HEMPFIELD AREA CHEERLEADING

Dear Parent / Guardian / Student,

Below you will find information about upcoming cheerleading tryouts for the 2012-2013 school year.

Squad Information:

~9th Grade Squad will have a total of 15 members

~Junior Varsity Squad will have a total of 10 members

~Varsity Squad will have a total of 20 members

~Each squad will have a captain and co-captain

~This is subject to change due to ties

Tryout Practices:

Tuesday, April 24th at 4-6 pm at STANDWOOD ELEMENTARY

~All members will learn ALL material

Wednesday, April 25th at 4-6 pm at HARROLD MIDDLE SCHOOL

~All material will be perfected/motions/voice/facials

~Jumps and Tumbling will be looked at by coaches

Thursday, April 26th at 4-6 pm in the HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM

~Numbers of partners will be selected randomly and time will be given to practice with partner

~Mock tryouts will be conducted so that each girl knows the procedure

Tryouts:

Friday, April 27th

~Tryouts will begin at approximately 3:15 pm in the HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM

~Varsity squad 1st, JV squad 2nd and 9th Grade squad 3rd

~All girls must wear hair pulled up, no jewelry, tennis shoes, a plain white t-shirt and royal blue soffe shorts

~Girls should get changed in the field house lobby restroom, and remain in the lobby until they tryout

~Once cheerleaders tryout, they may leave, girls are NOT permitted to wait inside the fieldhouse for scores

~Members who made the squads will be posted on the cheerleading website at approximately 7:00 pm

Captain Information:

~If you would like to try-out for the captain of the 9th grade squad, you must have cheered in 7th AND 8th grade.

~If you would like to try-out for a captain of the JV squad, you must have cheered a minimum of 2 years.

~If you would like to try-out for a captain of the Varsity squad, you MUST be a senior and cheered a minimum of 3 years

~Captain will be judged by their tryout score, captain cheer score, captain questionnaire score and coaches score

~Highest total combined score will be selected as captain and second highest as co-captain.

~Captain tryouts will take place after each respective squad

Sincerely,

Coach Shannon Klosky Coach Allison Iksic Coach Lisa Pieretti

Varsity Cheerleading Coach Junior Varsity Cheerleading Coach 9th Grade Cheerleading Coach

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