PAGE 4 — WEST CRAVEN HIGHLIGHTS - SEPTEMBER I, 1988
The 12th Man Has A Goal In Mind
Taking the field for firat game of aeason
Chuck Bandy gets attention from trainer
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Cheerleaders lend heauty, grace to physical game
Dark-jerseyed North Pitt players swarm toward loose hall and lone Eagle
Warming np before scconi
Coach Jordan, left, gives pre-game pep talk to players
Off The Football Fields
The Sidelines Are Busy
While plenty of action takes place on the field during a
football game, you couldn’t have a game without some of the
action taking place off the field.
There are certain elements that go together to make a foot
ball game complete — from bouncy cheerleaders to overwork
ed and underpaid (make that no pay) trainers. Coaches and
assistant coaches prowl the sidelines, talking, educating,
teaching and even yelling at the players from time to time.
Coaches, managers and volunteers keep charts and statistics
while the media keeps an eye on the game with cameras and
notebooks.
Cheerleaders go through their acrobatic, athletic and showy
routines. Yells of “push’em back, push’em back, way back”
and “two bits, four bits, six bits a dollar” convince the crowds
to “stand up and holler.” A touchdown by their team brings
shouts of glee and jumps of joy. A touchdown by the other
team brings bowed heads and perhaps a tear.
Trainers worry with sprains, bumps, bruises and assorted
other iixjuries. Tape, ice, pads, ointments and scissors are an
arsenal against the unseen enemy. Sometimes all the trainer
can do is just give words of encouragement. Other times a few
minutes is all a trainer needs to send a warrior back to the field
of battle.
It takes but 11 players on the field to play tlie game, but it
takes those off the field to make the game worth playing.
Photos By
Mike Voss
A phantom defender (lower right) appears to he joining a
West Craven lineman in pursuing Washington’s Lamont
Cox (33) during the jayvee grid opener for both teams
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