SPARTAN CHEER!=]

Stevenson cheer is amazing. I love the practices and the competitions. We have a great team with a big heart and an even bigger voice! I am a back-spot for our stunt group. I’m not going to lie; I’m pretty beast! Anyway my team is made up of 12 girls and 2 coaches. We have Gabby, Lauren, Taylor, Emma, Kayla, Ashley, Brenna, Maria, Kassidy, Morgan, Stephanie and I. Our wonderful coaches are Coach Pot and Coach Mac. We work very hard on our cheers. Round one which is our “power round,” round two which is our round that we need to work on. Then there’s round three, our stunt round. This round is really cool even though I have gotten hurt many, many times. I’m not the only one though. Everybody thinks that cheerleaders only run and jump around yelling and screaming “go, go!!” Yeah, that’s not true at all. I t takes hard work, dedication, skill, strength, power, and a loud voice to be on the team. Let’s not forget a good attitude. We have recently won our last competition in South Lyon. Our junior varsity team came in first as well. Though, our varsity team was upset to find out that they came in second. Preparing for a competition is a lot of work and takes time. We have our next competition on Saturday at Allen Park. COACH EARL IS COMING!!! Coach Earl is our gymnastics instructor at Livonia Ultimate Gymnastics. I have been doing gymnastics for about 2 years and I used to love it but sort of lost favor for it. I have been doing cheer for 5 years and I still like it but this might be my last year doing it. It is just too much money, time, and effort and I barely have any of those things. Last year and in the previous 5 years, I have been doing cheer for Saint Michael Catholic School. That was an amazing cheer team and they are as good as our varsity. All these 12 year old and 13 year olds had their tucks and sprigs and layouts and some even had their full. It amazed me at the things we could do. I guess I will have to move on and bring my heart from that team over to this team. I will always love St. Mikes and hopefully be able to help coach. “Passion burns in my heart, dedication shines through! Pride forever in white and blue!”