tyandskyesmom
12-07-2009, 09:41 AM
I just needed somewhere to brag on Skyler's Cheer Squad...
This weekend we spent a very long three days at NIU for the IRCA State Championship.
Skye's squad is made up of KG, 1st, and 2nd graders. They start the season the last week of July, cheer for football games, and compete in two competitions from the end of October to early November. This year we joined IRCA and found that the competitons we attended were qualifying meets. At the first one our Pee-Wees and Widgets qualified. At the second one our Supers and Juniors qualified. Becasue technically the Supers are exhibition for regular competions, they had to score a 78 or higer to earn their bid.
So after qualifying at what was supposed to be the end of their season, they continued to practice three times a week for two hours a night for the next month. During that time, the end of their routine was changed to add some additional difficulty...and SKYE was where a lot of it was added..they now had three stunts (compared to the one that they qualified with) and SKye was doing a lib (standing on one leg with her bases support while lifting the foot of her other leg to her knee) and a full (where her bases raise her other their head, arms fully extended) as opposed to the half that the other stunt was. They also added two more jumps. All of this was done within the last month!!!
Those little girls (while still being hyper, talkative little girls!) worked their butts off to get to where they did and performed great!
They left the competition last night each with a trophy and one for the team that is about an inch taller than Skye...for earning SECOND place!!!!! We are all so proud of them!!!!
They missed the first place team by 2.1 points! On the bright side, the team that won was very good so seeing as we came that close, it was a great weekend!
Those little girls went home very happy and VERY tired!
So now if I coild only get them into a competition in DIsney World...I'd bw one extatic momma!!!
Ok so, thnax for letting me brag!
This weekend we spent a very long three days at NIU for the IRCA State Championship.
Skye's squad is made up of KG, 1st, and 2nd graders. They start the season the last week of July, cheer for football games, and compete in two competitions from the end of October to early November. This year we joined IRCA and found that the competitons we attended were qualifying meets. At the first one our Pee-Wees and Widgets qualified. At the second one our Supers and Juniors qualified. Becasue technically the Supers are exhibition for regular competions, they had to score a 78 or higer to earn their bid.
So after qualifying at what was supposed to be the end of their season, they continued to practice three times a week for two hours a night for the next month. During that time, the end of their routine was changed to add some additional difficulty...and SKYE was where a lot of it was added..they now had three stunts (compared to the one that they qualified with) and SKye was doing a lib (standing on one leg with her bases support while lifting the foot of her other leg to her knee) and a full (where her bases raise her other their head, arms fully extended) as opposed to the half that the other stunt was. They also added two more jumps. All of this was done within the last month!!!
Those little girls (while still being hyper, talkative little girls!) worked their butts off to get to where they did and performed great!
They left the competition last night each with a trophy and one for the team that is about an inch taller than Skye...for earning SECOND place!!!!! We are all so proud of them!!!!
They missed the first place team by 2.1 points! On the bright side, the team that won was very good so seeing as we came that close, it was a great weekend!
Those little girls went home very happy and VERY tired!
So now if I coild only get them into a competition in DIsney World...I'd bw one extatic momma!!!
Ok so, thnax for letting me brag!