Photo Gallery: Homecoming Pep Rally 2011
Photos by Brian Hwu
Ganss returns to Coppell cheer
By Christina Burke Staff Writer With every sharp move and loud yell, cheerleaders work hard to motivate and represent our school. Beyond every cheer squad is one great cheer coach who loves the sport. Specifically for Tiffany Ganss, there is also love of the high school environment. Ganss is the new varsity cheerleading coach at Coppell High School. Her passion for the sport has lead her to eight years of coaching experience, all which has taken place in Coppell. After seven great years of running the cheerleading program at Coppell, Ganss admited that she was getting burned out. “I needed a break, and the kids and their parents needed to experience a different style of…
Super Bowl XLV first ever played without cheerleaders
By Henna Khan Business Manager This years Super Bowl could be one of the first ever to be played without cheerleaders leading the crowd on the sidelines. The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers are two of the six teams in the entire National Football League without an official cheerleading squad. For any Cowboys fans attending the Super Bowl, it is going to be quite the experience not seeing their Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders strutting their routines on the field. In 1988, the Packers got rid of their professional cheering squad for reasons not known. Since 2007, the Packers have used collegiate cheerleaders, but only for little entertainment at select home games. From 1961 to…
Boys and girls prepare to battle it out at tomorrow’s pep rally
By Mary Whitfill Staff Writer This Friday, boys and girls of CHS join together at the ‘battle of the sexes’ second period pep rally. To show school spirit, boys are to wear blue and girls are to wear pink, and administration has been accepting activity ideas since the beginning of the week. Missing from the usual crowd of organizations and performances will be the Lariettes, a cheer routine and parts of the CHS choir. The acapella choir departs tonight for a competition in New Orleans and will return on Monday afternoon. “The Lariettes are done for the year,” Lariette director Julie Stralow said. “In the senior’s mind – they are done, and I didn’t feel…
Homecoming: more than just bells and whistles
Two weeks ago when I went to visit my brother at Southern Methodist University, I met his friend from California. At some point while talking to her, we reached the topic of Homecoming. “What’s a mum?” she asked with confusion. Wanting to show her an important Texas tradition, I pulled up Facebook and showed her pictures from this year’s game. It was not long after she saw the first picture of the white ribbons and fake flowers that she burst into hysterics. This is a pretty normal reaction for someone who is not Texas-born and raised, because, let’s face it, this offbeat tradition we call “homecoming” is only a big deal to us. Besides the…