Seventh and Eighth Grade Cheer has Started!

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Seventh and eighth-grade cheer has started! Earlier this year at Springville Junior High, seventh and eighth-grade students paid and signed up to do cheer. It is a recreational sport that the city does for girls in grades six through nine. The city puts each girl that signed up on a football team that they will cheer for. This year there are two teams for seventh, and two for eighth. The amount of teams depends on how many girls sign up. So if there are two football teams, but only enough girls for one, only one team gets cheerleaders. The names  for the seventh-grade teams are the S.O.S Bears and the Rotary Mustangs. The names for the eighth-grade teams are Reams Badgers, Quality Cleaners, and the Vikings. Cheer is a great opportunity for girls to practice cheering before they reach high school and have to try out. Cheer starts when seventh and eighth grade football does in August.

Cheer is a wonderful experience sport that girls should sign up for. Chloe Wimmer a seventh-grade cheerleader said, “Doing cheer, I've made more friends, and have gotten more flexible.” Cheer comes with lots of benefits. You get to have fun, make new friends, get flexible, and gain some new talent. Amanda Smith, an eighth-grade cheerleader, said, “I signed up for cheer because I get to gain experience for high school cheer, and got to practice my back handsprings.” Even cheer can help you get better with some of the talents that you already have.

Like every other sport it comes with its pros and cons. Serina Johnson, another eighth-grade cheerleader, said, “The hard thing about cheer is how many days, and how long we have to to practice. Our team practices for an hour and a half to two hours.” Yes, cheer can be hard for different people like that, but at least you're practicing to get better.  Amanda Smith, another eighth grade cheerleader, said, “I don’t like having to practice and cheer when it’s hot outside.” Although cheer has it’s cons it also has its pros! Sarah Barker, a seventh-grade cheerleader, said, “This year my team has been really nice, and by doing cheers my arms are stronger.” Who wouldn't want to get stronger? Courtney Devenish, a seventh grade cheerleader, said that she's proud of “knowing almost all of the cheers.”  Altogether cheer is a fun, sport for girls to sign up for and do.

Attributions
Tiana Spencer, SJHS Staff Writer