The Pointer Tails
South Point’s School Newspaper
Issue 86
Pointers Ready
For Big Game
The South Point football
team is ready to tackle the
anticipated game on Friday
night against the Fairland
Dragons. The Pointers (2-2)
lost to the Dragons (3-1) last
year on the last play of the
game, and now they want
revenge. Tom Beard, head
coach for the Pointers,
commented Friday’s game,
“We’re very excited about
Friday’s game. Fairland has
a good team this year, and we
have the potential to beat
them as well. This would be
a great win for us, especially
since it’s on our home field
and it is homecoming.” The
football players have been
practicing every day after
school, getting ready for the
game. “We will be ready by
Friday. The guys are excited
for this game, and I am
excited for them. They have
been working hard, and they
deserve this win,” Beard said.
The homecoming game will
be this Friday, October 4th at
7:30, at Pointer Stadium.
Admission for the public will
be five dollars.
September 29, 2003
Homecoming Week Will Be
Full of Festivities
This week is homecoming
week at South Point High
School. The week will be
filled with different daily
events that have been a
tradition for many years at
South Point. The week is
called Spirit Week, and each
day students are encouraged
to dress up for the theme of
the day. The themes for the
days
are
as
follows:
Monday- Get up and go day;
Tuesday- Mismatch day;
Wednesday- Hillbilly day;
Thursday- Grandparent day;
Friday- Blue and Gold day.
For seniors, Friday will be
Seventies day instead of Blue
and Gold day. Student Body
President
Jamie
Carson
commented on Spirit Week
and theme days, “The
Student Council tried to think
of days that we thought
students would have the most
fun with dressing up. It’s a
great thing to participate in
and it only happens one week
during the school year. This
is a time when you can dress
up and look silly, and no one
will care because they look
the same way.
It gives
people a chance to take a
break from the ordinary every
day
routine.”
Other
festivities will include a halldecorating contest between
the classes, spirit links,
Homecoming Olympics, and
Powder Puff football. The
hall decorating will be
between the four classes, and
each class will have a
designated hall to decorate.
At the end of the week, the
halls will be judged on
creativity and most school
spirit. The spirit links are
individual paper links that
can be purchased by the
students at ten cents per link.
Each class will compete for
purchasing the most links.
Homecoming week will
conclude with a dance on
Saturday in the gymnasium.
The money raised from the
spirit links will go towards
decorating the gym for
Saturday’s dance.
Homecoming
Olympics
This year, the
Homecoming
Olympics are
going to be
very popular.
The Olympics
started about
five
years
ago, and it
purpose
of
them was not
only for the entertainment,
but also to promote school
clubs and to get people
involved
with
them.
Previous
events
have
included a potato sack race, a
hula hoop contest, and the
ever popular pie eating
contest. Each school club
can sign up for any number
of the events, as long as they
have enough people on the
roster for each event. Steve
Baise, teacher and announcer
for the Olympics, commented
on the success of the
Olympics.
“The
Homecoming Olympics has
become the most anticipated
event during homecoming
week. It is entertaining to
watch students participate in
many of the events, and it is a
good way to promote the
clubs that are in the school.”
For the past two years, the
Spanish Club has won first
place, and only time will tell
if they will remain the
champions for the third year
in a row. The Homecoming
Olympics will take place on
Wednesday afternoon in the
gymnasium.
Homecoming Queen to
be Announced Friday
The Student Body will
choose the next Homecoming
Queen this week. The winner
will be announced during half
time at the football game.
Each class will hold elections
for attendants from each
class. There will be one
freshman attendant, one
sophomore attendant, one
junior attendant, and three
Senior Attendants that will be
chosen by each class. Once
the three senior attendants are
chosen by the senior class,
the entire student body will
vote on the one they want to
be crowned Homecoming
Queen. Each attendant will
be escorted by a male
attendant, which is someone
the attendant picks herself.
One of the newest traditions
at South Point is having a
Homecoming King, who runs
during the same time as the
queen, but is not announced
until
Saturday
at
the
homecoming dance. “Being
on the Homecoming court is
a really big deal for most
girls. In the past there have
been some really close
elections, and it’s always
been exciting,” student body
president Jamie Carson said.
Posters will be decorating the
walls, and candy will be
given out as candidates try to
win over the votes of the
students. The Homecoming
Queen will appear in various
parades, such as Christmas
parades,
throughout
the
school year.
This is a picture of the crown
that the Homecoming Queen will
wear.
The Queen will be
crowned at Friday’s game.
The Pointer Tails
Volume 86
Managing Editor: Becky Fisher
Sports Editor: Darren Driskell
Editor: Jamie Carson
Reporter: Josh Cassidy
Advisor: Peggy Byard
South Point
High School is
Located in South
Point, Ohio, the
Southernmost
Point in Ohio. The
School was established in 1932.
The mascot
(the Pointer
dog) and the
school colors
(blue and gold)
were voted on
by the first graduating class.
Currently, 400 students are enrolled
at SPHS. The principal
is Henry Cooke, and the
Vice Principal is Chuck
Kemp.
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