When the Wakulla High School cheerleaders started preparing for football season they had no idea that their season would end cheering on the biggest stage for high school football in Florida- the Florida High School Athletic Association State Championship. Being that I am an alumni cheerleader class of 2005; I had to catch up with the coach Lori Sangren to fill us in on cheering at this huge game!
Read MoreHi everyone! We are having SO much fun at rehearsal. We are staying very busy and working hard, but we're also playing around and goofing off with each other too. We're already starting to feel like family. Eight and a half months with this cast is going to fly by. Check out some pictures from this week.
Read MoreWhen I was a cheerleader at Wakulla High School we attended Universal Cheerleaders Association summer camp at Florida State University. Most of the teams were from the area, and there was one school that my team looked forward to seeing every summer: The St. Augustine School for the Deaf and Blind. I was personally so amazed that a deaf cheerleading squad could do everything my squad did, their team truly had no boundaries.
Read MoreMy name was nowhere on the list. Standing outside my junior high school with scores of other hopefuls, I kept staring at the typed list of names hung in the window. It had to be a mistake. I was meant to be a cheerleader. How could I have not made the team? I tried to fight back the tears, but they wouldn’t stop. At twelve years of age, I learned how it feels to work hard, dream big…and then have your heart swell with pain at the posting of 12 names—12 names that didn’t include your own.
Read MoreCheerleading, like technology, is evolving. There will ALWAYS be a necessity for traditional cheerleaders, but the last decades, and more specifically, the last several years has seen cheerleading morph into a more competitive phenomenon. Traditional cheerleading is the genesis for today’s new genres of cheer-based performance and sport. They are all different but spring from the same well. Traditional cheerleading gave life to competitive cheer and that competitive drive has created the offspring of all star cheerleading and now STUNT.
Read MoreCheerleading is a different kind of sport. We have no off-season, there is no ball involved, and on top of supporting other teams, we support each other. When we hit the mat, we are out to prove that we are the best team, and we are out to gain respect from other teams proving that we are true competitors.
Read MoreSince I’ve had to make the tough decision TWICE, I feel like I’m an expert on what to look for in a college. I could preach to high schoolers for days and days on this topic because it’s one of the first big decisions you will make in life, so it’s important that you make the right one. I came up with a list of things that I think everyone should think about before picking out your dorm decorations!
Read MoreThere is rarely a week to go by that I don’t hear another powerful story of something truly amazing and inspirational that a cheerleader or cheerleading team has done. This week I want to feature one of those stories. A friend and co-worker ran across this article and sent it my way. She knew it was the perfect story for the blog, and I could not agree more.
Read MoreCompetition is fierce as we hit the halfway point in the All Star Cheerleading competition season. Each week teams are on a quest to earn not only a “bid” to The Cheerleading Worlds, but a “Paid Bid”. By receiving this, teams will compete, travel and stay for FREE! Plus, there are quite a few bragging rights once a team gets their Paid Bid.
Read MoreGrowing up with a family of athletes meant that we were always “on the go.” This was a common conversation in my household: “Mom, why can’t I get a dog?” “Ryan, we aren’t home enough to take care of one. We are always on the go.” “Dad, what are we eating for dinner?”
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