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NORTH ALLEGHENY CHEERLEADERS CHEERLEADING TRYOUTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2005-06 SCHOOL YEAR Tryouts will be held for students interested in cheerleading for both the High School and Middle School squads during the weeks of May 2 and 9. If you are interested in trying out, please read this carefully: HIGH SCHOOL SQUADS consisting of students entering 9th grade (freshman), entering 10th, 11th, 12th (JV and Varsity)
MIDDLE SCHOOL SQUADS consisting of students entering 7th and 8th grades at Marshall Middle School, Ingomar Middle School and Carson Middle School
All interested cheerleaders and a parent must attend a mandatory meeting on Wednesday, April 27, in the NASH auditorium. High School cheerleaders and parents at 6:00 pm. Middle School cheerleaders and parents at 7:00 pm. Please be on time!!!!! Any question that cannot wait until the meeting can be directed to: Leslie Hood @ lhood@northallegheny.org. * * * * * * * * * * * * * CHEERLEADING MINI CAMP 2005 North Allegheny Cheerleaders will teach you Cheers! Chants! Dance! at NAI on Monday, June 13 through Friday, June 17 from 9:30-11:30 am. The mini camp is open to students entering grades 1-. Cost will be $50.00 (includes Camp T-Shirt). Registration will be on Monday, May 9th and Wednesday May 25th from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Teachers Cafeteria at the NA Senior High School. For questions, contact Kim Henderson at 412-367-4212 or Gayle Sauer at 412-741-6765. Click
here for more information! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NATIONAL COMPETITION SUMMARY The national competition in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was such a fun trip! It is really a great opportunity to get to know everyone on a personal level. We had a blast! The girls competed both Saturday and Sunday. Their scores for both days were combined, ant they received a third place trophy. All of the coaches were so proud of their performances. They had never performed so well. We go to see a lot of other great cheerleading squads from all over the country, too. It was a great conclusion to our year. Great job, girls!!!! -Leslie Hood, Varsity Coach * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Cheerleading
Competition Schedules In addition to
their cheerleading duties for their respective squads, each squad has also
taken on the additional challenge of competing against other school
squads. This challenge
involves the additional time not only for the competitions themselves, but
also for developing and practicing a competition routine that showcases
their talents. The
competitions give them an opportunity to accomplish a goal for themselves.
Competing
is not new in the history of North Allegheny Cheerleading, but it has
taken on a new focus over the past few years with the hiring of
competition-experienced coaches and the establishment of minimum tumbling
requirements for try-outs. The
Freshman, J.V. and Varsity squads are all involved in local competitions
throughout the year, and the Varsity squad is eligible to travel to a
National competition if they can qualify for it.
Two years ago, the Varsity squad attended the ECA Nationals at
Williamsburg, VA and took home an 8th place trophy.
Last year, the Varsity squad traveled to the Cheer America
competition in Orlando Florida and brought home a second place trophy.
This year, they will be attending the CANAM Nationals in Myrtle
Beach, S.C. on March 19th and 20th.
In addition, the Freshman and J.V. squads will be attending a new
Pittsburgh national competition on April 8-10.
Click
here to see the
competitions attended by the squads this season.
Comments from the coaches follow the listing when available. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Get to Know the 2004-2005 Dana
Thomas—Cheerleading
Coordinator/Tumbling Coach
Dana has been coaching gymnastics
for 12 years and cheerleading for 6 years.
She is USA Gymnastics Safety Certified.
She teaches weekly tumbling classes for North Allegheny
cheerleading squads from Middle School through Varsity.
She also works closely with the Freshman, J.V., and Varsity coaches
in planning out the competition routines and the competition schedules. Her goals for North Allegheny cheerleading this year are as
follows: (1)
All squads should have proper conditioning so that they can
successfully handle the demands of cheerleading. (2)
All squads should have minimum tumbling requirements so that they
can be more competitive. (3)
The Varsity squad should win a National Championship and gain
greater respect for cheerleading as a sport. Leslie
Hood—Varsity
Coach
Leslie is in her second year as the
North Allegheny Varsity Cheerleading Coach.
She has received a bachelors degree in elementary education and a
masters degree in special education and is currently teaching 7th
grade learning support at Ingomar Middle School.
Her cheerleading experience includes JV/Varsity Cheerleading
Captain at Shaler Area High School, including being a part of the 1996
State Championship Squad. In
college, she cheered 3 years at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has
been an Elite Cheer Instructor. Her
goals for the North Allegheny Varsity Cheerleading Squad are as follows: (1)
Goal for the 2004-2005 squad: Win
a first place National Title at Myrtle Beach. (2)
Goal for the 2005-2006 squad:
Defend our National Title and bring home another first place
trophy. Becky
Brown Troppman—Freshman
Coach Kathy
Irvin—Stunting Coordinator
Kathy currently attends Slippery
Rock University. She is in
her fourth year and is majoring in business management.
Her cheerleading career stems back to Shaler Area Cheerleading
where she cheered and was a captain her sophomore year.
She also competed for an All-Star gym, PCC, her sophomore year.
During those years she took home two National Titles and had many
individual accomplishments. One
of her individual accomplishments was Pittsburgh’s #1 Cheerleader.
She also took that title home the following year as well. Another big individual award she received was placing 4th
at Nationals. She also
cheered for PAC where she won many titles and coached for 2 years. She is now on the Slippery Rock coed squad, which just
recently won second place at UCA Nationals.
Furthermore, at the age of 20, Kathy opened her own All-Star gym,
All-American Cheer & Dance Elite.
Her goal for the squads is: (1)
Varsity squad will win a National title at Myrtle Beach this March. (2)
J.V. & Freshman will bring home 1st place titles
from Pittsburgh’s Cheer Nation in April. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CHEERLEADERS BOOKLET Click here to go to booklet! Included in the cheerleaders booklet is information about costs, time commitment, expectations and other essential information concerning high school cheerleading.
Any questions or comments should be directed to Athletic Director Bob Bozzuto at: bbozzuto@northallegheny.org |