State cheer was on January 26, 2024. Josie Brown, a senior on the Bear River High School cheer team, said, “It is very hard to place at state. There are usually 15-20 teams.” While the competition itself is a challenge, there are a few things the team needs to do to get ready to perform. The cheer team has practiced for 6 months prior to state, in addition to the pressure of their final showcase on February 22. They have been practicing 3 times a week after school, every other Saturday, and whenever else they can, Josie said.
For Josie Brown and Avery Steinman the upcoming performance is the end of their high school cheer experience. For the seniors they can continue onto college cheer if they want. College cheer is a little different from other college sports. Josie said “Schools don’t reach out with scholarships. The person needs to try out in order to make the college team.” The other juniors and sophomores have cheer tryouts very soon after the season ends which is February 22nd. Avery Steinman says, “Cheer tryouts are usually the last week of March the 25-29th. ” Tryouts consist of a cheer and a dance that are taught to the athletes. They send out a video of the cheer and dance and it is the athletes responsibility to learn them both. When the day of tryouts comes the individual will go in and perform the cheer by themselves. For the dance, they will go in a group and perform to the coaches. The night of tryouts the athletes will find out if they made the team or not. Even though this is the end for Josie and Avery, there are still many more cheer generations to come. By: Shayna Higley & Croydon Pebley
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