Turkey Foot Middle School

The turkey-foot center School cheerleaders perform on UCA Bluegrass Challenge in Lexington.(picture: Compliment of Chris Granger)

EDGEWOOD - Relationship. Trust. Positivity. Family.

These are all the things members of the turkey-foot center class cheerleading group have discovered relating to this year.

“These women will always be within my heart, ” head advisor Michele Beier stated. “They’ve had some difficulties, a rebuilding of the staff with 16 users taking place to highschool and having to alter routines many times when there have been about nine accidents at the same time. They went from competing as a big staff to a medium staff then back once again to a sizable team.

“This staff is a remarkable set of girls, just who stayed positive through it-all.”

Recently the 22-member staff competed in back-to-back competitions. On Jan. 30, they began their time carrying out at the UCA Bluegrass Challenge in Lexington. The completed in 2nd destination. After that, the team traveled towards BB&T Center at Northern Kentucky University to compete in NKCCA competitors. Girls moved away with beginning into the Super Large Division.

“Overall, it had been one successful time the turkey-foot center class cheerleaders, ” Beier said. “A marvelous end to a fantastic period. This team had a real need to win and show on their own.”

Eighth-grade cheerleader Jenna Marie Eckler, 14, said the success during the competitions was a “big accomplishment.”

“We’ve had our pros and cons this year, but we've worked tough and really arrived collectively as a team, ” she said. “I’m truly happy with everyone else. We’re all like household. We’re constantly bonding and encouraging both.”

Fellow eighth-grader Delanee McCormick, 14, decided and stated she’s pleased to be part of this staff.

“I’m so glad we did this together, ” she stated. “We simply held good which revealed within our shows. I love being part of this staff and participating in this sport. It’s exactly about getting family members.”

Sixth-grade cheerleader Sydney Elkin, 11, said this can be her very first year regarding team. She said the answer to the team’s success is trust in one another.

“We’re all extremely close, ” Elkin stated. “You have to be close in this recreation. Your teammates are those holding you up 10 feet floating around. They’re catching you when you belong to their arms. Trust is really so important.”

Chloe Vogel, 13, a seventh-grade cheerleader, said finished . she enjoys most about cheerleading is making friends.

“We’re all indeed there for every single various other, outside the competitions and techniques, ” she said. “If among us has already established a negative trip to school, all of us pull together to aid that girl and every thing changes.”