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Holding positi on at th e end of the cheer is th e drill
team at the fall pep rall y. The squ ad performed at
least once at every pep rall y. photo by Erika
Mattson REACHING
Cheering on th e crowd at a home football game is
seni or Ashl ey Burr. Even if the games went on late
into the evenings, cheerleaders were required to stay OR THE
until the end . photo by Melissa Ballentine

PIRIT

By: Amy Farrell
Pumping up the entire school was team better; all the hard work made us
only a small part of the job description for better people," Oldham said.
the varsity cheerleaders this year. The competition itself was junior
Fundraising played a major part through- Candice Wells' favorite part of
out the different sports seasons; without cheerleading.
the funds they couldn't have everything "I started cheerleading as a fresh-
they wanted. man because it was fun ; then the compe-
Senior Anne Oldham said her titian started and we all got into it ," Wells
squad did a lot of different things to raise said.
money this year. "I think my favorite part is the thrill
"We had garage sales, cookouts, of the crowd when you .look up into the
did greenery, made apple pies and even stands and everyone has awesome school
sold phone cards, just to raise money for spirit. I liked being the center of that
our squad," Oldham said. excitement," Oldham said.
The team also did some extracur- Burke talked about when she first
ricular activities to improve their competi- started cheerleading as a freshman and
tion level junior Sarah Burke said. she said she started it because she also
"Almost our whole team took gym- thought it would be fun.
nastics at a real gym to give us more "I love cheerleading because of
possible points at Metros. They allow all the different people you get to meet at
tumbling now, so we wanted to get a good the different events," Burke said.
start," Burke said. Another part of their responsibil-
Even though the squad took sec- ity was taking care of the football players.
ond at Metros, Oldham said that they all Before the very first home game, all the
felt like they won in their hearts. cheerleaders tucked in the players with
"We put in so much hard work for milk and cookies to make sure they had a
the competions that we not only made our good nights sleep Oldham said.

Striking a stance at the
winter sports rally,
varsity cheerleaders
Megan McComb, Kerry
Finnegan, Ashly Burr,
'I:ammy Darr, and Micki
Thorson get a chance to
catch their breath. Even
though cheers seemed
quick and easy, the girls
practiced daily to perfect
their moves. photo by
Melissa Ballentine

Modeling the correct form are juniors Tammy Darr,
Dana Kavan, Candice Wells, and senior Alice Amato
at the cheerleading clinic for younger girl s. The
cheerleaders devoted one week just to teach cheers to
some girl s from schools nearby. photo by Kelli
McMahon
Yelling during a home foo tball game is senior Alice
Amato, and juniors Tammy Darr, and Dana Kavan.
The squ ad often had to rally the crowd for th e second
half of th e game. photo by Melissa Ballentine