Results of spirit squad tryouts announced
By Chelsea Anderson
April 02, 2008
On Thursday, March 13, cheerleading and
pompon tryouts were held in the Silver Lake High School gym.
Paulina Rudolph, senior, and Megan Richards, senior, taught the
cheers, and Kali Arney, senior, Jaimie Tosh, senior, and Amie
Worthington, former Silver Lake pommer, taught the dances prior to
the tryouts.
According to Carolyn Worthington, pom
sponsor, they had four judges from Washburn University and two from
the University of Kansas select 12 girls for junior high
cheerleading, 14 for high school football, 12 for high school
basketball, and 10 for high school pompon. The girls where chosen
based on teacher evaluations and judge evaluations.
Kerry Dick, junior pommer, said she thinks
the best part of tryouts is practicing and getting ready.
“ I’m never really nervous for tryouts.
It’s after we try out that I get nervous because you actually know
how you did, and it’s anticipating the results that gets your
adrenaline pumping,” Dick stated.
Carolyn Worthington, pompon sponsor, felt
that the tryouts went extremely well. “Tryouts are always
stressful, but overall, things went smoothly,” said
Worthington.
She said the pommers have already chosen
uniforms and are currently deciding on camp outfits. This year,
they are attending a smaller NDA camp at Emporia State University
because they were the smallest squad at their elite camp last year.
The camp they attended last year was at ESU also, but this time it
will be a different date and it will be for small squads. Their NDA
camp is also being combined with NCA cheer camp.
Cheerleading will be a new avenue for some,
like freshman Ellyn Field. She said that she was excited for the
upcoming basketball season so she can support the teams.
“I’m looking forward to being able to hang
out with all my friends and go to all the basketball games,” stated
Field.
The following students are members of the 2008-2009 spirit squads:
JH
Cheerleading
7th grade
Stephanie Davis
Erin Taylor
Paige Hallacy
Morgan Koelzer
Cami Billings
Alexa Magee
8th grade
Morgan Mahana
Claire Grant
Courtney Priddy
Kylee Dewey
Shayla Miller
Lydia Carroll
Pompon
Annie Landis
Kerry Dick
Sarah Ables
Miranda Stromgren
Quinn Barker
Jennifer Rosebaugh
Julia Wilson
Taylor Nocktonick
Sarah Tripp
Stephanie Carroll
Football
Cheerleading
Shannen Kolde
Lexi Wolfley
Whitney White
Shayla Dressman
Bailey Krogman
Britney Workman
Karley Dick
Taylor Schenkel
Kaci Campbell
Kayleen Kelley
Shelby Brokaw
Kelisha Nohren
Kailey Priddy
Lynsey Salazar
Basketball
Cheerleading
Shannen Kolde
Lexi Wolfley
Shayla Dressman
Karley Dick
Taylor Schenkel
Ellyn Field
Kayleen Kelley
Shelby Brokaw
Rachel Brokaw
Kelisha Nohren
Kailey Priddy
Lynsey Salazar
