Behind the scenes of a cheer coach
By Ciara Laney, Hawkeye staff
May 4, 2017
Filed under Feature, Sports, Uncategorized
When cheer coach Jessica Ellersick went to high school,“Cheerleaders were the cool girls. They were the ones to go to parties.” Back in the early 2000s, many cheerleading teams weren’t as competitive as they are now. Times have changed since she started as a volunteer cheer coach in 2010, and...
MTHS Cheer Headed for State Competition after competition at Kentwood
By Brianna Houtman, Staff Writer
February 4, 2016
Filed under Sports
This Saturday, Jan. 30, the MTHS cheer team performed in the state cheer competition at the Alaska Airlines Arena, home of the ‘Udub’ Huskies. The team placed third out of seven teams in the non-tumbling medium division with a score of 63 out of 90. The team struggled with the stunting portion...
MTHS Cheer does well, maintains in top 50
By Brianna Houtman, Staff Writer
February 4, 2016
Filed under Sports
On Monday, January 18th, the MTHS cheer team placed second at Bellevue High School in their fourth competition of the year. The team scored a 56.25 out of 90. “That’s one of our best performances [we’ve had] where everything hit.” senior co-captain Rikki Kuhn said. The team hopes to ...
Cheerleading is in fact a sport, and Mountlake Terrace has the team to prove it
By Steve Willits
February 11, 2014
Filed under Sports, Willits Wednesdays
%%wppa%% %%slide=22%% Column by Steve Willits | HAWKEYE AlumnusPhotos by TK Johnson | HAWKEYECongratulations to one of the toughest and most resilient sports teams at Mountlake Terrace for an incredible performance at a state tournament last weekend. It sounds crazy and trust me when I say that I ...
Preview: Cheer to compete at state competition Saturday
By TK Johnson
January 31, 2014
Filed under Sports
The Terrace cheer team has had a busy year so far. They’ve had their usual Friday night football games and their basketball games that they cheer at, but this year the cheer team has taken it to a whole new level. Starting back in November, four of the senior girls, Brittany Kinsella, Samantha Meadows,...
2013-2014 cheer squad chosen
By Erick Yanzon
April 12, 2013
Filed under Featured Stories, Sports
Tryouts for the 2013-2014 cheer were held from March 21 to 28. There were a total of 19 students, and only 12 made it to the squad. There were different dress-up days during the week of tryouts. Students brought their creative dress-up ideas on Thursday, Tacky Prom day, and Friday, Under The Sea day....
2012-2013 cheer squad selected
By Erick Yanzon
April 15, 2012
Filed under Sports
The 2012-2013 cheer tryouts were held from March 22 to March 29. Participants learned a routine that was taught by previous captain, senior Taylor Jackson, and they also had to come up of their own original cheer. Candidates were evaluated based on staff evaluations, attendance and discipline re...