Cheerleading

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve always wanted to be a cheerleader; furthermore, a football cheerleader. When I entered high school, I realized that would never happen for me. This is because I’m a dedicated volleyball player. Unfortunately, at Mason City High School a student cannot be involved in two or more sports during the same season. This means that I had to sacrifice my cheerleading dreams to be in a sport that I’ve played for years.

Of course I could always do winter cheerleading, right? I mean I’m no basketball star that’s for sure. But when I was a freshman, I didn’t think it’d be cool to cheer for basketball. After my freshman year, all my cheerleader friends said that winter cheer is just so boring compared to fall. Almost every single one of my friends is a Mohawk cheerleader, and it makes me want to become one even more.

I didn’t do winter cheerleading when I was a sophomore either because I still didn’t think it would be fun. After being at all the basketball games this year and watching the cheerleaders during pep assemblies, I decided I would enjoy winter cheering. I don’t have the opportunity to do it in the fall so why not try out for winter cheer? I only have two years of high school left and I want to be involved in more than just one school activity.

Last week was varsity cheer tryouts. I had no idea what to expect. I’d never cheered before in my life and the coaches wanted us to be good since it was varsity. The first day of practice was overwhelming. Luckily, I have best friends that helped me all night for two nights on both my cheers, dance, and jumps. I’m so happy I had them helping me because all our hard work paid off on Wednesday evening when I found out I had made cheerleading for girl’s basketball.