“You are on a team. It’s a family, regardless if you like all of them or none of them. You can’t choose your family, just like you can’t choose your team. Even through all the drama, your team will always be there for you, and you should be there for them. You compete as one not as individuals. Everyone should try harder every practice. Win or lose as a team. Rise and fall as a team.” Throughout the years, I have had to say goodbye to some of my best friends on the cheer squad because they were seniors. It would always be bittersweet knowing that I’d never get the chance to cheer with them again. Now that I’m the senior and it’s my turn to walk away, I can’t help but to look back on all the memories I’ve made over the last four years.
When I think back to my freshman year on varsity, I remember thinking how nervous and shy I was to actually be on a high school varsity cheer squad. I didn’t talk to anybody except for the other freshman that were on the squad with me. To be honest, I don’t think I started to come out of my shell until the very end of the season. By then it was to late to really get to know the seniors. The only senior that I was really close with that year was our captain, Chelsea Rasnic.
Sophomore and junior year, I was more confident about cheering knowing that I had several new freshman looking up to me and asking for help. I had to be able to help teach them what I knew and help calm their nerves for the first game. We only had one group of seniors out of those two years, so I had longer to get to know them. When it came time for their senior night, I remember bawling my eyes knowing that I would never cheer with them again.
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