Cheer History
The wave was founded at this west coast college football stadium in 1981.
What is Husky Stadium at UW?
Name three flyer body positions.
What is heel stretch, scorpion, scale, Nike, needle, bow and arrow, and arabesque?
BHS opened in this year.
What is 1923?
You must do this with the ball with every step taken.
What is dribble?
You cannot cross this line while cheering at a basketball game.
What is the sideline?
In 1983, this sports channel broadcasted the first National High School Cheerleading Championship.
What is ESPN?
Stunts are classified as a pyramid when this happens.
What is the flyers touch or connect?
The wolverine mascot is named this.
What is Elmer?
This is the maximum number of points that can be scored on one play.
What is 4 points?
Hair must be this while cheering.
What is out of the face and off the shoulders?
Name at least 2 brands owned by Varsity.
What is USA, UCA, NCA, UDA, NDA, UCE?
This stunt is executed correctly when the flyer has both legs locked and the bases' arms are fully extended above their head.
What is an extension?
Coach Amanda and Coach Alexa graduated from BHS in these consecutive years.
What is 2009 and 2010?
This position is typically responsible for bringing the ball up the court.
What is the point guard?
True or False: Basket tosses can be performed on a basketball court.
FALSE
This many former presidents were cheerleaders.
What is 4?
George W Bush, Ronald Reagan, Dwight Eisenhower, Franklin D Roosevelt.
This kind of basket toss is when the flyer goes up and kicks one leg up, then the other very quickly.
What is a scissor or switch kick?
BHS won the football state title for the first time in this year.
What is 1983?
This is when two or more opposing players gain possession of the ball of the same time.
What is a jump ball?
You cannot perform this skill while holding poms.
What is a backhandspring?
This man is considered the "Grandfather of Modern Cheerleading", he created the NCA brand, has a jump named after him, and created the patent for pom-poms.
Who is Lawrence "Herkie" Herkimer?
This is allowed in college stunting but not high school.
What is free inverting flyers or 2-2-1 pyramids?
Our Athletic Director coached this sport at BHS for over 20 years before becoming the AD.
What is Track and Cross Country?
You get this many fouls before being benched for the remainder of the game.
What is 5?
Cheerleaders are not allowed to stand in this area while cheering at basketball games.
What is inside of the free throw lanes extended to the sidelines?