{"id":2575,"date":"2016-11-23T09:47:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T16:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/?p=2575"},"modified":"2016-11-23T09:48:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T16:48:15","slug":"warrior-cheer-advances-to-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/warrior-cheer-advances-to-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Warrior Cheer Advances To Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Yamilex Garcia and Omar Quintana<\/p>\n

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For the second consecutive year, Warrior Cheer will be attending national competitions in March because of their performance on Saturday, November 19, 2016, in Goodyear, Arizona, where they scored qualifying numbers\u2014more than enough to advance to the next level.<\/p>\n

The Cheer team left Tucson on Friday night in order to be ready to wake up at 5:30 a.m. the next morning and check in to the competition by 8 a.m. on Saturday. The team warmed up for 10 minutes before performance time\u2014one of the first teams to compete.<\/p>\n

Mr. Frankie Grijalva, who has been Cheer\u2019s coach for the past three years, said that his team\u2019s success this school year is \u201ca big deal\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite having a slightly smaller group than last year,\u201d Grijalva said, \u201cthe team is very talented.\u00a0 We need to focus on improving our tumbling between now and the national competitions [in March].\u201d He paused and said, \u201cLast year, the team placed 13th<\/sup> nationally, and I think that we can do better this year. It\u2019s all up to the Cheer team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senior Alisa Gutierrez, who has been a member of the Pueblo Cheer team since her sophomore year, said, \u201cAfter we seniors leave, I have a feeling that the team is going to keep doing well\u2014as long as they have the mind-set to win. The talent is definitely there. They just need to realize this for themselves. They can reach any goal that they set their minds to. Practice how you perform, or you\u2019ll perform the way that you practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Calista Gonzales, a junior, said, \u201cGoing into the competitions last weekend was definitely an adrenaline rush. I was shaking and beyond nervous, but this seems to be what motivates me to do my best.\u201d She added, \u201cI\u2019m sure we\u2019ll do well in competitions next spring in California\u2014that is, if we can all stay eligible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senior Shadie Grajeda-Dabdoub, who has also been a member of Cheer since her sophomore year, said that she feels confident about the national competition in March. \u201cWe know that there are tough teams to beat, but somehow Pueblo\u2019s Cheer team pushes harder. Instead of feeling intimidated by these superior teams, I look at them with great respect and apply this respect to myself\u2014which is an attitude that everybody on the team should also mirror.\u201d<\/p>\n

Enrique Navarro, a senior, has been committed to being a part of Cheer all four years at Pueblo.<\/p>\n

\u201cCheer is more organized this year, and team members are more motivated because we strive to become better,\u201d Navarro said. \u201cOur competitors really inspired us to be stronger and to be in a league of winners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Between now and March, Navarro said that the team will need to practice daily and clean up their routine if they are to be victorious in March in Anaheim, Calif. Cheer also needs to become stronger as a team and said that although competing against one another adds strength to the team, too much competition can add unnecessary tensions.<\/p>\n

Alisa Gutierrez said, \u201cI love my team with all of my heart. They are my second family.\u201d She paused and added, \u201cI push my teammates because I know that they can achieve greatness, and I\u2019d never set them up for failure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shadie Grajeda-Daddoub said, \u201cI have high hopes for Pueblo\u2019s Cheer program. I know that we will continue to do great things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coach Grijalva said, \u201cBetween now and March, our Cheer team needs to raise money for the trip to California. Other than that, with practice and determination, we\u2019re ready.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0 By Yamilex Garcia and Omar Quintana For the second consecutive year, Warrior Cheer will be attending national competitions in March because of their performance on Saturday, November 19, 2016, in Goodyear, Arizona, where they scored qualifying numbers\u2014more than enough to advance to the next level. The Cheer team left Tucson on Friday night in … Continue reading Warrior Cheer Advances To Nationals<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4,8,55,195,281,151],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pA2u4-Fx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575\/revisions\/2578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}