1. Informational Meeting March 2, 2015
LHS CHEER
Informational Meeting
March 2, 2015

2. Clinic and tryout Dates
Tryout Applications Due March 6 by 4:30 at the High School
LHS Cheer Tryout Clinic
March 9-12
4:30-6:30
WSMS students may ride the bus to LHS to attend the clinic
Attire: shorts, t-shirt, white shoes, hair up, no jewelry
LHS Cheer Tryouts
March 13
Freshman will start at 5:00
Attire: black shorts, white t-shirt, white shoes, hair up, no jewelry

3. Lovejoy cheer Representatives of Lovejoy High School
Promote good sportsmanship, good citizenship, positive school spirit
Enthusiastically support all athletic teams through advertisement, personal attitude, and attendance at events chosen by the sponsor and approved by the principal.
Support all groups at Lovejoy High School throughout the school year

4. Constitution
Page 3 Committee responsible for facilitating tryouts Page 3 High School Cheerleader Tryouts – selection

5. UIL Spirit Competition
CHAMPIONSHIP DATES
January 13-16, 2016
Arlington, Texas
GAME DAY FORMAT
Each team will showcase its best sideline and
crowd-leading material in the following categories:
FIGHT SONG
TIME OUT BAND DANCE
TIME OUT CHEER
Emphasis on crowd involvement
The use of crowd-leading tools such as signs, poms, flags and/or megaphones is encouraged
Skill Restrictions
No basket, sponge or elevator tosses allowed
No inversions
No twisting dismounts from stunts
Single leg extended stunts are limited to liberties and liberty hitches
No running tumbling
Standing tumbling is limited to back handsprings and back tucks

6. Tryout Score Breakdown

7. Responsibilities Football
Varsity cheerleaders cheer at all varsity football games both at home and away. Junior Varsity and Freshman Cheerleaders cheer at home games only. JV and Freshman games are played on Thursday nights.
Freshman and Junior Varsity Squads cheer at the Varsity game on Leopard Friday and at the Pink Out game.
Freshman and Junior Varsity Squads may be included in playoff games if participation does not interfere with other cheer responsibilities.
In our Lovejoy Leopards played in one Playoff game, in we played two playoff games.

8. Responsibilities Volleyball
All squads cheer for home volleyball games. Most of those games were played on Tuesday and Fridays.
In the event a Varsity Football game is played simultaneously with a Varsity Volleyball game, Varsity will cheer football and Junior Varsity will cheer both the JV volleyball game and the Varsity Volleyball game.
In the event our Lovejoy Leopards make the Playoffs, all squads may be invited to cheer if participation does not interfere with other cheer responsibilities.
In the Lovejoy Leopards were state champions! We cheered at 6 playoff games including the State Championship

9. Responsibilities Basketball
All squads cheer at girls and boys basketball games. Games are played on Tuesday and Friday nights.
The squads are divided so we can cheer for all the teams.
In the event our Lovejoy Leopards make the Playoffs, all squads may be invited to cheer if participation does not interfere with other cheer responsibilities.
In we cheered at 1 girls playoff game

10. Responsibilities Spring Sports
Lovejoy Cheer will support the LHS Baseball, Softball, Soccer and La Crosse Teams by attending one game for each sport.
The LHS cheer coaches communicate with the coaches and athletes to determine which games to attend.

11. Other Responsibilities
Ice Cream Socials at Elementary Schools
Family Fun Nights at Elementary Schools
Reading with the Leopards (Varsity)
Founder’s Day Pep Rally (JV and Varsity)
Lovejoy Country Run
Mini Cheer Clinic
Spirit Championship (Varsity)

12. Financial Responsibility
Uniforms and Camp Wear May Include but not limited to, uniforms, camp wear, poms, jacket, shoes Freshman/JV $ Varsity New $ Varsity Returning $ Estimates based on cost of uniform. UCA Camp at the University of Texas $550 Includes meals, transportation (One Charter Bus) and en extra night before camp starts. Cost estimates the extra day of lodging.

13. Camp - UCA
Where: University of Texas When: June The Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshman squads will travel to the University of Texas in Austin to participate in a UCA Cheer Camp.

14. Calendar
March 9-12 (4:30-6:30) LHS Tryout Clinic March 13 LHS Cheer Tryouts March 26-April 6 Fundraiser March 26 Uniform Fittings (Sign up Genius) March 26-April 27 Uniform Payments – Rev Track March 26-May29 Camp Payments – Rev Track May TBD Paperwork deadline for camp June University of Texas August (9:00-3:00) Summer August 13 Media Day August TBD Founder’s Day Pep Rally (JV and Varsity)