STUNT Plans to Spring Into Action
New sport provides a fresh outlook and opportunity for cheer athletes
By Dat Huynh
New sport provides a fresh outlook and opportunity for cheer athletes
By Dat Huynh
According to the National Governing Body for Sport Cheering in the United States, the fastest growing female sport in the country is stunt cheer, known as STUNT. Short routine competitions are becoming more popular as they are performed by athletes around the world.
In spring, STUNT will be added to the athletics currently offered at Pioneer, providing both students and faculty with an opportunity to participate and compete, as well spectate this competition.
Brenna Gallagher, 10, who helped create the team, originally wanted to have gymnastics offered, but found this to be a better alternative, as it could include more athletes, since it’s a form of competitive cheer.
“Compared to sideline cheer, instead of cheering for other people, you’re doing your own thing and there’s competition like any other sport,” Gallagher said. “There’s multiple rounds that include different things like tumbling, stunts and some dancing incorporated.”
To many, seeing this for the first time is an incredible and exciting experience for them to see something new and how it impacts the school. Cheer coach Jeneé Dampier believes that this new team will also add competition and also provide something different to students opposed to cheer.
“I think it’s going to be interesting to have a new team on campus,” Dampier said. “I think STUNT being on campus would just be beneficial in way where you would have more games to go to.”
Athletic Director Joe Berticevich believes the school is lucky to have this opportunity to provide new competition, as this new sport was approved by the state only two years ago.
“It’s always good to give student athletes more opportunities to play a sport,” said Joe Berticevich. “We’re going to be the sixth school in the Blossom Valley Athletic League to have it. That’s six out of 24 schools.”
Few schools provide students with the opportunity to participate in this activity shown by the limited amount of teams in the league and many are excited to see STUNT come in as it develops on campus.
In spring, STUNT will be added to the athletics currently offered at Pioneer, providing both students and faculty with an opportunity to participate and compete, as well spectate this competition.
Brenna Gallagher, 10, who helped create the team, originally wanted to have gymnastics offered, but found this to be a better alternative, as it could include more athletes, since it’s a form of competitive cheer.
“Compared to sideline cheer, instead of cheering for other people, you’re doing your own thing and there’s competition like any other sport,” Gallagher said. “There’s multiple rounds that include different things like tumbling, stunts and some dancing incorporated.”
To many, seeing this for the first time is an incredible and exciting experience for them to see something new and how it impacts the school. Cheer coach Jeneé Dampier believes that this new team will also add competition and also provide something different to students opposed to cheer.
“I think it’s going to be interesting to have a new team on campus,” Dampier said. “I think STUNT being on campus would just be beneficial in way where you would have more games to go to.”
Athletic Director Joe Berticevich believes the school is lucky to have this opportunity to provide new competition, as this new sport was approved by the state only two years ago.
“It’s always good to give student athletes more opportunities to play a sport,” said Joe Berticevich. “We’re going to be the sixth school in the Blossom Valley Athletic League to have it. That’s six out of 24 schools.”
Few schools provide students with the opportunity to participate in this activity shown by the limited amount of teams in the league and many are excited to see STUNT come in as it develops on campus.