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Working towards a first Qlace tro-
phy from the Contest of Champi-

ons in Florida, the 17 Varsity

cheerleaders always found a way
to promote Mustang spirit

cheerleJders to keep smiling Jnd stJy
persistence the vJrsity upbeJt. The sp1rit leJders mJde up
m21nt2ined the1r position in the spotlight. The the1r own cheers to perform

cheerleJders hJd been Jccustomed to pl2c1ng between quJrters Jt bJs ketbJII
in the top two spots Jt the Metro gJmes 2nd worked on h2lf t1me
cheerleJding compet ition, Jnd with mJin nvJI cheers Jt pr Jet ice.
M1ll2rd West, the competition WJS JIWJys "By mJ king up our own
fierce. V/hen the winner WJS Jnnounced this cheers we hJd hoped to get the
Fundra1s1ng
-lollipops; yeJr, the whole crowd seemed to g2sp in crowd more involved with the gJmes,"
-car was;h confusion. MN hJd pl2ced second With the senior Bethany Sedlacek SJid .
-cheer clinics; Jssumption thJt MiiiJrd West h2d pl2ced VJ1th J bid to the n2t1onJI
-tailgate first. InsteJd the Jnnou er'slips formed to cheerleJding competition (Contest of
party spe2k the two words Bellevue E2st JS the Ch2mpions) 2nd 2 trip to RoridJ the
-s;acked f1rst pl2ce w1nner . M2ny of the cheerleJders nine seniors hJve long JWJited their
groceries; at
Cub Foods; were relieved thJt MW hJd not beJten them, well-deserved trip.
Competl tiona and they had won. ''V/e aren't going JUSt for the
-Metro!;-2nd "Although we d 1d well, Jnd we beJt MW, competition; we Jre going to get our
1-Nat:ionals;-ls;t I WJS 2 little d1s2ppo1nted with the outcome," routine out there, compete with
n divis;ion Q. senior C2rrie Nielsen SJid. different squJds, Jnd hJve 2 good
7th overall Keeping the crowd pumped forced the time," senior Lindsey Dame SJid .

ain thing that sets us
apart from other squads is

our ability to communicate
ancing to the song "Magic Carpet
D with one another. Even under
Ride ' are the var8ity cheerleaders
at Metros , which was held on Nov. 4 at pressure we were able to come
through forth u
Bellevue £ast high school. The
cheerleaders placed second in the large
varsity division . photo by C,ndy Gottschalck -JUnior
er£orming their favorite cheer "M-
P Kristi Vrtiska
H-S Let's Go" are seniors Jessie
Combs and Bethany Sedlacek . The
squad split in hal£ to cheer at away
t142 games. photo by Ashley Rosenboom