Cheers

When you hear late nights, long practices, fierce competition, rivalries, teamwork, determination, injuries, and Friday Night Lights; what comes to mind? Football? That may be true, but these elements also apply to the reality of cheerleading. Cheerleading is an activity that as been around since the late 1800’s and is currently struggling to receive its qualification as a sport. Title IX, an education amendment, is a major factor that impedes cheerleading from being considered a sport. Title IX…

group’s hand, signaling that they were about to toss her up, and the echo of Fred counting. Soon, Sam was flying through the air, and when she landed safely back into the arms of her group, she felt as if she could conquer the world. The cheer team continued the cheer after she had been carefully placed back on her feet. Coach Erin’s shrill voice washed across the entire football field telling the girls to start over. However, this time, Sam felt ten times more confident in her ability to do…

Give me an “S!” Give me a “P!” Give me an “I!” Give me an “R!” Give me an “I!” Give me a “T!” What does that spell? SPIRIT! Loud screaming and cheering erupt from the bleachers. What is school spirit though? School spirit is an emotional feeling toward the school having pride in being part of the school, positive attitude students and teachers hold toward their school, and having ways to involve the rest of the student body. Even though school spirit is an emotional feeling of pride toward a…

Every time I go to an EJ football game and see the cheerleaders on the sidelines doing all the cheers and band dances, I have to fight back the tears because cheering was such a big part of my life and I miss it like crazy. I miss everything about cheering, even all the negative things! I miss all the busted lips, sprained ankles, random bruises all…

nervous she is just by her face, she’s waiting for the perfect moment. As she’s getting in her zone I sit back and relax, I don’t know how but I could just tell she was ready. Now I’ve been in the cheer industry for a while, I’ve seen plenty of cheerleaders come and go. They see me as just a cheer mat but I see them as amazing cheerleaders, I would give anything to have legs and arms so I could tumble around. Now don’t get me wrong I love what I do but sometimes I get a little jealous.…

Cheerleading is a sport because it requires the time and dedication to be the best to compete against another team just as any other activity. The history of competitive cheerleading is young. In only the last forty years, cheerleading has branched out to be one of the fiercest competitions crowds watch, today. (Delp). Today’s society confuses sideline cheerleading with competitive cheerleading, or allstar cheerleading. The two are completely different. The definition of a sport is, “ an…

“The Birthmark” “The Birthmark” is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne uses his experiments not working like he plans, His wife’s voice being the only thing to cheer him up, and his obsession of removing her imperfection to make her perfect. These symbolize how man wants the world to be perfect. “In the latter part of the last century there lived a man of science, an eminent proficient in every branch of natural philosophy” (Hawthorne). Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Aylmer’s…

freshman year, I participated in teaching in the cheer clinic. I was assigned certain younger kids and taught them cheers and chants for football games. By standing up in front of the little kids, I lead them through the motions and set an example of what it should look like. I showed characteristics of leadership by remaining optimistic and not getting frustrated with the younger kids, and also by the responsibility of making sure they each knew the cheer and by watching over them. This is one…

way of life”. If you said that to me four years ago, I would have never believed you. Now, there is no question in my mind that this is true. I was on the varsity cheer team at my high school from freshman to senior year. I was on the sideline teams as well as the competition team. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if I hadn’t joined cheer. This sport changed how I view challenges as well as showed me what it means to be a family. Every athlete faces challenges in their sports. Whether it be…

The day was March 6, 2015: the second day of the Regional Beta Club Convention. Anticipation had my stomach in knots as I sat in the lobby, fiddling with my thesaurus, waiting for the time when we would be called into the conference room. For weeks I had looked forward to participating in the writing competition. I had spent a week imagining the setting of the room, my competitors, what the topic may be. I wanted to feel the glory of coming in first place, not only for my club and for my school…