Courtney Bockstanz Mrs. St.Onge English 12 9/13/15 Common App It’s that time of year when the air gets chilly and crisp, and everything seems to have an amber tint. You know what's coming- football. Where people run around trying to get this oblong, brown ball to their end zone just to score points. But that’s not what I was into. The thing that ultimately interested me, were the cheerleaders. I remember going to my brothers junior football games and seeing the cheerleaders. In the stands, I would try to copy their every move, and of course I probably looked like a dancing turkey with its head cut off. I didn't care. I was having so much fun. That is when I knew I wanted to be a cheerleader. Usually when people try to describe me the words …show more content…
I literally eat, sleep and breathe cheer. When fall rolled around that next year I joined the squad and became a Buccaneer. I practiced day and night learning every little detail about cheerleading. At games, we would make adorable little chants on the sidelines. My favorite part though was half-time because we performed a routine in the middle of the field. I will admit that I was nervous, but it would disappear when I started performing. It was like as soon as the music would come on, cheering was the only thing that existed. I loved cheerleading and I loved being a part of something. Starting my freshman year I tried out for the cheer team, and I’ve never been that nervous in my life. The fear of not making it on the team discouraged me to not try out, yet it didn’t hurt to try. When the list appeared on the wall I didn’t want to look. What if I didn’t manage to make it on the team? What would I do then? Eventually I had to look, I needed to know if I needed to stay after school. So I bravely walked up to that piece of paper. I read through the names, first looking at the varsity list, then I read the JV list. And my name was there! I was so ecstatic to be on the cheer