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"As you request, you've man, JV, or wrestling they had to With their new accomplish- Wrestling cheerleaders stood by their team at
come to see the best, we represent the purchase uniforms. The JV cheer- ments completed, the cheerleaders an away game in Benson. Sophomore Kylie
Mustangs ofM. H. S !" Sound famil- leaders sold pleasure packs to fund- concentrated on supporting their Clark boosts the Mustang's spirit by cheerin g
for a win. (S heila Pedersen)
iar? Cheering a sports team on to raise fortheir uniforms, but the fresh- team in a variety of ways. "We plan
victory may sound easy, but in real- man and wrestling cheerleaders pur- out things to do for the wrestling
ity it took long practices, teamwork, chased them on their own. Money team, like decorating the locker
and commitment. added up quickly to more than $ 100 room, giving them balloons, and
Before anyone could even for most cheerleaders. buying them fat-free food," sopho-
become a cheerleader, one had to try Not only did the cheerlead- more wrestling cheerleader Andrea
out. This required both motivation ers need money for uniforms, they Knittel said.
and self-confidence from the indi- needed practice. For all squads, prac- It's easy to see that the
vidual. "I thought it would be a neat tice began e<>.rly each morning and cheerleaders enjoyed what they did
experience to get out in front of a continued after school for two hours whether they gave gifts or showed
crowd and boost the Mustang spirit," or more. Getting up at5:30 took self- vocal support. "The best part about
sophomore JV cheerleader Chris- discipline. "When we get to prac- cheerleading is performing and let-
tina Albers said. tice, we have to make sure that our ting your team know that you have
Another cheerleader 's try- jumps are at a certain height and also spirit," freshman cheerleader Erica
out experience involved her perse- watch our form," Peters said. Yee said.
verance. "When I was younger, l Lengthy practices paid off Not only bonds with sports
looked up to cheerleaders and wanted when Metro competitions drew near. teams developed, but strong friend-
to be one. Even though I tried out last "We only have one competition ev- ships began between girls in their
year and didn't make it, I tried again ery year, and our squad finished first," squads. "I like working together,
and made it this year," junior wres- freshman cheerleader Breanne Rub and getting through tough times to-
tling cheerleader Christine Peters said. The JV and wrestling cheer- gether. The final product is the best
said . leaders were top ranked as well. JV because we get to see all of our hard
After cheerleaders made won first place and wrestling cheer- work pay off," Peters said . 0
their sq uad, whether it was fresh- leaders took second place. Ma.~Uf p~

Wrestling Cheerleaders: front- Andrea
Knittel, Kylie Clark, Erica Wall, Kri sten
Stephenson; back- Erianne Cummings,
Christine Peters, Coll een Hofschulte,
Katherine Shannon, Darcy Childress
ack Martin