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HIGH LIFE
February 12, 1981
Fred Dupree drives to the hoop. (Carpenter photo)
Jayvees
Enduring Slumps
By Brian Hoagland
After a fast start of 3-1,
Grimsley’s junior varsity
boys team has fallen upon
hard times. Losing eight out
of their next nine games, the
team dropped to a 4-9 rec
ord.
Coach Bill Chambers, a
former AU-AmericEm basket
ball player at Grimsley, kept
re-arranging the starting
lineup but the changes were
to no avail. Due to a lack or
non-use of depth, the team
kept losing.
The squad also suffered
internal turmoil. One player
quit the team. No doubt it
was because of a lack of
playing time. In Chambers’
virtually no start-no play
situation, many of the team’s
players are finding them
selves on the bench.
Recently though, the
squad has begun to show
signs of a good outfit, win
ning two games in a row.
The Whirlies beat the Titans
of West Forsyth and the Red
Raiders of High Point An
drews, to raise their record
to 6-9.
Many of the players pin
their hopes on the Division 7
conference tournament, a
way to salvage an otherwise
disappointing season.
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Cheerleaders Oppose Proposal
Whirlie Whispers
By Shern Phzlltps rrckma
“WE ARE GRIMSLEY!
WE ARE GRIMSLEY!’’
soxmds the huge vocal sup
port issuing from the crowd
and cheerleaders as the pla
yers take the floor. As every
one takes notice of the
basketball teams their stars,
they seem to forget the 12
young women who spark
enthusiasm in support of
these teams.
In the meantine, the jimior
varsity girls are currently
4-6. The team started slowly
with a 1-4 mark, but have
recently won three of their
last five games.
The squad, coached by
Glenn Ellis, has defeated
Page twice. In the rivals’
first contest the Whirlies
exhibited a balanced scoring
attack to win in a thriller,
22-20. A week later they met
again and Grimsley came
away victorious with a 28-24
win. Berina Jones, the
team’s leading scorer with
an 8.9 per game average,
pumped in eleven to lead the
Whirlies.
The two teams met once
again ten days later, this
time the Whirlies bowing
28-26. Jones was spectular
though, netting seventeen
points for her season-high.
She also pulled down eight
reboimds in a superb aU-
aroimd performance.
The JV squads will have to
play well to finish their
respective seasons success
fully. However, good coach
ing and hard work make it an
gtt^iable^ask^^^^
Whether labeled as such
or not, cheerleading holds
many paraRels to a sport and
plays an instrumental part in
athletics. Senior cheerleader
Meiry Jane Hankins feels the
main responsibility of a
cheerleader is “to get the
team excited. ’ ’ The best way
to do that is through the
crowd (when there is one).
What the cheerleaders do
and how they project them
selves is the key to pulling
the fans into the game
which, in turn, may get the.
adrenalin flowing even more
in the players. The fans can
sometimes be the sixth man
and give the team an edge.
Recently, Superintendent
Keimeth Newbold proposed
to ban “unsafe” cheerlea
ding practices, “imsafe”
meaning activities which
could cause accidents such
as regular stunts, flip stimts,
and partner stunts. To whose
discretion should be left the
judging of a stimt ‘ ‘imsafe?”
Who can better judge their
ability than the cheerleaders
themselves?
The flip stunt in which
Mereth McCreedy, a gym
nast since the age of eight,
flips backwards from two
tiers high has been labeled
“imsafe.” Mereth notes, “It
can be unsafe it it’s done
improperly; but it’s done
right! If I didn’t have the
ability to do it, I wouldn’t do
it.”
It only seems logical that
the cheerleaders would not
try stunts they could not
execute; they would not take
unnecessary risks.
“It’s like telling a football
player not to tackle hard
because they may get hurt, ’ ’
stated McCreedy. She also
spoke of the ruling as dis
criminatory and of the dis
quietude felt by the cheer
leaders over the proposal.
Indeed, precautions are ta
ken and each stunt is prac
ticed with a spotter. Cheer
leader Jeimifer Black sees
the stunts as “a challenge
and a way to perfection.” ■
Will tMs dilemma take
away ’from the sport of
cheerleading? How much ef
fect will this have on the
crowd? Only time will tell.
Swimmers Continue Winning
By Tom Albanese
Grimsley’s boys and girls
swiimning teams captured
four wins in as many tries to
raise the record to an unde
feated 11-0 for the boys, and
a 9-1-1 record for the girls.
Each meet was won by a
wide margin.
In these meets the boys
defeated High Point Central
95 to 78, and took victories in
nine of the 11 events. In the
following meet they downed
Smith, refusing to allow
them a victory in a single
event. While using the
team’s depth, the Whirlies
captured eight of the 11
events in a contest against
Rockingham County, 53-27.
Taking seven victories, they
also soundly defeated High
Point Andrews, 117-42.
The girls were also victor
ious over these teams, out-
scoring Central 101-63, and
taking seven victories. They
claimed ten out of the 11
events against Smith.
Against Rockingham Coun
ty, the girls also used their
depth, defeating them 48-30
with five wins. At Andrews
the team really showed its
power by claiming 11 first
places and scoring 141-18.
Both the boys and girls
teams have improved greatly
from the beginning of the
season. The boys team has
been led by a few outstand
ing swimmers such as Rick
Musgrove, Sean Daily,
Richard Wells, David
Breece,. and the diving of
Robert Kletter.
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