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About three weeks ago, the Packer Varsity baseball team beat Berkeley Carroll school for the first time in twelve years and in glorious fashion. Tears streamed down my face as our winning run crossed the plate in extra innings, dust flying up as my teammates and I mobbed each other at the plate. Yet a few short days later, our team was blindsided by the news that St. Ann’s had pulled off back to back upsets to squeak their way into the playoffs ahead of us - just as our season seemed to be looking up, it was over.

On February 28, 2005, I experienced one of the most exciting events that anyone could ever experience – winning a State Championship. The day my soccer team made history is a day I’ll never forget. However it is not just that day we won the title, but the whole experience of the preceding season that got us there. From start to finish, my team’s 2004-2005 season taught me that the platitude is true. You can do anything you set your mind to.

The next seven minutes could determine what my 7th grade year will look like. 11 other girls, competing for seven spots on the JAJH Cheer Team. My hands were shaking, and I was so nervous inside. What if I don’t make it? What if I make myself look like a complete fool? Falling on my face, tripping, doing the wrong cheer, all of these factors were racing through my mind. But I had to plaster that smile on my face, black shorts, white shirt, bow, tennis shoes, I was ready. Routines rushing through my head, one after the other, over and over. Five, six, seven, eight, one… Three days of practicing and learning the material for those next seven minutes.

I waited weary in anticipation of what name would break out of the happy-go-lucky collegiate cheerleader’s boisterous mouth as he was announcing the two lucky 2017 National Cheerleading Association All Americans out of all 4 Belton cheer squads. I replay this moment in my most vivid dreams, feeling the excitement of the halcyon moment grow greater and greater as the nerves and emotions grew stronger and stronger. A moment as imperative as this showed me in the most transparent way that hard, continuous work and growth pays off in many more ways than one.

Tensions were high. Her nerves were frazzled. The crowd was quiet, waiting to hear the name of the team who was to move on to nationals. Only two teams in the division would be moving on. The crowd went wild as the announcer said, “And moving on to the 2009 Cheerleading Nationals will be the Kankakee Valley Kougars!”

Being girls of the ages fourteen to eighteen we did not know how to react. We have never in our life went to school and heard all these headlines about how the program we worked so hard to build is not going to make it in our county. Knowing we had no support from anyone besides our coaches and families led us to constantly being down. We were continuously mocked of from higher ranked teams, even if we won a game. All that proceeded in our heads were that how can people think so small of a group of teenage girls. No one wanted to be last in our division anymore, but we didn't have faith in ourselves as a result of no one having confidence in us.

The game is slowly approaching, making everyone itch to see the players back on the field. Giving it all they have got, the players practice as hard as they can day after day. The band is working diligently to put on the best performance of the year, while our cheerleaders practices their routines.

It was a brisk fall evening, and my seventh grade youth football team and I had traveled to Aberdeen to play the undefeated Chiefs. We had worked harder and longer than we ever had that week to show that we were a threat in the league and ascend from our third place ranking. We knew it was not going to be easy; the Chiefs’ team had the fastest running back in our division, and they had scored more total points per game than any other team in the Southeast Idaho Youth Football League. The field was neater and greener than we had expected in this town. It was a great day for football, and I was with all of my best friends. I knew going in that it was going to be a learning experience whether we won or lost that night because the Chiefs were

Stunts play an important role in every cheerleading routine. In a basic stunt group there are four people which are known to be the top girl, main base, secondary base, and a back spot. The top girl is the one in the air executing everything and making sure that she is performing in the air. The main base is the base on the right of the top girl, and the main base’s job is to initiate everything. While doing a stunt Known as a “full-up,” it is the main base’s job to turn the foot and make sure that the top girl does a 360 degree spin in the stunt. The secondary base is the base to the left of the top girl, and secondary is support for the main base. The secondary base’s main job is to catch the foot on all of the stunts. The back spot is behind the top girl. The back spot’s main objective is to make sure the stunt does not fall. If the flyer falls in a stunt it is the back spot’s job to catch the top girl and make sure she does not hit the ground. The basic stunts that are used in a routine are “prep” or an “extension.” Flexibility is very important for the top girls when they are expected to execute body positions. Body positions are when the top girl puts their leg in a certain position to show off their flexibility. A liberty is a stunt which everyone is familiar with and it is called a liberty. A liberty is

The anticipation as I stand in the concrete tunnel under the bleachers is my life’s biggest moment of uncertainty. Will the crowd stand on their feet in a standing ovation, or will the crowd deem me as mediocre? As I look to my left and right, my teammates’ faces assure me that their nervous excitement is identical to mine. When I hear the announcer on the loudspeaker and hear the students’ shouts, I know it is time to walk on the sharp green blades on the field under the shining Friday night lights.

Sixty pairs of ears belonging to the sweaty high school boys still in their lacrosse pads eagerly tuned in to the list Coach Griffin was relaying. First, he sounded off names of seniors, followed by juniors. Then he started reading sophomore names, and I perked up, anxious and nervous. He read off about six or seven names, but not mine. He then folded the paper he was reading from in half and slipped it into his pocket. As he did this, my heart sank, for I knew what he would say next: “Those names I just called have been selected to be on the varsity roster for the 2015 Marmion lacrosse team. Congratulations! Let’s have a great year. If I did not call your name, you are on the JV team.” I was devastated.

If one were to walk into a national cheerleading competition they would immediately be overwhelmed by the smell of hairspray, and the sight of: glitter everywhere, bright lipstick, girls chanting amongst their teams, and huge hair bows. When it comes time to perform, all of the cheerleaders hit the mat with huge smiles and crazy facial expressions to make the crowd excited. Cheerleaders, exhibiting confidence and grace, are allover the United States, and they dedicate their lives to the sport. Sometimes though, competition cheerleaders are not seen as extreme athletes, but stereotyped as “sideline cheerleaders”. To summarize the Webster definition of a sport, it is an activity involving physical effort and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment purposes. Although the NCAA, does not recognize cheerleading as a sport; the aspects of competition cheerleading’s “All-Star Cheerleader” truly

Many have seen her. Many know her. But who is the American cheerleader? Is she a blond haired, blue eyed sex symbol? Is she a drug-addicted girl with no brains and even fewer moral values? Maybe she is just your average, pretty, girl-next-door with a loud voice and lots of spirit. What is clearly true is that cheerleading and cheerleaders have evolved greatly over a century-long history. What started as one bold college student has turned into an activity with over 3 million participants (Brady 1); one that is backed by a $150 million industry (Williams 2). Modern cheerleading has come a long way from its historic roots, but large differences still exist between the iconic cheerleader, the stereotypical cheerleader, and the truth.

The univention of anything in today’s world, whether it be something that affects the whole world or a small village would cause an impact that would be felt by the population. A widespread concept around the world is that cheerleaders are simply there to lead the crowd and cheer for a football or basketball team. However, what most people don’t know is sideline cheerleading is not the only type of cheerleading. There is also competitive cheerleading. Competitive cheerleading is a high energy routine that includes stunting, tumbling, jumps, a pyramid, and a dance crammed into two minutes and 30 seconds. I have first-hand experience of both sideline and competitive cheerleading due to the fact I was a cheerleader for five years.

We met daily at 6 A.M. for weights and speed training. Then it was quickly time to start two a days. All of our coaches knew it was going to be a great year and that we had a chance to win state. “We could take state this year guys!” said Head coach O’dwyer and the others. When he said that it sent tingles down my spine. Game time had arrived. We were scrimmaging against the Wray Eagles. We