Cheerleaders are athletes that perform cheers, stunts, tumbling, and dances at games. Cheerleading runs during the Fall and Winter seasons with tryouts in August and October. St. Anthony’s has three cheer teams: Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity.  Freshman team is for freshman only; JV can be freshman, sophomores, and juniors; Varsity can be made up of all grade levels. Prior cheer and stunting experience are necessary for JV and Varsity; cheer experience is recommended but not required to make it onto the freshman team. Each team cheers at Home football games and basketball games; varsity attends some away games and championship games. The 2 seasons run from mid-August to the end of February/beginning of March; attendance at all practices and games is mandatory!  During the season, calendars will be given out in advance to help avoid conflicts. In addition, all three teams attend competitions against other Catholic school cheer teams.

CHEER TRYOUTS 

All tryout days are mandatory! All days are held in the student center and open to all grade levels. At tryouts…

Wear a white t-shirt, (no tank tops), black shorts, socks and sneakers/cheer sneakers. 

Hair in a high ponytail; no stray pieces in your face.

Nails must be cut short; NO fake/long nails!

NO JEWELRY! New piercings must be removed.

NO GUM CHEWING!

At the time of tryouts, each group of 4-5 athletes will show their dance, cheer, jumps, stunts & tumbling skills. Cheerleaders will be scored by the judges/coaches and selected for teams based athlete total score as well as cheer position and preparedness.

MONDAY, AUGUST 19:
 

2:00PM - 6:00PM ALL GRADES

Learn a cheer and a dance, practice stunting, jumps, and tumbling skills.  

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20:

2:00PM - 4:00PM ALL GRADES -  Review what was learned the previous day.

4:30PM ~ 6:30PM - Varsity team tryouts. (If not trying out for varsity, you may go home at 4pm for the day)

**Athletes will be informed via email Tuesday evening if they make Varsity

**Tryouts for Varsity/JV Game Day competition team will be held on a different day! TBD

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21:

**Varsity day off!**

1:00PM ~ 4:00PM JV team tryouts 

4:00PM ~ 6:30PM Freshman team tryouts

**Athletes will be informed via email Wednesday evening if they make JV or Freshman teams.

**Emails will also be sent to those that do not make a team for the Fall season. 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 22:

2:00PM - 5:00PM  ALL 3 TEAMS PRACTICE
 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23:

10:00AM - 12:00PM  VARSITY PRACTICE

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 & SATURDAY, AUGUST 24:

9:00AM - 2:00PM  JV and FRESHMAN MANDATORY CAMP (Gravity Cheer Gym in Holbrook); $125pp.
 

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 25:

8:45AM - 4:00PM  VARSITY MANDATORY UCA CAMP (Long Island University/CW Post); price TBA.

NOTE: All 3 teams will have normal team practices the week of 8/26 and moving forward; all team members must be in attendance! Exact days of practice depends on team level; TBA by coaches.

In preparation for the tryout and potentially making the team, running, stretching, and conditioning should be the norm throughout the Summer months. The Friar Sports Cheerleading Camp held July 29 to August 1 is open to grade K through 11 (with the exception of cheerleaders already on varsity the year before) and is a great opportunity to prepare for the tryouts in advance!  It also gives incoming Freshmen an opportunity to meet other students and build lasting friendships before the school year begins!

Email head coach, Coach LoPresti with any questions: alopresti@stanthonyshs.org