Cheerleading is a year-long sport that attends all home/away football games and home basketball games as well as local cheer competition from October - December.
Important Dates
Cheer tryouts will be held May 9-12, 2022! Please follow the link to register for tryouts.
Tryout Registration- Click Here
Tryout Waiver - Click here Please being this form completely filled out in order to participate in tryouts.
Monday, May 9, 2022 at 4:30-6:00 PM Clinic
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 4:30-6:00 PM Clinic
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 4:30-6:30 PM Clinic
Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 6-8 PM TRYOUTS
Location for all clinics and tryouts: Fairview HS in the Main Gym
What to Wear
Tryout Clinics
- Wear comfortable, athletic clothing and shoes
- Bring a water bottle and be sure to eat before clinics begin, if needed
- If you do not have cheer shoes, please wear running/workout shoes
- Casual sneakers are not ideal.
Tryout Day
- Candidates must wear solid colored shorts and a white t-shirt with cheer/athletic shoes
- Small logos and shorts with trim are acceptable. No phrases or graphics on tops/shorts.
- Any colored bow is acceptable (not required)
- Candidates will randomly draw and be given numbers to wear the day of tryouts
** Absolutely no jewelry can be worn at clinics, tryouts, or throughout the season. Hair should be up in a neat ponytail or bun, out of your face. Fingernails should be trimmed to a short length. Masks must be worn at all times while indoors, except while stunting.
Tryout Clinics
Students must register to participate in clinics and tryouts. They are closed to the public.
Clinic: Monday, May 9 and Tuesday, May 10
- Motion Drill (Basic cheer motions)
- Band Dance (short dance)
- Cheer (Sideline/game day cheer)
- Jumps (Learn/practice multiple jumps and counts for tryouts)
- Stunts (Learn/practice all-girl and/or coed stunting)
Clinic: Wednesday, May 11
- Review: Motion Drill, Dance, Cheer
- Stunt evaluations
- Review and practice tryout material in groups
- Randomly draw numbers for tryouts
Tryouts: Thursday, May 12
- Candidates will tryout in groups of 2-3 for the coaches
Candidates will be evaluated on the following material:
- Stunting skills and positions
- Band Dance
- Sideline Cheer
- Tumbling (Optional)
- Jumps
- Overall Spirit
- Coachable attitude
- Athleticism