Cheerleaders competed at state and had their work cut out for them the whole time. They worked hard on stunting, time management, tumbling and being a team. It took the cheerleaders endurance, strength, physical talent, and most of all extreme commitment. In the end they were rewarded greatly with an incredible season.

“Being a cheerleader is very time consuming and difficult, but once I get in the hang of things and cheer on the students at games, it is all entirely worth it,”  sophomore cheerleader Skyla Parco said. “Cheer gives me something, to do and competing is such a rush.”

The cheerleaders at Lewis-Palmer high school practice hard and have achieved many accomplishments throughout their season this school year. Cheering at games is not all the cheerleaders do; they also go out and compete at different events. State, the biggest competition this year, was an exciting time for the girls.

Most students at LPHS know that this season was a special year for the cheerleaders because they had senior Peter Barringer, the only male on the squad, competing at state. Being in a Co-Ed division it also made the competition harder. Placing 13th in state, the cheerleaders kept working hard preparing for their next competition.

“We did pretty well this season, but it was hard to win state because we had a guy. Co-Ed is a tough division, and we tried our best. If we would have had more guys, it would have been better, but we were grateful to have Pete on the squad,”  senior cheerleader Katie Seitz said.

Tumbling, back tucks, back handsprings, lay-outs and fulls are just some of the many tricks the cheerleaders do. These tumbling tricks are something that each girl has to work for if they want them. They take practice to achieve but overall the tumbling the LPHS cheer squad has is amazing.

“I love being a cheerleader, because it is extremely fun. I especially love the girls on the team and the tumbling. I’ve been in cheer for nine years and tumbling is one of my favorite things. One day I hope to be one of the best tumblers out there,”  junior cheerleader Jenna Baran said.

Bringing it too the next level for state, the girls started some difficult stunts. Stunting is one of the most difficult things on a cheer team and each year they have had some amazing stunts, but this year at state they moved up a level. They went from doing simple preps to doing bow and arrows and kick full baskets.

“This season we are much stronger than last season. There is a lot more passion this year from each team member. We also had a bigger team which helped us take stunting to the next level.” coach Jessica Maynard said.

After hard work and lots of time consuming practices the girls finally succeeded with an outstanding triumph at the state competition.