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T tying to live up to their

own expectations, the
dance team proved it

could still remain on top

Starting off the Even though the team worked
member squad, n1ne sen1ors, and th1rd place 1n hard throughout the year, it had a lot of
the national competition under the1r belt fun bond 1ng as a squad .
from last year, team members pursued "Before competitions we would
Fundra1sing victory from the very beginning . either have a spaghetti d1nner at
-lollipop~ "After tryouts, we immediately someone's house, or we would go out
-car wa~h started our technique practices every day. to eat the night before.
-garage ~ale
-car decal~ It was hard to get back in the swing of things We also had
-book cover~ after our wee break, but it was fun spending squad nights,
-Eric Crouch time with all our new members," sophomore where we would go
football raffle Jenny Finkle said. hang out somewhere, or JUSt do
Com~ a t1 t1ons With the help of their sponsor and something fun as a squad . It was a
-Metro~-2nd coach, the team took home a first place win lot of fun because you got to be with
-Ral~ton-l~t at camp, Ralston, UNO Cheer Explosion, and 18 of your close friends," senior Lauren
photo by
-uNO Cheer Ashley
Explo~ion-l~t Cheertyme competitions, and a second place Errico said.
-c.heertyrne-lst f1n1sh at Metros. Long hours were spent practicing
-State-ld Freshman Al issa Nehe said going to routines, and as an end result the squad
-Nationals-3rd all the competitions helped the team get became sore, tired, and stressed.
IPornl ~5th better and grow stronger. She also thought Through all the work and ded1cat1on, it all
IJazzl It helped see room for Improvement . pa1d off in the end.

~i\ll· g from four years of

expenence, we have the most
talent and the greatest group

('f tarhng off their pom rouhne, the of girls ever! We've gone
~ through rough times, but we
squad performs a toe touch. Toe
touches were required to have pointed
toes , straight. high legs. and landings always come out on top!
Millard North ce # !
with feet together. photo by Ashley
Rosenboom
J unior Jennifer Cooper ~inishes her -senior Ashley llikken
axle. This was Cooper s third year
on the squad. photo by Ash ley Rosenboom
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