Being assigned such an important leadership position (Captain) makes me feel Iike I have a very important responsibility to uphold. It also makes me feel like an important person because they can trust me with this responsibility. It sometimes can be difficult to have everyone looking to you for instruction because you might not even know how to do something yourself, but even with that added pressure it is really fun.

My proudest moment was at the UCA camp when we went from barely hitting any stunts to winning our division. Seeing how our team has grown from barely hitting any stunts to being able to immediately do things when asked is exciting for me as a captain and a teammate. The team continues to improve and it shows in our performances.

Leading a squad with so many new cheerleaders has its ups and downs, but when we work together as a team and we can put forth our best. It definitely is a little more frustrating when the team is asked to do a simple task but can’t do it due to the lack of experience. This is probably the most difficult obstacle our team has yet to overcome. Most of the time one of the captains will just tell the team to be quiet when they are off task.

I started getting interested in cheer when my neighbor, Jenna Powell, started to do it her sophomore year at RHS. I used to cheer for the junior program, and I currently instruct for the RJT Mighty Mite Squad. It is important to stay involved with cheer outside of RHS because I am really passionate about the sport.

High school cheer is a lot more fun and you have more freedom to lead the team on your own than you do on the junior program. I think cheerleading is very important because we are the people who really get the crowd pumped after big plays or anything else like that, so on a high school level it feels more exciting.