Sideline Competition Cheer Team

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Kailee Ammons
Feature Editor 
Southeast Polk entered their first "sideline competition team"
this year. Photo credit Kailee Ammons. 
 The brand new cheerleading competition team will compete at state cheerleading on November 7 at the Iowa State Fair grounds.
            “I think it is really cool that we are the first sideline team at Southeast Polk because if we do well, then it will be memorable,” said Hannah Allen, sophomore.
This competition team will compete in the “time-out” division against other schools such as Hempstead and Jefferson. When competing, the squad will perform stunts with a cheer, along with getting the crowd to yell with them.
To prepare for state, the team has been practicing every week. They improve through the encouragement and advice of their coach and each other.
“We have been told that being confident is really important,” said Allen. “And if you mess up, do not make it a big deal. You just have to keep going.”

In the beginning, all of the girls on the team were shy and not too confident in their skills. Now that they know each other better and are more confident in themselves and each other. They feel that they are prepared to perform at State.

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