Making the Del Norte Varsity Cheer team

I Have had a lot of big events that have happened over the past 3 years of High school but the one that i am most proud of is how i was just a freshman and i had NO EXPERIENCE at all with cheer. I would go to the summer workouts and practice with the team. The only other freshman that was trying out was one of my best friends Kaylie, we would practice together,we were like two peas in a pot and we were never apart,we never spoke to almost anyone, we were always on time maybe even a bit earlier, and we were very scared. 

During the summer workouts tryouts for the Varsity team came up. Me and my family were very nervous. I remember like it was yesterday my older sister who was on the cheer team throughout her whole years at Del Norte would come over after we had practice and go over all the cheers, dances and jumps i had to complete in order to make the varsity team. Keep in mind i wasn't trying to be on a varsity level i wanted to make the C team Or JV team. So my sister gave me feedback on how to keep my jumps higher and how to raise my voice during cheers we had to say. 

Tryouts were coming up really fast so i got my number that i had to wear in order to try out. I was number five and my best friend kaylie was number four. Tryouts were literally the next day after getting our numbers. The morning of tryouts at about 6:30 my older sister came over and got me ready, she always told me "In order to be a cheerleader you have to look like a cheerleader" to be honest i had no idea what i just walked into at the moment because she brought ALL of her makeup and hair products. She gave me a complete makeover, i was wearing dark eyeshadow and very bright red lipstick. My hair was teased in the front and pulled back with a big cheer bow tied in my hair. I was wearing a black Strap shirt with turquoise shorts and my shoes. It was really weird seeing myself look so different because i've never wore makeup before!

As my sister was taking me to tryouts she was telling me positive things with my parents on the phone, everyone was very nervous for me and so was i. But deep down i knew my parents and sister were just trying to kiss my ass because they always kept repeating themselves that "if u don't make it it's okay" and they would repeat themselves because i had no experience what so ever. So honestly i kind of already knew i wasn't going to make it. When my sister dropped me off  she got out of her car and hugged me and told me she loved me and to go kick some ass at my tryouts and to smile, be loud and be tight with my moves.

Tryouts began and we had time slots and we had partners, but we couldn't pick our partners so i had this junior named angelica. As i was going on in front of the judges i was a nervous reck but i did exactly what my sister told me, to kick some ass! and honestly iv'e never tried so hard for something i really wanted. Tryouts went very well and very successful for me, and honestly i was very proud of myself because i went for something new and something iv'e never done before.

After try outs ended we had to come back to the cheer room at 2:30 to see our number on a poster and if out number was on the poster we were on the varsity team. So i went with my dad and i wanted to tear up because i had a strong feeling i didn't make it, and as my dad was pulling up to the cheer room my dad told me "Just remember it's okay if u didn't make varsity it was your first time ever doing something new" and as we came to the poster i saw my number and i did a double take because i was very confused and i thought i saw the wrong number and i was screaming telling my dad " I MADE THE TEAM DAD!!! I ACTUALLY MADE THE TEAM!!" and my dad was laughing and was tearing up and was like "No way go check again and take a picture just to make sure" so i did exactly what he did and i came to him showing him and telling him "Yes!!! my number is Five and it's right there" my dad hugged me so tight and tears came down his face. It was the best feeling ever. As i was looking at the poster i saw my best friend Kaylies number and i called her ad told her she made it and me and her were both screaming. 

In conclusion me and kaylie were the only Freshmans who made the varsity cheer team in 2016, and in the end trying new stuff u have never done before is honestly pretty fun and challenging because u never know what u can accomplish in the end. And to this day as a junior i'm still currently on the cheer team and i have improved so much and i love my coach and my team and would go back just to feel this experience over and over again.