Faith Christian Cheer 2010

Congratulations to the Faith Christian Cheerleading Squad
for Winning STATE!!! 

Your FCA Cheer Squad has been VERY busy.  First, they held a Mini Cheer Camp for 54 excited FCA Elementary School girls.  Throughout the week, the squad cheered with their mini cheerleaders from 3:30 until 5:00 each day, teaching them V-I-C-T-O-R-Y and a super fun dance.  Then all the girls performed at the football game on Friday evening and what a great performance it was!

Homecoming 2010

The week of Homecoming 2010 was filled with many duties for our cheerleaders.  Each girl not only continued with the regular practice schedule, they also performed in two separate rallies.  At the Middle School on Tuesday, the girls led both the elementary grades and the middle school grades in cheers and competitions.  They cheered on each new team presented for Homecoming week.  They also joined the sixth grade boys in Eagle jacks. 

The High School Homecoming Pep Rally was even better.  The squad stunted and danced as usual.  One teacher exclaimed, “The girls were freakishly in sync.”  They even asked several football players to join them in a basket toss competition in which the boys assisted in throwing our flyers into the air.  Then the girls had students from each grade level wrap football players in crepe paper to stir our competitive juices even further.   

 However, the highlight of the week must have been the actual Homecoming football game against Sheridan.  The girls had strong voices as they led the crowd in cheer after cheer.  They stunted by throwing one another into the air.  They even put up the captains into stunts this week. Their energy and excitement spilled over the railing into the crowd and helped our team successfully win the game.  The crowd can bear witness that this week’s stunts and pyramids surpassed anything seen so far this season.  The girls are working hard at every practice to prepare for their state competition in December.  We’ll be anxiously awaiting news of their  success.

Faith Christian Cheerleaders at the Brush game.

Faith Christian Cheerleaders at the first
2010 football game.

The FCA Eagles 2010-2011 Cheer squad consists of 18 girls including two captains, Ellie Hadden and Tess Brockmeyer.   Over the summer the girls attended cheer camp, worked on stunting with UCA coaches, and improved their tumbling at a local gym.  All their hard work shows in the excellence of each performance. 

During practice the girls continue to improve one stunt at a time.  Coach Hadden’s goal this year is that each girl is able to stunt in a variety of stunt groups and rolls.  Each stunt group consists of one flyer (the girl in the air), two bases (the girls on the sides of the stunt holding the foot of the flyer), and one back (the girl in the back stabilizing and controlling the stunt).  In order to perform the complicated stunts you see, each girl works as part of the team lifting, throwing, and catching the flyer.    As you see the flyer tossed in the air and twist down, or stand on one leg with her foot out behind her, understand that this beautiful effect is the result of hours of lifting, balancing, counting, calculating, and catching the most important thing in God’s creation, a girl.  Just ask the boys. 

Meet the FCA 2010 Cheerleaders

           Haley Brisben       12                        Makay Drone        10

               Rose Hofer           12                        Annika Duden       10

               Hannah Brandt      11                        Morgan Stahara    10

               Tess Brockmeyer 11                        Christine Zirbel     10

               Alyssa Garza         11                        Lexei Cox               9

               Ellie Hadden          11                        MaKenna Duran     9

               Melanee Hart         11                        Bekah Shull            9

               McKayla Merrell     11                        Haven Smart          9

               Ashley Bowman     10                        Tiana Vialpando    9