Varsity & JV Football Cheer

Thank you for your interest in trying out to be a Red Lion Varsity and JV Cheerleader! Important information regarding tryouts can be found below. Please pay attention to all mandatory dates and times.

Location for tryouts- Red Lion SHS- Old Main Gym

• *Tuesday April 20 5:00-7:30 pm - material review and jump, tumbling, and fitness evaluations (please bring running sneakers!)

  • *** The first date of tryouts is *mandatory*. If you play a spring sport that will require to be late or miss the first date, you must communicate that to the coaches by emailing ClarkMM@RLASD.net.

• Wednesday April 21- 5:00-7:30 pm- Material Review

• Thursday April 22- 5:00-7:30 pm- Final Evaluations

  • Virtual Tryouts- Video submission is due to ClarkMM@rlasd.net by Thursday April 22 at 4:00 pm

  • In-Person Tryouts- tryouts will be done in groups of 3. Tryouts will begin promptly at 5:00 pm and once your tryout is complete you may leave

  • Tryout results will be emailed to participants individually by Friday April 23.

What to Wear:

Athletic clothing, sneakers, and a mask. MASKS ARE REQUIRED at all in-person dates.

For final evaluations, candidates should wear a plain white t-shirt with black/navy athletic shorts, and sneakers, with hair pulled back neatly in a ponytail, and a mask. No jewelry should be worn. **Failure to abide by the dress code will result in a loss of points from your tryout score.**

Scoring:

Participants will be scored by a panel of judges on the following criteria:

• • Jumps (touch touch and jump of choice)- possible points: 5 per judge

  • Cheer-possible points: 5 per judge

  • Chants-possible points: 5 per judge

  • Dance-possible points: 5 per judge

  • Tryout Quiz- possible points: 10 per tryout

  • Tumbling - possible points: 3 per tryout

    • Tumbling is not required but will be treated as an extra bonus point(s) for your tryout score.

• Standing or running handspring: 1 pt.

• Standing or running back tuck: 2 pts.

• Standing or running full- 3 pts.

*If you are submitting a virtual tryout, please make sure that your video submission includes all pieces of the tryout material. If an item is not included, you will receive a 0 for that area on the score sheet. *

Final Results and Team Placement:

Varsity and JV squads are chosen based on the scores that each athlete receives from their tryouts. A great varsity cheerleader will have excellent foundational skills like tight motions, correct motion placement, and good jump form, as well as enthusiasm and showmanship in cheers and dances.

Once final scores are tallied from all judges, they are organized by highest to lowest. The highest scores will make Varsity. When there is a noticeable break in the scoring pattern, that will determine the end of Varsity and the start of the JV team. When there is another noticeable break in scores, it will determine the end of JV and athletes falling below that score break will not receive a spot on the Varsity or JV Teams.

All athletes will be notified of whether or not they made the team via email by Friday 4/23. This email will go to the student's RL email address.

If you do not make the team this season, please do not be discouraged from trying out in the future for Winter Cheer or Football Cheer next year!!

STEP 1: COMPLETE GOOGLE FORM

*2021-2022 Varsity Cheerleading Tryout Form

Use your school email to complete

*this should be completed with a parent/guardian and takes roughly 10-15 minutes to complete*

This must be completed by Tuesday April 20