Basketball Season 2016

Hello team!


     Welcome to our blog. Basketball season moves very quickly. Our first game is December 6th! Here are some reminders for you as you work on your materials over Thanksgiving Break:

• All movements need to be sharp and clean! Pay attention to how the girls in the videos are holding their arms. You should look just like they do!
• You are responsible for learning every video that is listed on the "Materials" page. 
• Practice starts Monday November 28th.
• Your payment for your orders are DUE on December 6th. Please take your money to Misty.
• Team pictures are Wednesday December 14th. Please communicate that to your families now.
• There are stretches and workouts listed on the "Workouts" page. The more you work now the easier it will be at practice.

    Work hard on your cheers and dances! It will pay off for you and our team. Go Buffs!

Summer 2016

Hello everyone!

      Hope you are having an amazing summer so far! Here is some important information, and reminders for the upcoming season.

1. Practice starts Monday August 15th. Summer practices will run from 4:00 - 7:00PM Monday through Friday.
2. FREE sports physicals will be available August 11th from 5:00 - 7:00PM at the United Methodist Church. Please make sure you get a physical if you need one. If you are not sure, contact Misty ASAP.
3. Cheer fees are due NEXT WEEK on June 30th. The MHS office is open on Wednesdays from 10:00AM - 2:00PM. Please plan ahead, and take care of your fees before the deadline.
4.  We are only 22 DAYS away from our first practice! Everyone is responsible for learning both parts of the Loyalty dance (first half & second half), the cheers from this video, and reviewing the materials from our tryouts. All of these can be found on the materials page. Remember, the more prepared you are on the first day the faster and farther we will progress as a team! 
5. The Airshow of the Cascades is August 26th and 27th. The Buff Boosters need parent/family volunteers to help sell t-shirts. This is a great opportunity for our program to help out a group who has helped us in the past. Most recently, Buff Boosters helped us pay for our new uniforms a few years ago! Check out the link on our Facebook page for more information. 
6. Next week is OSAA Moratorium week, so coaches will not be communicating with athletes and families until August 1st. If you contact me at all please know I cannot communicate back until August 1st. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this. We are looking forward to an amazing season! 

    Coach Heying

Half-time Dance

Hey ladies!

Here is the video for the half-time dance we will doing. Please learn the dance for Wednesday. Know that we might add some transitions or other pieces in this as well.

If you have music suggestions please let Coach Sumner or Coach Heying know as soon as possible.

Work hard!


Dance Video  Start the video at 2:16 into it. This video is also listed under the "Materials" page.

Loyalty - First Half

Hello ladies!


   Thank you for your patience in waiting for this video. I hope you all had a blast at our camp, I know Coach Sumner and I sure did! The week after camp was OSAA Moratorium Week, which meant we were not allowed to contact you at all, hence the delay in getting you the video.

Make sure you also check out the Second Half of Loyalty so you are fully prepared.

Veterans, please watch this video because there are a few minor changes. This will help us all be on the same page, and run our practices more smoothly. Can't wait to see you all at practice next week :)


And a special thanks to Soraya and Victoria for volunteering as tributes!


Loyalty - First Half

Camp 2015

        Hope everyone has been having a wonderful summer! I'm sure you've been working very hard on your workouts (if not this is your chance to start) and are looking forward to camp. It's only two weeks away!

OSAA Camp Ridgeview High School

Saturday July 25th 9:00am - 4:00pm

Meet at MHS @ 9:00 sharp!

• We need drivers to help our team get to Ridgeview High School! We would prefer that these drivers be adult family members of our cheerleaders. If your family is able to help please contact Coach Sumner (her contact info is on your handouts) or post a message to the Madras High Cheerleading page on Facebook.
• Everyone needs to have a pair of black shorts for camp. Not capris, or spandex. Black shorts! Omni Cheer has lots of black shorts on their website for under $6.
• Coach Sumner will bring shirts for everyone. Please make sure you wear a good sports bra. 
• Cheerleaders will need to bring their own lunch and water. Please make healthy choices for your lunch so you don't feel gross for the second half of camp! Bring a water bottle, there will be at least 50 other cheerleaders there and you don't want to wait in line for the drinking fountain. 

This post will be updated as needed. Please pass this along to anyone from our team who needs it. Thanks! 

Football Tryouts 2015

Welcome back! 

MHS Tryouts 

May 27th & 28th (both days are mandatory)

4:00pm     

IMPORTANT UPDATE BELOW!! 

 It's already that time, tryouts are almost here! Coach Sumner and I are so excited to see new and familiar faces in a few weeks. Tryouts will be slightly different this round. For tryouts this year you will have the materials BEFORE the first day.This means that you can perfect the cheers and dance on your own before showing up!

     Here is the link to ALL of the videos you'll need for tryouts. There are several versions (front and back) to several of them.

  MHS Tryout 2015 Videos

• IMPORTANT UPDATE - Youtube has deleted the videos of the dance we were learning. We will instead teach you at short alternative dance at tryouts. You only need to learn the two cheers BEFORE tryouts. 
• MHS Chant (this is the video with the man and the woman. They use the words A-H-S, red and white.) Our words will be "M-H-S, blue and white." 
• Come On Buffs, Let's Fight (this is the video with the 2 girls in the blue uniforms.) Our words will be "Blue, red, and white. Come on Buffs, Let's fight."

Those are the three pieces that will be judged for tryouts! Please contact us if you have any questions. Leave a comment on the blog, or check out our Madras High Cheerleading page on Facebook! 

We can't wait to see you on May 27th! 

Cheerleading Vocabulary

Perhaps this would be better titled "What is NOT in a Cheerleader's Vocabulary." I found this article to be informative and offers a great perspective that is sometimes hard to see. Take the time to read it! You'll only get better because of it.


http://tumblingcoach.com/blog/cheerleader-vocab/