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Cheers flood the auditorium as the basketball goes through the hoop, but some of the most enthusiastic cheering comes from the students sitting in section H. If you have been to a Greenway, boys basketball game, you have probably heard the group of students who sit in Section H and cheer on the team and then some. Section H is “a group of students and peers who sit in that section and cheer for the team,” said Senior Pete Alonge, one of the group. Section H can be seen at some girls basketball games and even some away games. “It depends on how good the opposing team is,” Alonge said. The group usually consists of at least 30 spirited students at each game. Last years Section H had shirts to unite the group of students. “We thought about it this year, but we didn’t do it,” Alonge said. “You can’t really miss them,” Junior Jessica White said. White is a member the GHS danceline that performs during half-time at boys basketball games. “They pump up the team, and they get the rest of the crowd cheering.” Alonge said the group sits together because they want “to formulate chants, and it’s easier” when in a group. “There are even some alumni who come to sit with Section H,” White said. “I thought Section H was really cool when I first saw them at a game,” White said. “I found out that they tend to cause trouble sometimes.” In recent games, students from Section H have broken glass doors and destroyed other schools, said Jeff Feldman, assistant principal of operations and resources. “It’s embarrassing,” he said. Alonge feels Section H was not popular with the administration because they “insult the opposing team’s audience and have inappropriate chants.” White agrees. “They are usually really spirited, but sometimes they get out of hand,” she said. “The fight was the worst,” Feldman said in reference to the Chaparral game, in which a group of Greenway students waited in the parking lot after the game to start a fight with the opposing team’s students. Feldman said the referees have asked him to sit in Section H and remove the students who were being inappropriate. The referees have had to stop games because of the threats and racial slurs yelled by the students in Section H. “If the group will conduct themselves in a positive manner, it would have more of a positive impact on the game,” Coach Howard Mueller said. In the game against Moon Valley on Jan. 17, Section H did not have the usual group of students that cheer on the team. “We’d love to have the kids back in Section H and yell and scream,” Feldman said. “I want them to come.” “I think Section H should definitely continue on because they are very motivational and they bring a lot of spirit to the games,” White said. ]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:51:00 GMT