Sacred Heart High School hosted its first ever cheerleading clinic on Saturday and it was a huge success for the school. Sacred Heart coaches and current cheerleaders instructed new cheerleaders along with former U of S Huskies and Saskatchewan Roughrider cheerleader Alynn Brischuk.
The day started off with a morning session for ages six to ten then closed with an afternoon session for cheerleaders of ages twelve to seventeen. The purpose of the weekend event was too teach cheerleading basics as well as to grow the sport in the Yorkton area.
SHHS cheerleading coach Marie Litzenberger was happy with the way the days events went and how the clinic taught cheerleading to the youth of Yorkton. Litzenberger stated, "The clinic teaches all the basic components of cheerleading in a compressed timeframe; steps, cheers, jumps, tumbling and tumbling were all put together and we put together a mini routine."
Litzenberger was also happy with the turnout as the morning session had around 48 participants and the afternoon session included around 15 to 20 girls registered.
Litzenberger wanted to thank Alynn Brischuk for donating her time for the school's first ever event of its kind as well as Sacred Heart itself for donating the gym for the clinic. The Sacred Heart Cheer-leading team will look to regroup for its 2012/13 year when school resumes in the fall.
