Middle School Winter Cheer Tryouts – October 14th & October 17th
by: Kaylee Kenz
Hello and thank you for your interest in the North Allegheny Middle School Cheerleading Program! Tryouts will be on Thursday, 10/17 at 5pm and we are excited to see everyone. A few notes leading up to tryouts.
These tryout sessions do not apply to current members of the squads and only apply to students interested in participation this winter.
Attached is the NA Cheer Handbook for the upcoming season. Please read and review the entire handbook. Athletes are not allowed to tryout if they do not turn in a signed policy agreement found on the last page of the handbook. This must be turned in at the tryout on Thursday, October 17th. Also attached is the price sheet that was mentioned at the parent meeting in Spring.
NORTH ALLEGHENY CHEER HANDBOOK 2024-2025
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1. Tryout dates and times
- Monday, October 14th, 5-6pm at NAI Upper Gym – Voluntary practice session for any athlete trying out.
- Thursday, October 17th will start middle school tryout at 5pm in NAI Upper Gym. Tryouts will trypically last 30-45 minutes max, I do suggest parents stay in the parking lot. Tryout gym will be closed to spectators. Athletes will wait after tryouts to receive their tryout envelope with information if they have made the team.
2. Material below is to be learned on your own prior to Monday, October 14th. We will review the cheer, chant, fight song and dance at tryout practices but will not teach it step by step. This is expected to be learned on your own prior to Monday, October 14th.
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Cheer: Replace the colors with ‘Black and Gold’ and Replace the Letters with ‘N (pause) A’ – Front, Teach, Back
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Chant – Replace ‘Cats’ with ‘Tigers’, ‘Central’ with ‘NA’: – Front
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Fight Song: Slow with counts and full speed video attached.
3. Apparel for tryouts – No compression shorts / Nike Pros allowed or skinny tank tops or crop tops. Any NA color tops (Black, Gold, White) and bottom can be worn for tryout practice, official tryout day (Thursday, 10/17) all athletes must be in a white bow with hair pulled back clean, white t-shirt, black shorts, white socks, and athletic shoes.
4. What to bring to tryouts – Signed Policy form, Parent Contact Info (Email, Phone number, Address), Water and a good attitude!
Any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Coach Kaylee via email at kkenz29@gmail.com. Thanks and I look forward to an awesome winter season!
