Linfield cheer off to a promising start

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Angela Orellana-Aguilar, For the Review

Cheer is feeling bright about the new school year. Linfield cheer started off in full gear with 16 girls participating in the program.

This is the second year they have their coach, who has been able to provide new uniforms and more advanced stunts for the team to perform.

The team has also been able to gain relationships with other teams in the region, recently getting the opportunity to do a joint halftime show with the Pacific University cheerleaders.

Cheer captain, Stephanie Hofmann, said the changes have been nothing but good. “They have all been really positive and helped bring us closer together as a team.”

Hofmann said that the freshmen have contributed a lot, with eight girls joining the team this year. “They have been extremely dedicated to the team and come into every practice looking to improve,” Hofmann said.

“All of them came from different high schools and even different states, but they all have bonded together to make this team great,” she said.

Linfield cheer recently got social media accounts to help promote the team to high school students, which will hopefully help the program reach out to more people.

Right now, their main focus is being ready for the football games, but they will be back in January to support men and women’s basketball during Jan term. They hope to bring more advanced choreography and stunts in the coming months.

Captain Brianna Snipes said, “This year has been great. We’ve made a lot of major improvements from previous years. Our collegiate level stunts are somethhing I’m proud of this year.”

Cheer tryouts will be held in a few weeks to fill spots for some of the girls going abroad next term, and they are looking forward to the rest of the school year. “I’m really impressed with how our team has done so far this season,” Hofmann said, “I can’t help but be positive for the future.”