“You know we had to double it.” said the Cheerleaders. 

The Scotsmen Varsity Cheerleaders take first place twice in a row during their 2023 competition season. The squad has been working hard this fall and winter to perfect their routines, and cheering on other sports teams. The team’s goal has been to create an astonishing crowd-engaging routine that makes the audience want to get up and cheer with them.  

The Varsity squad performed their traditional routine and game day routine at their competition hosted by West Linn High School. Having previously won a second place trophy at Lake Oswego High School, the Scots continue their high score streak with winning two first place trophies afterwards. The routine begins with sharp round-off back handsprings and a powerful round-off back tuck by sophomore Nevaeyah Samuels. 

The Scots maintained sharp and clean gestures throughout their chants, making the routine incredibly satisfying to watch. Their jump sequence in the Traditional and Game Day routine included a right-front and a double toe. The girls moved swiftly throughout transitions in the chant portion and kept their volume high. To start off the dance portion, another round-off back tuck was showcased. During the stunts, Junior tumbler Ella Gunter performed a round-off backhandspring which accompanied the squad’s stunting nicely.  The squad hit all their stunts and had a perfect run through of their routine.  Not one move out of place.

In their Game Day routine, the cheerleaders called a defensive cheer that chanted “Get that ball back.” Before the routine began, the girls all hyped the crowd up with kicks, twirls,  jumps and smiles.  The routine included a clean and high toe touch and a roll off of back handsprings. The squad concluded their routine by performing the David Douglas Fight Song with another high toe touch and clean movements. 

 Deservingly, the lady Scots placed first in both divisions and are looking forward to competing at upcoming competitions. “Varsity won both divisions and JV got 5th, opting to mark their pyramid for safety and cleanliness reasons while still taking advantage of getting out on the mat.” said Coach Mikyla Pruett.