Moorefield Cheerleaders won the inaugural WVSSAC Game Day Cheer Invitational Championship with an amazing routine entertaining the crowd this past Saturday in Parkersburg.
The Yellow Jackets impressed the judges and fans with their vocal power and enthusiasm covering many aspects cheering with an emphasis on crowd leading, fight song and band chant.
If you have been to Yellow Jacket Field or to a basketball game in the Hive, these cheerleaders show tremendous spirit getting the crowd excited about the contests and this invitational showcased what Moorefield fans already know and love as part of the tradition here.
“When I first heard the WVSSAC was going to do this kind of competition on the state level I was very excited. I knew we had to [private]compete, because it’s everything we do on the sidelines throughout our season,” Moorefield Cheer coach Lori Evans commented.
“We loved doing Game Day and had a lot of fun. I was extremely pleased at how fast and well the team adjusted to the suggested changes from the preliminaries which were how to use better sign usage, transition to skills faster, slow down pace, add cheer chatter. A lot of hard work and dedication was put into this and it paid off. I am wowed every time I watch the video of them performing in the finals. I am so proud of them and all they accomplished on that floor on Saturday.”
This was the first state title for Moorefield Cheer squad in school history, but this team has been breaking barriers all season including the fourth all-time trip to the WVSSAC State Cheer Tournament and has its first male cheerleader ever, Daniel Smith.
The Moorefield Cheer roster includes: [juniors] Alaissa Martinez-Torro, Tamiya Miller, Aexandria Wyman, Zanna Parker, [sophomores] Zeta Minor, Melody Yokum, Paige Van Meter, Grace Wratchford, Veronica Van Meter, Daniel Smith, Laken Delawder, Makenzie Keplinger, Hsu Lwin, [freshmen] Allissa Biser, Hailey Mongold, Kaelynn Loften and Makenna Wright.
The Game Day Cheer Invitational provided comments from judges after the initial routine was finished, then adjustments could be made for the final cheer session.
The crowd leading segment included game day situation (proper response to game day situational cue), game day material (proper use of material and skills relevant to game day environment), crowd effectiveness (voice, pace, flow, maximum crowd coverage), crowd leading tools (proper use of signs, pops. megaphones, and flags), motion technique (technique, sharpness, and placement), crowd appeal (energy, leadership, visual appeal, and connection to the crowd), execution of skills (technique, stability, synchronization, and spacing) plus overall impression.
Coach Evans shared some of the comments for the crowd leading segment from the judges: nice, sharp, loved the faces throughout, great voices, great volume, great use of floor…scored 80 points out of 100.
The synchronized kicks and pom-pom movement was amazing.
The fight song and band chant segments of the competition featured game day material (proper use of material and skills relevant to game day environment), crowd appeal (energy, leadership, and connection to the crowd), visual appeal (level changes, ripples, creative movements within groups and levels), execution of band chant (motion placement and sharpness, and synchronization, maximum crowd coverage), execution of fight song (motion placement and sharpness, skill technique in incorporation, stability, synchronization and maximum crowd coverage) and overall impression.
Coach Evans shared some of the comments for the fight song and band chant segments from the judges: sharp motions, great energy, good sign incorporation, great voices…scored 67 out of 100 points.
Moorefield Cheer had the crowd going with the gold and blue chant, big signs and megaphone usage was a tremendous asset utilized by Daniel Smith during the performance.
Yellow Jacket Nation has the best Game Day Cheer squad in the Mountain State.[/private]
