The first cheerleading practice was held on October 16, 2014. This year, the cheerleading squad has twelve cheerleaders; seven of them are new cheerleaders, while five of them are returning veterans. Two of the cheerleaders, Luna Tomasi and Nele Granse, are foreign exchange students. Luna is from Italy and is a senior, while Nele is from Germany and is a junior. For both of these girls, this will be their first time to be a cheerleader for a school.
Luna mentioned, “I joined the cheerleading team because in Italy we don’t have such things as cheerleaders, and I thought it would be a good experience. I also want to get to know the girls better.” Nele commented, “ At first I thought the cheers were hard to learn, but I know we still have time to learn them. I joined cheerleading for the fact that there are no cheerleaders in Germany, and it will be fun to have all the cheerleaders cheer at a game as a team.” Captain Jenny Gallardo commented “ I think it went well because all the girls learn fast.”
At the beginning of practice, all the girls got together to start their stretches and exercises. They did individual stretches such as toe touching and lunges. They then ran back and forth in the cafeteria doing high skips. To get the girls pumped up for practice, the cheerleaders thought it would be a good idea to play music to motivate them. After they were finished with their exercises, it was time to start some sideline cheers. The new cheerleaders were first taught the cheer, and then the girls would break up into smaller groups to learn the cheers individually with a veteran in each group to help out. The cheerleaders were told that a good way to know if you were doing the cheer right, was that the next day you would wake up feeling sore from being sharp and tight with your body movements.
The cheerleaders have started off the season with practice and conditioning, from which they have learned four new cheers, and are getting ready to cheer their way through the basketball season.
-by Jenny Alvarez
At the beginning of practice, all the girls got together to start their stretches and exercises. They did individual stretches such as toe touching and lunges. They then ran back and forth in the cafeteria doing high skips. To get the girls pumped up for practice, the cheerleaders thought it would be a good idea to play music to motivate them. After they were finished with their exercises, it was time to start some sideline cheers. The new cheerleaders were first taught the cheer, and then the girls would break up into smaller groups to learn the cheers individually with a veteran in each group to help out. The cheerleaders were told that a good way to know if you were doing the cheer right, was that the next day you would wake up feeling sore from being sharp and tight with your body movements.
The cheerleaders have started off the season with practice and conditioning, from which they have learned four new cheers, and are getting ready to cheer their way through the basketball season.
-by Jenny Alvarez
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