First Cheer Competition
It was 7:15 in the morning on October 20,
2012 when I arrived at New Milford High School. That was the day of my first
cheer competition. After sleeping with 55 curlers in my hair, I knew something
lucky would happen.
When everybody was waiting outside we
went inside to check in. Eventually, they took us to the cafeteria to stretch,
get ready for warm ups, and to put our bags away.
When warm ups were over, it was time to
go on. I could hear the crowd roaring from outside the gym doors. Finally it
was time to go on. When the announcer called our team, I felt a chill running
down my back. When the music started, I felt very nervous because our stunts
were coming up and it was scary not knowing if we would succeed. After the
stunt sequence, some of my nervousness went away. But the first pyramid, the
cheer stunts, and the final pyramid were coming up soon and who knew if they
would be successful. When it was time to
do the first pyramid, I had a feeling it would be okay because it was very
simple. As we ended the first pyramid, our group threw our flyer up too late so
the stunt was off count. As we started to transition to our cheer stunts, I
knew they would go up at the same time because we went up on words not counts. As
we started to end our dance, it was time for the final pyramid. After the final
pyramid, we ran off the mat all excited that we hit everything. If we hadn’t
performed so well, we could have gotten a lot of points taken off our final
score.
Finally, it was time for awards. When
we sat down, my eyes were glued to the shiny, gold trophies. When they started
to announce third place, the woman said, “In third place, the Monroe Lions.”
When Monroe was wrapping up their excitement, the lady started to announce
second place. “In seond place, the Aspetuck Wildcats!” When I heard her announce our team, a burst
of excitement went through me. It meant that we got to go to States and
Regionals. When they handed us the trophy, my eyes went straight to it. The
trophy was almost up to my hip it was so big.
October
20, 2012 was one of the most amazing days of my life! Not only did we win
second place, but we also got to go to States and Regionals. I will always
remember that day as my first cheer competition.
