Cheerleading

Ever since I really young, I have always wanted to be a cheerleader. From the time I was about six years old I was always in some kind of tumbling or gymnastics class. When I was in the first or second grade my mom signed me up for the little termite cheer team at my school. Ever since then I have been in love with cheering. After termite's, I went to the peewee squad and after that I tried out for junior varsity and made it. Although there were so many more hot summer practices, it was so much fun and I loved going to them. We also went to cheer camp for a week every summer. My last year on JV, I was selected as captain. There were many responsibilities that I had to make sure all were done, but I enjoyed it. After my JV years were over, I tried out for the Varsity squad and also made it. I was selected as captain again my senior year and it also had its share of responsibilities as well, but it got easier along the way. Being on varsity was probably the most fun I've ever had while cheering, although I did grow to despise summer practices. Besides practicing in a gym with no air conditioner, the pep rallies, cheer camp, football & basketball games were all so much fun. Football season was my favorite. Before every Friday night football game, all the girls on the squad would go out to eat and go back to one of the girls house and get ready for the game. After making it to state every year that I was on Varsity, we made sure to make my last year the best, and it definitely was. We won the state championship my sophomore year and then again my senior year. After our football  season was over, there was the all star football game. Senior cheerleaders were selected at cheer camp and the football players were selected through out the year. I was so nervous going in for all star practice because I was the cheerleader fro my school. But after the game and practices were over I realized that was the most fun I have ever had while I was cheering. After all of that was over we jumped right into basketball, which is not as much fun. Basketball season seemed like it lasted forever. The games feel like there so much longer and we had to cheer for both the girls and the boys. After that season was over we also had an all star game for basketball, which was fun too. I hate to see my cheerleading career come to an end as I watched the upcoming girls tryout for the next years squad, but I knew it would have to happen one day. I went this past summer to watch the new Varsity squad compete at camp. As I was congratulating all the girls after their competition, it was then I realized how much I missed it. I don't miss a lot about high school but if I were have to pick something I missed it would definitely have to be cheerleading.