The first send-off of the year was held last Friday for the cheer team as they departed for the biggest competition of the year, Nationals in Dallas.

“The girls are prepared, and they’re just gonna go out there and do their best,” cheer Coach Kuykendall said.

The atmosphere was electric. Parents snapped photos. The drumline cadences reverberated in the air. 

“I’m so excited, yet I want to cry because she is a senior,” parent, Shannon Gray, said. “It’s her last high school nationals.”

The cheerleaders had matching sunglasses on and put their suitcases into the bus. They are off to aim for their seventh win.

“I feel great,” Shaylah Gray, senior captain, said. “Tension is high.”

Update: 

The cheer team won in “Novice Small Varsity Crowd Performance.” This is their seventh national win.