<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1bH3dq_1GusUbu700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1bH3dq_1GusUbu700" width="1206" height="1590" ></figure>This past Saturday, Oct. 31 the cheerleaders had their first competition of the competition cheer season.“Preparing has been hard, we’ve only been working on our competition routines and not our game day routines in order to be ready for the competition,” sophomore Neelley Jordan said.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=24phZR_1GusUbu700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=24phZR_1GusUbu700" width="1206" height="1605" ><figcaption>First Cheer Competition (Darlington Athletics Instagram)</figcaption></figure>The cheer team works hard on their routines to be at their best during competition days.“During practice, we run our routine over and over again so that we’re ready by the day we compete,” sophomore Reese Craig said.Shortly after their second place accomplishment, the senior tradition began!“Every year the seniors have to participate in the silent senior tradition. The seniors take pins from Mrs. Smyly’s office and try not to talk for the whole day,” freshman Ella Katherine Jackson said.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3hIw40_1GusUbu700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3hIw40_1GusUbu700" width="1206" height="1593" ><figcaption>First Cheer Competition (Darlington Athletics Instagram)</figcaption></figure>Some cheerleaders find this to be a bit more of a challenge than others, though.“I went in to attempt to take one of the seniors’ pins, but all three of hers had already been taken! I was surprised because it was only during office hours,” freshman Ava Walley said.All of the cheerleaders look forward to participating in the fun. Taking their pins has been part of the tradition for several years, and there’s one more thing that happens if you talk.“During club, if you have one of their pins, you get to pie them in the face,” Ella Katherine said.</div></body>

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This past Saturday, Oct. 31 the cheerleaders had their first competition of the competition cheer season. “Preparing has been hard, we’ve only been working on our competition routines and not our game day routines in order to be ready for the competition,” sophomore Neelley Jordan said. The cheer...

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