Just weeks after they took the Best of Pasco crown, the Sunlake High School cheerleading squad earned a new honor last weekend: Class 1A Medium division champions for the state.
(Courtesy of Pennye Garcia
The cheerleaders took the FHSAA crown during the competition in Kissimmee, where they were the only school representing Pasco County.
“The girls are very excited, as well as myself,” Sunlake head coach Pennye Garcia said in a release. “They have been trained to know that we need to focus on the task at hand. Between the semifinal and final competition, I made a couple of changes to better our score, and it proved to be in our favor.”
The first FHSAA state championship for the team had to come with some waiting. The cheerleaders earned first place during competition Jan. 30, but one team competing got held up by weather, and didn’t make it there until Friday, Garcia said. Everyone had to wait until the next day, to give that team a chance to compete.
However, late Friday, Garcia got the email that Sunlake had won it all.
The cheerleaders will receive their trophy and medals during a planned pep rally at Sunlake Feb. 14.
To see highlights of the winning routine from Sunlake, visit Bright House Sports Networks at tinyurl.com/SunlakeCheer.
Published Feb. 5, 2014
