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Freshmen Brandy Myers and Sarah Logan
perform with the W inter Guard at a
home basketball game.
Performing to the band's theme of
"Clowns"duringahalftimeshowisFresh-
man Angie Crawford
Not knowing what success
they would have, they all tried out
for different reasons. “My sister
and my mom were both cheer­
leaders and I’ve heard lots of fun
stories, and I kind of felt like I had
to carry on the tradition,” Kathy
Smith, freshmen fall cheerleading
captain said. “Most of my friends
tried out,” said Tina Hayes, fresh­
men winter cheerleading captain.
But whatever the case, they all
tried out for different reasons,
but all had the goal of making it as
a team. "I learned that working as
a team is really important," said
Sarah Moorhead, who had been
on Color and Winter Guard for
three years.
Though not considered a
sport by most people, these ath­
letes still think it is. “ I probably
think it is (a sport) because it takes
a lot of practice.” Smith said. Hayes
and Moorhead also agreed and
Moorehead elaborated by saying
it takes a lot of hard work and
determination. Though the two
"sports" are different, the prin­
ciples are the same. "Color and
Winter Guard doesn't really have
the job of arousing the crowd like
the cheerleaders," Moorhead said.
Why would you want to be in
these activities? The hard work
of both teams seems to have paid
off both literally and as personal
achievements. Both cheerleading
squads (Winter and Fall) com­
bined to place third at Metro in
November of this year. "We prac­
ticed a lot and it kind of worked
Junior Sarah Moorhead holds her per­ out because we placed," Smith
forming pose at a home football game. said. The Color/Winter Guard
Junior Jamie Willey demonstrates to the placed first at a competition in
middle school what Color Guard is Kansas City earlier this year.
about. Willey has been a member of by Aaron Dunlap & Nicki
Color Guard for three years. McManigal
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