St. Louis High School sideline cheer is starting soon! Tryouts take place June 2 and 3 at the T-S-N cafeteria and then June 4, next to the white shed. Practices will take place through the month of July and the rest of summer. Coach Gabby Beckett stated, “However, the team is expected to be working throughout the summer on learning chants and improving their tumbling skills, along with jumps and some kind of conditioning. Hopefully, we will be able to add in a day camp, fundraisers, and team bonding nights throughout the summer too!” 

If students would like to join, they can contact Coach Beckett at [email protected]. Coach Beckett expressed, “I’m so excited for tryouts this year! I’m excited that the restrictions are starting to lift and that we’ll be able to do more than we could last year. We’ll be able to use our equipment to help build more tumbling skills, as well as stunt again. It’s going to be a lot of fun this season!” 

Freshman Jaycee Best who has been cheering since she was little stated, “ I’m most excited about adding new people to the team and getting to know them better.”

Former cheerleader Mikayla Haag expressed, “I’m so excited for cheer this year. I really missed being able to see my coach but also hanging out with my friends on the team. I’m planning on going to tryouts this year. I can’t wait to push myself to see how much I can improve in stunting this year!” 

Maria Puga-Trevino, who is trying out to be sideline cheer, stated, “I’m so excited to try out for cheerleading. I can’t wait to make new friends and be able to cheer at games.” 

Evelynn Gutierrez expressed, “I can’t wait to be a part of the cheer team. I think I’m going to enjoy cheering because a lot of friends are also interested in being in sideline cheer as well. 

Coach Beckett also stated, “I think it’s important for anyone interested in joining cheer to know that everyone will make the team, but they have to try out before they’re able to perform at games. I started this last year as a way to help rebuild the program, and I think it really helps to be able to give everyone that one-on-one time to really learn everything they need to know before they perform at games. There’s no need to worry about not knowing chants or being able to tumble/jump, you have all summer to practice.”