BW Varsity, JV and Frosh attend UCA Cheer Camp at University of Kentucky

By LENNY C. LEPOLA

News Assis­tant Man­ag­ing Editor

Big Wal­nut High School cheer­lead­ers do not gather moss over the sum­mer months. They stay active and con­tinue to work out through the sum­mer months to be ready for the fall foot­ball season’s demand­ing schedule.

This sum­mer, Fresh­man, Junior Var­sity and Var­sity cheer­lead­ers attended the UCA Cheer Camp from July 15 to 18 at the Uni­ver­sity of Ken­tucky where they received a host of awards.

There were over 1,000 par­tic­i­pants from more than 45 schools at the camp, rep­re­sent­ing Ohio, Ken­tucky, Ten­nessee, Col­orado, Michi­gan, Indi­ana, Wis­con­sin and Minnesota.

“Our Var­sity squad won the Home Dance Com­pe­ti­tion,” said Big Wal­nut High School Cheer­lead­ing Coach Sarah Kern-Kildow. “It was an honor to win this. There was so much com­pe­ti­tion, but our girls were so clean and sharp. They really were a step above.”

In addi­tion, all eight seniors tried out and were selected as UCA All-Americans, giv­ing them an oppor­tu­nity to cheer in Lon­don at a New Year’s Parade.

The selected seniors are Jour­ney Ramey, Chelsea Mar­ioth, Sela Garand, Court­ney King, Saman­tha Hug­gins, Stephanie Keller, Haleigh White and Patsy Miller.

“Most schools have one or two girls who make it, so hav­ing all eight of our seniors make the cut was so excit­ing,” Kern-Kildow said.

In addi­tion to Big Wal­nut cheer­lead­ers being awarded addi­tional Supe­rior Squad camp tro­phies, seniors Sela Garand and Patsy Miller were invited to try out for UCA sum­mer camp staff.

“The entire camp expe­ri­ence was great for our cheer­lead­ers,” Kern-Kildow added. “They trav­eled out of state, lived in dorms, bonded with oth­ers in our pro­gram, as well as met new peo­ple from around the coun­try. I couldn’t be more proud of our cheerleaders.”

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