On Thursday, March 16, forty girls tried out for both the Junior Varsity and Varsity cheerleaders at OTHS. These ladies had to learn two band dances, two chants, and one long cheer
They first try out alone in front of three NCA judges showing off their jumps, tumbling skills and their cheer and then they re–enter the gym to perform with a group of four candidates the chants and band dances. These band dances and chants were played at random for the candidates in order to test their memory skills and attentiveness to detail in different drum cadences etc.
These judges scored all 40 candidates throughout the entire process and created the scale. Unlike other sports, cheer does not get to score the candidates or choose the roster. They simply look at the math behind the scores and see where the largest break is.
Please congratulate the following girls:
Varsity
Kerigan Boudreaux
Ashlyn Bryant
Kayla Cantu
Maycie Degenhardt
Madi Hayes
Vivian Pham
Claire PreJean
Amy Rhea
Ema Rhea
Delaney Waid
Junior Varsity
Maya Aigner
Lian Cook
Cierra DeCuire
Hannah Fisher
Elise Gannon
Kealy Groff
Chloe Kratz
Maggie Oaks
Lilly Rodriguez
Alexis Ruffin
Natalie Waid