Herriman High Cheerleading: Tryout Info

Tryout Info

2012-2013 Tryouts will be held the week of April 16-20, 2012

Mandatory Parent Meeting Wednesday April 11th 6:00pm (Small Auditorium)

Monday April 16th: Registration 3:00-3:30pm Clinics 3:30-6:30pm
Tuesday April 17th: Clinics 3:30-6:30pm
Thursday April 19th: Clinics 3:30-6:30pm
Friday April 20th: Tryouts 3:30-6:30pm
Cost $25 to tryout

Important Dates to know if you are going to tryout! Please consider these dates and the level of commitment it requires to be on a high school cheerleading team. If you have any conflicts, please do not tryout.

Practices every Monday and Wednesday Until School is out Starting the last week of April.
Time: 3:30-6:30pm

Mandatory Parent and Cheerleader Meeting for those who make the team will be held Monday April 23rd 6:00pm in Miss Baird's Room 2515
Uniform Fittings April 27th and May 2nd in Miss Baird's Room 2515 3:00pm

Mandatory Summer Cheer Camp: June 19-22

Summer Practices: Every Monday-Wednesday 8-12pm (possibly Thursday as well) in June and August.

July: Moratorium

June: Saturday June 9th, Ft. Herriman Days Parade and Booth!

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It began at an NCA Cheer camp back in 1954 where one team stood out among the rest. It wasn't for their talents, rather for their attitudes. They couldn't keep up with the others. They weren't coordinated or technically skilled. But they were the backbone of the camp; they were always the first to arrive in the morning to class and the last to leave, they were always cheering everyone else one, they always had the best attitude and they worked great as a team.

What they symbolized was far more than any display of technical skill or talent. They represented the pure essence at the very core of cheerleading; they stood for spirit in every sense of the word. However, their spirited performance wasn't the kind the NCA scoring process recognized with a ribbon of excellence, a praise every other team would receive.

Yet it was this team's vibrant, positive energy that bolstered the camp, a creed Lawerence "Herkie" Herkimer wanted to instill in the NCA. Knowing he couldn't just up and change the scoring and award process, "Herkie" was in a quandary. He quickly needed something to acknowledge the impact the team had on the others. In expressing his desire to the other instructors, "Herkie" spontaneously reached for a twig off a tree and declared it the official "Spirit Stick". He knew that as awesome as the team was, they wouldn't care if they were handed a simple stick.

The NCA "Spirit Stick" has evolved, from a simple tree limb, being cut, painted and dried in Herkimer's garage....to a red, white, and blue wooden dowel, now manufactured by the thousands. It's now an integral part of summer camp honors given to teams that exemplify the Spirit as defined by NCA. A first place ribbon isn't complete without a "Spirit Stick".