The Weatherford high school cheer team competed in the performance regionals in Chickasha this past weekend where they placed fourth. They were one of eight teams which qualified for state in the 4A performance regional competition.
The performance state competition will take place today at Union High School in Tulsa.
“I am very proud of this team. They work so hard and put their hearts into everything they do. We have some really great leaders this year not only in our senior class, but throughout the entire team. They are good at lifting each other up when things are not going the way they expect or when they are having a hard practice. They are a great group, I’m very proud to be on this journey with them,” Kenlee Copeland, WHS varsity cheer sponsor, said.
The cheer team also will be competing in game day regionals in November. The team is hoping to qualify there as well.
“Game day competition is very different from performance state, so our team will have a lot to learn when preparing for this competition,” Copeland said.
Until the competition season is completed, the routine prepared for performance state will be what the team is working on. They begin practicing after try-outs in April, and they go until competition season finishes in September.
Overall, the cheerleaders practice three to four times a week throughout the summer in preparation for performance competition. They compete every year.
Scoring at the competition is done by a panel of judges and is based upon performance, difficulty, skills, stunting, pyramid, tumbling and crowd involvement.