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The cheerleaders motivated and cheered for all sport teams throughout the year.

Fres hman and junior varsity chee rl eading tea ms helped each other by go ing out to eat and decorating the school for
pump up the crowd for every ga me. Not only did they other sports tea ms.
improve their sp iriting skills, but they also built strong bonds "I loved how we would go to a team member's house
with one another. and pi g out on pizza and cinnamon rolls before competi-
"For one half-time, we did a show where we did two tions and ga mes," so phomore Brandy Casper sa id.
dances and a chee r. It was so much fun because the bas- At each competition, the freshmen co mpeted in the
--. ketball parents stood up and chee red with us," so phomore freshman tumbling division and JV competed in the va rsity
Taylor M uenster sa id. non-tumbling catego ry .
Th e teams practiced every Tu esday after school and Sat- "W e were rea lly proud when we got first because we
.:.urday mornings to go over sideline chee rs. worked rea lly hard ," fres hman Alex Kohler sa id .
"We practiced for games by going over motions so we In Febru ary, the JV chee r squad competed in the first
understood them better," freshman Claire Porter sa id. Nebraska State Cheer Competition.
A few weeks before competitions, both squads had extra "State was so much fun because we all got to bond in the
practices at a loca l gy m. This way, they could clean up any hotel and perform the ro utine that we had bee n working on
mista kes they had in their routine. for months," junior Katie Nelson sa id.
"We practiced our routine and a coach went through From getting the student section up on their feet at
ste p by ste p and critiqued it, " freshman Brittany Fleck sa id. games, to traveling across the state to compete and bond
E ach team did a va ri ety of activities for tea m bonding. with their teammates, both fres hman and JV chee r covered
Both freshman and JV girls formed a closer relationship with it all.

A. Soph omore Barbie Bowley holds
a motion after performing a cheer.
"I rea ll y li ked how th is yea r peo ple
viewed chee rl eading as a sport,"
Bowley said. B. Freshmen chee r-
leaders get rea dy to perform a half
time show for the boys basketball
team. Th e girls perform ed their
competition routine, which included
a dance and tumbling. photos
by Laura Hobbs C. Sophomore
Amanda McQuillan marches in th e
Millard Days Parade. Eve ry yea r in
Au gust, al l cheerl eaders ki cked-off
the season by performing in th e
parade. photo by Christen Nino
JV/Frosh Cheer 12 7+