Cabrini’s cheer team is full of new members.
Although the team is in between coaches at the moment, they are still getting prepared for the start of their 2015-2016 season. The cheer team held tryouts on Monday, Sept. 28 and Tuesday, Sept. 29.
In order to get people to try out, the cheer team mem- bers put up posters as well as posted on social media sites to inform people of when and where the tryouts were held. When Monday and Tuesday rolled around for tryouts, about 40 new people showed up ready to join the team, making it one of the largest tryout groups Cabrini has seen in a while.
Now that the cheer team has their members, they are able to start getting their dues in for their uniforms.
Although the cheer team has its members, they are still looking for more people to join.
“We held tryouts Monday and Tuesday, but we are still accepting girls with experience,” cheer captain and junior finance major, Brittany Jones, said. “We are trying to make it a new team, something fresh.”
Cheer captains Brittany Jones and Taylor Thomas are trying to get some team bonding exercises going so that the team is able to work together during the season. They do team bonding, just as any other sports team would, so that all of the members get a chance to know one another, to learn how to work with each other and to help prevent drama starting between team members.
“It is a brand new team of mostly freshmen so we get a brand new start,” sophomore international business major, Meghan Dougherty, said. “Once drama starts, the team does not perform together and it starts to get cliquey and that is what we are trying to avoid.”
While in the process of starting their season, the cheer team holds different fundraisers to help cover their costs. They do a fundraiser with the Ronald McDonald House as well as participate in Relay for Life.
As basketball season is quickly approaching, the girls of the cheer team are learning their new dances as well as their new cheers and stunts with the help from the work of their captains. With a new team, previous cheer team members are also excited for the team’s upcoming season.
“I had to stop cheering because my school work was too much, but I can’t wait to see what they come up with this year,” former cheerleader and sophomore accounting major, Gabby Rocco, said.
In order for people to try out for the cheer team, they had to fill out the emergency information form found on the Cabrini Recreation website, as well as bring a copy of their insurance card.
Those with cheerleading experience that did not know about the tryout date and time and are still interested in signing up can send an email to cheerleading@cabrini.edu or contact cheer captains Brittany Jones and Taylor Thomas for more information.
