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Hard work and dedication

made for a successful

season for the N and
freshman cheerleaders

Spirited shouts from the JV and Cheer Explos1on competition. V/e were proud
freshmen cheerleaders echoed throughout of our f1nish, and we felt very
~dra1s1ng the hallways every day after school. The girls confident 1n ourselves and our

JV: practiced hard at their JUmps, cheers, dances, performance," sophomore Brittany
-car wash
-!;;ack groceries and sp1rit . Sukiennik said.
Freshmen: "!think we all have improved from when Another Important part of
-sell Mustang we first started. V/e have pushed ourselves, the cheerleaders was promoting
apparel and we all do the best we can," freshman Jill school spirit and cheering at
Compe t1 tiona Quinette sa1d . games .
JV: "lt was fun to get the freshma
-Metros-2nd The freshmen and JV squads placed
-Gtate- second at Metros, which were held at Bellevue crowd and the players exc1ted at
-uNOCheer East. However, both sq~ads also took the the games . V/e had fun cheering
Explosion- opportunity to participate in other together, and we really bonded as
lst&Grand Charnps
-cheer Extreme- competitions. a squad wh 1le cheering," sophomore
2nd The JV competed at several other Megan Carmean said.
-cheer T yme-lst competitions, includ ing Cheer Extreme, Cheer Overall, cheerleading was a
Freshman: Tyme, cmd also Cheer Explosion . They took great way to meet new people, gain
-Metros-2nd
-~tate- home f1rst place and Grand Champ1ons at the recognition for achievements in
-UNO Cheer UNO Cheer Explos1on competition. competition, and help support school
Explosion-1st "My f avonte memory is the UNO spint.

r
~ ~uad was much more
CttW a ed to cheerleading in
comparison to our freshman
heering for the freshmen basketball
C year. We are also more
players are freshmen Cassie
Ratekin, Kayla Meyer, and Molly experienced with competitions
and cheering at
Brendensteiner. It was traditional to \..1\Pi;a,j.\..-Ji ""'
cheer after a basket was scored. photo
by Micha el fl ell rnan -sophomore
umping up the crowd at a
P Brittany Sukiennik
basketball game is freshman
Chelsea Cawthon. The freshman squad
was required to learn chants. which
T they performed during games . photo by
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