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Both Blue and Silver did that when we got third, and they Between cheers seniors Lindsay Palmer, Moll
squads came together to form MN' s (Lincoln Southeast) placed fourth. Gray, and Kri stin Robinson chat about wh!
largest varsity squad of 19 girls to That was accomplishment in itself," cheer they will do next during a footballgamt
(Ted Graham)
cheer and compete. The girls took, senior Jenny Heese said.
third at November's Metro compe- On Dec. 26, a bus load full
tition held at Ralston. "I think that of the Blue and Silver squads and a
we all learned a lot about the squad few parents left for seven days, to
as a whole, and about how hard we Nashville for national competition.
had to work together to compete The preliminaries were held on Dec.
well at both Nationals and Metros," 28, which put them into the finals
senior Molly Gray said. for Dec. 30. They then competed
The competition dance was against 15 other squads,including
again choreographed by '92 gradu- two from Nebraska, Lincoln South-
ate Jenna Byrne. The squad prac- east and Ralston. "After the pre-
ticed the dance three or four days in liminaries we changed a few things
the morning from 6-7:30 a.m., and around, which was difficult, but I
from 2-3:30 p.m.everyday after think that we did the best perfor-
school, and then pnce a week from mance that we could have done,"
6-7:30 p.m. senior Jenny Maas said.
In late 1 une, the girls came "I tllink the competitions
together to attend cheerleading camp were bigger and better then what we
at the University of Nebraska-Lin- imagined. However, our lack of
coln. By placing second, they were spirit at camp cost us to lose to
able to get a bid to attend Nationals Lincoln Southeast, but then win-
in December. They placed second ning Most Spirited at Nationals was
against Lincoln Southeast at camp, a very big accomplishment" senior
which meant they had to work harder Stefani Knittle said. 0
to beat SoutheastatNationals. "We jeUtca Bode

Blue Cheerleading: front- Jaimee Jenni Maas, Amy Alvano, Becky Brownfield, Silver Cheerleading: front-Jill Kesinger, Giovanni, Jackie Druesedow, Amara
Schuster, Kristin Robinson, Amber Combs, Molly Gray (Jack Martin Photography) Jennifer Heese, Kellie Cooper, Heather Melon is, Sabrina Jones, Gretchen Ballard
Stefani Knittle; back row-Lindsay Palmer, Knigge, Julianne McHale; back row-Angie (Jack Martin Photography)