondered why Harvard was the only Ivy school without cheerleaders and thought it world be nice to revive a little school spirit "So, aimed with megaphones, pom poms, and a few hundred dollars from the University, the cheerleaders took Soldiers Field by storm-or almost. "It was pretty embarassing at first," remembers one veteran of those pioneering days. "We weren't exactly what you'd call together so people booed, laughed and even threw things on occasion...