Cheer Team Performance

It was a Saturday during February of 2015, when one blue school bus was pulling into Waterford High School through an abundance of yellow school buses. Not only did the bus stick out from all the rest, but so did the hyperactive cheer team inside of it. Fifteen girls screaming the same words to their cheer repeatedly on the twenty-five minute bus ride, were mentally preparing for the biggest day of our competitive season. But mental preparation was the easiest practice we ever had, Not only were we giving 110% at practice, adding and subtracting moves and sections of our routine, but we were giving it our all at football games as well. Every time our football team scored a touchdown or field goal, the cheerleaders did as many pushups or squats (depending on what Coach picked for us that day) as there were points written on the scoreboard.

As were “on deck” waiting to go on, I notice my dad in the corner of the room, who made it just in time to see the performance.
Our cheer team gets announced to the mat and we present the routine we have worked months on to perfect. We hit every stunt, tumbling pass, transition, jump, etc. perfectly. All the practice we put in paid off.
All the cheer teams sit on the mat listening to teams get awards such as the spirit award, and an award called the colby sousa award. Once they announced the placements in the small division our squad bows our heads, hold hands, hoping for first place. We get to hear the team announced in second place, our grips get tighter, and our hearts race faster. They anounce our team as the champion of the small division, and the entire gym cheers so loud for us, we knew we deserved it. This was the day that my cheer team proved every team in the ECC wrong, we showed them what skills we have and what we can set our minds to in order to achieve the goals we’ve worked day and night