Jocks and Cheerleaders--where ya at??

#1 12-31-2002, 02:42 AM

Well,

Seeing as how we have threads for the Drumline, and the band, and the color/winterguards, etc. I think it's time that i throw my hat into the ring.

Calling all the Jocks and Cheerleaders out there....

I played football for all 4 years, lettered jr. and sr. year(and that's TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL folks, doesn't get much more BIG TIME than that!)

Lettered in soccer jr. year

lettered in Track(shot and disc) jr. and sr. years

coached girls Powder Puff jr. and sr. years.

Ok, well, let's hear from the rest of the Jocks and cheerleaders on GC........

We've been subjected to the myriad of "one time, at band camp...." stories, but what i REALLY want to hear are stories that start out "This One Time, at Cheerleader Camp...."

Kitso
KS 361 times we laughed at the band kids doing push-ups while we were on water breaks during 2-a-days

KappaTarzan · #2 12-31-2002, 02:55 AM

HELL YEA

hehe kitso, i can't even count the number of times we said "this one time, at cheerleading camp"...

i was the first freshman girl to ever make my HS varsity cheering squad.. lettered 4 years as a varsity cheerleader, and became the head captain my sr year... went ALL AMERICAN during that time... got to go to hawaii and cheer in the pro bowl for that

i help out at my HS coaching the varsity squad now, whipping those girls into shape!

i also have done gymnastics since i was about 3... i did competitive until i started cheering when i was 12, then i just did it to compliment the cheering... i danced for 10 years, too.. ballet and pointe were my specialties

HELL YEA CHEERLEADERS/JOCKS!!

#3 12-31-2002, 02:59 AM

Cheerleader-4 years, 3 varsity letters

Outrigger Canoe Paddling-3 years, 2 varsity letters

and I usually play soccer during the summer leagues.

There was nothing fun about cheerleading camp. Up at 6AM and bedtime was at midnight. The only thing good about it was that it kicked my ass so hard that I looked good every time the new school year began.

I'll be prepared to kick anyone's ass who says that cheerleading isn't a sport!!!

Dionysus · #4 12-31-2002, 03:04 AM

Not here. They were the root of all evil.

Okay, okay....SOCCER WAS LIFE in high school! I also did both poms and cheerleading, but I burned out really quickly doing both and quit very early on.

*edited* and I didn't consider cheerleading as a sport...but that's just my opinion.

TxTechCutie · #5 12-31-2002, 03:34 AM

In high school I was in pep squad my freshman year( girls had to go through that before we could try out for cheer, drill or dance team) and the the last 3 years I was on dance team. I was jr captain my junior year and senior captain my senior year. I always wanted to run track but I never had the time.

sugar and spice · #6 12-31-2002, 03:39 AM

I lettered in cross-country and track in high school. I wasn't very good, but apparently I was good enough to get letters. I also played a year on the tennis team but hated the people on it, so I quit.

At various points in my life I also did gymnastics, soccer, and basketball too.

KappaTarzan · #7 12-31-2002, 03:54 AM

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Originally posted by OohTeenyWahine

I'll be prepared to kick anyone's ass who says that cheerleading isn't a sport!!!

i second that!!

astroAPhi · #8 12-31-2002, 04:20 AM

In high school I got 4 varsity letters... 3 in soccer, 1 in bowling (I know, what a nerd). I should have had 5, but the coach was a jerk and cut me freshman year because I was throwing up and couldn't play, even though he'd seen me play for years.

We just started up a women's soccer team at Florida Tech and I tried out and made it. I actually did really well and it looks like I'll be starting unless we really get an amazing bunch of freshman (more specifically, ones that play center midfield). I'm excited because it looks like I might be a captain!

FAB*SpiceySpice · #9 12-31-2002, 05:24 AM

I was a cheerleader throughout high school and I loved it! I transferred to a Catholic HS my jr. year where our squad wasn't grounded, it was SO much better, a lot harder, but much more fun. We went to Nationals every year and my senior year we got third place, it was soooooo exciting!!! I was a captain my senior year and it was such a blast. I do agree with OTW about cheer camp not being all that fun. I remember the first morning I woke up there freshman year I CRIED b/c I was so sore from the day before and sunburned and I just wanted to fake sick and stay in bed all day. But as the years went out, it got much easier. I agree that cheering is a sport, esp. competitive cheering! Cheer camp did have its fun moments though, especially the year when our bathroom window looked right in to the room of some of the guy cheerleaders who were teaching us.

I was also captain of the tennis team, and I have played tennis since I was 6...so that's almost 14 years...wow!

OUlioness01 · #10 12-31-2002, 06:45 AM

alright, i did cheerleading and i ran track too....i guess i was really busy in high scool.

AOX81 · #11 12-31-2002, 09:59 AM

I was a competitive gymnast for several years. (5 or 6 years I think...I can't remember)

During junior high I was on the swim team.

I cheered for two years in High School. I made the Varsity squad but I quit because I decided I needed to get a job. (I knew that if I wanted to go to college I had to pay for it myself.) Here is a picture of the 2002 Squad.

I wanted to be a part of the pom squad in high school but it was not a school sponsored sport and cost a shit ton of money...the squad at my school is awesome. They usually rank pretty high at the UDA National High School Dance Team Championships every year...you might have seen them on TV.

twinstars · #12 12-31-2002, 10:57 AM

I was a cheerleader for six years, from 7th grade to senior year. I was varsity twice and finally made it to the varsity football squad my last season, senior year.

My friends in college, who didn't know me then, think it's HILARIOUS that I was a cheerleader...

xo_kathy · #13 12-31-2002, 11:53 AM

AOX - Did you go to Swartz Creek? Great dance team!!!

I was a pommer all four years - captain my senior year. Also was All-American and got to perform in the 1993 Macy's Parade. FUN!
Pom camp was tough! Hard work but lots of great memories! I also lettered in soccer.

I was on my college dance team for a year, too, but got too busy with my dance major so didn't continue. I was also a staff member of a dance/pom camp one summer during college. Now those are some stories! All the fun of pom camp plus alcohol!

And it's nice to hear that some school's had bands that were actually good. Push-ups? Ha! Half of our band members were so out of shape they could barely hold their instruments up AND march!!!

WhiteDaisy128 · #14 12-31-2002, 12:23 PM

Varsity Cheerleading - 4 years in high school

Gymnastics Team (captain for 11th and 12th) - 4 years in high school (gym outside of school for 16 years; started competing at age 7); Did gymnastics in college one year before busting up my knee so now I'm just doing the club team, which is soooo much less stressful!

AOX81 · #15 12-31-2002, 12:47 PM

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Originally posted by xo_kathy
AOX - Did you go to Swartz Creek? Great dance team!!!

I sure did!! A couple of my friends were also in the 1993 Macy's Parade!