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=Red wigs and pom poms=

“A lot of people wore red wigs and held red pom pom’s to cheer on the team. Although the game resulted in a loss, it was still an exciting and spirited game,” Senior Adele H. recalls of the Newman vs. McGehee volleyball game. This not only describes this one game, but a majority of the McGehee volleyball games. Most of you can already tell that McGehee is not just your average school when it comes to school spirit. At the first Newman vs. McGehee volleyball game, almost the entire high school student body was there cheering on the team. There were pom poms, fans cheering, and almost everywhere you looked there was someone in red. Needless to say the sea of red must have intimidated the few Newman students and teachers that dared to attend. The second wasn’t very different, with the ratio of McGehee students towering over that of Newman. Team Captain Kendall F. said that “it is fun to have a lot of fans because it gets your heart racing and makes you want to go all out on the volleyball court.” “McGehee has so much school spirit because everyone that goes to McGehee really enjoys coming here. Having school spirit is a big part of being a McGehee student,” said senior Adele H. All of the students at McGehee love to get on their most spirited outfit and cheer on their school. Lately, there have been some pretty outrageous outfits, such as a pom-pom dress, lower school jumpers, and some pretty interesting ensembles from the costume room. On the other hand, what about all of the other sports? If we can have almost the whole student body at a volleyball game, why can’t just a few people make it to cheer on the swim team, basketball team, cross country team, and many others? Senior Adele H. also had one answer to this question, “Volleyball an exciting sport to watch. It’s convenient because games can be held at school.” Sure, transportation could be one reason why people don’t go to the other sports events, but with students going to some of these events, they could also bring other students along with them in their cars. For example, Hilary S. goes to almost all of the school events and could bring people. Few people may know it, but the swim team has been doing extremely well. There have been few supporters at the meets, although there also have been one or two students who have attended most of the meets. Team Captain Amanda G. commented that “Having people cheer for you at meets pumps me up because I know their there to watch and support the team. It also makes us look better because we have a small team so it makes us look bigger.” The Cross Country team has been doing pretty well with supporters this year, but any of the McGehee sports teams would tell you that there is always room for more.